Chapter 1 Rebirth



"Zhizhu, get up and eat."

"When you recover, I will agree to divorce you."

A deep voice echoed in my ears.

Shen Zhizhu fluttered his eyelashes, slowly opened his eyes, and looked at the scene around him in disbelief.

The walls were made of yellow mud, and on the shabby table was an enamel teacup with a slogan printed on it. Next to it was a mahogany dressing table that was out of tune with the simple decoration. On the cabinet hung a calendar with the portrait of a great man, and on it were written the words 1974 in large letters.

As her eyes moved closer, she was lying on a heated earthen kang and covered with a brand new red quilt. A tough-looking young man was looking at her with concern.

"Xu, Xu Haonan?"

Shen Zhizhu looked at the person in front of him in disbelief, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

She was reborn! Reborn back to her wedding night with Xu Haonan!

Shen Zhizhu struggled to sit up.

In her previous life, she went on a hunger strike for three days to resist her marriage to Xu Haonan. Her aunt didn't care whether she lived or died and forced her to come here.

After she entered the Xu family, she fainted due to hypoglycemia before she could even do the greetings, making for a chaotic wedding night.

Xu Haonan went to the health center to ask a doctor to give her nutrient solution.

After she woke up, she refused to eat or talk, and looked like she didn't want to live anymore.

Xu Haonan agreed to divorce her and sent her back to her uncle's house. Fearing that she would be blamed, he did not even ask for the betrothal gift back.

That's six hundred yuan! It's equivalent to two years' salary of a senior technician.

She originally wanted to save money slowly to return the betrothal gift to Xu Haonan, but her aunt set her sights on her again, wanting to marry her to a cripple from the neighboring village in exchange for another betrothal gift!

After Xu Haonan received the news, he took her home and gave her a place to stay until the college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, when she was admitted to university.

What a good man! She must have been blind in her previous life!

Fortunately, God has mercy on her and gives her a chance to start over.

"I'm not getting divorced."

Xu Haonan turned his back to her and said in a cold voice, "Shen Zhizhu, you think the trouble is not enough, what else do you want to do?"

Shen Zhizhu pursed his lips, bravely hugged Xu Haonan from behind, and clasped his waist and abdomen with both hands.

"I will not divorce you, not now, not in the future, not in this life!"

Xu Haonan sneered: "Shen Zhizhu, do you believe what you said?"

"Time will tell. After a while, you will know that I really want to live with you!"

Xu Haonan put the bowl of porridge in his hand on the edge of the kang, turned around and was about to leave, but the corner of his clothes sank and Shen Zhizhu grabbed him and stopped him from leaving.

"What do you want to do now?"

Shen Zhizhu sat up, propping himself up on the kang: "I have no strength in my hands, you feed me."

Xu Haonan frowned and looked at her coldly.

Shen Zhizhu has always disliked him and was even unwilling to be in the same room with him. Why did he seem like a different person today?

"Feed me, please?"

Shen Zhizhu looked at him with clear eyes and a smile, and there was even a hint of coquettishness in her soft voice.

As if possessed by a ghost, Xu Haonan picked up the bowl of porridge, scooped a spoonful to his mouth to cool it, and then carefully fed it to the baby.

Seeing that he had succeeded, Shen Zhizhu smiled like a little fox, then acted naughty on purpose after drinking the porridge, biting the spoon tightly and refusing to let go.

Facing those watery eyes, Xu Haonan's ears turned red, and he said in embarrassment: "If you continue like this, you can eat it yourself!"

Shen Zhizhu then relaxed and let him feed her. Her small cherry mouth opened and closed, as delicate as a little rabbit.

After finishing his bowl of porridge, Xu Haonan turned to leave. Shen Zhizhu quickly stopped him and said, "Wait, I'm not full yet!"

I hadn't eaten for four or five days and was just relying on the nutritional fluids to survive.

Shen Zhizhu's stomach had already shrunk due to hunger, and she just wanted to stay with Xu Haonan for a while longer.

"The doctor said you can't eat too much at one time. You need to eat liquid food for a few days. I'll save all the pickled vegetables on the table for you. Eat them after you've finished your meal."

After saying that, Xu Haonan opened the curtain and was about to go out.

As I stepped over the threshold, I suddenly heard Shen Zhizhu's soft voice.

[Why did he leave? Doesn’t he plan to consummate our marriage?]

Xu Haonan staggered and turned around suspiciously, but did not see Shen Zhizhu's lips move.

He shook his head, thinking he was hallucinating. He took two deep breaths of air in the yard, and the heat on his face finally subsided.

Shen Zhizhu waited in the house for a long time, but he was too exhausted and fell asleep soon after his eyelids started drooping. He didn't know whether Xu Haonan went back to sleep at night.

The next morning, Shen Zhizhu was awakened by the crowing of a rooster.

She put on a jacket and looked at Xu Haonan through the window. It was still chilly in early spring and he was chopping wood shirtless.

A piece of wood as thick as a bucket can be turned into as thick as an arm in just a few seconds.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Xu Haonan's forehead, sparkling in the sunlight. His shirt was slightly open, revealing his full chest muscles, looking very manly.

Shen Zhizhu walked out slowly. As soon as Xu Haonan saw her, he buttoned up his clothes and even let down his sleeves to his elbows.

Shen Zhizhu curled his lips in dissatisfaction: "We are husband and wife, are you still afraid of me seeing you?"

[Tsk, tsk, eight-pack abs, I want to touch them!]

The auditory hallucination came again, Xu Haonan's ears turned red, and he turned his back and ignored her.

Before, he was hunting game in the back hills. With his shirt open, he met Shen Zhizhu who was picking pig grass. Before he even got close to her, she covered her eyes and called him rude and a hooligan.

She changed her words again today. This woman is always so cunning in front of him.

If it was Du Manjun, the man she loved, she would definitely agree to whatever he did.

Shen Zhizhu had no idea what he was thinking and was just about to tease him a few more times when there was a knock on the door.

"Cousin, brother-in-law, are you home?"

When Shen Zhizhu heard the familiar female voice, the smile on his face froze and a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes.

This disgust happened to be seen by Xu Haonan, who sneered in his heart. Sure enough, this woman's kindness to him was all fake.

In her heart, she still hated him, hated him for forcing her to marry him against her will, and hated him for breaking up her and Du Manjun's good marriage.

Xu Haonan went to open the door, and surprisingly, Shen Aiqiu came with Du Manjun.

As soon as Shen Ai Qiu saw Shen Zhizhu, she immediately became affectionate and wanted to hold her hand, but Shen Zhizhu avoided her without leaving a trace.

"Cousin, my family heard that you had passed out from starvation, and they were worried that something had happened to you, so they asked me to come and see you."

Shen Zhizhu smiled coldly: "What are you looking at me for? Are you looking to see if I am dead or not?"

Shen Aiqiu was choked and stunned, saying aggrievedly: "Cousin, what are you talking about!"

"Manjun and I came here to visit you, but you didn't even invite us in."

Shen Zhizhu stared at Du Manjun and Shen Aiqiu, his cold eyes filled with hatred.


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