Yu Sheng's entire body tensed instantly.
"Asleep?"
As Gu asked her questions, he kissed the crook of her neck.
The wet, slippery kiss felt like a venomous snake slithering across her skin.
Discomfort, nausea, and fear surged into her heart in an instant.
The moment she realized his hands were roaming over her body, she pushed him away and ran into the bathroom.
She leaned against the door, covering her mouth and sobbing.
When she learned that he had kept the pain to himself for the past ten years and given her all his love and warmth, she felt sorry for him.
Because I feel sorry for you, I want to forgive you.
Because I feel sorry for him, I want to be with him properly.
Because I feel sorry for him, I want to give him love and heal him, rather than simply being a taker.
Therefore, she wanted to be his real husband and wife!
But she found she couldn't do it!
His affair with Jiang was like an insurmountable chasm between them.
She can't get past her!
The torment of reason and emotion brought Yu Sheng to the brink of collapse...
"Knock knock knock—"
The knocking on the door interrupted Yu Sheng's thoughts.
She immediately stopped crying.
Gu Ye's voice came through, "Sheng Sheng, are you alright?"
Yu Sheng wiped away her tears and said in as calm a voice as possible, "It's okay, I just got my period..."
How could Gu Ye, standing outside the door, not know that she was lying?
She still can't accept him!
He's not in a hurry.
One day, she will accept it...
...
The next day.
Yu Sheng opened her sleepy eyes and saw Gu Ye propping his head up and looking at her.
When their eyes met, she was stunned for a moment before realizing that yesterday was their wedding day.
Gu smiled and said, "Good morning!"
"morning!"
Yu Sheng replied and turned around.
Gu Ye placed his hand over hers, spreading her fingers and interlocking them tightly: "When I watched TV dramas before, I was so envious of the moment when the male lead gazed at the female lead with affection as she woke up and told her 'good morning'... Today, I finally did it too..."
Yu Sheng believed that what Gu Ye said was true.
She didn't want to think about how to bridge the gap between them anymore; she wanted to try to restore their normal relationship first. She asked, "When did you wake up?"
Gu Ye glanced at his watch: "28 minutes ago."
"You stared at me for 28 minutes, weren't you bored?"
"not at all!"
Did I talk in my sleep?
"have!"
Yu Sheng asked curiously, "What did you say?"
Gu Ye whispered in Yu Sheng's ear: "Say: Gu Ye, I love you, I love you so much, so much..."
Yu Sheng: "..."
At this moment, Gu Ye's mother, Zhou Yanyun, called.
When will you be back?
"Go back before dinner."
Zhou Yanyun said somewhat displeasedly, "Come back early and talk to your grandma."
"I'll try my best. Sheng Sheng was tired last night, and I want her to get some more sleep."
When Yu Sheng heard Gu Ye talking about baseless things and gestured for him to stop talking nonsense, Zhou Yanyun snorted coldly: "How spoiled must she be? You're just going to spoil her. Sooner or later she'll be riding on your head."
Gu didn't want Yu Sheng to hear Zhou Yanyun's scolding, so he replied with a few words and hung up the phone. Seeing Yu Sheng looking down as if thinking about something, he said, "That's just how my mother is, don't overthink it."
Yu Sheng smiled faintly: "You don't need to explain. We've been together for five years, and she's been to your house quite a few times. I know what kind of person she is."
"Good to know. You went to bed late last night, so get some more sleep!"
"Don't sleep anymore, get up. Mom told you to go back early and talk to Grandma."
"Talking to the old lady is nothing compared to my wife sleeping!"
"If Mom hears you say that, she'll accuse me of drugging you again."
"I don't need you to force me to drink it, I'll drink it willingly!"
"..."
Yu Sheng stopped joking with him and got up to go into the bathroom.
She cried a lot last night, and her eyes are still swollen.
After washing up, I sat in front of the vanity to do my skincare routine, used concealer to cover up my blemishes, applied light makeup, and then went into the dressing room to choose clothes.
She usually dresses simply, but thinking that she was a bride and it was her first time visiting her husband's family after the wedding, she thought it would be better to dress more festively.
There happened to be a red coat in the closet. She put it on, looked at herself in the mirror again and again, but something still seemed off. She turned around and saw Gu Ye leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed, watching her. He asked, "Is it strange?"
The coat that Yu Sheng is wearing is calf-length, which requires a good figure and skin tone. If not worn well, it can look like a bathrobe and make the person look old.
Yu Sheng may appear delicate, but she actually has a perfect figure, like a clothes hanger. This coat not only accentuates her slender and graceful figure but also makes her porcelain-white skin appear even more rosy... She exudes a cheerful and joyful aura...
Gu also laughed and said, "Like a new bride!"
"I didn't ask you what you looked like, is it strange to ask you?"
"I don't find it strange." Gu Ye looked her clothes over again. "It's probably because you've never worn red before that you find it strange."
"It should be..."
Yu Sheng looked at herself in the mirror again. Just then, she saw Gu Ye changing clothes in his underwear after taking off his bathrobe. Yu Sheng panicked, blushed, and left the dressing room with her head down.
Gu Ye watched her hurried departure and chuckled softly.
...
The Gu family's old house is located in a courtyard house on the edge of the Second Ring Road.
Normally, there are only three people in the house besides the servants: Gu Tenghui, Zhou Yanyun, and Old Mrs. Gu.
Today is the first time the new bride has visited the family, and Gu Jin and Chen Henian have also returned with Yueyue.
While Zhou Yanyun and Gu Jin were talking in the main hall, Gu also led Yu Sheng in.
When Gu Ye and Yu Sheng were dating, Zhou Yanyun did not stop them. In her opinion, it was okay for a girl of Yu Sheng's status to fall in love, but it was absolutely not okay for her to get married. She thought her shrewd son knew this very well!
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