Chapter 1205: The Meal Replacement Lady is Not Likeable (20)
After Zhan Shulin left, Yuan Shichu did not stop people from packing up. Even though Zhan Shulin gave his own explanation, Yuan Shichu was still upset about Zhan Shulin taking the initiative to bring his friend's wife back as a mistress to deceive him. His behavior clearly showed that he did not respect her. Not only did he act without consulting her, he also brought people back to announce it directly instead of discussing it with her, proving that he did not regard Yuan Shichu as a person of equal status.
Yuan Shichu needs to seriously examine this marriage and see if it is necessary to continue.
So the next day she moved directly to the farm with her dowry. The farm was bought with the money she earned from her private business and was completely her own property.
Because Zhan Shulin went to the Hanlin Academy to report for duty early in the morning, he was not at home when Yuan Shichu left, so he was unable to stop her from leaving. Old Madam Zhan and Chen came to persuade her, but they could not persuade Yuan Shichu, so they could only watch her leave.
So when Zhan Shulin came back, he was shocked to hear that his wife had run away from home: "Mom, did Yuan really leave? Where did she move to? Did she go back to her parents' home?"
"She didn't go back to her parents' home. She moved to her own farm outside the city. I sent someone to follow her and we know the address. You should go and persuade her to come back. This is too embarrassing. You took a mistress and forced your wife to leave home. How will outsiders see you?" Old Madam Zhan said to Zhan Shulin with a look of disappointment on her face.
Zhan Shulin was immediately hit hard by his mother's words. He also remembered that there was an issue of a "mistress" in his family that had not been dealt with. He felt overwhelmed and secretly hated himself for making one wrong step after another. Now, his family was in turmoil even without his friend's child being born.
"Mom, I understand. I will persuade her to come back." Zhan Shulin rubbed his forehead and said, "As for Liu... wait until I persuade her to come back before dealing with her."
Without even taking a rest, Zhan Shulin mounted his horse and quickly rushed to Yuan Shichu's farm. Fortunately, her farm was not too far from the city, otherwise he would not be able to get there before dark.
However, when he arrived at the manor, impatiently pushed away the servants who were trying to stop him and forced his way into the courtyard where Yuan Shichu lived, he found a joyful atmosphere inside.
"Miss, Brother Xu is so cute. He laughs non-stop when you tease him..."
"He loves to laugh, just like his father."
"Xu'er has a really good personality."
"Yeah, I don't want other people's children to cry all the time."
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Zhan Shulin looked at the happy scene in front of him with a blank face, a little dazed. When he saw the chubby child in Yuan Shichu's arms, his eyes suddenly widened.
"At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, whose child is this?" he asked suddenly.
When the maids saw it was him, they hurriedly greeted him and suddenly became reserved.
Yuan Shichu looked at him unhappily: "Why are you here?"
"Come to you... No, don't change the subject. Who is this child?" he continued to ask.
At this time, Yuan Shichu looked at him with a very subtle and complicated look, then sighed and said, "Forget it, since you have seen it, I will not hide it from you. He is the child I gave birth to before I married you."
"What did you say?" Zhan Shulin looked at her in astonishment. He was confused and didn't want to believe her words. However, he carefully observed her expression and found that she was very serious and didn't mean to joke at all. "Are you kidding me?"
He tried to detect a joking expression on Yuan Shichu's face, but there was none, so Zhan Shulin panicked and his face turned pale: "How, how is this possible?"
"What's impossible?" Yuan Shichu looked at him calmly and seriously, and said, "Originally I didn't want to tell you this. The reason I wanted to divorce you was because I had a child with another man. I wanted to take care of my child myself and didn't want to be separated from him. Now that you've found out, that's great. Now you have no reason not to divorce me."
Zhan Shulin's eyes were red at this time. He felt very upset and was very sad listening to Yuan Shichu's cold and ruthless words. He staggered back a few steps. His heart felt like it was being pulled by something and he couldn't accept this.
Zhan Shulin felt confused as scenes of their past love and sweetness flashed before his eyes. He couldn't help but ask Yuan Shichu, "Were all those good times we had before fake?"
"It's just a show. Isn't this what you men are best at?" Yuan Shichu said expressionlessly.
The maids around were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets when they heard her words, especially Zhichun. She began to doubt her life and wondered if she had lost her memory, otherwise how could she not understand what the eldest lady said?
"Yuan Shichu..." Zhan Shulin covered his chest, feeling pain and hatred. He asked with red eyes, "Who is the father of the child?"
"He was a scholar from my maternal grandfather's family. He promised me that he would marry me after he passed the imperial examination. I couldn't help myself, so I gave birth to our child in the farm without telling my maternal grandfather. I wanted to take him back after the wedding... But who knew that fate would play such a trick on me. He didn't pass the imperial examination, and Yuan Shiwan happened to be engaged to the third prince. In order to let her get married on schedule, my father forced me to get married quickly, so I chose you." Yuan Shichu said calmly, making up the story as smoothly as flowing water.
Zhan Shulin looked at the child in her arms. Sure enough, the child was already over two years old, and had a chubby face. However, there was no trace of the woman Yuan Shichu at all. Perhaps he looked more like that scholar?
He was confused at the moment, not knowing who to hate. Hate Yuan Shichu? But she didn't want to marry him in the first place, and she always wanted to divorce... Hate that scholar, but he was the one who had first decided to fall in love with Yuan Shichu, even if they had decided to spend their lives together privately... Or hate himself? But he didn't know that Yuan Shichu already had someone in his heart...
"Miss, Liu Shi's family is here to look for Brother Xu. They said it's time to feed him. If he's hungry, he'll cry a lot." At this time, a little maid about eleven or twelve years old suddenly came in from outside. After paying her respects, she started talking to Yuan Shichu.
Yuan Shichu shook Xu Ge'er in his hands, pinched his little face, and then reluctantly handed him to the little maid: "Then you should return him to his mother, and bring him here to play tomorrow."
"Okay!" The little maid agreed immediately.
Zhan Shulin stared at the scene in a daze. He was puzzled at first, then shocked and angry. How could he still not understand that he had been deceived by Yuan Shichu?
Thinking of his behavior just now, he shouted at Yuan Shichu in anger: "Yuan Shichu! You actually lied to me that this is your son?!"
(End of this chapter)
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