"Huanhuan, listen to me, I was drugged by that guy surnamed Qin. Please forgive me just this once, okay? I swear it'll only be this once..."
Zhou Shuyao rushed over and grabbed Ling Huanwu without even having time to put on his clothes.
His hand, which was holding hers, was trembling; the fear in his chest had reached its peak.
But the woman in front of him just stared at him with icy eyes, and then suddenly laughed.
He laughed wildly, tears streaming down his face.
She brushed his hand away with disgust, as if brushing away something filthy.
At that moment, his rationality was instantly replaced by anger, and he uttered words he would regret for the rest of his life.
"You think I'm dirty? Ling Huanwu, what right do you have to think I'm dirty? Do you know how disgusted I feel every night when I see your feet without toenails? Do you know how disgusted I am when I think about how you were tortured by that bastard Qin Jinshen?"
He gripped her shoulders tightly and shook her wildly, watching her face return to its stagnant state. His heart felt like it was being torn apart, and he was in so much pain that he almost suffocated.
He just wanted her to pay more attention to him and let him feel a little bit of her love.
But ultimately...
He saw a trickle of blood slowly flowing from beneath the woman, and all his anger was gradually eroded by fear.
In the hospital, he knelt by her bedside and begged for forgiveness, sending his three sons to plead his case.
He tried everything to keep her, but she stubbornly sent him the divorce papers again and again.
That year, he was forty-six years old, and she was forty-seven.
He thought that they had spent half their lives together, and even if she didn't love him, she had nowhere else to go and couldn't leave him at her advanced age.
His world completely collapsed when her body appeared in the morgue.
He then realized that the person who had been unable to live without the other person all along was himself.
Actually, the person he liked at first was her.
She was the one he later fell deeply in love with.
He strives to become rich, seeking revenge on Qin Jinshen, but it's all for her sake.
Even that time he cheated on her, which could have been avoided, was just because he wanted to see a hint of her caring for him.
Even though they were both in their forties, he was still determined to know if she had feelings for him.
That day, he held her rotting body and wept like a child who had lost everything.
That heart-wrenching feeling can still be clearly felt even in dreams.
Each frame seemed to transform into a sharp blade of regret, stabbing into his heart again and again, stirring the handle, leaving it dripping with blood.
When Zhou Shuyao woke up with a start, he was still clutching the fake toe in his hand. Cold sweat had already soaked his back, and he was shivering all over.
Zhou Shuyao glanced at the calendar on the wall, got up, looked at himself in the mirror, and slapped himself several times before he was sure that he had finally returned to his most energetic and vigorous age.
He held his face in his hands, crying and laughing at the same time.
Even my fingertips were trembling.
If Ling Huanwu in this life knew how he died in the previous life, she would definitely be moved!
To be reborn.
He must change his bad habits from when he was young so that Huanwu will truly fall in love with him.
In this life, he will love her well and cherish her dearly.
Zhou Shuyao happily searched for his clothes in the room, wanting to tidy himself up a bit.
Having been a big boss in his previous life, he always felt ashamed wearing these coarse linen clothes.
He searched for a long time but couldn't find a decent one; instead, he found many women's clothes.
He happily held the women's clothes, thinking they were Ling Huanwu's.
He glanced outside; it was just barely dawn. He wondered where his wife from his youth had gone.
Without time to dress up, Zhou Shuyao washed his face and hurriedly went out to find his wife.
Faced with a completely unfamiliar environment, Zhou Shuyao felt like he had forgotten something. Although he had some doubts, he started asking everyone he met.
"Uncle, have you seen my wife?"
"Auntie, where did my wife go so early this morning?"
The men and women in the family compound who were busy fetching water and washing clothes early in the morning stared at Zhou Shuyao in astonishment, as if they were looking at a lunatic.
"Has the regimental commander's brother gone mad this week? Is it because his wife got arrested that he's lost his mind?"
"It does look like it, otherwise why would he be all smiles? He clearly saw his wife being taken in last night."
Zhou Shuyao was completely oblivious to the strange looks he received from others, and walked with his boss-like gait and head held high in the family compound.
Just then, Ma, the guard, was staking out the entrance of the family compound as usual. He was yawning and eating a flatbread when he saw Zhou Shuyao asking everyone he met where his wife was.
Not only that, he also slicked back his hair and combed it into a big slicked-back style, making him look like a completely different person, which was terrifying.
Guard Ma shuddered and quickly ran to Qin Jinshen to report.
At that time, Qin Jinshen was lying sprawled out in the dilapidated stone house of the educated youth settlement on the island, his feet bandaged. He exuded despair and deathly stillness.
Suddenly, the guard darted in like a monkey.
"Master, let me tell you something strange. You asked me to keep an eye on Zhou Shuyao, and when I went there first thing this morning, I found that Zhou Shuyao has gone mad and is currently searching everywhere for a wife!"
Qin Jinshen raised his lifeless eyes slightly and lazily replied, "His wife is in jail, what's the point of looking for her..."
His voice paused, then suddenly he seemed to remember something, and his usually calm eyes widened instantly, a gleam of excitement flashing in them.
"Quick, quick, help me to see that idiot!"
Ignoring the pain in his feet, Qin Jinshen put on slippers and, with the help of Ma, headed straight for the military family compound.
Finally, he waited until this guy was reborn as well.
It seems that Zhou Shuyao didn't live more than him in his previous life either.
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