Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty
Chapter 554 - 545: Fool’s Dream

Chapter 554: Chapter 545: Fool’s Dream

Because Chu Lingxuan had brought Ming with him, he didn’t ride a horse but rather traveled by boat. They arrived outside Dingzhou in the evening and directly went to the Luo’s estate. He had hidden something in the estate’s secret chamber and needed to retrieve it before taking a horse carriage back to the countryside the next day.

Now the Luo’s estate was just guarded by a few servants.

Looking around, although renovations had been made, traces of the fire could still be seen. Chen Afu intentionally left these traces as a reminder to Liao Chen that he shouldn’t impulsively return to stay outside of Dingzhou.

Thinking about the brutal past, a surge of anger rose again in Chu Lingxuan’s heart. He looked down at Ming and said, "My son, study hard, train hard in martial arts. Only when you have skills, can you protect your family from harm."

Ming didn’t really understand, but still nodded confusedly.

After retrieving what he needed, Chu Lingxuan stayed in the estate with Ming and a few guards.

After breakfast the next day, as soon as he walked out of the estate with Ming, he saw a woman standing not far from the estate, gazing at him intensely. The woman was extremely thin, perhaps too thin, which made her face look frightening. Despite the hot summer, she was wearing layered clothes and a shawl around her shoulders.

Chu Lingxuan frowned. In the past, if anyone dared to look at him like this, he would have ordered her to be thrown out. But now, he was older and had a few children; his temper had cooled.

He ignored her and had just lifted Ming onto the horse carriage when the woman stepped forward and said, "Brother-in-law, I’ve been waiting for you."

Chu Lingxuan was taken aback, looking at the woman again, something familiar struck him. Upon closer inspection, he recognized it was Chen Yuhui. Chen Afu had told him that Chen Yuhui had been sent to the countryside, but he hadn’t paid attention to where exactly.

He had heard Chen Afu talk about Chen Yuhui’s situation, but he never expected her to change so much. He almost didn’t recognize her.

Although Chu Lingxuan extremely disliked Chen Yuhui, seeing her in this state and thinking that everyone from the He family had already gone to Qiongzhou and probably wouldn’t survive, he restrained his desire to ride off immediately and asked, "Ah, it’s you, Second Aunt, do you also live here?"

Seeing Chu Lingxuan’s calm face and his voice no longer cold as ice, Chen Yuhui beamed with joy. She knew it; Chu Lingxuan had feelings for her and wouldn’t abandon her. Also, Chen Afu was too wicked, he didn’t even tell Chu Lingxuan where she was living. It seemed Chen Afu had always been wary of her.

Chen Yuhui’s tears welled up and in a light voice, she said, "Brother-in-law, it’s unbearable living here. The old suffer, the weak suffer; we’ve endured much bullying from the villagers."

Chu Lingxuan frowned again. Not out of prejudice, but simply because he didn’t like Chen Yuhui. Seeing the muddled tears streaming down her dry eyes, washing away two streaks of dirt on her white face, was simply.....disgusting.

He turned his head away, ignoring her and said to those guarding the estate, "In the future, if the villagers bully Madam Chen, you should help her." After saying this, he got onto the carriage.

Chen Yuhui was now standing beside the carriage, she leaned next to the small carriage window and said, "Brother-in-law, now that you are here, please come to visit my house."

Chu Lingxuan replied, "No, I have matters to attend to."

Chen Yuhui knew that if she didn’t voice her inner feelings now, she might never get the chance to. So she hurriedly said, "Brother-in-law, you might already be aware, initially, the one destined to be married to you was me, but then it became Chen Afu." her voice softened, "It wasn’t because I was unwilling, I was more than willing. But my mother despised my aunt, collaborated with Chen Afu, and ruined our beautiful plans. Brother-in-law, my feelings have never changed, I’m willing to follow you, even if I can’t be your wife, I’m willing to be your mistress...."

"Shameless!" Chu Lingxuan roared in anger. He was so furious that his hair stood on end, regretting why he had bothered to converse with such a person, not only making himself disgusted but also giving his servants a chance to laugh at him. If she wasn’t a woman, he would have gotten down from the carriage and kicked her to death.

He angrily threw open the curtain, and said furiously, "How can a woman be so shameless, to utter such words. What do you call me? You call me brother-in-law! How can you be so shameless. Let me make it clear to you, from the beginning till the end, the woman I wanted to marry was Afu, the one my family always mentioned was Afu, she is the woman I am most fond of in my life. It’s not about your shameless conduct or ugliness, even the most beautiful woman, I wouldn’t give a damn about." He glared at her, bellowed one more time, "Get out! Don’t ever appear before me again."

Chen Yuhui thought that once she confessed her love, Chu Lingxuan would pity her, even to the extent that he would be touched by her willingness to "humble" herself for him. That’s why she dared to express herself in front of so many people. But she didn’t expect to be scolded so harshly by Chu Lingxuan, being called shameless, an ugly woman. And that he had always wanted to marry Chen Afu, how could that be possible!

She watched as the carriage got farther and farther away, then turned to face the contemptuous eyes of the people around her. She had heard correctly, it was definitely him who had said those words. It turned out she had been deluding herself. Suddenly she fainted...

Echoing in his memory, Chu Lingxuan still became infuriated when he spoke of this matter, his face flushing red, and his eyebrows furrowed into a tight bunch.

Chen Afu was amused and blurted, "What an idiotic dreamer, how could she even say those things to you. Disgustingly shameless!" She then added, "After uttering thoughts she’d been harboring for years, and getting such a reply from you, she better be thoroughly heartbroken this time."

Chu Lingxuan gently pinching Chen Afu’s chin, said, "Women truly have poisonous hearts. I’m almost dead with anger and yet you’re so joyful." After finishing, he leaned in and kissed her red lips.

Whenever he thought about the words Chen Yuhui spoke, he felt nauseated. Only by looking at his little wife and kissing his little wife, did he start to feel better.

Thinking about what Chu Lingxuan had said, Chen Afu felt quite happy. She responded to Chu Lingxuan’s kisses, both of them lost in the moment, Chu Lingxuan’s body was gradually aroused, his hand began to wander about.

She too was getting carried away and did not stop Chu Lingxuan. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. Realizing she had stimulated herself too much, she quickly turned her face away and said, "Ah, my stomach hurts."

Those words scared Chu Lingxuan, his erotic thoughts flew away as he carefully laid her flat on the bed and asked anxiously, "What happened? Don’t scare me, should I immediately call for the royal physician?"

"No, not yet, let me rest a bit and see if it gets any better." After a while, when her stomach stopped hurting, she managed a smile at Chu Lingxuan, who was still watching her, and said, "It’s okay, my stomach feels better."

Chu Lingxuan still looked uneasy and said, "Tomorrow we will get the royal physician to take a look anyway."

That night, Chen Afu had her period.

The sight of blood scared Chu Lingxuan, he called for all the servants, and ordered someone to immediately fetch the royal physician.