Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 144 - 72 Illusion Dispersed_2

Chapter 144: Chapter 72 Illusion Dispersed_2

"Okay." Sang Wan nodded.

Seeing that she remained distant towards him, Shi Fengju felt his enthusiasm shattered by her coldness. After a few more words, Shi Fengju finally retreated, standing up and saying, "You rest early! Tonight I will go to the study, and I will come back tomorrow night!" He thought for a moment and added: "Fangzi is, after all, my mother’s niece, even if I don’t care about her, I have to consider my mother’s face."

Sang Wan was slightly stunned. Was he explaining this to her? Had she heard it wrong? Wasn’t Gu Fangzi the one he cherished in his heart? How could it be—

By the time she regained her senses, Shi Fengju was no longer in sight.

Sang Wan lowered her head and mulled over his words. Her lips unconsciously curled slightly, her heart slowly filled with a strange sentiment. She couldn’t pinpoint the taste - it was slightly sour, yet mingled with traces of sweetness, and a bit of melancholy.

Were his words just an impulsive outburst or after careful deliberation? She didn’t want to think about it because she couldn’t guess nor prove anything.

After leaving Ningyuan, Shi Fengju turned back to look deeply at the brightly lit house. He gave a silent, bitter smile, sighed softly, and called out "Miss Wan, Miss Wan " in a low voice twice, then walked slowly towards the study with his hands behind his back.

Cousin, Gu Fangzi. He had finally seen her true colors!

He had thought that marrying her was the most anticipated event of his life, and that her entry into the house would be his happiest day! But today, standing behind the lush greenery, watching the small sedan enter the mansion from afar, his heart was utterly calm, as if this matter had nothing to do with him! He even vaguely doubted whether welcoming her into the house was a mistake?

When he appeared in the peony garden, right behind her, quietly watching her viciously cursing and spewing vulgarities, at that moment, only ’absurdity’ filled his heart!

He had never imagined she could show such a face. In places unseen by him, she was clearly no different from a shrew common in the markets.

Shi Fengju couldn’t help but shiver deeply, this was the woman he had loved for so many years! How could he fall for such a woman! Recalling their past interactions, he even doubted what his feelings for her really were?

Shi Fengju himself was somewhat bewildered, only feeling emptiness inside, as if some things were not as imagined, hard to discern clearly, as if looking at flowers through a fog, always separated by a layer.

He did not let Lan Xiang report, but chose to silently turn around and leave.

In that moment of turning around, the vulgarities receded behind him, another figure subconsciously appeared in his mind. All kinds of images and memories flooded in - smiling like a flower, shy and timid, slight anger hidden behind diplomacy, soft and reserved, elegantly dignified, and also filled with melancholic sorrow, helpless pain, each image was her, Miss Wan.

At this moment, he realized that unbeknownst to him, she had occupied every corner of his heart. Thinking of her made his whole heart inadvertently soften.

He could not help but begin to observe her, discovering that her every movement, smile, and glance were so alluring to him. This realization deepened over a brief meal and casual chat – she had already entered his heart without his awareness!

Shi family’s spirit is to strive for what one desires! This is also the creed Shi Fengju has believed in while conducting business. Of course, not just in business, it works elsewhere too.

He was never someone who would force himself; just as he originally planned despite reluctantly marrying Sang Wan because of his mother, he could still be heartlessly cruel to her and afford his beloved cousin everything – this was his original plan! Now that he realized the person he liked for so many years wasn’t as he imagined, he likewise would not continue to deceive himself!

Shi Fengju suddenly felt a regret, regretting that he learned too late. Not more, not less, just one day! If he could see through her before today, he definitely would not have welcomed Gu Fangzi into the mansion but chosen someone else, but alas, it’s one day too late!

Luckily, there are still three years to buffer; three years is enough to change many things! If he couldn’t handle such a matter in three years, then even he would look down on himself.

This night, for Shi Fengju, Sang Wan, and Gu Fangzi, was destined to be a sleepless night. Shi Fengju tossed and turned, his mind full of Sang Wan, alternately smiling and frowning, sighing lightly; this sensation of loss and sudden palpitations was something he had never experienced before. Sang Wan was the most conflicted, and what pained her most was not knowing whether she should even be conflicted!

And Gu Fangzi? Calm and exceedingly clear in her mind, she was drafting her plans with full confidence and high morale, pondering how to act the next day and plan for the long term! What she wants requires her own efforts too, she thought the same. The difference was, Shi Fengju added "just put your heart into it!", while she added "by any means necessary!".

The next day, Gu Fangzi got up early, picked out a pea-green dark-patterned outer coat and executive skirt from the wardrobe to change into, then called Lan Xiang to come up to comb her hair.

Looking at the mirror, seeing the woman still with the hairstyle of an unmarried girl, Gu Fangzi felt a surge of regret and couldn’t help but deeply despise. If not for that dead old man who couldn’t have died at a more inconvenient time, she would now be facing the mirror applying makeup and drawing her eyebrows with her cousin, likely enjoying the joyful consummation of the night before!

Dead old man, a burden when alive, and even in death, not leaving her in peace! Gu Fangzi couldn’t help but curse softly.