Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 153 - 77 Such Powerful Comprehension Ability

Chapter 153: Chapter 77 Such Powerful Comprehension Ability

"Miss!" Lan Xiang was taken aback and quickly advised: "The young master is busy, and he seems to be in a bad mood. This slave thinks that it’s better not to go."

"Since when is it your turn to decide for me?" Gu Fangzi snorted, grabbed the lake-green cloak with dark patterns, and tied it around herself, commanding Lan Xiang to light the lantern, "Let’s go!"

Lan Xiang tasted bitterness in her mouth but had no choice but to comply.

Upon arriving at the study, Gu Fangzi signaled with her eyes to stop Chang Huan from making a sound, and without needing his announcement, she ordered them to guard outside while she gently pushed open the door and entered alone.

Her movements were very light, so the head-bowed Shi Fengju did not notice her.

Seeing the man in the brocade robe seated behind the rosewood desk, flipping through pages and writing, his elegant posture, stern face, high nose bridge, and lightly pursed thin lips all highlighted his noble background and commanding presence. The corners of Gu Fangzi’s lips slightly curled, a surge of sweetness filled her heart; this man was already her husband! He belonged to her for life! The man she loved and who loved her! No one else could take him away.

Gu Fangzi held her breath to avoid the light from the lamp and quietly approached from the side of the lamp’s shadow to Shi Fengju’s back, raising her delicate hand to gently rest it on Shi Fengju’s shoulder, silently smiling sweetly.

Shi Fengju’s body tensed slightly, then joy surged in his heart, his heart so excited it felt like it would leap out. He naturally assumed it was Sang Wan coming to bring him a midnight snack.

"Why are you here? Haven’t you gone to bed yet?" Shi Fengju’s lips turned up in a pleased smile, his tone as gentle as water.

"I missed you, so I came here!" Gu Fangzi’s heart swelled with incomparable joy, and she sweetly and shyly responded. She knew her cousin wouldn’t ignore her! She was his most beloved woman!

This familiar yet strange voice poured over Shi Fengju like a bucket of cold water. As joyful and excited as he was a moment ago, now he was equally filled with despair and anger.

He suddenly stood up, stepped back twice, and looked at Gu Fangzi evenly, "Why did you come?"

"Who else but me?" Gu Fangzi was also stunned, then jealousy and sorrow filled her heart, "Did cousin think it was someone else? Sang Wan?"

"Is her name for you to call? Do I need to remind you of your status?" Shi Fengju’s eyes darkened.

Gu Fangzi was shocked, feeling her mouth dry, she licked her lips and said: "There’s no one else here, didn’t I always call her that before? What’s wrong with that?"

Before. Shi Fengju thought of the grievances Sang Wan had suffered, many of which he had unintentionally indulged in! That was his legitimate wife! He felt a pang of heartache and said coldly: "She is my official wife, and you are now a concubine. There has always been a difference between wife and concubine, Fangzi, I hope you remember this!"

"Why!" Gu Fangzi’s eyes reddened, "You weren’t like this before! You—"

"But didn’t you tell me yourself that as long as you could stay in the Shi family, you would willingly be a concubine, right?" Shi Fengju realized he could no longer say the words "as long as you stayed by my side."

Gu Fangzi was at a loss for words, staring dumbfounded at Shi Fengju.

"I, I understand, I understand!" Gu Fangzi stepped forward and tightly clung to his arm, "I know everything you do is for my benefit, afraid that I might inadvertently say something in the presence of others and give her an opportunity to take advantage, right? Cousin, I understand, I’ll be careful!"

She actually thought this way!

Shi Fengju wasn’t in the mood to argue with her and just nodded: "As long as you remember your place and know what to do and what not to do, that’s good!"

"I understand!" Gu Fangzi gently leaned against him, "Cousin, only you would be so considerate of me. Today at Ningyuan, it was my fault! I shouldn’t have done that, causing you to lose face! I won’t do it again, really I won’t!"

Seeing Shi Fengju not speak, Gu Fangzi tentatively said: "But truly, it wasn’t intentional. If it weren’t for—, if it weren’t for the fact that sister-in-law went too far, I wouldn’t have spoken without thinking."

"Oh? How did she go too far?" Shi Fengju asked coldly without showing any expression.

Gu Fangzi then pitifully said: "She knew Mrs. Li was biased against me and deliberately instigated Mrs. Li to embarrass me," and went on to exaggerate and distort how Mrs. Li disrespected and ridiculed her.

However, Gu Fangzi did not know that when Shi Fengju arrived, he had only heard her last words and was unaware of the preceding events. Her story now caught Shi Fengju’s attention. Later, he found an opportunity to question Xingzhi and Liu Ya, learning about the day’s circumstances which made him so furious that he wished he could send Gu Fangzi out of the Shi Mansion right away.