The First Volume: The Abandoned Wife's Self-Strengthening Chapter 42: Is It Possible?
Xu Liuyue saw that Shi Lian's expression was unfavourable, and she didn't dare to delay any longer. She kept the silver given by the princess earlier and hurriedly followed him back to the Wang Fu.
Although Mrs. Xue did not want to, Xue Lengyu's persistence was irresistible. Compared to the past, today's Xue Lengyu is even more gentle when he is gentle, but when he becomes tough, he is unyielding and looks like the master of the Xue family.
The daughter has really grown up. Madame Xue looked at Xue Lengyu walking away, her heart filled with mixed emotions of joy and sorrow. Can such a Lengyu still be protected under their wings? She feared that one day, she would have to fly far and high.
Xue Lengyu still sat in front of Shu Li, neither of them spoke, this trip out the door was good, Shu Li must have had many questions for himself.
The swift horse galloped away, leaving the village far behind. As it slowed down its pace, Xue Lengyu suddenly let out a long sigh.
"What's wrong?" Shu Li couldn't help but ask aloud.
"With so many doubts unasked, isn't it hard for you, sir?" Xue Lengyu said.
With a slight frown, this woman took the initiative and couldn't help but say: "Don't you have anything to tell me?"
After leaving the palace, Xue Lengyu was not so restrained and said: "There is. Thank you, Shu Li Daren, for your help just now. And thank you for inviting Dr. Xu to treat my father."
"Shu Li En said with a smile: 'This is all what Master Wang intends.'"
Xue Lengyu said calmly: "Cold Jade will return to the manor and thank the king again."
Then Xue Lengyu didn't say anything else. Nor did he plan to speak, but in the end, he couldn't help it and asked, "Don't you have anything to say?"
Xue Lengyu thought to herself, "Why does he need to force me to say it myself? Can't he just ask directly if he wants to know?" She snorted in disdain, thinking that this was a typical habit of arrogant people who refused to accommodate others.
Xue Lengyu pretended to be silly: "Whatever the adults want to know, just ask, Lengyu won't dare to hide anything. As for what the adults want Lengyu to say, Lengyu doesn't know. Today's matter is all about Lengyu's family affairs, I don't know which part the adults are interested in."
This sentence sounds like it's from a very gossipy man who likes to dig deep into other people's private affairs.
Xue Lengyu saw that Shu Li was holding the reins in front of her, and with a slight force, she knew his inner frustration. Since entering the Wang Fu, she had to be careful around everyone, fearing that she would offend someone. The feeling of needing to please everyone was really terrible.
From a carefree Ning Keke to a humble Xue Lengyu, this kind of endurance must have come from great repression. If not for still having some attachment and longing for this world, she would have stood up and spoken out long ago in the midst of countless unbearable moments.
Death, but only one death! At most, one death. This life was inexplicably obtained, if there are no worries or attachments, what's the harm in dying?
Cháng took a deep breath and suppressed his irritated mood. Shū Lí's tone was calm as he asked, "Have you ever been married?"
"Yes." Xue Lengyu said.
This was indeed one of the things that Xue Lengyu cared about most, and he secretly weighed it in his heart, but didn't know whether it was for Li Mu's sake or for his own.
Xue Lengyu remained calm and composed, with a nonchalant tone that barely concealed a hint of anger: "Why did you keep it from me?"
"I didn't hide it." Xue Lengyu said: "No one has ever asked me this question. The servants of the Wang Mansion, is there a rule that prohibits them from being married before? Being a divorced woman, isn't this something shameful? Am I supposed to go around proclaiming it myself?"
"You're different." Exceptional and apart from the norm.
Xue Lengyu understood what he meant, everyone thought that she was going to sleep with Li Mu, but this matter was not her own wish. She couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Shu Gong, I understand your meaning. As the king's woman, one should naturally be as pure as ice and jade. But from the beginning, I said I just wanted to be a maid in the palace. The queen's thoughts, the king's thoughts, are not my wishes, nor can they be controlled by me. And now, such things, how can you make me speak out? Lengyu is just a woman, and she will also be afraid, even if she knows that paper cannot wrap fire, she wants to drag on for a while."
Xue Lengyu sighed and said, "Nowadays, Leng Yu only hopes that the princess can get the king's favor as soon as possible, so that Leng Yu can leave the mansion. The life in the palace is full of surprises, even if there is great kindness, Leng Yu has no blessing to enjoy."
"Really?" Shi Li said coldly, "You're also afraid? I think your calmness can't even compare to that of an ordinary man. Let's not talk about other things, today's events, knowing you have another life, you can still be so calm, how could an ordinary person achieve that?"
Xue Lengyu thought for a moment, then said: "I dare not deceive you, sir. The reason I'm so calm is that there's a reason for it. A few days before entering the mansion, I accidentally bumped my head and can't remember things from before very clearly. It's just that seeing Father and Mother being concerned about me makes me feel grateful in my heart, and I haven't dared to speak the truth all along. So when Mother told me today that I have another life, I actually didn't feel any shock. Whoever treats me well, I'll treat them well too. Isn't it simple for people to get along with each other like this?"
Crossing the greatest treasure, dressed in amnesia!
Xue Lengyu was taken aback, repeating: "Who treats you well, you treat who well? Xue Lengyu, don't you have any curiosity about your own life?"
"It's also a curiosity." Xue Lengyu said: "But in the vast sea of people, I believe that if fate has arrived, we will naturally meet again. If there is really no fate, someone will definitely take my place to fulfill my filial piety."
"Are you really so open-minded?" Shu Li didn't believe it, Xue Lengyu's temperament was not the kind that had experienced everything and was as calm as still water. At her age, she was only seventeen or eighteen years old, how could she have cultivated such a calm and composed state of mind?
"It's not that I'm open-minded," Xue Lengyu said, "but rather there are too many things in this world that one cannot control. One can only do what they can and leave the rest to fate. What else can be done? Lengyu is just a weak woman, how can she defy heaven and change her fate?"
What Xue Lengyu said is actually very superficial, everyone understands it, but there are only a few people who can do it.
Shu Li also calmed down and stopped speaking. He had always thought he was calm, but in front of Xue Leng Yu, he seemed restless. Far from being as carefree as a woman who couldn't predict her future or control her own life.
Xue Lengyu suddenly felt a sense of desolation in Shu's heart and couldn't help but comfort him, saying: "Shu sir, don't worry, the reason I'm so open-minded is that I have no ability to resist life, I can only accept it as it comes. You, on the other hand, have enough ability to change your fate, at least... you can make some improvements."
Today, Xue Lengyu should have been the one who needed comfort after suffering a series of setbacks. But now she was comforting Shu Li instead.
Xue Lengyu's tone was sincere, without any hint of teasing or ridicule. Shuli still didn't speak up. However, in her heart, a strange feeling slowly began to emerge and spread out.
If she wasn't an enemy and wasn't someone Li Mu wanted, then... could it be?
Lowering his gaze slightly, he could see Xue Leng's beautiful profile, her flawless white face with a hint of dark hair framing it. Her eyes were fixed on the front, calm and serene, yet elusive.
This woman, from the moment they met, has been doing things that are beyond her control.
