"Feng Ling'er, why bother? Why persist with me alone? There are countless good men in this world, many better than me."
"They are not you, not your Wen Yu Xi," Feng Ling'er couldn't help but low growl.
Wen Yu Xi sighed, "You and I are truly amusing. I am fixated on the Empress, and you are fixated on me. We can never be together."
"Even without a response, aren't you still waiting?"
"Let's toast to us two unfortunate souls," Feng Ling'er raised her wine cup.
Wen Yu Xi smiled and also raised his cup, "Come, let's drink heartily."
In the end, both slumped over the stone table. Feng Ling'er held her wine cup and asked, "Wen Yu Xi, why don't you like me?"
"Ah Ning, why don't you like me?"
They exchanged a look and smiled. What is unobtainable is always yearned for.
Feng Chuchu woke up to see Liang Yizhi already dressed. She couldn't help but sigh. She didn't know Liang Yizhi's true identity, only that he seemed to possess the bearing of a noble young master. How could he have fallen to such a state?
After she was dressed, they stepped out of the room together. Liang Yizhi reached out to help her, "My wife, walk slowly."
For a moment, Feng Chuchu felt that marrying him wouldn't be bad. Her husband was handsome, charming, and attentive. But when she saw the utter lack of tenderness in his eyes, she knew it was all an illusion.
Upon arriving at their destination, Liang Yizhi supported Feng Chuchu's arm as they paid their respects to Prefect Feng and Madam Feng.
"Yizhi, you can't call me Prefect Feng anymore. You must call me Father."
Liang Yizhi trembled all over. He finally suppressed the impulse to kill Prefect Feng and bowed, "Father."
Feng Changshan felt that never before had he felt such satisfaction. General Liang could never have imagined that his son would call his father's murderer "Father."
One could only wonder how angry General Liang would be if he knew in the netherworld.
"Yizhi, come with me," Feng Changshan called Liang Yizhi away.
Madam Feng pulled Feng Chuchu aside and asked, "Chuchu, tell your mother, how does he treat you?"
"Mother, my husband treats me very well," Feng Chuchu pretended to be shy, not wanting her mother to worry about her.
"Chuchu, don't get too attached to him. If you can, stay away!"
Feng Chuchu was stunned. She looked at Madam Feng and asked, "Mother, what do you mean?"
Madam Feng looked at Feng Chuchu, hesitating to speak, "Just don't ask too many questions. Just do as I say."
"Mother, have you learned something?" Feng Chuchu asked Madam Feng slowly.
Madam Feng's expression flickered slightly, and her gaze seemed to be evasive. This made Feng Chuchu even more certain of her guess.
She knew her mother had shown great courage in reminding her, and likely her father had warned his wife not to tell her.
However, Feng Chuchu did not want to be ignorant. She could only urge her mother to reveal everything she knew.
"Mother, if you don't tell me why, how can I possibly be disloyal to my husband? Mother, what exactly happened?" Feng Chuchu looked at Madam Feng and asked, word by word.
Madam Feng trembled all over, gritting her teeth. She thought of what Feng Changshan had told her, and her entire body began to shake uncontrollably.
"Chuchu, don't ask so much. Just listen to your mother, okay?"
"Mother, if you don't tell me, I will never know what's going on. Yizhi is handsome, charming, and treats me with great care. How can I not feel affection for him?"
Madam Feng's face paled in alarm. She grabbed Feng Chuchu's hand and said nervously, "No, don't develop feelings for him, absolutely not."
"Why? Mother says nothing, only tells me not to have feelings for him. Mother, don't you think this is too cruel? You and Father know the truth, why are you hiding it from me? Why?"
Madam Feng wept, "Chuchu, Mother doesn't want to hide it from you either. It's your father, your father won't let Mother speak. He said if I spoke, he wouldn't take care of you anymore."
Feng Chuchu frowned, "Take care of me? What does that have to do with me?"
Madam Feng covered her mouth, "Chuchu, Mother really can't say any more."
Feng Chuchu suddenly knelt on the ground, "Mother, please tell your daughter. I truly don't want to live every day in such ignorance and confusion."
"My child, why are our lives so bitter?" Madam Feng knelt on the ground, embracing Feng Chuchu.
Feng Chuchu seized the opportunity, "Mother, tell me, okay? At least I can protect myself."
Madam Feng whispered something in her ear, and Feng Chuchu instantly turned to stone. She was completely stunned and pushed Madam Feng away, "You're lying to me, Mother, you're lying to me."
Madam Feng cried, "Mother, would I resort to such cruel words to deceive you?"
Feng Chuchu shook her head and growled, "Impossible, impossible."
"My child, this is the truth, this is the truth Mother didn't want you to know!" Madam Feng lamented.
Feng Chuchu fell silent. No wonder Liang Yizhi had said those words last night, no wonder there was no tenderness in his eyes, only coldness.
If it were her, she would probably want to kill him.
The murderer of her father was right before her eyes. Was every moment he spent with her last night an agony?
The daughter of the man who killed his father was in front of him. Did he want to kill his enemy every moment?
Ridiculous, truly utterly ridiculous. Yet, her father, the father who once doted on her, had done such a ridiculous thing.
To let his daughter marry the son of his enemy, and have the son of his enemy call him Father.
"Mother, I know the truth. Don't worry, I'll still be the same as before," Feng Chuchu said slowly, wiping away her tears.
"Chuchu, you..."
Feng Chuchu took a step back and said, "I'm fine. I'm a little tired, I'll go back and rest."
Feng Chuchu returned to her room and sat there, silent and unmoving, until Liang Yizhi returned. He also noticed Feng Chuchu's unusual state and walked up to her, asking, "Miss Feng, what's wrong? Mother said you are unwell?"
Feng Chuchu looked up at Liang Yizhi and couldn't help but ask, "Does caring for the daughter of your father's murderer tear your heart apart?"
Liang Yizhi was stunned. Seeing the mockery on Feng Chuchu's face, he understood clearly. It seemed Feng Chuchu had already learned the entire story.
In that case, he saw no need to continue pretending. He pulled up a chair and sat opposite Feng Chuchu, "Madam Feng told you everything?"
Feng Chuchu nodded, "Yes, Mother told me everything."
"Since Miss Feng knows the truth, then I have nothing to hide anymore."