The scumbag was secretly having an affair, while I was openly having an affair with the prince.

Chapter 94 Unraveling Her Heart's Knot

In the dead of night, in the desolate wilderness, under the soft moonlight, Ye Shijun stared wide-eyed as if he were witnessing a horrifying scene, his mouth agape but unable to utter a sound.

The woman before him had shed her ordinary face, revealing an exquisite and beautiful appearance. Her eyebrows were like painted flowers, her lips like cherry blossoms, her skin was fair and flawless, and she was pure and otherworldly, like a fairy of the moon revealing her true form. Not only did Ye Shijun not dare to step forward, but he also staggered back two steps.

"What? You just said you liked me, but now that you have a different face, you don't like me anymore?" Gu Simo teased him as he stepped back.

That smile made Ye Shijun's eyes widen in disbelief.

He was already content to have married a woman who loved him deeply, but when he was suddenly told that his wife was as beautiful as a fairy, his heart, which could beat steadily even in the face of a million enemy soldiers, suddenly lost its rhythm.

"You..." Finally finding his voice, he strode back to her, pulled her into his arms again, and looked down to examine her face carefully, as if to confirm that this was not an illusion.

Gu Simo knew he was uncomfortable, so she let his calloused hands rub against her face. She even took the initiative to explain to him, "I was sent to a remote and abandoned manor by the Gu family before I was even a year old. For seventeen years, no one ever came to see me. Originally, the Gu family sent an old man to look after me, but he passed away when I was seven years old, and the Gu family had no way of knowing what I looked like."

"Later, the Gu family remembered me as their daughter and took me back to the capital. I knew they had no good intentions, so I changed my appearance. And it turned out just as I suspected. Gu Yong and Li really intended to sacrifice my looks to help the Gu family win people's hearts."

"However, because I was really mediocre after I disguised myself, and my speech and behavior were also uncultured, those lecherous high-ranking officials who had seen countless people saw that I was not even as good as a servant, and none of them looked up to me. Li was not willing to give up, and in order to humiliate me, she wanted to sell me to an old man... You know what happened after that."

Ye Shijun almost ground his back teeth to powder as he listened to her words.

If Gu Yong and Li Shi don't die, it will be hard to quell the hatred in his heart!

Fortunately, she was smart and farsighted. If she had looked back at her home in her current state, the consequences would have been unimaginable!

"What are you doing?" Gu Simo suddenly frowned and nudged him. "I've said so much, you should at least say something! If you look down on me, just say so. I'm not going to cling to you. I can just say it now..."

Before she could utter the last word "leave," Ye Shijun shouted excitedly, "I won't allow it! You are mine, whether you're ugly or beautiful, you are my wife, Ye Shijun's wife!"

"Will you still sleep in separate beds from now on?"

Ye Shijun was taken aback by her question. He tightened his embrace, holding her even closer, and whispered in her ear, "We're not breaking up! Never again! Even if we die, we'll still sleep together..."

"Pah! What are you saying?" Gu Simo raised her head and glared at him in dissatisfaction.

"Alright, alright... I was just being a chatterbox, I deserve a beating!" Ye Shijun slapped his mouth with one hand. Looking at his beautiful wife in front of him, his lips were practically stretched to his ears in a wide grin.

She no longer needs to hide anything; she can openly and legitimately be by his side under a different identity...

that's nice!

"Shi Jun," Gu Simo suddenly called out softly.

"Ok?"

Ye Shijun thought she was going to say something and was about to put his ear close to listen carefully when he suddenly saw her eyes turn to the right.

He narrowed his eyes and glanced quickly in that direction, pretending to tidy her hair.

The next moment, his face darkened.

"Come on, let's go somewhere else!" He let go of her, grabbed her hand instead, and ran quickly into the distance.

Behind the big tree not far away—

Witnessing Gu Simo's 'face change,' Ye Shishu was stunned into silence.

She would never have imagined that her second sister-in-law was so well hidden!

Seeing them suddenly run away, she came to her senses and couldn't help but want to chase after them, "Hey, why are you running? We weren't even finished kissing!"

The man beside her suddenly hooked his arm around her waist, pinning her against the tree trunk. He lowered his head and said coldly, "What's so interesting about other people?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his lips pressed directly against hers.

Ye Shishu stiffened for a moment, then hugged his waist back.

His kiss was as wild as ever, as if he wanted to suck her into his lungs.

Yu Chi Ling only stopped when their breathing became disordered.

He pressed his forehead against hers, his voice hoarse as he asked, "Your second brother married later than us, but he's already tied the knot. When do you plan to consummate your marriage with me?"

Ye Shishu lowered her eyelashes guiltily, "I've been busy lately..."

"You've been taking advantage of having too much to do to go to bed earlier and get up later than me. Do you think I don't know you're avoiding me?" Yu Chi Ling glared at her coldly, showing her no mercy and pointing directly at her recent little schemes!

Ye Shishu bit her lip, and when she looked up at him again, her eyes were inexplicably filled with tears. "I can consummate our marriage, but can you promise that you'll only have me as your woman from now on? You've seen what happened with Wei Yonghuai. I can't accept a man having two wives!"

Yu Chi Ling suddenly understood, "So you've been testing me all this time?"

Ye Shishu turned her face away, "I'm afraid that one day your true love will come back, and then all three of us will be in an awkward situation!"

The one I love most?

Yu Chi Ling slightly opened his eyes, and several things flashed through his mind.

Could it be that she...

She's been secretly acting up lately, subtly refusing his touch, apparently influenced by those rumors!

"Hehe!" His gloomy expression vanished, and he suddenly chuckled softly. "Why didn't you tell me you minded sooner?"

“That’s the pain of unrequited love in your heart, what do you want me to say?” Seeing him laugh inexplicably, as if he were mocking her for being a clown, Ye Shishu suddenly pushed him away forcefully and said coldly, “Everyone has a past, you have one, and I have one too, so I have no right to criticize you. But I have let go of the past, have you? If you haven’t let go, you can tell me directly, it’s not that I can’t accept it. What really bothers me is that you haven’t let go, but you’re treating me like a substitute.”

"A body double?" Yu Chi Ling's smile froze, his eyes filled with confusion. "Who told you this?"

"No one told me; I just guessed based on your behavior." Having come this far, Ye Shishu gritted her teeth and decided to lay it all out on him. "As everyone knows, a year ago you were injured because of Ni Xiao, and you became despondent because of her disappearance. Your sudden acceptance of me after being so quiet and withdrawn—isn't it because you saw me as a substitute for Ni Xiao?"

Yu Chi Ling's eyes twitched. He had no idea that such a huge misunderstanding was hidden between them!

"Ahem!" Annoyed by her wild thoughts, he also inexplicably wanted to laugh. After clearing his throat, he suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Is there another possibility that you have caught my eye and made me fall in love with you, which is why I am willing to marry you?"

"You..." Ye Shishu stared at him blankly, asking incredulously, "Have you let go of Ni Xiao?"

Yu Chi Ling closed his eyes, took a breath, and after adjusting his breathing, he stepped forward and trapped her between the tree trunk and himself. He pressed his forehead against hers and asked, "Everyone says that I was injured while saving Ni Xiao, but am I injured? Everyone says that I am deeply in love with her, but have you heard that I sent people to look for her?"

Ye Shishu couldn't help but blink, "You mean... you and Ni Xiao didn't..."

Yu Chi Ling gritted his teeth and said, "Those were all rumors that I had spread!"

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