Pin Shanhe

"I'm giving you two choices now..."

"Either confess the truth, and perhaps I can handle the situation leniently; or write a divorce agreement, severing all ties completely!"

"I don't want my child to be born with a liar as his father!"

The last sentence made his heart skip a beat.

It's been explained so clearly, if he still doesn't understand, wouldn't he really be a fool?

I always thought she was the one being kept in the dark, but now I'm the one who's seen through everything?

After a deathly silence, he spoke haltingly, "When...when did you find out?"

Since Shen Fu had chosen to break the ice, she wouldn't play along with him anymore and simply told him everything directly.

The first person to arouse her suspicion was naturally Yun Dai.

She had clearly come to the Xuanwang Mansion at the request of that man.

Rong Yan had saved her life and was someone she had once admired, so her stance was naturally very clear.

Later, contrary to her usual behavior, she tried to bring her and Xiao Xuanjin together!

Isn't that strange?

When Xiao Xuanjin returned from the dead, Yun Dai initially felt a sense of fear and apprehension towards him.

The reason was simple: he was worried that if his rival's friend's identity was exposed, it would incur the wrath of the Xuan King.

Then one day, she avoided eye contact with him, looking as if she had done something wrong.

This blatant attempt to cover up his guilt naturally aroused Shen Fu's suspicion, prompting her to immediately interrogate him.

Yun Dai reacted quickly, revealing that the Xuan King had discovered her relationship with Rong Yan and issuing a warning, thus managing to get away with it.

She's passed this hurdle, and now the details of her interactions with Xiao Xuanjin will undoubtedly be revealed even more.

Suspicion never arises all at once, but accumulates little by little.

From nothing to something, from many to few, layer upon layer.

What truly confirmed her belief was the day she went to the East Suburb Inn.

At the time, she felt that Chu Lingyu was hiding a secret, and even suspected that he and Rong Yan were the same person.

At that time, Xiao Xuanjin and Yun Dai were both trying to persuade her to give up the idea, but she was very stubborn.

In particular, she had a dream that night in which Chu Lingyu took off his human skin mask and his face turned out to be Rong Yan's.

She could no longer restrain herself and had a carriage prepared, wanting to find out the truth.

As soon as I stepped out, I ran into Yun Dai.

The other party immediately guessed her purpose, but surprisingly did not stop her; instead, they expressed their support.

Finally, she arrived safely at the East Suburb Inn and saw Chu Lingyu, as well as the man who had been missing for many days and then appeared before her in an unexpected way.

The moment their eyes met, a strong, strange feeling stirred within her.

That familiar feeling was so intense, it felt like my very soul had been struck.

Later in Merlin, his unintentional "little actions" in a fit of anger once again exposed him and aroused her suspicion to the extreme.

Just then, a servant appeared and said that the Prince Xuan had arrived, which made her give up the idea and hurriedly go to the front hall.

Sure enough, Xiao Xuanjin was there!

Hearing this, the man still didn't understand.

"Even if you do have doubts about me, you don't have to be completely certain!"

"You're clever; you used the arrival of the 'Mysterious King' to clear yourself of suspicion. But even the most meticulous person can't do everything perfectly. You changed your clothes, but you can't get rid of the plum scent you picked up in the plum grove. Of course, that could be a coincidence, but you forgot the most crucial point."

Following her gaze, the man lowered his head and suddenly understood something.

That day, after successfully luring her away, he changed his clothes and put on a mask.

But in the rush, I forgot to change my shoes!

An ordinary person might not notice this problem, but Shen Fu is such a cautious person that she can notice even his unintentional movements, let alone such a fatal flaw.

The man clenched and unclenched his fist several times before finally slowly raising his hand and removing the black iron mask.

What came into view was not a face crisscrossed with scars and ugly features, but a face as pure and aloof as the moon, as if it were a banished immortal, so handsome that it was almost otherworldly.

This reminded Shen Fu of an old story.

Even after Xiao Xuanjin "came back to life," a sense of unease lingered in her heart.

Because they had never seen his true face, they were easily deceived by a corpse.

I wish I could see what he looks like!

She didn't care how ugly or unattractive that face was.

Because she loved him for who he was, not for his looks!

Unexpectedly, he reacted strongly to this and refused to take off his mask no matter what.

At that moment, Yun Dai suddenly burst in, saying that his injuries had flared up and he needed immediate acupuncture treatment, and then "kicked" him out.

After Yun Dai left, she took off his mask while he was in a deep coma, only to see a face covered in scars.

Looking back now, it must have been around that time that Yun Dai helped him conceal himself with her disguise.

Shen Fu couldn't help but reveal a hint of mockery: "My best friend and the person I love most actually conspired to deceive me. I trusted you so much, and this is the result?"

The thing men fear most has happened!

If there's anything in this world that frightens him, it must be related to her!

Seeing her disappointed look, his heart trembled, and he quickly stepped forward and took her hand.

"That's not how it works, let me explain..."

"Explain what? Say that you lied to me with good intentions, that you chose to hide it out of concern for my health and the child in my womb?"

"..."

She said everything he wanted to say, so what else could he say?

Shen Fu shook off his hand.

"Ever since I discovered the truth, I've been waiting for you to explain, even subtly hinting at it to you, but you still chose to hide it. If I hadn't exposed you today, were you planning to lie to me for the rest of your life?"

The man quickly shook his head: "No! I was afraid that if you knew the truth, you would be so angry that it would affect your pregnancy and harm the baby. I wanted to tell you the truth after you gave birth safely."

Because of the bloodline curse, he had been worried about her safety, so how could he allow even the slightest accident to happen to her?

Shen Fu sneered, "So, I should thank you for being so considerate of me, letting me live in deception and lies all this time?"

In the end, he could only utter three words.

"sorry!"

Shen Fu once again pushed the divorce papers in front of him.

"Sign it, and we're done!"

The man's heart jumped. "You said you would handle it according to the circumstances."

"That's assuming you voluntarily confessed. Do you think you meet that condition?"

"..."

"Either we get a divorce, or you divorce me. The choice is yours!"