Your Highness, your wife has had her virginity mark applied and married someone else.

A rotten egg came flying at her, but Shen Mingshu reacted quickly and slammed the door shut!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Heavy blows slammed against the door, and Shen Mingshu, with her back against it, could not escape the insults from the crowd.

"Pah! You shameless slut! You dare come back and secretly live next door to me, what bad luck!"

"Get out of the capital! Not content with jumping into a river to force a marriage to climb the social ladder, you also have to slander someone's innocence. Have you lost all your conscience?!"

"This woman should be drowned in a pig cage! To save her from being a disgrace! Get out here! Stop dirtying our street!"

"Shameless! What kind of upbringing did your parents give you? How can you live with yourself after doing such a disgraceful thing!"

"..."

As the stench of eggs gradually filled her nostrils, Shen Mingshu clutched her chest in fear.

Ignoring the foul language outside, he quickly used a stick to prop open the door and ran inside to pack his things.

The gold was immediately stuffed into his inner garment; as long as the money was there, he was alive, and if the money didn't die, he would!

Afterwards, she stuffed the five hundred taels of silver she got from selling the tonics and the one hundred taels of silver that Zhang Yu had compensated her into her backpack.

They also took away some valuable jewelry and clothes that Wei Yuan had given them.

Finally, he took out another package and simply took out some food and plain clothes.

Once everything was ready, I immediately ran to the dog hole in the backyard.

The capital city is so big, Shen Mingshu doesn't believe that these commoners could recognize her face. That painting must have been done by someone with ulterior motives.

Shen Mingshu didn't have time to figure out who was behind this, but she knew she couldn't stay here anymore.

She sent out the inexpensive packages first, and then went inside herself.

Peeking out, I caught a glimpse of a pair of gold-patterned boots out of the corner of my eye.

Shen Mingshu stiffened abruptly, knowing who it was without even looking up.

She scurried away like a turtle, quickly retracting her head.

Without even having time to collect the packages he had sent out, he grabbed the valuable package and ran quickly toward the dog hole in the side yard.

Like a cunning rabbit with three burrows, Shen Mingshu had already made these preparations for fleeing when she entered the capital.

But when she reached the second cave entrance, she stopped using the package to probe the way.

Instead, it carefully knelt down, twisted its body, and cautiously peeked into the dog hole...

Shen Mingshu: "..."

Wei Ziye leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, looking at her with a half-smile: "Shen Mingshu, do you keep dogs? There are so many dog ​​holes?"

……

inside the room.

Shen Mingshu, clutching a package, sat at the dining table, glaring at Wei Ziye across from her with an unfriendly expression: "What are you doing here?"

The shouting and cursing outside the door continued to be deafening.

Wei Ziye tapped his fingertips on the table slowly and deliberately, his dark eyes fixed on Shen Mingshu. After a long while, he asked, "On the Dark River Bridge, did you foresee this disastrous outcome today?"

"No," Shen Mingshu said calmly.

Wei Zishi was puzzled: "Why?"

"..."

Because she had heard Wei Ziye and a group of his friends say so.

"If I fall in love with someone, no matter what she is like, I will spoil her."

"It tastes sweet as honey."

Later, Wei Ziye succeeded.

His love was so passionate and intense.

Shen Mingshu thought that no woman in the capital could resist Wei Ziye's sincere affection.

Even she acted impulsively and did something as stupid as forcing him to marry her, so how could she have considered the consequences of his refusal?

Shen Mingshu did not answer, but only asked, "Where is A-Yuan?"

Wei Ziye narrowed his eyes in displeasure, and said sarcastically, "I thought you were going to leave without saying goodbye like you did three years ago. So you're still not giving up and are seeking his protection?"

Shen Mingshu looked up at him, met his undisguised disgust in his eyes, and then silently lowered her eyes again.

His tone was calm and indifferent: "I don't believe he would leave; you must have done something to him."

"I won't give up until he says these words."

Wei Ziye sneered as he stood up, leaning down to press against her: "You're still not giving up? What are you going to do about it?"

The breath touched her face, and Shen Mingshu's expression froze. She turned her head away and awkwardly stepped back to create distance.

"If the decision was truly his, why are you afraid of me seeing him? It's just that you're guilty of something you shouldn't be doing."

"Shen Mingshu..." Wei Ziye pinched Shen Mingshu's chin, looking directly into her unsure eyes: "You're very confident, aren't you?"

Wei Ziye would not use the same clumsy method a second time.

Shen Mingshu didn't know what he would say to Wei Yuan this time, but she could vaguely sense that Wei Yuan's determination was no longer firm.

However, she didn't want Wei Ziye to laugh at her.

Shen Mingshu pushed Wei Ziye away with disdain, stood up, and said defiantly, "Wei Ziye, you all only care about A-Yuan and use him, but I love him!"

"Whatever choice he makes, I will understand and respect it."

Wei Ziye stared intently at the resolute look on Shen Mingshu's face, then suddenly laughed: "Love him?"

"Yes! I love him!"

With red eyes, Shen Mingshu stared directly at Wei Ziye: "In this world, I have no relatives or friends left. He is my everything, so—"

Shen Mingshu wiped away her tears and said stubbornly, "So I won't stop loving him just because of some worldly prejudices. I will firmly choose him."

"Even though..." A sob escaped Shen Mingshu's throat, "Even though he doesn't want me anymore."

"..."

Wei Ziye's gaze seemed to vacant for a moment, and before Shen Mingshu could see clearly, he turned and left.

He left behind only a cold sentence: "I hope that after you've seen this, you'll completely disappear from my sight."

……

Shen Mingshu wondered if the people outside had changed.

The insults continued for a whole day until some normal people got tired of the noise and started arguing back, finally giving Shen Mingshu a moment of peace.

She was clutching her belongings and had fallen asleep sometime during the night.

All I know is that she has fallen back into the nightmare she hasn't had in a long time.

In her dream, Wei Ziye was sometimes seen snuggling in her arms, acting like a puppy and asking her to swear she would marry no one but him.

One moment she's frantically swearing that she's pregnant with his child, just to beg him to believe her more.

But he turned into a vicious dog, his face cold, and uttered all sorts of wicked words to her.

Among them, the most vicious sentence was: "Even if you are pregnant, it will definitely be someone else's bastard child. Do you really think that I, the young master, would still want to touch you?"

Finally, in a daze, Shen Mingshu stood on the bridgehead of the underground river.

The river water eroded the air around her, and a chilling fear spread...

"what!"

Shen Mingshu screamed in terror, waking up from her dream to find Wei Ziye sitting there, watching her for who knows how long.

"What's wrong?" Wei Zishi raised his eyebrows: "You've done all the bad things, are you having nightmares?"

Shen Mingshu gasped for breath, looking at the cold and aloof Wei Ziye in front of her. She lowered her eyes, concealing the pain between her brows, and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

The shouting and cursing outside the door continued unabated. Shen Mingshu poured herself a glass of water; she was a little tired.

"A prince of such high status, do you find their insults pleasant to hear? Don't you even think of reporting it to the authorities..."

After taking a sip of water, Shen Mingshu felt her muddled mind clear up a bit.

Wei Ziye's gaze fell on her slender neck, which was covered in sweat, and his eyes followed her as she swallowed.

His words, however, were devoid of warmth: "You deserve it, take it."

"..."

Before Shen Mingshu could even splash water on him, he grabbed her by the collar and pulled her over the courtyard wall to leave the house.

Shen Mingshu asked, puzzled, "Where are you going again?"

Wei Ziye tossed her into the carriage, his tone indifferent.

"Look at your fiancé's new fiancée."

"..."