Chapter 54 p2
Thinking of the plot in the original story, Song Yugui swallowed with difficulty, flicked her wife’s hand away, and said seriously, “I’ll never… never believe you again.”
A number of tired, red blood vessels appeared in Shen Xizhi’s eyes. Her heart felt as if it had been torn open, and a cold wind kept blowing in. Her slender body swayed on the verge of collapse, unable to bear such a serious consequence.
It was just throwing away, throwing away a gift that had been rejected by someone else. How could it be like this? How did it become like this?
Chi Xiangyue also panicked and quickly stood in front of Song Yugui, giving her a look, signaling her not to be so fierce. Hadn’t she seen that Xizhi was already crying?
She had never seen Xizhi cry, and she herself rarely cried. So in her eyes, it must be something very, very sad to make her cry uncontrollably.
“Why are you so fierce? If there’s something wrong, you should make it clear. Xizhi definitely didn’t throw things away for no reason. Why don’t you ask her why? You’ve scared her.”
Song Yugui sneered. She couldn’t even think of a reason if she racked her brains. So she said coldly, “There’s no reason. She just hates me, and along with that, she doesn’t like the things I buy.”
The moment the words fell, a choked sob came from behind Chi Xiangyue, and she denied it loudly, “No—that’s not it! I don’t hate you! How could I hate you? It’s clearly, clearly you, you’re the one who’s not good…”
Song Yugui glared. So it’s my fault again?
She didn’t know the twists and turns in Shen Xizhi’s heart, didn’t know that she had seen her “give” the sugar painting to Song Xinyu with her own eyes. She just thought, You’re talking nonsense!
The young woman’s sad tears fell one after another, her nose also red. The moment Chi Xiangyue heard her say this, she felt that there was a misunderstanding and quickly pulled at the angry Song Yugui, telling her to calm down.
Song Yugui looked to the side and didn’t speak. She was used to her wife cherishing and loving everything she bought. When those things were thrown away like trash, a sense of betrayal, deception, and boiling anger suddenly rose in her heart.
She couldn’t suppress it.
She thought, Hmph, what misunderstanding? Isn’t it just that she’s angry that I tied her up yesterday, and she’s getting back at me, and doesn’t like me anymore? And I was so happy last night, thinking my wife really loves me.
Chi Xiangyue comforted this side, then turned to the other, trying her best to be a peacemaker, and asked Shen Xizhi, “Why did you throw away the sugar painting Yugui gave you? Weren’t you very happy yesterday when I told you Yugui was going to bring you a sugar painting?”
Although she had tried her best to suppress it at the time, Chi Xiangyue had still noticed the corners of her lips that couldn’t help but turn up.
She was clearly happy. Why… why did she throw the thing away?
Shen Xizhi glared at the peacemaker Chi Xiangyue. It’s all her fault! She’s deliberately trying to ruin my relationship with my wife!
Chi Xiangyue was glared at twice and was also a little guilty. This was her first time mediating a conflict between a couple of wives.
But there’s always a first time for everything. She had never had a friend who had gotten married at such a young age before.
Hah, happy yesterday, unhappy today. She’s clearly holding a grudge against my punishment. But I clearly didn’t punish her very severely. I even put medicine on her, and I didn’t make her uncomfortable at all!
Turtle was wronged.
“You… why are you two angry? Say it! Only by saying it can you solve the problem.”
She didn’t understand why Shen Xizhi was as stubborn as a clam and just wouldn’t say.
The more Song Yugui looked at her swaying, pathetic appearance, the angrier she got. She suddenly turned around, but was quickly caught by Chi Xiangyue. “Where are you going? Xizhi hasn’t said anything yet.”
“She can’t say it.”
No matter how angry she was, Shen Xizhi wouldn’t go so far as to talk about what happened between them in bed.
Chi Xiangyue looked at her with a blank expression. Could it be that Xizhi did something very ugly?
She looked back at Shen Xizhi. Shen Xizhi was also standing there, a pale, slender hand subconsciously reaching out to pull her, then curling her fingertips after the other had stopped, and pulling it back in a daze.
Seeing that she had stopped, Shen Xizhi finally bit her lip, her eyes filled with a fierce look as she said hatefully, “Why can’t I say it? Are you afraid I’ll say it after you’ve done that kind of thing!”
Song Yugui couldn’t believe it. When she turned back, her eyes were about to fall to the ground. Could it be… could it be that she’s going to say it? Crazy, really crazy…
Before she could finish thinking, she heard Shen Xizhi say angrily, “You gave this sugar painting to Song Xinyu, but she returned it, and then you turned around and wanted to give it to me! Song Yugui! What do you take me for? Am I that much inferior to her?”
Chi Xiangyue: Eyes wide like copper bells.
There’s also Xinyu’s business in this? It sounds like…
Her eyes looked at Song Yugui, her mind spinning rapidly. Wait, sister, do you really like Xinyu? How come I didn’t see it at all?
A layer of confusion appeared in her eyes.
After she had come to the village, she had heard people say that Yugui had once been infatuated with Xinyu, but she had never seen it on a daily basis and had just thought it was the villagers gossiping. Could it be that it was true?
Song Yugui was furious. She was either being slandered or on the way to being slandered. She was just about to ask her through gritted teeth when she had given the sugar painting to Song Xinyu when she suddenly paused, thinking of yesterday’s scene.
She said with difficulty and in disbelief, “You… you saw me give the sugar to Song Xinyu?”
An ordinary person wouldn’t misunderstand such a scene, but Xizhi… she was a villain who was very prone to overthinking, sensitive, and thoughtful.
It was only normal for her to misunderstand. There were also many plots in the novel where she had misunderstood through her own imagination.
Shen Xizhi was silent, her eyes red, looking at her stubbornly and with a wronged expression.
Song Yugui was so looked at that she wanted to kill the pig in the backyard. Eat, eat, eat! All you know is to eat! You have a brain every day but don’t know how to use it!
She was physically and mentally exhausted. “I’ll explain it to you one last time. I don’t like Miss Song, never have. I ran into Miss Song by chance yesterday. My things fell, and I was busy picking them up, so I asked Miss Song to help me hold the sugar painting. Didn’t you see these things? They were all bought for you. There are clothes inside, bought according to your size. Do I have to give a woman a sugar painting just to please her? You’re always like this, misunderstanding me, not listening to my explanation, and just making up your mind in your heart.”
Song Yugui’s heart was like dead ashes. She closed her eyes deeply.
But Shen Xizhi’s eyes widened little by little, as if she couldn’t believe she would get such an answer. While she was still in a daze, Song Yugui threw the bundle, which she didn’t know what it contained but was in any case heavy, into her arms.
She said in a low voice, “When I came back, I was still thinking if you would scold me for buying too much. But you don’t have to worry about that anymore. Shen Xizhi, if I buy you one more thing, I’m a dog!”
At most, I’ll just give you the money to buy it yourself. Hmph, I’ll never buy you anything again!
Hearing her resolute words, Shen Xizhi’s pupils trembled, and her tears fell like a broken string. She opened the bundle with trembling fingers. Inside, there were several pieces of jewelry packed in boxes, and two sets of clothes. She picked them up, and they were indeed her size.
Thinking that she might have really misunderstood, the young woman was already dying of panic. And hearing Song Yugui’s last sentence, she almost went weak in the knees and fainted.
Her fingers dug into her palms, and the sharp pain was the only thing that could keep her a little clear-headed. Finally, she looked over with wet, red eyes, but only managed to say two words, “No.”
Hah, no? You say no, and it’s no? My hands are on my own body. I just won’t buy it for you.
It wasn’t just Shen Xizhi who could be sarcastic. In the past, Song Yugui had felt sorry for her and couldn’t bear to be sarcastic or bully her. But today, it was unbearable. Her expression was wrong, her tone was wrong, and her whole body was cold. She glanced at her. “I wouldn’t dare to buy you anything anymore. What if you think I’m buying it for someone else again? Who can stand being slandered all day? It’s one thing for others, but you’re joining them in slandering me and not believing me?”
They are all outsiders. It’s fine if they misunderstand me. But you’re different. You’re my pillow companion. How can you misunderstand me?
At first, Song Yugui felt that she hadn’t given her enough sense of security, that the original owner had been too blatant in her pursuit of women, leaving a deep-rooted impression. But now she felt that Shen Xizhi herself also had a problem. She had explained it many times, and she had also managed not to say anything extra to Song Xinyu, just having normal interactions. Yet she still had to make a fuss over it.
And even worse, thinking that the crime yesterday was because she had asked Song Xinyu to help her hold the sugar, Song Yugui’s face turned green.
Afraid that she would keep her word, Shen Xizhi was terrified. She hurried a few steps forward to block her way, her lips bitten into deep tooth marks, and promised cautiously, “I… I won’t let my imagination run wild anymore.”
“You said that last time too.”
Chi Xiangyue: …
She turned around and said earnestly, “This is where you’re wrong. You just saw Yugui give the sugar to Xinyu, and you just assumed in your heart that Yugui had bought it for Xinyu without asking. But I clearly told you this morning that Yugui would bring you a sugar painting. You should believe Yugui more. The most important thing between a couple… a couple of wives is mutual trust. If you don’t even believe her, then why should others believe her?”
Shen Xizhi’s heart trembled. That’s right. If even I don’t believe her…
She really did regret it a little in her heart. She shouldn’t have been so rash, shouldn’t have just assumed without asking. She didn’t know what was wrong with her. The moment she saw her wife and Song Xinyu standing together, the fear of being abandoned seemed to envelop her.
“I… I didn’t want to not believe you. I was just too scared…”
“Scared again? I’m only with you every day, and I’m only good to you every day. What on earth are you afraid of! I really don’t understand. Forget it, Miss Chi, please go out first.”
“Ah, ai?”
Chi Xiangyue was just listening. She didn’t know how the fire had burned to her. She had even prepared a lot of reasoning, wanting to persuade them to shake hands and make up, but she was chased away first. She was completely bewildered and hesitated for a moment.
“This… is not good, right? Ahem.”
Chi Xiangyue was guilty and went closer to say in a small voice, “I heard people say you used to hit your wife. You’re not going to hit her now, are you? Hitting your wife is not okay. If there’s something wrong, you should talk it out properly. It’ll be fine once it’s cleared up.”
She was still insisting on being a peacemaker. The corners of Song Yugui’s mouth twitched, her expression quite speechless. “When did you ever see me lay a finger on her? You go back first. I’ll talk to Xizhi alone.”
Shen Xizhi’s gaze toward her wife moved slightly. She also spoke, her voice hoarse. “Miss Chi, today… thank you. You should go back first.”
Her attitude also changed very quickly. She had been glaring at Chi Xiangyue before, but now she thought, If it weren’t for Chi Xiangyue bringing it up, how would I have known that the truth was like that, that my wife hadn’t given the gift she had promised me to someone else, that in my wife’s heart, she was still the most important? It was me who misunderstood.
Chi Xiangyue looked at the two of them suspiciously, not wanting to leave. But since they were both chasing her away, she could only reluctantly walk to the door and then turn back. “Talk it out properly. Don’t use your hands. I’ll be listening outside.”
Song Yugui: …
“Stand farther away. Don’t eavesdrop.”
“Oh.”
Chi Xiangyue left.
Song Yugui’s face then turned completely cold, her aura also cold. Her expression was still as if it were welded on, in disbelief. “You tied me up just because you thought I gave Song Xinyu sugar?”
Actually, actually it wasn’t just for this. All sorts of emotions were mixed together. After clearly knowing that she was not loved, she was on edge. But she didn’t dare to say it, so she just looked at her timidly, nodded cautiously, and then apologized. “I’m sorry. I won’t let my imagination run wild anymore.”
This time it’s for real. Don’t be angry. Don’t punish me so harshly. Even though I was tied up yesterday, I wasn’t that angry. How come…
The young woman’s eyes were filled with tears. She took a small step, her hand gripping her sleeve.
But this time, Song Yugui was not at all sympathetic. Now even outsiders believed that she had turned over a new leaf, but her own wife didn’t!
“I think you really need a lesson!”
She was like a gust of wind, her two hands holding Shen Xizhi’s armpits, and she lifted her and threw her onto the bed.
I have to vent somehow. I can’t smash things; I bought them with my own money. I can’t hit her; I never hit my wife (not in bed). Then I can only…
Outside, Chi Xiangyue finally felt uneasy. She had already left but had quietly run back, squatting at the corner of the wall and pricking up her ears to listen, thinking to herself,
I’ll just listen to see if they’re fighting, and then I’ll leave! Mmm? Why is there a crying sound? Was she beaten until she cried?!
Greatly shocked!!
a crying sound…? yugui, your wife is right, you really don’t know what is punishment and what is reward
girl just give her the silent treatment where is ur brain
She wouldn’t be able to bare giving the silent treatment to her wife