Seeing his tightly furrowed sword-shaped eyebrows and pursed thin lips, Song Wanchu was shocked and surprised.
He had a cold and aloof personality and didn't like to come to places with so many people.
She remembered that during the first summer after their marriage, Song Wanchu was eager to go to Lvyangyin to escape the heat and excitedly made plans with him. All she got in response was an extremely cold look on his face.
He said that only shallow and vulgar people would go to such crowded places to show off.
Song Wanchu's enthusiasm was completely dampened. At night, he was intimate with her, but during the day, he labeled her as vulgar and fond of showing off.
What was he doing here today?
After not seeing each other for a few days, Song Wanchu's state of mind had changed. There was hardly any emotion in her eyes.
However, Liang Yuzhou's gaze on her was rather sharp.
There was also a hint of mockery in his cold expression. "Song Wanchu, we haven't divorced yet, and you're already in such a hurry to find a new man?"
This wasn't the first time she had heard such words.
A few days ago, thanks to the Crown Prince's rescue, she was able to enter the Princess Chang's Mansion through the main gate. Liang Yuzhou had grabbed her by the neck and questioned her like this, suspecting that she had seduced the Crown Prince.
Yu Huiyan, an unmarried young lady, could be seen with him everywhere, being very close. In his eyes, she was innocent and ignorant of the world.
But as soon as Song Wanchu said a few words to Du Yong, she became a wanton seductress with a lascivious nature.
For those who weren't loved, everything they did was wrong.
The once burning love had receded like the tide. Song Wanchu was surprisingly calm, and her tone was also very cold. "Second Master, are you using the wrong word? To separate, all you need is a letter of dismissal. Where does a divorce come into it?"
The man in front of her looked noble, but his eyes were terrifyingly cold. "Song Wanchu, in order to leave the Duke's Mansion, are you willing to debase yourself? Do you think you're so desirable that you can still climb up the social ladder after being abandoned?"
There was an unnamed anger brewing in Liang Yuzhou's heart. First there was Shi Luohan, then the Crown Prince, and now Du Yong.
Why were there so many wolves and tigers around her?
Vulgar. When Song Wanchu heard this word, her already broken heart felt a pang of bitterness.
She had indeed married above her station and had been looked down upon by many, who said she was trying to climb up the social ladder.
It turned out that in Liang Yuzhou's heart, she was even more despicable than what those people had said.
Liang Yuzhou lowered his head and saw Song Wanchu's eyelashes trembling. Her eyelids were lowered, hiding the emotions in her eyes.
Although her complexion was a bit rosier, there was still a sickly pallor about her.
She was also thinner than before.
"Stop acting up and come back with me."
Liang Yuzhou grabbed her arm. His tone when speaking to her was surprisingly gentle, but upon closer inspection, there was a hint of impatience.
It was as if he was here to complete a task and had to lower his stance a bit.
Acting up?
When had she ever acted up?
Why should she, an innocent person who had been wrongly accused, compromise with those who had framed and slandered her?
Anger welled up in her heart. Song Wanchu forcefully shook off his hand and said sharply, "Come back for what? To continue to let Yu Huiyan frame me or to watch you dote on her without a bottom line? Liang Yuzhou, I'm not a masochist!"
She rarely got so emotional. The hand that Liang Yuzhou had had grabbed by Song Wanchu seemed to still feel the prickling sensation as if it had been stabbed by a thorn.
"Huiyan doesn't live in the Duke's Mansion anymore."
Song Wanchu sneered mockingly. No wonder Liang Yuzhou had gone to the Yu family even with injuries. It seemed that he couldn't bear to be separated from her for a single day.
"Come back with me."
Liang Yuzhou grabbed her hand again, his tone leaving no room for doubt.
"Cousin."
Yu Huiyan walked over weakly. The colorful butterfly behind her held an umbrella for her.
She seemed not very used to the sweltering summer in the capital. After walking a few steps, she was already out of breath and sweating profusely.
Song Wanchu suddenly understood why Liang Yuzhou had broken his rule and come to Lvyangyin, a place he didn't like.
Yu Huiyan was afraid of the heat, and he had come here to accompany her to escape the heat.
For the person he loved, any bottom line could be broken.
"It's so hot. Why did you come out?" Liang Yuzhou's tone was reproachful, but his eyes were gentle.
In front of Liang Yuzhou, Yu Huiyan became that cute and obedient little rabbit again, completely different from the face she had shown when she had insulted Song Wanchu in the Princess Chang's Mansion.
"Song... Cousin-in-law, you're here too."
Just as the words "Concubine Song" were about to slip out of her mouth, Yu Huiyan suddenly remembered the colorful butterfly's swollen face like a pig's head and had to swallow the words back with great effort.
Her tone was soft and delicate, but she was very unwilling in her heart.
Song Wanchu didn't want to play along. She simply gave her a cold look.
Yu Huiyan felt a bit embarrassed. She glanced at the pavilion where Song Wanchu had been sitting before. Du Yong was still "playing taiji" with the old steward. The old steward seemed to be willing to risk his life to stop Du Yong from approaching Liang Yuzhou.
"Cousin-in-law, I know you're still angry with cousin. He got whipped by the old duke because of me. He still has injuries on his body. Please be more understanding of cousin."
In the past, Song Wanchu had always cared most about Liang Yuzhou's body. Not a single scar on him could escape her eyes.
But when Yu Huiyan mentioned the whip wound, she noticed that there was an obvious red mark on Liang Yuzhou's neck. The wound had just scabbed over, and it was obvious that the whip had been whipped very hard.
Now, when faced with Liang Yuzhou's scars, Song Wanchu felt no emotion at all.
It wasn't an injury he had suffered for her. Why should she be nervous?
"He got injured for you. It should be you who takes care of him. What does it have to do with me?"
Song Wanchu retorted.
Liang Yuzhou's face darkened, and the aura around him became even colder.
He stared at Song Wanchu intently, as if he was trying to find evidence of her change of heart on her face.
Yu Huiyan couldn't stand Liang Yuzhou's gaze staying on Song Wanchu all the time. Early in the morning, she had heard that Liang Yuzhou had chased Song Wanchu to Lvyangyin. She had rushed here in a hurry, not to watch them reconcile!
Her eyes caught sight of Du Yong, who was still struggling to break free from the steward.
"Cousin-in-law, you're still cousin's noble concubine. Just now, you were so close to Young Master Du. It'll make cousin lose face."
"Which eye of yours saw that we were close?"
Du Yong finally managed to break free from the steward's obstruction and strode up to the three of them.
He was out of breath and very anxious, as if he was in a hurry to stand up for Song Wanchu.
A fire of anger ignited in Liang Yuzhou's heart, and he wanted to burn Du Yong to ashes.
"I just saw you two standing very close when you were talking..."
Yu Huiyan wanted to use her ability to fabricate things out of thin air again, but Du Yong didn't indulge her. He sneered and said, "When we were talking, there was a distance of five people between us. Did you see me hold Miss Song's hand or touch a single hair on her head?"
Yu Huiyan was good at pretending to be weak to gain sympathy, but she had no way to deal with someone like Du Yong, who didn't care about anything.
She stammered and couldn't say a word.
"If you didn't see it, shut your stinking mouth!"
Yu Huiyan had been living under the protection of Princess Jiahe and Liang Yuzhou since she was a child. This was the first time she had been scolded so badly. She was so aggrieved that she was about to cry.
Not wanting to lose in the verbal battle, she bit her lip, as if she had made up her mind to reveal a long-kept secret. "I heard that Young Master Du has had feelings for cousin-in-law for a long time. That year, when cousin-in-law's carriage broke down on a snowy day, you even invited her to share your carriage and personally escorted her back to the Song family."