Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is a happy event, but the premise is that this old friend is not a former confidant. Another word may be more suitable - ex-boyfriend. Shen Zhi's expression was visibly gloomy, and he squeezed out a polite smile in an instant.
"Why is Li Lang here too?"
The word "ex-boyfriend" was said by the lord.
For men and women who have had a relationship but not married, just use "ex-boyfriend/girlfriend" to refer to the relationship. Don't use the term "confidant" for all relationships between men and women. It really discredits the term.
The man called Li Lang hesitated for a moment, then took his food tray and sat down with Shen Zhi. Although it was in a corner, the table was not small, and his two friends also sat down at Shen Zhi's invitation.
The atmosphere was extremely awkward for a moment.
The two of them still found an excuse to sit at the next table.
As good friends of Li Lang, they have known him for many years and are still clear about each other's childhood love experience. When the other party explained "the girl from the Shen family", they remembered that their friend was indeed close to a girl named Shen.
It was said that this Miss Shen was the daughter of a maid in the Shen Mansion. She was not loved by her biological father since she was a child. The mistress of the house only treated her with courtesy. In addition, her biological father was not a high-ranking official, so it would be difficult for her to find a suitable match in the future. Somehow, she met a friend during a Buddhist outing. Both of them were young people in their prime, and there was no prejudice against each other based on family background. They got together after a while.
However, this girl was not very lucky, and she had a father who was obsessed with power. When Zheng Qiao needed a princess to marry, her father sent the name of this little-known concubine to her. Once she was chosen, she could only marry!
At first, my friend wanted to get engaged before the order was issued.
As long as the girl is engaged, she can be exempted from the marriage.
However, a rumor spread in the palace at this time that Miss Shen seemed to have been chosen. If she went to propose marriage at this critical moment, given the temper of the tyrant Zheng Qiao, both families would probably be in trouble. In desperation, my friend was locked up at home by his parents, claiming to be sick and unable to go out. In less than half a month, he quickly decided on a girl from another family and hurriedly completed the marriage process. Miss Shen had no choice but to go to the marriage.
Alas, it’s all fate.
The two friends lamented that a perfect couple missed each other.
Li Lang said softly, "I am lucky. I was saved by Lord Chen's troops. Ah Zhi, why are you here?"
Shen Zhi said: "Business."
His expression was full of aloofness, without a trace of joy.
Her indifference made the atmosphere even weirder.
The three of them felt awkward, but Shen Zhi was very calm.
Li Lang: "Azhi, how have you been these years?"
Shen Zhi quickly recalled his experiences over the past few years: "It's pretty good. But how have you and your wife been doing over the years? How many children have you given birth to? Boys or girls?"
Although she had long forgotten about this man, and if he hadn't suddenly appeared, she probably wouldn't have remembered him many times in her life, but that didn't mean she didn't have any resentment in her heart. She was abandoned and married with a child that she couldn't get rid of. She could almost imagine a future where her life would be worse than death.
How could the Ten Crows Royal Court be a good thing
When she told him she was pregnant, he had promised her that he would propose marriage as soon as possible and bring her home. Although it was not nice to be pregnant before marriage, as long as the process was quick, the child could be covered up by falsely reporting that he was born one or two months prematurely.
result-
The other party actually claimed to be sick and happily married his new bride!
Chen Zhi still remembers the despair and helplessness he felt at that time!
Don't use any high-sounding excuses like implicating the two families. He is such a strong man. He should have the courage to face it with her, right? It's easy not to want to implicate the two families. If they can't elope, they can die together! Don't play any helpless drama, and don't say that he is the only bloodline of the Li family. He said he was helpless, but his body was honest!
The wedding night is not delayed at all! This man is well versed in the essence of human-machine separation!
Li Lang's face darkened as he said, "She's gone."
Shen Zhi heard this and his expression changed: "Did you go?"
Li Lang said in a dark voice, "When my wife gave birth last year, she had a difficult labor and hemorrhage, and both she and the baby died."
Shen Zhi said in a daze: "He is a pitiful one."
She recalled the scene when she gave birth to her daughter. She had already practiced at that time. Although it was still a long way from condensing the Danfu, the refined Wen Qi flowed through the meridians, tempering the body all the time. Therefore, the birth process was much easier than the midwife said, and the child came out in an hour. She recovered 90% right after the confinement, and she did not have the problem of women's urinary incontinence and hemorrhoids.
Li Lang asked her: "You and your husband..."
Shen Zhi sneered and said, "Where can I find a husband?"
Li Lang asked again: "That child..."
Chen Zhi said: "I got a miscarriage. Li Lang didn't think that I, a princess married to a foreign prince, could survive being pregnant, right?"
Li Lang was speechless after her question and didn't know what he was thinking.
He stammered, "Ah Zhi, I am sorry for you."
Shen Zhi said calmly: "That's all in the past."
Hearing that Chen Zhi forgave him, Li Lang's expression visibly relaxed a little, and his tense back also relaxed a little.
Slowly, he brought up some things from the past.
Chen Zhi responded intermittently.
From Li Lang's mouth, Shen Zhi also knew that he had not lived well in the past few years. She, who had always had a cold face, was slightly moved and became a little enthusiastic about her ex-boyfriend - well, she loved to hear more words.
Li Lang's father was a high-ranking official in the court. He had been married for many years and had only several daughters but no sons. In order to protect the family business from being wiped out, his wife decided to give the maidservant a face and give it to her husband. After a few years, she finally gave birth to a son.
Although he was a bastard, he was the only male.
As the treasure of the whole family, he was brought up to be very simple and cowardly. Shen Zhi chose him because he was easy to control, with a wealthy family, a simple family, and his parents-in-law were old, so he would be able to be the head of the family in a few years.
The script was pretty much what Shen Zhi had planned.
Not many years after Li Lang got married, his father was implicated by his colleagues and thrown into prison. He died of illness in prison within half a year. When his stepmother heard the bad news, she also passed away. Li Lang depended on his biological mother for life. This biological mother did not get along well with her daughter-in-law, who came from a prominent family.
In order to avoid idleness, Li Lang often plays with his friends.
He neglected the inner house and did not care about his wife's mood during pregnancy, which led to the pregnancy half a month early, resulting in one death and two deaths.
After that, he was also arrested and his biological mother's whereabouts were unknown.
The married sisters also have their own misfortunes.
Shen Zhi didn't feel happy after hearing the whole story. After all, it was the people around him who lost their lives, not himself. No matter what, he still had his life, which was better than many people.
She was lost in thought when she felt a hint of warmth on the back of her hand.
Shen Zhi shrank back as if he had been electrocuted, and looked at the other person sharply, making him look embarrassed. He lowered his eyebrows and whispered, "Ah Zhi, can the broken mirror be reunited?"
Despite so many setbacks, he still has an old friend by his side. This may be God's way of making up for his rough life.
Shen Zhi showed a sneer that he had never seen before, and uttered harsh words from his red lips: "If the mirror is broken, don't even think about making it round again. It's easier to smash it completely and throw it into the furnace to melt it again."
Li Lang's expression was as if struck by lightning: "Ah Zhi?"
Chen Zhi picked up a piece of meat dish and ate calmly: "You also helped me with the suffering I have endured over the years. Why does Li Lang think that as long as we can get back together, it can all be written off? Am I, Chen Yaohe, a cheap person who only remembers food but not punishment?"
If it weren't for the fact that we couldn't waste food, I would really like to dump a bowl of rice on his head! Why didn't he know how to look in the mirror? He is now as skinny as a black monkey squatting on a tree, how can he compare to the fair and plump boy he used to be? How dare he covet the beautiful girl
Do you really think you are a romantic saint
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. But he didn't show his anger. Li Lang thought that Shen Zhi still had resentment for his behavior back then, and said sadly, "Zhi, it's not that I'm cruel and heartless. Under the circumstances at that time, I couldn't abandon my father and the others. My father didn't dare to gamble with the lives of hundreds of people in the mansion!"
Chen Zhi sneered and asked the other party a heart-piercing question: "Oh? Then are the hundreds of lives in your family still alive? Li Lang, at that time, in order to be with you, I didn't care about the Shen family at all... I was so affectionate, do you have even a third of my affection?"
The talk of deep love and no regrets is all lies.
She almost died in the Shen Mansion. She was ignored since she was a child, bullied by her sisters, and bullied by the maids and servants. No one stood up for her. Her biological father even put her on the marriage list for her future. She wished that the ashes of this family would be scattered!
It's just right to use it to squeeze the unfaithful man in front of me.
Li Lang's blood color faded instantly: "You, you-how can you be so vicious, Chen Zhi, do you know that the dead are the greatest?"
Shen Zhi frowned: "What does your family's death have to do with me?"
Li Lang looked at Chen Zhi with unfamiliar eyes.
Chen Zhi said impatiently, "If you hadn't said that you were getting back together to disgust me, I would have just treated you as a friend reminiscing about the past. Do you really think that if you put the blame on your parents, you are no longer a heartless man who abandoned his wife and children? It's okay to deceive outsiders who don't know the truth, but don't deceive yourself. If your parents hadn't stopped you, would you really have come to find me back then?"
Li Lang was a little embarrassed: "I can!"
Chen Zhi sneered: "There are no lies under the Word Spirit! Mr. Li, think carefully before answering, do you really know how to do it?"
She slammed her seal on the table.
I don't know when the crowd has gathered around. It's really good to eat with gossip!
Chen Tang lay on the wooden fence, holding the rice bucket.
A true lord never misses any gossip.
Qian Yong said: "This girl under your command is not good enough."
Shen Tang, who was always protective of his shortcomings, was not happy: "Why not?"
Qian Yong held the clasp between his legs and pointed at the black monkey in the middle of the crowd, saying, "This man is dwarf-like, with a dark complexion that is not handsome, narrow shoulders and a thin waist. From a distance, he looks like a bamboo pole with a ball on top. How can he be called a real man? A real man should be found among the brave warriors..."
That head, those muscles, and the overwhelming yang energy!
Qian Yong said: "Men with yin deficiency like this are useless after they are over 30. They lack yang energy and are not strong enough."
Chen Tang: “… Indeed, your vision is not very good.”
"Fortunately, it's not too late. Let's have something good to eat on our second marriage."
"... Can you stop making dirty jokes every day, old man?" Chen Tang really wanted to blame Qian for being a glutton. "Also, Yao He is still an unmarried woman, how can she be married for the second time?"
Qian Yong looked at Chen Tang seriously and said nothing.
That look clearly said—
Aren't we the same
Chen Tang: “…”
At the same time, Li Lang was so shocked by the Wenxin seal that even his two friends who wanted to take sides naturally fell silent.
Shen Zhi is actually a scholar of literary talent!
When did it happen
Shen Zhi pressed on step by step, with a pair of beautiful eyes showing a bit of teasing: "Do you still dare to say 'yes' now?"
Li Lang hunched his back slightly and remained silent.
Shen Zhi's gentle whisper swam into his eardrums like a venomous snake.
"If you say so, a broken mirror may be mended!"
The question is, does he have the courage
He is just a mediocre person, who can't resist the torture of the Word Spirit, and will definitely spit out the most real thoughts in his heart! By then, he will be a complete joke.
Li Lang's face switched back and forth between red, black, white and blue, the veins on his forehead were throbbing wildly, and he felt unprecedented embarrassment and humiliation.
After a long while, he gritted his teeth and whispered.
"Ah Zhi, do you have to do this?"
Chen Zhi sneered, "It's not that I have to do this, and I have no intention of humiliating you. You were the one who humiliated me first. Who do you think you are now? Do you think I'm a shameless bastard? You actually want to reconcile with me? You despise me so much, but I'm not allowed to get angry, right? Mr. Li, how can you be worthy of being my slave?"
Originally, I still missed my daughter and treated it calmly.
But the other party has a very good self-image!
Shen Zhi felt offended, like a toad lying on the back of her foot! She was a scholar, the deputy of the household department under Shen Jun, and she also supplied goods to dozens of shops. She had the strength, the property, and the status...
How dare the other party even think about it
perhaps-
Is it true as General Qian said, that she should eat something good
Li Lang was shocked, his body swaying slightly, and he couldn't believe it: "I never thought that you also have the face of a villain who succeeds."
Shen Zhi smiled and said, "It's better to be successful than to be unsuccessful."
In the end, there was no fight.
Even the man with the surname Li doesn’t dare to do that.
Although Chen Zhi is a woman, she has a Wenxin seal, and it is obvious that she is related to Chen Tang. If a conflict arises, he will definitely suffer.
The only thing I can be thankful for is that I didn’t become an official.
Otherwise, I would see Chen Zhi every day, and if I had such a grudge against him, I wouldn't know how I would be suppressed in the future.
Originally, he wanted to rely on Chen Tang as a big tree, and wait until the situation stabilized before making a choice, whether to enter the government or find relatives and return home... Now he doesn't have to think about it anymore, he can only choose the latter.
The other two friends frowned in unison.
Shen Zhi picked up the plate and glanced at the crowd of spectators.
He said indifferently: "Disperse!"
The soldiers scattered like birds and beasts.
Although Chen Zhi is not their direct superior, she is from the Household Department, and the Household Department has close ties with the logistics department responsible for allocating food and fodder. If you offend her, you might get harassed one day.
Qian Yong said: "It's impressive!"
Chen Tang rolled his eyes at him: "Don't even think about it."
Qian Yong patted his chest and said, "Don't let your imagination run wild. I just want to introduce her to someone and act as a matchmaker..."
Men understand each other best.
Eat something good.
Chen Tang: “…”