Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 1380 - 565: Past and Present Lives (Part 2)

Yueyao listened to Zhou Shu’s words and realized that Zhou Shu deliberately mentioned the child to trick her, and now her deepest secret was exposed in front of Zhou Shu.

Yueyao no longer looked at Zhou Shu, but gazed into the distance. The mountain was shrouded in clouds, and the winding paths looked like colorful ribbons falling from between the clouds. Yueyao’s gaze fell back to the ribbon on the tree: "Actually, you guessed it when I came up, so why bother asking?" She used to love watching rainbows, but they were rare, so Zhou Shu created seven-colored ribbons. Yueyao liked them, feeling they were another form of rainbow.

Zhou Shu stared at Yueyao and asked, "I told you I would give you everything you want. Why don’t you believe me? Why could you be so heartless not to want our child?" That day, he asked Yueyao to give him time to handle everything, and he would then make Yueyao his official wife. But Yueyao didn’t believe him; she would rather trust those women than him.

Yueyao’s expression was indifferent: "I’m not interested." Being an official wife was just self-delusion. She wouldn’t fall to that level.

Zhou Shu’s face changed: "You care so much about An Zhichen?"

Yueyao’s face held a mocking smile: "He is my husband, the one to spend a lifetime with me. Who else should I care for?"

Zhou Shu felt overwhelming anger: "And me?" He was also Yueyao’s husband, but his situation was worlds apart from An Zhichen’s.

Yueyao chuckled lightly: "In my heart, you’re just a liar, a complete fraud." He initially married her as a scholar candidate, then exposed her merchant background and pretended to be affectionate to make her resign to fate. But when she found out Zhou Shu already had wives, concubines, and children, she couldn’t accept fate anymore; she then didn’t want to live.

Zhou Shu thought of the things in the dream, and his anger dissipated.

Yueyao questioned: "What do you want to do? In the past life, I already lost my life. Do you still want to force me to death this time?"

Zhou Shu laughed bitterly: "I know what I did made you hate me, but this time it’s unrelated to me." He had always wanted Yueyao, willing to pay a huge price without regret. But the dream showed him that even if he got Yueyao’s body, he couldn’t get her heart, and would cause her a hellish life. So he didn’t intend to harm Yueyao; he returned mainly to see Yueyao and resolve his inner conflict.

Yueyao was stunned and then asked: "You say this time is unrelated to you?"

Zhou Shu nodded: "Yes, it’s unrelated. I just wanted to see you once. But I knew after An Family incident, you’d come to Zhaohua Temple, so I’ve been waiting for you here."

Yueyao’s expression turned ugly: "It’s not you, then who?"

Zhou Shu shook his head and said: "I don’t know, but I believe An Zhichen knows." An Zhichen already captured those people and must have questioned out the mastermind.

Yueyao’s face showed a smile more painful than crying: "So that’s it." No wonder the General Secretary Department couldn’t find Zhou Shu’s trace. Zhou Shu didn’t participate, so how could they track him?

Yueyao found it laughable; all this time, she was worried, and she and Heyue set up the Flesh and Blood Scheme to lure Zhou Shu out, only for this outcome.

Zhou Shu looked at Yueyao’s expression, feeling indescribable: "Yaoyao..."

Yueyao’s face looked very unpleasant: "Call me Lady An." The name reminded her of the disgrace of her past life.

Zhou Shu’s expression was difficult: "Sharing a bed for a day gives a hundred days of gratitude. You’re so heartless."

Yueyao’s expression was very cold: "My husband is the Earl of Pingyang, and I’m the wife of the Earl of Pingyang."

After a long time, Zhou Shu finally said: "You’re different from her." The same person, yet completely different personality.

Yueyao sneered: "She was too foolish, foolish enough to keep hurting herself repeatedly without knowing to take revenge on those who harmed her." Yueyao was hinting that if given a chance, she wouldn’t mind sending Zhou Shu to hell.

Zhou Shu’s expression changed again: "You want to kill me?"

Yueyao said: "If you don’t die, I’ll never have a peaceful life. Unfortunately, I can’t find such an opportunity." While in Haikou, she wanted to kill Zhou Shu. But Zhou Shu’s martial skills were high; she couldn’t do it.