Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?-Chapter 454 - 394: You’re Not as Smart as I Thought
Shang Ruyi was startled.
Just before leaving the Great Hero Hall, she had already wiped away the tear stains on her face to ensure there was nothing amiss before coming out, but unexpectedly, Yu Wenye saw through it at a glance—could there still be traces of tears on her face that she didn’t clean?
If so, wasn’t she seen by everyone along the way?
She suddenly felt a bit panicked, hurriedly raising her hand to wipe her face, but just as she lifted her hand, Yu Wenye caught it. He said in a low voice, "No, your face is fine."
"..."
Shang Ruyi still felt uneasy: "Really?"
After all, she was the daughter-in-law of the Duke Mansion. If she walked around with tear stains on her face, especially today with civil and military officials gathering in Dayan Temple, if someone saw her, she would really have no face to live with!
Seeing her cautious look, an unexpected hint of a smile appeared in Yu Wenye’s eyes.
He nodded and pursed his lips, "Hmm."
Shang Ruyi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then became puzzled again. Since there was nothing on her face, how did he notice?
Just as she looked questioningly at Yu Wenye, she saw him looking down at her. His deep gaze seemed to penetrate from her eyes straight into her heart.
He said, "I can tell."
"...!"
Shang Ruyi’s heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly lowered her head to avoid his gaze.
Seeing her clearly flustered demeanor, Yu Wenye also faintly curled his lips but didn’t say anything more, just looked at her gently.
His expression could even be described as joyful.
But Shang Ruyi’s heart grew increasingly chaotic. The draft she had prepared on the way, thinking about what to say to him, suddenly vanished. Under his gentle gaze, she felt completely empty.
For a moment, both of them fell silent.
As they stood on either side of the threshold, neither stepping forward nor retreating, the awkward silence was suddenly broken by a breeze blowing past.
The wind was not fierce, but it carried away the paper in Shang Ruyi’s hand.
"Ah!"
Shang Ruyi exclaimed softly, watching the paper about to be blown away, hurriedly wanting to chase it, but saw Yu Wenye stretch out his hand, deftly retrieving the paper from the wind.
However, as he looked closely at the writing on it, his expression immediately darkened.
"This is—"
Shang Ruyi’s heart also sank almost simultaneously.
Just at that moment, it seemed that everything between them was still as if there were only two people, but now, it felt like suddenly there was a third person between them, and the shadow of this person instantly enveloped her entire being, dimming her gaze.
But she didn’t show much desolation, just smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager wrote it."
"..."
"I brought it for you."
"..."
Yu Wenye gave her a deep glance without saying anything more, just looked down at those words. His brow gradually furrowed, his expression solemn, as if his entire being was absorbed in those two sentences and eight characters—
People in the mundane world, nothing more than love and hate.
His hand, usually as steady as a rock, showed a trace of tremor at this moment, causing the paper to rustle.
As expected...
Whenever it concerned Empress Dowager Jiang, he would react this way.
Only Empress Dowager Jiang could make him like this.
Even though she knew she shouldn’t feel sad, truthfully, Shang Ruyi’s breaths became inexplicably erratic, and she took a deep breath as if to conceal her current unease, then said with a smile, "She wrote it. I intended to bring it to you, but didn’t expect the wind to deliver it."
"..."
"It seems, even the heavens know—"
Yu Wenye didn’t speak, just looked at her.
The tenderness that seemed to overflow from his eyes moments ago now seemed to have turned into frost.
This time, the chill rising in her heart quickly calmed Shang Ruyi, and she finally remembered the prepared speech she had on her way here. She smiled and then said, "I brought this, not just to give it to you, but also to say—let’s reconcile."
"..."
"Although I said this once in Yanyue City, I want to say it again now."
"..."
"I don’t want to have any more misunderstandings with you, nor do I want to turn against you anymore."
In fact, this was something she had long understood, just replaying it today made her see it more clearly. She needed Yu Wenye, to be a good daughter-in-law of Duke Sheng, she couldn’t do without Yu Wenye.
No matter how big the contradictions between them, or how many disputes, she needed him to continue well.
"As for your feelings for her—I understand, I completely understand,"
Saying this, she chuckled softly, "Actually, if I were you, I would also feel the same way about her..."
"..."
"So this time, I truly understand."
"..."
"You can rest assured, from now on, I won’t interfere with your feelings—in fact, it will be just like before between us. I’ll fulfill the duties of your wife and as Duke Sheng’s daughter-in-law, I will do everything I’m supposed to do."
"..."
"So you—"
As she spoke these words, originally words she prepared on her way over and believed she could convey her stance clearly, somehow grew increasingly chaotic towards the end, not because of those words, but because she heard the sound of knuckles cracking.
She abruptly closed her mouth.
And Yu Wenye, still looking at her, with a gaze so calm it seemed frozen, yet his hand was continuously exerting force, causing the knuckles to whiten.
Shang Ruyi’s heart suddenly sank.
And at that moment, as if rescuing her, the long and drawn-out sound of chimes suddenly came from the not-so-distant Scripture Pavilion.
The sound of the chime was different from before, ringing out three times, each more resonant and carrying on longer, and though not versed in Buddhist Law, she vaguely understood that these three chime sounds seemed to signify the end of the Dharma Assembly.
The Inner Altar Dharma Assembly, ended?!
With this thought, her heart instantly beat more erratically, subconsciously turning to move toward the Scripture Pavilion: "I’ll go check—"
Before the words were finished, Yu Wenye suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist!
Startled, Shang Ruyi just turned her head, not even having had a chance to clearly see Yu Wenye’s deep black and stern eyes before a formidable force pulled her into the Buddhist Hall. Stumbling, she barely had time to regain her footing before she was pushed forcefully against the door panel, producing a clattering sound.
"Ugh!"
The hard door panel hit her back painfully, but she didn’t even have time to cry out before a hand gripped her shoulder firmly, pinning her to the cold door panel.
As if nailed there.
Upon looking up, she came face to face with Yu Wenye’s deep black eyes, his face showing undisguised anger, even with a hint of malice as he looked at her, while behind him stood the statue of the Bodhisattva, symbolizing salvation for all beings, contrasting with the almost demonic aura emanating from him.
Shang Ruyi never knew that he could have such a side.
Nor did she know that she could drive him to reveal such a side.
In this moment, her heartbeat was almost ready to leap out of her chest, pounding against her chest with waves of pain, but more painful was Yu Wenye’s grip on her slender shoulder, his fingers large and powerfully threatening, as if they might crush her bones at any moment.
Yet when he spoke, his voice was very light.
Only carrying a heavy, fear-inducing grimness—
"Shang Ruyi, I now realize that I also dislike you."
"..."
"Dislike this self-righteous attitude of yours."
"..."
"Do you think these words, so tolerant, so magnanimous, just like a daughter-in-law of the Duke Mansion, can make everything between us as if it never happened?"
Whether driven by his provocation or the bone-cracking pain on her shoulder, Shang Ruyi suddenly felt a surge of anger, completely tearing apart her previously poised demeanor.
She gritted her teeth and said, "Then what?"
"..."
Yu Wenye narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at her.
After a long silence, he suddenly sneered, "It seems, letting you find the answer by yourself was indeed unwise—you are not as smart as I thought." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"..."
Shang Ruyi froze.
She didn’t even have time to get angry, much less retort, before she felt a powerful force pulling her into a tight embrace, unable to see clearly those deep, cold eyes of Yu Wenye.
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