Free Web NovelChapter 198: Chapter 180: One-Eighth
Yu Wenzhou’s gracious concession truly showed the bearing of a main husband.
It made Yu Lan breathe a sigh of relief.
Thanks to Belina’s deliberate arrangements, Yu Wenzhou successfully moved into the villa where Yu Lan lived that same afternoon.
It was all open and perfectly justified.
The only thing missing was hiring a band and drummers to celebrate with a full-blown performance.
「At that moment」
Huo Zhanting received the report from the investigators he had dispatched.
After a quick glance, the man’s expression immediately grew grim.
His fingers tapped on the screen, typing out a message and sending it to the harem group chat.
Huo Zhanting: [Yu Wenzhou went to the Imperial Palace once before National Day. The main hall was sealed, no outsiders were allowed to disturb them, and guards were stationed nearby to cordon off the area. No one knows what he and Belina talked about.]
Jun Lin Yuan: [Damn, that pretty boy Yu Wenzhou, what is he trying to do? Is he trying to harm Lanlan?]
Li Yucheng: [So today’s scene was all an act they orchestrated, right?]
Pei Shiyi’s comment was the sourest of all.
Pei Shiyi: [So what if they knew each other when they were young? It’s been so long. Who knows if Yu Wenzhou has had a change of heart and been turned by Belina.]
Pei Shiyi: [I wonder what kind of benefits Belina gave him.]
’Although Pei Shiyi believed that anyone in this world who had truly spent time with Yu Lan would never even think of betraying her.’
’But the moment he thought about how Yu Wenzhou had popped out of nowhere and snatched the main husband position they had all been secretly fighting for...’
’Pei Shiyi felt incredibly pissed off, so jealous he was about to come apart at the seams.’
’It was as if only by labeling Yu Wenzhou as someone with ill intentions could he feel even a little bit better.’
’Knowing each other since youth, sharing thick and thin together.’
’How enviable. How infuriatingly jealous it made him.’
Shen Zueran: [Let’s call Lanlan over first and tell her about this.]
Shen Zueran: [We shouldn’t let Lanlan be alone with Yu Wenzhou. No matter what, we have to be careful.]
Shen Zueran: [He’s shrouded in suspicion right now, and Lanlan has that childhood bond with him. Since she’s feeling guilty, she might not believe us.]
The moment Shen Zueran’s analysis was posted, it was instantly met with everyone’s likes and agreement.
That was exactly right.
Su Xingye, always the man of action, immediately headed upstairs to find Yu Lan, who was currently arranging Yu Wenzhou’s accommodations for the night.
Su Xingye passed one guest room after another in the villa.
But he saw no sign of Yu Lan. As he neared the master bedroom and faintly heard the voices of two people talking, Su Xingye’s heart sank heavily.
「Inside the master bedroom」
"Why can’t we live together?"
"We used to live together, didn’t we?"
"You always used to get so cold at night and needed me to hold you while you slept."
"Is it because there are others now that you don’t want to be with me anymore?"
"If that’s the case, I can sleep in the guest room next door."
Yu Wenzhou lowered his eyes slightly, his lashes trembling. Paired with his pale complexion, it gave him an inexplicably wronged and pitiful look.
’The little rabbit, away from home for so long, couldn’t wait to cuddle up to his master.’
’As if that could prove he had never left.’
’That they could go back to how things were.’
’That no one could affect the bond between them.’
But Yu Lan rubbed her forehead in distress. ’To say nothing of the fact that she had absolutely no memory of being with Yu Wenzhou...’
’Yu Wenzhou was now suddenly proposing they sleep together. How was that any different from sleeping with a handsome stranger she’d just met?’
’Yu Lan simply couldn’t accept it.’
’Besides, Huo Zhanting and the others weren’t dead.’
’If she really let Yu Wenzhou into her room today, she was afraid the others would tear the roof off the villa that very night.’
Though she couldn’t bear to, Yu Lan still said:
"I’m sorry, Wenzhou."
"I don’t have any memories of being with you right now. Suddenly living together... it’s a little hard for me to accept. I hope you can understand."
Seeing the man’s face grow paler and paler at her words, Yu Lan quickly added:
"But don’t worry, I’ll do my best to remember our time together as quickly as possible."
"Just wait for me a little longer, okay?"
After a moment’s thought, Yu Lan stepped forward and hugged Yu Wenzhou, patting his back reassuringly. Her voice was troubled as she said:
"I don’t know why I lost my memories either. If I had a choice, I wouldn’t want this."
"I just forgot. It doesn’t mean I want to abandon you."
Held in a gentle, proactive embrace by the female he had loved for so many years, her faint, sweet fragrance filled his senses.
Yu Wenzhou closed his eyes and told himself,
’This is enough.’
’It’s already enough.’
’For him, to have come this far was already enough.’
’He had seen the little female he’d longed for day and night, had walked to her side, and could now stand there openly.’
’He could even die with the title of Yu Lan’s Beast Husband.’
’This was already a very, very good ending.’
’He just wanted to spend a little more time with his beloved little female, to cherish every last minute and second of his life.’
’But if he couldn’t, that was okay too.’
’For her, he was willing to do anything.’
"It’s okay."
Yu Wenzhou raised his arms to hug Yu Lan back, lovingly nuzzling his chin against the little female’s head.
"It’s okay if you can’t remember."
’That way, when he died, Yu Lan wouldn’t be too heartbroken.’
"We can create new memories together."
"This time, you have to remember me well."
’Remember that a person named Yu Wenzhou once appeared in your life.’
’If you could just occasionally visit his grave, that would be enough.’
Yu Lan was completely unaware of all this.
She immediately looked up at his words, about to say something, when...
"KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!"
Su Xingye stood at the door to the master bedroom, rapping his knuckle against it.
"Lanlan, we need to talk to you about something."
After speaking, he feigned an innocent and apologetic expression, as if he’d only just seen them hugging. His voice, full of apology, rang out:
"Oh, sorry! Am I interrupting?"
As he spoke, he quickly took two steps back. "You two go ahead, Lanlan. I’ll come back later."
Yu Lan: "..."
’Su Xingye was really too much.’
’What was she "busy" with?’
Yu Lan quickly pulled away from Yu Wenzhou’s embrace and hurriedly called out to Su Xingye:
"Su Xingye, wait! I’ll go with you."
"What did you guys want to talk to me about?"
Yu Lan quickly caught up to Su Xingye, and her figure gradually disappeared from Yu Wenzhou’s sight.
’She left again.’
’The warmth of her body in his arms had felt so real, yet it was so illusory.’
’The moment she left, it instantly grew cold.’
’Even the embrace was so fleeting.’
At that moment, Yu Wenzhou had never been more keenly aware that Yu Lan’s side was already crowded with many others.
’He was just one-eighth of the whole.’
’A one-eighth who was under suspicion!’
