allonlinenovel Chapter 208 Talk 1
Chapter 208 Talk 1
Looking at her son's adorable sleeping face, Yun Shu gently kissed his forehead, covered him with the blanket, and then quietly came out and closed the door.
Mingkun had already tidied up and was smoking on the balcony. Seeing her come out, he put out his cigarette and walked over step by step.
Yun Shu lowered her head. At this moment, she didn't know what to say to him. She was no longer the Yun Shu of the past. She was no longer so infatuated with Ming Kun. Besides, she had things to do and didn't want to get entangled with him any longer.
“Let’s… talk!” Mingkun walked up to her, took her hand, and led her outside. They didn’t go anywhere. Mingkun took Yunshu to his house next door, afraid that their conversation would disturb Beibei’s sleep.
Yun Shu stepped into their old wedding room again. It was exactly the same as when she first came to see it during the renovation; nothing had changed except for the furniture Ming Kun had bought. It was clear that Ming Kun lived alone; it was simple and sparsely furnished.
The two sat on the sofa. Mingkun stared at Yunshu for a long time before speaking: "I learned from Mingyuan that a lot happened to you back then. After you disappeared, Gu Cheng helped me get out of there. Later, he told me that you... you married Sheng Huainan and went abroad. He brought me a divorce agreement to sign. At that time, my mother found out that I had already registered my marriage with you. She was so angry that she fell ill and later... became paralyzed. She still can't walk... I investigated your affairs back then, thinking that you... abandoned me and abandoned our love..."
Mingkun couldn't continue his story. During those difficult days, he was once devastated. If it weren't for the fact that he had to support his parents and his sister kept comforting him, he really didn't know how he would have gotten through that time. After a month of depression, he put all his energy into his work, which led to his success today.
“Since you already know, I don’t want to say any more, Mingkun… it’s better if we separate. My family is too complicated, and I don’t want to drag you down. Besides, you already have a fiancée—” Yun Shu was interrupted by Mingkun’s words before she could finish speaking.
"I don't have a fiancée. At the airport, I saw you with Sheng Huainan and just made things up because I was annoyed. That woman is just the daughter of a business partner, an insignificant person!"
In his haste, Mingkun quickly explained that he and Li Yuerou really didn't have a close relationship. They'd only held hands, never kissed, and had been dating for over half a year, but he'd never even brought her here. He'd originally only planned to settle for a marriage of convenience, but now that Yun Shu was back and alive, he wasn't willing to compromise and get married just to appease his parents.
Yun Shu was shocked after hearing Ming Kun's words, but she calmed down in a few seconds and said self-deprecatingly, "Even so, I can't be with you. Don't forget, when Grandpa Xiao told my fortune, he said I was a person with a tough fate and would bring bad luck to my husband and children—" This time, she was interrupted by Ming Kun before she could finish speaking.
"Bullshit! The first lot you drew was switched by Chen Manchun. She wanted her sister Chen Manyun to marry me. You know about that, she only told me later. But the old man said he already knew about it, so he made you draw a lot again. I don't know what lot you drew after that, but I don't think it was the one you drew the first time!"
"Switched? This... I remember after I drew the lot, I gave it to Sister Manchun, and she took it to the old man. Could it be that she switched it at that time?"
"Yes, we were all kept in the dark, only the old man knew." Now that I think about it, it really wasn't Yun Shu who handed it over to the old man herself, it was switched there.
"But the next lot I drew wasn't a good one either, otherwise Grandpa would have explained its meaning long ago, and he wouldn't have told me... wait, he told me to come back to him in three years... He's really amazing..." Yun Shu thought about how Grandpa Xiao not only knew she was reborn, but also that she had survived a great calamity three years ago. This man was truly incredible. No one knew that Man Chun had switched her lot, yet he could tell just by looking at her.
"Old man, you do have some skills, but you can't predict everything accurately. Take my fate, for example. The fortune I drew when I was a child was a terrible one! And now I'm successful, with a wife and kids. You can see that a person's fate can be changed through hard work. You can't always believe in fate. Without effort, you'll never know how much potential or ability you have." What Mingkun disliked most was the idea that a person's fate is determined at birth, and that without effort, you'll never know how much potential you have.
Yun Shu still hesitated. Even knowing so much, she was still uneasy. "I... but I still have the Gu family. I don't want you to be framed and arrested like that again... I don't want to be a burden to you anymore... Once you sign the divorce papers, we'll have nothing to do with each other anymore!" Yun Shu said helplessly, tears welling in her eyes.
“I didn’t sign it! Silly Yunshu, just like the vow I made back then, if you hadn’t abandoned me, I would never have divorced you no matter what. Even if you had died back then, I would still have been your husband!” Mingkun said solemnly, gripping Yunshu’s shoulders with both hands.
"It wasn't signed... Could it be..." Yun Shu looked at Ming Kun in disbelief.
“We’re not divorced!” Mingkun looked at the woman he loved with amusement.
"impossible……"
"I didn't sign it. I thought you had gone abroad and I kept hoping you would come back. I was almost about to give up when you actually came back. If you had come back a month later, I might have really married another woman. God has been fair to me after all!" After saying that, he hugged Yun Shu.
Yun Shu stood there blankly, held in Ming Kun's arms. It turned out they had both misunderstood each other. But even so, what about the Gu family, and the Sheng family… Her situation was complicated, and this time she really didn't want to drag him down with her!
Yun Shu pushed Ming Kun away and said, "Ming Kun, give me time. I haven't finished dealing with my own affairs yet, and I don't want to be a burden to you. In a few days, the Gu family will know I'm still alive, and they... won't let me and Bei Bei off easily!"
"Hmph! What face does a man have to live in this world if he can't even protect his own wife and son? This time I will not let go no matter what. I will never allow anyone to hurt you in the slightest. Besides, things are different now. I, Xiao Mingkun, have been working hard these past few years because I don't want to be bullied anymore."
Mingkun said domineeringly, as if he were a king, never allowing others to look down on him, nor forgiving those who had hurt them. He would protect his wife and children from now on.