Chapter 488: An Extra: A Cookie

Chapter 488

"Have you heard? Lady Ye, since her marriage to Young Master Ye, hasn't consummated the marriage yet."

"Is that true? I always said, how could that relatively unknown Fourth Miss be worthy of the eldest grandson of the Ye family?"

"But on the day of the Ye family's grand wedding, with such a lavish ceremony, could it really be just to marry a woman he won't even touch?"

"Maybe there's something wrong with Fourth Miss's body."

"Exactly."

Gu Shuang stepped out of the carriage and just as she entered the Satin Shop, she could hear the murmurs inside, causing her face to flush red.

"Lady, don't mind them. What do they understand? Our young master dotes on you so much. It's probably just envy and jealousy driving them to slander you like this," her maid Qingbi said, casting a disdainful glance at the gossiping noblewomen before guiding Gu Shuang into the shop.

Gu Shuang, always one to avoid confrontation, didn't pay too much attention to these words. After all, she knew in her heart whether her husband cared for her or not.

It's just that she didn't expect to encounter Fu Xunzhi and Shang Jiao in the shop.

Seeing the two of them together, selecting red satin, presumably for wedding attire, Gu Shuang instinctively wanted to leave, not for any other reason than she had severed ties with Fu Xunzhi long ago, with no lingering affection. In her mind, once she was married, once she belonged to Ye Qingchi, she would keep her distance from other men.

Moreover, Fu Xunzhi was her former fiance. It wouldn't look good if anyone saw and word got back to her husband.

"Shuang'er."

But Fu Xunzhi wasn't about to let her go that easily, softly calling out to her.

Gu Shuang kept walking, not expecting him to boldly step forward and grab her.

Startled, Gu Shuang stepped back, fear evident in her movements.

Qingbi quickly stepped in front of her, blocking Fu Xunzhi's path.

"Master Fu, please show some respect for our lady!"

Just a month after Gu Shuang's marriage, Fu Xunzhi had already lost weight, looking frail and somewhat pitiful.

He had learned the truth that Mu Nanfeng hadn't violated Gu Shuang, and now he was consumed with regret and pain.

For the past month, he had been unable to eat or sleep, wishing he could kill his foolish self, constantly obsessing over Gu Shuang, nearly losing his mind.

Looking at Gu Shuang with sorrow in his eyes, his voice filled with tenderness, "Shuang'er, I know Ye Qingchi doesn't truly love you, nor does he sincerely wish to marry you. With his background, you won't find happiness marrying him."

Gu Shuang felt a surge of anger, her cheeks flushed with frustration. "Master Fu, please refrain from speaking nonsense. My husband treats me very well."

Hearing her affectionate address for Ye Qingchi, Fu Xunzhi felt a pang of inexplicable pain, disbelief evident on his earnest face. "Shuang'er, you don't need to deceive me. I've heard people say that a woman's gait can reveal whether she's still a virgin... Just now, watching how you walked in here, I knew, he hasn't touched you, has he?"

"Master Fu, how dare you!" Having their intimate matters discussed in front of so many people by Fu Xunzhi, a learned man, left Gu Shuang speechless, unable to refute.

Fu Xunzhi was just about to fall asleep when someone covered his mouth, bound his hands and feet, and threw him into the Ye family's residence.

Through the window lattice.

Sounds of passionate lovemaking echoed from the delicate room, causing embarrassment to anyone who heard it.

"Husband, please... don't come..."

"Just once, and Shuang'er doesn't want it anymore?"

"But I'm still sore..."

Although Ye Qingchi was not restrained after their marriage, his handsome face was irresistible, and she couldn't resist.

The man's voice was gentle, "Trust me, Shuang'er, it won't hurt anymore."

"Um, husband..."

The woman's soft cries mixed with pleasure gradually sounded.

Fu Xunzhi stared wide-eyed, struggling with a mixture of sadness and anger.

By midnight, he lay beneath the window like a lifeless corpse.

Yet Ye Qingchi, afraid he might not hear clearly, still brought his delicate wife closer to the window.

Gu Shuang couldn't understand why her husband was so insistent tonight.

She hung weakly on him, letting him have his way.

In the latter half of the night, she finally drifted off to sleep, exhausted.

Ye Qingchi adjusted his robe and walked to the window to close it, a hint of disdain curling his lips.

Since then, Fu Xunzhi rarely appeared in front of Gu Shuang.

When they occasionally crossed paths, he would slink away like a defeated dog.

After marrying Shang Jiao, he was expelled from the Ministry of Personnel and relegated to a clerk in the City Patrol Bureau.

In the following years, he often saw Ye Qingchi and Gu Shuang's affectionate figures on the streets.

At first, it was just the two of them.

Then they had a daughter named Suisui, and later, a delicate little boy.

As for him, he became a lonely figure for the rest of his life.