Chapter 7: Compromise

Liu Changning irritably pinched her fingers and carefully looked over the person in front of her from head to toe.

The sunlight from outside slanted across his overly enchanting face, the blood-red mole at the corner of his right eye reflecting a gorgeous color, adding a touch of mesmerizing charm to his deep and well-defined features.

He seemed accustomed to smiling, and at this moment, his peach blossom eyes were filled with threat and calculation, yet the corners of his lips maintained an upward curve. This was a man who was extremely adept at using his own advantages to achieve his goals!

Her previous analysis of this man was not wrong; the mistake was that she seemed to have thought the matter of divorcing her husband was too simple.

The moment she entered this body, all of the original owner’s memories poured into her mind, but the information about this man was fragmented and incomplete, as if the original owner had deliberately erased it.

The contract he had just mentioned with certainty was scattered in bits and pieces in the original owner’s memory. If the person in front of her had not brought it up, she would have hardly noticed the existence of this contract.

Before marrying the original owner, the good-for-nothing husband was a concubine kept by Guan Yunyun outside.

It was his bad luck. He had finally managed to attach himself to a noble person like the legitimate second daughter of the county magistrate, but unexpectedly, after staying in the side courtyard for just two days, he was caught red-handed by Guan Yunyun’s main husband.

The main husband was furious and wanted to disfigure this shameless vixen and expel him from Beihuan County.

Guan Yunyun’s main husband, Chen Nianci, had a noble identity. He was the eldest legitimate son of the Yong’an Marquis Mansion in Jinling. If not for his obsessive desire to scheme against the King of Zhennan, his future prospects would not have been limited to marrying the legitimate second daughter of a county magistrate as the main husband.

However, even a starving camel is bigger than a horse. Even though Chen Nianci had a notorious reputation in the capital, in the small Beihuan County, his wife-master’s family had great power. Killing a lowly concubine who dared to seduce his wife-master would be a piece of cake.

Guan Yunyun had no choice. She probably loved Pei Yuanshao, who was kept in the side courtyard, to the core. In order to keep her beloved concubine by her side for a long time and safely, she specially married him off to an honest and single peasant woman who could be easily controlled.

In the end, it was the love of her heart. Perhaps she was afraid that the original owner had taken advantage of him, so she came up with this contract.

The only strange thing was that there was no scene of coercion in the memories. The original owner had willingly pressed her handprint.

However, when looking closely at the reason, the memories began to become chaotic again.

Liu Changning pursed her lips, a hint of darkness flashing in her tea-colored eyes.

She raised her hand to tuck the strands of hair behind her ear, unhurriedly taking two steps back to maintain a safe distance from the person in front of her, then replied indifferently, “So it was that contract. If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have truly forgotten about it.”

The curve of Pei Yuanshao’s lips pressed down. He stared at her calm and seemingly unconcerned expression, and the feeling of losing control in his heart soared once again. Today, this village woman was unfathomable.

He subconsciously rubbed the mole at the corner of his eye, turning it into a bright red color, seductively enticing.

Liu Changning glanced at that annoying little particle and subtly looked away. She lightly coughed and said in a slow voice, “I am just an ordinary commoner. If I were to confront Lady Guan in court, I would only end up being thrown into prison. However, even so, it would be more dignified than living with a good-for-nothing husband like you who is promiscuous and frivolous. As a woman, although I come from a peasant background, I still value my dignity. If you don’t change your bad habits, the matter of divorce will be inevitable.”

After a round of stern words, she carefully observed his expression and saw that the person in front of her was furious, his peach blossom eyes almost spitting fire.

But even if he was uncontrollably angry, he showed no sign of turning to leave.

He was obviously infuriated, but he forcibly suppressed it and patiently confronted her gaze.

In Liu Changning’s tea-colored eyes, a hint of a smile flashed. Her expression softened quite a bit.

Although she had spoken so forcefully, since that contract existed, the matter of divorcing her husband had to be put on hold. After all, she had no chance of winning if she were to confront her good-for-nothing husband’s mistress in court. Being thrown into prison and suffering torture was one thing, but this body could not withstand the disaster of imprisonment.