Liu wanted her to give up the child she had carried for over five months. Of course Su Wenya could not bear it. She would rather disperse her cultivation than lose the child she shared with Xu Fuyuan.
She began a battle of endurance with Liu, anxiously waiting for Xu Fuyuan to come looking for her. She sent the Jade Spirit to investigate, but the Barrier trapped it, leaving it unable to escape.
After Su Wenya had spent more than two months alone on Back Mountain, Liu came and agreed to let her leave.
Su Wenya thought her persistence had finally made her master relent. After thanking Liu profusely, she rushed to the Xu Residence, only to see scarlet lanterns, red silk, and enormous paper cutouts of the double-happiness character.
Only after asking a passerby did she learn that Xu Fuyuan, the head of the Xu Residence, was marrying the daughter of the Li Residence. Today was their joyous wedding day.
At that moment, Su Wenya felt as though a basin of cold water had been poured straight over her head. Cold. So very cold.
She had stubbornly held on, protecting their child. And Xu Fuyuan? He had not visited her or sent her so much as a word. Instead, he was marrying another woman with a beaming smile.
What had happened to his promise to take only her as his wife? The five years they had spent together now seemed like a joke.
She stared blankly at the graceful bride in her blue-green wedding robes. Her slender, delicate hand held a fan, but it could not conceal her lovely face.
And the man she had thought would stay beside her for a lifetime was welcoming that beautiful bride in scarlet wedding robes.
The smile on his face was painfully