CHAPTER 563: CHAPTER 290: DO YOU REGRET IT

"I’m not so bored as to enjoy creating a mess at home, am I?" Shi Fengju laughed and said, "You finally got the divorce, you’ve won. Shouldn’t you be happy now? Why do you still look so gloomy? Is it because you’re missing someone to attend to you? There are plenty of maids in the mansion for you to choose from. If that’s still not to your liking, we can have someone bring in some better ones to choose from—it’s just a matter of spending a little money!"

"Forget it!" Shi Fengming shook his head, dispirited, "I’m not in the mood for this at all right now! Ah, let’s talk about it after I get married again. It’s all the same, really. This time I’ll marry someone plain and obedient, preferably one who doesn’t talk much. I guess that will be good enough!"

Shi Fengju stared at him in silence, then said, "What’s wrong with you? You’ve been eagerly waiting for your sister-in-law to leave, even faking a terminal illness to achieve it, and now that you’ve got your wish, you look like you’ve been hit hard. Who has upset you after all?"

Shi Fengming didn’t answer. Shi Fengju then said, "You miss your sister-in-law, don’t you?"

"Who says!" Shi Fengming nearly jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on, immediately retorting.

"I was wrong, I suppose," Shi Fengju said with a nod, smiling.

Shi Fengming, however, was no longer calm. His gaze flickered as he looked at his elder brother. After staring for a while and seeing no reaction from him, nor any further questions directed at himself, he hemmed and hawed, "I, Shi Fengming, am not so pathetic. Why would I think about her? She’s already begun looking for someone else to marry her off again!"

"Where did you hear that?" Shi Fengju asked, very surprised.

"My mother told me, who else—could it be false!" Shi Fengming’s heart skipped a beat as he spoke. He didn’t like Zhou Jingyi, his mother disliked her even more. Could his mother’s words... be false? At first, he was too consumed by anger to think it through, but now he couldn’t help but question it.

Shi Fengju shook his head and said, "I don’t think so. Your sister-in-law cried so hard the day she left the mansion that she nearly couldn’t breathe and couldn’t walk. She shouldn’t be considering remarriage so soon. But then again, who knows! A broken heart might heal better in a new environment. Even if she has no such intentions, Master Zhou and Mrs. Zhou, who adore their daughter so much, will certainly make arrangements for her."

Shi Fengming felt a heavy, dull pain in his chest, accompanied by suffocating tightness that made it hard to breathe.

"Did she cry a lot that day?" Shi Fengming knew he shouldn’t ask and had no right to, but he couldn’t help but blurt out the question.

As expected, Shi Fengju gave him a look and said, "What’s the use of asking about that? Don’t blame me for not reminding you, the divorce letter is real. She has nothing to do with you now, nor will there be any chance of seeing her again in the future! Even on the off chance you do, she will be someone else’s wife by then!"

Shi Fengming felt a sudden pain in his heart and fell silent, feeling indescribably sour and desolate. She actually wasn’t that detestable. It was always him who saw her as an enemy, who couldn’t stand her.

"Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be going back!" Seeing Shi Fengming stubbornly refusing to say anything, Shi Fengju lost the desire to go on arguing with him. Let him muddle through it himself! After all, with things as they are, more talk is useless.

Shi Fengming detected a hint of eagerness in his brother’s tone. His heart soured slightly, and he snorted, "Is Big Brother eager to go back and have a meal with Sister-in-Law? Since when has Big Brother become so inseparable from Sister-in-Law?"

Shi Fengju said, "Otherwise, what am I doing here?"

Shi Fengming then said, "Stay and have dinner with me tonight, Big Brother. It feels like it’s been a long time since we brothers had a drink and a chat together!"

Shi Fengju hesitated a bit, but Shi Fengming said, "Big Brother isn’t despising my ’illness’, is he? Or are you afraid that Sister-in-Law will get angry?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Your Sister-in-Law isn’t that kind of person!" Seeing that he was in a gloomy mood, Shi Fengju nodded and said, "Alright then, I’ll stay with you."

He then told a maid to go to Ningyuan to send a message and also ordered the kitchen to prepare the dishes. Shi Fengming was pleased and called someone to get the wine.

The servants of Xiu Garden were all shocked to hear that Second Young Master wanted to drink. They thought, how can he drink so soon after being seriously ill? If Second Madam Shi finds out, none of us will live to see another day! So they tentatively tried to advise against it.

Shi Fengming became angry at once, and Shi Fengju also said indifferently, "If something happens, I’ll take responsibility. Bring up the wine!"

The servants then reluctantly went to report to Second Madam Shi, and only after getting her approval did they go ahead with it, feeling relieved.