If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

When Shen Sui'an woke up from the feeling of suffocation, he found that he had dozed off in the carriage.

The golden sun sets in the west, and the winter wind is biting cold.

People were hurrying by and the air was filled with the faint aroma of wine.

Not far from the carriage, a tavern called Chun Bu Wan came into view.

"Miss, I saw her. It's her. Others call her Miss Song. She lives with her mother. She used to run a small stall. This stall must have been bought for her by Master Lu Heng..."

In her ears she could hear the maid Mu Jin complaining about her injustice.

She had heard these words once before.

Shen Sui'an looked at his own slender, white hands. They were no longer skinny but warm and soft, not cold and dry.

"Girl, Miss Song has discovered us!" Mu Jin lifted the curtain, her tone somewhat anxious.

A cool breeze blew in his face, waking up the dazed Shen Sui'an.

He was actually reborn.

She remembered the scene today.

In her previous life, this was the beginning of her miserable and hard-working life.

"Miss Shen, you are here to see me, right? Now that you are here, why don't you get off the carriage and meet me?" A familiar and charming voice came from outside the carriage.

Shen Sui'an closed his eyes.

The woman outside is Lu Heng’s sweetheart Bai Yueguang, and Lu Heng’s future mistress Song Xiuzhi.

A lowly barmaid.

Lu Heng is now Shen Suian's fiancé, and the husband who was cold and indifferent to her in her previous life.

The people she hated the most until her death were this couple.

I didn’t expect that the first person I wanted to meet after my rebirth would be Song Xiuzhi.

"Mr. Lu and I are innocent. Miss Shen, please don't misunderstand me. Mr. Lu only taught me to write and lent me money to buy a shop because he felt sorry for me. Please don't believe the rumors outside."

"Although I, Song Xiuzhi, come from a humble background, I will never be anyone's concubine in this life."

The solemn words she vowed were still ringing in her ears. These were the words Song Xiuzhi had said to her in her previous life.

Shen Sui'an lifted the curtain and his eyes fell on the young girl in front of him.

Song Xiuzhi was dressed in coarse cloth and her long hair was simply tied behind her head with a dark blue headscarf, which made her look both pretty and neat.

She is not beautiful or pretty, at most she can be described as pretty and cute.

It was this woman who was inferior to her in every way who stole her husband and occupied Lu Heng's heart.

And what about her? She lived alone in the Lu family mansion, working hard for the Lu family and suffering from illness.

Even so, she never received a single word of praise from anyone in the Lu family, including her husband, until her death.

They had nothing but cold and mean ridicule for her, and thought it was a grave sin that she could not bear a child.

Can’t have children…

A sneer crossed Shen Sui'an's lips. Except for the period of their honeymoon, Lu Heng was devoted to his mistress, Song Xiuzhi. After she had a miscarriage, he even found excuses not to sleep with her.

He said it was for her own good, but in fact he was doing it to protect Song Xiuzhi's chastity.

She will never forget that Song Xiuzhi appeared with her two children, looking at her with eyes full of pity and ridicule.

Shen Sui'an had never felt so ashamed and unbearable in his entire life.

She lives like a joke.

The moment Song Xiuzhi saw Shen Sui'an, she was stunned.

She knew that Lu Heng's fiancée was a lady from an aristocratic family, and subconsciously thought that she should be dull and boring.

I didn't expect she would be so bright and beautiful, with such radiant beauty.

"Since you knew that Lu Heng had a fiancée, how could you accept the shop he gave you with peace of mind?" Shen Suian raised her beautiful eyes and glanced at the tavern.

Song Xiuzhi bit her lip in humiliation, "Miss Shen, just think of it as the money I borrowed from Mr. Lu. I...I will definitely pay him back."

Shen Sui'an almost wanted to laugh out loud.

"This is the money of me, Lu, and has nothing to do with anyone else." A cold voice came with the chill of ice and snow.

Lu Heng walked hurriedly. He strode to Shen Sui'an and protected Song Xiuzhi behind him.

Shen Sui'an looked up at her husband from her previous life.

Suddenly, hatred filled him, and his eyes became even colder.

Lu Heng is the legitimate son of the Duke of Zhenguo. He is handsome and noble, and in the eyes of everyone he is like a banished immortal, a beautiful lady from the mountains.

Although they had been engaged for many years, they did not have much interaction. They would occasionally meet at banquets during the New Year, talk for a few words, and then go their separate ways.

Shen Sui'an thought that this was due to Lu Heng's personality. He was busy with official duties every day. As a minister, he had too many things to deal with, so many that he had no time to say a few words to his fiancée.

Ever since the rumors about him and Miss Song started, she had been waiting for his explanation. After waiting for three days without seeing him, she had no choice but to go to the palace gate in person.

She waited from morning till dark, only to hear him say that he was too busy and had no time to see her.

Now, less than fifteen minutes after she came to see Song Xiuzhi, he hurried over.

I really feel sorry for Song Xiuzhi and am afraid that she will bully me.

"Second Master Lu, aren't you busy with official duties?" Shen Suian asked sarcastically.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Lu Heng's face. He just didn't want to waste time explaining the non-existent rumors, so he didn't want to see Shen Sui'an.

"Ms. Shen, Miss Song and I are innocent. Don't believe those rumors, lest you ruin other people's reputation." Lu Heng said in a low voice.

"She said she was your student, right?" Shen Sui'an asked calmly.

Song Xiuzhi's pupils shrank slightly: "When did I ever say that..."

How could she possibly want to be Mr. Lu's student?

Lu Heng sighed, "Miss Song can't read, I taught her to read."

There really was no private relationship between him and Song Xiuzhi.

Half a year ago, he had to deal with a difficult report case, and it was already dark when he got off duty.

It was a cold night and he happened to pass by a wine stall where Song Xiuzhi was selling wine alone.

He stopped the carriage, sat under the shed, warmed a pot of wine, and thought quietly.

After finishing the wine, he figured out the tricky part.

Later, every night when he passed by, he would order a pot of wine from the stall. Sometimes he didn't drink many glasses, but just sat there quietly.

Song Xiuzhi would often warm a pot of wine for him and stay with him where he could see her.

Sometimes I would chat with him, and sometimes I would tell him some interesting stories about the people.

Her liveliness and optimism added a bit of novelty to Lu Heng's boring and dull life.

No one would think that there was any other connection between them. One was a humble wine-making lady, and the other was a distinguished young master from the Duke's Mansion.

Until a month ago, Song Xiuzhi's wine stall suddenly disappeared.

Lu Heng searched for her for three days and three nights, and he no longer looked noble at all.

Upon learning that Song's father was going to marry his daughter to a widower in exchange for money, Lu Heng bought a shop for Miss Song and protected her under his wing.

He knew that he had a fiancée, and he helped Song Xiuzhi only because he felt that a woman as tenacious and lively as her who struggled for life should not be forced to marry a man she did not love just for money.

"Lu Heng, once a teacher, always a father. In the future, can you still openly fall in love with your students?"

Shen Sui'an looked at Song Xiuzhi's pale face, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"You must be clean in this life. Even if you love each other, you can't admit it. Don't disgust me."

An angry look appeared on Lu Heng's cold and handsome face. "Shen Sui'an, don't go too far."

Shen Sui'an interrupted him: "I don't like to force things that don't belong to me. Lu Heng, come with the marriage certificate tomorrow to cancel the engagement."

In the previous life, Lu Heng was the same. He refused to admit his feelings at first, but was entangled in an ambiguous relationship with Song Xiuzhi.

Song Xiuzhi, who had repeatedly said that she did not want to be a concubine, appeared in front of her with a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, three years later.

Song Xiuzhi became a concubine, and if the Duke of Zhenguo had not disagreed, Lu Heng would even have married her as his co-wife.

After entering the house, Lu Heng and Song Xiuzhi became more affectionate, and she was just a bystander who witnessed their passionate love and could not leave a single color in their lives.

In Lu Heng's eyes, Shen Sui'an's elegance and gentleness were overbearing in front of Song Xiuzhi, and her self-discipline and courtesy were a sign of looking down on Song Xiuzhi.

Whatever she did was wrong.

She devoted all her energy to managing the household and planned his future carefully. He was always cold and reserved in front of her, and his eyes were gentle only in front of Song Xiuzhi.

In the end, she was pushed off the rockery and died by Song Xiuzhi's daughter, in order to give up her position as the legal wife for their mother.

If she were to live her life over again, she would change the way she lived.

She wouldn't let herself get hurt again.

As for the couple in front of her, she will repay them double for all the suffering she has endured.