Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 515

It wasn't until I came to my senses that I realized the terrible mistake I had made.

So for three whole years after that, he never dared to approach Shen Lingjun again.

Shen Lingjun stared at Mo Zhonggui in disbelief, feeling as if something inside her was collapsing.

"Do you know... what the consequences would be if I were found out that I lost my virginity on my wedding night, and that neither of my two children are my husband's?... Even if you hate me, why would you take revenge on me in such a vicious way?"

Mo Zhonggui suddenly looked up.

"I wasn't trying to get revenge on you! I just couldn't accept that you married Qin Shaoze! I..."

He didn't know how to describe the mixed feelings of love and hate he had at that moment.

He was too young, too twisted, and too extreme back then.

Even now, his hatred for the Western Qi royal family remains as strong as ever, but his feelings for Shen Lingjun have become much clearer.

He originally intended to keep this secret for the rest of his life, never letting Shen Lingjun know how terrible the things he had done to her were.

But in the end, it couldn't be kept secret.

Shen Lingjun shook his head and gave a bitter smile.

“You can’t accept that I married Qin Shaoze, but you’ve used the worst way to vent your emotions on me. I was unaware back then and saved Fu Shiyan’s life, so I owe you that, but I shouldn’t be treated like this.”

Mo Zhonggui remained silent, speechless.

He had no excuse.

Back then, he was truly the embodiment of pure evil.

Shen Lingjun gave a wry smile.

"I've never truly and resolutely refused this marriage proposal. Do you know, I've genuinely considered marrying you..."

Mo Zhonggui's pupils trembled, and his face began to turn slightly pale.

“Ling Jun…”

Shen Lingjun shook her head, and a tear fell from her eye.

If she really wanted to refuse Mo Zhonggui, she had plenty of abilities to do; she couldn't just remain inactive forever.

Even before she knew that Mo Zhonggui was not a eunuch, she may have already accepted him subconsciously.

She always felt that although he was notorious, he was always reliable in important times, had done a lot for her and the Shen family, and had never really hurt her.

After Qin Shaoze, she was initially very resistant to having a second marriage, but if the person was Mo Zhonggui, she felt that it was not so repulsive.

But now she realizes that he did something she can neither accept nor forgive.

All fantasies and expectations shattered and collapsed into dust at this moment.

As Mo Zhonggui watched Shen Lingjun shed tears, his heart clenched as if it were being squeezed, a sharp pain shooting through him.

He stepped forward, instinctively wanting to wipe away Shen Lingjun's tears.

Shen Lingjun stepped back.

She wiped away her tears, and when she looked up at Mo Zhonggui again, her eyes had become very indifferent.

“Yao’er’s condition is very urgent. Since you are his biological father, I need to take your blood as a medicinal ingredient to detoxify him.”

Looking at Shen Lingjun's unprecedentedly unfamiliar expression, Mo Zhonggui felt a growing sense of panic.

The person in front of him was clearly within arm's reach, yet seemed as distant as if they were a thousand miles away, like the moon reflected in water or sand slipping through his fingers—as if he could no longer grasp or hold onto them.

But he was wrong, and there was really nothing he could say to defend himself.

Any apology seems too weak.

He didn't know what to say or what he could say, so he could only remain silent and extend his left hand to Shen Lingjun.

Shen Lingjun didn't even glance at him again. After taking his blood, she went to prepare the antidote herself.

Mo Zhonggui remained where he was, feeling as if the suffocating silence around him had frozen the air, as if an invisible yet immense pressure was pressing down on him, making it impossible for him to breathe and leaving his entire body ice-cold.

He couldn't sit there any longer, so he got up and called people to clean up Qin Shaoze's body and bloodstains on the ground.