After the divorce, I pursued the Ninth Prince 100 times.

Since then, it has become even more difficult for her to see the young man again.

Before she moved into the Marquis's mansion, Shen Nanxing didn't know her. She would secretly follow behind him, and even if she was seen, she wouldn't be noticed.

Now, if you want to sneak up behind someone, you have to be extremely careful and keep a great distance to avoid being discovered.

But in this way, she could only watch the backs of the two people from a distance and could not even see the boy's face.

One day, when Shen Nanxing was with the boy, she left in a hurry for some unknown reason, leaving the boy alone. She hid behind a tree and watched Shen Nanxing walk away before she dared to come out from behind the tree.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally mustered up the courage to walk up to the boy. She only took a quick glance at his face, then lowered her head in shame, never daring to raise it again.

"Little girl, what's the matter?"

She heard the boy's voice above her, and she could feel him looking at her.

That was the first time the boy had ever looked at her completely.

She heard her heart beating like thunder. She nervously pinched the hem of her clothes with both hands. She struggled for a long time before she raised her head and showed her most beautiful smile.

She had practiced this smile many times in front of the bronze mirror, and this was her best look.

But the boy's gaze lingered on her for only a brief moment before he looked away, his expression turning cold and distant.

"Who are you? What do you want from me?"

Her eyes were instantly filled with tears.

He would never speak to Shen Nanxing like this.

She tightened her grip on the hem of her clothes and finally mustered up the courage to introduce herself.

"Hello, Brother Yu, I am Shen Nanxing's sister, my name is Shen..."

Before she could finish her words, she saw the boy take a big step back, and the distance between them was instantly widened.

His eyes were filled with naked disgust: "Are you the daughter of Lord Shen's lowly concubine?"

"You are not worthy of being her sister. Stay away from her in the future and don't make her upset."

"Also, you're not the type to call me Brother Yu. Isn't that disgusting?"

After saying a few words, the boy turned and left, walking very fast, as if she were some disgusting, filthy thing.

Shen Zhiyi's face turned pale in an instant. She felt as if she had been stabbed countless times by some sharp weapon. She was riddled with holes and could hardly stand.

What a warm and sunny boy he is!

He could be so passionate and doting towards Shen Nanxing!

But when he saw me, his eyes were filled with disgust...

Shen Zhiyi didn't know how she got home that day; she cried herself to the point of fainting under the covers.

Her mother came to call her for dinner, and she yelled at her mother.

"Why do you want to be someone else's mistress? How can you be so cheap!"

"If you were going to be someone else's concubine, why did you give birth to me? You're a lowly person, so why did you bring me along..."

"Now I am looked down upon outside, and you are satisfied!"

My mother was stunned by her yelling. She said, "I am not a concubine now. I am the legitimate concubine of the Nanyang Marquis's Mansion, and you are also the legitimate second lady of the Marquis's Mansion..."

She became even angrier when she heard that, and yelled at the top of her lungs, "You were once a mistress, so you will always be a mistress, and I will always be a mistress's daughter!!!"

"The thing I regret most in my life is being your daughter!!!"

......

She said a lot of nasty things, whatever she could think of, and when she talked about her mother, she burst into tears and kept apologizing to her.

But what's the point of apologizing? He still looks down on her...

She made up her mind never to see him again!

But what's the use?

She couldn't control her heart at all, and she couldn't help but inquire about and pay attention to Shen Nanxing's daily schedule.

Whenever Shen Nanxing went out, she would still follow him secretly, but she never dared to let them see her again.

She couldn't accept the boy saying those things again, but she also couldn't bear not seeing him.

Every time she saw his doting smile towards Shen Nanxing, her heart ached unbearably, yet she still followed him every time, as if being tortured...

The days passed one by one, and she tortured herself day by day.

Until that day, the news came that Shen Nanxing had died.

She fell off a cliff and died while going to Huashan Temple to pray.

When they returned to Huashan Temple, everyone was alive except her.

Shen Zhiyi couldn't help herself that night and laughed wildly in her little room, laughing so hard that tears came out.

Without Shen Nanxing, Xie Tingyu is hers!

Upon learning of Shen Nanxing's death, Xie Tingyu felt like he had lost half his life. He went to Nanyang Marquis' Mansion to wait for her every day as usual, no matter it was windy, rainy, or scorching hot.

He gets wet in the rain when it's windy and rainy, and basks in the sun when it's scorching.

But he never saw Shen Nanxing again. Shen Beiyue came out to see him a few times, but only advised him to grieve.

The young man grew increasingly haggard, shedding tears every day at the place where he had waited for Shen Nanxing in Nanyang Marquis's mansion...

Later he learned to drink, and every time he came, he would bring a jar of wine, get himself drunk, pass out, and then be taken back by the servants.

Shen Zhiyi saw all of this without missing a single detail.

Years passed, and the boy was no longer the carefree, sunny young man he once was. He became unkempt and slovenly, spending his days in a drunken stupor, becoming the talk of the town.

On that day, Shen Zhiyi turned thirteen, and Xie Tingyu turned sixteen.

It rained heavily and the boy got drunk.

She managed to get rid of the servants who were following the boy, and when he fell to the ground drunk and disoriented, she helped him up and took him to the small courtyard where she had lived before moving into the Marquis's mansion.

It was raining heavily and both of their clothes were soaked.

The boy was already drunk and unconscious.

Although he had been in a daze in the past few years, the boy had indeed grown into a more upright man with full of charm.

Shen Zhiyi took off all his clothes with trembling hands, leaving him naked.

Then he took off all his clothes one by one.

The boy had his eyes closed, yet he remained as handsome as ever.

Outside, it was raining heavily.

Inside the room, the girl slowly leaned down and kissed the boy's lips, then his forehead, nose, and collarbone...

Then she stepped onto the bed, her young body trembling slightly as she gently covered the man's body...