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

Xie Tingyu finally found Shen Zhiyi in a small courtyard.

That was Shen Zhiyi's residence when the two of them first met.

The small courtyard was much smaller than the house, and no one had lived there for a long time. The wooden gate was dilapidated, the eaves were covered with cobwebs and dust, and the house looked desolate everywhere.

Xie Tingyu immediately recalled the days when the two of them lived together in this courtyard. Back then, he was completely depressed, drowning in alcohol every day, and even lost the will to live. It was Yi'er who accompanied him every day, comforted him, and brought him out of the haze and cheered him up...

He pushed open the door and saw the woman wearing the same dress she wore when they first met. She was sitting alone at the wooden table in the yard, with her eyes lowered, wondering what she was thinking.

I don't know how long she has been sitting here alone.

Just by standing there like that, Xie Tingyu felt a pang of pain in his heart.

He walked up to her step by step, lowering his head to look at her. In the sunlight, his shadow slanted over her.

Feeling the shadow, the woman seemed to wake up suddenly. She raised her head, and there was panic in her clear, deer-like eyes. Her eye circles were also red, obviously she had been crying.

When she saw the familiar tall figure, she blinked and the tears that she had been holding back for a long time could no longer be held back and fell down.

She stood up in a panic and turned her back so that he wouldn't see her embarrassment.

Whispered: "Brother Yu, why are you here?"

The woman's voice was soft, and although she tried her best to restrain herself, she couldn't help but choke up a little.

Xie Tingyu was so distressed that he could hardly breathe. The woman he doted on had suffered such a great injustice. Now she had nowhere to go and could only hide in this dilapidated little courtyard to lick her wounds...

His eyes suddenly turned red. He took a step forward, pulled the woman over, and pressed her into his arms, hugging her tightly and resting his chin on her head.

"I'm sorry, Yi'er."

"Brother Yu has wronged you..."

Shen Zhiyi didn't say anything, but just let him hold her. After seeming to hesitate for a moment, her two delicate arms gently hugged him back.

The woman was petite and gentle, and at this moment she leaned in his arms as if she had no bones, her delicate curves pressed tightly against his chest.

When Xie Tingyu lowered his head, he saw the red marks on the woman's slender neck, which easily reminded him of the crazy lovemaking between the two of them last night.

With a sudden thought, he lifted her up and carried her sideways. He impatiently kicked open the door to the side room and gently placed her on the bed. Then, with his two hands, he expertly untied the woman's belt and pulled the front of her shirt to the sides, revealing a pair of snow-white peaks that were also dotted with red marks.

The man bit her red lips impatiently, and received a warm response from the woman, and then it was natural to move all the way down...

Two hours later, the sun gradually set and the movement on the bed slowly calmed down.

Clothes were scattered all over the floor inside the house.

The two were naked and hugged each other tightly.

The man was probably too tired, and his breathing was now even, and he was obviously asleep.

The woman slowly pulled herself away from him, picked up her clothes from the ground and put them on, then endured the soreness all over her body and went to the small kitchen.

When Xie Tingyu woke up, he subconsciously looked to the side and found that he was the only one on the bed. He suddenly became a little flustered.

He quickly lifted the quilt and stood up, then he heard a rustling sound outside and smelled the fragrance of food. His panicked heart calmed down and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

When I put on my clothes and came to the yard, I saw four exquisite dishes, a soup, and a pot of wine already placed on the small wooden table in the yard. The woman was placing bowls and chopsticks on the wooden table.

For no reason, a deep warmth welled up in my heart.

"Yier..."

When the woman heard him calling her, her hands that were setting the dishes paused, and she raised her head. When she saw that it was him standing there, a bright smile immediately bloomed at the corners of her lips.

Against the backdrop of the sunset, the woman's already pretty face looked even more beautiful.

She stretched out her hand to greet him: "Brother Yu, it's time to eat!"

The man smiled back, raised his robe, and walked towards her, answering loudly: "Coming!"

The two of them picked up food and poured wine for each other, chatting and laughing, as if they had returned to several years ago.

Until the cups and plates on the wooden table were empty and the sky gradually darkened.

The woman's smile faded, and her expression became dejected. She lowered her head, no longer looking at the man sitting across from her, and whispered, "Brother Yu, please go back to the palace!"

She lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes casting a dark shadow under her eyes: "Don't make your princess wait anxiously."

The woman's lonely look made Xie Tingyu feel heartbroken.

He pulled her hand and held it in his palm, his dark eyes blazing: "You come with me."

"No." The woman still lowered her head: "I... I still like living in this small courtyard..."

“Although it’s a little small, I can stay here as long as I want without worrying about being evicted…”

As she spoke, she raised her eyes again, looking at the man with undisguised affection and reluctance, with tears flashing in her eyes: "Brother Yu, if you miss me in the future, you can come here anytime..."

"Yier will always be here waiting for Brother Yu..."

Annoyance filled the man's heart: "Who do you think you are?"

"What if I never come? What are you going to do?"

"me......"

The woman's eyes were red, and she managed to utter a sentence after a while: "No, Brother Yu, you will definitely not forget me..."

"What if I just forgot?" The man's words were deliberately harsh.

Hearing this, the woman's tears suddenly fell from her eyes. She wiped away her tears and choked: "If, if Brother Yu really forgot about Yi'er, then..."

"So what?" The man looked straight at her and asked closely.

"The meaning is only the green lamp and ancient Buddha, and the end of this life..."

After she finished speaking, the woman covered her mouth and sobbed.

The man sighed deeply, stood up, walked to her side, and pulled her into his arms. His tone suddenly became gentle, and his heart softened.

He stroked her hair gently: "My silly idea!"

The woman sobbed in his arms, and soon her tears soaked his shirt.

"What more could a man ask for in life than to have a daughter like this!"

Xie Tingyu made up his mind: "Come back to the palace with me!"

"Give me some time, and I will marry you as Prince Jing's principal wife..."

A faint light flashed in the woman's eyes, but her voice was soft and sticky: "But you have already married the daughter of the Nanyang Marquis's family. She is of noble status..."

The man's voice was extremely cold: "She doesn't deserve it!"