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Chapter 328 Childhood Sweetheart or Fate Seeker

After the princess left, the guests soon departed one after another.

Pei Shijing held Zhaozhao tightly, pouting, and said, "I haven't even had a chance to play with Zhaozhao properly, and you're already leaving."

Lady Qi said helplessly, "Xiao Jing, you've come of age today, you're a young lady now, why are you still so childish?"

“It’s not like I become a young lady overnight just because I have a birthday,” Pei Shijing argued. “I still think I’m a little girl, right, brother?”

Pei Huaijin nodded slightly.

Pei Huaiying quickly said, "Xiao Jing is right. No one becomes a young lady immediately after reaching marriageable age. She's still young."

Pei Shijing smiled and said, "Mother, you see, my brothers agree with me too."

Lady Qi shook her head helplessly: "You two should just spoil her."

After speaking, she turned to Shen Fuhan and Wen Jiayue and said apologetically, "Xiao Jing likes children, so why don't you two sit for a while longer, Master Shen and Madam Shen?"

Shen Fuhan didn't even want to stay for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, but he said respectfully, "My wife and I would naturally like to stay, but we have important matters to attend to at home."

Pei Shijing was not an unreasonable person, and upon hearing this, she obediently returned Zhaozhao to Wen Jiayue.

"Zhaozhao, I'll come see you again in a few days."

Wen Jiayue smiled and said, "You're welcome anytime."

Shen Fuhan's face darkened. What was this "welcome"? It was practically inviting a wolf into the house.

He walked quickly toward the gate of the mansion.

Seeing this, Wen Jiayue had no choice but to follow, with Wen Ruohuan and Shen Funian accompanying her.

Wen Ruohuan naturally saw her brother-in-law's sudden dark expression and couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction.

My sister upset my brother-in-law, but she was happy.

It would be best if they had another argument in the carriage later, and she could use the excuse of mediating to stir things up, so that her brother-in-law would discard her sister like trash, and she could reap the benefits.

As Shen Fuhan walked out of the Duke of Qi's mansion, he saw the Duke of Ning's family standing at the bottom of the steps.

He took a deep breath and stepped forward.

“Lord Shen,” the Duke of Ningguo said, bowing, “Ayu said she wanted to say goodbye to Zhaozhao, so we waited here.”

Shen Fuhan's face remained expressionless as he looked at Cui Yu.

Cui Yu bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, Uncle."

Shen Fuhan: "..."

Did he agree?

But he really couldn't refuse, after all, it was just a trivial matter.

If he refuses, it would seem petty of him.

He stood expressionless to the side, waiting for Wen Jiayue and the others to come out.

Not long after, a group of people arrived.

Cui Yu stepped forward and said earnestly, "Auntie, I want to say goodbye to Zhaozhao."

Wen Jiayue smiled and said, "Of course it's good. Zhao Zhao also remembers you. She was just talking about Brother Xiaoyu to me. I knew it was you as soon as I heard it."

As she spoke, she told the wet nurse to put Zhaozhao down.

Cui Yu blushed, but nodded calmly, "It's me."

Zhao Zhao rushed over and said in a clear voice, "Little Fish Brother!"

Cui Yu's face turned even redder, and fearing that she might lose her balance and fall, he grabbed her hand.

Shen Fuhan frowned, squatted down, and hugged his daughter, keeping a distance between them.

Cui Yu withdrew his hand, looked up and saw a group of people looking at him, and he felt a little embarrassed to speak.

Shen Fuhan urged, "Didn't we say goodbye?"

Wen Jiayue felt that his tone was a bit harsh, and that talking to a three-year-old child like that would scare him.

But since Cui Yu didn't cry and his expression wasn't unusual, she didn't speak and prepared to get into the carriage to talk to him in detail.

Cui Yu then spoke up: "Zhao Zhao, I'm going home now. How about I come to see you in a few days?"

Zhao Zhao nodded, looking bewildered.

Cui Yu then looked at Zhao Zhao's father and mother and asked, "Uncle and Aunt, may I go?"

Wen Jiayue was naturally happy to welcome her daughter making friends.

Shen Fuhan didn't want to say a word more and simply picked up his daughter.

"Let's go."

Wen Jiayue gave him a reproachful look. How could he be so impolite?

She could only say to Zhao Zhao, "Zhao Zhao, say goodbye to your brother."

Zhao Zhao only had time to wave her little hand before her father carried her into the carriage.

Wen Jiayue was taken aback. What was Shen Fuhan doing, throwing a tantrum?

Coming to her senses, she looked at the Duke and his wife apologetically and explained, "I'm so sorry, there are important matters at home, which is why my husband is in such a hurry. I will definitely treat you well when you come another day."

The Duke of Ningguo and his wife were both amiable people and knew the Marquis of Jing'an's temper. Upon hearing this, they simply smiled and did not take it to heart.

"Alright, Mrs. Shen, please get in the car."

After boarding the carriage, Wen Jiayue lifted the curtain to say goodbye again. Once the carriage started moving, the smile on her face disappeared.

"Why is the Marquis being so disrespectful to us today?"

Shen Fuhan frowned and asked, "Why don't you call me husband anymore?"

“So you still know we’re husband and wife,” Wen Jiayue covered Zhao Zhao’s ears. “Everything you did today was just as you pleased. I thought you were all alone, my lord.”

Her words were barbed and sarcastic, and Shen Fuhan asked in bewilderment, "How did I do whatever I wanted?"

"Why did you stop Zhao Zhao from saying goodbye? And why did you stop A Yu from holding Zhao Zhao's hand?"

“He has ulterior motives,” Shen Fuhan said with a displeased expression. “He’s so young yet he has ulterior motives towards Zhaozhao. I don’t like that.”

Wen Jiayue never expected that he would interpret the pure friendship between children in this way.

"You really are..." she took a deep breath, "...incomprehensible!"

Shen Fuhan looked at her and asked in a deep voice, "Why do you say it's unreasonable? Is this normal?"

“Of course,” Wen Jiayue said seriously, “Zhaozhao is only one year old, and Ayu is only three years old. Does the Marquis fear that they might do something bad?”

“Childhood sweethearts are never a good thing,” Shen Fuhan said, emphasizing each word. “Zhaozhao is too young; she’ll be deceived by him.”

Wen Jiayue was still young at the time, and that's how she was deceived by Pei Huaijin.

He will not let his daughter repeat the same mistake.

Wen Jiayue felt he was being unreasonable more and more: "What's wrong with childhood sweethearts?"

Shen Fuhan snorted and asked, "I'd like to ask A-Yue, what's so good about childhood sweethearts?"

Without hesitation, Wen Jiayue said, "Ayu looks like a well-behaved child. I feel at ease letting Zhaozhao play with him."

To Shen Fuhan, these words meant, "Brother Dragonfly looks so well-behaved. I played with him when I was little. What are you worried about?"

He didn't argue with her anymore, afraid that he would get so angry that he would vomit blood.

Shen Fuhan said calmly, "If you want to play, play with girls. I don't trust boys. After we get back to the manor, I'll find a few clever and bright children among the servants and let Zhaozhao choose. They'll be her playmates from now on."

Wen Jiayue felt somewhat helpless. Although he was being a bit too cautious, his concerns were not unfounded.

She compromised, saying, "In that case, I'll listen to the Marquis."

Shen Fuhan corrected, "It is my husband."

Wen Jiayue rolled her eyes at him: "I don't want to shout."

Upon hearing this, Shen Fuhan remained silent for a moment, then covered Zhaozhao's eyes, leaned closer, and cornered her.

Foreheads touching, breaths mingling.

He said in a low voice, "Ah Yue, I'm very unhappy today."

Wen Jiayue had nowhere to retreat; his icy aura enveloped her, leaving her nowhere to escape.

She asked anxiously, "Hasn't Zhao Zhao's matter been resolved?"

Shen Fuhan wanted to say more than just this one thing, but he didn't say it. Instead, he gently pinched her chin, his eyes filled with a complex and unreadable expression.

"Ah Yue, if you also had a childhood sweetheart, would you choose him or me?"