Chapter 1148 - 365: The Shameless Little White Flower_4
Shen Ji’s face was ashen as he avoided Lu Zhu’s outstretched hand trying to pull his, and he said indifferently, "You are my cousin, and I’ve always treated you as my own sister, never having had the slightest romantic sentiment towards you. As for what happened today, for now, I’ll assume you’re spouting nonsense because you can’t bear the loss of your aunt. You should go back!"
At this point, he turned to the servant standing frozen in the corner and barked, "Why aren’t you taking the young miss away?"
"No, Brother Ji, you can’t do this to Zhuzhu. Zhuzhu loves you, Zhuzhu doesn’t ask for anything except to stay by your side, even if it’s as a concubine, Zhuzhu is willing. Please, keep Zhuzhu with you, okay?" Lu Zhu sobbed, trying to grab onto Shen Ji’s sleeve, but he dodged away once more.
"What you speak of, marrying you, was just a jest by your aunt while she was alive, one I never took seriously. If you continue to deceive yourself, the Shen... family cannot keep you any longer!"
If Shen Ji had any sympathy or pity for his cousin who had lost her mother, it was all gone after Lu Zhu’s disruption today. He was a rational man, and he was very clear about who he liked and whom he wanted to spend his life with.
If he didn’t make things clear today, it would not only allow his cousin to continue deceiving herself, but it would also cause the woman he had finally married and loved to doubt him and drift apart from him, which was the last thing he wanted to see.
Shen Ji gripped his wife’s hand tightly but dared not look at her face.
Previously, Liu Tinglan had threatened in a letter that if he didn’t resolve the matter with Lu Zhu, she would call off their engagement. At that time, Shen Ji had no feelings for Lu Zhu and had never considered making her his secondary wife, thinking that it would be fine as long as he remained firm, even feeling that Liu Tinglan was making a mountain out of a molehill by threatening him with the cancellation of their engagement.
Although he felt that way, he was willing to indulge the woman he loved, so despite deeming it unnecessary, he managed to persuade Father Shen and Mother Shen and swiftly arranged a decent marriage for Lu Zhu, finally settling his fiancée’s heart and marrying her.