Chapter 11 - 6: The Backfired Divine Initiation
"You!" Gu Fangzi hadn't expected him to say that. Although she knew that he was only teasing her, her heart couldn't help but swell with an indescribable bitterness and grievance, and she sniffled as she stamped her foot.
"Why are you crying?" Shi Fengju had always enjoyed teasing her, but he never expected her to be unable to take a joke this time and cry from just one sentence. He panicked and quickly tried to comfort her, "Fang'er, Fang'er, don't cry, don't cry! I was just teasing you. It wasn't serious. How could you start crying? Look, Fang'er, you know I'm not good at comforting people, so please don't make it difficult for me. Come on, don't cry anymore. Don't cry!"
Gu Fangzi gave a soft humph and turned her head away, not willing to look back. After he coaxed her for a while, she pretended to be angry and said, "Can you even joke about something like this? You, you clearly know that for others—who would use this kind of words to tease me!"
Seeing that she was feeling better, Shi Fengju laughed and said, "Are you blaming me now? Weren't you the one who started it? Tell me, were your words pleasant to hear or not?"
Gu Fangzi was at a loss for words. With a flirtatious glare at him, she chuckled and said, "You, you always love to bully me! I, I'm stupid for allowing myself to be bullied by you..." Her voice trailed off as she spoke, and her coyness was undeniably charming.
Shi Fengju's heart softened, and he sighed gently, "In the future, don't say such foolish things! Fang'er, I won't let you down!"
Gu Fangzi's heart felt a sweet satisfaction, followed by a touch of sour dissatisfaction. In her heart, she thought: You won't let me down? Even after you married Sang Wan? If you really won't let me down, then why didn't you call off this marriage? What does it have to do with you, or the Shi family, whether Sang Wan's reputation would be affected or what will happen to the Sang family?
Although Gu Fangzi thought this in her heart, she still smiled sweetly on the surface and lowered her blushing neck, gently replying with a soft "Mmm." She raised her eyes, filled with affection, and gazed at Shi Fengju, saying, "Cousin, your words alone are enough for me. I'm a simple person, and I'll remember your words for the rest of my life!"
"Yes, for the rest of our lives," Shi Fengju said with a slight smile, nodding solemnly.
Gu Fangzi's eyes sparkled with wavering light but also carried a faint hint of confusion and incomprehension.