Rebirth: Contract Husband Falls in Love with Me-Chapter 571 - 294: Reconciliation

He’s here? Apologizing to her parents? Wanting to take her back? He said he regrets it...

Zhou Jingyi subconsciously raised her hand to her forehead. Suddenly, she felt her heart beating extremely fast, and her body started to feel weak and powerless.

"Miss, I heard the young master stood in the hall courtyard for half a day waiting for the Master and his wife to see him, but they did not meet him. Afterwards, someone directly led him to rest in the guest room. The young master hadn’t eaten anything all day or even touched a drop of tea!" Su Qing added softly.

Zhou Jingyi chuckled disbelievingly, "Really? With his temper, how could he endure that? He probably would have quarreled with my parents by now! Even if not, he would have stormed off in anger long ago!"

If he wanted to leave, who could stop him?

"It’s true, the wet nurse next to the wife said so!" Su Qing said, "Three days ago, the eldest young master even hit the young master, but he didn’t retaliate, only asked the Master and his wife permission to see you! But how could the Master and his wife possibly agree!"

"Big brother hit him again!" Zhou Jingyi was even more shocked, and couldn’t help but feel a bit heartbroken. She glared at Su Qing a little, "How could so many things have happened, and we didn’t know anything about it?"

Su Qing bowed her head, not daring to make a sound.

Zhou Jingyi thought about it for a while, and understood a bit— if her parents wanted to hide any news from her, wouldn’t it be easy? And now that Su Qing had heard the news, didn’t it also mean that they—

Zhou Jingyi’s heart stirred slightly, and her face felt a bit heated.

That man whom she loved and hated, she hadn’t expected him to actually come looking for her. He must be sincere this time, although how long this sincerity could last was unknown. Recalling his past treatment of her, it was impossible to say there were no grievances or sorrows in her heart!

"Since my parents arranged it this way, they must have their reasons. Let’s just listen and leave it at that, now, bring some water, I want to wash my face, let’s also rest a bit!" Zhou Jingyi gently pushed the tea cup aside as she spoke.

"Miss..." Su Qing was somewhat surprised, and hurriedly asked, "What about the young master—"

"Don’t bother about him!" Zhou Jingyi said again, her voice carrying a hint of displeasure.

"Yes." Su Qing respectfully complied and went to instruct the maid to bring warm towels, serving Zhou Jingyi as she washed up before both the maid and mistress went to sleep.

This night was destined to be sleepless for both; one was kept awake by the gnawing hunger in their stomach like a fire blazing, while the other was at times sad, at times joyous, and at times melancholically confused, unable to sleep.

It was a struggle until dawn finally broke, and the long night was finally over. Both let out a sigh of relief, almost in unison!

Zhou Jingyi woke up early, calling the still drowsy Su Qing, who sleepily asked, "Miss, why are you up so early today?" only to be scared awake by Zhou Jingyi’s glare, and hurriedly said, "I will attend to Miss dressing and combing immediately!" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Once ready, Zhou Jingyi stepped out of the house, unintentionally walking towards the garden, and unknowingly went near the guest room area.

At this moment, Su Qing seemed to see the truth: despite her denial, Miss was indeed preoccupied with the young master in her heart.

Shi Fengming had never tasted hunger since he was a child. Seeing the sky brighten, he quickly got up, thinking it was still early and sneaking into the kitchen to grab something to eat was a good idea. Sustaining another day on an empty stomach would almost cost him his life!

Just as Shi Fengming stepped out of his room, he saw a familiar figure not far in the hibiscus flower bushes—a figure clad in lilac, with her hair styled in drop curls adorned simply with a few plain jade and silver hairpins, exhibiting utmost simplicity, standing among the flowers, her slender figure even more apparent. If not his Zhou Jingyi, who else could it be?

Shi Fengming was overjoyed, quickly walking towards her. Zhou Jingyi, turning around and lifting her head, also saw him. Their eyes met, and he smiled at her. Zhou Jingyi felt a pang in her heart and turned to walk away.

"Jingyi!" Shi Fengming hurried after her, catching up to grab her arm, "Jingyi, I finally see you!"

Zhou Jingyi’s body stiffened, still not turning around, pausing before saying, "What are you doing here?"

Shi Fengming glanced at Su Qing, who knelt and bowed politely, then silently retreated. Holding onto her slightly cold hand, Shi Fengming pleaded, "Jingyi, come back with me, please. We can start over..."

Zhou Jingyi finally looked up at him, gently pulling back her hand, "Why? You should be happy to be rid of me; why would you want to start over? I don’t need your guilt or pity, Young Master. You should go back! My parents and brother don’t welcome you, why suffer here?"