Divorce with three kids? I'll build a house and eat meat, driving my in-laws crazy.

Chapter 262 Revealing feelings
After carefully recalling the details of her time with Fang Xingzhi today, Li Ruru felt utterly wronged.

"I didn't say anything, I didn't do anything. Why is Old Man Fang so angry?"

She couldn't understand it, and she didn't want to think about it anymore; all she wanted to do right now was find the person as soon as possible.

Shen Kuo rubbed his forehead and said nothing more, simply following the others to search for the person.

Chenjia Village is small, but the winding paths make it difficult to find.

Li Ruru and her family searched with lanterns for more than half an hour, but still couldn't find it.

She gazed at the starry sky and suddenly remembered something.

He turned to the others and said, "You all go back first. I know where Master Fang is."

Shen Kuo wanted to continue the search, but Peipei and Chaochao pulled him back.

"Mr. Shen, it's getting late, you should go to sleep early."

“That’s right. Since my mother knows where Master Fang is, you shouldn’t go and cause trouble.”

Shen Kuo pouted and went back to his room, dissatisfied. He was just trying to help, so how did he become a troublemaker?

What trouble could he possibly cause!

Oh, wait a minute!
He slapped his forehead and muttered, "Oh dear, I'm such an idiot. Going over there would only make things worse."

The master must be at the place where the two of them were having their rendezvous, a place that only Lady Li knows.

The master and his wife are quite well hidden; they managed to find a chance to be alone together right under everyone's noses.

No, wait a bit longer.

Could this be a setup by Master, deliberately not going home to make his wife worry?
The master's wife rushed off to find someone, but only the two of them knew about that place.

Isn't this just a disguised secret rendezvous?
Shen Kuo's mouth was wide open in a grin, and he was still chuckling even after washing his face and lying in bed.

Master is truly brilliant! He is indeed a master; experience is the best teacher.

Chu Xiu heard a series of clapping sounds coming from Shen Kuo's room, so he knocked on the door out of curiosity.

He asked, "Mr. Shen, do you have chickens in your room?"

Shen Kuo opened the door irritably and said, "You're the one with the chickens in your room. What, can't I laugh?"

"Of course you can, but your giggling is kind of scary." After saying that, Chu Xiu ran back to his room in a flash.

No respectable family laughs like that; it sounds just like a rooster crowing.

Li Ruru carried a lantern and made her way to the foot of the mountain. She used both her hands and feet to climb up into the cave with great difficulty.

Their whole family stayed here for a while when there was a heavy rainstorm.

Fang Xingzhi had said he really liked this place, so she assumed he must have come here today.

Carrying a lantern, I went inside. The cave was cool and the breeze was very pleasant.

After walking a few more steps, I saw Fang Xingzhi sitting by the mountain spring, staring blankly at the sky.

The moon is very round and big tonight, but there aren't many stars.

Li Ruru quickened her pace and said, "Master Fang, you really are here! It's getting dark, let's go home!"

Fang Xingzhi seemed not at all surprised that Li Ruru could find him.

He said calmly, "Go home? Go home to which home? Where is my home?"

Li Ruru placed the lantern on the ground and laboriously climbed the steps to sit down next to him.

Fang Xingzhi watched silently, and couldn't help but find it amusing that she struggled for so long to climb up.

My anger has subsided considerably.

It wasn't that Li Ruru was physically unable to climb up; it was simply that the steps were too high.

After finally settling into a comfortable position, she wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "Let's go back to our newly built house. Why would we leave such a big, bright house to come to this run-down cave?"

Fang Xingzhi retorted, "What's wrong with it? I think it's great, quiet and cool." Seeing that Li Ruru didn't respond, he whispered, "This place feels just like home. At least you didn't kick me out!"

Li Ruru was speechless. It was pouring rain outside, and even if she were heartless, she couldn't possibly chase an old man away.

"I was wrong, okay? I just asked casually this afternoon, don't take it to heart. I won't kick you out!"

Although Li Ruru is a woman, she is carefree and doesn't pay attention to many details.

Fang Xingzhi is a man who appears to care about nothing on the surface, but is actually extremely sensitive.

Fang Xingzhi was still angry about what Li Ruru had casually said. He had almost forgotten what she had said.

Fang Xingzhi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Li Ruru say that she wouldn't kick him out.

But then he asked, "Can I stay here indefinitely?"

"Here? There are no mattresses here, how can anyone live here?"

"Not here, but your newly built brick and tile house."

“Oh, of course!” Li Ruru readily agreed.

Fang Xingzhi hesitated for a moment before saying, "What I mean is to stay by your side forever and never leave."

Li Ruru: "Yes, I won't kick you out. You can stay as long as you want."

Fang Xingzhi saw that Li Ruru was unresponsive to his words and did not understand his implied meaning. She was looking at him blankly with her big, watery eyes.

He pursed his lips and asked nervously, "Um, have you ever heard of a poem?"

“No.” Li Ruru interrupted him directly, “Your convoluted poems give me a headache.”

Fang Xingzhi patiently said, "Listen to me, there's a poem that says, 'The falling flowers are willing, but the flowing water is heartless.'"

"Oh, and then?" Li Ruru had heard this poem before, and she was vaguely worried about what Fang Xingzhi was going to say next.

Fang Xingzhi straightened his clothes and moved closer to Li Ruru.

With trembling hands, he took her hand and said, "You are like a heartless flowing river."

He felt he had made his intentions very clear, but Li Ruru had never shown him any affection whatsoever.

Li Ruru was full of questions. She shook off his hand and said, "How am I heartless? Didn't I already say I wouldn't kick you out? You old man, why are you still so angry?"

Fang Xingzhi was so anxious he wanted to cry. Was this guy a block of wood? How much more did he need to explain?

Well, Aru is simple-minded; she probably won't understand unless he explains it clearly.

Fang Xingzhi comforted himself again, straightened his clothes, and also sorted out his broken heart.

Looking up at the bright moon and stars in the sky, she said, "Do you remember when I asked you before if you wanted to remarry?"

Li Ruru placed her hands on her hips, leaned back, and looked up at the starry sky without even lifting her eyelids. She said, "I remember. Do you remember my answer?"

Fang Xingzhi sighed silently. Was she subtly rejecting him?
Aru said back then that she would never remarry, so isn't he just asking for trouble by asking this question now?

The cool moonlight shone down, as if mocking Fang Xingzhi's dawdling.

Fang Xingzhi took another deep breath. Although he had asked that question before, that was before.

So much time has passed; Aru should have felt his deep affection and love.

Also, since he didn't add a subject when he asked the question, Aru would naturally refuse.

They experienced setbacks and rejections time and time again.

Fang Xingzhi once again composed himself and mustered the courage to ask, "Aru, I love you!"

"Would you...give me a chance, would you...be my wife?"

Fang Xingzhi truly is a man who, when he speaks, astounds everyone.

Not only did he express his feelings, but he also wanted to win the heart of the beauty in one fell swoop.