Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 296 Understand Your Own Feelings

The next morning, Liu Jingyue slowly awoke. When she sat up, she was surprised to find herself alone in the large bed. A strong sense of unreality washed over her. It was as if the warm interaction with her mother the previous night had been nothing more than a dream. Everything seemed so ethereal and elusive.

However, regardless of whether those beautiful scenes really only existed in dreams, Liu Jingyue knew very well in her heart that everything she experienced last night must be buried deep in her heart.

Because her mother was still in the period of repentance, according to the rules, she was strictly forbidden to go out. If these things were accidentally leaked and known to outsiders, it would definitely cause a lot of unnecessary trouble. Thinking of this, Liu Jingyue couldn't help but frown slightly, secretly reminding herself to keep her mouth shut.

At the same time, another person was lying in bed, feeling depressed. This person was Shen Zhenzhu. What exactly caused her to be so depressed? It all started with the lively birthday party yesterday.

Just yesterday at his birthday party, Dugu Moyan took the stage and gave a brilliant performance. His sleek, natural movements were as pleasing to the eye as flowing clouds and water. Add to that his strikingly handsome features, his sharp brows and bright eyes revealing a heroic spirit that drew applause from the crowd.

More importantly, he had recently been adopted into the Yunnan Prince's Palace and would inherit the title of nobility. Consequently, many prominent ladies from prominent families developed a keen interest in this elegant young man, especially considering he was now of marriageable age.

Yesterday, many girls from wealthy families who felt they had the potential to compete went on stage to perform. Some wanted to attract Dugu Moyan's attention in this way, but it didn't work well.

Because Dugu Moyan's eyes kept wandering between the Dugu sisters and Shen Zhenzhu, he completely ignored the wonderful performance going on on the stage.

Gradually, the girls who were about to perform noticed this and began to change their strategies. The girls who had already performed took the initiative to approach Dugu Moyan and coquettishly asked him for flowers; while the girls who had not yet performed racked their brains to come up with various topics to try to strike up a conversation with Dugu Moyan.

For a moment, Dugu Moyan's surroundings were extremely lively, with the sounds of chirping birds and whispers coming one after another.

At the same time, Shen Zhenzhu's eyes inadvertently swept across the group of girls who were rushing to Dugu Moyan in an endless stream, and an indescribable sadness involuntarily welled up in her heart.

At that moment, a thought flashed through her mind like lightning: "Could it be that I really have fallen for Dugu Moyan unconsciously, as Jingyao and Lin Zhi said? But no! My family all lives in Chang'an, and I still want to go home! And I know very well what Dugu Moyan's adoption means - he will become the future successor of the Yunnan Palace. With his status and position, how could he give up everything here and go to faraway Chang'an for me? Since I know that this relationship will not have a future, it is better to cut off the feelings and stop thinking about it!"

Thinking of this, Shen Zhenzhu couldn't help but bite her lips lightly, trying to free herself from this chaotic mood.

This also explains why she kept drinking later, as if she wanted to indulge herself in it and no longer pay attention to Dugu Moyan.

However, the opposite happened. As she drank glass after glass of wine, the little details of her time with Dugu Moyan did not become blurred in her mind, but became clearer and clearer.

Originally, when a man came looking for her, she was unwilling to pay any attention to him, and just stayed with Murong Linzhi, chatting and drinking happily. Occasionally, when she felt like it, she would find Dugu Jingyao and others to have fun together.

But whenever she accidentally caught a glimpse of Dugu Moyan surrounded by a group of beautiful women, an inexplicable fire would surge in her heart.

So, whenever a man came up to her and started chatting with her, she would respond in a sputtering manner. Although her attitude was not enthusiastic, she would always give the other party some opportunities to communicate.

Coincidentally, this was exactly the reason why Dugu Moyan also started drinking. Coincidentally, Shen Zhenzhu was caught by Dugu Moyan several times when she was having a good chat with other men.

Seeing this scene, he naturally felt mixed emotions, bitter and astringent. At this moment, he finally realized: Perhaps, as Dugu Jingyao said, he really fell in love with Shen Zhenzhu, and had reached the point where he would marry her!

So what happened was that Shen Zhenzhu was helped back to the tent drunk. Although Dugu Moyan had drunk a lot, he was still worried about Shen Zhenzhu and quietly observed the movements outside Shen Zhenzhu's tent until Dugu Jingyao walked out of Shen Zhenzhu's tent. He stepped forward to ask about the situation and made sure that Shen Zhenzhu had fallen asleep safely before leaving.