Jiang Li was at a loss for words.
"One day as husband and wife means an eternal bond," Liu Wencai and Ji Shuran had also shared years of affection after all. Even though Liu Wencai later married someone else, when he returned to Yanjing years later and Ji Shuran bore him a child, it proved that Ji Shuran might still harbor feelings for him.
Still harboring feelings, yet she managed to kill him without a backward glance?
Jih Heng seemed to perceive her bewilderment and said, "Ji Shuran didn't love him."
"Didn't love?"
"Liu Wencai was down and out," Jih Heng said indifferently, "penniless. How could Ji Shuran, the Madam Chief Minister, still think highly of Liu Wencai? Her being with Liu Wencai was to get revenge for his abandonment. From the beginning, she planned to desert Liu Wencai, and not only that, she wanted his life. No wonder people say," he sighed, "'the green bamboo snake bites, and the wasp stings the tail; both are not as venomous as the heart of a woman.'
