TFWYH – Chapter 15 A Beauty

Ling Yu’s brows lifted slightly, and a subtle gleam flickered in his deep eyes. “You’re that sure?”

“Mm!” Tang Wan nodded seriously.

Ling Yu pressed his lips together and after a long pause, let out a scoff. “But I don’t want to study. Even if my leg heals, I still won’t.”

“Why?” Tang Wan frowned, clearly not understanding.

If the leg didn’t heal, it made sense. After all, the court had regulations—those with physical disabilities were not allowed to take the imperial exams. This “disability” didn’t just refer to physical deformities—even facial disfigurement counted.

But if he were healed, it meant he could walk the path of the imperial exams. Why would he refuse?

According to her memories, her handsome husband was very good at studying and highly regarded by his teacher.

The original Tang Wan fell in love at first sight precisely because she once passed by a school and saw him in the crowd, like the moon surrounded by stars.

So why did he no longer want to study now?

Could it be that he had lost his drive?

Tang Wan stopped what she was doing and thought for a moment about some inspirational quotes. Then she selected a few.

“Instead of complaining about the darkness, why not light a lamp and move forward.”

“…?”

“There are times when man defies fate, and the heavens never completely abandon us.”

“……”

“If the heart yearns for something, why fear the road is long and hard?”

“……”
You’re surprisingly well-read.

Especially when he saw Tang Wan with her chubby little face all serious and proper—he almost wanted to laugh. “Got any more?”

Tang Wan nodded and added another:
“Even if one lives in the gutter, they still have the right to look up at the stars!”

“Heh…” Ling Yu laughed.

He was born beautiful, with delicate features that were almost androgynous. When he smiled, it was like flowers blooming—brilliant and breathtaking.

Tang Wan stared blankly for a moment, but quickly looked away, afraid he’d get annoyed. Then she straightened her expression and said seriously: “Pull yourself together. I’ve got your back!”

Ling Yu looked at her. The face he once found revolting… didn’t seem that bad anymore.

And when he looked closely, Tang Wan’s features actually weren’t ugly. She had naturally seductive eyes, a small cherry mouth, and even a beauty mark at the corner of her eye.

If she lost weight… she might not be bad-looking at all?

Ling Yu tried to imagine that round, flat face turning into a slender, oval one…

His expression slowly turned dazed, and he looked at Tang Wan with a complicated gaze.

“Is there something on my face?” Tang Wan felt uncomfortable under his stare and rubbed her face, but didn’t find anything wrong.

“Ahem…” Ling Yu snapped out of it, turning his gaze slightly away. Upon closer inspection, the tips of his ears had turned faintly red. “No, it’s not dirty. I just realized… even I can be wrong sometimes.”

Tang Wan clearly didn’t understand and tilted her head in confusion.

“It’s nothing. I’m tired.” Ling Yu’s lips curved into a faint smile.

Not only were her features delicate, she was also a bit… dense!

Clueless and silly—kind of cute!

He didn’t know it, but there was a term for that in this world: “adorkable.”

And the lethal power of adorkable… was not to be underestimated.

“If you’re not busy, fix that collapsed corner of the roof. It’s fine on sunny days, but when it rains, it leaks,” Ling Yu said, lying down with his back to her.

Tang Wan stared blankly at the broken corner—collapsed from when the original Tang Wan tried to hang herself—she had completely forgotten about it.

Mainly because it was summer now, and the weather was sunny every day. With the hole open, it actually stayed cool inside.

So she had just… forgotten.

“I’ll fix it right now!” Tang Wan said awkwardly.

She was Tang Wan now, after all, so she had to take responsibility for Tang Wan’s messes.

Tang Wan immediately rushed out of the room.

Ling Yue saw her and hurried to help.

However, once Tang Wan climbed up to the roof, she realized—

Yes, the hole could be patched, but it wouldn’t do much good.

The beam she had used to hang herself was a secondary beam connected to the main support beam. When the secondary beam snapped, it caused cracks in the main one as well.

The main beam wouldn’t hold much longer. And once that beam broke—

The whole house would collapse.