The morning after the attack on the Gu mansion, the entire city was unaware of what had happened.
To outsiders, the Gu family remained untouchable.
Powerful.
Mysterious.
Unbreakable.
But inside the mansion, the atmosphere had changed.
Li Xinyue sat in the garden, holding a cup of tea while looking at Gu Zhen.
He was reading documents, but she noticed something.
He had not slept well.
The attack last night was not just an ordinary incident.
It had reminded him of something from the past.
Something he had never told her.
“Gu Zhen.”
He looked up.
“Hmm?”
“There is something you are hiding from me.”
His hand paused.
For a moment, silence filled the garden.
“You noticed.”
Li Xinyue smiled slightly.
“I am your wife.”
Those words again.
Recently, they had become her strongest reason to stay beside him.
Gu Zhen put the documents down.
“Do you know the name Shadow Wolf?”
Li Xinyue froze.
Of course, she knew.
In her previous life, she had heard rumors about a mysterious military commander.
A person who appeared during the most dangerous missions.
A person whose identity nobody knew.
But she never connected that person with Gu Zhen.
“Shadow Wolf…”
She repeated softly.
Gu Zhen looked at her.
“That is me.”
For a moment, Li Xinyue said nothing.
The legendary figure everyone feared…
Was her husband.
The man who came home quietly every night.
The man who reminded her to eat.
The man who held her hand when she was afraid.
“You are him?”
Gu Zhen nodded.
“Very few people know my real identity.”
Li Xinyue finally understood.
Why enemies were afraid of him.
Why people searched for him.
Why he always carried danger around him.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
Her voice was gentle.
Gu Zhen lowered his eyes.
“Because I wanted you to know me as Gu Zhen.”
Not Shadow Wolf.
Not General Gu.
Just him.
Li Xinyue’s heart tightened.
Because she understood.
He had given her the most vulnerable part of himself.
“In my world, everyone sees me as a weapon.”
He continued.
“A commander.”
“A person who never loses.”
“But with you…”
He looked at her.
“I don’t want to be that person.”
Li Xinyue felt her eyes become slightly warm.
She remembered her previous life.
How many times had this man tried to get close to her?
How many times had she pushed him away?
Yet even after everything…
He still trusted her.
She reached out and held his hand.
“Then don’t be Shadow Wolf with me.”
Gu Zhen looked at her.
“Be Gu Zhen.”
A small smile appeared on his face.
For someone who rarely showed emotions…
That smile was precious.
Later that day, Li Xinyue went to visit Su Qing.
Her best friend immediately noticed something.
“You look different.”
Li Xinyue smiled.
“Different?”
“Yes.”
Su Qing narrowed her eyes. New chapters come out on novelping.com first.
“You look like someone who is falling in love.”
Li Xinyue became quiet.
Falling in love…
Those words made her think.
Was that what was happening?
She had married Gu Zhen because of an arrangement.
But now…
She cared about whether he was safe.
She waited for him to return.
She smiled because of him.
Maybe her heart had already chosen before she realized it.
Meanwhile, Gu Zhen met with his closest friend, Jiang Chen.
“You are smiling more.”
Jiang Chen teased.
Gu Zhen ignored him.
“Focus on the mission.”
Jiang Chen laughed.
“I never thought I would see the day.”
“What day?”
“The day General Gu would be afraid of losing one person.”
Gu Zhen became silent.
Because Jiang Chen was right.
Before Li Xinyue…
He feared nothing.
Not death.
Not enemies.
Not danger.
But now…
The thought of losing her was the one thing that frightened him.
That night, Li Xinyue received an unexpected message.
A picture.
Her expression changed.
It was a picture of Gu Zhen from years ago.
Before they married.
Before she knew him.
Below the picture was a message:
“You don’t know the man you married.”
Her eyes became cold.
Someone was trying to create doubt again.
But this time…
They made a mistake.
Because Li Xinyue no longer wanted to run away from Gu Zhen.
She wanted to understand him.