Mei Qingyue's love for Shen Wantong is now unwavering; she will marry no one but him. How could she ruin her marriage because of her father's rejection? Of course not.

So, Mei Qingyue started crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang herself at home.

Mei Qingyue caused chaos in the mansion, disrupting the peace of the entire household. However, Master Mei only had this one daughter, whom he doted on since childhood.

How could he let his beloved daughter suffer in that slum? Of course not.

Mei Qingyue contemplated suicide at home, but in the end, Master Mei relented and bought her a five-courtyard house in the town.

Then, Shen Wantong was made a son-in-law to live with the woman's family, and only then was the marriage barely completed.

In the first few years after their marriage, Shen Wantong and Mei Qingyue were deeply in love and affectionate.

Shen Yingying was born a year after their marriage.

Since Shen Yingying was Mei Qingyue's first child, she was naturally taken care of meticulously.

This care for the child inevitably led to some neglect of Shen Wantong.

For this reason, Shen Wantong began preparing for the triennial imperial examination.

During the time Mei Qingyue was taking care of the child, another six months would be the triennial imperial examination.

Meanwhile, Mei Qingyue took care of the children in the courtyard, while Shen Wantong stayed at home, engrossed in studying scientific books day and night.

Finally, the triennial imperial examination is about to begin.

Shen Wantong entered the examination room...

After many days of taking the imperial examinations, Shen Wantong finally passed and became a "Juren" (a successful candidate in the provincial-level imperial examinations).

Shen Wantong passed the imperial examination and became a Juren (a successful candidate in the provincial-level imperial examination), which his family celebrated.

This father-in-law was very wealthy and insisted on hosting a banquet in town for three days before he finally stopped.

But those who came to the banquet were gossiping about Shen Wantong's son-in-law putting on airs and other such things.

This infuriated Shen Wantong. He vowed to take the imperial examination again and strive to become a high-ranking official, so that no one would dare to speak of him like that again.

So Shen Wantong made a decision: he would go to the capital to study.

After making his decision, Shen Wantong found Mei Qingyue, who was breastfeeding Shen Yingying, and told her about his plans.

Mei Qingyue was reluctant to see her husband go to the capital to study, but she had married him because she admired his talent.

Finally, after a moment of reluctant parting, Mei Qingyue saw Shen Wantong off.

There was no other way; Shen Yingying was too young to travel long distances at the time.

The Shen Wantong who came to Beijing at this time was no longer the impoverished Shen Wantong.

With the help of his father-in-law's wealth and his own smooth interpersonal skills, he quickly gained a foothold in the capital.

At this time, Shen Wantong had been in the capital for more than a year and a half.

At this moment, Miss Mei from the Mei family in Pinghe Town is playing hide-and-seek with two-year-old Shen Yingying.

"Yingying, did you hide it well? Mother is going to look for it."

Hidden well, hidden well, Mother, come find me!

As I removed my hands from my eyes, I saw my daughter peeking out from behind the lotus pond.

Mei Qingyue shook her head helplessly and called out with a smile, "Oh dear, where is my precious Yingying? I can't find her..."

At this moment, two-year-old Shen Yingying was innocent and naive. The little girl lay on the edge of the pond and shouted loudly, "Mommy, I'm not here, you can't find me..."

Mei Qingyue played along, looking at the adorable Shen Yingying and saying affectionately, "Oh dear, my little Yingying, where are you hiding? I'll be very sad if I can't find my precious Yingying."

Would my precious Yingying bear to see her mother heartbroken? ...

Upon hearing that her mother would be sad if she couldn't find her, little Shen Yingying immediately stood up from a corner of the pond and ran towards Mei Qingyue.

"Mother, Mother, Yingying is here, Mother is not sad."