When Nan Zhi's body was buried, she only pretended to cry, which Nan Yao and Madam Nan saw.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't disappointed.

Nan Yao had kept the fact that Nan Wan had used him as a shield from a knife a secret from Madam Nan, not mentioning it to her, simply because he didn't want to trouble her.

But now that Nan Wan has gone so far, and Madam Nan is still trying to find excuses for her, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and told her everything that had happened before.

For the first time, Madam Nan learned that her kind and obedient youngest daughter, who had been kind and well-behaved for sixteen years, had actually had affairs with both Lin Ancheng and Li Shaoqin. Not only that, but she even used her own father as a shield for her.

Nanzhi, however, felt that her selfish eldest daughter had actually risked her life to save her.

For a moment, she found it hard to accept.

That day, Nan Wan was about to deliver vegetables when she saw Madam Nan, whose expression was not very pleasant.

Thinking about how she had neglected them these past few days, she suppressed her impatience and asked with concern, "Mother, are you feeling better?"

"No."

"If you don't have one, you should see a doctor quickly. Your daughter will go find someone to call one for you."

As she spoke, she picked up her lunchbox and prepared to leave.

Madam Nan called out to her, "Mother is suddenly a little hungry. Why don't you give me the food first?"

Nan Wan's face stiffened. If it were before, she would have naturally given it to him, but at this moment, Shen Huaixu's side was of course more important.

"Mother, let me have someone make some more for you."

Madam Nan looked at her: "Wanwan, in your heart, is Shen Huaixu more important, or are my father and I more important?"

Nan Wan smiled: "...Of course, Mother and Father are more important."

“Since that’s the case, then I have a few words to say,” Madam Nan said. “Shen Huaixu and your sister are not divorced, he is still your brother-in-law, and you are not allowed to visit him again.”

Nan Wan's expression completely changed this time.

"Mother, I don't want to. I want to marry Brother Shen."

"No way." Nan Yao walked in from outside and said coldly, "If you want to marry him, you'll have to abandon your parents."

Nan Wan pursed her lips and began to speak sweetly: "Father, Mother, Brother Shen is the young city lord of Qingzhou. Didn't you always want your daughter to find a powerful husband? Brother Shen is the perfect choice. With him, our Nan family will definitely rise to prominence."

Nan Yao sneered: "What kind of life did Shen Huaixu lead in the Nan family? Do you think he would be grateful to the Nan family?"

“But I have never mistreated Brother Shen. I am sure I can persuade him to treat the Nan family well.”

Seeing that Nan Wan was still unwilling to give up, Nan Yao cruelly turned his hands behind his back and said, "Fine, you can go see him, but once you step out of the Nan family's door, don't come back. The Nan family will pretend that you don't exist."

Although Nan Wan was very reluctant to lose the Nan family as her backer, she was even more unwilling to lose Shen Huaixu, her powerful backer.

She figured that Nan Yao and Madam Nan were just saying harsh words and wouldn't really abandon her, so she turned around and left without hesitation.

After she left, Madam Nan almost fainted from crying.

After Nan Wan left, Nan Yao truly made up his mind not to want her anymore.

Fearing that Shen Huaixu would retaliate against the Nan family, he quickly sold off his family property while Shen Huaixu was still unconscious, and left Cangwu County with Madam Nan, the ancestral tablets of the Nan family, and the memorial tablet of Nan Zhi.

A few days after they left, Shen Huaixu finally woke up.

Shen Huaixu had a long dream.

In his dream, he saw Nanzhi. She was wearing a red dress and kept walking forward. No matter how he called her, she refused to turn around.

He reached out to grab her, and she finally turned around, but her beautiful eyes were full of tears.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, Shen Huaixu..."

"Shen Huaixu, I like you so much, why, why don't you like me?"

"Shen Huaixu, I'm so sad. Will I stop being sad if I die?"

He held her tightly and revealed the secret he had never dared to admit: "No, I love you too. Don't die, please don't die..."

But a dream is just a dream.

He opened his eyes, and from that moment on, the world was plunged into darkness.

"Brother Shen, you're finally awake. You have no idea how worried I've been about you these past few days."

The noise around him was incessant, but Shen Huaixu remained expressionless: "Get lost."

Nan Wan was completely stunned.

"Brother Shen, it's me, Nan Wan. Look at me..."

Before Nan Wan could finish speaking, Zheng Zhiyi grabbed her arm and dragged her out.

"Young City Lord, are you feeling better?"

Shen Huaixu looked at him, his once indifferent eyes now appearing frighteningly gloomy.

Where is Nanzhi?

"Huh?" Zheng Zhiyi was stunned for a few seconds before he realized what was happening and said, "Miss Nan's body has been buried for almost a month."

"Go find it, dig it up, and bring it back to Qingzhou."

Zheng Zhiyi didn't know what he was trying to do. Was it love or hate? Why would he dig up someone's grave?

Zheng Zhiyi noticed that something was wrong with him, but didn't dare to say anything. He quickly led his men to look for him.

To their surprise, they discovered that Nanzhi's grave had been moved. When they went to the Nan Mansion, they found that the once bustling mansion was now deserted.

When he told Shen Huaixu, Shen Huaixu's face turned even colder.

"Let Nan Wan go and find it. Tell her that as long as she finds it, the position of the young city lord's wife of Qingzhou will be hers."

Nan Wan was shocked and depressed when Shen Huaixu kicked her out. She thought she had been good enough to Shen Huaixu, so why was he so unresponsive?

When she returned to the Nan family mansion and found it completely empty, she felt even more devastated.

Nan Yao and Madam Nan left; they were so heartless as to abandon her alone.

Just as Nan Wan was about to smash something in anger, some people came in from outside.

"What are you doing here? This is my room, get out!"

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