Chapter 642 is over, it's all over.

"It wasn't me, it really wasn't me!"

Seeing her daughter's expression, Madam Qi knew something was wrong. She denied it repeatedly and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Shen Mingxuan: "Xuan'er, don't listen to her nonsense. She's framing me and trying to drive a wedge between us!"

Shen Mingxuan shoved her away violently, her voice hoarse as she screamed, "Get out! You're going to kill me! How can there be a mother in the world who's so good at ruining her daughter! Get out! I never want to see you again!"

"Xuan'er, I..."

Shen Mingxuan struggled to get up and escape, but as soon as she stood up, she was in excruciating pain.

Her vision went black, and she fainted.

"Xuan'er!"

"Young Miss!"

...

The room was in complete chaos, while on the roof outside, Gu Qianhan, dressed in black, stood there indifferently.

Jixiang had been watching the show with him for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Young master, are you really not going to show yourself? You've been following the second young lady ever since she left the manor, secretly protecting her all along. Are you really not going to let her know what you've done for her?"

Gu Qianhan glanced at her servant: "What did I do? Wasn't I just watching the show with you the whole time? From beginning to end, she relied on her own resourcefulness to get out of danger. What does that have to do with me?"

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"Are you trying to embarrass me enough by going out to claim credit now?"

Jixiang couldn't help but scratch his head: "You really didn't make a move. This... this isn't your fault. It's just that the Second Miss does things so smoothly and effortlessly that you didn't even have a chance to make a move."

"However, protection in secret is still protection. I think you should let the Second Miss know, not to curry favor, but to let her know that you care about her, admire her, and cherish her!"

Gu Qianhan said calmly, "I care about her and admire her, not for her to know, nor for her to be grateful to me. I'm just doing what I want to do. I know what I've done, and she doesn't need to know."

Jixiang was stunned. Her young master was truly a romantic!

Other men would exaggerate their achievements to the girls they like, but this young master only mentions one out of ten.

Oh, no, the young master didn't mention a single cent!

"Alright, stop standing there, you look kind of stupid, it's time to go."

"Huh? You're leaving already? The mess with the Second Miss isn't over yet, is it? Aren't you going to take a look?"

"There's no need to look anymore. The matter is settled, and she can't possibly suffer a loss."

As Gu Qianhan spoke, she flew down from the rooftop.

Qingjin and Qingyin immediately stepped forward: "Young Master!"

"Keep watching over her; her words are my words."

"yes!"

Qingjin and Qingyin knew, of course, how much Shen Wantang meant to their master, so when they were by Shen Wantang's side, they were even more devoted than when they were in front of their master.

After all, if you are negligent in front of your master, you will at most get a beating, but if you are negligent in front of Miss Shen, you will lose your head!

Gu Qianhan naturally believed that they would do their duty, otherwise she wouldn't have chosen the two of them to protect Shen Wantang.

He nodded indifferently, turned and left.

——

When Shen Wantang returned to the Shen residence, it was already dark.

Wei Dazhang was not sent to the government. The abbot of Guyuan Temple was not stupid. He sent several monks to take Wei Dazhang to the Shen residence and hand him over to Shen Guannian.

Guyuan Temple was already struggling to attract many worshippers, and they were even running out of money to feed the cats in the temple.

The monks also lived an extremely austere life. If it were to be revealed that a lecherous thief had harmed a noblewoman in the temple, then Guyuan Temple would probably have no more worshippers, and the monks and cats would all be left to starve.

Therefore, the abbot did not want this matter to escalate, but he could not ignore it either, so he simply threw the thorny issue of Wei Dazhang to Shen Guannian to solve.

Presumably, Shen Guannian was even less willing to let this matter get out, after all, it was his own daughter who was involved in the incident, and it was very likely that the person who summoned Wei Dazhang to the temple was Madam Shen.

In the main courtyard, candlelight flickered, and a cold, somber atmosphere permeated the air.

Wei Dazhang was bound tightly and was now crawling on the ground, spilling the beans about his affair with Qi Shi.

Shen Guannian's expression was beyond ugly. He didn't even need to verify it; he knew that what this lecherous scoundrel said was true—because he had described all of Qi's characteristics, those characteristics that only he, her husband, should have known!

Qi Shi's face was ashen, her eyes were vacant, as if her soul had been ripped out, and she couldn't utter a single word of rebuttal.

Arguing was pointless; all she regretted now was not killing Wei Dazhang at Guyuan Temple, allowing him to arrive alive at the Shen Mansion.

It's over.

It's all over.

One wrong move and the whole game is lost!

She slowly and stiffly turned her head, her lifeless eyes fixed on Shen Wantang.

Only now did she realize that this lowly illegitimate daughter, whom she had never given a second glance, was actually a ruthless character who was not lacking in methods, scheming, patience, and so on!

In the past, Shen Wantang was a dull-witted girl. Her needlework was a mess, she was terrible at manners, she was poor at reading, and her handwriting was awful. Whenever Shen Guannian tested her, she always made a lot of mistakes, which made the mediocre Shen Mingxuan seem intelligent in comparison.

Now she realized that it was all an act by Shen Wantang!

She was clearly exceptionally intelligent, even bordering on the supernatural!

From the moment she stepped out of the Shen family home, she had been deliberately guiding Shen Mingxuan!

She deliberately wore a dress that Shen Mingxuan really liked, and deliberately brought an identical one with her! She also deliberately damaged Shen Mingxuan's dress, deliberately letting Shen Mingxuan snatch the pink one!

Regret welled up from the depths of my heart.

If only she hadn't been having sex with Wei Dazhang when her daughter ran to her for help, then she could have let her daughter into the house, and her daughter wouldn't have run away alone, and she wouldn't have been knocked unconscious by Wei Dazhang as if she were Shen Wantang!

But this regret was only momentary. What she hated even more was Shen Wantang, who had harmed both her daughter and herself!

She could no longer hear what Shen Guannian at the head of the table was saying, nor did she know what punishment awaited her. But she had made up her mind that she would get rid of this major threat to her daughter no matter what, otherwise her daughter would surely die at Shen Wantang's hands in the future!

As she was lost in thought, a piece of paper suddenly fell from above her head.

She looked down and saw that it read: Divorce Letter!

She suddenly raised her head: "Shen Guannian, you want to divorce me?! My son and daughter are not married yet. If you divorce me, how will they hold their heads high in their in-laws' house?"

Shen Guannian looked at her as if she were dead: "You still have the nerve to tell me you can hold your head up? If I don't divorce you, I, Shen Guannian, will be unable to hold my head up in the entire capital! If they weren't both of marriageable age and couldn't be observing mourning at this time, I would have slapped you to death long ago!"