Chapter 1189: The Meal Replacement Lady is Not Likeable (4)

Half a month later, on the day when Yuan Shiwan married the third prince, Yuan Shichu did not go to the Yuan family. Since she had made up her mind not to have anything to do with the Yuan family anymore, she would not attend the banquet.

Although Yuan Shiwan had never harmed the original owner, she had never helped her either. She lived a carefree life under the protection of the original owner and had never witnessed any dirty things in the inner house - otherwise she would not have developed the innocent, lovely and enthusiastic little sun personality.

However, a few years later, the original owner learned the truth that Zhan Shulin had married her and was devastated. When she was seriously ill, her beloved sister never came to see her. She only sent someone to deliver some medicinal herbs and said a few words of comfort, and then took no other action.

Yuan Shiwan's action was not considered to be unfair to the original owner, it just showed that she was too cold to the original owner. It was the original owner who protected her and Yuan Shaozong when they were young, so that they could grow up safely and happily. Unfortunately, they didn't know that and really thought that the original owner had a weird personality and couldn't get along with her family, so they were also indifferent to the original owner and didn't care at all.

Before her death, the original owner even doubted whether she was such a failure. Why were her two biological brothers and sisters, one selfish and only thinking about getting benefits from her, and the other cold and heartless, unwilling to even look at her? They were obviously people known for being kind, livelier, and soft-hearted. Could it be that Yuan Shiwan's good qualities were only shown when facing others, and were of no importance in front of her biological sister Yuan Shichu?

It is precisely because of this that although Yuan Shichu has no ill feelings towards Yuan Shiwan, he also has no good feelings towards her. At most, he just regards her as a stranger, and naturally will not attend a stranger's wedding.

"Are you really not going to Yuan Mansion to attend your sister's wedding banquet?" Zhan Shulin said with a twisted face, not quite agreeing, "After all, she is your biological sister. If you, as a sister, don't attend, others will suspect that you are not on good terms with your family."

Yuan Shichu nodded: "I do not get along with my mother's family. If others are suspicious, let them be suspicious."

Zhan Shulin was choked by her words. He felt that his new wife was really unorthodox. She seemed to care about nothing, not her parents' home or her own reputation. She was unwilling to flatter others and had a resolute personality.

Zhan Shulin was so confused that he advised, "You will not be accepted by the world if you do this. I don't know how much gossip you will get. If you really don't like your family, you can just go there for a meal and come back. Just be patient."

"No, I don't want to endure it." Yuan Shichu looked at him calmly, "If you are worried that I will affect your family's reputation, you can just give me a letter of divorce."

Zhan Shulin took a few deep breaths, suppressed the anger rising in his chest, and said with a grim expression: "Yuan Shichu, you should know your limits when it comes to your willfulness! You keep talking about divorce, what do you think of our marriage?"

"The point is not what I regard this marriage as, but you." Yuan Shichu has already given up. She doesn't want to force herself to do something she doesn't want to do. If Zhan Shulin can't accept it, then he can really break up with her.

Zhan Shulin saw that she was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, so he endured it again and again, and finally said coldly: "I will say that you are too sick to attend the banquet, so you can do whatever you want!"

After saying that, he left.

Yuan Shichu ignored him. If he wanted to go, he could go by himself. As for him finding excuses to cover up the fact that he didn't want to attend his sister's wedding, that was his freedom.

As expected, Zhan Shulin went to Yuan's mansion alone to attend the banquet. After arriving there, he told Yuan's father and Wang that Yuan Shichu was ill and could not go out, and he also did not want to disrupt his sister's wedding.

After hearing this, Yuan's father said unhappily, "She got sick at a bad time. It's really unlucky! Fortunately, she didn't come to disrupt her sister's wedding..."

Zhan Shulin's heart suddenly sank. Even though he was also dissatisfied with Yuan Shichu's behavior, when he heard Yuan's father say this about Yuan Shichu, he felt that Yuan Shichu's desire to alienate the Yuan family was indeed not without reason. Which father would say this about his sick daughter? If a father loves his daughter, shouldn't he ask his daughter what disease she has and whether the disease is serious?

After dealing with Zhan Shulin, Yuan's father's expression changed again, and he immediately went to entertain the guests in a happy mood.

Because Yuan Shiwan is going to marry the third prince, there are many guests coming to the Yuan Mansion for the banquet today, and it is very lively. Zhan Shulin is among them and meets many important officials in the court. This kind of occasion is actually also an opportunity for people in officialdom to socialize.

Amid the hustle and bustle, the auspicious time soon arrived. The Third Prince probably really loved Yuan Shiwan, so he came to marry her in person.

After the bride left the house, 128 boxes of dowry, so heavy that the people carrying the boxes had difficulty walking, followed her out. The richness of the box immediately caused the guests to sigh in admiration. They all felt that the Yuan family really loved their daughter and were willing to prepare so much dowry.

Zhan Shulin looked at the seemingly endless line of dowries, and thought of the sixty-six dowries with not much valuables that he had counted in the yard that day by Yuan Shichu. He suddenly felt mixed emotions and it was difficult to describe them.

Although he knew that Yuan Shiwan was marrying the Third Prince, a noble man, and that he, a mere editor in the Hanlin Academy, could never compare to him, they were both daughters of the Yuan family, and twins at that. The only difference in their dowries was because they married different people. Even someone as noble as him, who had no idea about Yuan Shichu's dowry, couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable. At the same time, he could understand why Yuan Shichu was so determined to cut off contact with the Yuan family.

I guess the Yuan family's partiality towards the two sisters has been going on for a long time, right? Zhan Shulin suddenly felt that it was a good thing that Yuan Shichu didn't come today, otherwise if she saw Yuan Shiwan's dowry, wouldn't she be very uncomfortable?

Yuan Shichu was reading a storybook in her yard when she heard the maid come to report that the third young lady had come to see her.

Yuan Shichu thought about who the third young lady was, and finally remembered that it was Zhan Shulin's younger sister, Zhan Runiang. Zhan Runiang had not married yet, but was engaged. She didn't seem to have much in common with this young lady, so why did she suddenly come to see him?

But I still decided to meet her, so Zhan Runiang came in soon.

"Second sister-in-law, are you really at home? Isn't your sister from your natal family getting married today? And she is marrying the third prince. Why didn't you go back to attend the wedding?" Zhan Runiang asked in shock when she saw Yuan Shichu.

Yuan Shichu raised her eyelids and perfunctorily used the excuse Zhan Shulin had given her: "I'm not feeling well, so I'm asking your second brother to take care of me."

"Can this be used as a substitute?" Zhan Runiang sat down in front of Yuan Shichu without any hesitation, picked up the snacks on the stone table and started eating, then sighed, "Second sister-in-law, the snacks in your yard are quite delicious. What kind of snacks are these? I don't think I've seen them before."

(End of this chapter)