Li Yunyan knocked on the old door again.
Shen Que opened the door, saw who it was, and his eyes flickered.
"Greetings, sister-in-law!"
Li Yunyan walked straight in.
The room was too small, so Dongyun stood on the porch by the door to keep watch for her young mistress.
Although it's not wrong for a sister-in-law to care about her brother-in-law, she just saw that he was a grown man, so just in case, it was better for her to keep watch.
Li Yunyan placed the soup bowl on the table and looked at him. "Have you had breakfast yet?"
"Never."
Shen Que originally planned to buy a steamed bun from a street vendor after going out.
"I knew it!" Li Yunyan pointed at the soup bowl with her finger. "You're still growing, you can't go hungry! Drink the soup!"
Shen Que sat down beside her, and before drinking his soup, he explained, "Sister-in-law, I'm already seventeen."
They're not children anymore.
"Oh," Li Yunyan replied indifferently, as if she hadn't taken it to heart.
After finishing his soup, Shen Que put the soup bowl back on the tray and then put the lid back on.
"Thank you so much for the soup, sister-in-law!"
Li Yunyan smiled faintly, took out two silver notes from her sleeve, and pushed them to him.
"Take this! Eat well for three meals a day and take good care of your health so you can cope with next year's imperial examination!"
Chen did not move.
He hadn't decided whether or not to agree to her request.
"Take it!"
Li Yunyan pushed the silver note away again, "I misunderstood that day! You are my uncle, even if you don't help me in the future, I will still take care of you!"
After saying that, she got up, had Dongyun take away the tray, and left.
Chen Que, who was sitting upright, was left staring at the silver notes on the table, his eyes swirling with emotion.
*
Madam Shen waited in the main hall for a long time, hoping to hear the news of Li Yunyan's divorce soon. At the very least, she thought she would see Li Yunyan come crying and apologizing to her.
Then, return the silver notes that were stolen last night to her, with interest!
But she waited until noon and still hadn't seen a trace of Li Yunyan!
"What's going on? Granny Lin! Go and see what's happening over there!"
"yes!"
After some time, Granny Lin returned with a strange expression.
"Madam, the young mistress said that the young master told her that she no longer needs to come and pay her respects to you! He said he was afraid that seeing her would annoy you!"
Mother Shen clutched her chest: "She wasn't divorced?"
Granny Lin shook her head.
"Then she must have been scolded terribly by Xian'er, right?"
Granny Lin shook her head; it didn't look like it either!
When she arrived, the young mistress was huddled together with her maid, talking about something. Their laughter could be heard outside the courtyard wall, and she didn't seem to have been scolded at all!
It seems the young master really dotes on the young mistress. Even after such a big incident last night, he couldn't bear to scold her at all!
That's true! With a face as beautiful as the young mistress's, no man would have the heart to say anything harsh to her!
Mother Shen gasped for breath, "What about my silver notes?!"
Granny Lin stammered, "The young mistress said, the young master said, those silver notes don't need to be returned! So as not... so as not to be laughed at by others!"
"A joke?"
Mother Shen patted her chest and gasped for breath; that was her money!
How did getting her money back become a joke?!
"You unfilial son! You unfilial son!!"
"He forgets his mother after he gets married!"
"If I had known he would turn out like this after getting a wife, I would never have agreed to let Li Yunyan into our family!"
"How unfilial! How utterly unfilial!!!"
"A misfortune for our family! A misfortune for our family!!!"
"Madam!!!"
As expected, Shen's mother fainted again.
Granny Lin rushed forward and quickly pinched her philtrum.
"Madam! Madam, wake up!!!"
......
As soon as Shen Fengxian returned to his study, Granny Lin arrived.
"Young Master, the Old Madam requests your presence!"
Shen Fengxian rubbed his forehead. "What does Mother want to see me about?"
Granny Lin: "Today, the young mistress neither paid her respects to the old lady nor returned the silver she had stolen yesterday, which angered the old lady!"
It's always these kinds of things!
An impatience flashed in Shen Fengxian's eyes. He worked hard outside every day and didn't want to listen to these trivial family matters when he got home!
Doesn't his mother understand him at all?
He remained seated, saying, "I know all of this! I promised! Go tell Mother to pretend that Li Yunyan is no longer her daughter-in-law and to stop bothering her!"
"This..." Granny Lin was stunned. She couldn't explain this to herself!
After thinking for a moment, he added, "Young Master! The Old Madam was so angry with the Young Madam that she fainted again today!"
They're using this trick again!
His mother used to faint every few days, but was it ever real?!
The doctor had already spoken to him privately! The implication was clear: the old lady is in very good health, so let her rest less and not waste her good fortune; she's even causing herself problems when she's not sick!
But he couldn't say these things to his mother! After all, she was his mother!
He already felt extremely guilty for not being able to give his mother a grandson!
Thinking of this, Shen Fengxian took two deep breaths. "Let Mother rest well! I'll go see her again tomorrow!"
Looking at her young master's tired face, Granny Lin felt a pang of pity.
The young master was caught in the middle between his mother and his wife, both of whom were his beloved children, making it a truly difficult situation!
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