All of Dongfang Mian's belongings in the room had been thrown away, and all that could be seen were Shen Yan's items.
Dongfang Mian expressionlessly pulled the sheet from the bed, packed up all of Shen Yan's belongings, and threw them out. Looking at the empty room, Dongfang Mian felt much better.
At this moment, Guo Shi and Shen Yan, who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion, arrived at the courtyard gate. They looked at the things and maids scattered all over the ground, their expressions varying.
"Dongfang Mian!" Shen Yan burst in, furious. Dongfang Mian was drinking tea and eating snacks. She hadn't thrown them away because she had indeed been hungry for many days.
"Where did that barking dog come from? It's ruining my appetite."
"you...!"
"Dongfang Mian, the ancestors want to see you." Guo was quite calm at this moment. In her opinion, Dongfang Mian was already a useless person. Even if he came back, he wouldn't be able to cause much trouble.
Dongfang Mian swallowed the last bite of her pastry, let out a burp, and ignored Guo and her daughter, walking towards the ancestral courtyard on her own.
Watching Dongfang Mian's graceful departure, Guo felt a vague unease. She felt that Dongfang Mian was different this time around.
When Dongfang Mian arrived, several elders of the Shen family and her father were already waiting. After Dongfang Mian went in, no one spoke until Shen Yan and her daughter arrived and the door closed. Only then did the eldest elder of the Shen family speak:
"Dongfang Mian, I heard that a few days ago you were jealous of your sister's talent, and when you tried to poison her, you ended up poisoning her instead."
"Is it true that their bloodline was destroyed and they fled in panic?"
“I haven’t heard of what the Grand Elder said. On the contrary, it is the Guo mother and daughter who were wolves in sheep’s clothing. They poisoned me, stole my fire attribute bloodline, and then threw me into the forest ten miles away,” Dongfang Mian said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"This is utter nonsense!" Shen Ping, the patriarch of the Shen family and father of Dongfang Mian, slammed his fist on the table and roared.
Dongfang Mian glanced at him a few times and said, "Father does like wearing these shoes, but aren't you afraid of hurting your feet standing on your daughter's bones?"
Ignoring the confrontation between the father and daughter, the elders exchanged a few words in hushed tones before the eldest elder spoke up: "If you want to know the truth, just take a test. Someone, go and get the spirit-testing stone."
Upon hearing this, a hint of panic flashed in Shen Yan's eyes, while Shen Ping and Madam Guo remained calm.
Dongfang Mian understood immediately. Even if the test showed that Shen Yan did indeed have her own fire attribute bloodline, these elders wouldn't side with her. After all, it meant that she was already a cripple, not to mention that she was surnamed Dongfang.
"Wait a minute," Dongfang Mian said, "I have a request. I will only take the test if you invite my uncle from the Dongfang family."
"If you don't want to take the test, then forget it. Anyway, we'll know the result once Yan'er takes the test herself," Shen Ping refused without even thinking.
“That’s right, Mian’er. This is, after all, an internal matter of our Shen family. Why bring people from the Dongfang family here?” Guo Shi added.
"That's because I have a secret..." Dongfang Mian said mysteriously, "but I'll only tell you when my uncle comes."
"Either you kill me in this room today, or I'll go to the Dongfang family through this door," Dongfang Mian added.
Seeing her like this, Shen Ping really wanted to just kill her, but then he remembered her hot-tempered uncle who was easily angered and gave up the idea.
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