"I……"

Shen Jiaojiao was about to cry, lowered her eyes and said, "Nothing."

Just as she was about to act like a white lotus, Shen Ruyi spoke first, "I hit him."

Shen Yu was stunned, "Ruyi, you——"

This was the first time that Shen Ruyi directly admitted that she was the one who slapped Shen Jiaojiao's face into a pig's head. Her eyes were calm and generous, without any evasion.

Comparing the two, it seemed like something was wrong in the previous times.

Before, Shen Jiaojiao sat on the ground unharmed and cried to excuse Shen Ruyi, while Shen Ruyi made a fuss and said that Shen Jiaojiao was throwing dirty water on her and that she did not push her.

This time, Shen Ruyi actually...

For a moment, he didn't know how to respond to this question. After a long while, he asked, "Why did you hit Jiaojiao?"

"It's so cold, and she's not in Jiaoyang Pavilion, but coming to my Xifeng Courtyard to show off. Even if I marry Gu Qinghua, I can only go to the Zongrenfu. And the Gu family will soon make her their legal wife. I can only move to the laundry bureau or Xinzheku and wait to die."

Shen Ruyi's eyes fell on Shen Yu's face. Her tone was slow and her expression was calm. She didn't look angry at all, but it made Shen Yu's face turn pale, as if there was a thorn in his back.

He glanced at Shen Jiaojiao, slightly angry.

Shen Ruyi asked him, "Brother, do you think she shouldn't be beaten?"

“…”

Shen Yu frowned and looked at Shen Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, why are you here in Xifeng Courtyard instead of recuperating in Jiaoyang Pavilion? Why are you saying these unfounded things to Ruyi!"

This was the first time he felt displeased with Shen Jiaojiao.

What critical moment has it reached?

He and his father tried their best to coax Shen Ruyi into marrying Gu Qinghua, in order to completely control her!

Shen Jiaojiao is so good that she comes here early in the morning to disrupt things!

"I didn't say those words." How could Shen Jiaojiao admit it? How could she dare to admit it?

Hearing this, she burst into tears, "I don't know why my sister said that. I came here just to let her live in my Jiaoyang Pavilion..."

Shen Ruyi slapped her in the face again, "Why didn't you come earlier? Winter has been almost two months, and Xifeng Courtyard has been cold for so long, and you just remembered?"

The slap was extremely powerful.

Shen Jiaojiao really fell on the snow, with a trace of blood coming out of the corner of her mouth. She covered her face and looked at Shen Ruyi in disbelief.

With Shen Yu present, how dare she take action?

Of course Shen Ruyi dared to take action.

Things are different now. Now Shen Yu and Shen Cangyun are afraid that she will run away with the Ninth Prince, and they are almost kneeling on the ground begging her to marry Gu Qinghua. At this time, she wants to see which side Shen Yu stands on!

Not only did Shen Ruyi dare to hit her, she also dared to ask Shen Yu, "My sister is ignorant. As her elder sister, it shouldn't be too much for me to slap her twice, right?"

The clear eyes have lost their former childishness and reveal a calmness as deep as the sea, unfathomable.

Shen Yu frowned.

He felt that no matter what, Shen Ruyi should not have attacked Shen Jiaojiao. Shen Jiaojiao was in poor health, especially after having been raised in the countryside for so many years. It would be difficult for her to integrate into the Prime Minister's Mansion. If she was beaten again, she would definitely be very sad.

However, now is not the time to fall out with Shen Ruyi.

Taking a deep breath, he could only nod, "Not too much."

"That's good."

Shen Ruyi raised the corner of his mouth in a sarcastic smile.

As expected, power is a woman's face. Crying is completely useless. What is useful is to control others and make them suppress their dissatisfaction.

With a sneer, Shen Ruyi turned and walked into the door, leaving only one sentence, "Sister, I won't go to your room in the future, and you don't come to get beaten. Otherwise, my eldest brother also said that as your elder sister, it is only natural for me to teach you how to behave."

"In the past, everyone used their identities as a father and a brother to pressure me, so much so that I almost forgot that I was also a sister. Right? Others could use their identity as a brother to throw me into the woodshed or the cellar."

She turned around in the room and looked at Shen Jiaojiao jokingly, "I can do this to you too."

He scolded a group of people with just one sentence.

Shen Jiaojiao sat on the ground in amazement.

Shen Yu's face turned pale and looked extremely ugly.

He couldn't anger Shen Ruyi, so he could only vent his anger on Shen Jiaojiao, and rolled his eyes at her. "Why don't you stay in your room and recuperate, and come here to make your sister angry? You've been in the Prime Minister's Mansion for so long, and you still don't understand anything! Or do you not know what you did in Zuixinlou!"

Speaking of the Zuixinlou incident, Shen Yu was really furious.

If Shen Jiaojiao had not shown up, even if the incident had failed, it would never have caused such a big commotion and turned the entire Prime Minister's Mansion into a laughing stock in the entire capital!

Shen Yu looked at her and his eyes became stern.

There was also a hint of disdain.

Shen Jiaojiao looked at his expression in astonishment, "Brother, do you also think I'm wrong?"

"I really came here with good intentions to invite my sister over. I didn't know her West Wind Courtyard was like this before, wuwuwu..."

"Why don't you get up and go back to your room? Why are you sitting here crying?" Shen Yu took a deep breath, resisted the urge to hit them, and said to the two maids who were bowing their heads at the door, "Next time if you fail to keep an eye on the Second Young Lady and let her run around, I will break your legs!"

"Why don't you send him back?"

Shen Yu shouted sternly.

The two maids were so frightened that they quickly helped Shen Jiaojia up, "Second Miss, let's go back quickly."

The master and his two servants left Xifeng Courtyard in disgrace.

Shen Yu was the only one left in the courtyard. He stared at Shen Ruyi through a door with a complicated look in his eyes. "Ruyi, don't take it personally. Jiaojiao is from the countryside and doesn't know much. You've beaten her and scolded her, so just calm down, okay?"

Shen Ruyi looked at the person in front of her and found it extremely ironic.

The strong prey on the weak; this is the law of the jungle in this world.

In the past, when she only relied on the Shen family father and son, the Shen family father and son did not take her seriously and allowed Shen Jiaojiao to throw dirty water on her and frame her.

But now, no matter how dissatisfied they are, they have to hold it in.

More than ten years of feelings disappeared in just one day and in the gradually clearer understanding.

Looking at Shen Yu again at this moment, he was no different from a stranger.

Blood relationship...

It's just a natural connection, it doesn't matter whether it exists or not.

As if a huge stone had been removed from his chest, Shen Ruyi felt refreshed and his breathing became smoother. "There's nothing to be angry about. But please tell Shen Jiaojiao in the future not to come and get beaten for no reason, otherwise, I will not show mercy."

"Don't forget," she looked at Shen Yu, "I am Gu Qinghua's fiancée."

Shen Yu choked suddenly.

What does she mean by this?

After thinking for a while, Shen Yu said, "Okay, I'll tell her not to mess with you in the future. Even if she marries Qinghua, she can only be a concubine and won't shake your position."

Then, he approached her and said, "Ruyi, after all, you are the little girl I watched grow up..."

Yeah?

Shen Ruyi sneered in her heart. If there wasn't someone behind her, would Shen Yu still say these words?

I'm afraid what awaits her now is more like being locked up in the cellar for a month?