Wei Changgeng insisted that Shen Shu had carelessly left those things at the Wei family's house, and even lectured her to be more careful and not to be careless in the future.
He adopted the demeanor of a wise and earnest elder, completely different from his behavior yesterday.
However, though he appeared calm on the surface, his heart was actually bleeding with pain.
Because these three items were returned by the people he had given them as gifts.
These items are precious, but not priceless. What good things haven't those powerful and wealthy people seen?
The reason he was willing to accept it was simply because he had seen the winds of change and wanted to give the future Censor-in-Chief face in order to avoid being impeached without cause later.
If they accept Wei Changgeng's gifts and say a few good words for him, and if Wei Changgeng really becomes an imperial censor in the future, they will have made the imperial censor's friend. This is a very worthwhile deal.
But if he were to risk his reputation and be accused of accepting bribes, it would be a huge loss, especially since Wei Changgeng stole his own daughter-in-law's dowry. Just thinking about it made him feel disgusted.
So as soon as they heard the news, they hurriedly returned the items.
Wei Changgeng solved the immediate problem with the supplies, but he knew that the position of Imperial Censor was probably out of his reach.
He hated Shen Shu so much that he wished he could devour her flesh and drink her blood.
A menace, that's a menace!
It's all because of her.
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Shen Shu had barely warmed the three imperial gifts in her hands when Shen Ning arrived.
They brought plenty of men, looking very aggressive, and immediately ordered everyone to pack up their things.
"Sigh... This is mine." Shen Shu tried to stop them, but she was pulled away before she could even get close, and she couldn't even touch it.
She was furious: "What right do you have to take my things?"
"Yours?" Shen Ning mocked without any politeness: "Putting aside the fact that this was originally my dowry, these imperial gifts were originally intended to be kept in the Shen family for family heirlooms. You were forced into marriage and now you're divorced in less than half a year. What right do you have to say that these are yours?"
"Let alone this imperial treasure, I can take back your entire dowry."
Shen Shu immediately wilted. She had indeed divorced, and now she had to take her dowry back to the Shen family.
"So you've come to take me home? I have some things that I moved to the house where Uncle Liang and the others are living now. Could you have someone help me move them back?"
Shen Ning: "I'm just retrieving the imperial gift; I didn't intend to pick you up."
Shen Shu was dumbfounded: "Then where will I live? I am the second young lady of the Shen family. I should go home after the divorce."
Logically, she should have gone home the day she got divorced, but she was terrified of being beaten by Shen Ning, so she's been staying at the Liang family's house for the past two days.
Now that she's finally found an opportunity, of course she's going home; after all, she's the second young lady of the Shen family.
The Shen family's residence was, at least, an official's residence, while the Liang family's residence was that of servants. She could tell the difference between the two.
Shen Ning glanced at her and coldly refused: "You can live wherever you want, but not at the Shen family. If you dare to come, I dare to break your legs."
Shen Shu stomped her foot in anger, feeling both angry and aggrieved: "Why? I'm also a daughter of the Shen family, I'm your own sister, why won't you let me go home?"
Shen Ning: "The Shen family has no daughter as shameless as you. From the day you put on my wedding dress and left home, you were no longer a daughter of the Shen family."
Shen Shu thought she understood: "You're just angry that I took Brother Wei away, but you've seen it too. The Wei family is a den of wolves and tigers. If you had married into it, you would have ended up like me."
Shen Ning felt a sudden sense of irony: "So I should thank you for saving me?"
Shen Shu: "Well... that's not what I meant. It's just that this was never a good thing to begin with, so why are you so petty about it? Besides, I'm divorced now. If you're still upset, I can just give him back to you."
The familiar feeling of suffocation.
For two lifetimes, Shen Ning has been unable to escape this nightmare. Every word she speaks can drive her crazy.
She took it without a second thought, completely disregarding what might happen to Shen Ning. Now that she's tired of it and doesn't want it anymore, she throws the junk in front of her and says, "I'll just give it back to you."
Can this be repaid? Can this be offset?
That was a man who married his sister, divorced her after a few months, and then dumped her to his older sister. Is that something a human being would do?
They have absolutely no sense of shame.
"It seems I was too tactful, making you think you still had the right to negotiate with me."
Shen Ning's gaze was direct, making no attempt to hide her emotions: "You ask why I won't let you return to the Shen family? It's simple: because I hate you, because I find you disgusting, because I find you shameful, because I don't want to be sisters with you, and because I never want to live under the same roof with you again in this lifetime!"
"Chen Shu, if possible, please don't let me see you again in this life, not even for a moment."
Shen Ning was probably angry, even hysterical; at least, she was not at peace. These were her most sincere words, reflecting on two lifetimes.
Why does she insist on being sisters with someone like Shen Shu?
The unbreakable blood ties, the inescapable presence of Shen Shu, and all sorts of absurd troubles—it all seemed like fate was mocking her.
She was very angry, but when she spoke, she was very calm. Each word was like an icicle falling to the ground, as if it had pierced through the curse of past lives. Every word was a sharp weapon, cutting through the shackles of blood ties and destiny.
For some reason, Shen Shu suddenly felt a great pain in her chest, as if someone had grabbed her and she couldn't breathe, or as if someone had stabbed her countless times in the chest, leaving it riddled with holes and bleeding profusely.
"elder sister......"
This was the harshest and most vicious thing Shen Ning had ever said to her: "Sister, we are sisters."
Disgusting, shameful, I never want to see her again in my life—how could my sister say such things?
Tears blurred her vision as she walked towards Shen Ning, wanting to reach out and grab her sleeve, just like when she was a child.
No matter what mistake she made, her sister would help her if she begged.
If she accidentally upsets her sister, she will forgive her.
My sister is the best, she loves her the most, how could my sister not want her?
As if possessed, she instantly regained her senses, recalling scenes of deep sisterly affection from the past, making it even harder to face Shen Ning's heartlessness at this moment.
"Sister..." She knew she was wrong, and she would be obedient from now on. Why couldn't her sister forgive her this time?
Just as Shen Shu's hand was about to grasp the hem of the garment, Shen Ning turned and left, her clothes fluttering like a merciless blade.
Shen Ning will never show any more mercy to Shen Shu.
In her past life, she was driven out and died of illness. Although she resented it, she would not kill Shen Shu on her own initiative. She wanted Shen Shu to bring about her own destruction.
"From now on, the Shen family will have no second young lady, and I, Shen Ning, will have no younger sister named Shen Shu. From now on, she is her, and I am me. We will never see each other again."
Shen Ning's words were heartless. Compared to Shen Shu, who was crying helplessly, everyone would say that she was cold-blooded and ruthless. But for some reason, no one dared to persuade her at this moment.
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