Fang Shiyan had no official status, so Liu Chunsheng was just an illegitimate son. Zhao Shi refused to allow it, so he couldn't even change his surname, let alone be included in the family genealogy.
Shen Ning was thinking that the accumulated knowledge and knowledge of the Shen family's ancestors had finally been inherited, and for a moment he forgot that they were in an awkward situation.
Fang Shiyan noticed Shen Ning's mistake, and suddenly a brilliant idea flashed in her mind. She shoved Liu Chunsheng, forcing him to kneel down: "Quickly call her Big Sister."
Liu Chunsheng was also clever. Although he hadn't figured it out yet, he kowtowed first and said, "Big sister."
Even if a boy's voice is steady, it still has a childlike quality, and you can tell he's a kid just by listening to it.
Startled by the kneeling, Shen Ning took two steps back. Then her eyelids twitched. Trouble. She had gotten herself into trouble. She shouldn't have looked at him for even a second.
However, faced with a rough gem that could be molded, she couldn't bring herself to get angry.
The Shen family is not short of money or connections, but rather of people.
Thinking of Shen Changlin, who was still inside in a state of impotent rage, if this child were given to him, even a rough gem would be carved into a piece of trash.
Thinking of Shen Yu again, a cold glint flashed in Shen Ning's eyes, and then she had an idea.
“Yuzhu, your second uncle is unwilling to repay the money. Take this mother and son back to me as hostages. You will release them only when the money is repaid.”
The mother and son were both bewildered: "???" Why are they being tied up?
That's not what I was talking about.
Yu Zhu: "Huh?? Huh?"
Miss, although I have practiced tying ropes, I am not a kidnapper.
But Yu Zhu always obeyed Shen Ning's orders. If she couldn't figure something out, she wouldn't think about it for the time being and quickly found a rope to tie the person up.
However, she couldn't find any rope anywhere. She searched her entire body but couldn't find it. Her eyes fell on the gauze curtains decorating the corridor, so she tore them down into several strips and twisted them into braids in a moment.
Not bad, your skills are getting better and better.
The mother and son found it amusing that they simply watched as Yuzhu prepared his tools for the crime right in front of them.
Yu Zhu picked up the rope and walked over: "Alright, come on, stretch out your hands."
The mother and son looked at each other and reached out their hands.
Her blank and bewildered look almost made Yu Zhu burst out laughing. No, she had to be serious; she was a kidnapper now.
"No, don't tie up my mother and brother..."
A seven or eight-year-old child ran out crying and hugged the two of them tightly: "Mom, brother."
The mother and her two children huddled together, and Fang Shiyan smiled apologetically at Shen Ning, apologizing for interrupting her enjoyment of tying people up.
Shen Ning raised an eyebrow and poked Yu Zhu's back: "What are you standing there for? Buy two get one free, it's a sure thing, tie them all up."
Yu Zhu: "......"
A moment later, Yu Zhu returned to the main house with two people tied up and a little crybaby in tow, much to the amazement of Liu Ying and the others.
Firefly: "Young Miss, what are you doing?"
Shen Ning: "Hostages, wait for Second Uncle to bring the money to ransom them."
Liu Ying: "......" The young lady has really been driven crazy. Is she going to switch careers and become a bandit?
Mo Xue'er looked at Liu Erwa, who was crying so hard that snot was dripping into his mouth. Her fair face twisted instantly, and she took several steps back.
"Ugh~~~" Disgusting.
Shen Ning meant what she said about kidnapping: she locked the person up in Shen Shu's place, closed the door, and forbade anyone from entering or leaving.
Outside the door, Liu Ying hesitated, looking at Yu Zhu with a questioning gaze. Yu Zhu shrugged, she was just as confused.
Inside the door, Fang Shiyan held her second son in her arms, then looked at her equally bewildered eldest son.
Liu Chunsheng: "Mother... what does she mean by this?"
Fang Shiyan had no idea, but she keenly sensed one thing: "The young lady doesn't dislike you."
She did seem to appreciate it to some extent; she couldn't have been mistaken about the look in his eyes.
Furthermore, Shen Ning brought them here by tying them up. Although it was called tying them up, it was more like child's play, and he must have had ulterior motives.
Fang Shiyan excitedly grabbed Liu Chunsheng's hand: "Son, this is your chance, your best chance."
Courtesans have their own methods of contraception; at worst, a bowl of abortion soup can cleanse them. But back then, she knew that her status was unworthy and she could not enter the brothel, yet she still chose to keep Shen Changlin's child, not because she valued him as the younger brother of the Minister of Works.
As for Shen Changlin, they met in the red-light district and she was used to seeing him frequenting various prostitutes. How could she not know whether he was a good person or not?
Who would have thought that she could rely on her son to secure a future, only to be resolutely rejected by Shen Changlin in the end.
More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Her state of mind is different from before, and the Shen family has also declined. Things have changed, but even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.
She had made thorough inquiries during this period and found out that the Shen family was not as well off as before after that official was gone, but the gap between the two branches was still very large.
Shen Changlin, that good-for-nothing, has been a good-for-nothing for ten years. He has accomplished nothing. He has squandered almost all of the second wife's money and lives entirely by sucking the blood of the first wife.
Although the eldest son's family had lost their elder brother, they had a capable older sister who, despite her youth, shouldered the responsibility and protected the family's wealth. Not only did the business thrive, but she also deeply loved her younger brother and sister, earning a reputation for virtue.
Fang Shiyan had no choice but to rely on Liu Chunsheng because Liu Chunsheng was Shen Changlin's son.
Even if they really changed their surname and were included in the family genealogy, what could Shen Changlin possibly give to the mother and son?
The surname Shen is not valuable; what is valuable is the Shen family's wealth and connections. Unfortunately, Shen Changlin has none of these; they are all in the hands of this young lady.
She came here hoping for a better life, wanting her son to study hard and achieve success in the future, not for that heartless, dissolute good-for-nothing man.
So why is it the "Chen" of Shen Changlin, and not the "Chen" of the Shen family?
Fang Shiyan seemed to see a bright future for her son: "My son, you..."
She was so excited that she said after a long while, "You must treat that older sister with utmost respect and courtesy. Treat her like your own sister, no, even more respectfully than you would your mother. She will definitely be your benefactor."
Liu Chunsheng was more mature than other children, and he was well-read and reasonable, but he was still young. At this moment, he did not understand Fang Shiyan's excitement at all. When he understood in the future, he would deeply appreciate his mother's foresight.
The second branch of the family, Shen Changlin, received a message from Shen Ning, telling him to prepare money or else Fang Shiyan and her two children would be detained.
Shen Changlin sneered. Did she think this would threaten him?
Of the mother and her two children, he only cared about his son Liu Chunsheng. The other two were just a burden to him, and he was more than happy to have her take care of him.
As for Liu Chunsheng, he didn't believe Shen Ning would dare to do anything to him. If Shen Ning dared to mistreat Liu Chunsheng, he would report her to the authorities.
The Zhao family has been causing a lot of trouble lately, and if things continue like this, someone might die. It would be better for the mother and her two children to leave for the time being.
However, just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he thought of all the debts Shen Ning owed.
Ugh... Damn it!
The eldest son's family is heavily in debt, and the second son's family is not much better off. Zhao Shi is sickly and occasionally goes crazy. Her eldest son is about to be sent to the executioner's block, and her daughter is still missing.
In this dilapidated Shen family, he could only rely on himself in the end. He had to do something to stop Shen Ning from causing more trouble.
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