The second branch of the family was unwilling to let Shen Ning go and wanted to cause trouble for her early in the morning, but Shen Ning had already taken precautions against them and blocked the door, not giving them another chance to come in.
She knew the second wife would hate her, even if she did nothing, let alone now that she had given them a reason to hate her.
Is Shen Ning afraid of them?
However, since a life is at stake, if she does nothing, the second wife might become desperate and cause her real trouble.
Shen Ning pulled out the big move she had prepared for the second wife long ago.
A mother came to the door with two children, the older one of whom looked exactly like Shen Changlin.
Zhao almost went mad after just one glance.
Shen Ming is a womanizer and a philanderer; his behavior is exactly like his father's.
Shen Changlin was notorious for his philandering and dissolute behavior in his youth. He studied for several years not to pass the imperial examinations, but to indulge in a refined lifestyle and seduce the young ladies in brothels.
He had many female confidantes in his youth, and even after marrying Zhao, he couldn't control himself, and the two often quarreled because of it.
Shen Changnian once considered taking a concubine, but Zhao Shi's fierce nature prevented him from doing so time and time again.
But even the tightest net has holes, and inevitably a few fish will slip through. Liu Chunsheng was one of them.
A prostitute in a brothel got pregnant and insisted on blaming Shen Changlin for the child. Shen Changlin did not believe it was his child, but the woman was too difficult to deal with. Helpless, he spent money to redeem her from her brothel and then spent a sum of money to send her to Liujia Village on the outskirts of Beijing. After that, he never cared about her again.
The woman gave birth to her child alone and suffered a lot. She originally planned to come to Shen Changlin when the child was older, but she fell in love with Liu Aniu, who had been taking care of her.
Although Liu Aniu was poor, he truly loved her and treated her extremely well. He also treated the children as his own, and the two later had another son.
However, two years ago, Liu Aniu died of a serious illness, leaving behind a woman to raise her two sons in difficult circumstances.
The orphan and widow were bullied. The woman, seeing that her eldest son looked more and more like Shen Changlin, finally couldn't help but seek out Shen Changlin again.
In her previous life, the mother and her two children also came to the Shen family, but after Shen Ming found out, he colluded with local thugs to bully and humiliate them to death.
This time, Shen Ming was sent to prison by Shen Ning. The three people were intercepted by Shen Ning, who had been keeping an eye on the second wife's family, and were sent to the second wife's family at the crucial moment.
Shen Ning believed that the woman was intelligent and knew how to make a choice for the sake of her two sons' future.
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Shen Ning thought that the second wife's family would stop bothering her if they made a scene, but to her surprise, someone from the second wife's family still came—someone she never expected.
Shen Yan, Shen Ming's younger sister.
"Greetings to my elder sister."
The young girl still had some baby fat on her face, but apart from that, she was very thin and frail.
She wore a light pink shirt, kept her head down, and spoke in a timid and hesitant manner, her voice barely audible, as if she were afraid of being eaten if she spoke a little louder.
Shen Ning rarely saw his younger sister from the second wife's side. She had always been in poor health and unwilling to go out. After Shen Ning forcibly separated the family, it became even more difficult to see her. It was truly rare for her to take the initiative to see her today.
"Please sit down."
Have someone serve her tea.
Shen Ning has always been clear about her grudges and gratitude. Although the second branch of the family had always wanted to harm her, Shen Yan had never laid a hand on her or said anything defamatory. Her presence was so low that it was almost imperceptible.
There's no need for her to take her anger out on such a young girl.
Shen Yan sat down, holding her tea, without saying a word.
Shen Ning sized up her cousin, guessing her purpose: "You're here for Shen Ming too?"
Shen Yan looked up like a startled bird, then quickly lowered her head again: "I...I know...Brother is bad..."
She nervously wrung out her handkerchief: "Mother wants to send me to be a concubine of the Marquis of Yong'an, begging him to spare my brother's life. I don't want to go..."
Shen Ning raised an eyebrow, waiting for her to continue.
Shen Yan's eyes welled up with tears, but she held them back: "I want to ask my sister for advice. What should I do...?"
If Shen Yan were to ask Shen Ning for help in solving her problems, Shen Ning might be uninterested. But Shen Yan just wanted someone to help her come up with a solution so she could make changes herself, which made Shen Ning think more highly of her.
With an older brother like Shen Ming, Shen Yan's past life certainly wasn't much better.
She was taken advantage of by Shen Ming's cronies in an accident, and then her second wife hurriedly packed her up and sent her away. After that, she rarely returned to her parents' home. Shen Ning accidentally saw her on the street once. She was heavily pregnant and was so thin that she was skin and bones. She looked very scary.
She looked unwell at the time, and Shen Ning couldn't bear it and went up to ask her what was wrong. When she learned that she was going to the clinic, she personally saw her off.
It was then that she learned that Shen Yan, despite her sickly and frail body, had given birth to three children in a row, and was pregnant with her fourth.
She was already six months pregnant, but she still had to go out to buy medicine for her baby.
They separated from her in-laws. Her husband squandered the family fortune by indulging in debauchery, while she supported herself and her children by doing needlework and washing clothes for others.
During this period, all three children fell ill one after another, and her husband did nothing about it. She had no choice but to borrow money from all over the place to pay for the children's medical treatment.
At that time, Shen Yan was only twenty years old, but she looked haggard and her eyes were filled with despair and gloom, like a walking corpse.
Even though her parents were still alive and Shen Ming was living a carefree life, she felt as if she were living in hell.
Shen Ning ultimately helped her, giving her a sum of money and allowing her to get medicine from the Shen family's pharmacy for free.
Later, Shen Ning never encountered her again, nor did she have the energy to care about her.
She never imagined that Shen Yan in this life would take the initiative to come to her.
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