Lin Yaoyao lay prostrate on the ground, looking up at her with horror in her eyes, her whole body trembling with fear.
How could it be her?
Could it be...?
"Shen Zhiyi, did you already know about my relationship with Song Yuxiu? So you sent someone to kill me!" Lin Yaoyao's eyes were filled with resentment. She scrambled to her feet from the ground, ignoring the pain in her body, and rushed towards her.
"You vile woman, you poisonous slut."
"I'm going to kill you—" Lin Yaoyao picked up a porcelain bottle from the table and smashed it at her.
Xiao Zhongxuan frowned slightly, and just as he was about to make a move, Shen Zhiyi suddenly stepped forward to meet him. Lin Yaoyao was injured and her movements were already slow. Startled by Shen Zhiyi's action, she gasped for breath. In that instant of hesitation, Shen Zhiyi raised her arm—
Aim at her face.
Slap him hard across the face!
A sharp "slap" echoed in the empty guest room.
Caught off guard, Lin Yaoyao dropped the vase in her hand, shattering it on the ground. Her face was knocked to one side, and bright red finger marks instantly appeared on her face.
"You...you hit me again?" she asked, her breathing rapid.
"Are you awake?" Shen Zhiyi raised an eyebrow at her.
“Chen Zhi…” Lin Yaoyao suddenly turned her head to glare at her, only to be met with an even harsher slap.
That slap was extremely hard!
Her body was weak and injured; she stumbled and fell to the ground. Porcelain shards pierced her hands, drawing blood instantly. Chen Zhiyi looked down at her, "Still not awake?"
"Don't you know who wants to kill you?"
Shen Zhiyi sat down calmly, picked up a handkerchief, and slowly wiped her fingers. "Lin Yaoyao, I believe you understand better than anyone else, but it's just hard for you to accept."
"Impossible, the prince loves me!" Lin Yaoyao gritted her teeth. "It must be you! You're jealous of me."
"You are jealous that the prince likes me, so you want to harm me."
"Let me tell you, if the Crown Prince finds out, he won't let you off!"
Shen Zhiyi chuckled softly, crumpled the handkerchief she had used to wipe her hands into a ball, and threw it at her face. "A dirty man is like trash. I don't want him."
"Impossible, aren't you head over heels in love with the Crown Prince?"
"That was before. I was blind and heartless. If a man didn't have only me in his heart and eyes, I would rather not have him."
Shen Zhiyi looked at her, "A rotten piece of scum. If you like collecting garbage, what's wrong with giving it to you? But..."
"Are you really sure Song Yuxiu will want you?"
A single, seemingly casual remark seemed to choke Lin Yaoyao, rendering her speechless. She could only stammer, "No, impossible. You have no idea about my relationship with the prince. He would never harm me."
After all, she and Song Yuxiu have two children.
"Shen Zhiyi, don't even think about sowing discord. Everything must have been your plan!"
"Because the Crown Prince never touched you."
“He said that every minute he spends with you is disgusting. He hates you rich girls the most, you are pretentious and have no fun. I am his true love. Don’t even think about trying to sow discord between us.”
Shen Zhiyi wasn't angry; she just smiled calmly. "Why do you think he wouldn't harm you? Because..."
"You had two children with him?"
Lin Yaoyao's body stiffened, and she looked at Chen Zhiyi in disbelief. A chill instantly rushed into her limbs and bones. The warm spring sun shone, but the coldness seemed to seep into her very bones.
As if suddenly remembering something, she disregarded the cut on her hand from the porcelain shards, crawled to Chen Zhiyi's feet, and grabbed the hem of her skirt:
"Young Madam, please spare my child!"
"They are still young and don't understand anything."
“If you want revenge, come at me. They are innocent.”
...
As Lin Yaoyao spoke, she knelt in front of her and kowtowed repeatedly.
One, one,
Until his head was bleeding profusely!
Shen Zhiyi just smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not so heartless as to harm two children."
Lin Yaoyao then stopped kowtowing, "Thank you, young mistress, then, then you..."
Seeing that she still harbored illusions about the scumbag, Shen Zhiyi casually tossed out a sentence:
"Because they are my children too."
In an instant, Lin Yaoyao's face turned deathly pale, her forehead swollen and bleeding. She knelt at Shen Zhiyi's feet, her eyes filled with shock and astonishment, seemingly unable to process the meaning behind her words.
Shen Zhiyi picked up the teapot, poured herself a cup of water, and took a sip slowly: "Song Yuxiu and I have been married for two years, but there has been no news. A few days ago, the old lady went up the mountain to worship Buddha and brought back two children, wanting to register them in my name."
Lin Yaoyao instantly understood something, and her whole body trembled violently.
The Song family is going to...
Kill the mother and steal the child!
“From the moment you were driven out of the Marquis’s mansion, you were a pawn.” Shen Zhiyi sipped her tea slowly. “But you know too many secrets of the Marquis’s mansion, so it’s impossible for us to keep you alive.”
"The reason we only made our move after leaving the city is because..."
"Only in that way can the Marquis's mansion clear itself of any involvement. If you die shortly after leaving the mansion, and someone investigates, the Marquis's mansion will not escape blame."
Lin Yaoyao was breathing heavily. After figuring everything out, she collapsed to the ground in despair.
Suddenly he burst into laughter.
He laughed and then burst into tears, crying, "Why did you save me? Why didn't you just let me die?"
Shen Zhiyi suddenly leaned down and reached out to pinch her chin.
He forced her to look at him.
Their eyes met, her gaze sharp as frost. "Lin Yaoyao, are you content to die like this?"
"That's the Xuanhua Marquis's residence. Crushing me would be easier than stepping on an ant. What can I do?" Lin Yaoyao cried out in anguish and despair.
Shen Zhiyi tightened his grip, pinching her chin: "There's a way..."
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