Chapter 29 You haven't mentioned Granny Sun, Yun Tao, and Uncle Li's future.
Seeing that she was so unyielding, Song Zhifeng was almost choked to death and could only turn around and leave in anger.
But the glance he gave Shen Shuangyu before leaving was unsettling.
After this little incident, the sun had already set.
Back at the restaurant on East Street, Cuixiang was already waiting for them.
Shen Shuangyu instructed Granny Sun and Yun Tao to keep the matter of divorce a secret for the time being, as she needed to find a suitable opportunity.
Granny Sun: "I know that Miss must have suffered some injustice to make today's decision. It doesn't matter if Miss doesn't want to talk about it. Once you regain your freedom, Miss can do whatever she wants. The three of us old servants will always follow you."
Yun Tao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Miss, we will always support you."
Shen Shuangyu nodded firmly, "Yes, it won't be long."
Once inside the carriage, Shen Shuangyu was the only one there. She didn't let Cuixiang in so she could chat with Ye Qing.
Ye Qing couldn't help but send a comment: 【Why didn't you explain the truth of what happened back then to them?】
Although the three men believed from the beginning that she was not the one who seduced her brother-in-law, they also thought it was an accident and never considered that she was being framed.
Knowing Shen Shuangyu's injustice, Ye Qing wished everyone knew the truth. It might be useless for others to speak, but those who believed in Shen Shuangyu would believe her even without evidence, as long as she spoke.
“They protect me like their own life. Once I speak out, they would rather die than let me go unpunished and seek justice for me. But I don’t want the people who are truly good to me to be hurt because of me again,” Shen Shuangyu explained.
That's true. Unless the person involved admits it, it's very difficult to prove your innocence back then. In this situation, you can only endure it and focus on living your own life. You can't waste your life just to spite someone. Yes, it's best not to tell them.
Shen Shuangyu nodded, "That's what I think too."
Suddenly, Shen Shuangyu changed the subject, "Can you tell me what their future holds?"
【ah? 】
“You haven’t mentioned Granny Sun, Yun Tao, or Uncle Li’s future.”
Shen Shuangyu was quite perceptive. Ye Qing usually loved to spoil the plot, but these three didn't say anything... Shen Shuangyu had a bad feeling.
Ye Qing hesitated for a moment, then sent the comment: "[That was just your original fate. Now that you've changed it, it's impossible for it to happen again.]"
Ye Qing's words naturally made Shen Shuangyu understand that it was bound to end badly.
“I want to know,” Shen Shuangyu said in a deep voice.
After your miscarriage, Granny Sun and Yun Tao knelt in front of the Marquis's mansion, begging to return and take care of you.
That scoundrel probably felt guilty towards you, so he agreed to their request. After they returned, they no longer interfered in the affairs of the Marquis's mansion and focused on taking care of you. Life is going relatively well for them.
Uncle Li is still staying in the outer courtyard as usual. He's only been inside the inner courtyard once... and that was because you hit someone.
"Hitting someone?" Shen Shuangyu asked in confusion.
Remember when I told you about how that ungrateful bastard Song Hongjie beat you so badly that you couldn't get out of bed for three whole months?
Shen Shuangyu's expression changed slightly, "Could it be that Uncle Li is trying to teach Song Hongjie a lesson on my behalf..."
Yes, after hearing the news, he rushed into the inner courtyard and gave Song Hongjie a severe beating, but... you should know the consequences of a servant hitting his master. He was punished with a rod.
Shen Shuangyu almost gasped when she saw this comment. How old was Uncle Li back then? How could he be punished?
After a beating, he was almost half-dead. In the end, Song Zhixian took charge and sent him away, as if he were retiring to his hometown.
[You know nothing. Song Zhixian forbade anyone from the Marquis's residence to tell you, and Granny Sun was also worried that knowing would break her heart and make her future days even harder, so she didn't tell you either. She only said that Uncle Li felt unwell, missed home, and wanted to return to Xirong Pass, and had already come to say goodbye while you were unconscious. But in fact, he died of illness less than half a month after leaving the Marquis's residence.]
Shen Shuangyu's pupils suddenly dilated. She looked up at the direction of the carriage door and shouted almost uncontrollably, "Uncle Li!"
"Yes, Miss?" Uncle Li's voice came from outside the carriage, steady and powerful.
Calm down!
Shen Shuangyu's eyes reddened, and tears welled up in her eyes. Finally, after Ye Qing's reminder, she composed herself and said, "No need... to rush back."
"Yes, Miss." Uncle Li replied, and the carriage slowed down.
Shen Shuangyu said in a self-reproachful low voice, "Why did you do this for me? It's not worth it. I raised such an ungrateful wretch. I deserve it!"
Don't think like that. He knew what the outcome would be when he did it. It was his choice; he felt he had let your parents down if he didn't vent his anger.
Shen Shuangyu closed her eyes briefly. "As long as I leave the Marquis's residence, this won't happen, right?"
Yes, definitely! As for Granny Sun... she was always with you, and after your death, she was buried with you.
Shen Shuangyu was shocked. "Why? Granny Sun... even though she was old at the time, she shouldn't have wasted her life for me!"
[Because she knew your wish was for a divorce, but Song Zhixian wouldn't agree, during the wake, in front of many guests, she spoke your wish on your behalf, begging Song Zhixian to grant you your freedom, and then committed suicide by crashing into the coffin, hoping to gain public support and threaten Song Zhixian. However, in the end, she couldn't get Song Zhixian to relent.]
Tears streamed down Shen Shuangyu's face as she shook her head gently, her mouth agape as if she could hardly breathe.
"It's my fault, I'm so useless, it's me... who trapped them." Resentment rose in Shen Shuangyu's heart again. The Shen family and the Marquis's mansion ruined her life and also caused her to implicate those who truly cared for her.
"This time, I will definitely make them pay..." At this point, Shen Shuangyu suddenly froze, her hands, which had been wiping away tears, clenched together involuntarily, and her whole body trembled slightly.
"You haven't mentioned Yun Tao yet...didn't Yun Tao already..."
Yun Tao never appeared in Ye Qing's account of their story.
Unless something terrible had happened to her long ago, Ye Qing wouldn't have waited until the very end to say it.
[Yun Tao... in order to protect you, she was violated by Song Zhifeng, and in the end, unable to bear the humiliation, she committed suicide.]
In an instant, Shen Shuangyu was like a puppet that had lost its soul, her whole body went limp.
"Song Zhifeng...it's Song Zhifeng!" No wonder Ye Qing reacted so strongly when Yun Tao stopped Song Zhifeng. "For me?"
Did you notice the way he looked at you just now?
Shen Shuangyu's face instantly turned icy cold. It wasn't that she was overthinking it, but the way Song Zhifeng looked her up and down was full of malice, the kind of malice that was aggressive and humiliating.
[You control his money very tightly, and since he's a repeat offender elsewhere and can't swindle money from you, he can only choose to resent you. That resentment eventually turned into disgusting intentions.]
[Right now, he only has the desire but not the courage. While you're secretly recovering from childlessness, that scoundrel will be shocked by the truth and unable to face you, so he'll leave the capital for official business to avoid you. With the tiger away, the monkey reigns supreme; he'll take advantage of your infirmity and the lack of people in the courtyard to strike.]
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