Chapter 15 Teasing
Although the Shen family's business was not small, they were still merchants, and their residence could not exceed three rooms and five bays, so it was not considered large.
The distance from the main gate of the Shen family residence to the main hall is only a few hundred meters.
But Xie Xuchuan felt as if he had been walking for a long time.
Since receiving the news of Cui Yulin's passing and Jiang Wansu's pregnancy, he has not been able to get a proper rest, and he didn't sleep at all last night.
I closed my eyes, and my mind was a jumbled mess.
One moment Cui Yulin is soaking wet, wailing about the cold; the next moment Jiang Wansu is clutching her lower abdomen, sobbing softly; and then, turning her gaze, Yuanzhu is looking down at him, asking how far he would go for Jiang Wansu if he didn't agree.
Xie Xuchuan pressed his temples, looking dazed.
He received Zi Tang's message before dawn today.
Jiang Wansu asked Zitang to tell him that she would be returning to the Jiang family to apologize today.
He also said that if she died, he should collect her body and scatter the ashes of the mother and son into the sea so that his family could be reunited.
Because of him, Cui Yulin died tragically. How could Xie Xuchuan bear to let Jiang Wansu and Yulin's bloodline also suffer the same fate?
Despite his body not having rested for a long time, Xie Xuchuan hurriedly went to the manor where Jiang Wan was recuperating from pregnancy.
Not long after leaving the Xie family's house, he ran into Jiang Wansu on the road.
A dull ache throbbed in his temple, and Xie Xuchuan pressed hard against his forehead.
He was still somewhat dazed, his mind filled with images of Jiang Wansu crying.
He saw himself holding Jiang Wansu back, preventing her from returning to the Jiang family, but Jiang Wansu insisted on going back to apologize.
"My belly isn't showing yet. Even if I return to the Jiang family and my father doesn't tolerate me, and even if he executes me, outsiders won't notice anything. I can still preserve my reputation with my death."
"But if we delay any longer, my belly will get bigger and I will have to induce labor to deliver the baby."
"Yu Lin has already met a terrible end, and I don't want his last bloodline to suffer the same fate."
"Xu Chuan, please let me go back. Let me take our child to find Yu Lin."
Jiang Wansu sobbed, "Do you know that only the Yellow Springs are my family's final resting place now? Please let our family be reunited."
After saying that, Jiang Wansu shook off Xie Xuchuan's hand.
"Wansu, listen to me, I won't let you end up like that."
Xie Xuchuan's eyes were bloodshot: "I promised Yulin that I would protect you and the child in your womb, and keep you safe and sound until he comes back."
"Trust me, and I will give you an explanation."
The boy's voice choked with emotion, tears welling in his eyes, which he stubbornly refused to let fall.
Xie Xuchuan lowered his head and pressed down hard on Jiang Wansu's wrist: "Wansu, let's not fight in the street. Let's go back to the manor. I'll go to the Shen family today."
Jiang Wansu remained silent, only weeping softly. It was Zitang who dragged and pulled her back to the carriage.
Inside the carriage, Jiang Wansu lifted the curtain, silently shedding tears, her eyes filled with deathly stillness.
She was now shockingly thin, with sunken cheeks and bluish-red, swollen eyes, all of which horrified Xie Xuchuan.
Xie Xuchuan stood on the street, crying and pleading, "Go back to the manor first, I'll go to the Shen family now, and I'll give you an explanation today."
After saying that, he turned and walked towards the Shen family's house.
Xie Xuchuan's mind was completely blank; he didn't even know how he got to the Shen family.
He was sitting in the main hall of the Shen family, with a cup of hot tea served by a maid of the Shen family beside him.
The lingering heat made Xie Xuchuan seem to regain some of his composure.
The sound of cheerful conversation drifted in from outside the door. Shen Yuanzhu's gentle and soothing voice was like a refreshing stream.
Xie Xuchuan was startled, and then he regained some of his senses.
"Xu Chuan, have you come here to discuss marriage with our Yuan Zhu? Let me make it clear first, our Yuan Zhu is not someone you can marry so easily."
Ye Yunyi entered the room, waving her handkerchief, and teased the two of them with a smile.
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