"Just be patient these days and take good care of her. Don't torture her. The child in her belly may still be your support in the future." said Old Lady Shen.
Shen Sulan nodded sullenly: “I know, mother.”
Then she thought of something and said, "Oh, by the way, mother, I didn't have time to take the five thousand taels last time. This time I come, you can give me another five thousand taels to make up ten thousand..."
Upon hearing this, Madam Shen's expression froze.
Linzhuyuan.
At this time, all the servants in the yard were dismissed, leaving only a family of three in the house. Xuan Ge'er knelt on the footstool of the bed with his chubby body, looking at Shen Li on the bed with tears in his eyes.
"Daddy, does it hurt?"
With Wei Yaer's support, Shen Li slowly sat up. The loss of feeling in his legs made his eyes dim, but he concealed it very well.
He reached out and rubbed Xuan'er's head; "It doesn't hurt anymore. Your mother is treating Dad, and Dad will get better soon. Xuan'er, have you missed your studies since you came home?"
Xuan Ge'er hesitated for a moment before mumbling, "I have read books and practiced calligraphy every day, but without a teacher to teach me, there are many things I don't understand."
Shen Li frowned slightly.
However, considering that the male members of the family were exiled, the original clan school was probably gone long ago, and it was impossible for the female members of the clan to reopen the clan school. This is understandable.
Just thinking of Yang Zhao, he couldn't help but ask, "Didn't your mother find a teacher to teach you first?"
Mother?
When these words were spoken, not only was Xuan Ge'er stunned, but even Wei Ya'er's expression changed slightly.
'Mother' is such a catchy word.
Wei Yaer quickly calmed down and said softly, "Brother Chen, there is something the old lady hasn't told you yet."
"What's the matter?" Shen Li looked at her.
Wei Yaer bit her lip and said, "I just heard from Xuan Ge'er that Madam Shen still doesn't agree to adopt him. She says that she doesn't like Xuan Ge'er, and the old lady can't do anything about her for the time being."
"disagree?"
Shen Li was stunned.
He couldn't help but think of Yang Zhao, whom he had met that day. She was so charming and cold. Somehow, he didn't feel particularly surprised...
Seeing Shen Li absentminded, Wei Yaer felt that he was thinking about Madam Shen, which made her eyes darken. Yang Zhao was indeed very beautiful, elegant and charming. Even a woman like her couldn't help but want to take a few more glances at her, not to mention...
Wei Yaer felt an unprecedented sense of crisis, but after seeing Xuan Ge'er, she instantly felt confident again.
"Brother Chen, let's not talk about anything else for now. Brother Xuan came here secretly just because he wanted to have a meal with us." Wei Yaer winked at Brother Xuan.
Xuan Ge'er immediately nodded cutely: "Yes, Daddy, I miss you and Mommy so much. Since I came back home, I always eat by myself. Now I can finally be with you again. I'm so happy."
Seeing Xuan Ge'er's childish and happy look, Shen Li couldn't help but raise the corner of his lips: "Okay, let's eat first."
The meal was prepared early.
Wei Yaer directly brought over a low table and placed it next to the bed, and the family of three happily prepared to eat...
"Brother Xuan?"
At this moment, a rather surprised and cold voice sounded outside the door.
The three people in the room froze.
Yang Zhao paused at the door for a moment, brushed off the snow and frost on his body, and then slowly walked into the house. During this time, Wei Yaer had already hidden her and Xuan Ge'er's dishes.
Only Shen Li was left, holding the bowl and chopsticks, leaning on the bed.
"Why is Madam here?"
Shen Li asked, his handsome face calm and gentle, so composed that there was no trace of guilt. Even after seeing her again, a gentle smile slowly appeared on his face.
He looks like a gentleman as handsome as jade.
Yang Zhao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows secretly, thinking that he was indeed worthy of being someone who could enter the cabinet in the future.
"I originally wanted to discuss something with my husband, but I didn't expect to disturb his meal. Why don't you have your meal first? I'll wait aside for a while." After Yang Zhaorou finished speaking, she sat down at the round table, and then raised her eyes to look at Wei Yaer who was not far away.
"You are the maidservant who knows some medical skills that Doctor Li mentioned, right? We were quite far apart that day, so I didn't have time to see you clearly. Now I see that you are quite lovely."
Wei Yaer was not happy when she heard this.
"This servant greets the Madam!"
Wei Yaer lowered her head and bowed to her, showing the proper manners of a maid, but this was despite the fact that she was wearing a fine military-made dress...
Yang Zhao's eyes fell on her clothes: "Your clothes..."
Only then did Shen Li notice that Wei Yaer was dressed very differently today. The style and material of her clothes seemed to be brighter and more noble than those worn by Yang Zhao, the mistress of the house. It was obvious that she was not a servant.
Wei Yaer unconsciously tightened the hem of her dress and tried to explain calmly, "This, this was given to me by the old lady as a reward. She was kind-hearted and saw that my clothes were too vulgar and she was afraid that they would bother you, so she gave me this dress."
With the old lady's personality, she would never do such a thing.
However, her mother-in-law was able to do it. It seemed that her mother-in-law already knew Xuan Ge'er's identity, and was very satisfied with Wei Yaer.
Tsk!
Interesting.
Yang Zhao said nothing more, but looked at Xuan Ge'er who was standing awkwardly at the end of the bed and waved to him. After Xuan Ge'er walked over to her, she reached out and shook his hand before smiling and saying, "It seems that since you are wearing thick clothes today, you won't be cold anymore."
Xuan Ge'er was slightly stunned.
"But why are you here? I was quite surprised when I heard your voice outside just now!" These words made the three of them nervous. How much did she hear just now?
Xuan Ge'er subconsciously looked at Wei Ya'er.
Wei Yaer opened her mouth to explain, but Shen Li spoke first in a gentle voice: "I asked him to come here."
Yang Zhao raised his eyes and looked at him.
Shen Li put down his bowl and chopsticks, smiled bitterly and said, "A Zhao, you can see that I'm in this situation now... I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you in the future. I heard from my grandmother that my aunt brought back a child and wanted to adopt him under our name, so I asked someone to bring him over to see us."
"So that's how it is!"
"But my husband may not know yet, but I don't agree with this adoption."
Yang Zhao said this very directly.
Shen Li couldn't help but be surprised by her directness, "Why?"
Yang Zhao did not answer, but looked at Wei Yaer: "Take Xuan Ge'er out first, I want to talk to the master about something."
Wei Yaer subconsciously looked at Shen Li.
"Get out."
"yes."
Wei Yaer's eyes dimmed as she led Xuan Ge'er out of the house. However, just as she was outside, she turned on her toes and quickly hid in a dark corner near the window with Xuan Ge'er...
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