[Big sister is awesome! Big sister, stick to me!]
Fang had come to catch her husband in adultery after receiving a tip, but she had run into a tough opponent whose identity she couldn't afford to offend.
"I see."
She quickly composed herself and smiled again.
“The princess is very close to her siblings, but Young Master Lu is an outsider after all, so we should be more careful. My Shen family has more than just Zhixian as a daughter.”
Mrs. Fang may have had ill intentions, but what she said makes sense.
This world is inherently unfair to women.
Lu Yanhe looked embarrassed.
"Madam is right; I was presumptuous today."
Seeing this, Madam Fang stopped pressing the issue and looked at Shen Zhixian, saying gently, "I heard you're not feeling well. Would you like to ask the family physician to come and take a look?"
Shen Zhixian lowered her head and said softly, "Thank you, Mother. I'm just a little tired. I'll be fine after a few days of rest. There's no need for anything more serious."
Mrs. Fang nodded and left.
Jiang Shuman did not miss the fleeting panic in Shen Zhixian's eyes just now. She remembered what her sister had said in her heart: she had an affair with Wen Zhixuan and was pregnant with his child.
Could she be pregnant right now?
Jiang Shuman instantly felt that she had really failed as a gentleman, and her expression was as if she had eaten shit.
Lu Yanhe thought she was angry because he had secretly come to see Shen Zhixian, and he also felt a little guilty. "Manman, thank you for what you did earlier."
Jiang Shuman scoffed and said coldly, "No need. Since you have someone else in your heart, I will grant your wish. Let's call off this engagement."
Shen Zhixian hurriedly said, "Cousin, you've misunderstood, I didn't..."
"But he has it."
Jiang Shuman said coldly, "He stands between us sisters, fickle and indecisive, which is not the behavior of a gentleman. I, Jiang Shuman, can't stand such a person."
Jiang Shumiao nodded frantically in her mind.
[Exactly! My sister isn't a dumping ground for junk men; she doesn't accept them.]
Lu Yanhe was scolded until her face turned red and her neck became thick. "Fine, let's call off the engagement. You're always brandishing weapons and acting rudely and barbarically. You don't have the slightest bit of the demeanor of a lady from a respectable family. I've had enough of you long ago."
If Jiang Shuman hadn't been holding her younger sister, she would have slapped him to death.
Fortunately, there's still Jiang Yining.
Iron-Headed Kung Fu master Jiang Yining was back in action. He clenched his little fists and hopped forward to charge. Lu Yanhe felt a sharp pain in his lower abdomen, fell backward, and cried out in pain.
Jiang Yining was still not satisfied, so she went up and kicked him twice more.
"For speaking disrespectfully to my elder sister, for starting something and then abandoning it, for bullying others..."
Jiang Shumiao cheered.
Third brother is mighty, third brother is awesome, third brother is valiant!
Hearing her sister's praise, Jiang Yining couldn't help but puff out her chest, looking quite proud.
Although Jiang Shuman felt relieved, Lu Yanhe was still their cousin after all. Even for the sake of her aunt, she couldn't go too far, so she spoke up to stop him at the right time.
"Alright, Aning, Mother is still waiting for us. Let's go."
Okay.
Jiang Yining glared at Lu Yanhe again before returning to her elder sister's side.
After the others left, Lu Yanhe slowly stood up.
He was angry and felt he had lost face in front of his sweetheart. He wanted to make amends, but when he turned around, he found that Shen Zhixian had already closed the door.
Thinking of what Madam Fang had just said, he managed to hold back.
Shen Zhixian entered the inner chamber, parted the beaded curtain, and saw a white-clad man standing in front of the zither stand. His black hair was loose, his eyebrows were lowered, and his face was as beautiful as jade, like a god.
"Zhixuan."
Shen Zhixian ran over and threw herself into his arms.
Wen Zhixuan put his arm around her shoulder and sat down on the Fragrant Concubine's couch without saying a word.
Shen Zhixian's eyes were filled with tears. "Mother is gone, and Father has brought a new bride into the mansion. Zhixuan, you are all I have left."
Wen Zhixuan remained silent, his mind replaying the conversation he had just overheard about Jiang Shuman saying she wanted to break off her engagement with Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yan and that cowardly coward who's all show and no substance are not worthy of Jiang Shuman at all.
They should have called off the engagement a long time ago.
"Zhixuan."
Shen Zhixian bit her lip, a faint blush rising to her cheeks. "I...I'm pregnant."
Wen Zhixuan's expression stiffened slightly.
He pushed Shen Zhixian away, his gaze as still as a deep pool. "Really?"
"Um."
Shen Zhixian pulled his hand to her lower abdomen and said joyfully, "We're having a baby."
Wen Zhixuan subconsciously withdrew his hand.
Shen Zhixian was taken aback.
"Zhixuan?"
Wen Zhixuan calmly said, "This child cannot be kept."
Shen Zhixian looked at him in disbelief, tears welling up in her eyes.
"This is your own flesh and blood."
Wen Zhixuan was not entirely unmoved, but the child's arrival was ill-timed.
“You are currently observing mourning. If this matter is exposed, your life will be in danger. We can have more children in the future, but you only have one life.”
Shen Zhixian calmed down a bit, "It's been three months already, I can't bear to part with it."
She is thin and slender, so she hasn't shown any signs of pregnancy yet. But as time goes by, her belly will inevitably become visible sooner or later.
Wen Zhixuan frowned and said gently, "I'm reluctant to part with you either, but I'm even more reluctant to part with you than with the child."
Shen Zhixian burst into tears.
"Why did it turn out like this? Why did we turn out like this? Mother is dead, I have to observe three years of mourning, we..."
She trembled, her eyes filled with panic.
"Zhixuan, I've given you everything, you can't let me down."
Wen Zhixuan's peach blossom eyes were filled with tenderness and affection. "If it weren't for you, I would have died a miserable death on the street long ago. I will never let you down in this lifetime."
He took out a white brocade sachet from his pocket, embroidered with lifelike peony patterns.
Shen Zhixian's fingers trembled slightly, and she said in a low voice, "You still kept it."
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