Chapter 005: I was young and willful, and I figured it out overnight
"Then I'll have to trouble Mr. Gao, the matchmaker. You also know about what happened between Yan'er and the Xie family back then. I wonder if it will have any impact on you." Shen Rongwei sighed.
"Oh, it's all in the past. Besides, the third girl was only thirteen at the time, and a child like her wouldn't be able to take charge of things if she married into the family. The young girl could have helped with things if she married into the family at that age. If something like that had happened to another family, like the Xie family, the marriage would have been canceled long ago."
"Yes, we were extremely reluctant to marry Heng'er to Xie Jian. The Xie family committed such a heinous crime, and we, the Shen family, cannot be so dishonest and ungrateful." The voice of Yao, the mother of the Shen family, could be heard: "Poor daughter of mine, her life has been ruined by the Xie family."
Chen Heng sneered repeatedly when she heard this. Her daughter's life was ruined by her parents. Since the other party was guilty of a heinous crime, why did they push their daughter away?
At this time, Shen's parents and matchmaker Gao came out of the lobby, chatting and laughing. When they saw Shen Heng and Xie Jian standing at the door, Shen's parents' faces changed.
"Aren't these Miss and Uncle?" Matchmaker Gao still had a smile on her face towards Shen Heng, but she looked disgusted when she saw Xie Jian. It happened that she was there when the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family came to the Shen Mansion to make trouble two years ago.
Shen Yan on the side hated her elder sister coming back yesterday. Gao Damei was the best matchmaker in Nanming County. This was a happy event. Look at the current atmosphere.
"Come here, escort Gao Da the matchmaker out." Shen Rongwei hurriedly ordered them to be escorted out. He waited until the matchmaker disappeared from behind the screen wall before looking at his daughter. His expression was grim, and his lips were tightly pursed, deepening the wrinkles on his face. "What are you doing here?"
After all, she was a daughter she had carried for ten months. Yao was not as heartless as her husband, but coming here at this hour was a disappointment. She glanced at her son-in-law. Xie Jian had grown taller and looked more handsome. It was a pity that his father was a murderer, otherwise he would be worthy of Yan'er.
Chen Heng felt a little sorry for her mistress, who was not loved by her parents, not respected by her in-laws, and filled with self-pity. This situation could only be broken by self-respect, self-love, and self-reliance.
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law," Xie Jian bowed and stated his purpose directly: "I would like to ask you to be my guarantor for the imperial examination in March next year."
In the past, the Xie family always mentioned this matter in a rather vague way, and Shen Rongwei did not expect it to be so direct this time.
"Dad, as long as you ask, the county magistrate will definitely agree." If future generations knew that she was helping the treacherous minister, they would definitely scold her to death.
But this is the only way the situation is right now.
"Dad, I can't help." Chen Yan said angrily: "The son of a murderer might kill people in the future. What should we do if it gets involved?" She still needs to find a good family.
Chen Heng glanced at Xie Jian. When Chen Yan said the word "murderer", the look in this guy's eyes was extremely terrifying. Thinking of what this guy would do in the future... She would not think that she could change history like other time travelers. Maybe after becoming the master, she had become a part of history and thus created the history she knew.
No matter what happens in the future, between the Shen family and the Xie family, she temporarily chooses to be in the same boat with the Xie family. She cannot bear the pressure from the Shen family.
Chen Heng imitated her mistress, lowering her head slightly, and spoke softly and clearly, "According to this statement, Grandfather is a kind man, and you, the legitimate granddaughter, should also be kind and willing to help others. But you are unwilling to even help your own brother-in-law."
Chen Yan didn't expect that her usually quiet sister would say something like this: "Well, there are some things that should be helped and some that shouldn't be helped, right?"
"If I shouldn't help, why did my parents let me marry into the Xie family? If the Xie family is not worth helping, then my parents are pushing me into the fire pit." Chen Heng knew that in families with many children, many parents would favor one of them. This was human nature. Children would also favor one parent, either loving their father more or their mother more. But if they abandoned the child they didn't like, she had only seen such parents on the news, and she would scold them for a long time every time she saw them.
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