Chapter 175 Her great cause is about to begin
When Shen Rongwei and his daughter left, Xia came out to see them off.
"Sister-in-law, my second brother-in-law has joined the Secretariat. Those officials are all about rules and etiquette. Today, my father and I came to see Heng'er, but you avoided us. This is so unruly. If this gets out, my second brother-in-law will be criticized." Chen Xian took Xia's hand affectionately and said with a smile, "I don't mean any harm. I know you don't understand these things, so I'm reminding you."
Chen Heng frowned as she listened. It would have been fine if the elder sister had just minded her own business. Seeing her elder sister-in-law looking like she was in the wrong, she was about to speak when Nanny Feng smiled and said, "Madam Xia was planning to go into the hall to greet the great man Shen, but it was the old woman who pulled her aside to talk. The great man is known for his kindness, so I don't think he would blame an old woman, would he?"
Mrs. Shen was a person of strong opinions. From the moment she severed the engagement letter, she had her own plans. No matter how the family members said or scolded her, they would just leave it that way behind closed doors. When Mrs. Xia came in and started a conversation, the matter changed from being a family matter to a matter between two families.
"It's not a big deal." Shen Rongwei smiled, but he was very impatient. Who was this old woman to the Xie family? How could she have the right to speak?
Chen Xian felt that this nanny looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her before.
Watching Shen Rongwei and Shen Xian leave in the carriage, Shen Heng thought that Shen's father had been whitewashing himself just now, which was paving the way for the future.
This letter of farewell is really written in loneliness.
"Aheng, are your father and elder sister here for your brother's matter?" Xia asked.
Chen Heng was surprised. Her sister-in-law's guess was spot-on. She nodded, "Chen Yuan failed the exam and has been preparing for the exam three years from now. They hope A Jian can give him some pointers when he's free."
There was no need to say anything else, she didn't even want Xie Jian's help.
"I saw your father and elder sister talking and laughing with you, Ah Heng, have you two reconciled?"
"If they want to come and visit, I can't keep the door locked every day." Chen Heng is quite open-minded.
Xia nodded without saying anything more, just letting things take their course.
The day passed quickly.
When she got home in the evening, after breakfast, Chen Heng went into the living room to look for the book under her pillow. She hadn't read a few pages yet.
But I couldn't find it either under the pillow or in the cabinet under the bed.
"Where did she go?" Chen Heng murmured, "Did sister-in-law come in?" She shook her head. In the past year, sister-in-law had not entered her and Xie Jian's living room. If she really came in, she would be afraid to say something about her when she saw the illustrations in the book. It couldn't be Nanny Feng.
Xie Jian came back very early tonight and arrived home just after the hour of Hai (21:00).
As soon as he entered the room, he saw Chen Heng looking at him with a subtle expression, a hint of embarrassment: "You came back quite early today."
Xie Jian hummed lightly, put down his official hat, changed into casual clothes, sat down at the table, picked up the book and read as usual, waiting for Ah Heng to speak.
"There's a book under my pillow. Did you see it?"
"What book?"
"It's just an ordinary storybook."
"I haven't seen any ordinary notebooks."
Didn't see it? Chen Heng didn't believe it. There were only two of them in the room, and this guy might have found it last night. She simply said, "It's that embroidered bed history."
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