Xiaolian couldn't help but shudder at the venom in her young lady's eyes. The once gentle and charming Second Young Lady was now completely consumed by jealousy and resentment, a powder keg ready to explode at any moment.
"Miss, it's late, you should go to bed..." Xiaolian said in a low voice.
Shen Ruorou ignored her, just staring at the direction of the general's mansion outside the window, with a sinister smile on her lips. She didn't know what bargaining chips she had, but she knew that as long as she could make Shen Weiwan suffer, she would do anything.
At this moment, the children's singing came from outside the window. It was the same jingle that she hated so much:
"Miss Shen Er is really capable. After stealing the bracelet, she copied poems.
She tried to seduce the Seventh Prince, and frightened His Highness into whipping him.
Miss Di, you have a good heart and a clever way to deal with Bai Lian.
She's beautiful, kind-hearted, and lucky. The prince will look for her when he sees her~"
The singing was getting closer and louder, like salt in her wounds. Shen Ruorou suddenly opened the window and screamed outside: "Shut up! Shut up!"
But the children just ran away laughing, their singing echoing in the night sky for a long time. Shen Ruorou looked at their backs running away, and suddenly her legs went weak and she collapsed to the ground.
"Why...why doesn't anyone like me anymore..." She hugged her knees, finally unable to hold back her tears. The huge gap between her former glory and the current estrangement from everyone she met was enough to make her completely devastated.
Xiaolian knelt beside her, but she didn't know how to comfort her. She knew that her daughter was completely hopeless, and her life, ruined by jealousy and vanity, could never be restored.
At this moment in the general's mansion, Shen Weiwan was sitting under the grape trellis, listening to Chuntao report on Shen Ruoruo's recent situation.
"Miss, the second young lady is throwing things in the side yard and scolding Miss Xiaolian." Chuntao curled her lips. "Now the whole capital is laughing at her, and she still refuses to give up."
Shen Weiwan picked up the teacup and looked at the moonlight swaying in the cup: "Just don't give up, otherwise it will be so boring."
Xiao Yu walked out from behind the rockery, waving a folding fan in his hand: "What is Miss Shen planning now?"
Shen Weiwan looked up at him, a sly look flashing in her eyes: "It's just to let her know how painful it is to fall from the clouds into the mud."
Xiao Yu sat down next to her, his tone filled with worry: "She's like a madman now, you have to be careful."
"Don't worry," Shen Weiwan smiled, "mad dogs are the easiest to reveal flaws."
She knew that Shen Ruorou's despair was only the beginning. When a person loses all their glory and is abandoned by the world, their true face is exposed. And she only needs to push gently to make Shen Ruorou fall completely into the abyss of no return.
The night wind blew, bringing with it the scent of flowers. Shen Weiwan looked at the bright moon in the sky, her heart at peace. She knew that the road to revenge was still long, but she had patience and means.
"Chun Tao," Shen Weiwan stood up, "go prepare some things. I'm going to Ciyun Temple tomorrow."
"Going to Ciyun Temple?" Chuntao was stunned for a moment. "Miss, what are you going there for?"
Shen Weiwan raised a mysterious smile at the corner of her mouth: "Of course I'm going to 'visit' my poor cousin."
Xiao Yu looked at her smile and shook his head helplessly: "You are really getting worse and worse."
"Same here." Shen Weiwan winked playfully and turned back to her room.
Looking at her from behind, Xiao Yu's eyes were filled with fondness. He knew that this woman could always find the most unexpected ways to crush her enemies. And he was honored to be by her side.
Late at night, Shen Ruorou was still muttering to herself in the side yard, questioning herself in the mirror, why she had fallen to such a state. But the person in the mirror only answered her with a resentful look.
She didn't know that what awaited her tomorrow would be even deeper despair. All of this was caused by her own actions, and now, it was time to reap the fruits of her labor.
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