Madam Shen was quite pleased with these words.
Xianglan listened from the side, her eyes practically popping out of their sockets.
Even Banxia looked on in disbelief.
Shen Qiyin's reaction was much calmer than theirs.
"Oh, Mother is truly filial." Her lips curved slightly, and she smiled sweetly. "But Grandmother has been unwell for quite some time now. Why did you only just think of giving her bird's nest?"
"I……"
"Is that why it's free?"
Madam Shen's face stiffened.
She went to see Madam Shen and, as expected, found that the latter's smile had vanished and her face was gloomy.
But Shen Qiyin continued, "It's just a coincidence that the Marquis of Jianning's mansion sent tonics today. If they hadn't sent them, would you have just let your grandmother suffer like this?"
"Since you are so concerned about her health, then you should buy not only bird's nest, but also abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, and other delicacies as soon as possible."
"It doesn't make sense to say that you don't have any money. The warehouse key is right in your hands. If you can't come up with any amount of money, is it because you're unwilling to part with it?"
Madam Shen quickly denied it: "...How could that be!"
Shen Qiyin understood and said, "Oh, it's not that you're reluctant to spend the money, but that you feel that spending the family's money is not enough to show your filial piety to your grandmother, so you want to spend your own money to buy it for her."
“That makes sense. I remember your dowry was pawned for over three thousand taels of silver, which was enough to buy bird’s nest for Grandmother until she recovered.”
"This, this..."
Madam Shen stammered, her face showing a frustrated expression.
Xianglan thought to herself, speechless: "Go ahead and talk, why are you not talking now? Weren't you just chattering away?"
Having been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for so long, how could Old Madam Shen not know what kind of person her daughter-in-law was? She rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "By the time I get her bird's nest soup, she'll probably be dead from illness by now!"
Madam Shen twisted her handkerchief, unsure how to respond.
She glared at Shen Qiyin several times, but the latter only looked down at the bricks and eventually left under the pretext of "feeling unwell".
In contrast to her usual habit of always trying to take advantage of others, Madam Shen did not complain about Shen Qiyin. Instead, she instructed the kitchen to prepare delicious meals for her every day and gave Madam Shen a good scolding in the end.
"You wretched wife, is this how you act as a mother? That second daughter is your own flesh and blood, why don't you care about her at all?"
"If anything happens to her, I'll hold you responsible!"
Madam Shen was still wondering when the old lady had changed her mind, when she heard her say, "In this family now, only the second daughter is somewhat promising. If something happens to her too, who else can I rely on!"
For a family of their stature to receive such a formal apology from the Marquis's household, it's clear that the girl is truly remarkable now.
No sooner had she thought that than a servant came to report that people from the Marquis of Wu'an's residence had come to visit Shen Qiyin.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, disregarding their argument, quickly tidied their clothes and prepared to greet each other.
The person from the Wei family is the eldest concubine, Ruan Xinghu.
They also brought a lot of things and, following their parents-in-law's wishes, personally handed them over to Shen Qiyin.
Then, not long after she left, the Feng siblings came again!
Shen Qiyin was genuinely surprised to see Feng Ruoying: "Why are you here too?!"
"Of course I've come to visit you!" Feng Ruoying gave her a "why do you even ask this?" look: "Didn't you take poison?"
“…Oh.” She almost forgot.
Feng Ruoying looked her up and down, then clicked her tongue, her brows furrowing even more deeply: "You..."
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that Madam Shen and the others were still there, so she decisively pulled Shen Qiyin out: "Come on, come on, this is my first time visiting your house, show me around."
"Hmm... Is it possible... I've ingested poison and need to rest?"
"Oh right!" Feng Ruoying exclaimed as if waking from a dream, "Then let's not go anywhere else, let's just go to your room."
After saying that, without waiting for the reactions of the others, she took Shen Qiyin's hand and walked out.
Upon arriving at the Begonia Courtyard and closing the door, Feng Ruoying immediately grabbed her and asked, "Is the poisoning story fake?"
Shen Qiyin raised an eyebrow: "Who said that?"
"My brother."
Why did he say that?
"He said that with your personality, there's no way you would do something like suicidal. If you did, it would definitely be a setup to trick people, not something real!"
Feng Ruoying always agreed with Feng Heng's words.
Seeing Shen Qiyin's rosy complexion and excellent spirits, he became even more convinced that his elder brother's prediction was correct.
Shen Qiyin, however, was curious: "You trust your brother that much?"
“Of course I believe it!” Feng Ruoying not only believed it herself, but she also wanted Shen Qiyin to believe it with her: “Don’t look at my brother’s bad reputation and his usual nonsense, but he is actually very smart and has a good eye for people.”
“At first, Song Huai showed me kindness, and seeing how gentle and polite he was, I thought he was just a good person.”
“But my brother told me not to pay any attention to him. Even if we happened to run into him, I should always be on guard and not get involved with him in any way.”
"Did you listen to your brother?"
"Of course!"
"You didn't even ask him why?"
"I asked, but he didn't tell me." But she knows now!
What a hypocrite! Bah!
Although her brother also indulged in philandering, he was always open about it and never hid from others.
Unlike that damned Young Master Song, who not only went to a place like Nanfeng Pavilion, but also actually threw down his bowl and started yelling at the cook! What a jerk! So annoying!
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