If any other woman were asked such a question, she would probably be extremely embarrassed and annoyed.
However, Shen Qiyin maintained her calm and composed demeanor.
She parted her lips slightly and said casually, "Father is overthinking it..."
Upon hearing this, Shen Cang was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he saw her reply, seemingly calm but actually speaking incoherently, without blushing or skipping a beat: "My daughter is not pregnant."
Shen Cang didn't react at first.
She was filled with disappointment, thinking, "What a pity! If I could get pregnant, I might be able to gain status through my child."
After a moment, it finally dawned on him.
"What did you say?!" He stood up abruptly, staring at Shen Qiyin in disbelief.
She actually lost her virginity to Xiao Yan?
Perhaps this "fact" was too much of a blow to Shen Cang, because before Shen Qiyin could even answer, he slumped back into his chair and suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood!
He was clearly in a state of extreme anxiety and anger.
Shen Qiyin thought to herself, "Oh ho!" and quickly stepped aside, afraid that he would splatter blood all over her.
She poured a cup of tea for Shen Cang and "comforted" him, saying, "Father, don't be angry. Your daughter just wants to have a child so that she can gain status through her son. If you are not happy, then I will not see him again."
"You, you..."
Shen Cang clutched his chest, feeling a sharp pain there.
He can't even finish a single sentence.
Just then, Zhu'er, who was serving Jiang Wan, rushed over and said that Jiang Wan's aunt had arrived. Jiang Wan had then driven all the servants out of the room, and the two of them started arguing over something in the room.
They dared not go in rashly, so they came to ask Shen Cang to come over, lest Aunt Jiang be wronged.
Upon hearing this, Shen Xiyin's eyes flickered slightly.
They arrived quickly.
When she returned from Guangrentang, she sent someone to spread the news that Shen Cang had been fined at the door of Aunt Jiang Wan's house.
If fifty taels of silver are handed over so easily, the other party will definitely think that the Shen family is not short of money, and in that case, they will surely come to ask for the money back.
Just as she expected.
Shen Cang was worried that if he stayed any longer, he would be driven to his death by this brat, so he had already intended to leave.
Upon hearing that something had happened to Jiang Wan, he immediately rushed over.
Of course, there is another reason for this.
When Jiang Wan went to the yamen to pick him up earlier, she mentioned inadvertently that Li Zhenzhu and the others refused to give him money to save him, and only she pawned her jewelry to barely raise enough money.
He was deeply moved by this.
He originally went there with the idea of "returning a favor" and rescuing a damsel in distress, but as soon as he reached the corridor, he heard a strange woman's voice coming from inside the room.
"No money?! You're kidding me!" The other person spoke arrogantly, sounding like someone who was not to be trifled with: "I just saw you take fifty taels of silver to the yamen with my own eyes."
"Let me tell you, don't try to play the poor card with me. If you won't give it to me, I'll just ask your man for it."
"Don't blame me if you say something you shouldn't or shouldn't say when the time comes!"
As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps sounded.
As they were talking, the door was opened from the inside, and a slightly older woman appeared in front of Shen Cang.
She wore a faded floral jacket, her face was full of wrinkles, her cheekbones were high and prominent, and her eyes were slightly upturned, giving her a very unapproachable feeling.
Upon seeing Shen Cang outside the door, she was taken aback for a moment, then quickly smiled and said, "Oh ho, it's truly a case of better timing than early arrival. I was just saying I was going to look for you."
"Aunt!" Jiang Wan panicked immediately: "Didn't you hang the clothes out to dry and were in a hurry to go back and collect them? I won't keep you any longer. I will definitely bring something to show my respect to you another day."
As she spoke, she gave Jiang Xia a deep look, her words carrying a clear implication.
Unfortunately, Jiang Xia wasn't buying it at all.
I've already made myself clear enough; if I don't go all out and see this through, I'm afraid I'll never be able to get in this door again.
Therefore, Jiang Xia said directly to Shen Cang, "Master Shen, this little vixen has kept a lot of things from you. If you give me ten taels of silver, I will tell you everything!"
Jiang Wan rushed forward to stop her: "Master, don't listen to her nonsense!"
"Nonsense?" Jiang Xia glared at her and continued, ignoring her concerns, "You have such a big son, it's hard for you to remarry, so you tell everyone that Lan Ge'er is your sister's child, isn't that right?"
"...That was originally my sister's child."
"Come on," Jiang Xia said with a "you can fool others, but you can't fool me" expression. "A while ago, a fellow villager came to Beijing and said that your sister clearly gave birth to a daughter!"
Shen Cang was greatly alarmed.
He turned sharply to look at Jiang Wan, who, suppressing her guilt, grabbed his arm and shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, husband, don't listen to her nonsense."
Jiang Xia sneered: "I haven't finished yet."
"When you came to seek refuge, I asked you why you had traveled so far to the capital. You said that your husband was not a good match for you, that he only drank and gambled, and that he later fell ill and died young."
"They even said that your mother-in-law was mean and your sister-in-law was unruly, and that they were the ones who kicked you out of the house and left you to fend for yourself."
"I found it strange at the time."
As Jiang Xia spoke, she glanced at Shen Cang twice and said, "Even if your mother-in-law and sister-in-law look down on you, do you think they would abandon their eldest grandson, Lan Ge'er?"
That's because...
"Alright, stop making things up! Aren't you tired of it?" Jiang Xia waved her hand, interrupting Jiang Wan's explanation.
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