She couldn't suppress her anger, which led her to speak her mind.
But once words are spoken, they cannot be taken back, like spilled water.
She then decided to throw caution to the wind and said, "I originally thought we could part amicably and live in peace, but you insist on bringing up unfounded things to hurt me. Since that's the case, then I won't be polite."
"Wanniang..." Shen Cang's brows furrowed so deeply they could crush a small insect: "What's wrong with you?"
He acted as if she were a stranger: "Where did the gentle and compliant you go? Why do you suddenly seem like a different person?"
Has she been possessed by Li Zhenzhu?
Or has the "she-devil" phenomenon spread from person to person?
After hearing Shen Cang's words, Jiang Wan found it amusing: "Gentle and compliant? Ha, you know I'm gentle and compliant, but what have I gotten in return for my gentleness and compliance?"
"Shen Yanlin, you treated me like a treasure when you were begging me to live with you, but once you got what you wanted, you treated me like a piece of weed!"
"Since you are heartless, why should I waste my energy on being hypocritical with you?"
"As the saying goes, even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness. I've followed you for a while, so you can't expect me to leave empty-handed, can you?" Jiang Wan's face no longer showed the delicate and weak demeanor of the past; instead, her eyes were full of calculation and mercenary shrewdness.
“I know you made a lot of money selling the land, but I won’t ask for more.” She said, holding up three fingers: “Three hundred taels. Take the money and I’ll leave.”
Before Shen Cang could say anything, Old Madam Shen, in a fit of anger, picked up a piece of vegetable leaf from her clothes and threw it at her face: "Three hundred taels? You really dare to say that!"
"Don't forget, you're just a concubine. You don't even have the right to a 'divorce certificate.' The documents proving you're a concubine are still in our hands."
Jiang Wan didn't take it seriously: "You said it yourself, it's a document, not a contract of servitude!"
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, there was a difference between the document for taking a concubine and the contract of servitude.
A marriage certificate can prove a woman's identity. If there is any error, the husband's family can kick her out or hand her over to the authorities.
But if it's a contract of servitude, then whether to kill or sell is entirely up to the master.
When Shen Nianyin became Wei Xuan's concubine, it was a marriage contract, not a contract of servitude.
When Shen Cang brought Jiang Wan into the house, the two were deeply in love. Jiang Wan used a feigned retreat to advance, saying that she would be willing to sign a contract of servitude as long as she could be with him.
Shen Cang was deeply moved. To prove that she hadn't chosen the wrong person, he immediately waved his hand and said that he didn't need her to sign a contract of servitude, but only a concubine's document to prove her identity.
Who would have thought that a single wrong decision would sow the seeds of future trouble?
Shen Cang was filled with regret and anger: "You...you've been plotting against me since then?"
Madam Shen: "I told you not to bring her into the house that day, but you wouldn't listen to me. Now look what happened! You've been tricked. This is what they mean by not listening to the elders and suffering the consequences."
"Alright! Stop making sarcastic remarks!"
"I call this making sarcastic remarks? I..."
"It's so annoying! Stop arguing!" Jiang Wan impatiently interrupted the mother and son's argument.
From beginning to end, Shen Qiyin and Li Zhenzhu did not utter a single word. They simply sat side by side, watching the spectacle up close.
The only regret is that the sunflower seeds are gone.
Jiang Wan said curtly, "Give me the money quickly so I can leave."
"You're dreaming!" That money was his lifeline.
"I advise you to be more polite in your speech and leave yourself some leeway so that you can meet again in the future. Otherwise, if you really anger me, I might say something unpleasant, which will not be good for anyone."
"Stop putting on airs. Do you think I have some shameful secret that you're holding onto?"
“You don’t have…” Jiang Wan said, then suddenly looked at Madam Shen meaningfully, and under the other’s astonished gaze, said word by word, “But your mother does have one.”
Shen Cang's heart skipped a beat, and he knew something was wrong!
Previously, because of the matter between Madam Shen and Guo An, he was depressed all day long and got drunk at night. After being comforted by her gentle words, he told her all his troubles.
Who would have thought that the scars he once exposed would become the weapons she now uses to attack him!
Old Madam Shen had no idea about this, and she even shouted, "What a load of bull! I've done nothing wrong, I've done nothing wrong, what is there to hide?"
"Heh." Jiang Wan sneered: "Upright in conduct and conduct? You seduced your best friend's husband to support yourself and your son, while bullying the original wife to death. Is that what you call having nothing to hide?"
Jiang Wan spoke so quickly this time that Shen Cang didn't even have time to stop her.
As the saying goes, family scandals should not be aired in public. Although he was also angry that Madam Shen had done such a shameful thing at her age, he could not possibly go around making a fuss about it.
If others find out that his mother is immoral, they won't have anything good to say about him.
Although there were no outsiders at this table, Li Zhenzhu was always looking for trouble.
If she knew that the old lady had done such a scandalous thing, she would have even more gossip to tell him. If they ever really quarreled, just mentioning this matter would be enough to make him feel ashamed.
Unfortunately, Madam Shen herself was too weak-willed. After Jiang Wan said that, she was completely stunned and froze, unable to say a word.
Seeing her obvious, unintentional confession, Li Zhenzhu thought to herself, "Oh my!" and instantly perked up.
What's going on?
This old lady is supporting a man?! At her age? Can she even manage that?
She was filled with curiosity.
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that Shen Qiyin beside her was calm and composed, without any expression that could be described as "shock" or "astonishment." She couldn't help but wonder if this girl also knew something.
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