It was quite dark when the child woke up and started fussing, wanting to find Chen Siyuan.
Chen Siyuan had no choice; she had never given birth before, but now she was a mother.
Fortunately, the child is relatively easy to take care of. He was just frightened and started crying as soon as he opened his eyes and was separated from Chen Siyuan. As long as Chen Siyuan was around, he was relatively quiet.
The two ate together in the warm room, and the child would glance at Chen Siyuan from time to time during the meal.
The child seemed to regard Chen Siyuan as the only person he could trust.
I was worried he would be left behind.
Chen Siyuan felt sorry for the child. He was passive in the adults' affairs, but he knew he had been abandoned.
It's so pitiful that they have to go through all this at such a young age.
"Why are you always staring at me?" Chen Siyuan felt a pang of heartache at that cautious look.
What a wonderful child! This incident has left a shadow on his life, a trauma that may never be erased.
"You're beautiful, sister."
"She's just pretty." Chen Siyuan had an idea to cheer the child up.
"..." The child's eyes widened, blinking rapidly, as if he didn't know what to say.
"Zhen'er should say that your older sister is really beautiful, just like a blooming flower!"
"puff--"
Chunlan was amused by the young lady's narcissistic behavior.
Chunping came in from outside and saw this scene. She felt strange, but without thinking much about it, she said to the eldest young lady, "The second young lady has arrived."
"Her?" She didn't go looking for this person to settle accounts with, but unexpectedly someone offered themselves up. "I'm having dinner with Zhen'er, so let her wait outside."
Chunping glanced at the young lady, who didn't seem to be joking, and quickly left.
"Sister, Zhen'er is full." The child said, trying to get up, but Chen Siyuan held her down.
"Are you really full?" Chen Siyuan said, reaching out to touch the child's stomach. "Lying isn't good for a child."
The child blushed.
"No matter who's outside, let's eat our fill first," Chen Siyuan said, as she began to eat heartily.
The child was a little uneasy at first, but seeing Chen Siyuan eating heartily, he quickly learned to do the same.
The spring orchid remained silent.
This child has been led astray by the young lady.
After they had finished eating, Chen Siyuan looked at the child and instructed, "A bad person will be coming later. Go to the inner hall first, and when I cough, run out."
"Why?"
"Our little one is so cute, she deserves a special way of making an entrance."
The child didn't understand, but seeing Chen Siyuan's smiling face, he instinctively agreed.
"Also, wait a minute, I won't call you Zhen'er. I'll give you a name that no one else will know, okay?" The child's identity shouldn't be known to too many people right now, and since the person who came was Chen Xin, she must know something. Thinking this, she looked at the child and said, "From now on, I'll call you Chen Yuzhen, okay?"
"Chen Yuzhen?"
"Yes, this name means that Zhen'er is my sister's most precious treasure."
Chunlan remained silent and turned to look to the side.
Not long after, Chunlan went out to invite someone.
Chen Xin arrived soon.
She glanced around as soon as she entered the room, and said, "Greetings, sister."
"Hmm, what brings my half-sister here?" Her hypocritical manner was despicable. If she didn't want to find out something, she wouldn't bother with such a person.
Chen Xin's lips twitched, and he gritted his teeth in hatred, but he dared not show it on his face. "The poetry gathering is coming soon. I wonder if you are ready, sister?"
"A poetry gathering?" She's been too busy with life-or-death matters to think about such things.
"Yes." Chen Xin said, turning his head to look at the maid beside him. The maid immediately stepped forward and handed the book in her hand to Chunlan, who was standing next to her.
"These are some poetry books I prepared for my sister. She might be able to use them at the poetry gathering."
Chen Siyuan smiled.
"Don't worry, even if she makes a fool of herself, she is the eldest daughter of the Chen family, and it won't implicate the illegitimate children."
"You..." Chen Xin didn't expect Chen Siyuan to be so shameless.
"Can't even speak properly? What, did you buy your reputation as a talented woman?" Chen Siyuan mocked, giving Chen Xin a cold glance.
She wouldn't let this opportunity to be ridiculed slip by.
During this period, with Chen Xin out of her sight, she had almost forgotten about him.
"Looking at your face, anyone who didn't know better would think that I, the legitimate daughter, was bullying you, the illegitimate daughter."
"Don't go too far."
"You came all this way, isn't it for this?"
The two women were locked in a fierce confrontation. Chen Siyuan's maidservant was unaffected, but Chen Xin's two maidservants were so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
Chen Xin was even more furious when he saw this, and kicked one of the maids. The maid fell to the ground instantly, a trace of blood flowing from her mouth.
When Chen Siyuan saw the color of the blood, she immediately sensed something was wrong.
This person is clearly trying to frame me.
However, judging from the situation, it shouldn't be too serious.
Thinking of this, Chen Siyuan didn't say anything more, but stepped forward and grabbed Chen Xin by the collar.
Chen Xin screamed and covered his head and face.
"Chen Siyuan, you bitch! Let go! Are you crazy?"
Snap!
Chen Siyuan slapped Chen Xin hard across the face.
The slap seemed to have used all of Chen Xin's strength, and his face swelled up instantly.
Chen Xin tried to resist, but Chen Siyuan pushed her to the ground and kicked her as she did so. "Chen Xin, don't think I don't know that you laid a hand on your own maid and then brought her here. You're clearly framing me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xin and the maid were terrified.
Chen Siyuan didn't need to say anything more; Chen Xin's appearance was enough to prove that her deductions were true.
"Stop!" A series of hurried footsteps came from outside the warm house.
Then Chen Zhaokun, his face ashen, strode in, seemingly having just returned, covered in dust from his journey.
"What's going on?" Having just returned to the Chen family home, I was immediately struck by the commotion and felt a headache coming on.
What a mess this once peaceful home is now. Every time I come back, I feel unhappy.
If the old lady hadn't been somewhat credulous, he might have returned a few days later.
Upon seeing Chen Zhaokun, Chen Xin seemed to have found a pillar of support and immediately began to complain.
"Father, I only came to see my sister after hearing that she was sick, but I didn't expect her to hit me right away." After saying this, she started to sob.
"Shut up!" Chen Siyuan snapped coldly.
The group of people who had come with Chen Zhaokun were stunned by his sudden return.
Butler Cheng had already experienced the young lady's abilities firsthand, and seeing that things were going badly, he quickly chased away all the onlookers.
Naturally, he stood guard at the door, making sure no one escaped.
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