Chapter 178 Children
“Ahhhh!!”
Shan Zhuyu was lying on the ground, trying to get up using her hands and feet, staring at Chen He with bloodshot eyes.
"It's you! You ruined me! You ruined my Gillian!"
"It's you bitch!!"
She roared, her voice filled with endless resentment.
There wasn't even a trace of emotion on Shen He's face.
She just spoke lightly, her voice as cold as ice.
"Has the lady ever heard a saying?"
Her voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard throughout the silent main hall.
"If virtue does not match one's position, disaster will surely follow."
Shan Zhuyu's roar suddenly stopped.
I only heard Shen He continue to speak coldly.
"You have been scheming and using Lu Jiuxiao's influence and the so-called 'divine will' to pave a path to success for Shen Jiao."
“That’s ridiculous.”
The corner of Chen He's mouth curled up into a very shallow and cold arc.
"You paved the way for her with the promise of God, but in the end, she still fell on 'God's will'."
"It was God who made her give birth to that deformed child."
"It's her own fault. She's so unlucky and short-lived that she can't bear the overwhelming wealth of this 'heir sent from heaven'!"
"No!!!"
A shrill scream came not from Shan Zhuyu, but from Chen Jiao who had been like a puppet in the corner!
She suddenly raised her head, and on her paper-white face, her eyes were wide open, filled with crazy bloodshot!
“No!!!”
"My child is not a monster!!"
“No!!!”
She screamed like crazy, her voice hurting the eardrums.
But Chen He didn't even glance at her.
Her gaze was still like a sharp sword, fixed on Shan Zhuyu.
She slowly, word by word, uttered the final judgment.
"and……"
"I don't have the ability to move the chief inspector of the Imperial Observatory and set up such a grand plan in the palace."
Her voice paused, and every word she spoke was like a heavy hammer, hitting Shen Qingyuan and Shan Zhuyu's hearts.
"I... don't even have that ability."
"My father has been unable to give birth to a son for so many years."
Chen He's last words were like a thunderbolt from the sky, crashing down!
The entire main hall fell into a silence that was even more terrifying than deathly silence.
You can hear a pin drop.
No, even the sound of breathing disappeared.
Shan Zhuyu's roar was stuck in his throat, and Chen Jiao's scream also stopped abruptly. The resentful madness on their faces turned into a blank look at this moment.
Liu, who had been crying silently, suddenly raised her head, and for the first time, a look of horror appeared in her gentle eyes!
Chen Yan in the corner was even paler. She looked at Chen He, then at her father, her lips trembling, unable to utter a word.
Old Mrs. Shan, who was sitting at the top, had her wrinkled face tensed instantly, and her fingers, which were gripping the armrests with such force, turned blue at the knuckles.
She bit her lower lip tightly, and a hint of blood filled her mouth.
"you……"
Shen Qingyuan's body shook.
He slowly, inch by inch, stood up from the armchair.
His movements were as stiff as a puppet being pulled by strings.
He stared at Chen He intently, bloodshot eyes spreading wildly.
"What did you...just say?"
His voice was as hoarse as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper, and every word he spoke was trembling with a heart-pounding tone.
Chen He met his almost cannibalistic gaze without wavering in the slightest.
She just spoke quietly, even calmly.
"My daughter said that it was my grandmother and my wife who took care of my father's health for so many years, wasn't it?"
"Since Ayan was born, my father has had no more children."
Chen He's gaze turned slightly, sweeping across the pale-faced Old Lady Shan and Shan Zhuyu lying on the ground.
"Father, have you never thought about why this is happening?"
Why?
Why? !
This question was like a red-hot iron, burning Shen Qingyuan's heart!
boom--!
It was as if something exploded in his brain!
A violent roar made his eyes go dark and he almost lost his balance!
Yeah...why?
He was in his prime, and he had concubines in his house, but why was it that after Chen Yan, the Shen family had not heard a baby cry for more than ten years?
He used to think that he was just unlucky and destined to have no children!
But I never thought...
I never thought that this was man-made!
An absurd, terrifying thought that seemed to explain everything crazily crept into his mind!
Looking at his father's face, which instantly lost all color, Chen He knew that the seed of doubt had been planted.
What she had to do was to make it take root and sprout immediately, and grow into a towering tree that he could not escape from.
"If my father doesn't believe it."
Her voice was still cold, but it carried an unquestionable power.
"You can ask any famous doctor in the capital to come and take a look at your health."
Chen He's gaze was like the sharpest scalpel, cutting away the last fig leaf of the Shen family.
"I'm afraid..."
She paused, a hint of poisoned pity playing on her lips.
"Father's health has long been depleted."
Lost money!
These three words completely broke Shen Qingyuan's last line of defense!
He staggered back a step and hit the back of the chair behind him heavily, making a dull thud!
Chen He looked at his distraught appearance and continued to speak the cruelest words in the calmest tone.
"My daughter only discovered this not long ago."
"Over the past month, my daughter has visited many famous doctors, secretly looking for a good prescription for you, and quietly changed your daily diet and medicinal food."
There was a perfect hint of "powerlessness" and "regret" in her voice.
“What a pity…”
“It’s hard to reverse the situation.”
“It didn’t have much effect.”
The four words "the situation is too serious to be reversed" were like four huge mountains, pressing down on Shen Qingyuan's spine.
His face, which had already lost its color, now looked as pale as a dead person.
In the entire main hall, everyone's eyes were focused on him, with some expressing fear, some pity, and some gloating.
Those gazes, like countless steel needles, pierced into his flesh.
He moved.
With difficulty, he lifted his foot.
Every step felt like dragging a thousand-pound shackle, making a dull and harsh "rustle...rustle..." sound on the smooth floor tiles.
He didn't look at anyone.
In his eyes, there was only the woman lying on the ground, trembling.
His wife, Shan Zhuyu.
He walked up to her step by step.
The tall figure cast a huge shadow, covering Shan Zhuyu completely.
Shan Zhuyu felt it.
She suddenly raised her head and met a pair of bloodshot eyes that looked like those of a devil from hell!
"ah--!"
She shrank back with a short scream of fear.
Shen Qingyuan slowly bent down.
His voice seemed to be squeezed out from his chest, with the smell of blood and rust.
"I'm asking you."
"She said..."
“…Is it true?”
Every word was like a huge rock, hitting Shan Zhuyu's heart hard!
Shan Zhuyu's face was as pale as paper, her lips were trembling violently, and she couldn't utter a complete syllable.
"Master... Master..."
Her voice was shaking badly.
"You...you can't...you can't believe this little bitch's nonsense!"
She waved her hands in panic, avoiding Shen Qingyuan's gaze, not daring to look him in the eye.
"The master's health... is... is not feeling well..."
Her speech was incoherent and chaotic.
"I...my mother and I...wanted to help you mend your ways...but...we were afraid you'd feel bad if you knew, so...that's why we didn't tell you!"
Even she herself didn't have the confidence to say this!
"Oh."
A very light, yet extremely cold sneer came from not far away.
Chen He folded his arms and watched the farce leisurely.
"Madam, you really won't cry until you see the coffin."
Her voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.
"For so many years, which of the prescriptions and medicines my father used didn't pass through your hands? You can certainly say that the evidence is long gone."
Chen He's gaze was like a poisoned dagger, piercing straight at Shan Zhuyu.
"But."
"The doctor who wrote the prescription is still here."
"The pharmacy where I filled the prescription is still there."
"As long as father sends someone to investigate thoroughly, the truth will naturally come out when the water recedes."
"You say so, ma'am?"
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