Chapter 67: Counterattack I will report you to the government for adultery
Chen Lianxiu lived in the capital for three or four days and gradually began to get used to it.
Even An An, who had been clamoring to go back to Baixi Village a few days ago, later stopped talking when he realized that it was impossible to go back for the time being.
Zhou Linjin never came again. From Bi Cha's vague words, Chen Lianxiu could tell that he might have come a few times, but he didn't see them, so she just assumed he didn't come.
Days like this sometimes give Chen Lianxiu the illusion that everything will be fine if it continues this way.
Early in the morning of that day, Bi Cha brought over a few chicks that were about to hatch, saying that he bought them for An An. An An was naturally excited to see them. Although he had seen them before in Baixi Village, that's just how children are. They always keep many things fresh.
Bi Cha put down the chicken and left in a hurry. Chen Lianxiu knew that this always happened when he was following Zhou Linjin, because Zhou Linjin was most likely busy with other things, and Zhou Linjin might be outside the door at this moment, but she still didn't know it.
Chen Lianxiu accompanied An An to watch the chicks hatch. The sun shone through the eaves onto An An's small body. The breeze blew gently, making her soft hair tremble. Chen Lianxiu felt even more fond of her and couldn't help but put his arms around her back like he did when An An was just learning to walk.
Soon the chick came out of the eggshell, its fur all over its body and it walked unsteadily. An An was very happy, but she only dared to stretch out her fingers and touch it gently twice.
"Let's build a nest for them so they can sleep, okay?" Chen Lianxiu said to An An.
There were still a few chicks that hadn't hatched yet. An An continued to watch them intently. Hearing this, he nodded heavily, "You need to build a really big nest!"
"Okay," Chen Lianxiu rubbed her little head, "Mother will go find something to build a chicken coop."
Chen Lianxiu stood up and pounded his waist twice, thinking that squatting for a long time was not as comfortable as when he was young as he got older. Suddenly, he saw the maid running towards him in a hurry.
"My lady, something bad has happened. The doorman has come to report that there's a woman outside," the maid panted. "She claims to be your mother and is making a scene outside. She won't come in, insisting you go out to see her! The doorman can't convince her, and it looks like a fight is about to break out. My lady, what should we do?"
Chen Lianxiu almost immediately determined that the person outside was Chen. Her biological mother had passed away long ago, and who else except Chen would claim to be her mother and make a scene outside the door.
Shen Lianxiu took a deep breath and said, "No need to let her in. I'll go out and meet her."
She called a maid to accompany An An, and went out directly to see Chen.
Because they didn't know who was outside, the door was still closed. The two guards and the people Zhou Linjin sent to secretly protect the place saw that the visitor was a woman from the market and said she was from the Shen family. They also vaguely knew the inside story. After all, it was a family matter, so they didn't want to interfere too much for the time being.
Shen Lianxiu also didn't want outsiders to interfere. If Chen hadn't come to her house herself, she would never meet these people from the Shen family again.
The doorman and two guards looked tentatively at Chen Lianxiu who was walking towards them. Chen Lianxiu raised his hand, indicating that they should ignore him. The few people understood and immediately avoided him.
The area around this house is relatively quiet, with few people coming and going. After getting off the car at first, Chen cursed a few words, but when she saw that there were not many people around, she rested for a while. When she saw Chen Lianxiu coming out, she regrouped.
Chen Lianxiu did not call anyone, but just stood on the steps and looked at Chen coldly.
Chen had come here with a lot of resentment, and she was even more furious when she saw Shen Lianxiu. When she didn't see her calling for help, she rushed forward, pointed at her nose and cursed, "Well, you unfilial daughter, you lied to your parents and said they were dead when they were still alive. I don't know what you did outside, and now you are bringing shame to the family."
Shen Lianxiu took a step back and sneered, "What does the Shen family's reputation have to do with me?"
"Everyone knows you're the daughter of the Shen family," Chen said, waving her hand. "What are you living here for? What kind of man are you living with? You're not legally allowed to be someone's concubine? You're completely shameless!"
"Why ask so many hypocritical questions? Don't you know my affairs best?" Chen Lianxiu continued to ask.
Chen was stunned by her question. In her vague memory, this stepdaughter had always been dull. Although she would sometimes be disobedient, she would quickly suppress her, and then she would become even more obedient in return. She would marry an old rich businessman as a concubine and marry under her sister's name.
She was just lucky to have escaped back then, so why is it that now that she's back, she dares to talk back?
Chen grew increasingly enraged, angrily demanding, "How dare you speak to your mother like that? Tell me, what have you done that is worthy of our family? Your father doesn't care about you, and it's all up to me, your legal mother, to worry about you, and yet you haven't gotten any good results. You've really reaped what you sowed. Your mother is a base woman by nature. She throws herself at every man she sees, and she's shameless enough to give birth to you!"
In fact, Chen Lianxiu was used to being scolded by Chen. Even if she didn't scold her, she would always make some sarcastic remarks. No matter how uncomfortable she felt, it was never as uncomfortable as before. But Chen had never scolded her mother like this in front of her. She must know it behind her back, but she never said anything good about it. However, in public, Chen would rather not mention Yu as a person, as if she had never existed.
No one could bear to have their dead mother humiliated in this way.
Chen Lianxiu was a person who would never resort to violence, even if it meant arguing with someone. Even so, she endured it for a while before restraining the urge to hit Chen.
"My mother is lowly, so what are you? You even treat a man like Shen Ji as a treasure. How can a man who demoted his wife to a concubine be a good thing?" Shen Lianxiu said, "You have been fighting for so many years for the title of the original wife. Even after my mother died, you still care about it. Aren't you even more lowly than my mother?"
"you!"
Chen was speechless all of a sudden. She almost had the final say in the Shen family. At least Shen Ji and his children didn't dare to say anything harsh to her. Before coming here, they wanted to teach Shen Lianxiu a lesson. They never thought that she would fight back and say such harsh words.
"You..." Chen pointed at her again, but this time her hands were shaking. "After all, I am your mother. Your father and I raised you with good food and drink. How could we have wronged you? How dare you..."
Chen Lianxiu wasn't afraid. Instead, she raised her eyebrows provocatively. "Your good food and drink were just to keep me from starving or freezing to death. But I lost my mother then, so shouldn't my father have raised me? When my mother was still alive, did we ever bother you in the slightest? Or do you think that not killing me or selling me off is a gift to me, and that I should be grateful to you?"
Chen's face turned pale and she almost fell back down the stairs, but after all, she had been strong for so many years, so how could she be frightened by Shen Lianxiu, her stepdaughter who had once lived under her control.
Chen thought of her own daughter whom she had slapped last night, so she slapped Shen Lianxiu in the face without thinking. Shen Lianxiu had been on guard against her and dodged to the side the moment Chen's palm was about to touch her cheek, so Chen only hit her shoulder.
Seeing Chen taking action, the doorman and the security guard immediately came up and grabbed Chen, not allowing her to come any closer.
Chen guessed that these men must be Zhou Linjin's men. She felt even more ashamed and angry at being dragged around so undignifiedly by several men. She shouted, "You stole your own sister's husband and found a strange man to support you. You even ignored your parents' teachings. Okay, you and Zhou Linjin are having an affair without a matchmaker. I'm going to report you to the authorities for adultery!"
Chen Lianxiu turned and walked in: "Aren't you afraid that all the things you did will be exposed? Then go ahead and sue!"
The maidservant quickly followed Shen Lianxiu and asked, "Madam, do you want to send someone to call the young master back?"
"Don't tell him, this is my own business."
She had thought of it a long time ago. Based on Chen's personality, she would not let it go if she knew she had returned to the capital. She would definitely make a scene, otherwise Chen would not give up. Now that they had met and had a falling out, it was fine. If she wanted to sue, she could sue. She might as well tell her everything and settle everything.
However, Chen probably didn't dare to report it. Let's not talk about the fact that she asked Nanny Song to kill her. Let's just talk about the substitutionary marriage. Although the Shen family kept it a secret from top to bottom, as long as it was investigated, someone would always let the cat out of the bag. For the sake of Shen Wuyu's reputation, Chen didn't dare to bring this matter up again.
Chen Lianxiu calmed down a little and felt that Chen's incident did not have much impact. When she returned, all the chicks had hatched and An An was circling around them, so Chen Lianxiu and An An made a chicken coop for the chicks.
Apart from Chen, it was another uneventful day.
It gets dark late in the summer, and it’s only after dinner that it starts to get dark, so it’s still early to go to bed. Chen Lianxiu then holds An An on his lap and reads poetry.
Because she has been in Baixi Village, An An has never had any education. Chen Lianxiu always teaches her when he is free. While teaching her to recognize words and read poems, Chen Lianxiu thinks that this cannot be done now that she has returned to the capital. She should hire a proper teacher.
Just as she was thinking about it, the maid came running over hurriedly like she did in the morning, this time even more hurriedly. Shen Lianxiu heard the footsteps from a distance, so she put An An aside and got up to go and take a look.
When the maid saw Shen Lianxiu coming over, she hurriedly shouted, "Madam, please go out and take a look. Someone has sent...sent a tablet over here!"
Tablet?
Chen Lianxiu's face turned pale all of a sudden. She remembered that Chen had forced her to marry in a substitute marriage and threatened her with her mother's tablet.
She rushed out the door.
When he ran all the way to the door, the doorman had already put the tablet away and placed it on a clean cloth, and carefully held it over to show Shen Lianxiu.
It was called a memorial tablet, but in fact it had been smashed into pieces by something and broken into three parts.
With the light from the lantern hanging high at the door, Shen Lianxiu clearly saw the two words "Yu Shi" on it.
Then her vision became blurred and tears rolled down her face, hitting the dilapidated tablet.
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