Chapter 71: Falling out
Shen Yu sat high up at the top, facing the door, and her eyes met with Shen Yan's.
She looked at Shen Yan coldly, and saw only shock and fear in her eyes, but not a bit of joy.
Shen Yan didn't want her to come back.
This was clearly the answer she had expected, but it still made her feel cold.
They are all members of the Shen family, but they are separated from each other, or it can be said that they have never had the same heart.
Under Shen Yu's gaze, Shen Yan couldn't help but clench her fingers and tried to keep her voice steady, "Zicui, go down."
"No need," Chen Yu pointed her chin towards the ear room.
In the ear room, two maids knelt there trembling with fear, not daring to say a word. The maid Zi Cui walked over and knelt down side by side.
Shen Yan took a breath, lifted her skirt, knelt down with a plop, and choked up, "...Sister."
Chen Yu stared at her intently, as if she wanted to take a new look at this sister whom she had not been able to see through before.
After a long while, she spoke, "I thought that I, the eldest sister, could no longer enter the Shen family."
"Sister is blaming me." Shen Yan said.
"Why should I blame you?"
Shen Yan choked up and said, “Manager Lu sent me a letter, but I didn’t go to see you.”
Chen Yu sneered, "So you still know that I'm still alive?"
"When Shopkeeper Lu sent the letter for the first time, I thought it was someone pretending to be me, so I didn't believe it," Shen Yan paused and continued, "I reluctantly believed it the second time, but I didn't dare to come to see my eldest sister."
"Nonsense!" Chen Yu said coldly, "I clearly explained the reason in the letter that Lu Yao sent you."
Chen Yan looked up in shock, "What are you talking about, elder sister? Lu Yao never gave me any letter, and I haven't seen her since she left Beijing with you."
Shen Yu's heart jumped suddenly.
Could it be that Lu Yao disappeared before the letter was delivered? Or has Chen Yan's deception skills reached perfection?
She looked at Shen Yan's face carefully, and could not see any trace of lying from her expression.
Chen Yan continued, "I received news at home that my father and brother had died in battle. I asked around for my eldest sister's whereabouts but to no avail, so..."
"So you took it upon yourself to hold a funeral for me," Chen Yu interrupted her, "From now on, there is no Chen Yu in this world anymore, and you, Chen Yan, are the only lady left in the Shen family."
"How could my elder sister think of me like this?
", Chen Yan knelt down a few steps, and said with tears in her eyes: "My elder sister has gone to the border and there is no news from her. Even my father and brother are gone. You will definitely not live alone."
"You mean for me to die?" Chen Yu's eyes were sharp.
Chen Yan was shocked and explained immediately, "That's not what I meant. If I don't announce the funeral, how can I explain to others why you didn't attend your father and brother's funeral? What will others think? Besides, I also heard about the tragic situation in Yanliang Pass in Beijing. So many people died. I never thought that my eldest sister could come back alive. I just thought that even if my eldest sister was going to leave, I wanted to leave a good name for her."
Chen Yu sneered in her heart, "So, you are doing this for my own good?"
Chen Yan said: "To be honest, if my eldest sister really didn't come back alive, wouldn't my way of dealing with it be the best?"
Chen Yu leaned over and glared coldly at Chen Yan on the ground, "This is indeed the best outcome for you, but it's a pity that I'm back."
How can a delicate young lady raised in the boudoir be compared with a man of iron will who has fought his way through the battlefield?
There was a murderous aura about her, and the moment she leaned over, it seemed as if one could smell the blood on the battlefield.
It was the first time that Chen Yan was intimidated by such aura. It was the first time that she discovered that Chen Yu, who seemed gentle before, actually had such an overbearing aura.
Shen Yan wanted to get up, but she felt her entire back tense and she couldn’t move at all.
"Sister, you really wronged me," Shen Yan cried, "I'm not even sixteen yet."
"Yeah," Chen Yu said disappointedly, "I also want to know where you get such deep scheming when you are only sixteen years old."
In her previous life, she was trapped in the Jiang Mansion, and Chen Yan had not yet married. Every ten days or so, she would come to see her and talk to her.
For this, she was grateful at the time, so when her stepmother later asked her to help Shen Yan find a good husband, she did her best to do it.
Now it seems that isn't it profitable for Shen Yan to frequently go to the Jiang residence?
At that time, the Shen family had already collapsed, but the Jiang family was still in its heyday. If Shen Yan didn't cling to the Jiang family, who else could she cling to?
It's ridiculous that Chen Yu only learned to look at people with her heart after experiencing life and death.
Chen Yan took a deep breath and wanted to say something, but then lowered her voice, "If elder sister wants to misunderstand me, then let her misunderstand. Ah Yan has no right to defend herself."
"Chen Yan," Chen Yu said with disappointment in her tone, "Don't show this attitude in front of me. I won't buy it, and I don't have the time.
I will act out a scene of sisterly love with you here."
Shen Yan bit her lower lip tightly because of what she said. Since Shen Yu didn't believe it no matter how she explained, why should she pretend here?
They are both legitimate daughters of the Shen family, so why should she kneel here to Shen Yu?
It would be better to break up. She is tired of pretending.
Shen Yan was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, and knelt on the ground with her body tilted.
She looked up at Chen Yu, "How come you are so smart? Sometimes I wonder why everyone says you are Miss Shen, but I am always Miss Shen, even though I am also the legitimate daughter of the general's mansion."
"Is the name important?" Chen Yu asked.
"Important!" Chen Yan stared at her resentfully. "If the name is not right, then the words will not flow. You have been loved by your father and brother since you were young. How can you understand my feelings?"
"Father is an honest official. How much can his salary and rewards be? Mother has the title of general's wife, but she lives in the general's mansion worse than a concubine of a wealthy businessman. And what about you?!"
Shen Yu said: "That's because my grandmother loves me."
"Yes," Shen Yan laughed while crying, "Every time I received the 'gift' you gave me, I comforted myself in this way! How great would it be if you didn't have a grandmother like that? Then I wouldn't have to see the differences between us again and again."
Chen Yu shook her head in disappointment, "You always blame others, why don't you look for the reasons in yourself?"
"I found it!" Shen Yan yelled, "So I found out that the opportunity has come. As long as you, Shen Yu, die at the border, everything here will be mine. There will no longer be Shen Yu in this world. When everyone mentions Miss Shen, they will only know me, Shen Yan!"
Chen Yu stood up, and Chen Yan immediately supported herself and stepped back in fear, "What do you want to do?!"
The maidservant at the side finally couldn't bear it anymore, she crawled over on her knees and tried to stand in front of Shen Yan, but was kicked away by Shen Yu.
Chen Yu lowered her eyes and looked at her, "Let me ask you, where is the green medicine?"
Chen Yan stopped her neck and said, "I've already said that I haven't seen her at all. If you don't believe me, you are familiar with the general's mansion. You can search it at will."
Shen Yu had already searched and indeed did not find anyone, and her maid also denied having seen the green medicine.
She walked closer to Shen Yan step by step, trying to break her psychological defenses. When she reached the door, Shen Yu stopped and said, "Don't think--"
Her voice suddenly stopped and her eyes fell on a floor tile to the right of the door.
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