"As expected, your father won't agree to a divorce so easily."
Madam Shen's face was cold and stern. Even though the two had already broken off relations, this man would rather hate each other than let her go free.
Shen Tangning began to comfort her, "Mother, don't worry. There's always a way. I'll find a way to persuade Father. Besides..." She paused, a hint of a smile in her eyes, "If all else fails, don't we still have Her Majesty the Empress?"
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Not long after Shen Tangning left, Shen Xiwei also came to her door.
She came to ask Shen Chang to stand up for her.
Shen Xiwei knelt on the ground, sobbing and wiping away her tears: "I know my elder sister doesn't like me and my aunt, and I can tolerate that. But my aunt is her elder after all. How could she be so disrespectful?"
In the past, Shen Chang would have made her get up long ago, but given Shen Tangning's previous words, he just watched coldly, his eyes filled with unreadable thoughts.
Shen Xiwei was completely oblivious, and continued to complain: "Auntie has a lot of grievances to express. She had long since severed ties with that Zhou Erlang, but he kept pestering her, and she never gave him a kind look! That kind of villain is so shrewd and mercenary. He clearly saw that the Shen family was of high social standing and had other ideas, so he deliberately framed Auntie!"
Speaking of this, she suddenly opened her eyes wide. "After thinking it over, I also feel that this matter is strange. How did Zhou Erlang find the manor? And who instructed him to get close to Aunt? Also, Father, you are a second-rank official. How did he, a peasant, get the audacity to sue you?"
She bit her lower lip, a clear hatred flashing in her moist eyes. "If no one had instigated this, I would never believe it!"
She had every reason to suspect that Shen Tangning was behind all of this!
Shen Chang's gaze deepened: "Then, in your opinion, who is the mastermind behind this?"
Shen Xiwei raised her face and looked at him cautiously, biting her lip indignantly: "Ever since that incident, Mother has had a lot of opinions about Aunt, and my elder sister has also targeted me and Aunt time and time again."
Shen Chang slammed his hand on the table, startling her. She looked at him in astonishment and saw his face was grim: "If your mother really disliked you two, she had plenty of opportunities over the years. Why didn't she ever make a move on you?"
Shen Xiwei's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he almost opened his mouth, but the other party did not give him the chance. "And your eldest sister, how much have you taken from her since you were a child? When has she ever given in to you?"
"Even in such a major matter as a substitute bride, she chose to tolerate it, but instead of being grateful, you resent her. Is this how your aunt taught you?"
Shen Xi was stunned for a long time, then opened her mouth wide in disbelief.
She didn't understand why her father was suddenly protecting her and her mother.
This was completely different from what she had imagined...
"Father, I..."
"No need to say anything more!" Shen Chang coldly turned his face away. "There is an order of seniority. You have no respect whatsoever for your mother and elder sister. It's clear that your aunt hasn't put any effort into teaching you all these years! I am very disappointed in you!"
“I was just demoted, and you haven’t uttered a single word of concern since you came in. It’s clear that you only care about your aunt and have no regard for me, your father.”
Shen Xiwei's face paled slightly: "No, Father, I'm just worried about Aunt..."
"You should leave now. Since you're married, it's easy for people to gossip if you keep coming back to your parents' home. In the future, unless it's a holiday, you don't need to come back so often!"
Shen Chang got up and walked outside. Shen Xiwei subconsciously reached out to grab him, but grasped nothing.
She lay slumped to the ground, pale and utterly dejected.
how so?
How could a father be so heartless?
Was all the affection he had for his aunt in the past just a lie?
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