"You're surprised to see me?" Chi Jingyu curled his lips, his tone tinged with mockery. "Aunt Qiu can't come now, so I have to come in her place."
Aunt Qiu was not the kind of person who would rather die than submit. Under his coercion and threats, she could not resist and soon confessed about Shen Tangning.
Shen Tangning immediately guessed this as well. It seemed that Chi Jingyu had followed the clues from Shen Xiwei and found out about Aunt Qiu. In order to protect herself, Aunt Qiu had implicated her.
I thought that given Aunt Qiu's caution, she wouldn't easily leave any evidence, and Chi Jingyu wouldn't be able to find anything about her for the time being.
However, she overestimated her opponent. In her contest with Lady Hou, her successive victories had already made Aunt Qiu lose her head, and she became increasingly reckless in her actions.
Having risen to this position and been reborn, Chi Jingyu is no fool to be manipulated.
Of course, her sudden arrival today was also due to her carelessness.
After thinking it through, Shen Tangning calmed down: "I didn't know the young master was here. I'm sorry to bother you."
Even if he knew she was secretly seeing Aunt Qiu, so what? She wasn't the one who gave Chi Jingyu the drug that would prevent him from having children. The grievances should be directed at the perpetrators, and the person he should be looking for isn't her.
She turned to open the door, but blocked it with one hand, trapping Shen Tangning in the cramped space.
Xueqing immediately stepped forward to stop him, glaring at him warily: "What does this mean, young master? Please have some self-respect and stay away from our young lady!"
Chi Jingyu glanced at her and said, "I'm catching up with your young lady, it's not your place to interrupt."
Xue Qing's face stiffened. Shen Tangning raised her foot and kicked him in the groin. He took a few steps back to avoid it, a hint of annoyance flashing across his face.
Her expression turned cold: "Men and women should not touch each other. Your Highness has read so many classic texts, don't you remember this saying?"
Chi Jingyu suppressed his anger and said, "I can overlook your relationship with Aunt Qiu; consider it something I owe you."
He paused, his eyes flashing with coldness.
"I have now seen through Shen Xiwei's true colors. She has been impersonating you and deceiving me for so many years, and now she has done such a heinous thing. I will never let her get away with this!"
Shen Tangning frowned: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
What does it mean that Shen Xiwei took her place?
Chi Jingyu's expression softened, and he took out a jade pendant from his pocket, his face showing nostalgia: "Tang Ning, do you still remember when you were nine years old, you went to offer incense in the outskirts of the capital and saved a boy who had been bitten by a snake when you passed through a forest?"
Xueqing looked surprised: "Isn't this jade pendant Miss's?"
Shen Tangning stared at the jade pendant for a long time before finally speaking softly, "I don't remember."
She naturally remembered this incident. The boy was Chi Jingyu. He had been poisoned by a snake and was in a state of confusion. Since it was a human life at the time, she couldn't bear to watch him die. Out of kindness, she asked the driver to take him to the clinic.
Throughout the journey, Chi Jingyu held tightly to her jade pendant and refused to let go. It was getting late and she had to rush home, so she had no choice but to take off the jade pendant and leave it with him.
If I had known he was an ingrate, I would have just let him fend for himself.
Chi Jingyu's smile was somewhat forced, but she quickly regained her composure: "That boy was me. I was poisoned at the time and couldn't see your face clearly. When I woke up, all I had was this pendant..."
For some unknown reason, a flash of hatred crossed his eyes. "Afterwards, I searched desperately for the owner of the jade pendant. Just then, Shen Xiwei appeared and said that the jade pendant was hers! That's when I mistook her for you!"
He still remembers the scene. At that time, he was engaged to the Shen family and happened to be visiting the Shen residence.
When Shen Xi happened to see him playing with that jade pendant, a strange look appeared on his face: "That jade pendant..."
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