Wang Zhi Ning was beautiful and had an outstanding temperament, making her stand out among a group of maids.
She imagined many things he might say, and then she heard him say, puzzled, "Did she get in through connections?"
"..."
Concealing the fleeting complexity in her eyes, she looked over leisurely and asked, "Why do you say that?"
“Isn’t it obvious?” Chi Yan raised an eyebrow and analyzed seriously, “Her hands don’t look like they’re used for manual labor, and she has no idea that you prefer tea at the perfect temperature. I can’t stand strong aromas, and the maids around Mother would never be so ignorant of etiquette.”
At this point, Chi Yan hadn't thought too much about it. Most of the servants in the mansion were related by blood or marriage, and he assumed that some influential nanny or steward had put their relative in there.
After listening to his analysis, Shen Tangning smiled and said, "Your guess is roughly correct, but she got in through the back door from the old lady."
"Madam?" Chi Yan was taken aback.
"This person is named Wang Zhi Ning. She is the cousin of the Marquis of Xuanping. She has taken a liking to you and wants to be your concubine. Your mother disagrees, so she specially went to the old lady for help."
Shen Tangning did not hide anything and told the whole story.
Chi Yan opened her mouth in slight surprise, feeling both annoyed that the old lady was overstepping her bounds and a little aggrieved, staring at her with pleading eyes: "So you agreed?"
She looked away from him, her tone calm: "What else can we do? This is the old lady's wish."
This excuse won't convince Chi Yan. If she doesn't want to do something, can anyone force her to?
Ultimately, it's just that they don't care.
Chi Yan's eyes drooped slightly, and his expression appeared somewhat forlorn in the interplay of light and shadow. He spoke with feigned mockery, "Someone has taken a liking to your husband, and they're after me. Don't you feel any sense of crisis, Mrs. Chi?"
Shen Tangning's cool gaze met his. She didn't laugh, but asked him seriously, "I can bind your body, but can I also bind your heart?"
Chi Yan's lips moved, and he subconsciously wanted to say, "How do you know if you haven't even tried it?"
But when he met Shen Tangning's clear-headed gaze, he was instantly jolted awake as if splashed with cold water, and all the words stuck in his throat.
Even now, she remains so calm, as if she's coldly observing his unreasonable behavior. What can he say?
If this continues, it will be difficult to end things gracefully.
Chi Yan's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and his eyes darkened for a moment before he decided to cut his losses: "I suddenly remembered that the case files haven't been organized yet, so I'll go out for a bit."
They all knew it was an excuse, but Shen Tangning nodded gently as always: "Go ahead."
She watched his figure disappear into the darkness, and only then did the weariness on her face become apparent.
She thought she was probably the only woman who knew her husband didn't want her to get pregnant, yet remained so emotionally stable.
To prevent her from getting pregnant, Chi Yan secretly took the drug himself. He didn't even give it to her, choosing instead to suffer in silence, which made her unable to even question him.
Shen Tangning couldn't understand why he was so good to her, so considerate and thoughtful in every way, yet he didn't want her to get pregnant with his child.
Does this mean that he didn't actually like her that much...?
The same experience repeated itself on her in a different way, but Shen Tangning did not react hysterically or fail to accept it like she did in her previous life.
Whether she has children or not is not important to her; she just doesn't know why, but she still feels empty inside.
It was probably because she had fallen for Chi Yan and, having experienced his unconditional favoritism, could not tolerate the slightest betrayal.
She stood there for a long time, until her fingertips grew cold, when Xueqing's worried voice came from beside her: "Miss."
She then gathered her thoughts and said, "Let's go back."
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