Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 991: Chapter 985: Hiding Something (4)

Seeing that Mrs. Shen’s emotions were clearly a bit agitated, Old Lady Li followed suit and got up. She advised, "Speak to the child calmly, don’t be too hasty, so as not to damage the relationship between you two."

"My husband Old Shen has lived his entire life with integrity, and I’ve never done anything against my conscience. Shen Yunxiu is our child, if he...

If he truly went against his conscience and morals, I’d rather disown him as my son than let him taint me and Old Shen’s reputation!"

Mrs. Shen’s face looked grim as she spoke and waved to Old Lady Li, "I’m heading back now, let’s chat another day."

Upon entering the house, she saw Shen Yunxiu and Qiu Qin sitting on the living room sofa talking, while Qiu Qin’s daughter Wenwen was beside them nibbling on a piece of pastry. Mrs. Shen, expressionless, said to Qiu Qin, "Xiao Qin, bring your child and head home first, Auntie needs to discuss something with Yunxiu."

Qiu Qin, upon hearing this, appeared slightly embarrassed. She agreed, picked up her daughter, and left quickly with her head down.

"Follow me to the study," Mrs. Shen walked ahead, and behind her, Shen Yunxiu followed closely. As soon as they entered the study, Mrs. Shen’s expression turned cold, "Speak, did you start a family in the place where you were sent?"

Shen Yunxiu was momentarily stunned, but after a brief pause, he shook his head, "No."

"Do you think your mother’s eyes are just decorations?" Mrs. Shen, judging by Shen Yunxiu’s change in expression, could tell something, and her expression became serious, "I’ll ask you again, in the place where you were sent, did you start a family? If you don’t understand, I can phrase it differently—did you marry a local girl as your wife?"

Shen Yunxiu kept his mouth tightly shut and remained silent.

"Why didn’t you tell me after you came back?"

Mrs. Shen slammed her palm on the desk, staring intensely at Shen Yunxiu, "No wonder when I ask about your years in the Northwest, you either say nothing or brush me off with excuses. Shen Yunxiu, I want to hear the truth now!"

"Yes, I did start a family, but we didn’t get a marriage certificate..." Before Shen Yunxiu could finish, Mrs. Shen walked over and slapped him, "No marriage certificate, so you don’t acknowledge that marriage, is that right?"

Shen Yunxiu’s eyes reddened, "I don’t acknowledge, is it wrong?"

This remark earned him another heavy slap from Mrs. Shen!

"From childhood, your father and I taught you this way? To let you morally degrade and toy with girls’ feelings?"

Mrs. Shen was so furious with her son that she was panting and almost lost her balance, nearly falling. Luckily, Shen Yunxiu quickly held her up, but Mrs. Shen pushed him away, steadied herself with the desk, her eyes moist, choking up as she said, "Your father conducted himself with dignity his whole life, and I’ve also lived justly and righteously. Why did you grow into what you are now?"

"Mom, I..."

Knowing he had deeply upset his mother, Shen Yunxiu was filled with guilt, opening his mouth to say something, yet hesitating to continue.

"When you returned, did you talk to your wife? Did you inform your wife’s family?"

"..."

"No, right? You didn’t say anything to your wife or even mention to your wife’s family, you actually secretly ran back... isn’t that right?"

"..."

Shen Yunxiu maintained his silence.

Mrs. Shen’s tears trickled down the corner of her eyes, and she accused broken-heartedly, "How could you do this? On the day you returned, I noticed you were in a good spirit, wearing clothes that were eighty percent new,

which shows your days in the Northwest weren’t hard, so I want to know, who made it better for you? Who has made your life more comfortable?

Knowing your physical condition, even if staying strong enough to return to the city with the college entrance exam, would you be as spirited as you are now?"

Shen Yunxiu: "But I’m already back, and I don’t have feelings for that woman, you can’t just ask me to be responsible for her for a lifetime because of that past marriage, right?"

Mrs. Shen: "No feelings? Then why did you marry the girl?"

Shen Yunxiu: "It was her who liked me, it was her choice to marry me."

"Since you didn’t like her, you shouldn’t have agreed, but you did agree, implying you had intentions for that girl, and now you’ve gotten into college and returned to Hu City,

using your dislike, using your so-called lack of feelings for the girl, to deny your marriage. Shen Yunxiu, don’t you feel that this is shameless?" Mrs. Shen felt her previous slap was too light, she wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes, her expression turned stern again, asking, "You have children, don’t you?"

Shen Yunxiu nodded.

Mrs. Shen: "How old are the children?"

"Son is five, daughter is three..." Before Shen Yunxiu’s voice faded, he saw his mother swiftly approach, and, without a doubt, received another heavy slap.

"Chen Shimei! You’re the modern-day Chen Shimei!" Mrs. Shen shook her head, stepping back step by step and grabbing the edge of the desk, "Are you planning to get back together with Qiu Qin? To help her raise her daughter?"

Shen Yunxiu remained silent.

"Did Qiu Qin tell you how she returned? Did she ask if you had a family in the countryside?" Mrs. Shen sneered, "She probably secretly ran back too, right? And you hadn’t told her about the family you had in the countryside, not even about having two children, correct?"

"I’ve already returned, Mom, what do you want me to do?"

Suddenly, Shen Yunxiu scratched his head, squatted down, and covered his head, saying, "It’s wrong to sneak away, but I... but I miss you and Dad, I want to come back to our own home, I feel Cui Xiaokui and I are not from the same world, she’s just a village girl, if I have to live with her for a lifetime, I don’t know if I’ll go crazy in the future..."

Mrs. Shen: "Village girl? You look down on the girl you married as a village girl, then if there were no college entrance exams, if you had to stay in the countryside for a lifetime, what would you do?"

"I..."

Shen Yunxiu found himself speechless when asked by Mrs. Shen.

"You’re very selfish!" Mrs. Shen spared no face for her son, "Only ever thinking about your own benefit, not considering others’ feelings, Shen Yunxiu, I’m so disappointed in you! Before your father closed his eyes, he still cared about you as his son. If he knew the child he raised was like this, do you think his eyes would still close?"

"Did I really make a mistake?"

Shen Yunxiu raised his head, his eyes red, looking at Mrs. Shen: "Mom..."

"Pack your things; I’m accompanying you now to the place you were sent, to apologize to your in-laws, to bring back your wife and children."

Saying that, Mrs. Shen walked out of the study.

"Mom... you’re not physically well, why don’t... why don’t I first write a letter back..." Shen Yunxiu followed behind Mrs. Shen, he said, "If I return to that home just like this, they won’t let go of me."

"Don’t worry, they won’t take your life!"

Mrs. Shen walked towards the master bedroom, intending to pack briefly before setting off.

Unexpectedly, someone knocked on the door at this moment.

"Auntie Li."

Old Lady Li stood outside the door; seeing it was her, Shen Yunxiu hurriedly wiped his face and invited Old Lady Li inside.

"You..."

Looking at Shen Yunxiu, Old Lady Li’s gaze was extremely complex at this moment. Before knocking on the Shen Family’s Door, she had received a phone call, and it was through this call that she learned certain things.