The Shen couple came to say goodbye the next day. They came here with a tiny hope, but in fact they were unsure - their own biological daughter ignored them and treated them as if they didn't exist as parents, let alone their adopted daughter who had finally gotten rid of them
People go to high places and water flows to low places. This is also human nature.
But Su Yao didn't despise them. Thinking of Su Yao hugging her and crying, Mrs. Shen sighed. She had taken care of the child for nine years, how could she not know her temper? Yaoyao has been sensitive since she was a child. She knows how you treat her, but most of the time she just doesn't want to say it. She must have suffered a lot of grievances.
Mrs. Shen embraced her son and whispered to him, "When you see your sister later, be polite and don't embarrass her."
The carriage entered from the side door of the He family and stopped at the second gate. The maid at the corner gate came out hurriedly to greet them. This time she was more respectful than last time and bent over to invite them in.
Mrs. Shen did not dare to be arrogant, so she politely stuffed a dime into the bag and then took Shen Jiayan to Tai'an Courtyard to meet Mrs. He.
Mrs. He was discussing many matters concerning the trip to Beijing with Grandma He today. When she heard that it was Mrs. Shen, she smiled and asked her to come in. After Mrs. Shen greeted her, she looked at the child beside her and raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Is this your little son? He looks really good."
Mrs. He was not just saying this for show. It was really because Shen Jiayan had handsome features and from a distance he looked more like a girl than a boy. He was really outstanding.
The reason why Su Xingxuan was favored by Master Su San and Su An was largely due to her deceptive appearance. Apart from other things, the Shen couple had great looks.
Madam Shen hurriedly pushed him out to greet her. Madam He smiled and let him get up. She also asked Madam Huang to bring out a Duan inkstone and a jade pendant as a gift: "Take these and play with them. Have you ever read a book?"
Shen Jiayan was very young, only nine years old, but he answered questions very appropriately, and his eyes were open and clear when he spoke to people, not like a child from a merchant family.
Even Grandma He was somewhat surprised and followed her mother-in-law in giving a gift: "He does look a bit like Yaoyao, both of them have a steady personality."
When Mrs. Shen heard her talking about Su Yao, her expression became less reserved and her pride was evident: "We spent little time at home, and this child grew up with the youngest. When he was young, the youngest held him and taught him to copy the red characters..."
Later, Su Yao was taken away by the He family, and Shen Jiayan cried countless times at home.
Later on, he gradually became more taciturn.
Speaking of Su Yao, Chun Tao outside smiled and lifted the curtain to announce: "My cousin is here."
Shen Jiayan immediately clenched his fists, stood up with his body tense, and moved his lips. He wanted to call sister, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something, and in the end he couldn't utter a word.
Madam Shen was a little anxious. She greeted Su Yao and urged Shen Jiayan, "Hurry up! This is your sister. Didn't you ask to see her every day before?"
Shen Jiayan pursed her lips stubbornly, but tears suddenly fell.
He was only five years old when Su Yao left, but he always remembered that Su Yao promised to come back to see him. How he watched the carriages coming and going at the door day after day, hoping that those carriages would bring her back, waiting from childhood to adulthood, and how he spent so many years of eager waiting, only he knew.
The young boy stuck out his neck. In the past few years, he followed his parents to Beijing and Taiyuan. He already understood very well the meaning of the world and the distinction between the high and the low.
But there was one thing he could never understand or accept. Why was the sister who had grown up with him suddenly no longer his
Su Yao's eyes also turned red. When she thought of Shen Jiayan, she couldn't help but think of Cheng Li, who was also a child she raised and she poured so much energy into. But Cheng Li could abandon her and call another woman who took her place and drove them out.
However, Shen Jiayan never acknowledged Su Xingxuan and she was the only sister in his heart.
She opened her hands, tears in her eyes, and tried to smile: "Ayan, I'm sorry, I promised you that I would go back to see you, but I broke my promise."
She knew best how kind-hearted this child was, as she had raised him.
Grandma He looked at Su Yao with a probing look. Was Su Yao just going to throw in the towel? How come he didn't even have any taboos? And Mrs. He, Mrs. He actually just watched like that? Su Yao was so close to the Shen family, wasn't she disgusted at all
Su Xingxuan, who was far away in Beijing, didn't know whether Mrs. He was disgusted by the Shen family or not. But she was disgusted by the Shen family.
Su An had clearly told her before that the Shen family's affairs had been dealt with, but she waited and waited, and there was no news that the Shen family went bankrupt or that Su Yao had helped the Shen family and angered the He family. Instead, she heard that Mrs. He and Second Madam He were also going back to the capital together.
She patiently waited for several days, waiting for Nanny Sang and others to report back accurate news. Nanny Sang was once the wet nurse of the second young lady in the mansion, and she was also a well-known person. She thought that the punishment mentioned by the He family and Mrs. Su San was just a minor punishment. But who knew that Mrs. He sold Nanny Sang and her daughter without even saying hello!
Su Xingxuan suddenly brushed away the sliced navel orange that had just been served on the table, her heart filled with anger.
What's wrong with that piece of trash? She was able to avoid the trap that Su An had dug for her.
And what about Mr. He? Mrs. Su San had not received any news from the Shen family, so Su Xingxuan had heard the servants in the mansion discussing whether to use their connections to enter Su Yao's courtyard.
Yong He quietly packed up the glass cup and stood up, and hurried to comfort her: "Young lady, why should you be angry about such a thing? Even if she was lucky enough to escape, when she returns to the capital, how much will Madam like her when she sees her like that? Madam's most important thing in life is face. You are outstanding in every aspect, and you are proficient in all arts. No matter which lady you are in, you will be praised. How can Madam bear to let you go?"
"What do you know?!" Su Xingxuan's eyes were sinister, completely different from her usual gentleness. Her face was full of anger: "No matter how bad that piece of trash is, he is still my biological child!"
People are so mean. They say that the palms and backs of the hands are all made of flesh, but the flesh on the palms and backs of the hands can be thick or thin. She is good, and Mrs. Su San really likes her, but when good things happen, the first person Mrs. Su San thinks of is not her own daughter?! Even if she is a useless person!
She closed her eyes, thinking of the same dream she had been having over and over again for the past six months, and anger burned in her eyes.