She has a slender waist and delicate bones, and is able to seduce the ascetic horse.

Chapter 18 Don’t give up

Shen Jiaojiao nodded slightly and was about to stand up, but Mrs. Jiang grabbed her wrist and held her down.

She looked up in surprise.

Mrs. Jiang shook her head inaudibly at her, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Shen Jiaojiao felt even more strange.

From the moment she walked into the main courtyard gate, she noticed that something was wrong with Mrs. Jiang's attitude towards her.

The two are neither relatives nor friends, and this is the first time they meet. Why does Mrs. Jiang have to help her in every possible way, even going against her adoptive mother?
Although the reputation of the governor's wife was enough for Mrs. Jiang to walk around Lin'an City, Shen Jiaojiao knew that there was no need for Mrs. Jiang to be at odds with her adoptive mother.

What's more, the Meng family behind the adoptive mother is the richest businessman in Jiangnan, a giant businessman that all the powerful officials in the court want to win over.

"Come on, sister, it's in the small kitchen in the main courtyard, not far away." Seeing her sitting there motionless, Meng Wan could only emphasize again, "There are so many snacks, I can't carry them."

Shen Jiaojiao said "Hey", quickly patted Mrs. Jiang's hand, gave her a "relaxing" look, stood up and followed Meng Wan.

The two walked out side by side.

Meng Wan was obviously very familiar with the layout of the main courtyard. He walked very fast. When he encountered a fork in the road, he knew where to go without even thinking.

When they reached the corridor, Meng Wan gradually slowed down and turned to look at Shen Jiaojiao.

"Sister, did something happen to you last night? I heard it from the servants in the courtyard this morning..."

She sighed and said helplessly: "Wan'er, I've explained it many times. Last night, I chatted with my adopted brother for a while, and then I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes, so I just stayed in the west wing."

"But, the servant reported that he saw you and your husband..." Meng Wan stared at her big eyes and continued to ask reluctantly.

"Wan'er, you are simple-minded. Don't be deceived. Listen to me and tell you what's wrong with it." She shook her head and listed it carefully.

"First, Qinghui Courtyard has always been under strict management. How could the servants in your courtyard see what happened in Qinghui Courtyard and the west wing without the permission of the sworn brother?

"Secondly, I gave in because you are my sister, and I don't want to make it difficult for you to be an adopted father and adoptive mother, but that doesn't mean that I don't love Yuan Li. Yuan Li and I have been childhood sweethearts for many years, so how can it be so-called Can foreign men be compared?

"Third, to take a step back, if there really is a foreign man, and according to the temperament of my sworn brother, do you think this foreign man can still live in the world now?"

After speaking, Shen Jiaojiao got the answer she wanted.

From the beginning, she stared at Meng Wan's face.

She found that when Meng Wan heard the last sentence, the color on her face faded, she looked panicked, and she couldn't help but take a small step back.

This shows that this passage actually happened.

Finally receiving an important piece of news, Shen Jiaojiao raised the corners of her mouth slightly and couldn't help but feel happy.

It seemed that Meng Wan not only drugged her last night, but also arranged a 'foreign man' for her with great care.

What she can be sure of is that this 'foreign man' is definitely not an adopted brother.

But where is that 'foreign man' now?
Why did the sworn brother drink that pot of tea and fall into the trap?

Although Shen Jiaojiao couldn't figure it out, she was a little excited in her heart - she finally had a direction!

Since her sworn brother refused to give her the pot of drugged tea, she started to investigate from the 'foreign man' arranged by Meng Wan.

"Sister, let's go get some snacks first!"

After leaving these words, Meng Wan walked forward quickly.

She was frightened by Shen Jiaojiao's words. Her mind kept rolling and thinking, but she didn't dare to ask anything about last night.

Shen Jiaojiao quickly chased after him.

The two of them walked all the way to the small kitchen in the main courtyard.

Meng Wan pointed to the tray full of desserts and motioned for Shen Jiaojiao to pick up that tray.

Shen Jiaojiao stepped forward, put her hands on the tray, and tried to lift it up.

Soon, she gave up.

"Wan'er, I'm weak. I can't lift this tray. How about we let the maid do it?" "How can that be done?" Meng Wan waved her hands repeatedly, "This is our intention, how can we let the maid take it? Sister Don’t worry, if you can’t carry it, just give me a few plates of snacks.”

Shen Jiaojiao pondered for a moment and then responded.

She wanted to see what Meng Wan wanted to do.

On the way back, Meng Wan kept having nothing to say, as if to make her relax her vigilance.

She was always vigilant and distracted to answer Meng Wan's questions.

It wasn't until she saw the main hall door that she breathed a sigh of relief.

Meng Wan's voice came from behind, "Sister, you go in first. This door is narrow and cannot pass two people."

"Yeah." Shen Jiaojiao nodded.

She decided to tell everyone that these snacks and tea were prepared by Meng Wan and had nothing to do with her.

This is to prevent Meng Wan from tampering with the food.

She wanted to cut off the relationship as soon as possible.

At this time, Shen Jiaojiao never expected that Meng Wan's original intention in asking her to serve snacks and tea was not the food itself, but that the other party wanted to expose her weakness to others.

Not long after she walked in, a scream suddenly came from behind her, followed by messy footsteps.

With a loud bang, she was thrown to the ground by Meng Wan, and the snacks and tea in the tray were spread all over her body.

Snack crumbs and tea were flowing on her upper body, and she looked particularly embarrassed.

"Sister! Are you okay?!" Meng Wan quickly got up and walked quickly to Shen Jiaojiao, looking at her with worry on her face.

"Sister, I, I didn't mean to... Wuwuwu, it's all because the threshold is too high. I couldn't see the road clearly while holding the tray. I accidentally kicked the threshold and fell down. Wuwuwu..."

Meng Wan cried hypocritically, but her hands kept pulling on Shen Jiaojiao's clothes.

"Wan'er, don't, don't pull me..." Shen Jiaojiao stretched out one hand in panic, trying to push Meng Wan away, while the other hand was guarding her chest, fearing that Meng Wan would tear off her clothes.

and many more!

Pull it off? !

In the blink of an eye, Shen Jiaojiao figured everything out.

Even now, Meng Wan is still plotting against her!

Shen Jiaojiao couldn't understand why Meng Wan was so sure that something happened last night and insisted on stripping her naked for everyone to see.

Could it be that he wanted to point to the marks on her body and say that she was unruly and had an affair with a foreign man, so as to discredit her?

Why did Meng Wan do all this?
Force her to reconcile with Chen Yuanli?

The more Shen Jiaojiao thought about it, the angrier she became. Her eyes were red with anger. She didn't know where the force came from, and she instantly pushed Meng Wan two meters away.

"Ah!" Meng Wan fell to the ground, her wrists, which had been bandaged just in the morning, faintly oozing with blood.

Mrs. Meng was originally sitting in a high position, quietly watching the changes in the situation.

It wasn't until the moment Meng Wan was pushed down that she couldn't sit still anymore. She stood up and walked down in a hurry.

"Wan'er! Wan'er!" Mrs. Meng rushed over in panic, hugging Meng Wan completely regardless of the dirt on her body.

"How are you, Wan'er? Are you injured from the fall?"

"I didn't, mother, look at my sister..." Meng Wan ignored the pain in her palm and pointed at Shen Jiaojiao, "The marks on her body are from last night..."

The next words stuck when I saw the snow-white neck and the fair skin on the chest.

Shen Jiaojiao crossed her arms over her shoulders, protecting her chest, and glared at Meng Wan angrily.

"Wan'er, what on earth do you want to see? Do you want to see my joke?!"

(End of this chapter)