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

Chapter 273 Cut off
They both knew who this 'she' was.

Shen Jiaojiao could hardly believe her ears and for the first time she questioned Meng Hun's ability.

"Brother, are you kidding me? How is this possible?"

She looked around, looking a little panicked, but she didn't know who to turn to for help.

Is stepmother involved too?
Her stepmother wanted to harm her? How could this be possible?!
How could she and her stepmother, who had been together for so many years, have such a strong bond...

Shen Jiaojiao refused to believe what Meng Hun said. She looked around and then returned to Meng Hun.

Deep in those round eyes was a deep sorrow.

Meng Hun's eyebrows moved slightly, he took her into his arms and comforted her softly.

"Jiaojiao, you still have me."

She responded softly, hugged the man's waist tightly, and buried her face in his broad and strong chest like a cat.

Meng Hun also hugged her back tightly.

The scorching heat from the man's body passed through his clothes and gradually reached her, as if to melt her frozen heart.

Tears flowed from the corners of my eyes.

Before it could slide down his cheek, it was wiped away by the man's clothes.

She sobbed silently, and if her shoulder hadn't twitched slightly, Meng Hun would hardly have been able to feel that she was crying.

"Shen Jiaojiao, don't be sad because of an insignificant person."

"I...I know, I just didn't expect that she, she actually didn't cherish me so much..."

As she spoke, she cried louder and louder.

All the grievances she had suffered in the past two days seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back, suppressing the last bit of affection she had left for Madam Meng.

It felt like a piece of my heart had been hollowed out.

The pain was so severe that she couldn't breathe, and nothing could fill the void.

That was her love and longing for her mother.

Meng Hun hugged her tightly and patted her back over and over again to make her cry more smoothly.

He had no way of understanding how she felt.

He was indifferent to anything and anyone except Shen Jiaojiao.

As for Madam Meng, after discovering that she had helped Meng Wan to cast a curse, Meng Hun had no intention of recognizing her as his mother anymore.

not to mention……

His eyes flickered slightly and his thin lips were pursed into a straight line.

After a long time, Shen Jiaojiao finally calmed down.

She hurriedly stepped out of the man's arms and took out a handkerchief to wipe her face.

Seeing that there were not many tear marks on the handkerchief, her face turned red and she raised her eyes and secretly glanced at the man's collar.

The water marks were particularly obvious on the ink-black robe.

Shen Jiaojiao's face turned even redder.

"I'm sorry...brother, I'll wipe it for you."

As he spoke, he picked up his handkerchief to wipe the water marks for him.

Meng Hun lowered his head, looked at her with gentle eyes, and let her wipe it randomly.

After a moment, he grabbed the frantic hand.

"Okay, I've wiped it off."

"Yeah." She nodded.

"Do you want to continue listening?" Meng Hun asked.

Shen Jiaojiao lowered her eyelids, and her long and thick eyelashes covered her eyes, hiding all her emotions.

"Listen."

Seeing that she was calm and didn't seem to be showing off, Meng Hun continued speaking.

"After Jiang Yi hooked up with Prince Qing, she began to plot to abduct you. Soon, she discovered that Meng Wan was hostile to you, and the two of them hit it off and decided to bring you down.

"But Meng Wan was confined by the old man and couldn't go out. There was no way for the two of them to communicate with each other, so Madam Meng took action.

"Meng Wan and Jiang Yi relied on Madam Meng to pass on information, and finally worked together to set up this scheme. Although Madam Meng didn't know what they were plotting, she also became an accomplice of Meng Wan and Jiang Yi invisibly." Having said that, Meng Hun glanced at Shen Jiaojiao's face, and seeing that her emotions were still stable, he was completely relieved, and the words that were in his heart came out.

"It's just... I'm more inclined to believe that she's an insider."

She nodded woodenly, "What do you mean? Did Jiang Yi reveal something?"

"Jiang Yi didn't say anything. After all, the two of them didn't meet directly when they passed the information." Meng Hun raised his chin and pointed in the direction of Handan Courtyard. "It's Meng Wan. I asked someone to interrogate Meng Wan."

Ever since she got the news from Jiang Yi, Yumei had Meng Wan taken under control.

Even though she was bedridden and unable to escape, Yumei still refused to let her go.

After careful questioning, she confirmed Jiang Yi's statement and got a piece of information that might make her unhappy.

Mrs. Meng acquiesced to this matter.

After listening to the story, Shen Jiaojiao's expression did not change at all, she just nodded indifferently.

She seemed to have truly let it go.

Meng Hui looked at her worriedly and coaxed her softly, "If you want to cry, just cry."

She shook her head expressionlessly, "Brother, you don't need to comfort me. I know this world is so unfair. It's normal for my stepmother not to like me, and it's also normal for her to like Meng Wan. I'm not sad."

What’s the point of forced family affection?
She could neither keep her aunt nor her stepmother. Perhaps this was God's punishment for her living in this world.

She deserved to die with the Shen family that year!
Looking at her stubborn eyes, the man sighed and lowered his head to kiss the corner of her eyes.

"You can be a little weaker here with me."

Shen Jiaojiao's eyes were sore and she almost shed tears.

The corners of his mouth turned down slightly, and he looked extremely aggrieved.

For the first time ever, she took the initiative to put her arms around the man's waist and leaned her face against his left heart.

The sound of a strong heartbeat rang in her ears.

Those sad and grief-stricken emotions gradually subsided with the sound of the heartbeat.

"Brother, how do you plan to deal with Meng Wan?"

"Let's lock her up for now. There's that person behind her, so we can't alert him right now."

"Then...where is Meng's stepmother?"

"Leave it to the old man."

After deciding on the matter in a few words, Shen Jiaojiao no longer had the heart to speak.

Meng Hun lowered his head and watched her bury her entire face in his arms. From his angle, he could only see her beautiful black hair.

My heart seems to be filled with something.

The two of them hugged each other quietly, relying on each other.

After an unknown amount of time, Meng Hun suddenly grabbed her shoulders and pulled her out of his arms.

Shen Jiaojiao tilted her head and looked at him puzzledly, with even a hint of accusation in her big eyes.

Accuse him of ruining the good atmosphere.

The man raised his eyes slightly and smiled.

"Jiaojiao, guess who's back?"

She was stunned at first, then a bright smile broke out on her face, "Mr. Qian! Aoxue!"

Having said that, he pushed Meng Hun away and was about to run out.

Meng Hui quickly pulled her back and said, "Don't worry, they are washing up in the isolated yard outside the courtyard. We won't be able to meet so soon."

"Oh, I need to clean it."

She stopped and didn't run any further.

"Brother, I heard from Keying that you found the person who poisoned me in the mansion?"

If Aoxue hadn't been mentioned, she probably wouldn't have even remembered the matter of the 'former imperial physician'.

That poison...could it have been administered by my stepmother?

"What do you want to ask? Who ordered the poison? Or... are you sure it was her?"

Shen Jiaojiao smiled bitterly and asked, "Since you put it that way, it must be her, right?"