Chapter 106

Hearing that Shen Ling was having such a miserable time now, Gu Nianchu said she felt relieved.

But this is not bad enough, she still has to help them.

Besides, how can it be okay if only Shen Ling is miserable?

Shouldn't their family be reunited?

Soon, the Shen family found out Xu Yan's whereabouts.

Song Tixing brought people to help them find Xu Yan and her son.

Xu Yan brought Shen Shaobai back to Kyoto City reluctantly. When Shen Shaobai entered Shen Ling's yard, he covered his nose and shouted loudly: "Mom, it stinks, it stinks! I don't want to go in!"

Xu Yan held Shen Shaobai's hand and comforted him softly: "Shaobai, your father is inside. Let's go in and see your father."

Shen Shaobai was not happy, and twisted his body into a ball: "No, no, it stinks, I don't want to go in! I don't want a stinky daddy!"

Some people couldn't help but chuckle. It was really retribution for Master Shen that his only son abandoned him just because he smelled bad. Others said that this was a case of the upper beam being crooked and the lower beams being crooked. It was because Shen Ling himself had a bad character, so the children he educated were not good to him either. This was retribution.

Shen Ling lay on the bed, listening to all the sounds outside.

"Shaobai, Shaobai!"

Shen Ling was very excited at this time. He felt that it was because Xu Yan had instilled a lot of ideas into Shen Shaobai, so Shen Shaobai was unwilling to come in to visit him as his father. How could a son not want to see his father?

Xu Yan was forced into the room by the people behind her. She was dressed neatly, almost the same as when she was in the Marquis' Mansion. However, there was a world of difference between her and Shen Ling today. She covered Shen Shaobai's nose with a handkerchief and slowly walked towards Shen Ling.

"Shaobai, call me daddy."

When Shen Shaobai heard Shen Ling's anxious voice, he glanced at Shen Ling and burst into tears. At this moment, Shen Ling no longer looked like a noble young man. His body was festering and emitting a strong stench. There were flies flying around him, his hair was a mess like a chicken coop, and there were even blood scabs on his face. He looked like a homeless beggar.

Shen Shaobai struggled to break free from Xu Yan's hand and ran away crying. Xu Yan did not chase him. She slowly walked towards Shen Ling. Shen Ling smiled bitterly: "Yan'er, you are so cruel. You just left me and took my only child with you."

Xu Yan smiled: "Prince, if I hadn't left at that time, would I have died a long time ago?"

Shen Ling didn't say anything. He wanted to refute Xu Yan's words, but he didn't know how to refute. He asked himself, if Xu Yan didn't leave, would he really have someone beat Xu Yan to death just to force her to tell him the whereabouts of the 200,000 taels of silver.

"Yan'er, you knew that taking the two hundred thousand taels of silver would ruin our mansion, but you still did it."

Shen Ling looked at Xu Yan: "Yan'er, it seems that you are living a good life now. Since you left, why did you come back? Did you come back to see if I am dead or not?"

Xu Yan also had a lot of grievances. She didn't want to come back at all, but there was a force forcing her to come back.

"Prince, why do you say such things? We are husband and wife. If I were not forced, I would not want to escape. I just want to survive." At this time, Lord Shen also knew that Xu Yan had brought Shen Shaobai back. He hurried back and wanted to hug Shen Shaobai, but although Lord Shen was better than Shen Ling now, he looked very miserable. Shen Shaobai was not willing to let him touch him at all.

"Don't touch me! You stinking beggar!"

Shen Shaobai punched and kicked, and didn't let Lord Shen touch him at all. His sharp childish voice lingered in the backyard of the inn. When had Lord Shen ever been bullied like this? He slapped Shen Shaobai directly.

Shen Shaobai cried out, "How dare you, you stinky beggar, hit me! I'm going to kill you! Yuzhen, Yurong, kill this stinky beggar!"

Lord Shen's face was very ugly. He said to Xu Yan, who rushed out after hearing the crying, in a deep voice: "Xu Yan, you have taught my only son to be like this!"

Xu Yan was extremely distressed for her child. She ignored Lord Shen at this moment and quickly stepped forward to hug her child and coax him, "Don't be afraid, Shaobai. Don't be afraid. Mother will protect you."

Shen Shaobai sobbed, "Mother, I don't want to stay with these stinky beggars. I want to go home."

Xu Yan gently patted Shen Shaobai's back and said, "Shaobai, let's go home now."

Lord Shen glared at Xu Yan. Xu Yan sighed, stood up and saluted Lord Shen: "Lord, the child is frightened. Please bear with me and don't bother with a child."

"Xu Yan, hurry up and find a yard and clean it up so we can move in."

At this time, Lord Shen had already regarded Xu Yan as his last life-saving straw. He did not bother with Shen Shaobai for bumping into him just now, and ordered Xu Yan to ask someone to find the yard.

Xu Yan spread her hands and said, "My Lord, now I only have the small courtyard that my uncle's family gave me to live in temporarily. It's just a small courtyard with one entrance. It's not suitable for you, the concubines, and the two masters to live in it."

Xu Yan had no intention of caring about Lord Shen's family. Lord Shen was so angry that he wanted to hit her: "Xu Yan, what do you mean? Do you mean you don't care about us anymore?"

Xu Yan was helpless: "My Lord, I would like to take care of you, but I have to be able to do that. How did your huge mansion end up like this? They say a lean camel is bigger than a horse. You could just spend some money to buy a yard, but why do you have to settle for such a shabby inn?"

Lord Shen was almost mad: "If I had money in my hand, would I need you to tell me?"

Xu Yan leaned forward and saluted: "My Lord, Shaobai is still crying. Crying for too long will hurt his body. You will feel bad if he gets hurt. I will take him back to rest first."

Lord Shen had no way to deal with Xu Yan, so he could only ask Xu Yan to take Shen Ling with her: "Xu Yan, you said it's inconvenient for us to live in your yard, but Ling'er is your husband, you can't just ignore him, right?"

Xu Yan nodded: "Okay, I will send someone to pick up my husband, but he needs to be cleaned first, otherwise Shao Bai will be fumigated."

Lord Shen settled Shen Ling down and breathed a sigh of relief: "Ling'er's injuries are very serious. Please ask a doctor to take a good look at him."

Xu Yan agreed and took Shen Shaobai back to the courtyard where she lived before she got married.

There were two servants guarding the yard. When they saw Xu Yan coming back, they were surprised and delighted: "Miss, you are finally back. I was so worried about you."

Xu Yan's eyes couldn't help but become moist: "Auntie Wang, Auntie Liu, please get up soon. I have been so grateful to you these days. If it weren't for you protecting me, I wouldn't even have this last place to stay."
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(End of this chapter)

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