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Chapter 118

Xu Yan's face changed drastically: "Brother Bo, how could you have such a terrible idea! Have you told anyone about it?"

Shen Shaobai shook his head gently: "Mother, I haven't told anyone. I just don't want to be looked down upon anymore. I'm fed up with my current life."

Xu Yan hugged the little person and shed tears: "Brother Bo, don't worry about these things, let me take care of them. You should study hard. As long as you study hard with the teacher, you will have a bright future."

Shen Shaobai choked up, "Mother, but the other brothers look down on me. The teacher said that I am extremely talented. If it weren't for my notorious father, I would be the second Third Young Master of the Xie Family."

Xu Yan's eyes were shining: "Master, do you really say that?"

Shen Shaobai nodded solemnly: "Yes, the teacher said so. He sighed several times at the time, patted my shoulder, and told me to study hard."

What the uncle who is a friend of the Master said must be what the Master said.

Xu Yan coaxed Shen Shaobai to go back and rest. She was deep in thought in her room. Yurong walked to her side quietly: "Master, what are you thinking about?"

Xu Yan stretched out her hand and motioned Yurong to sit down next to her: "Yurong, you heard what Bo Ge'er said just now."

Yurong nodded: "Master, what do you think? If you want to..."

Yurong stretched out her hand and wiped her neck.

Xu Yan sighed: "But if people knew..."

Yurong said coldly, "Even if someone knew, it was because Master Shen died of his own injuries, or at least because of his abuse of the magic medicine. Who would speak up for him in the current situation of the Marquis' Mansion? Master, the young master is now the only heir of the Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion. Even if Lord Shen knew, he would not deny his grandson."

Xu Yan nodded in agreement.

Shen Ling didn't know that the people around him and his son were trying to kill him. He just felt that his wounds were itchy and painful, which he couldn't bear. He could only keep taking magic medicine to relieve the pain.

Lord Shen was also lying on a hospital bed, and had no idea what kind of pain his son was going through.

Xu Yan took Shen Shaobai to pay respects to Shen Ling.

When Shen Shaobai saw Shen Ling, who was lying on the hospital bed and looked like a skeleton, he couldn't help but take a few steps back. He didn't even want to greet Shen Ling.

How could his father be like this?

"Brother Bo, come here and let your father take a good look at you."

Shen Ling waved at Shen Shaobai, who hid behind Xu Yan: "Mother, this is not my father. My father would never look like this!"

These words successfully broke Shen Ling's defense.

He stared at the wounds on his body, tears streaming down his face. He gave Xu Yan a bitter smile: "Yan'er, take Bo Ge'er out. Don't scare the child."

The son is afraid of himself.

How terrible I must be.

Xu Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with this. She took Shen Shaobai's hand and walked out of Shen Ling's room. When they got outside, Xu Yan whispered, "Brother Bai, did you see that? Your father won't live long. Don't dirty your hands."

Shen Shaobai bit his lower lip and wanted to deny it, but Xu Yan didn't want him to answer. She gently took his hand and walked out the door.

"Brother Bo, I'll take you to the teacher for lessons."

Shen Shaobai replied yes and followed Xu Yan. Xu Yan sent Shen Shaobai to the master and asked Yurong to give the master a generous gift to thank him for his care for Shen Shaobai. The master accepted it.

When Xu Yan heard the servant say that the teacher had accepted the gift, she finally felt relieved and got on the carriage to go back. Halfway through the journey, she was stopped by a servant.

"Madam Xu, my master wants to talk to you. Please move aside."

The servant lifted the carriage curtain and spoke coldly to Xu Yan. The beautiful girl beside Xu Yan was unable to stop her. Xu Yan nodded: "Your master is..."

The servant did not answer directly: "Mrs. Xu will recognize him when she sees him."

This means it’s someone you know.

Xu Yan followed him into a teahouse, and the servant directly invited Xu Yan to the private room on the second floor. Yurong wanted to follow her in, but the servant stopped her with his hand: "Miss Yurong, please rest assured. Our master is an old friend of Madam Xu. We will just wait here."

Yurong whispered, "Master, they are hiding their true intentions. Since they have no sincerity, we might as well not meet them."

Yurong was absolutely loyal to Xu Yan. Xu Yan gently patted the back of Yurong's hand and said, "Yurong, it's okay. Just stand at the door. If anything happens inside, I will call you immediately."

Yurong had no choice but to agree.

When Xu Yan entered the room, she saw the person inside smiling at her.

"Big cousin!"

The person sitting inside was actually King Wei Zhou Yushen.

Zhou Yushen smiled faintly: "Yan'er, you didn't expect that it was your eldest cousin who wanted to see you, right?"

Xu Yan nodded: "Cousin, Yan'er heard that you were locked up by the new emperor and were not allowed to go out. I was thinking..."

Xu Yan's eyes were moist.

Zhou Yushen reached out to wipe the tears from her forehead: "Yan'er, don't be sad. Winners take their place. This is common. There is no need for you to cry. When we planned this, we knew that the possibility of success was slim. That's why we thought about not taking action for the time being and making long-term plans. But we didn't expect that we would fail before we even had the chance to take action."

When Zhou Yushen said this, he was very unwilling. He didn't know where he had given himself away, and he was being stared at by that madman.

Xu Yan told Zhou Yushen anxiously: "Cousin, the silver you asked me to hide is gone."

Zhou Yushen was stunned: "What did you say? Gone?"

Zhou Yushen managed to escape from inside with great difficulty, thinking that Xu Yan still had more than 300,000 taels of silver in her hands, which was enough for him to do something big. But now Xu Yan told him that the silver was missing.

"Brother, it is indeed missing. Only Yurong and I know where the silver is hidden. No one else knows. But a few days ago, I asked Yurong to get some for emergency use. When Yurong went, she found that the silver had disappeared."

"Just like the banknotes Shen Ling placed in his study."

Xu Yan said this very seriously.

Zhou Yushen's expression didn't reveal what he was thinking. Xu Yan was a little scared: "Cousin, please say something. Why don't you say anything?"

"Yan'er, I'm thinking I might have made a mistake."

Zhou Yushen muttered to himself. Xu Yan wanted to know what he meant, but Zhou Yushen's expression was so scary that she didn't dare to ask what was going on.

Zhou Yushen suddenly reached out and held Xu Yan's hand: "Yan'er, I have nowhere to go now, Yan'er, you have to help your cousin!"
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