You're the one who wants to marry a mistress, and I'm marrying someone else, yet you still

Chapter 24 Xie Wanru still couldn't bear it

"I don't want to have a child with that shrew. Mother, have you forgotten how she twisted my hand a few days ago? Anyone who plays around with a woman who doesn't know how to please men and is so unreasonable is a pig brain."

Perhaps because things had been going badly lately, Shen Nian'an's resentment towards Xie Wanru was heavier than that of a demon.

Shen Nianqing nodded, "Mother, I think Second Brother is right. Xie Wanru doesn't act like a proper lady at all; she's very aloof."

For the first two years after their marriage, Xie Wanru was indeed not close to the Shen family. Although they lived in the same mansion, they felt like two completely different families.

Seeing that his sister agreed with his idea, Shen Nian'an became bolder. "Mother, I think we need to find a way to deal with her maid. We need to make arrangements. Before, there was only one maid, but now there is a guard. If we continue to let her plant her own people, sooner or later the entire Shen family will become her spies."

Shen Nian'an dislikes Xie Wanru and everyone who gets close to Xie Wanru.

Among them, Dongzhu and Xujing had the best relationship with Xie Wanru.

Madam Shen knew that if she did nothing, Xie Wanru would probably never truly integrate into the Shen family.

"Her personal maid was brought from the Xie family. The most we can do is send her back to the Xie family. As for the guard, she found him for Mo Ge'er. It won't be easy to get rid of him."

Only by leaving Xie Wanru isolated and helpless will she be able to attach herself to the Shen family and integrate herself into their family.

"However, if you want to take a concubine and bring that woman back to the manor... without her consent, the children she gives birth to in the future will not be able to be included in the Shen family genealogy, so it's no use telling me."

Madam Shen reminded her.

Shen Nian'an was so preoccupied with feeling sorry for his mistress that he forgot that Xie Wanru was his legal wife in the Shen family.

Shen Nian'an clenched his fists. He thought that as the matriarch of the Shen family, his mother only needed to nod her head.

Unexpectedly, that shrew still had to nod.

The group from Beiyuan talked for a long time, but in the end, they couldn't come up with a good solution.

However, this time, when Madam Shen once again persuaded Shen Nian'an to spend more time with Xie Wanru and gradually influence her, he was not as resistant as he had been at the beginning.

Xie Wanru from Meiyuan came out for some fresh air. She had just finished checking the accounts with Butler Xie, and her eyes were sore from looking at the ledgers all day.

There is a small lake in the backyard of the Shen family mansion. Now that it has snowed, the scenery is quite nice, and it is also a quiet place.

“Miss, His Highness the Crown Prince is coming to the residence, and you will also be responsible for receiving him. I have prepared an exquisite robe for you. Please take a look at it when you get back and see if it suits you.”

Dongzhu helped Xie Wanru up.

In the dead of winter, she couldn't understand why her young lady insisted on coming here. The snow scene was beautiful, but it was freezing cold.

"It's just to see Xiao Long. I've seen him countless times since I was a child. There's no need to make a big fuss, or it will seem strange."

Xie Wanru took a deep breath, savoring the beauty and cold of the snow scene. In her previous life, she had died on a snowy day.

The cold felt familiar to her, even comforting her. This feeling was somewhat unusual, but Xie Wanru seemed to like it very much.

Dongzhu didn't mention it again. Her young lady had been familiar with the princes since childhood and was a frequent visitor to the Empress's palace. So, it was commonplace for the Crown Prince to come to the mansion, and she didn't find anything special about it.

Just as Dongzhu was helping Xie Wanru walk along the path towards the lake, Xie Wanru's keen hearing made her realize that someone was there.

She was trained in martial arts by her father and brothers from a young age, and her hearing and vision are much better than those of ordinary people.

Xie Wanru gestured to Dongzhu to be quiet and approached gently.

It was Shen Yanzhi!

There was a small pavilion by the lake. Shen Yanzhi leaned on the railing and had the servant catch the fish he had just caught, while he threw the line in his hand down.

"Young Master, let's go back. It's getting cold. If you get frostbite, Second Master won't let us off the hook."

The servant was on tenterhooks.

Shen Yanzhi was clearly impatient and gave the servant a cold look.

"Don't talk. If you scare my fish away, I'll teach you a lesson."

As Shen Yanzhi was speaking, the thread in his hand moved, and then suddenly plunged into the water. Shen Yanzhi was not paying attention and was pulled down.

"Master!"

The servant exclaimed in surprise and reached out to pull Shen Yanzhi up, but Shen Yanzhi's body was already suspended in mid-air, followed by a thud.

"Miss……"

Dongzhu also noticed the commotion over there. Although she had a problem with Shen Yanzhi because he burned Shen Mo with a candlestick, it was a matter of life and death after all.

Xie Wanru knew that Shen Yanzhi had fallen into the lake, but she insisted on pretending that she hadn't seen it.

This scene also happened in my previous life.

It just seems like it will happen next year. Perhaps because of some of Xie Wanru's actions in this life, something that was supposed to happen in the future has been brought forward.

In her past life, Xie Wanru jumped into the lake without hesitation to save someone, which caused her to catch a chill and she was never able to have her own child afterward.

In her past life, Xie Wanru treated Shen Yanzhi as her own child... but she never imagined that the child she loved so dearly would try to kill him.

"Miss...are we really... just going to watch like this?"

Dongzhu felt a little sorry for him. Shen Yanzhi didn't seem to be able to swim, and the servant didn't jump in to save him either.

"Let him drink some more water. He still owes Mo'er, hasn't he? Let's just consider it the cycle of karma. If this is his fate, it has nothing to do with us."

Xie Wanru's hands were trembling slightly, whether from the cold or from the intense emotions she felt.

She was never a ruthless person, but after learning how Shen Yanzhi treated her in her previous life, and how Xie Wanru treated her, she was no longer willing to make the same sacrifices as in her previous life.

Dongzhu's heart was pounding; she was incredibly nervous. Was it really okay for them to just stand by and watch someone die?

She genuinely disliked Shen Yanzhi; he was ruthless and a liar despite his young age.

Just as Shen Nian'an was about to sink, Xie Wanru finally couldn't hold back, gathered her inner strength, and leaped up.

This time, however, she wasn't as worried about Shen Yanzhi, so she didn't go into the water to save him. Instead, she tore off her belt and threw it at Shen Yanzhi, pulling him out of the water.

"lady!"

The servant was so frightened that he immediately knelt down.

Shen Yanzhi's consciousness was already somewhat blurred, but he could vaguely sense that the person in front of him was Xie Wanru.

"Cough cough..."

Shen Yanzhi didn't know how long he had been coughing, because he had fainted.

Xie Wanru had no choice but to take action again, using her internal energy to force the water he had drunk out. However, Shen Yanzhi was too young, and although it was a life-saving measure, he could not withstand Xie Wanru's internal energy, and it would also injure him.

I vomited a lot of water, but I was still dizzy.

"Dongzhu, have someone invite Doctor Huo."

Xie Wanru told the servant to quickly pick up Shen Yanzhi and take him back to his room.

The servant's hands were trembling so badly that he scrambled over, picked the person up, and rushed towards the East Garden.