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

Chapter 11 Call Me Aunt Wan

“Shen Yanzhi, you called me mother, so you are my son. Your biological mother can only watch you obediently call me mother, haha.”

Xie Wanru walked and laughed, leaving Dongzhu somewhat confused.

What's wrong with his wife lately? She seems a bit off! She's still his wife, just her behavior is a little different.

Moreover, she was quite curious as to how her mistress knew that Shen Yanzhi was the Second Master's child. Such shocking news, yet her mistress wasn't angry at all.

Instead, they focused their attention on Mo Ge'er?

Could it be Mo Ge'er?

"Pooh!"

Dongzhu was startled by her own conjecture. She was by her mistress's side every day, and her mistress was still a pure and innocent young girl. How could she possibly have any relationship with Moge'er! Moge'er could never be her mistress's child.

"Dongzhu, what's wrong?"

Xie Wanru, who was walking in front, was drawn by Dongzhu's spit and stopped to ask her a question.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, madam. Please continue walking, hehe."

Dongzhu gave an awkward smile.

"Oh, okay, by the way, call me Miss in private from now on, don't call me Madam."

Xie Wanru cautioned, "What 'Madam'? It sounds awful! In my past life, I was gradually bewitched by this title."

"Yes, ma'am."

Dongzhu couldn't have asked for more. She was the personal maid of her mistress... I mean, Miss. It had been so difficult for her to call her mistress these past two years.

The master and servant returned to Plum Garden in high spirits.

Xie Wanru felt that it wasn't so difficult after all. She needed some excuse to get in touch with Shen Cong'an, and the old lady Shen gave her the opportunity.

She decided to disregard whether Shen Cong'an would hold a grudge against her. She had already given him such a good son, Mo'er, so surely he wouldn't be like Shen Nian'an ten years later, wanting to kill her when he woke up.

Before Shen Mo's injuries had healed, the Shen family invited the clan elders again to perform the adoption ceremony, except that Shen Mo was carried there by servants.

But this time, Shen Yanzhi started acting strangely.

"Father! I don't want her to be my mother! What right does she have to be my mother! I have a mother! My mother's name is Fu Rou, she is gentle and virtuous, not a shrew like her!"

Shen Yanzhi clung to a pillar, refusing to go to the Shen family ancestral hall no matter what.

Shen Nian'an didn't have much patience, but after all, he was her only son, and she was used to pleasing him, so she squatted down to look him in the eye.

“In other words, we men should have a long-term vision. Your calling her ‘mother’ now is just a temporary measure. Once I inherit the title, my father and I will join forces to change the status of the Shen family. At that time, Xie Wanru will be worthless. Everything we are doing now is for the future. How can we achieve great things without first enduring hardship?”

Shen Nian'an tried to make her analysis as easy to understand as possible.

"But she doesn't like me, she'll definitely find ways to torment me, Father... Waaah..."

Shen Yanzhi burst into tears.

The thought of Xie Wanru's gaze filled him with dread. It was a look that went beyond mere disgust, yet Shen Yanzhi couldn't quite grasp what it meant.

"In other words, if you are not included in the Shen family genealogy, you are not my son, nor are you the young master of the Shen family. Are you willing to accept that? Your sister and mother will also be barred from entering the Shen family."

Shen Nian'an's patience was wearing thin. He stood up and looked at his crying son.

“You are a man. If you can’t even endure this little hardship, what kind of elder brother are you? Only after you enter the Shen family first can your father slowly bring your mother into the mansion. You also know that your mother’s identity… cannot be exposed.”

Shen Nian'an spoke cryptically, but he knew Shen Yanzhi understood.

Sure enough, Shen Yanzhi stopped crying, rubbed his eyes, put them on the pillar, and walked towards Shen Nian'an.

Shen Nian'an patted Shen Yanzhi's head before leading him toward the ancestral hall.

After a long and complicated process, an hour had passed. Shen Mo's name was written after Shen Cong'an's, and the name of their eldest son, Shen Yanzhi, was added after Xie Wanru and Shen Nian'an's names.

Xie Wanru sat upright and drank the tea that Shen Yanzhi handed her.

Shen Mo's gaze darkened, especially when Shen Yanzhi called out "Mother." Shen Mo felt a sharp pain in her heart, not exactly a ache, but a sour feeling, and she even felt like crying.

"Mo'er".

Xie Wanru's voice rang out.

She noticed the change in the boy's expression. She felt sorry for him, but she would never want Mo'er to be her son again.

The Shen family members instinctively became wary, because they all knew that Xie Wanru could do whatever she wanted now, and it wasn't impossible for her to back out at this point.

Shen Mo walked over sullenly and called out, "Madam."

As soon as he uttered "Madam," tears welled up in Shen Mo's eyes. He was so close, just a little bit away, to being able to call her "Mother."

"Silly girl, you should call me Second Aunt, but I don't like that title. So, from now on, Mo'er, you can call me Aunt Wan, okay?"

Xie Wanru took a handkerchief and wiped away the tears from the corners of Shen Mo's eyes.

The titles "Second Madam" and "Second Aunt" would make Xie Wanru feel like she was an appendage of Shen Nian'an, which she refused to accept. She was a reborn, proud Xie Wanru, no longer the pathetic Xie Wanru of her previous life.

According to custom, Xie Wanru is the second aunt, but at this time, the Shen family only hopes that she will not go back on her decision to adopt Shen Yanzhi. Calling her Aunt Wan or Aunt Ru is fine, it doesn't matter.

"Is Aunt Wan just for Mo'er alone, okay?"

Xie Wanru stretched out her little finger and held it in front of Shen Mo's eyes. She was telling Shen Mo that although she could not be his mother, she could only be Mo'er's Aunt Wan.

Shen Mo gently touched Xie Wanru's left hand, which was less injured.

"Mo'er will always be unique in my heart."

After Xie Wanru finished speaking, she cupped Shen Mo's face in her hands.

"Mo'er needs to eat more meat; her face is so thin."

After saying that, Xie Wanru had a servant bring over the carrying pole, and the two of them left amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd.

Shen Yanzhi, the son who had just been adopted, was completely invisible in front of Xie Wanru.

To outsiders, the reason for this adoption was that Shen Nian'an, a dignified seven-foot-tall man, had no children after two years of marriage, so he had no choice but to adopt a child from his clan.

Therefore, even if Shen Nian'an was unhappy, he didn't dare to provoke Xie Wanru. After all, he had done something wrong, and if the Xie family found out that Shen Yanzhi was his son with someone else, they would never help Shen Yanzhi in the future.

Originally, Shen Cong'an was the most likely to bring glory to the Shen family, but he was too outstanding, so Shen Nian'an would never have a chance to rise to prominence.

So after a horse-riding accident, Shen Nian'an spent a lot of money to buy a drug that could cause people to fall into a deep coma and gave it to Shen Cong'an continuously.

In another year or two, Shen Cong'an will die, and he will be the sole heir of the Shen family.

Only he knows the truth about this.