Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

By the time Xiangxue saw who was coming, her clothes were already soaked with sweat.

Shen Jingwan also glared at Fuzi fiercely.

"Didn't you say he was dead?" she whispered through gritted teeth.

Fuzi trembled all over, "This servant... This servant did see that person who looked very much like my uncle... How... How could he appear here..."

Shen Jingwan knew that now was not the time to pursue these matters, so she forced herself to calm down: "Didn't they say there were three people? Why did only one come in?"

He Er curled his lips and said, "My parents are old, and they can't stand the custom of kneeling at every turn in your noble mansion."

He was about to come up and pull Xiangxue: "Come home with me quickly, if you drop this child again, I will peel off your skin."

Xiangxue was so scared that she hid back, "I don't know you, don't come over here."

"You're fucking pregnant with my child, and now you say you don't recognize me." He Er also got angry.

"You're talking nonsense, I'm not pregnant at all." Xiangxue blurted out.

After she finished saying this, she suddenly realized what she had just said. Her face turned pale in an instant and she looked at Madam Shen in horror.

Sure enough, Mrs. Shen frowned tightly, and a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes.

Shen Chuning smiled softly, breaking the tense atmosphere. "How can Aunt Xue say she's not pregnant? But two doctors examined you, and both said you were pregnant."

"Auntie? You clearly said that you came to the Shen Mansion to be a maid. Last time, you also said that the master assigned too much work and that's why you couldn't keep the child. How come you suddenly changed from a maid to an aunt now?"

He Er rolled up his sleeves, ready to grab Xiangxue again, his face full of anger and confusion.

However, Xiangxue nimbly dodged He Er's hand, leaving him empty-handed.

Seeing that he couldn't catch Xiangxue, He Er turned around and aimed his target at Shen Jingwan, shouting anxiously: "Jingwan, quickly persuade your mother to go home with Dad!"

Shen Jingwan frowned, staring at He Er with cold eyes, and shouted sternly: "Dad? My dad is the third master of this Shen family. Who do you think you are? How dare you pretend to be my dad?"

Her tone was full of disdain and disgust, as if she was extremely disgusted by He Er's behavior.

He Er was enraged by Shen Jingwan's words. He spat fiercely and cursed, "You unfilial daughter, how can you be just like your mother, despising the poor and loving the rich? You've forgotten who worked so hard to support you and your daughter in Ganhua Hutong in the past!"

Shen Huaizhong looked at Shen Jingwan, his eyes as sharp as an eagle, as if he wanted to penetrate deep into her heart, "Jingwan, do you recognize this person?"

Shen Jingwan's heart tightened, and she tried to remain calm.

She gritted her teeth secretly, but her mind was rapidly thinking of a countermeasure.

After thinking for a moment, he replied, "Grandfather, I do recognize him. His name is He Er. He was Wan'er and my aunt's neighbor when they lived in Ganhua Hutong."

When she traveled through time, Aunt Xue had already had an affair with He Er, and she didn't know how much he knew about her and her mother.

If she said she didn't know him now, and He Er said something to refute her, then everything she said, even if there was some truth in it, would arouse others' suspicion.

Therefore, she had no choice but to admit that she knew him.

Shen Jingwan continued, "He must have come up to us because he saw Wan'er and Auntie return to the Shen Mansion, hoping to extort some money."

Xiangxue also nodded and agreed, "Yes, that's right. He suddenly rushed over just now. I was too nervous and made a mistake. He is indeed our former neighbor, a gambler and a womanizer. This time he must have lost money gambling again and came to the Shen family to make a scene."

However, Shen Huaizhong's expression did not soften. Instead, he frowned even more unhappily, "I didn't ask you."

His gaze fell on Shen Jingwan again, "Jingwan, are you really just a neighbor?"

Shen Jingwan nodded firmly. "Grandfather, he said Wan'er is his daughter, but look at Wan'er's appearance. Not only does she look like her father, she looks exactly like her grandmother. How could she be his daughter?"

Old Madam Shen's family was not in the capital, and Xiangxue was still young when her family was convicted, so Shen Huaizhong had never seen Xiangxue before she entered the mansion.

Because sheltering the family of a criminal is a serious crime, Old Lady Shen never dared to tell Shen Huaizhong Xiangxue's true identity.

Shen Huaizhong judged that Shen Jingwan was related to the Shen family just by looking at her face, so he agreed to take Shen Jingwan back to the Shen family.

He was already somewhat skeptical about He Er's statement, and now that He Er had linked it to Shen Jingwan, he became even less convinced.

He Er opened his mouth and said, "You are not my biological daughter. Your mother said that after you were born, your father ran away, leaving you as a burden. I worked hard to raise you over the years, but I didn't expect that you would not recognize me as your father now!"

After He Er finished speaking, he turned to Shen Qingjiang and said in a mocking tone, "Hey, do you believe that if this heartless girl meets a more powerful father, she will immediately disown you again?"

Shen Qingjiang's face turned very ugly after hearing this, but he didn't dare to get angry at He Er, who had a face full of fat. He could only transfer his anger and dissatisfaction to Shen Chuning.

Shen Qingjiang glared at Shen Chuning and shouted, "Shen Chuning, don't you think the house is messy enough? Get this thing out right now! From now on, as an outsider, don't interfere in the affairs of our third room!"

Shen Chuning curled her lips and cursed inwardly that she deserved to be cuckolded.

Although she knew that Aunt Xue had indeed had an affair with He Er, she also knew that she could not simply blame He Er for Shen Jingwan's life experience, as it would not withstand scrutiny.

After all, when He Er came to the capital, Shen Jingwan was already three or four years old.

Moreover, judging from Shen Jingwan's appearance, she is very likely the biological child of the Shen family.

Shen Chuning straightened up and looked directly at He Erdao. "My Shen family is not a place for you to run wild. Since you don't have any substantial evidence to prove that Aunt Xue had an affair with you, then go back to where you came from."

Shen Chuning's words were full of threats, which made He Er feel a chill.

She told him to go back to where he came from, but the problem was that he originally came from Shen Chuning's house.

However, the days spent there were like hell.

Although no one beat or scolded him, no one communicated with him all day.

Even eating is done by having food handed in through a small window and the empty dishes taken away after eating.

Once, he deliberately did not put back the dishes he had finished eating, hoping to attract the attention of the person who was cleaning up the dishes and have them say a few words to him.

But in the end, he waited for a whole day but received no response, not even new food.

Finally, he had to put the bowl and chopsticks back to their original place before he could finally get food again.

Therefore, when he saw so many people in the Shen Mansion and some people were willing to talk to him, he felt like he was reborn, so he talked more nonsense.

However, now that Shen Chuning said she wanted to lock him up again, he realized he had to get to the point.

"Xiangxue has a plum blossom-shaped birthmark on the back of her waist." He Er said anxiously.