After rebirth, I remarried the domineering 9000-year-old

"The child raised in the mansion is your father, Shen Yuan."

"The child we raised outside..." Old Mrs. He's eyes moistened: "His name is Shen Mu."

"Both are good kids."

Old Mrs. He suddenly choked up, gasped for breath, and was unable to speak.

Shen Nanxing handed over the handkerchief: "Grandma, please don't be impatient. Speak slowly."

Old Mrs. He took the handkerchief, covered her eyes with it, and cried silently.

Because of the suppressed crying, the atmosphere in the entire Zen room was extremely depressing.

Shen Nanxing's heart sank, and she couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, what happened next?"

Old Mrs. He finally stopped crying and continued speaking slowly.

Shen Yuan was raised by Lord Shen and Madam He, and was taught carefully by many famous teachers. Apart from his mediocre talent, he was good in every way.

Shen Mu was raised in a farm in the suburbs. Because he looked exactly like Shen Yuan, he was not allowed to go out for his safety.

Whenever Mrs. He found an opportunity, she would go to the farm to see him.

But she was the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion after all, and it was impossible for her to leave secretly too often. She could only go there four or five times a year, which was already considered a lot.

Fortunately, Shen Mu was well-behaved and obedient, and very talented. Whether in studying or martial arts, he was much better than Shen Yuan, and the difference was like heaven and earth.

Every time she went to the farm, little Shen Mu would recite, write, and practice boxing in front of her... He spared no effort to show her what he had learned and what progress he had made during this period...

Mrs. He was very pleased and always gave generous rewards to the teachers and servants on the farm to thank them for taking such good care of the children.

"That child is so well-behaved and outstanding. Every time I go to see him, he is always very happy and chatters around me..."

"He never asked me why he couldn't live with his parents, why he had to live alone on the farm, and why he was never allowed to go out..."

As the old lady spoke, tears streamed down her face and she gasped for breath.

After calming down for a while, he continued, "If I had been more careful at the beginning and discovered earlier that the slaves in the manor had been abusing him, I wouldn't have..."

"...I won't let him make such a heinous mistake..."

Old Mrs. He burst into tears: "He was so small at that time, so tiny... so many adults bullied him, how scared he must have been..."

Shen Ming's face was dark, and he stared at the old lady with his eyes: "What big mistake did he make?"

Old Mrs. He’s crying stopped and her face quickly turned pale.

She wiped away her tears and looked at the brother and sister: "He has been treated unfairly since he was a child. Even if he did something wrong, it was my fault..."

"Can you please spare his life?" There was deep pleading in Mrs. He's eyes, tears glistening in her cloudy old eyes.

Seeing that the brother and sister didn't say anything for a while, he stood up shakily with the help of a cane, bent his body and was about to kneel down.

Shen Ming and Shen Nanxing hurried forward to support the old lady.

Shen Ming said with difficulty: "Grandma, why are you doing this?"

Old Mrs. He was supported by the brother and sister. She couldn't kneel down. Tears kept flowing and she gasped for breath. "Grandma, please... please?"

But neither Shen Ming nor Shen Nanxing spoke again.

Old Madam He stomped her cane on the ground several times and said, "If you insist on killing him, kill me first!"

Shen Ming and Shen Nanxing both looked very unhappy, and they looked at each other.

Shen Nanxing said: "Okay, we won't take his life."

But if Shen Mu really killed her father, she and her brother would risk their lives to make him live a life worse than death!

But the brother and sister did not say this.

Hearing what Shen Nanxing said, Mrs. He's expression relaxed a little, and her body suddenly softened. She let the brother and sister help her sit back on the chair.

She closed her eyes and said slowly, "Grandmother knows that this request makes you feel embarrassed, but he is definitely not doing this voluntarily..."

Next, the old lady told an extremely incredible story.

After Shen Yuan and Xu got married, the couple lived in harmony. Not long after the marriage, Xu became pregnant, and the entire marquis' mansion was filled with joy.

But one day, Shen Yuan was discovered to have a mistress and a son. The Xu family made a big fuss about this, and even the people from the Zhenguo Mansion came to visit...

Later, I don’t know how the couple discussed it, but they reconciled as before.

At that time, Mrs. He felt that something was wrong. Her son had always been honest, so how could he do such a thing as keeping a mistress...

She talked to her son about it, and he just said that he was confused for a moment. He promised that he would never have any contact with the mistress again and would live a good life with Xu.

She didn't think much about it.

But a few years later, after the old Duke Zhenguo passed away, his son brought his concubine back home openly, and his relationship with Xu became much more distant.

Old Mrs. He became doubtful again.

She knew how much her son loved Xu. He had suffered so much to marry her, and even nearly lost his life by blocking a sword for her...

How can I just say I don’t like something?

During those years, her son got married, and then the marquis's mansion had a pair of grandchildren. Old Mrs. He was busy taking care of the affairs of the mansion. Apart from sending people to the manor to deliver money and items regularly, she had not been to the manor for a long time.

That day she went to the temple to burn incense and pray for her grandchildren. She happened to pass by Zhuangzi on the way, so she went there quietly.

I discovered that the fields around the village were barren and overgrown with weeds. The village was deserted. The tables and chairs were covered in a thick layer of dust, and the house was full of cobwebs...

Shen Mu is missing.

Old Madam He closed her eyes and said in a low, deep voice, "Combined with Yuan'er's sudden changes in the past few years, I was suspicious at the time..."

Later, she sent people to secretly investigate from various angles, and tested Shen Yuan intentionally or unintentionally, and finally pieced together the truth.

"Mu'er's condition, as the Taoists call it, is one body with two souls."

"The Taoist priest said that this situation occurred because the child was unable to endure the immense pain in his childhood. To protect himself, his body developed a second consciousness to bear it all for him..."

"Mu'er was abused by the slaves in the farm since childhood. Under the immense pain, he developed a second consciousness..."

"This consciousness has its own independent thoughts, just like another person. It also has a name: Shen Yan."