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

Xu Jing really wanted to give his senior sister a thumbs up. She was clearly so naive, yet she could put on the act of a loving mother.

Shen Yanzhi suddenly felt comforted. He watched Xie Wanru walk further and further away in a daze, and his evaluation of Xie Wanru slowly changed.

When Xie Wanru arrived at Madam Shen's courtyard with Dongzhu and Xujing, Shen Nian'an also arrived.

Shen Nian'an, who held no official position, was a good-for-nothing playboy who spent his time drinking, meeting mistresses, and mostly hanging out with a group of other playboys.

In her previous life, Xie Wanru felt that since she married into the Shen family, she should shoulder the responsibilities of a matriarch. She forced Shen Nian'an to curry favor with the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, from an insignificant minor official to a high-ranking official of the third rank, and finally to become his enemy.

"Mo'er has already gone to Bailu Academy. As for Yan Zhi taking Mo'er's place to study there, you'd better have a plausible explanation."

Xie Wanru glanced at Shen Nian'an out of the corner of her eye, then went inside.

Xu Jing snorted coldly at him and followed Xie Wanru away.

Looking at Xie Wanru's retreating figure, Shen Nian'an wished he could really divorce this woman so he wouldn't have to put up with this humiliation.

Madam Shen knew that Xie Wanru wouldn't visit unless there was a reason. Upon asking, she learned that Shen Yanzhi had impersonated Shen Mo at Bailu Academy and had been there for over ten days. However, Shen Yanzhi was now in the mansion and had already been discovered.

“Wanru, it was all a misunderstanding. Now that it’s cleared up, that’s good. I heard that your father and brother are both students at Bailu Academy, and they must know the headmaster, right? It would be good to let Yanzhi study with Mo Ge’er, so that they can look after each other.”

Madam Shen smiled and made the matter sound incredibly easy.

The implication was that Xie Wanru should make another trip and get Shen Yanzhi imprisoned as well.

“I think this is the best way to do it. You are Yanzhi’s mother. If you keep it a secret, Yanzhi will be heartbroken if she finds out. Now that she has gotten used to Bailu Academy, go and tell the headmaster that it was Mo Ge’er who was sick before, so Yanzhi went to study in his place. She has been studying well these days, so she has stayed to continue her studies.”

Shen Nian'an echoed.

He said that Xie Wanru didn't care about Shen Yanzhi's enrollment because she had a good connection but was unwilling to use it, thus benefiting Shen Mo for no reason.

Xie Wanru was thinking, "I'm heartbroken. Even if he gives up, I don't care."

"Second Master, do you mean that you're going to Bailu Academy in Mo'er's place, or that you're helping Mo'er? Then why didn't you inform Mo'er? If Xu Jing hadn't been with you today, Mo'er would have even entered the academy. It's fine for adults to do some sneaky things, but we can't let the children be corrupted."

Xie Wanru still glanced at Shen Nian'an with a half-closed look, not wanting to give him a proper look, afraid that she wouldn't be able to resist wanting to kill this man and end it all.

How can there be such shameless people in the world? They do such shameless things and then brazenly call it helping others?

"Xie Wanru!"

Shen Nian'an was very unhappy with her attitude.

“I know you have someone else in your heart and don’t want to be a daughter-in-law of the Shen family, but you are now my wife, Shen Nian’an’s wife, and Yan Zhi’s mother. You should think of Yan Zhi in everything you do, instead of being an outsider who has nothing to do with you!”

Shen Nian'an stood up, but when he approached Xie Wanru, Old Madam Shen coughed twice, and he stopped.

“Husbands and wives should discuss things properly. An’er, you need to change your temper.”

Madam Shen glanced at Shen Nian'an before looking at Xie Wanru.

“Wanru, you have Moge’er in your heart and think of him in everything you do. This is a blessing for Cong’an and Moge’er, and also a blessing for our Shen family. With you as his sister-in-law to raise his child, Cong’an can be more at ease. You are a good girl.”

As Madam Shen spoke, she began to praise Xie Wanru.

“The deed has already been done, so we can’t let Yanzhi lose face in front of his classmates. He’s gotten to know them over the past ten days or so, and Mo’er hasn’t suffered any loss either. It’s just that we’ll have to trouble you to go to Bailu Academy again.”

Xie Wanru felt that people's hearts could be so hypocritical. Old Madam Shen always put on a kind face, but all her actions were for her own benefit.

She was too stupid in her past life, and failed to see through this old woman's true colors, even considering her a reasonable and kind mother-in-law, and treated her with respect.

As a result of this shameless stunt, they felt that Xie Wanru had to do this.

"Do you think I own Bailu Academy? Shen Mo was able to get in because I begged him in the name of the Xie family. It's not that I didn't want to help Yan Zhi, but what name should I use now? I'm already a member of the Shen family, so it's really inappropriate to use the Xie family's name again and again."

Xie Wanru abandoned her usual decisive and efficient style and pretended to be weak.

Madam Shen and Shen Nian'an looked at each other, unable to find any reason why Xie Wanru would refuse them in this way. If it were like the other day, with a few words exchanged, they could still stand their ground, since Shen Yanzhi is now Xie Wanru's son.

"Moreover, we have never asked Yan Zhi whether he is willing to say these things here. If he is willing, Bailu Academy will have an entrance examination in the spring. If he studies hard for a period of time, Yan Zhi can enter Bailu Academy, and it will be based on his own strength. This will also prove that Yan Zhi will be a pillar of society in the future."

Every word Xie Wanru spoke seemed to genuinely reflect her concern for Shen Yanzhi.

"So we might as well listen to what Yan Zhi himself has to say. If he wants to go to Bailu Academy, I'll bite the bullet and give it a try. If he doesn't want to, then forget it."

Shen Nian'an had experienced firsthand how rigorous the entrance exam for Bailu Academy was; he had failed it three times and could only go to Beifu Academy in the end. He knew whether Shen Yanzhi could pass it or not.

"Don't ask him. What does a child know? If you don't want to bother with words, just say so."

Shen Nian'an turned her face away.

After all that talk, she was just making excuses to avoid going through all the trouble for Yan Zhi. After all, Yan Zhi wasn't her biological child, so she was just being perfunctory.

"Second Master, you've really misunderstood me. I just don't want Yanzhi to go to a place he doesn't like. If he stays there for too long, he'll become unhappy. He's still young, so it's better to let him grow up in a comfortable environment. When he's older, he'll naturally know how to work hard. Dongzhu, have someone go and call Yanzhi over."

Xie Wanru smiled and said, mimicking the way Old Madam Shen did.

Since Shen Nianqing was absent today, Xie Wanru's retort was not very satisfying.

Before Shen Yanzhi came in, he was having a snowball fight with his servant. They were so engrossed in the game that they didn't want to leave. He had been going to Bailu Academy every day recently, working from dawn till dusk. The classes were so boring that he was getting restless.

So when Xie Wanru asked him if he liked Bailu Academy, he answered without hesitation that he didn't.