A dowry of one billion, and I'll marry him!

This agonizing thought constantly lingers in their minds, and the more unlucky they are, the more regretful they feel. This feeling torments them, causing them unbearable pain.

"You want it?" Shi Yanxia stood there, asking enticingly in a low voice.

Seeing her amused expression, Shen's mother snorted coldly with a dark face and said, "Who wants your piece of junk? If it weren't for the fact that you're my daughter, I wouldn't wear it even if you gave it to me."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Yanxia nodded slightly.

"Then forget it." Shi Yanxia said helplessly, turning around and walking outside.

Shen's mother watched her departing figure in astonishment. She tried to stand up in a hurry, but her leg was broken and she couldn't get up. She roared anxiously, "Shi Yanxia, ​​get back here!"

"Shi Yanxia, ​​Shi Yanxia!" Mother Shen jumped up and down anxiously, Master Huo's words echoing in her ears.

After seeing Shi Yanxia leave, she became terrified.

She also regretted returning the jade pendant to her back then. If she had known that the jade pendant was so powerful, she would never have let Shi Yanxia take it away.

That was her jade pendant! Why did Shi Yanxia give it to her and then snatch it back?

"Eldest brother, hurry up and stop her, and snatch the jade pendant back!" Mother Shen was extremely anxious and shouted at Shen Zhinan, who was standing aside in a daze.

Shen Zhinan was stunned for a moment before subconsciously raising her foot to chase after him.

With a "bang," he had just stepped out when the door, which was clearly open, seemed to be blocked by something invisible. As he rushed out, he felt a sharp pain in his face and his nose started bleeding profusely, as if he had bumped into something.

He stared in disbelief at the open door, unable to get out.

"What's going on?" Shen Zhinan was somewhat taken aback, but he gritted his teeth and rushed out again.

With a "bang," he was bounced back again, this time with a bruised and swollen face.

Seeing this, Shen's mother raised her voice in anger and scolded, "Eldest son, if you don't want to go, then stop putting on an act for me. Second son, you go and snatch my jade pendant back."

Shen Rufeng stood aside, looking rather dejected. After all, he had been arrested by the police last night for allegedly using drugs, but after a night of testing, it turned out to be a mistake and they had just released him.

Although it was a wrongful arrest, the news is all over the place. Whether he actually used drugs or not is no longer important, since his reputation is already ruined.

"Okay." Shen Rufeng said, and stepped out.

Seeing that he walked straight out, Shen Zhinan was eager to prove that something was blocking the way, so he subconsciously rushed out, only to find that there was no barrier at all, as if he had just been acting on purpose.

"How could this be?" Shen Zhinan asked, puzzled.

Looking back at Shen's mother, he found her staring at him with eyes full of anger! She clearly no longer trusted him.

Shen Zhinan was feeling very frustrated today. He turned around and walked outside, only to find that Shi Yanxia had already disappeared from the hospital. No matter how they searched, they couldn't find her.

“Yan Xia was clearly doing this on purpose; she wanted to stir up internal conflict within our Shen family.” Only then did Shen Zhinan realize that something was wrong.

"Brother, why don't we find a chance to kill her?" Shen Rufeng said through gritted teeth.

Shen Zhinan didn't reply. Instead, she stared at him like he was an idiot and said, "She's a member of the Zhan family now. Do you dare kill her?"

"Since you knew the Zhan family was untouchable, why did you let her marry into them in the first place? If you had let Achu marry into that family, we wouldn't be in this desperate situation now," Shen Rufeng said with great dissatisfaction.

Shen Zhinan also fell silent.

Yes! The Zhan family is incredibly powerful. Even if that person dies, as long as you marry into the family, you can use your status as a member of the Zhan family to do many things.

Why did they insist on forcing Shi Yanxia to marry into their family in the first place? Shen Zhinan was puzzled, feeling as if she had lost her mind before.

It would be a lie to say I don't regret it.

When he was hit by that "Zhan A8" today, he didn't even dare to call the police. That's the kind of oppressive aura the Zhan family has. Even when they are being suppressed, they don't dare to utter a sound.

He even wondered if Shen Lianchu were to marry into the Zhan family, would the Shen family be able to curry favor with them?

The thought kept popping into his mind, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It seems we have no choice but to tell the Zhan family the truth: Shi Yanxia is a substitute bride."

With that, he turned and walked into the ward.

****

Shi Yanxia left the hospital in high spirits, bought some food by the roadside, and then drove back to Zhan's residence.

When she returned to the Zhan residence, it was already 4:30 in the afternoon. She carried the food inside.

"Butler Zhou, are you alright?" Shi Yanxia looked at Butler Zhou with some doubt, seeing him standing there clutching his abdomen, his face full of pain.

He could have gone to rest, but he insisted on standing there, like a guard.

When Butler Zhou saw Shi Yanxia, ​​he rushed forward as if she were his lifeline.

"Young Madam, you're finally back." Butler Zhou stood before her, wincing in pain, his face contorted with agony, yet he forced himself to maintain an elegant demeanor.

"What's wrong?" Shi Yanxia looked at him in confusion.

The housekeeper lowered his voice somewhat embarrassedly and said, "I've taken the medicine you gave me twice! I just passed a lot of stones, and now I'm in a lot of pain. Painkillers aren't helping."

"Then I'll prescribe another medicine for you," Shi Yanxia said.

She walked directly to the side. After she moved in, whether it was Zhan Jinglin's order or Butler Zhou's own initiative, a lot of medicinal herbs were placed on one side of the living room.

Shi Yanxia stepped forward, picked out some medicinal herbs, handed them to him, and said, "Simmer them over low heat for 20 minutes, then drink it and you'll be fine."

"Thank you, young mistress." Butler Zhou was so moved by the medicine she handed him that he almost burst into tears.

He took the medicine and headed towards the kitchen, where servants immediately came to help.

Shi Yanxia went upstairs and returned to her room. After taking a shower, she collapsed back onto the bed, taking out the hair she had pulled out in the ward.

“Shen Lianchu.” She raised an eyebrow.

Thinking of Shen Lianchu's miserable state, she felt a surge of pleasure.

In her past life, she was oppressed and brainwashed by these people, which led to her depression. She had to avenge this. Today, she was just causing them mental anguish, which was nothing.

Thinking of this, she quickly sat up.

He took out cinnabar, touched it to his fingertip, drew a talisman in the air, and then took out two strands of Shen Lianchu's hair and flicked them onto the talisman.

After the yellow talisman stuck to her hair, it spontaneously combusted in mid-air. Then, images kept flooding into her mind, and Shi Yanxia frowned.

There was a vague sense of a force controlling things, as if it was absolutely preventing anyone from peeping into Shen Lianchu's past. The force was so strong that it seemed to want to throw Shi Yanxia away.

Shi Yanxia narrowed her eyes slightly, then touched the tip of her cinnabar-painted finger forward and whispered, "Break."

As soon as she finished speaking, the barrier that had been blocking her way was blasted apart, and the power vanished completely.

She saw Shen Lianchu's face when she was a child, slashed and bloody! Even the bones had been altered. The image was blurry, and she couldn't see it clearly.

"Knock knock knock," came a knock on the door.