Quick Transmigration: Refusing to Be a Victim's Child

"Young Master, Steward Chen has been urging you from outside, saying that the Marquis has sent someone to summon you to the main hall to give a reply."

The servant Quanfu's voice rang out from outside the door.

Upon hearing this, Shao Linshen narrowed his eyes slightly, then directly touched the jade pendant to the wound in his hand. The blood was instantly absorbed, and the jade pendant then transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into his body.

At the same time, inside the main hall.

A young woman dressed in a light purple dress and wearing a hollowed-out gold hairpin swayed slightly, clutching her chest and struggling to breathe. Her expression was dazed, with a hint of loss in her eyes.

Seeing this, the woman next to him asked with concern, but when the other party just shook his head and said it was nothing, she turned her attention to the middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table.

"My lord, I have said long ago that the third son is unruly and needs to be disciplined strictly, but you always ignore it."

This child is a habitual thief, and he's been caught red-handed. You can't let him get away with this so easily anymore.

"Alright, the matter hasn't been investigated yet, so don't rush to convict people." Marquis Le'an was so embarrassed by what he said that he couldn't help but slam his fist on the table and shout angrily.

The woman, furious, wrung out her handkerchief and vented her anger on the servants, saying:

"Are you all dead? It's been so long and you haven't even bothered to urge him. What, does he think he's some illegitimate son? Do I, his legal mother, have to go and beg him myself?"

The servants below knelt in a row, kowtowing and begging for mercy, their faces filled with fear and unease.

Deep down, she harbored intense hatred for the Third Young Master, who had caused her to suffer this undeserved misfortune.

A young woman standing nearby chimed in at the opportune moment, appearing considerate of others, and said softly:

“Mother, please calm down. Perhaps my third brother meant well this time and wanted to buy you an expensive jade ornament to celebrate your birthday. After all, your birthday is just a month away.”

Upon hearing this, Madam Xu smiled contemptuously, and in front of her husband, covered her mouth with a look of disgust, letting out a soft scoff:

"Using stolen silver to celebrate my birthday? This lady cannot accept such a gift. If everyone were as presumptuous as him, where would the rules of this manor be?"

"My third brother meant well."

The young woman hesitated for a long time, as if trying to find excuses for her "third brother," before finally managing to utter a single sentence.

Anyone who didn't know better would really think this sister-in-law was some incredibly kind person.

But what was clearly still a pipe dream was brought to a conclusion by this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in just a few words.

Marquis Le'an's old face was frighteningly dark. He was furious but had nowhere to vent his anger. Just then, he saw the steward bringing Shaolin Shen in. He immediately grabbed a teacup from the table and smashed it at the man.

Shao Linshen quickly dodged to the side, narrowly escaping death, but still unfortunately got his ankle cut by a shard of porcelain, causing him to gasp in pain.

Unfortunately, this commotion went unnoticed by others.

Marquis Le'an was increasingly annoyed that this wretched child dared to hide after doing something wrong, and immediately ordered him to kneel down.

He then instructed his attendants:

"Take this wretched child out and give him a good beating. He's not allowed to get up until he's received at least twenty strokes of the cane."

Upon hearing this, the two attendants immediately stepped forward to grab the man, only to find that the third young master was like an eel, circling around several pillars and occasionally kicking the two men, almost causing them to fall to the ground. For a while, they were unable to catch him.

Seeing his illegitimate son so presumptuous, Marquis Le'an's anger flared up uncontrollably. He simply snatched the wooden stick from his attendant's hand, ordered his servants to surround the brat, and prepared to take matters into his own hands.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sitting on the side watched coldly as the illegitimate son was beaten, their eyes filled with glee.

Seeing that the old man was about to hit someone at the slightest provocation, Shao Linshen dared not continue circling around. He immediately slid down to his knees, pounced on the old man's leg, and began to wail at the top of his lungs:

"Father, what did I do wrong that you would beat me to death? If you don't explain it clearly, I will not be able to die in peace."

"shut up!"

"You're spouting nonsense! When did I ever tell you to die?"

Marquis Le'an was so angry that he wanted to kick the brat off his feet, but the little rascal was stuck to his leg like a lump of glutinous rice cake, and no matter how much he pushed him, he couldn't get away even a little bit.

He could only say coldly, "Let me ask you, did you go to my study today, and then go to the Treasure Pavilion to buy a jade pendant for a thousand taels of silver?"

Upon hearing this, Shao Linshen was about to explain when he choked on his saliva. Before he could say more than a few words, he coughed so hard that it felt like he was about to cough up his lungs. He stammered for a long time and couldn't even get a complete sentence out.

Shao Lin was so angry that he wished he could just gouge his own throat out and start over.

This is so humiliating and frustrating!

“Brother Shen, anyone with a mouth knows how to defend themselves when they are wronged. Why do you think the original owner was described by the servants as ‘speaking slowly’ and ‘behaving sleazy and guilty’?”

The voice of the Pangu Banner echoed faintly in my mind:

"Ultimately, it's all about the ebb and flow of fortune. Now that you're in adversity and your luck is suppressed, the transmigrated woman is naturally enjoying everything. How could Heaven possibly let you explain the reasons so easily?"

Shao Lin was surprised: "Am I not God's favorite son? Why is Heaven helping outsiders?"

"No one is a lucky one forever, otherwise how did your luck run out?" Pangu Banner retorted irritably.

Shao Lin pursed his lips. "By the way, you mentioned earlier that there are strange things in this world. Could you be referring to this?"

"Well..."

Surprisingly, Pangu Banner's voice carried a hint of apprehension as he said:

"Well, as the saying goes, the world is full of wonders. Some people like to follow the rules, while others like to innovate. This... the way of heaven in this world is a bit different, favoring eccentric 'protagonists,' so Brother Shen, you..."

"So I, the 'older generation,' was swept away by the 'younger generation' and died on the beach."

Shao Linshen added a sentence for Him.

Pangu Banner dared not utter another sound, silently squeezing out some merit from itself for its host. Its original golden body, adorned with mysterious runes, turned grayish again.

"Thanks." Shao Lin lowered his eyes slightly, his heart moved.

Before I could even feel touched, that guy started spouting nonsense again:

"Nine out and thirteen back, it's not easy for us to accumulate merit, so remember to repay me."

"..."

Shao Linshen said irritably, "I'll pay you back double later."

At this time in the main hall.

Seeing that the third young master was coughing uncontrollably and seemed unable to speak, the crowd grew uneasy. One of the bolder servants slowly stepped forward and immediately began to frame him:

"Third Young Master, stop making excuses. There were quite a few servants who saw you come out of the study earlier."

"Now that a thousand taels of silver have been stolen from your study, you can't exactly say that you just happened to find the money and used it to buy the jade pendant, can you?"

The maid in green was very quick-witted; before anyone could stop her, she blurted out her words.

The Marquis of Le'an's face immediately darkened at the sight of such an unruly maid, but since she was a servant in his daughter-in-law's quarters, he couldn't punish her arbitrarily. He simply gave a look to Xu Shi, who was standing to the side.

To everyone's surprise, the wife who had just asked him to severely punish his rebellious son was now pouting and just kept her head down, looking at the pattern on her handkerchief.

The young woman, seeing her father-in-law's expression was off, immediately bowed and apologized, saying that the maid was just young and a bit outspoken, and that she would discipline her properly when they got back.

Wang Minyue straightened her back unconsciously as she met the maid's grateful gaze.

Just as she was about to continue speaking to teach that "parasite" of the Marquis's mansion a lesson and take the jade pendant, a dark shadow flashed before her eyes, and she saw her maid vomiting blood and collapsing to the ground, looking like she was about to die.

"Qingluo!"

Her eyes widened, and she rushed to the maid's side, wanting to help her up but not daring to touch her. She could only hurriedly ask the other servants to fetch a doctor.

"Young...Madam...save...this servant, this servant...doesn't...doesn't want to die..."

As Qingluo vomited blood, she trembled and grabbed Wang Minyue's sleeve, her eyes filled with fear of death.

Wang Minyue was shocked to see her in such a terrible state. But when she looked up, she saw the assailant calmly rolling up his sleeves and casually tossing a wooden stick into his follower's arms.

Enraged, he glared at the other person and said resentfully:

"Shao Linshen, do you even respect me as your sister-in-law? Even if Qingluo is at fault, I have said I would punish her. How can you, a grown man, be so cruel to a woman?"

"This kind of disrespectful and insubordinate lackey should be killed. Does the elder sister-in-law expect her younger brother to pay with his life?"

Shao Linshen sat below Marquis Le'an, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and poured a cup of tea for Old Deng in a conciliatory manner, earning a glare in return. However, he didn't mind, as the situation was much better than when he was beaten half to death.

Then, he lazily spoke:

"So what if I went to the study today? It's not like I was the only one who went in. It's not like she saw me stealing something."

"What? Just because I bought a jade pendant, I'm being threatened with death? It seems this lowly maid isn't just outspoken; she's probably harboring malicious intentions."

"If it wasn't stolen, then where did the money for buying the jade pendant come from?" Madam Xu slammed her hand on the table in anger.