On the day of his whirlwind wedding, the heir to a wealthy family stood up!

At the dinner table, the atmosphere was warm and harmonious, with the elders chatting and laughing, all trying to make the old lady happy.

After dinner, the old lady was clearly tired, and she was helped upstairs by the maid to rest. Jiang Liguo and his wife and children also planned to go home.

"Brother Jiang, please visit us often in the future. Our two families are now related by marriage, so we can't be estranged!" Shen Yaorong said to Jiang Liguo.

Jiang Liguo shook hands with him excitedly, "I hope Brother Shen will take care of me in the future."

"Nonsense."

Su Meifen pulled Su Chenxi aside and whispered, "Chenxi, take good care of Yan Chuan. Call me if anything happens."

“Okay, Mom.” Su Chenxi nodded.

Jiang Yao, who was standing to the side, watched Shen Yanchuan sit back in his wheelchair. The excitement she had felt earlier vanished without a trace. She smiled smugly, glad that she hadn't married him. Otherwise, she would never have experienced the joy that a woman should have in her life.

After the Jiang family left, Shen Jianchang was whispering sweet nothings to Xia Xiaomeng when Shen Yaorong said, "Jianchang, come upstairs with me."

"Okay, Dad." Shen Jianchang kissed Xia Xiaomeng. "Wait for me."

Xia Xiaomeng gave him a shy pat and said gently, "Go ahead! I'll wait for you."

Watching Shen Jianchang's retreating figure as he went upstairs, Xia Xiaomeng's gaze finally settled on Su Chenxi on the sofa. She stood up and smiled, "Chenxi, it's been a long time."

"Long time no see," Su Chenxi replied, raising an eyebrow.

Xia Xiaomeng smiled at Shen Yanchuan in his wheelchair and asked, "Second Young Master, may I have a few words with your wife?"

Shen Yanchuan said calmly, "Ask her."

Su Chenxi stood up and said, "Okay! Let's chat in the garden!"

Stepping out of the Shen Family Garden under the cover of night, it was very quiet and deserted, making it a perfect place to discuss past grievances.

Su Chenxi walked ahead, while Xia Xiaomeng sneered from behind, "Su Chenxi, you didn't expect we'd meet again, did you!"

Su Chenxi turned to look at her, her eyes no longer polite, "I really don't want to see you."

"But I will never forget what you did to me back then. I swear I will repay you tenfold or a hundredfold for the pain I have suffered."

"What do you have to be upset about? You stole my guaranteed admission spot back then and secretly bribed the vice principal. It was only right that I reported you," Su Chenxi said coldly.

"Because of your report, my dad lost his job, I was expelled from school, and my mom suffered a heart attack and died a year later. You caused all of this." Xia Xiaomeng's eyes were filled with intense hatred and even stronger murderous intent.

Su Chenxi looked at her in astonishment, "I'm sorry, I never intended to harm your family. I need that guaranteed admission spot."

"Sorry? Even if you kneel down and apologize to me right now, I will never forgive you." Xia Xiaomeng crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows with a cold smile.

Su Chenxi didn't want to continue the conversation. "Although I sympathize with your family's situation, I did nothing wrong back then."

After saying that, she prepared to turn back to the hall. As she passed Xia Xiaomeng, she suddenly grabbed her hand and shoved her hard to the ground. Su Chenxi staggered back a few steps and said angrily, "What are you doing?"

"I never expected you to marry the crippled second young master of the Shen family, Su Chenxi. It's just karma. Jianchang has already proposed to me, and soon I will become the eldest young mistress of the Shen family. With me in the Shen family, you can forget about having a good life."

Su Chenxi paused for a moment, "I don't want to provoke you, and please don't provoke me either."

"You dare to offend me? The day I marry into the Shen family will be the beginning of your journey to hell." Xia Xiaomeng said through gritted teeth, her eyes filled with intense resentment.

Su Chenxi bit her lip. "I was the one who got the guaranteed admission spot back then. It was your family who bribed me first, and I reported them afterward."

"Why are you spouting this nonsense? I swore a solemn oath the day my mother died that I would avenge her. Heaven has eyes and has sent you to me. Su Chenxi, just you wait!" With that, Xia Xiaomeng walked step by step in front of Su Chenxi and sneered, "Let's see how your crippled husband protects you."

After saying that, she turned around triumphantly and walked towards the hall.

Su Chenxi sighed, and memories of six years ago flooded her mind. In her junior year of college, the school had a spot for direct admission to a design college in Country D, which she won with her best grades. While waiting for the notification, Su Chenxi stumbled upon Xia Xiaomeng and her father bribing the vice principal with gold bars.

She took a picture with her phone, and the next day when the school changed the quota, she reported it to the provincial education commission office.

She got her study abroad spot back, but she never expected that it would cause Xia Xiaomeng's father to lose his job and her mother to die of a heart attack.

Perhaps she went too far back then, but it was a guaranteed admission opportunity she had always dreamed of, and she didn't want to lose it.

Su Chenxi returned to the hall and looked at the man sitting in the wheelchair. He was like a quiet god, keeping others away.

She sighed inwardly. In the future, if Xia Xiaomeng married into the Shen family and wanted to deal with her, her husband would definitely not protect her, and she could not rely on him. She could only endure it until she left the Shen family a year later.

“Let’s go home!” Su Chenxi said to him.

"Yes!" Shen Yanchuan nodded.

Su Chenxi pushed him out the door and headed towards the parking lot. Zhou Youchen stepped forward to help. Shen Yanchuan got into the car, Su Chenxi closed the door, and the car drove out of the Shen family compound.

On the way, Su Chenxi remained silent, her small face showing a deep concern, while Shen Yanchuan seemed to be immersed in his own thoughts as well.

Back at the villa halfway up the mountain, Su Chenxi got out of the car. On the other side, Shen Yanchuan strode towards the living room with long legs, which puzzled her.

Why did he pretend to be lame? Who was he trying to impress?

It seemed she needed to look up the history of the Shen family. Su Chenxi returned to her room, picked up her phone, and typed in "Shen family history." She then clicked on a blogger's video.

This blogger gave a detailed account of the Shen family's founding generation, which was both exciting and full of bloody struggles. When the blogger analyzed the third generation, he mysteriously said, "It is said that there were secrets behind the plane crash of the second master of the Shen family and his wife. It is also rumored that the eldest master of the Shen family took ruthless measures to seize the right of succession. Then, the only son of the second master of the Shen family, Shen Yanchuan, was in a car accident on the day he returned to the country, which resulted in him being disabled in both legs to this day. The entire Shen empire fell into the hands of Shen Yaorong."

Su Chenxi's head buzzed. Could it be that Shen Yanchuan was pretending to be lame in order to secretly investigate the murderer who killed his parents back then?

Most likely.

Su Chenxi shuddered. The blogger's story was vivid and engaging, but now that she was the second young mistress of the Shen family, it felt somewhat terrifying.

She absolutely did not want to get involved in any power struggles within wealthy families; she simply wanted to be an independent and self-reliant woman.

The deeper one delves into the history of the Shen family, the more chilling it becomes. From the first generation onward, every generation has experienced death, car accidents, and suicides. It is a true history of blood and tears.

What troubles Su Chenxi even more is that Xia Xiaomeng is about to become the young mistress of the Shen family, and she will definitely not let her off the hook.

Back then, she worked hard to secure that guaranteed admission spot to prove to her mother that she was also a good daughter, and that she was a daughter her mother could be proud of.

What did she do wrong?

A bitter look flashed in Su Chenxi's eyes. Who understood her feeling of being neglected since childhood?