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As the tablecloth was slowly and completely lifted, Shen You was seen squatting under the offering table, covered in dust and dirt.

Her once exquisite appearance now looked somewhat disheveled, her eyes revealing a hint of fear and helplessness as she huddled in the cramped space.

Upon seeing Xiao Ran, her eyes were filled with panic, and her voice was trembling with sobs as she urgently said, "I didn't! Ran-mei, please don't say such things."

Xiao Ran gently took Shen You's hand and embraced her tenderly.

"Sister Shen, I'm very worried about you."

However, Shen You keenly noticed that Xiao Ran was referring to "I," not "we."

In an instant, Shen You's eyes reddened and tears welled up. She hugged Xiao Ran tightly, her shoulders shaking slightly as if she wanted to vent all the grievances and pain she had suffered that day.

After a long while, when the incense had burned out and a piece had fallen, Shen You began to sob as she began to speak, her voice hoarse and choked with sobs:

"Ranmei, do you know, I only realized today that there was a reason for my one-sided love..."

The reason... Xiao Ran could guess a thing or two in her heart.

In fact, from the conversation between Shen Quemin and the two sons of the Shen family today, as well as Shen Liang's reaction and Wen Ming's guilt, it can be known that the Grand Tutor's Mansion must have said something to Wen Ming, perhaps a conversation, or perhaps a warning.

Even so, Wenming was like a turtle that had shrunk back in its shell, no longer daring to look up at the moon.

Whether it was the dazzling array of stars or his inner fear, we cannot know.

"Mr. Wen told me a few things."

Shen You paused slightly, her sobs lessening a little. "Ran-mei, you saw Wen Ming?"

Xiao Ran nodded slightly and then told Shen You in detail everything that had happened at Mr. Wen's house.

"Is Wenming alright?!" Upon hearing this, Shen You immediately grabbed Xiao Ran's sleeve tightly, her expression filled with anxiety and worry. For a moment, she seemed to have completely forgotten that she was still sobbing.

"Sister Shen, Mr. Wen is safe and sound, please don't worry..."

Shen You's face was filled with hatred as she gritted her teeth and said, "It's one thing for them to control me, but why won't they even spare Wen Ming? They even did such a hurtful thing to him..."

After she finished speaking, tears welled up in her eyes again, but this time, they were not from sadness or grief, but from the pain and helplessness she felt at her own powerlessness.

"Why must we insist on marrying someone of equal social standing? Why can't I pursue my own feelings? Do they really want me to marry into the palace to protect their Shen family?"

"Am I destined to become a victim of their power struggle?"

As Xiao Ran stared at the woman's hysterical state, a sense of sorrow, like that of a rabbit mourning the death of a fox, suddenly welled up in her heart.

In her previous life, Shen You did indeed marry into the royal family as fate would have it, but ultimately perished in the brutal power struggle between the two factions, ending up with a tragic fate.

In retrospect, although she had long been aware of her own destiny and tried to fight back and change it, her strength alone was like that of a tiny mayfly. How could she easily shake the towering family and power?

The Shen family has never clearly chosen sides in the imperial court, yet they have managed to remain firmly in power in the turbulent capital, which must be due to their extraordinary strategies and methods.

Looking at herself, Xiao Ran couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

If He Wan hadn't secretly tricked her into marrying Jiang Shaorong in her previous life, then who would she have become a pawn in?

"Sister Shen, do you believe me?"

Xiao Ran's sudden remark filled Shen You with confusion, and her crying stopped abruptly.

But seeing the flickering light in Xiao Ran's determined eyes, like a glimmer of hope in the darkness, she said, almost as if possessed:

"Believe."