Severing ties with family to marry the young marshal, his whole family chases me to the crematorium.

When Shen Qingyao heard Si Jingnian's question, she subconsciously shook her head. After realizing that he couldn't see, she spoke again.

"No."

Si Jingnian felt no joy upon hearing Shen Qingyao's answer. He realized then that what he really wanted to ask was not whether Shen Qingyao had someone she liked.

Si Jingnian dared not let his mind wander any further. He raised his hand to rub his temples, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.

"Go to sleep, you have to get up early tomorrow."

Si Jingnian hurriedly ended the conversation, but couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

He couldn't understand it at all. Although he had married Shen Qingyao, they had only known each other for two days. How could he be so presumptuous as to ask her such a question?

……

When Shen Qingyao woke up the next morning, Si Jingnian was no longer in the room.

She didn't think much of it; the real mastermind behind the curse on Si Jingnian hadn't been found yet, so it was normal for him to be busy.

But when she arrived at the main hall, she saw Si Jingnian and Meng Shuqin sitting together at the dining table waiting for her.

Today, Si Jingnian was dressed in a crisp military uniform, his epaulets gleaming with a dignified, cold light.

Unlike before, when he exuded a gentle and refined aura, Si Jingnian now had a more heroic look in his eyes, and his whole being exuded an unshakable and righteous aura.

"Ah Yao, you're awake! Come and have breakfast. After breakfast, you and Jing Nian can go back to the Shen family. Mom has already prepared the gifts for your homecoming."

Upon seeing Shen Qingyao, Meng Shuqin warmly stepped forward, took her hand, and pressed her down to sit on the stool next to Si Jingnian.

"If he comes back to the Shen family with me, won't the news of his awakening be exposed?"

Hearing Meng Shuqin's words, Shen Qingyao was surprised and somewhat puzzled.

"It's alright. The trail has gone cold. There's no point in continuing to hide the news of my awakening. If the news of my awakening gets out, it might alert the enemy and lead to unexpected clues."

Fearing that Shen Qingyao would feel guilty, Si Jingnian hurriedly explained. Meng Shuqin, who was standing to the side, tried to wink at Si Jingnian, but it was no use, even though her eyes were practically twitching.

Meng Shuqin: My silly son! How can you talk to a young lady like that? You're making her misunderstand, as if you only went back to the Shen family with her for a clue! You blockhead, even if I were A Yao, I wouldn't like you!

Si Jingnian only knew that his mother rolled her eyes at him in annoyance and pouted in disgust, but he had no idea what she was thinking.

As expected, Shen Qingyao, who had been having some wild thoughts, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Si Jingnian's explanation.

"Is that so? Then you'll have to trouble yourself to come back to the Shen family with me."

Seeing that Shen Qingyao was in a good mood, Si Jingnian also smiled, a touch of tenderness appearing between his brows.

Seeing this, Meng Shuqin was not happy at all; instead, she sighed helplessly.

It seems that my wish to have a grandchild is still a long way off!

The Si family and the Shen family are not far apart, and with the Marshal's Mansion providing transportation, it only takes about ten minutes to get there.

When Shen Qingyao and Si Jingnian arrived at the Shen family home, the family members were still having breakfast, so they did not notice their arrival.

"Mom, try this pancake, it's really delicious. I got up early this morning to go to the street to buy it."

Shen Yuanyuan was like a lark, her laughter filling the dining room.

Shen Qingyao's sudden appearance brought this harmonious and beautiful scene to an abrupt end, and the smiles on the faces of the Shen family members disappeared.

Only Liu Shuyi hurriedly put down her chopsticks and stepped forward cautiously, reaching out to try to pull Shen Qingyao, but then remembered what had happened before and forcibly held back.

"Qingyao, why are you back? Is it...is it..."

Liu Shuyi wanted to ask if Si Jingnian was dead and if she had been kicked out, but she couldn't get the question out.

Everyone present realized the problem, and their expressions varied.

Shen Wenzhong looked displeased, snorted coldly, and slammed his chopsticks down on the table with a loud thud.

Shen Yanming looked up at Shen Qingyao with a complicated expression, sighed, and remained silent.

Shen Yuanyuan, however, curled her lips slightly, a clear schadenfreude flashing in her eyes, which disappeared the moment she turned her head away.

“Sister, although Marshal Si is dead, you have already married him, so you are a member of the Si family. Even if Marshal Si is dead, you should stay in the Si family to serve your parents-in-law and fulfill your filial duties to your husband. How could you run back to the Shen family on your own?”

From an angle unseen by the Shen family, Shen Yuanyuan gave Shen Qingyao a gloating and provocative look.

"Yuanyuan, how can you talk to your sister like that? At a time like this, aren't you just hurting her feelings?"

Liu Shuyi sternly reprimanded Shen Yuanyuan, but in the end she couldn't bear to speak harshly to her.

“Mom, did I say something wrong? My sister has already married into the Si family, so she is the Si family’s daughter-in-law. Now that her husband has just died, she has run back. What will the neighbors say? The Shen family will lose all face in Nancheng.”

"I know you feel sorry for your sister, and we all feel sorry for what she's been through. But Mom, have you ever thought about how your three older brothers still need to get married, and how I also need to get married!"

Shen Yuanyuan's voice was filled with grievance and sobs as she accused others, and behind the backs of her family, she pretended to wipe away non-existent tears.

Liu Shuyi, who had just scolded Shen Yuanyuan, stood there with a troubled expression after hearing her words, and looked at Shen Qingyao with a pained look.

"Qingyao, why don't you... go back to the Si family first? Mom will come to see you in a couple of days, okay?"

Liu Shuyi's eyes were slightly red. She knew that what she had said was too cruel to Shen Qingyao, but she forced herself to turn her head away from Shen Qingyao, suppressing her heartache.

Having received Liu Shuyi's attitude, Shen Yuanyuan smiled with satisfaction, then leaned forward slightly and spoke in a voice that only she and Shen Qingyao could hear.

"Shen Qingyao, so what if you are the Shen family's biological daughter? You are destined to always be the one who is abandoned. Your parents and brothers all want me, but not you."

“Now that your husband is dead, if I were you, there would be no hope in living in this world. I might as well find a place to hang myself and go to the underworld to keep your young marshal husband company.”

Shen Qingyao listened coldly to Shen Yuanyuan's words, and as soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand and slapped her hard across the face.

Shen Yuanyuan did not expect that Shen Qingyao would hit her in front of the Shen family. The sudden slap made her dizzy and she fell to the ground, with ringing in her ears.

"Yuanyuan!"

No one expected Shen Qingyao to suddenly attack. Liu Shuyi screamed and rushed to help Shen Yuanyuan. When she saw the obvious red marks on Shen Yuanyuan's face, she felt extremely distressed.

"Shen Qingyao, what are you doing? Are you crazy? What right do you have to hit Yuanyuan!"

Shen Yanming's eyes were blazing with anger, and he looked at Shen Qingyao with such rage that he wanted nothing more than to hit her back.

"Shen Qingyao, you wretched child, I'm still here, are you trying to rebel?"

Watching this farce unfold, Shen Wenzhong slammed his hand on the table and stood up, looking at Shen Qingyao with icy indifference.

The gaze seemed to be directed not at his own daughter, but at an enemy with whom he shared a deep-seated blood feud.

"Father-in-law, please calm down!"

Just as Shen Wenzhong was about to raise his hand to hit Shen Qingyao, a pleasant but extremely intimidating voice came from behind Shen Qingyao.