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

"By the way, how did you know she was there to poison you?"

Si Jingnian was a little curious. According to the soldiers on duty, as soon as the nurse went in, Shen Qingyao had them arrest her. Obviously, Shen Qingyao could tell something was wrong at a glance.

"I could tell from her face. Her face had a murderous look to it, and her servant palace was sunken, which proved that she was willingly or forced to do something. In addition, the guilty conscience she unconsciously showed when facing me made me know that she was up to no good."

Si Jingnian only half understood what Shen Qingyao was saying. Although he didn't quite understand what she meant by "palace," he did understand one thing: Shen Qingyao had seen through his appearance that the other party intended to poison him.

Si Jingnian had always known that Shen Qingyao was very skilled in this area, but he did not expect that she could tell a person's character from their character at a glance.

Wouldn't all the helplessness and embarrassment I sometimes showed be completely exposed in front of Shen Qingyao?

At this moment, Si Jingnian suddenly felt that he had no privacy in front of Shen Qingyao, which made him feel a little awkward.

Shen Qingyao seemed to have seen through Si Jingnian's thoughts and couldn't help but laugh. So, in order not to make his expression even more unpleasant, she could only turn her head away and chuckle.

Si Jingnian saw her secretly smiling and immediately misunderstood.

Si Jingnian: It's over! It seems she's seen through everything I've done. Maybe I should wear a mask from now on. This world is too scary, and Shen Qingyao is too scary.

After Shen Qingyao finished chuckling, she realized that Si Jingnian was looking at her with some wariness, making the atmosphere somewhat amusing.

"Don't worry, a fortune teller can't look at himself or those he has a family relationship with. You and I are now husband and wife, so I can't see through your face."

Shen Qingyao's explanation relieved Si Jingnian, and seeing that Si Jingnian believed her, Shen Qingyao also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Qingyao: Thank goodness! Si Jingnian believes me now. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing for me to not be able to see through his personality. People would think I'm not good enough.

Silence fell once again, and the two were lost in their own thoughts.

"By the way, is there any progress on the matter I asked you to investigate?"

After a long silence, Shen Qingyao remembered that she had asked Si Jingnian to investigate Shen Yuanyuan's biological parents.

Upon hearing Shen Qingyao's question, Si Jingnian straightened his expression, his brows furrowing with seriousness.

"There's still no lead, after all these years. But I've stumbled upon something else, would you... like to hear about it?"

Si Jingnian looked at Shen Qingyao with a hint of reluctance.

Seeing Si Jingnian's solemn expression, Shen Qingyao had a vague sense of unease.

"Go ahead."

She has always been someone who needs to get to the bottom of everything, no matter how unacceptable the truth may be; she must know it all.

“I discovered that your father, Shen Wenzhong, spends a few days each month visiting the same woman.”

Si Jingnian's words only made Shen Qingyao slightly startled, but she felt no surprise or shock.

Having lived in the Shen family for many years in her previous life, she had long since noticed the problems with the engagement between Shen Wenzhong and Liu Shuyi.

Shen Wenzhong disliked Liu Shuyi's control over him, and gradually Liu Shuyi stopped caring about Shen Wenzhong.

The couple always presented themselves as a model couple in public, but behind the scenes, Shen Wenzhong was extremely dissatisfied with Liu Shuyi.

If it weren't for the Liu family's considerable wealth, he probably would have divorced Liu Shuyi long ago.

“Ah Yao, perhaps…”

“It’s alright. I’ve known what kind of person he is for a long time. There’s no way he wouldn’t have found other women. His relationship with Liu Shuyi must have broken down a long time ago. It’s no surprise that he’s looking for other women.”

Before Si Jingnian could comfort her, Shen Qingyao had already let it go. Besides, she didn't care about the people and affairs of the Shen family anymore, so she didn't feel anything about this matter.

"I'll need your help to continue investigating Shen Yuanyuan's matter."

Although Shen Qingyao had some guesses in her heart, she did not express her suspicions to Si Jingnian.

She always felt that things were not as simple as she imagined, and that there seemed to be many things she didn't know about involved.

Although Si Jingnian is now her husband in name only, they are still just a fake couple, and their level of trust in each other is not that high yet.

Si Jingnian was unaware of Shen Qingyao's concerns and readily agreed without any hesitation.

Just as Shen Qingyao saw Si Jingnian off, another uninvited guest arrived in the ward: Shen Yuanyuan.

Shen Qingyao was somewhat surprised that Shen Yuanyuan had come to see her alone, and had someone let her in.

"Shen Yuanyuan, are you here to get beaten up again?"

Shen Qingyao looked at Shen Yuanyuan with a half-smile, her eyes full of mockery, which made Shen Yuanyuan blush with anger.

"Shen Qingyao, what's there to be proud of? Although you are the biological daughter of the Shen family, your parents and your brothers have all sided with me, and not a single one of them is willing to believe you!"

Shen Yuanyuan's face was contorted with rage, her eyes filled with jealousy and hatred towards Shen Qingyao. Even though she was in a wheelchair, her gaze was so intense that she seemed to want to pounce on Shen Qingyao and tear her apart.

Shen Qingyao really didn't understand the source of her hatred towards her.

Although her return to the Shen family did threaten her position, what puzzled him most was that she had been filled with hatred for him from the very first day she returned.

But what if she knew who her biological parents were? What if her biological parents were indeed members of the Shen family?

"Shen Yuanyuan, why do you hate me so much? From the first day I returned to the Shen family, I have never competed with you for anything, nor have we been at odds from the beginning. Where does your hatred for me come from?"

Shen Qingyao angrily questioned Shen Yuanyuan, trying to find some clues from her reaction.

Shen Yuanyuan still looked at Shen Qingyao with a jealous and hateful expression, her teeth clenched as if she wanted to devour her.

"I hate you, I hate you, what reason do I need? Shen Qingyao, why did you come back? Why didn't you just die out there? If you were dead, I would be the only daughter of the Shen family, and everything you have should belong to me!"

"You don't understand! You'll never understand, you'll never understand. You owe me! All of this should have been mine! You stole everything from me!"

Shen Yuanyuan's face was contorted with rage, and her voice was low and menacing. Even though she didn't scream loudly, Shen Qingyao could still hear the boundless hatred in her voice.

It seems that Shen Yuanyuan did indeed know that she was a child of the Shen family, which is why Shen Yuanyuan hated her so much, believing that she had stolen everything from her.

Even though she already had a guess in her heart, Shen Qingyao pretended not to know and continued to provoke her.

"I am the biological daughter of the Shen family. You have usurped my place for twenty years, you have occupied my identity as the young lady of the Shen family for twenty years, and you have enjoyed a life of luxury for twenty years. How dare you hate me?"

"You should have been someone from a poor family, whose parents were not respectable, but you took over my identity and were spared such a hard life. You should be grateful to me and thank me profusely!"

Shen Qingyao deliberately spoke harshly, shattering Shen Yuanyuan's pride bit by bit.

Only in this way will Shen Yuanyuan be unable to tolerate Shen Qingyao's disdain and condescending attitude, thus revealing her true identity.