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

She was wrong in her previous life. She should never have expected the Shen family to have feelings for her. If things had been like this from the beginning, she wouldn't have ended up with such a tragic death.

In this life, she doesn't want to indulge anyone. Anyway, she will be able to leave the Shen family soon. She just wants to get back all the pent-up resentment she suffered before.

"If you dare hit me, Mom, Dad, and my brothers will never let you get away with it. Don't come any closer..."

For the first time, Shen Yuanyuan felt fear towards Shen Qingyao. Just as she was about to cry for help, Shen Qingyao grabbed her chin, forcing her to swallow all her voice.

"Naive! I've been charged with similar offenses before. Did they really do anything to me? It was nothing more than not letting me eat or putting me in solitary confinement."

“Even if you tell them now that I hit you, they won’t do anything to me. But if something happens to me, how will they explain it to the Si family? Since that’s the case, I will now make sure that all the charges you made against me before are proven true.”

There was a hint of madness in Shen Qingyao's eyes, which frightened Shen Yuanyuan so much that her body trembled uncontrollably and her eyes instantly turned red.

Seeing how easily Shen Yuanyuan was frightened, Shen Qingyao became somewhat bored and shook her off, then stood up and stared at her with the eyes of someone looking at prey.

Unable to bear the fear in her heart any longer, Shen Yuanyuan staggered away, half rolling and half crawling.

"It's boring."

Shen Qingyao didn't pursue her. There was still a month until the wedding, and Shen Qingyao wanted to take her time.

Surprisingly, Shen Yuanyuan didn't complain to anyone this time, which was highly unusual and made Shen Qingyao wary.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Shen Yanming led a group of servants and ransacked the mansion.

Shen Qingyao immediately became alarmed; such a large-scale operation was definitely orchestrated by Shen Yuanyuan to target her.

Seeing Shen Yanming leading people as if searching for something, Shen Qingyao subconsciously looked towards her room, her ominous premonition growing stronger.

Is it...

Shen Qingyao searched the room thoroughly and, sure enough, found something that didn't belong to her in the innermost part of her jewelry box: an emerald bracelet.

Shen Qingyao recognized the bracelet; it was a family heirloom, given to her by Liu Shuyi on Shen Yuanyuan's birthday.

Now that it's in her jewelry box, and Shen Yanming happens to be leading a search party, Shen Qingyao knows without a doubt what Shen Yuanyuan is up to.

Shen Qingyao's expression turned cold, and she tightened her grip on the bracelet, her eyes revealing a hint of iciness.

Since Shen Yuanyuan went so far as to use the Shen family's heirloom to frame her, then she shouldn't blame her for being heartless.

"The earth splits open, the sky opens, the soil is broken and obstacles are removed; the power of the incantation is boundless and all-powerful; so be it, so be it!"

As Shen Qingyao made hand seals and chanted incantations, the originally lustrous emerald bracelet instantly shattered into ashes, its original appearance no longer recognizable.

At that moment, Shen Yanming and his men knocked on Shen Qingyao's door, making the already loose door rattle loudly.

"Shen Qingyao, open the door!"

Shen Yanming's voice was cold and angry, as if he had already decided that Shen Qingyao was the thief who stole Shen Yuanyuan's things.

Shen Qingyao casually kicked the ashes on the ground before calmly opening the door.

The door was flung open, and Shen Yanming's hand, which was still raised to pound on the door, had not yet been lowered.

"Is something wrong?"

Shen Qingyao's voice was impatient and carried a hint of coldness. When Shen Yanming met her emotionless gaze, his heart skipped a beat.

"Yuanyuan has lost something, I..."

"So you suspect I stole it? Or did Shen Yuanyuan tell you I stole it?"

Before Shen Yanming could finish speaking, Shen Qingyao coldly questioned him. Shen Yanming sensed the sarcasm in Shen Qingyao's words, and all his explanations got stuck in his throat.

"Third brother, I definitely didn't steal the bracelet. Maybe I lost it somewhere..."

While Shen Yanming and Shen Qingyao were locked in a stalemate, Shen Yuanyuan came over at some point. Although she was trying to help Shen Qingyao out of the predicament, her expression showed that she was forced to swallow her grievances.

"But the entire Shen residence has been searched, except for her room."

Shen Yanming felt heartbroken when he saw Shen Yuanyuan's aggrieved look, and the slight guilt he had felt towards Shen Qingyao vanished instantly.

"Third brother, don't let me cause a rift between you and my sister. She is your real sister, and I am just an outsider. It's not worth offending your sister for my sake."

"But... but that bracelet was a gift from my mother, a family heirloom of the Shen family. I actually lost the Shen family heirloom. I deserve to die, sob sob sob... I just want to know who took it, so that it can be returned."

Shen Yuanyuan cried her heart out, looking pitiful and fragile, as if she would collapse at any moment.

Shen Yanming, who had been somewhat hesitant, suddenly hardened his heart and insisted on searching Shen Qingyao's room.

"Searching my room is fine, but what if you don't find what you're looking for?"

Shen Qingyao was surprised that Shen Yuanyuan's few words could make Shen Yanming act like a fool and be used as a pawn. She couldn't help but curse him as an idiot in her heart. Her disdainful look made Shen Yanming frown unhappily.

"What do you want?"

Shen Yuanyuan had a vague feeling that something was not right, but when she thought about how she had personally put the things into Shen Qingyao's room, she dismissed her concerns.

Noticing the subtle change in Shen Yuanyuan's emotions, Shen Qingyao couldn't help but sneer.

“If you can’t find what you’re looking for in my room, you two will have to admit in front of the entire household that you’re deliberately slandering me and give me a formal apology.”

Shen Yanming's expression changed slightly. Shen Qingyao's attitude made him unsure of himself, and he began to have second thoughts.

"Third brother, let's not make a big deal out of this. Let's find our sister privately. Otherwise, if we really find the bracelet in her room, she'll be branded a thief."

Shen Yuanyuan seemed to be trying to persuade Shen Yanming, but her words not only failed to calm him down, but also made him more convinced that Shen Qingyao was acting out of guilt.

The Shen family absolutely cannot have a single person with dirty tricks; any sign of such a thing must be nipped in the bud.

"Okay! I promise you, if we have wronged you, Yuanyuan and I will apologize to you immediately. But if we really find the Shen family heirloom bracelet in your room, then you must promise me that you must change your habit of stealing."

Although the matter has not yet been verified, Shen Yanming is already convinced that Shen Qingyao took the item, which makes Shen Qingyao frown deeply.

As soon as Shen Qingyao stepped out of the door, Shen Yanming pulled Shen Yuanyuan inside and began searching frantically, the two of them trudging back and forth in the pile of ashes without paying any attention.

Shen Qingyao leaned against the door, coldly watching the two search.

Shen Qingyao couldn't help but sneer when Shen Yuanyuan rummaged through the jewelry box for a while.

She wanted to see how Shen Yuanyuan would conjure up another bracelet.

Confident of victory, Shen Yuanyuan opened the jewelry box with a smug look on her face. But when she found that there were only a few inconspicuous pieces of jewelry inside, her heart skipped a beat.

She remembered clearly that she had personally placed the bracelet into the box, but now it was gone.