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

Liu Shuyi returned to her room looking exhausted, with Shen Yuanyuan following behind, her eyes flashing with calculation.

"Mom, what do you want to tell me? Do you also believe what Shen Qingyao said?"

"If others don't believe me, how can you not believe me either? I really didn't do those things. Although Huaichuan and I are in love, how could I possibly have been with him before even marrying him..."

Shen Yuanyuan looked ashamed and indignant, her eyes reddening and tears welling up, but she held them back.

Seeing this, Liu Shuyi's doubts were somewhat dispelled, but she still felt a little uneasy.

But right now, what she cares about most isn't whether Shen Yuanyuan really has something going on with Pei Huaichuan; what she really wants to know is the true relationship between Shen Yuanyuan and Cui Jingru.

"Yuanyuan, did you and Cui Jingru know each other a long time ago?"

Liu Shuyi stared intently at Shen Yuanyuan, not missing a single flaw on her face.

Shen Yuanyuan's eyes flickered slightly, and without any hesitation, she took Liu Shuyi's arm.

"Mom, Aunt Cui and I did meet once before. About two months ago, when I went to buy jewelry, we both liked the same bracelet. She thought we had the same taste, so she pulled me aside and talked to me for a bit more."

"But at that time I had no idea that she was my father's mistress, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have given her a kind look."

"It wasn't until she entered the Shen family that I realized she wasn't actually that awful. All she wanted was for my father to look at her more. In a way, she was a pitiful person. She put all her heart into one man and spent her whole life waiting for him. Perhaps that's just how women are. So I sympathize with her."

Shen Yuanyuan acted very naturally, without revealing any flaws, and even her words resonated with Liu Shuyi.

Wasn't she also waiting for Shen Wenzhong her whole life, waiting for him to come back, waiting for him to eat, waiting for him to be free, waiting for him to see her? She spent her whole life waiting for him, losing herself in the process.

Liu Shuyi's eyes welled up with tears. She felt a pang of bitterness not only because Shen Wenzhong had betrayed her despite all she had given, but also because Shen Yuanyuan had deceived her.

She raised Shen Yuanyuan herself, so how could she not understand her personality?

The child she raised with her own hands was helping an outsider deceive her; how could she not feel heartbroken?

But Liu Shuyi said nothing and never trusted Shen Yuanyuan as she used to.

Only now, after she no longer trusts Shen Yuanyuan, does she realize that everything Shen Yuanyuan said was full of flaws and could not stand up to scrutiny.

So, what about all those misunderstandings she had about her biological daughter, Shen Qingyao? Were they all orchestrated by Shen Yuanyuan?

Liu Shuyi dared not think about it in detail, she dared not delve into these truths, she was afraid that she would not be able to bear it and die.

"Okay, Mom believes you. Go back now. I'll discuss your marriage with Pei Huaichuan with your father and we'll get you married ahead of schedule."

Liu Shuyi was in a state of confusion, feeling as if she had never truly known Shen Yuanyuan.

Shen Yuanyuan, who should have been happy to hear the news, hesitated at this moment.

"Mom, there's no need to rush. I've only just realized that my feelings for Huaichuan are those of a brother and sister, not romantic feelings."

Shen Yuanyuan's words made Liu Shuyi frown. She clearly remembered that Shen Yuanyuan had snatched this marriage contract from Shen Qingyao herself.

When Shen Qingyao first returned to the Shen family, the Pei family demanded that the marriage be changed to Shen's own daughter. At that time, Shen Yuanyuan cried and made a scene, threatening to kill herself, before Shen Qingyao finally gave up the marriage to her.

They even went so far as to marry Shen Qingyao into the young marshal's mansion to bring good luck, all to make way for Shen Yuanyuan and allow her to marry into the Pei family smoothly.

But now Shen Yuanyuan is saying that she only has brotherly and sisterly feelings for Pei Huaichuan, and no romantic feelings at all?

Liu Shuyi found it utterly absurd and was so angry that her chest ached. She could only endure the discomfort and chase Shen Yuanyuan away.

……

On the other side, Shen Qingyao, who had just come out of the Young Marshal's Mansion, sat in the car looking out, lost in thought.

As the car turned a corner, her gaze was drawn to a figure in a black robe.

The figure in the black robe disappeared around the corner of the Shen family's house, seemingly entering through the back door.

Shen Qingyao's brows furrowed tightly, and her unease grew stronger.

Ever since her last battle with that man in black robes, traces of the Elysium Society seem to be everywhere around her.

Back at the Marshal's Mansion, Shen Qingyao felt increasingly uncertain and eventually decided to return to Taiqing Temple.

Taiqing Temple is located in Lingzhou City, more than 1,000 kilometers away from the southern part of the city.

To return to Nancheng, Shen Qingyao had to take another train ride.

When the Shen family went to pick her up, it was Shen Qingyao's first time taking a train. This time, she was going to take the train back alone, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The station was bustling with people, and all the chairs were occupied.

After buying her train ticket, Shen Qingyao found a seat and sat down to wait. As soon as she sat down, her brow started twitching, and she felt uneasy.

Left with no other choice, Shen Qingyao could only take out a few copper coins from her pocket and try to calculate her fortune.

Looking at the calculated result, Shen Qingyao frowned, her eyes showing a complex expression.

In the past, she had never been able to calculate anything related to herself, not even when she was about to face a fatal danger.

But at this moment, she could clearly see through the current divination, as if she was no longer restricted.

Just as Shen Qingyao was still deep in thought, a quarrel suddenly broke out in the station.

Some people rushed into the station quickly, while others pushed forward out of curiosity.

A moment later, a gunshot rang out, followed by screams from the front of the crowd, and then someone shouted that someone had been murdered.

Chaos erupted once again inside the station. Shen Qingyao was swept along by the crowd for a few steps before being blocked by a pillar in front of her, unable to run any further.

As soon as Shen Qingyao turned around, she saw a man holding a gun and firing indiscriminately at people.

The people closest to Shen Qingyao were quickly shot and fell to the ground, and the man's gun was also pointed at Shen Qingyao.

For a moment, Shen Qingyao's blood almost froze. She disregarded everything else and dodged away at lightning speed.

The bullet struck the pillar that Shen Qingyao had just been leaning against, instantly creating a dent.

Ignoring Shen Qingyao who had dodged, the man turned around again and fired at the others, two more shots felling one person.

Station security personnel came out with guns to stop him, but before they could fire, they were killed by the man's gun.

The man seemed to have mental problems; he was laughing maniacally while firing the gun, and he kept muttering something under his breath.

Just as Shen Qingyao was about to slip away, her movements once again attracted the man's attention, and his gun was pointed at her again.

A gunshot rang out, and Shen Qingyao had no time to dodge, so she could only instinctively close her eyes and wait for the pain to come.

However, after a while, there was no pain as she had imagined. Shen Qingyao, full of doubt, mustered up her courage and opened her eyes.

The man who had just been shooting indiscriminately was now lying in a pool of blood.

In her gaze, Si Jingnian, holding a pistol, led his troops slowly toward Shen Qingyao as the sun set.