Chapter 449 - 450: Superficial Marriage
Nancheng, Shen Family.
Shen Ruozhuo held the wine-soaked glutinous rice balls she had just cooked by hand, intending to bring them to Ye Qingqian.
She always felt that her parents had something on their minds these past two days, she needed to probe and listen to the winds to find the right remedy.
Perhaps in the eyes of others, she was the glamorous and radiant eldest daughter of the Shen Family, but the bitterness behind it was only known to her.
Studying calligraphy and painting from a young age was solely to become the well-educated and sensible lady in the eyes of Shen Yucheng and Ye Qingqian. She knew she was not their biological daughter and could only do these things to make them happy. Otherwise, she didn’t know when she might lose her status as the eldest daughter of the Shen Family.
The title of the eldest daughter of the Shen Family brought her an unimaginable sense of superiority and satisfaction, and she had to protect this title well.
She had just reached the doorway of Shen Yucheng and Ye Qingqian’s room and was about to knock when voices came from behind the slightly ajar door.
"Is Lou Xi really sister’s daughter?" Ye Qingqian asked.
"Pretty sure, I checked, when sister left Nancheng that year, she went to Yu Zhou, gave birth to a child and then completely disappeared. To this day, we don’t know where she is."
"If we find sister’s daughter and make this news public, sister might return."
"Indeed," Shen Yucheng said in a deep voice.
Whatever else was said inside, Shen Ruozhuo did not listen further. She quietly left the third floor, carrying the bowl of wine-soaked glutinous rice balls back to her room.
Closing the door, Shen Ruozhuo threw the freshly cooked bowl of wine-soaked glutinous rice balls onto the floor!
Lou Xi is actually Shen Yucheng’s sister’s daughter!
She knew Shen Youran, the name that was taboo in the Shen Family. When the old servants occasionally mentioned her, a strange gleam flickered in their cloudy eyes.
Her adoptive father Shen Yucheng had never given up searching for Shen Youran’s trace over the years, but there was never any news.
If Lou Xi is Shen Youran’s daughter, then Lou Xi is rightfully the eldest daughter of the Shen Family, and if Lou Xi returns, where would Shen Ruozhuo’s place be?
At that time, that car accident should have been done more thoroughly, leaving nothing undone, to kill her completely!
Thinking of this, Shen Ruozhuo’s eyes were filled with bloodthirsty light, and a layer of murderous aura rose around her.
Shen Ruozhuo picked up the phone and called Xi Siwei.
"Xi Siwei, I know you’ve always wanted to take the heir’s position from Qin Mobai, now, I’m giving you an opportunity." Shen Ruozhuo now felt that compared to the identity of Qin Mobai’s wife, what she wanted to preserve even more was her title of the eldest daughter of the Shen Family.
She couldn’t let Lou Xi replace her identity as "Qin Mobai’s wife" first, and then replace her title of the eldest daughter of the Shen Family. She couldn’t watch such a thing happen.
"I’m all ears," Xi Siwei said plainly.
"You marry me, with the support of the Shen Family, your chances of winning the fight for the heir with Qin Mobai increase by at least thirty percent."
"Is Miss Shen asking me to marry you?" Mockery came from the other end of the phone.
Shen Ruozhuo felt stifled, but no matter how Xi Siwei humiliated her, she could only agree.
"Mutual benefit, if you’re unwilling, then forget it. Looking around the entire Nancheng, you won’t find anyone more suitable than me."
Shen Ruozhuo hung up on Xi Siwei with a snap, forcibly suppressing her nausea.