Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 316_1

Chapter 316: Chapter 316_1

Shen Miaomiao did not go to the restaurant that day. Instead, she followed her mother to Liu Hua Street.

Aunt Guihua was worried about Shen Zhong, and Shen Miaomiao was worried about her mother, so she came along.

Ms. Li did not have any appointments today. She just sat in the yard, daydreaming. Seeing that Shen Miaomiao did not go into the house, she curiously moved over to her side.

"Why don’t you go inside?"

Ms. Li was wearing a set of gray coarse hemp clothes today, wrapping herself up very tightly.

Shen Miaomiao just glanced at her without saying a word.

If one were to say she didn’t want to go into the house because Shen Zhong forced a wife to sell herself, then as far as Ms. Li was concerned, she stopped liking her two years ago when she started stealing men.

"What, do you think I’m dirty and don’t want to talk to me?" Ms. Li wasn’t angered. She just asked sarcastically.

"Don’t you dare think I’m dirty, all these are your brother’s doing, forcing the good into prostitution." Ms. Li’s words were harsh and her face was full of mockery.

Her days were mired in mud, yet the Shen Family has many good days to live.

Why was that?

Shen Miaomiao was tempted to retort, but in the end, she didn’t open her mouth.

What she said was true, even though Ms. Li herself could not be called "good".

"Don’t you dare think I deserve it. If weren’t for me, your brother would have died in the bandit’s den a long time ago!" Ms. Li gritted her teeth. When she remembered the scene from back then, she hated Shen Zhong to her bones.

They were caught by mountain bandits, and her husband, in order to survive, handed her over. Those men violated her in front of him. She was actually smiling. It was disgusting!

Shen Miaomiao didn’t respond to her, closing her eyes to rest, waiting for her mother to finish so they could leave together.

"Your brother is a coward, now a rich man. If it weren’t for me taking care of him, he wouldn’t have lived to see you. I’m just curious about one thing, what’s the deal with Lin Nanzhi?" Ms. Li put away her mockery and her eyes were full of curiosity.

She had seen it.

She saw it clearly during the famine escape two years ago, Lin Nanzhi took an arrow to the abdomen, blood streamed all over the ground, she should have died already!

But how is she still alive now?

And she even looks younger?

"What’s it to you?" Shen Miaomiao asked coldly, without directly answering her question.

The fewer people knowing about Sister Nanzhi, the better.

Ms. Li was choked by her words, gritted her teeth and didn’t ask any more.

If it weren’t for the fact that every time she thought about revealing this matter, she would suffer a splitting headache, she would definitely want to figure out what was going on.

Maybe, maybe Lin Nanzhi is a goblin!

Aunt Guihua didn’t stay long on Liu Hua Street. Just looking at Shen Zhong’s deformed leg and his dazed expression made her heart ache.

When Shen Zhong knocked on the door of the Shen Family, she didn’t even recognize him.

Now she just didn’t know what to do.

"Azhong, come with your mother, let mother take you to get your leg treated." Aunt Guihua wiped away her tears, persuading him.

Shen Zhong’s eyes were quite dull, looking at Aunt Guihua, there was a hint of calculation hidden deep within.

He had already heard that his sister was now in business with Lin Nanzhi, owning a restaurant.

Thinking of the hundred taels of silver he owed, Shen Zhong did not open his mouth, just putting on a pitiful look.

But there was resentment in his heart.

Why should he live such a miserable life now, while his sister could become the owner of a restaurant?

He couldn’t accept it.

If it had been her who got separated during the famine and not him, how could he have become this neither human nor ghost manifestation?

He even had to resort to selling his wife’s body for their survival.

It wasn’t until the sun was beginning to set that Aunt Guihua took Shen Miaomiao and left the courtyard where Shen Zhong now lived.

As soon as Shen Miaomiao appeared, the surrounding henchmen had already targeted her.

Miaomiao was naturally beautiful and after arriving in Yan City, she hadn’t done any hard labor. Now that she had become a boss, her demeanor had also changed somewhat.

Ever since she appeared on Liu Hua Street the day before, she had been secretly watched.

Feeling eyes on her, Shen Miaomiao felt uncomfortable all over and could only hasten her steps while holding onto her mother.

"Miaomiao, do you think your brother can recover from his current state?"

Aunt Guihua hesitated for a long time before finally voicing the worry in her heart.

Today, seeing him, she felt that Shen Zhong was harboring something in his heart.

No one knows a son better than his own mother, Aunt Guihua could see the resentment in him.

And that resentment was not directed towards her, but Miaomiao.

"He can’t recover." Shen Miaomiao shook her head, not because she didn’t want her brother to recover, but during their interactions over the past few days, she felt that her brother had changed.

How can a man who relies on his wife’s prostitution to pay off gambling debts change for the better?

Aunt Guihua glanced at Shen Miaomiao and sighed.

She was hoping that if her son could get better, Miaomiao would not need to worry about the two of them and could go to Kyoto with peace of mind.

Twelve was good, he now holds an official position. If Miaomiao could marry him, it would be a good outcome. It’s a pity that they are holding her back.

"Miaomiao, if Twelve comes, just go with him. Your brother is back now, your father and I can take care of ourselves."

"Mom, don’t say these things anymore. How can I leave with peace of mind when my brother is like this?" Shen Miaomiao shook her head.

Aunt Guihua sighed deeply and didn’t say anything more.

——

On the official road, Shen Wenchen and Twelve were riding fast on their horses.

As for the others, Shen Wenchen didn’t urge them, just him and Twelve rushed to Yan City.

"Shen Brother, is what you said true?"

Twelve leaned forward on his horse, quite puzzled by Shen Wenchen’s words.

"What’s true and what’s false?" Shen Wenchen didn’t look at him, just asked a question.

"Is it true or false that you said the woman you like looks a lot like my sister-in-law?"

Twelve didn’t believe that Shen Wenchen would want to marry someone just because they looked similar to his sister-in-law.

In the over a year in Yan City, he had seen it.

Shen Brother, if he had any leisure time, he would sit on the roof in a daze, clutching his sister-in-law’s wooden hairpin in his hands.

Even his little nephew, he never dared to look when he was awake.

Just because his nephew’s eyes were similar to his sister-in-law’s.

"Once you get to Yan City, won’t you find out?" Shen Wenchen sold him a teaser, not telling him directly.

Twelve mouth twitch slightly. Thinking of Shen Miaomiao, he swiftly asked, "Shen Brother, how has Miaomiao been doing in Yan City?"

"Why are you so talkative? Didn’t I tell you about it in Kyoto? How many times are you going to ask?" Shen Wenchen was somewhat speechless. Ever since he got to Kyoto, Twelve trailed behind him, asking about Shen Miaomiao. They were about to go back, wouldn’t he stop talking for a while?

"Isn’t it because it’s been so long since I’ve seen her?" Twelve shut his mouth somewhat awkwardly, but he was happy in his heart.

Before he left, he talked with his father about Miaomiao. His father’s meaning was very simple, as long as he liked her, his own marriage was his own decision.

He was going to take Miaomiao back to Kyoto this time!

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