Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 506: Riot

Chapter 506: Chapter 506: Riot

"Zhiyu and the children didn’t do this out of wanton, they had a tough journey too."

Shen Wenchen confessed to himself that he was not the best father but his wife was the best mother to their son.

"I know."

Nanzhi replied in a muffled voice.

If it was a novel that depicted how two children endured hardships to find their father, she might admire their bravery.

But when it came to her own children, more than anything, she was filled with fear.

From the moment she learned that they had sneaked out, her mind was filled with dreadful scenarios, fearing they had encountered an accident.

She was determined to punish them sternly once they returned home, but seeing them bow their heads in remorse made her heart soften.

Even though she knew the children had good intentions, there could never be a second time for such an incident, so she had to put on an angry front to ensure they understood the consequences.

Anything that went smoothly was good, but even a slight mishap could have catastrophic consequences.

After a while of placation, the person in her arms finally stopped sobbing softly.

Only then did she look up at him.

"You’ve lost a lot of weight."

Shen Wenchen knew that his illness had caused him to lose significant weight, and anyone who saw him would notice the change, so he didn’t bother trying to hide it.

"Hmm."

"Has everything been taken care of in the village?"

"It has."

Feeling the burning temperature of his wife in his arms, a look of satisfaction crossed Shen Wenchen’s face.

With his wife and child present, that was the best of all.

Throughout dinner, Shen Zhiyu and Xiaomi were timid and dared not speak.

They occasionally looked up stealthily to gauge Nanzhi’s expression.

Looking for signs whether she was still angry or not.

The elder members of the family felt bad for the children and strictly lectured them, but only after receiving a promise from them that they wouldn’t repeat the mistake, did they reassuringly comfort the children in a soothing voice.

The joyfulness of the family reunion was evident on the faces of both Mr. and Mrs. Lin.

"After half a year, all of us are finally gathered together again."

Mr. Lin cradled his cup of wine with a melancholic expression.

He thought he would never see the Shen family again in this life.

Understandably, nearing the age of fifty, how many years could he still live?

So, he certainly didn’t want to reunite this soon.

"Yes."

Shen San, while looking at the familiar and unfamiliar faces around the table, also nodded his head in agreement.

He thought he would spend his entire life in Lihua Village, living as an honest farmer, taking care of his few acres.

Who would have imagined that one day he would end up relocating to distant Yan City to live a prosperous life?

However, it was unfortunate that there were two less people in his family.

The former life in the village was pretty good.

Why is it that the better life gets, the more dispersed the family seems to become?

A hint of sorrow crossed Shen San’s face.

One gulp of wine down, and he was able to clear away most of his troubles.

Fortunately, he still had a filial and clever daughter.

Once Shen Yuntian followed Shen Wenchen back home, he rushed to the Zeng family’s residence.

As expected, Hexiu was immensely furious when she saw him but her anger turned to tears as she continued to scold him.

Shen Yuntian was simple-minded, yet clever. After soothing her for a while, he finally discovered the truth.

The letter that had caused the misunderstanding was kept by Hexiu, waiting for this heartless man to come back and give her an explanation.

Upon taking out the letter, Shen Yuntian immediately spotted the problem.

He had written two letters that time, one for Shen Wenchen discussing the strange events in Xiejiang and the other expressing his longing for Hexiu.

Due to his family commitments then, he had entrusted the task of delivering the letters to Xu Tianci.

He remembered Xu had guaranteed him that he would complete the task successfully.

That’s why he found it suspicious that he heard nothing back after sending the letters and even more odd, Xu Tianci started avoiding him during that period.

It turned out that the guy had switched the letters in order to keep him!

No wonder Xu was adamant about personally dropping him back home this time, and also generously gifted him a lot of food.

Only after much explanation, Hexiu finally wiped her tears and looked at him expectantly.

"Really? You don’t have someone else in your heart?"

"I, Shen Yuntian, swear by the heavens that in this life I will only love Hexiu."

The youngster’s eyes were full of tenderness, making Hexiu blush.

Of course, later he also inwardly cursed Xu Tianci a thousand times.

Xu Tianci, far away in Xiejiang, felt his nose itching intensely, and before he could even raise his hand, he sneezed several times consecutively.

Initially, Mr. Xu stood beside him, but after hearing his continuous sneezing, he promptly moved away.

"Dad!"

Xu Tianci raised his voice in complaint.

"I’m not avoiding you, not avoiding you."

Mr. Xu coughed a little, waved his hands in defense, and tried to justify himself.

"Yuntian, you’ve finally come back. Make sure you hold on tightly."

Lin Yicheng was jovially teasing him while watching Shen Yuntian continuously attend to Hexiu’s needs. A smile danced in his eyes.

This is what a good life seems like!

"We plan to get married after the spring."

Shen Yuntian, his ears burning, spoke about their plans in front of the elders.

"Aren’t you going back to Xiejiang?"

Lin Ercheng, who was giving vegetables to Sun Cui, asked with some hesitation.

Weren’t the other branches of the Shen family settled in Xiejiang?

"No, we’re not going back. We’ll settle in Yan City."

Shen Yuntian replied, somewhat embarrassed.

His elder and second brothers had made homes in Xiejiang, and he no longer needed to worry about them.

But Hexiu had lived in the Zeng family since her childhood and had never left Yan City. If she had to follow him around, he would feel guilty about it.

It would be better to stay in Yan City and settle there.

"It’s also good to stay in Yan City. We can take care of each other."

"Yes, staying in Yan City is fine too. After the spring season, we can have a grand wedding!"

Upon saying this, Mr. Lin drank all the wine in his cup.

His daughter received a lot of care and support from their family in the past, and now that the elders in the Shen family were no longer around, he felt obligated to look after their children.

Marriage is a big affair. If left to the two youngsters to arrange, who knows what it would turn out to be.

Even though Hexiu usually looked outgoing, she blushed when they started talking about her marriage.

The entire table was filled with laughter and chatter. Before the meal was even finished, they saw a servant hurriedly entering the room.

Finally, he whispered something into Shen Wenchen’s ear.

The smile on Shen Wenchen’s face instantly froze, he immediately instructed the servant in a whisper.

The servant nodded and rushed out of the hall, leaving behind an eerily quiet crowd.

"Wenchen, what happened?"

Nanzhi was just serving some food to Shen Zhiyu and Xiaomi when she noticed Shen Wenchen’s somber expression and put down her chopsticks.

"A riot has broken out in the Northern City. There are quite a lot of people involved. I need to go over there."

Shen Wenchen’s voice was not loud, but the room was so quiet that everyone could clearly hear it.

"Wenchen, I’ll go with you."

As soon as Lin Yicheng swallowed the food in his mouth after taking a sip of tea, he stood up.

"I’ll go too."

"I’ll go too."

Chi Sheng, Lin Ercheng and Aze also stood up. Shen Yuntian patted Hexiu’s shoulders and left the room with them.

All of sudden, half of the table was empty.

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