The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 337: Just a Concubine (2)_1

Chapter 337: Chapter 337: Just a Concubine (2)_1

"Don’t interfere! I truly have someone I like! I’m just waiting until I’m of age to take a wife! Ms. Sun, you shouldn’t yell either. If people come because of the commotion, you’ll be the one wronged!" Shuang Xi had been engaged for a long time, waiting for his bride-to-be to come of age so they could marry.

Sun Xiujin didn’t dare to yell anymore, but she turned pale with fright, and tears kept falling.

"Whether you truly sprained your ankle because you were walking too hastily, or not, in either case, you weren’t looking where you were going. You should keep your eyes wider open when walking from now on!" Shen Songming gave her a glance before walking straight off.

Shuang Xi hurriedly followed after him, not forgetting to turn back to tell Sun Xiujin, "Don’t you go spreading any rumors, asking me to take responsibility!"

After a while, when people started to pass by, Sun Xiujin came to her senses, quickly wiped her tears, and limped around the corner into an alley. Her ankle was truly sprained, and it hurt to walk.

Clamping her teeth in pain, Sun Xiujin continued her way home while tears fell helplessly, feeling regret, unwillingness, and anger all at once.

In her resentment, she thought, since no one saw it, she could just say she twisted her ankle and Shen Songming ’helped her,’ and then he would have to marry her, even if it meant being a concubine. Even if he despised her now, given time, he would eventually recognize her good qualities and fall for her.

But then she thought of Shuang Xi and didn’t dare any longer. She feared that if Shuang Xi caused a commotion, her reputation would be ruined, and if Shen Songming then ignored her, her life would be destroyed.

Shuang Xi too, was actually afraid she would pin the blame on Shen Songming, and after Shen Songming returned to the inn, Shuang Xi mentioned it and then went to the Sun Lizheng family.

Lady Tian was trying to comfort Sun Xiujin, applying medicinal wine and massaging her twisted ankle, asking her darling daughter what had happened. Sun Xiujin could only cry nonstop, crying out in pain.

Sun Lizheng frowned as he sat in the main room. Hearing Shuang Xi’s arrival, and thinking how his daughter had left for dinner unwilling to eat and returned crying with a sprained ankle, he was startled. Could it be... his daughter encountered Young Master Shen outside!?

Shuang Xi first apologized, saying he didn’t intend to help Sun Xiujin, nothing serious happened between the two, and he wouldn’t speak of it, so it wouldn’t affect Sun Xiujin’s prospects of finding a husband.

When he heard that it was Shuang Xi who’d helped his daughter with her sprained ankle, Sun Lizheng felt a chill pierce his heart.

Sun Xiujin, filled with shame, anger, and resentment, was about to shout that it was Shen Songming who had aided her and that Shuang Xi was taking the blame to bully her.

When Lady Tian came out, seemingly not believing what Shuang Xi said, he addressed her, "If you don’t believe me, just ask Ms. Sun to speak with her conscience! If there’s a different story, our young master said he would accept it. At worst, our mansion will take in one more concubine. One more or one less won’t make a difference!"

Lady Tian’s face turned from red to white, unable to say a word.

After saying his piece, Shuang Xi turned and left.

Sun Lizheng stood at the doorway, his voice lowered in anger as he scolded Sun Xiujin, "Hasn’t I told you before!? What was your promise!? And yet such an incident occurs, do you no longer wish to live!?"

Sun Xiujin covered her face and cried, "Then I might as well be dead! Would you not care if I were driven to death by such humiliation?"

Shen Songming had a good sleep until dawn; he lazed around in bed before getting up. "Today, as they set up their stall, we’ll go and get a few sesame pancakes with meat and a bowl of wontons."

Seeing his expression, Shuang Xi couldn’t help but ask, "Young Master! Aren’t you afraid that the Sun family will try to pin this on you?"

"If they truly try to pin this on me, then I’ll just marry her. Let her get a taste of the life she’s imagining!" Shen Songming’s sympathy was always spare; as a businessman, he knew being cunning and ruthless was essential for making money.

Shuang Xi pursed his lips, thinking they might actually be happy with that arrangement!

There was no disturbance from the Lizheng family, and Taiping Town went on as usual, bustling and lively on the market days.