I made the villain right.

Noon the next day.

The weather is calm and sunny.

Shi Jin, who was lying on the bed, woke up slowly. She got up with sleepy eyes and felt a dull pain in her head. She rubbed her head and complained, "My head hurts so much. That wine was too intoxicating."

When she looked down, she saw a chicken leg in her hand, and she was confused. She picked it up and a sour smell hit her nose. She showed disgust and threw it to the ground.

Looking at the rotten chicken leg, she felt that she might have slept with it for a night.

At this time, Zhilu opened the door and walked in. When he saw her wake up, he curled his lips and said with a faint smile: "Miss, you are finally awake."

When he saw her, he immediately asked: "What happened to Zhilu's chicken leg, and how did I get back?"

Shi Jin's memory only stayed before she got drunk. She couldn't remember anything after she got drunk.

Zhilu shook his head and advised: "Miss, you should stop drinking in the future. When you drink, even I don't recognize you. You always hold that chicken leg in your hand and don't let others touch it."

After Shi Jin knew that she had slept with Jitui for a whole night, she felt that the bed needed to be changed and washed, and she also needed to take a shower.

Zhilu thought for a moment and said, "You got drunk at Master Fan's house, went into his room, and then he sent you back."

Hearing that it was Fanhua who sent her back, Shi Jin said in surprise: "Fanhua actually took the initiative to send me back. Did my confession yesterday work?" As she spoke, the corners of her mouth curved up and she was secretly happy.

"That's not the case. Miss Shi, you held Master Fan tightly and refused to let go. He had no choice but to send you back," Zhilu ruthlessly poured cold water on her.

Shi Jin glanced at her resentfully, "Can't you just let me be happy for a moment?"

Zhilu touched his head and said leisurely: "I will pay attention next time."

After a while, Zhilu asked in confusion: "Miss, who is the Tang Xiaoya you are talking about? Before going to sleep, you said you would wait for her reply."

Hearing this, Shi Jin was confused. She didn't expect that even Tang Xiaoya would let the cat out of the bag. She could only make up an excuse. She said casually, "It's a Taoist friend from Qianshuang Pavilion."

Shi Jin tried hard to recall what Zhilu had just said. Some scattered memories flooded into his mind. The more he thought about it, the more he felt socially dead. He wanted to live on another planet.

Her face instantly showed embarrassment, she covered her face and said sullenly: "I am too embarrassed to see anyone"

Now she just hoped that her drunken appearance would not scare Fanhua. Otherwise, she had to go over and apologize quickly.

So she quickly got up from the bed, washed, bathed, and dressed up.

After lunch, she went straight to Fan Mansion.

Soon she arrived at the gate of the mansion, but she hesitated at the door, walking back and forth without knocking.

After preparing herself mentally for a moment, she knocked on the door.

It was Xiao Qi who opened the door. When Xiao Qi saw Shi Jin, he was stunned for a moment.

Shi Jin said politely: "Xiao Qi, is your master here now? I'm here to look for him."

Xiao Qi was embarrassed and told the truth, "Unfortunately, the master has left Kyoto this morning."

Hearing this, Shi Jin was startled and asked hurriedly, "So sudden? Did he say why he left Beijing?"

She suspected that Fanhua was scared away by her.

"The master said he went to Lingcheng to seek medical treatment. As you know, the master suffers from lung disease and is not in good health. The season is about to change, and he asked for some medicine to suppress it."

After hearing this, she was finally relieved that Fan Hua did not run away because of her.

She said politely: "I see, thank you for telling me."

Xiao Qi smiled and said, "Miss Shi, you are too polite."

After not seeing Fan Hua, Shi Jin went back home.

When the carriage was about to arrive at the gate of the general's mansion, Shi Jin heard a noise outside. She lifted the curtain and looked out, and found a group of people blocking her door, chattering about something.

Shi Jin shouted outside: "Uncle Ma, let's stop here."

After hearing this, Uncle Ma stopped immediately. Shi Jin got off the carriage and told Uncle Ma: "Drive the carriage to the backyard right now. There are only a few steps left. I will walk back on foot."

"Okay, miss," Uncle Ma replied and drove the carriage away.

Shi Jin walked leisurely towards the gate of the mansion. When she got closer, she heard a lot of discussions.

Auntie A said: "Why is the general's mansion closed all the time? It's obvious that he is guilty."

Auntie B: "That's right, this woman is so pitiful"

Auntie C: “…”

Shi Jin squeezed in between a group of old men and women, acting as a spectator.

Sitting at the gate of the mansion was a woman dressed up in fancy clothes, about 27 or 28 years old. She cried and shouted, "If you don't hand over my child, I won't go back. Everyone, come and see, this general's mansion is doing such a child trafficking business."

The servant at the door looked very embarrassed. The masters of the mansion were not at home now, and as a servant he didn't know how to deal with this emergency, but he knew that there were rules in the mansion that no one could be let in casually.

He didn't dare to do anything violent to the woman, for fear of causing trouble for the mansion, so he could only watch her throw a tantrum.

Shi Jin frowned and asked the lady beside him, "This beautiful lady, I just arrived. I don't know what the situation is in this mansion. Can you tell me about it?"

The aunt didn't know Shi Jin, but she saw that Shi Jin was pretty and sweet-spoken, and she felt cheerful when she was praised by her.

So she explained enthusiastically: "I don't know much either. I heard from this woman that someone from the general's mansion stole her child and refused to return it. She was planning to take it back today, but the servant at the door would not let her in. She could only stay here and not leave. In order to get the person inside to come out and give her an explanation, you said that the general's mansion is rich and powerful, and they have everything they want, so why did they have to steal other people's children?"

After hearing the aunt's summary, she roughly understood that Xu Ruogu was the only child in their family, and the woman in front of her was probably Xu Ruogu's stepmother Lin. However, she had never liked Xu Ruogu, so why should she play the role of the affectionate mother and son here?

She hadn't found her yet to vent her anger on behalf of Xu Ruogu, but she came to her on her own initiative. Very well, she would play with her today.

Shi Jin spread his hands, "Who knows? Is there a possibility that this woman is lying? She pretended to be a weak person, and then took advantage of everyone's sympathy and kindness to do something wrong?"

The old lady was stunned for a moment, then said indifferently: "How can I know whether this is true or not? I am just here to watch the fun."

Hearing this, Shi Jin sighed in his heart, yes, everyone loves to watch the fun, who would care about the truth.

But today she wanted to expose Lin's true face in front of everyone and make the truth public.

Shi Jin walked out of the crowd and walked up blatantly. When the servant at the door saw Shi Jin, he suddenly felt confident and said with joy, "Miss, you are back."

The lady just now was stunned when she knew that Shi Jin was the young lady of this mansion. She had just said bad things about the general's mansion in front of her.

When Lin saw Shi Jin, she stopped crying and looked at Shi Jin in confusion.

Shi Jin met her gaze, glanced at her coldly, and then told the servant: "Keep a close eye on him."

"I understand," the servant replied respectfully.

Shi Jin ignored Lin's surprised look and the stunned crowd and went straight in.

Seeing that Shi Jin ignored her, Lin on the ground immediately cried out, "Is there any law left? Do you think you can bully others just because you have power? Do you think you can steal someone else's child and not return it?"

The servant was disturbed by Lin's shrill crying, which gave him a headache. He moved a few steps away from her and turned his face away, not wanting to look at her behavior.

Not long after, the gate of the mansion was opened, and several servants came out in a grand manner. Some of them were carrying a chair, and some were holding fruits and cakes.

Just when people were wondering what they were going to do, Shi Jin came out from the back, picked a spot, and pointed to the middle and said, "Just put your things here, this is a good spot."

Hearing this, the servant put the chair away, and everyone pointed fingers at Shi Jin's behavior.

Zhilu was worried and whispered in Shi Jin's ear: "Miss, is this too much of a fuss? Is this okay?"

She whispered, "This kind of scene suits her perfectly. I'll just sit back and watch how she performs." After saying that, she sat down on the chair, exuding a lazy aura all over her body.

She took a bunch of grapes and ate them, then asked the audience enthusiastically, "You guys are tired of watching the show, do you want some grapes?"

The crowd quickly waved their hands and stared at Shi Jin with strange eyes, as if they saw a monster.

Seeing that they didn't eat, Shi Jin started eating by himself, looking down at Lin on the ground with eyes watching a show.

Originally, Lin was still crying on the ground, but when she saw Shi Jin staring at her, she couldn't continue acting.

Shi Jin looked at her and asked knowingly, "Who are you? Why did you come to our place to ask for a child?"

She raised her chin proudly and questioned Shi Jin: "I am her mother. I am not like you who hides her even though I have no relationship with her. Where is Xiao Gu? Let him out quickly."

"He is staying well in the mansion, eating and drinking well every meal, unlike before when he ate rotten food, don't you think?" Shi Jin stared into Lin's eyes and asked her back. Although his voice was not loud, his pronunciation was clear, and every word was meaningful. There seemed to be a strong sense of aggressiveness and oppression in his tone.

Lin's heart skipped a beat and she avoided looking at Shi Jin. She raised her voice and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about. Don't try to get away with it. Since Xiao Gu is in your house, you have to return him to me. You are hiding him and have ulterior motives." She tried to cover up her guilty conscience by raising her voice.

Shi Jin frowned and said unhappily, "Stop shouting that I'll give him back to you. Xu Ruogu belongs to him. No one can force him to do something he doesn't like. You come here and don't even ask if he's doing well or if he wants to go with you. You just want to take him away. What are your intentions?"

After a moment, Shi Jin twitched his lips and said sarcastically: "As far as I know, you are not Xu Ruogu's biological mother. You usually treat him harshly. He ran away from home most likely because of you. How dare you cry here?"

Upon hearing this, people suddenly became noisy and pointed at Lin and whispered to each other.

Lin felt that if she continued like this, she might fail, but she must take Xu Ruogu back today, because this was related to her survival. Her father-in-law knew that she was the one who lost Xu Ruogu and treated him harshly. He wanted to sever the father-son relationship with her husband and drive them out of the house. Her husband divorced her to protect himself. She wanted to take Xu Ruogu back home in person, seek forgiveness, and let her return home again.

So Lin pointed at Shi Jin's nose and scolded: "Little girl, you are talking nonsense. Although I am not her biological mother, I am her stepmother. I have the right to take him away. You, an outsider, have no right to interfere. Call Xiao Gu out and I will talk to him in person."

Shi Jin stared at her finger, his eyes darkened, he picked a grape, mobilized his inner strength, and flicked it at the finger, and in a trance, Lin's finger was broken.

"Ah" Lin instantly clenched her fingers and screamed.

Shi Jin looked at her coldly and said coldly: "You are not worthy to see him."

Lin's face was distorted with pain, her fingers were trembling, and she wanted to point at Shi Jin with one finger, but when she saw her cold eyes, she immediately put her finger down in fear.

She cried out in pain, her eyes were red. She was just acting before, but this time she had tears. She cried and threatened, "If you don't hand over Xiao Gu, I will crash to death in front of the general's mansion."

After saying this, she stood up and pretended to bang her head against the door, but the servant quickly grabbed her.

Shi Jin had seen enough of this scene and was in no mood to waste time with her, so she stood up, her face solemn, staring at Lin, and said coldly: "Stop acting, I'll show you a way out, either you stop and leave on your own, or I'll send you to the prefecture and put you in jail."

Lin paused after hearing this, and said disdainfully after a moment's hesitation: "Don't even think about bluffing me here."

Shi Jin patiently explained to her: "Today you made trouble in front of the government gate first, and then insulted and slandered the court officials. These are enough to convict you. If you don't want to be imprisoned, you'd better leave on your own."

Shi Jin's threat aroused the fear in Lin's heart, and she stopped crying immediately. Although she wanted Xu Ruogu to go back with her, she didn't want to go to jail for this, so she had to grit her teeth and give up.

So she could only stare at Shi Jin fiercely, and immediately squeezed through the crowd and ran away.

Seeing that the show was over, everyone had no choice but to leave.

Seeing that Shi Jin had successfully resolved the farce, Zhi Lu was very impressed and said, "Miss, you are really amazing. You sent her away with just a few words."

Shi Jin taught by example: "In the future, when facing such a tantrum, you must be tougher, otherwise you won't be able to control her. If she shows a little bit of timidity, she will think you are easy to bully, and she will only become more aggressive and worse."

Zhilu nodded, and suddenly thought of something. She asked, "Why didn't you tell Xu Ruogu about this and let him come out to confront that woman? Wouldn't it be easier to expose her lies?"

She whispered, "What she did in the past has left a psychological shadow on Xu Ruogu. Now Xu Ruogu is living a good life here. I don't want these things to bring back bad memories for him."

Zhilu suddenly understood, and was impressed again by his young lady's gentleness and thoughtfulness.

Shi Jin stared at the direction where Lin left, thoughtfully.

Xu Ruogu has been missing for such a long time and Lin has not come out to look for him. Now she is acting like this. Something must have happened in the mansion.

She couldn't help but think of what Old Xu said before. He said he had to deal with some things before going back. It should be related to Lin. Lin made such a scene today as if she was thinking of taking Xu Ruogu back to seek forgiveness. Was she divorced? Or kicked out of the house? Or something else. Anyway, the future would not be easy. How could someone who was used to a life of luxury live a hard life?

This is also the reason why she did not take any harsh action against Lin and only broke one of her fingers, so that she could slowly repent and regret her actions in the days to come.

After a while, Shi Jin told the servant to move the things into the mansion and then went in.