If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Shen Suian looked at Shen Jianglin with a pair of dark and calm eyes.

This person was cold and unfeeling to her and her mother.

He did not love her mother and allowed Aunt Cheng to suppress her, causing her mother to be depressed and live an unhappy life.

They treated her, their daughter, even more cruelly and ignored her. If it weren't for her grandparents protecting her, she would have hardly survived until today in Aunt Cheng's hands.

Now he was going to teach her a lesson for his concubine.

Did Shen Jianglin think that she was still a child and had to listen obediently and endure his beatings and scoldings?

"Yes, father, tell me, what did I do to Aunt Cheng?" Shen Suian asked with a smile.

"Didn't you set up the trap that caused Aunt Cheng to lose tens of thousands of taels? You and your mother deliberately released Fang Shancha, do you dare to say that it wasn't aimed at Aunt Cheng?"

"You are the only one in this family who has accompanied the old lady into the palace and met Imperial Concubine Yao. Don't you know that Imperial Concubine Yao's favorite is Xue Ya?"

Listening to Shen Jianglin's questioning word by word, Shen Sui'an raised the corner of his mouth.

Jiang, who was in the room, ran out immediately, "Were we the ones who forced Aunt Cheng to buy tea from the buyers? Why don't you say that she is not only greedy but also stupid? She lost money herself, and she still has the nerve to blame others."

"Shen Jianglin, please have a little conscience and stop putting all the blame on your own daughter."

The vulgar curses made Shen Jianglin so angry that his face turned red and white.

"You, you are such a shrew!" Shen Jianglin pointed at Jiang and cursed.

Jiang sneered, "It's really interesting. There are so many people trading Fangshan tea outside, but I haven't seen anyone like her, buying in piles like mountains. Everyone makes losses in business, and she cries when she can't afford the loss. It's really not decent."

"What right do you have to say that about my aunt!" Shen Siyi shouted.

Snapped--

Jiang raised her hand and slapped her, "You ignorant girl, if I don't teach you a lesson today, people will think that Miss Shen is uneducated and dares to yell at her stepmother."

Shen Siyi covered her face in disbelief, and when she tried to rush forward, she was held back by the maid next to Jiang.

"Second Miss, if you want to fight with me, you'd better think it through. Unless you don't plan to find a good family in this life, no noble family would dare to marry you, a concubine's daughter who fought with her stepmother." Jiang glanced at her.

Shen Jianglin was so angry that he fell backwards, "Jiang, do you think I'm dead? How dare you hit my daughter! Let her go, let her go!"

"She called me her stepmother, so why shouldn't I beat her?" Jiang asked, "Shen Jianglin, if you have the guts, just divorce me. I won't mind her disrespect to me."

Shen Jianglin raised his hand, but when he saw Jiang approaching him with her bulging belly, he held back again.

Jiang was pregnant with Shen's child. If he beat her, Aunt Cheng and Shen Siyi would have no chance of survival.

Shen Sui'an didn't expect that Jiang would do things so simply and crudely now.

She likes it so much.

"Father, did Aunt Cheng really lose tens of thousands of taels?" Shen Suian asked calmly.

"That's right! I order you to return all this silver to Aunt Cheng, otherwise you don't have to call me father anymore." Shen Jianglin said coldly.

Shen Sui'an raised his eyebrows, "Where did Aunt Cheng get tens of thousands of taels of silver?"

"Even if all the salaries of my father over the years were added together, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to make up 10,000 taels. Where did she get the money from?"

"Could it be the silver that was taken from my mother's five shops?"

Jiang's eyes rolled, and she immediately took over Shen Sui'an's words, "Madam Cheng's monthly allowance is only five taels of silver. Even if the master secretly subsidizes her on weekdays, it is impossible for her to have tens of thousands of taels of silver. Could it be that she embezzled money from somewhere?"

Shen Siyi no longer cared about the pain. She held Shen Jianglin's hand tightly, fear in her eyes.

She knew exactly where Aunt Cheng's money came from. If Jiang and Shen Suian were to make a fuss about it, her aunt would be convicted of embezzlement.

"Yes, I gave it to you." Shen Jianglin blushed and accepted it reluctantly.

"Shen Jianglin, I'm the one who manages the family's land and shops, and I only make two thousand taels a year. How come I don't know about your huge private property?" Jiang cried, holding her stomach.

"You are such a good fellow, Shen Jianglin. You want to hide your private property and leave it to your illegitimate son. What will my legitimate son have in the future? I will go to the old master to make the decision for me."

Shen Jianglin's chest heaved violently. He had clearly come here to seek justice for his concubine, but how did he end up in a situation where he was stuck in a dilemma?

He glared at Shen Sui'an fiercely. It was all this evil girl's fault.

"I don't have any other private property, I just sold a few calligraphy and paintings..."

"Father, I counted my mother's dowry before, and found that three paintings and calligraphy worth thousands of gold and a set of antique vases were missing. Could it be that what you are selling is my mother's dowry?" Shen Sui'an asked.

Those things were placed in Aunt Cheng's room, otherwise Shen Jianglin would not have been willing to take out thirty or twenty thousand yuan to add to her dowry.

"I don't know where it is hidden, but I'll return it to you when I find it." Shen Jianglin said gritting his teeth.

He snorted, pulled Shen Siyi up and strode out of Songfengyuan.

Shen Siyi turned around and glared at Shen Sui'an fiercely.

It turned out that the dowry that her aunt had saved for her was taken away by Shen Suian. She would never let Shen Suian go.

Shen Sui'an didn't even look at her, and walked into the house holding Jiang's hand.

"Madam, please take care of yourself." Shen Sui'an said.

"I'm not angry. I've wanted to beat her for a long time, and today I got the chance." Jiang said with a smile.

Shen Sui'an turned his head and glanced in the direction of Yue Cinema. It seemed that Aunt Cheng had not yet learned her lesson.

"Sui Sui, your father's favoritism has been going on for a long time. You...just relax." Jiang said softly.

"If I don't relax, how can I get through these years?" Shen Sui'an smiled, "No matter how much Aunt Cheng cried, I would not give her the money."

Jiang was relieved then. She was worried that Shen Sui'an would be soft-hearted and give away the shop that he had taken back with great difficulty.

"A woman should have money on hand so that she can feel confident. You see, even Aunt Cheng and her daughter know the importance of money, otherwise they wouldn't have made such a big fuss." Jiang said.

Shen Sui'an smiled and nodded, "I know."

"Okay, you should go find Sister Yao again, go ahead, and have a good talk as sisters." Jiang smiled and clapped her hands.

"Don't worry about your father. I'm here for you."

Jiang pointed to her belly and said, "The old master and the old lady are protecting me now."

Shen Sui'an really wanted to go to the second house to pay his respects to his second aunt.

Second aunt didn’t show up today. I heard that she caught a cold.

As soon as Shen Sui'an left, Jiang called her trusted maid and said, "Let someone check how much private property the master has. It was fine before because I didn't have a child, but now I can't let my child's things go to others for free."