Chapter 71 Falling Out

Shen Yu sat high up, facing the door, eye to eye with Shen Yan.

She looked at Shen Yan coldly, and saw only shock and fear in her eyes, but not any joy.

Shen Yan doesn't want her to come back.

This was obviously the answer she had expected, but it still made people feel chilly.

They are all members of the Shen family, but they are separated from each other, or in other words, they have never been of the same mind.

Under Shen Yu's gaze, Shen Yan involuntarily clenched her fingers and tried to keep her voice steady, "Zicui, go down."

"No need," Shen Yu pointed her chin towards the ear room.

The two maids in the ear room knelt there tremblingly, not daring to say a word. The maid Zicui walked over and knelt down side by side.

Shen Yan took a breath, lifted up her skirt, plopped down on her knees, and spoke with choked sobs, "...Sister."

Shen Yu stared at her intently, as if she wanted to take another look at the sister she had not been able to see through before.

After a long while, she said, "I thought that I, the eldest sister, would no longer be able to enter the Shen family."

"Sister is blaming me." Shen Yan said.

"Why should I blame you?"

Shen Yan choked and said, "Shopkeeper Lu sent me a letter, but I didn't go to see you."

Shen Yu sneered, "So you still know that I'm still alive?"

"When Shopkeeper Lu sent the letter for the first time, I thought it was someone impersonating me, so I didn't believe it." Shen Yan paused and continued, "I reluctantly believed it the second time, but I didn't dare to come see the eldest sister."

"That's nonsense!" Shen Yu said coldly, "I clearly explained the reason in Luyao's letter to you."

Shen Yan raised her head in shock, "What are you talking about, elder sister? Luyao never gave me any letters. I have never seen her since she left Beijing with you."

Shen Yu's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that the green medicine disappeared before the letter was delivered? Or is it that Shen Yan's deception skills have reached the level of perfection?

She looked at Shen Yan's face carefully, and there was no hint of lying from her expression.

Shen Yan continued: "I received the news that my father and brother were killed in the battle at home, and I couldn't find any results after asking around for the whereabouts of my eldest sister, so..."

"So you decided to mourn me without permission," Shen Yu interrupted her, "From now on, there will be no more Shen Yu in this world, and you, Shen Yan, will be the only lady left in the Shen family."

"How could the eldest sister miss me so much?" Shen Yan walked a few steps and said with tears: "The eldest sister has gone to the border and there is no news. Even her father and brother are gone. You will definitely not live alone."

"You mean to let me die?" Shen Yu's eyes were sharp.

Shen Yan was startled and immediately explained, "That's not what I meant. If there is no funeral, how can I explain to others why you did not attend the funeral of my father and brother? How will others speculate? Besides, I was in Beijing for the tragic situation at Yanliang Pass. I also heard that so many people died, and I never thought that the eldest sister could come back alive. I was just thinking that even if the eldest sister had to leave, I still wanted to leave a good name for the eldest sister. "

Shen Yu sneered in her heart, "So, you are doing it for me?"

Shen Yan said: "Honestly speaking, if the eldest sister really doesn't come back alive, wouldn't this be the best way to deal with it?"

Shen Yu leaned over and stared coldly at Shen Yan on the ground, "This is indeed the best outcome for you, but it's a pity that I'm back."

How can a charming young lady raised in a boudoir be compared with an iron-clad warrior killed on the battlefield?

There was an evil aura about her body, and the moment she leaned down, it seemed that people could smell the blood on the battlefield.

It was the first time that Shen Yan was intimidated by such an aura. It was the first time that she discovered that Shen Yu, who had seemed gentle in the past, actually had such an overbearing aura.

Shen Yan wanted to get up, but felt that her entire back was tense and she couldn't move at all.

"Sister, you really blamed me wrongly," Shen Yan cried, "I'm not yet sixteen years old."

"Yes," Shen Yu said disappointedly, "I also want to know how you, only sixteen years old, got such deep scheming."

In her last life, she was trapped in the Jiang Mansion, and Shen Yan hadn't left the cabinet yet. She would come to see her every ten days and talk to her.

For this reason, she was grateful at the time, so later her stepmother asked her to help Shen Yan find a good husband, and she was very dedicated in doing so.

Now it seems that isn't it profitable for Shen Yan to frequently go to Jiang Mansion?

At that time, the Shen family had collapsed, and the Jiang family was still at its peak. If Shen Yan didn't cling to the Jiang family, who could she cling to?

It's funny that Shen Yu went through life and death before she learned to see people with their heart.

Shen Yan raised her breath and wanted to say something, but she lowered her voice and said, "Eldest sister, if you want to misunderstand me, just misunderstand me. A Yan can't defend herself."

"Shen Yan," Shen Yu said with disappointment in her tone, "don't show this attitude in front of me. I don't want to do this, and I don't have the time to act out a show of sisterly love with you here."

Shen Yan bit her lower lip when she said it. Since Shen Yu didn't believe it no matter how she explained it, then why did she bother to make gestures here?

They are all the legitimate ladies of Shen Mansion, why should she kneel to Shen Yu here?

It's better to break up and pretend to be tired.

Shen Yan was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled, her body tilted and she knelt softly on the ground.

She raised her head and looked at Shen Yu, "Why are you so smart? Sometimes I wonder why when everyone mentions you, they always say Miss Shen, but when they mention me, they can only refer to Miss Shen Er. Obviously I am also a general. My legitimate daughter."

"Is the title important?" Shen Yu asked.

"Important!" Shen Yan stared at her hatefully, "If your name is not right, your words will not be right. You have been loved by your father and brother since you were a child, how can you understand how I feel?"

"Father is an honest official, how much can his salary and reward be? Mother has the title of general's wife, but she lives in the general's mansion worse than a concubine of a wealthy businessman outside, and you?!"

Shen Yu said: "That's because my grandmother loves me."

"Yes," Shen Yan cried and laughed, "Every time I get the 'gift' you give me, I comfort myself like this! How good would it be if you didn't have such a grandmother? Then I wouldn't see the difference between us again and again."

Shen Yu shook her head disappointedly, "You always blame others, why don't you look for the reason from yourself?"

"I found it!" Shen Yan yelled: "So I found the opportunity, as long as you, Shen Yu, die at the border, everything here is mine, there is no Shen Yu in this world, and everyone mentions Miss Shen, and only knows me, Shen Yan!"

Shen Yu stood up, and Shen Yan immediately supported her body and retreated in fear, "What do you want to do?!"

The maid next to her finally couldn't help it, and crawled over on her knees to block Shen Yan, but was kicked away by Shen Yu.

Shen Yu lowered her eyes to look at her, "I ask you, where is Lu Yao?"

Shen Yan stopped her neck, "I've already said that I have never seen her. If you don't believe me, you are familiar with the general's mansion, you can search it at will."

Shen Yu had already searched it, and indeed did not find anyone. Her maid also denied that she had seen Lu Yao.

She walked towards Shen Yan step by step, trying to break her psychological defense line. When she reached the door, Shen Yu stopped, "Don't think--"

Her voice suddenly stopped, and her eyes fell on a floor tile on the right side of the door.