Chapter 268 - The First Protest (1/2)

Leng Yan didn’t have any chance of winning.

She straightened her back and knelt to Shi Qingxue, begging in tears, “My Lady, it was my fault. I am blind and brainless, so I offended you. Please don’t mind as you are broad-minded. Please spare me this time.”

Shi Qingxue pursed her lips coldly and didn’t say anything.

Seeing that she couldn’t change Shi Qingxue’s mind when she begged, Leng Yan made up her mind and expressed her loyalty firmly. “If you can spare my life, I am willing to accuse Princess Royal and the third master with Rou’er.”

She was afraid that Shi Qingxue couldn’t realize her importance, so she tried hard to stress, “Although you have Rou’er’s statement with her signature, after all, she is an outsider. With her one-sided words, you can’t prove anything. Perhaps they will make unfounded countercharges then.

“But I am different. I am a person concerned, and the baby in my womb is the solid evidence. Even if the third master wants to deny it, he can’t.”

Shi Qingxue expressionlessly listened to Leng Yan defending herself. After a long time, she said unhurriedly, “So if needed, you are willing to stand out and speak out who is behind the scenes, right?”

Leng Yan nodded repeatedly and agreed without hesitation.

Shi Qingxue finally nodded with satisfaction and then looked at Shi Junhe with her eyes indicating, “Father, what else do you want to ask?”

However, since Shi Junhe knew that the father of Leng Yan’s unborn baby was Shi Juncai and it was Mo Shujun’s plan, he was in a trance.

He heard the truth in his ears but it seemed that it couldn’t be transferred to his brain anyway, and he couldn’t deal with it accordingly.

When Shi Qingxue looked at him, he wanted to smile at her, yet he was exhausted physically and mentally and couldn’t even purse his lips. He just pressed his temple wearily.

“I…”

Shi Junhe licked his dry lower lip and managed with effort to say, “I will leave it to you. I need to stay alone.”

Afterward, Shi Junhe gave Rou’er’s confession back to Shi Qingxue and turned around to leave the bedroom, returning to the study.

Shi Qingxue knew that her father must be in a bad mood, so she didn’t pester him but shouted at the person who was recording outside all the time, “Xia Mang, bring it in and tell her to sign it.”

Xia Mang walked in with a piece of paper with Leng Yan’s confession recorded on it and put it in front of her.

After checking, Leng Yan knew that on the paper it was what she had said and admitted just now.

It turned out that Shi Qingxue had planned beforehand and waited for Leng Yan to admit her guilt.

However, under the situation, Leng Yan had no choice but to sign her name.

Shi Qingxue put away the two records of confession and then showed a relieved smile.

Seeing that Leng Yan looked frustrated, Shi Qingxue comforted her casually. “Don’t worry. I am not the kind of person who would break a promise. Since I have promised to protect you, I won’t let something bad happen to you and your baby.

“Next, just wait and see.”

After finishing everything, Shi Qingxue returned to the study to see Shi Junhe.

Shi Junhe lay on the wooden couch and looked absent-minded. He hadn’t come back to reality from the sudden bad news.

“Father, are you okay?” Shi Qingxue looked worried and walked close to the couch cautiously.

Shi Junhe closed his eyes and rested his mind. Hearing Shi Qingxue’s voice, he didn’t answer but asked in reply casually, “How long have you known it?”

At the moment, Shi Qingxue didn’t dare to hide it from him, so she honestly reported to him about what she had done today.

“Letter, what letter?” Shi Junhe was stunned and suddenly sat up on the couch, gazing at Shi Qingxue.

Shi Qingxue was afraid that her father would be irritated more, so she said vaguely, “It’s, it’s that Mother told somebody to send a letter…”

She didn’t want to reveal that Dong Hui asked for a divorce and forcefully changed the subject. “Father, anyway, we have found the evidence against Grandma and Uncle Juncai now, and you don’t need to marry Leng Yan. Let’s figure out a way to pick up Mother and then our family live together happily, okay?”

Shi Junhe was probably hurt by Mo Shujun’s dirty plans. Hearing that Shi Qingxue seemed to plan to “break up the family” and live apart in her words, he didn’t object to it but even considered it carefully.

“You seem to have found the evidence against your grandma indeed, yet if you can’t deal with this matter well, we will be in trouble.” Shi Junhe lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment before analyzing seriously.

Shi Qingxue nodded in a hurry to express that she was clear about his worry.

Shi Junhe thought it over and then added, “It must be not so easy to live apart.”

Logically, after Shi Lei passed away, the three brothers in the Shi family should have lived apart or at least checked the financial state in the family.

If they broke up the family thoroughly, Shi Junfeng and Shi Junhe should even move out of Duke Shi’s mansion.

After all, the person who would inherit the title of nobility was Shi Junhe, not them.

However, Mo Shujun cared about her youngest son and wanted Shi Juncai to get promoted because of Shi Junhe. She said that she was still alive and didn’t want to see the three brothers live apart, so she forcefully “trapped” the whole large family in Duke Shi’s mansion.

Shi Junhe was not stupid and certainly knew it, yet he respected his mother and protected his brothers, so he didn’t say anything but listened to Mo Shujun.