Shen Tianshu had always been gentle and even timid to others in the past. After changing his mind, he rarely showed his temper to others.
So this attack not only frightened Cheng Yingxin, but also frightened Song Rongqian who was hiding under the quilt.
After sending Cheng Yingxin away, Shen Tianshu seemed to be still angry, and said in a bad tone: "Miss Song hasn't come out yet, why don't you wait for me to invite you?"
Song Rongqian hurriedly got out of the quilt, her face was red, and she said sarcastically: "Cheng Yingxin is too verbose, and I have been dawdling for so long. If you hadn't lost your temper at her, I would have suffocated under the quilt. "
"Miss Song doesn't have to be like this. I scolded her away because I don't like her, but it doesn't mean that I want to help you." Shen Tianshu said without raising his eyes, "As I just said, I don't I don’t want to get involved in your affairs.”
Song Rongqian was far more discerning than Cheng Yingxin. She was not annoyed when she heard this. Instead, she smiled and thanked Shen Tianshu: "Of course you should be grateful to Cheng Yingxin for not directly revealing the news about me here to Cheng Yingxin, and of course I should thank you.
"Of course, if you can help people to the end and send Buddha to the West, I will be even more grateful to you."
Shen Tianshu sat back on the chair, looked at her helplessly and said, "Is Miss Song blackmailing me?"
Song Rongqian lowered her eyes and said, "I just hope Miss Shen can listen to what I have to say and then decide whether to help me, okay?"
Shen Tianshu sighed, it seemed that he couldn't go to bed early today.
"Then tell me, aren't you the legitimate daughter of the Song family? The Cheng family has eaten the heart of a bear and treated you like this?"
When Song Rongqian heard this, her expression was slightly awkward. She hesitated for a moment, then suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, and then said: "After I came to Yongzhou Mansion, everyone in the Cheng family introduced me as the legitimate daughter of the Song family.
"Strictly speaking, it's not wrong. It's just that I am not the direct daughter of the main family, but a side branch.
"And my mother is a descendant of a branch of the Song family who was later married to fill a house.
“My father’s first wife left him a pair of excellent children, but my mother only gave birth to me, a daughter.
"You may not believe it. Over the years, the lives of our mother and daughter in the Song family have not been as good as those of our aunt and concubine."
When Song Rongqian said this, she paused for a moment.
After coming to Yongzhou Prefecture from the capital, she transformed from an unpopular girl to a noble daughter of the Song family of Shuntian Prefecture.
The admiration and respect of the people around her soon made her lose herself and immersed herself in this man-made lie.
Now it still takes a certain amount of courage for her to open her mouth and burst the bubble of this beautiful dream.
Song Rongqian took a deep breath and continued: "The reason why my mother sent me all the way from the capital to Huguang is not because she wanted to marry me into the prince's palace, as outsiders speculated...
"And, it's because, if she doesn't send me away, my father will marry me to an older man than her to fill a house."
Many things that I usually didn't dare to think about when I was alone had already begun, so I didn't care about them anymore, and talked about them all in one breath.
Of course, this is also thanks to Shen Tianshu being a good listener.
She gave Song Rongqian full respect throughout the whole process, listened quietly and carefully, and did not make any expressions or movements that would make people embarrassed or embarrassed.
After confirming that Song Rongqian had finished speaking, Shen Tianshu finally asked: "According to what you said, you came to Huguang from the capital to avoid an unwanted marriage. So is it the same reason why you are avoiding the Cheng family now? ?”
Cheng Yingxin smiled bitterly and said: "That's right. When I first arrived in Huguang, my aunt's enthusiasm and concern really made me think that I could regard the Cheng family as my own home.
"Later I realized that there is no good thing for no reason in this world. Even my biological father cannot be trusted. How can I count on an aunt I have never met before?"
"She never thought about helping me find a good marriage. She had already made her plans from the beginning when she agreed to my mother sending me here."
"She wants to kiss more?"
Shen Tianshu thought about it for a moment, and found that the son of the Cheng family and the daughter of a branch of the Song family were well matched, not to mention that they were aunts and cousins.
Unless Song Rongqian hates Cheng Xuhuan very much, this is not a bad marriage.
Song Rongqian heard this and sneered: "How can I be worthy of her precious son? She wants me to marry the second son of the Cheng family."
Shen Tianshu was stunned for a moment before he realized who Cheng Erlang was. Cheng Haodong only had a son and a daughter, so this so-called Cheng Erlang should be his nephew.
Considering that Cheng Haodong came from a poor family and his brothers should all be commoners, it's no wonder Song Rongqian disagreed.
Mrs. Cheng's thoughts were very real. She knew Song Rongqian's identity and status in the Song family, but outsiders did not.
"If you can marry the nephew of the Cheng family, you will be respectable. The son of the Cheng family married the legitimate daughter of the Song family in the capital. In a place far away from the capital like Huguang, this name can still scare many people.
"Secondly, you can use this to improve the status of the Cheng family. At least in the future, when her son is planning to marry, you will become her standard for selecting her daughter-in-law, which will facilitate her to raise Cheng Xuhuan's worth to the outside world.
"I really didn't realize that although Mrs. Cheng is from an ordinary background, she is very good at calculating."
When Song Rongqian heard this, she couldn't help but feel angry and a bit humiliated. Mrs. Cheng and her mother were sisters from the same mother. Shen Tianshu said that Mrs. Cheng was of ordinary origin, which was no different from her mother.
She looked up at Shen Tianshu and asked with a bit of revenge: "Then do you know who my good aunt is targeting after using me to raise my cousin's worth?"
Shen Tianshu sensed the answer from Song Rongqian's eyes and couldn't help but smile sarcastically and said: "The Cheng family is really high-spirited.
"Okay, you don't have to use words to provoke me. When you beg me, it shouldn't be as simple as asking me to help you return to the capital, right?"
"It is impossible to go back to the capital, but my request is actually very simple." Song Rongqian shook her head firmly, "If Miss Shen is willing to help me, as long as she can help me avoid the Cheng family and send me out of Dongquan Temple."
Hearing this, Shen Tianshu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her.
Song Rongqian's eyes dodge when she saw her, and she felt inexplicably guilty.
"So, there are people waiting outside the temple to pick you up?"
Song Rongqian refused to say more, shook her head and said, "Don't ask about these things in detail. The less you know, it will be a good thing for you and me."
Shen Tianshu disagreed with her statement, shook his head and said: "Since you want me to help you escape, you must let me know that you have already made follow-up arrangements.
"Otherwise, if I send you out so rashly, if something unexpected happens, wouldn't I be doing something bad with good intentions?"
Song Rongqian hesitated for a long time, and finally just said: "I can only tell you that after I go out, there will be a reliable person I can go to."
"In other words, this is just wishful thinking, a 'plan' you just came up with while hiding under the quilt, and the 'reliable' person you are going to seek refuge with still doesn't know that you are going to elope with him?"
