After I awakened my inner voice, I became the treasure of my family.

Chapter 35 The Truth Behind "Removing the Mother and Keeping the Child"

Shen Xiujin looked puzzled and turned to his elder brother beside him, hoping he could offer some advice.

However, Shen Xiuyan waved his hand, looking somewhat helpless: "Oh dear! Don't ask any more questions right now. There are some things that even I haven't fully figured out myself!"

Moreover, it's not just me who can hear what others are thinking; even your sister-in-law..."

He paused abruptly, glanced around, and then continued:

"In short, a lot of incredibly magical and unbelievable things happened during that time. I'll tell you the details later!"

After saying this, he sighed and gently patted Shen Xiujin's shoulder.

But little did he know that after hearing his words, Shen Xiujin was completely bewildered, feeling that his older brother's mind seemed to be a little abnormal, or rather, that he had a serious problem!

Meanwhile, Jiang Mianmian couldn't help but sigh. If it weren't for the strange experiences that felt like a dream, she wouldn't have wanted to get involved in Shen Xiujin's troubles at all.

Looking back on that dream, she recalled how she had devoted so much energy and effort to Shen Xiujin, only to be met with such a heartbreaking ending.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mianmian felt a surge of bitterness and anger. "Hmph! Since Shen Xiujin doesn't like me, I won't even give him a second glance!"

"Now everyone can do whatever they want, I don't care anymore!" Jiang Mianmian muttered irritably.

[Hmph, look at your sour face, acting as if I owe you something. Have I committed some heinous crime?]

[It was clearly that damned bastard Shen Hanjiang who caused this mess, so why is all the blame being placed on me?]

The frustration in my heart is deeper than the ocean, yet I can't find a single person to listen to my suffering!

[Shen Hanjiang, you short-lived bastard! Back then, you deceived me, swearing that you were unmarried and had remained chaste, without a single woman, all just to wait for our encounter?]

【What a piece of trash! He's a dog who can't speak human language, a string of lies, not a single word of truth! Pah, pah, pah…】

[When I think about it, I just want to...]

[You bastard! Not only did you deceive a beautiful young woman like me into becoming his son's stepmother, but there's also a whole bunch of illegitimate children who suddenly appeared and want to call me "Mother"! You're inhuman...]

Every time I think about these things, I have to dig up your ancestors for nineteen generations and expose them to the public, so everyone can see what kind of filthy thing you were, you prematurely deceased wretch!

【If my family hadn't been so weak and powerless back then, unable to contend with your Xuanhua Marquis's mansion, I would have resolutely divorced you long ago. Why would I have stayed in this dilapidated mansion, enduring so much humiliation for so many years?】

This old lady should have found a handsome young man and left long ago...

Several people stood aside, listening quietly to Jiang Mianmian's rapid-fire curses. All they could hear was her incessant cursing and swearing at her deceased father.

They then realized that Jiang Mianmian had been deceived by her own father and had unwittingly married into the Marquis's mansion. Alas! They truly felt that she had suffered a great loss.

Back then, Jiang Mianmian was the daughter of the Prefect of Xunyang County, and her maternal grandparents' family was one of the richest families in the country!

She should have had an incredibly brilliant life, but unfortunately, she was tricked into marriage by a seemingly glamorous but actually despicable nobleman.

To make matters worse, when she discovered the truth and wanted to break off the engagement with this unfaithful man, her parents resolutely disagreed.

The reason was simply that they were wary of the Marquis's prestigious family background, fearing that offending them would bring about their annihilation.

After all, the Marquis of Xuanhua was someone who fought alongside his ancestors to establish the empire, and he was not someone that ordinary marquis families could compare to.

However, she only had Shen Hanjiang as her only son when she was in her forties, and thus raised him to be a good-for-nothing, a womanizer, and a philanderer.

Having just gotten married, Jiang Mianmian not only had to deal with an eldest son like Shen Xiujin, but also had to endure Shen Hanjiang keeping a group of mistresses outside.

At that time, she was young and gentle. Although her family had provided her with great wealth, she seemed so powerless in the face of power.

Even though she knew the marriage was a scam, she could only swallow her bitterness and bury all her grievances deep in her heart, not daring to bring up the matter of divorce.

After all, the Jiang family has more than just her as a daughter; there are also many sisters in the clan who are not yet engaged or married; and the brothers' career prospects are also closely related to this.

If she chooses to divorce regardless of everything, the entire family will be disgraced and humiliated, and the marriage prospects of her other siblings will likely become difficult.

So, no matter how much pain and resentment she felt, Jiang Mianmian gritted her teeth and endured it.

It was precisely because of this that Shen Hanjiang became increasingly reckless back then, constantly testing the limits of her tolerance.

First, they forced her to accept those illegitimate sons who were not of legitimate birth, and then they went even further, bringing back a Shen Xiujin of unknown identity from who-knows-where...

Jiang Mianmian was so angry that she trembled all over, as if a raging fire was burning in her chest, but she had nowhere to vent it.

She really didn't know who she should resent. Was it her stubborn parents who were determined not to let her divorce Shen Hanjiang?

Is it still that heartless, womanizing Shen Hanjiang? Or is it those women he's been flirting with?

As the days went by, Jiang Mianmian gradually came to terms with everything and completely stopped caring about Shen Hanjiang, who was indulging in a life of pleasure all day long.

His unrestrained behavior led to his body being depleted at a young age, and he died young, going to the underworld to pay respects to his ancestors.

After getting rid of Shen Hanjiang, Jiang Mianmian finally got to live the leisurely and carefree life she had always longed for.

However, to her utter surprise, from some point onwards, Shen Xiujin, who was originally quite well-behaved and sensible, began to change.

He was as if he had been bewitched, firmly believing that Jiang Mianmian had "taken away the mother and kept the child," causing him to lose his biological mother. So he transferred all his hatred onto Jiang Mianmian.

Whenever she thought of this, Jiang Mianmian would involuntarily shake her head, her heart filled with helplessness and resentment.