A Stern Mistress from the Ancient Past Becomes the Cannon-Fodder in a Wealthy Family

Chapter 254: Confrontation

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

General Yuan could only tell Mu Zhou, “Yuan Shu has already drunk the Forgetting River Water and has forgotten everything related to you. The two of you can only be strangers in the future and have nothing to do with each other anymore.”

Mu Zhou looked at General Yuan angrily. “For the sake of your wealth and status, for the sake of relying on the emperor, you even sacrificed your daughter’s happiness and forced Yuan Shu to drink the Forgetting River Water. You’re such a useless father!”

Yuan Shu married the top scholar of the martial sciences. After General Yuan passed away, the top scholar of the martial sciences inherited the Yuan family’s army and fought on the battlefield. The children Yuan Shu gave birth to were all very outstanding and became figures that the entire country admired.

Mu Zhou, on the other hand, abused his political power and used the Art of Immortality to deceive the emperor. From then on, he rose to power and became a corrupt official.

The two of them rarely met for the rest of their lives. Every time they met, Mu Zhou would feel pain and despair when he saw Yuan Shu’s unfamiliar and distant gaze.

Mu Zhou didn’t want to see how happy Yuan Shu was with another man, so he started to avoid her and rarely saw her again.

Yuan Shu fell asleep, but even in her sleep, she was still frowning.

The next morning, Shi Yi saw that Yuan Shu didn’t wake up early to exercise, so she asked the butler to prepare breakfast and brought it to her room to look for her.

Yuan Shu was still sleeping with her brows tightly knitted.

When Shi Yi saw Yuan Shu frowning, she couldn’t help but reach out to help her smoothen her eyebrows. Unexpectedly, the moment her fingers touched Yuan Shu’s eyebrows, Yuan Shu was jolted awake.

Yuan Shu opened her eyes vigilantly. After seeing that the person in front of her was Shi Yi, she relaxed and asked, “Why are you in my room?”

Shi Yi was startled by Yuan Shu’s reaction just now. After calming down, she patted her chest as she said, “I saw that you didn’t eat last night and didn’t wake up early in the morning. I was worried about you, so I asked the butler to cook for you and brought it up.”

After Yuan Shu glanced at the milk and bread on the table, she said, “Thank you.”

Shi Yi asked curiously, “Sister-in-law, what’s wrong with you? You’re acting abnormally today. You didn’t even go out to exercise in the morning.”

Yuan Shu forced a smile. “I’m just a little tired. Go out first and wait for me downstairs. After I wash up, I’ll go downstairs.”

Shi Yi looked at Yuan Shu hesitantly but still took the breakfast downstairs.

When Yuan Shu went out, she saw that the four siblings of the Shi family were all there.

The four of them sat around the dining table and looked in Yuan Shu’s direction when they saw Yuan Shu come out.

Shi Lu was the first to ask, “Sister-in-law, are you okay?”

Shi Bin also looked at Yuan Shu with concern.

After Yuan Shu walked to the table and sat down opposite Shi Xiao, she replied calmly, “I’m fine. Don’t worry.”

But Yuan Shu’s lips were pale, so her words sounded a little unconvincing.

Knowing that she was unwilling to tell them even if they asked her, the few of them could only give up and push the breakfast in front of her.

Shi Bin said, “Sister-in-law, don’t you like buns the most? I went to the bun shop you often go to and bought tofu buns. Try them!”

Yuan Shu really had no appetite, but she still ate two mouthfuls.

Shi Xiao didn’t say anything, but his expression didn’t look too good. Since Shi Xiao’s expression was too serious, the others didn’t dare to be too impudent and they ate breakfast very cautiously.

Seeing that everyone was almost done eating, Shi Xiao said, “Hurry up and go to work after you’re done eating.” Then, he asked Shi Lu, “Are there any shoots today?”

Shi Lu replied, “No.” However, when he saw Shi Xiao’s expression, he felt that he would definitely be used as a punching bag if he stayed at home, so Shi Lu immediately changed his words. “Yes! I’ll leave immediately after breakfast!”

Shi Lu quickly swallowed the bun in his mouth before following Shi Yi and Shi Bin out.

It wasn’t until they left that the three of them heaved a sigh of relief. Without Shi Xiao’s imposing presence, they felt that the air pressure had returned to normal.

They couldn’t help but complain, “I’m afraid only Sister-in-law can suppress our scary brother.”

After Yuan Shu finished eating, she was about to get up and return to her room when Shi Xiao suddenly asked, “Don’t you think you need to give me an explanation?”

Yuan Shu sat down at the table again and asked him, “What explanation do you want?”

Shi Xiao frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing across his dark eyes.

“You told me that you don’t know Jiang Chen.”

“But he’s Mu Zhou.” Yuan Shu retorted subconsciously, but when she met Shi Xiao’s gaze, she suddenly paused..