Chapter 343: A Punishment

Shi Qingxue who was packing up looked back and saw the comer.

She called in surprise, “Brother?”

After that, Shi Qingxue realized something and added with a smile, “You are my brother-in-law now.”

These words were a joke with closeness obviously.

Wenren Chi would joke with her or pretend to teach her a lesson seriously in the past, but he would never merely look at her with an unusual expression like today.

Shi Qingxue’s face stiffened. “Brother, what’s wrong?”

Wenren Chi shook his head silently and waved at Shi Qingxue, gesturing for her to come over. With their relationship now, he couldn’t enter her bedroom randomly like he did before.

Even though Shi Qingxue used to be his “sister”, she was his sister-in-law now.

Shi Qingxue didn’t think about so much but followed Wenren Chi obediently and went out to the courtyard.

They walked to a phoenix tree and stood under it. Seeing that Wenren Chi looked at her in silence, Shi Qingxue tilted her head in confusion. “What happened?”

Wenren Chi asked, “Are you going to move out with our first brother?”

Shi Qingxue guessed that Shi Junhe had told him, so she nodded. “Right. I will take Qingmin to a villa and stay there for a period. After Mother gets better, we will move back.”

“Qingmin?”

“Oh, it’s my brother’s name,” Shi Qingxue explained and then craned her neck proudly. “He was named by me.”

Wenren Chi was amused by Shi Qingxue who was like a cocky peacock and couldn’t help but reach out his hand to rub her head.

Shi Qingxue covered her head nimbly and dodged. She pouted with displeasure. “My hair will be messy.”

Wenren Chi’s hand stopped in the air, yet Shi Qingxue looked natural. When they were together in the past, his hand would be avoided most of the time.

He didn’t notice the embarrassment but had a feeling of loss.

However, soon he withdrew his hand and changed the subject. “I heard Father say that you dealt with Mo Shujun, right?”

Shi Qingxue instantly thought of Wenren Chi’s deep hatred toward Mo Shujun, so her face stiffened, and she said apologetically, “I am sorry. I didn’t handle it properly.”

She knew that Wenren Chi bore a grudge and thought about letting him take revenge, while she chose to take matters into her own hands in the end.

Mo Shujun’s identity was too special. In Mo Country ruled by filial piety, to say something unpleasant to hear, even if Mo Shujun poisoned all the members of the Shi family, the survivor couldn’t kill her.

It was that the elders could be unkind, while the younger generation couldn’t show disrespect for them.

The only way to punish Mo Shujun that Shi Qingxue could think of was to imprison her in the Shou’an Hall and make this Princess Royal who had enjoyed glory for most of her life lose freedom forever.

It was the most severe mental punishment.

And Shi Qingxue didn’t dare to let anyone else do it, in case that this thing became evidence against them in the future.

However, Mo Shujun had caused the death of Wenren Chi’s father, so he must be unhappy to see that the enemy was in front of him, yet he couldn’t take revenge and they even had to provide for her.

Unexpectedly, Wenren Chi didn’t get mad but smiled at Shi Qingxue with relief.

He wasn’t stingy to give her the highest praise. “No. You did a good job.”

“Ah?”

It reversed too soon, and Shi Qingxue couldn’t react in time.

Wenren Chi looked at Shi Qingxue, and his eyes lit up. He stated in a hoarse voice, “I and Mo Shujun…I thought that I would let my late parents down till I took revenge in person, yet I have thought over many things these days.

“Mo Shujun doesn’t deserve it if I lose everything because of her, so I am glad that you did it.”

Hearing the praise, Shi Qingxue couldn’t help but show complacency in her eyes, seeming to say, “Am I smart?”

Her lovely expression made Wenren Chi in a daze when he looked at her, and he stepped forward involuntarily.

“Qingxue…”

“What are you doing?”

A fierce voice came from the courtyard gate and shocked the two. They turned their heads at the same time, to see that Shi Baoning stood at the gate with a terrible-looking expression and gazed at them.

Shi Qingxue walked to her quickly. “Sister, what brought you here?”

“He can come, but I can’t?” Shi Baoning’s voice was harsh, while she stared at Wenren Chi all the time.

Shi Qingxue was stunned and then turned to Wenren Chi, to find that his expression was secretive.

Her big eyes rolled and ran down them. At last, she observantly found that there seemed to be something unusual with the new couple.

“Ahem!”

Shi Qingxue pretended to cough and said when the two looked at her, “It occurs to me that I have some things to pack up. I am off now. Feel free to talk.”

Afterward, she returned to her bedroom.

She considerately waved away the servants, so they wouldn’t disturb the couple settling the conflict.

In the courtyard of the Luotong Boudoir, Shi Baoning and Wenren Chi stood opposite to each other.

In the beginning, neither of them spoke.

In the end, Shi Baoning couldn’t control herself but asked in a cold voice, “Say it. Why don’t you speak?”

“Say what?” Wenren Chi asked in reply distantly.

Shi Baoning had a blush on her pale face. Obviously, she was irritated by Wenren Chi’s indifference, as if it were none of his business.

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She suddenly raised her voice. “You know my feelings for Grandma and that I was brought up by her. Even if she made a big mistake, we can’t… Why did you agree to Qingxue’s action?”

Shi Baoning felt hurt and sad, with tears in her eyes, looking pitiful and wronged.

However, Wenren Chi wasn’t moved this time, and he even kept his distant expression, just gazing at her.

He thought involuntarily, “Look. This is a person taught by the rule of Mo Country that standards of filial piety are the most important.”

Till now, Wenren Chi admired Shi Qingxue’s foresight. If he did the job to imprison Mo Shujun, Shi Baoning might fall out with him.

Then how would they talk about the feelings between a couple?

Now Shi Qingxue had taken all the responsibility yet had to endure Shi Baoning’s indignation and reproach.

It was laughable and ironic.

Wenren Chi laughed coldly and emotionlessly.

Shi Baoning was terrified to see that. She had never seen Wenren Chi show such a cruel expression, so she moved backward with fear.

However, she regained her confidence soon and threw out her chest, staring at Wenren Chi. “Did I say something wrong? Grandma is so nice to us. How can you be ungrateful and make things difficult for her with Qingxue?”

Gee, they made things difficult for her?

“It’s you, not us,” Wenren Chi suddenly said.

Shi Baoning frowned. “What do you mean?”

Wenren Chi stared at Shi Baoning deeply and said, “Only you think that Mo Shujun is nice to somebody. She is my mortal enemy from the beginning.”

Shi Baoning was scared and opened her eyes wide. Tears hung on her eyelashes, which trembled as she quivered.

“No, it’s not true!” She knew nothing but subconsciously defended Mo Shujun. “Although Grandma is strict, she is nice to us. How can you…”

She paused for a moment and seemed to have found Mo Shujun a perfect excuse, while her eyes lit up in an instant. “Did Qingxue tell you something? She doesn’t like…”

“Enough!” Wenren Chi couldn’t help but shout in a low voice to interrupt Shi Baoning who was conceited.

He always did as Shi Junhe requested and had never told Shi Baoning about the dirty things Mo Shujun had done to the Wenren family, in case that it affected the feelings between the couple.

However, Shi Baoning had gone too far while speaking and turned a blind eye to Mo Shujun’s faults yet put all the blame on Shi Qingxue.

He finally couldn’t help revealing everything.

Shi Baoning was dumbfounded and looked at Wenren Chi in a daze, murmuring, “How? How is it possible?”

She still refused to believe it and racked her brains to speak for Mo Shujun. “How would Grandma do something like that? Is there a misunderstanding…”

Shi Baoning wanted to ask if Shi Qingxue told Wenren Chi something, so he had a misunderstanding, but his eyes were too cold, which made her unable to say the rest words.

They fell into dead silence again.

Wenren Chi didn’t say anything, while Shi Baoning was unable to speak.

If Wenren Chi’s words were true, what Mo Shujun had done couldn’t be merely described as too much.

However, Shi Baoning didn’t dare to forget that anyway Mo Shujun was her grandmother and had brought her up and educated her.

Shi Baoning was hesitant and almost bit through her lip, yet she couldn’t accept it.

“What should I do? What should I do…”

Shi Baoning couldn’t restrain herself anymore, and tears fell from her eyes continuously.

She raised her tearful eyes and looked at Wenren Chi, trying to reach out her hand to pull him and say, “Sorry. I didn’t say that purposely…”

However, as soon as she opened her mouth, she could only sob.

Looking at Shi Baoning who sobbed too much to speak, Wenren Chi finally stopped being angry.

The barrier in his heart was broken by her tears.

He sighed and pulled Shi Baoning into his arms, kissing her gently on her forehead.

He comforted her and forgave her in silence.

It didn’t matter. Everything had gone.

Right, since Mo Shujun was locked up in the Shou’an Hall, the enmity between the Wenren family and her came to an end.

Wenren Chi had been raised by Shi Junhe, and he was Shi Baoning’s husband. That was all.

He told Shi Baoning what he was thinking about in a low voice without concealment.

His words finally moved Shi Baoning and made her free from what depressed her all the time.

“My Lady, stop watching. It’s not good.” Xia Mang couldn’t help but grab Shi Qingxue’s arm, stopping the lady from peeping, something unpresentable that she shouldn’t do.

Shi Qingxue kept observing what was happening outside in the courtyard through the crack between the door and its frame, so she ignored Xia Mang. She waved at the girl behind her and found a perfect excuse. “I am concerned about my sister and her husband. I am going to move to the villa soon. If I don’t see them make it up, I won’t rest assured even when I stay in the villa.”

Xia Mang wasn’t reserved but rolled her eyes, thinking, “You are just peeping. Why do you find an excuse?”

Fortunately, after Shi Qingxue saw that the couple outside hugged each other, she finally looked away with satisfaction and continued to pack up.

Seeing that Shi Qingxue seemed to be in a good mood, Xia Mang looked outside, to see that Wenren Chi and Shi Baoning had left hand in hand.

She turned her head and continued to look at Shi Qingxue, trying to say something yet stopped herself.

Shi Qingxue didn’t stop packing up. She asked without looking back, “What do you want to ask?”

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