Chapter 152: She also participated in the matter of Jiang Lai taking herbal medicine back then

Jiang Lai felt she had described it accurately.

But Shen Xun, upon seeing the five words "your white moonlight," found them glaring.

He enlarged the photo and saw that it was indeed Shen Xi and Lin Shutong, both disheveled and unpresentable.

Soon the call reached Lin Shutong.

"Did Shen Xi go find you? Are you alright?"

"Ah Xun..." Lin Shutong, eyes blurred with tears, stifled the pain and sniffled, "I'm fine, just a bit sore all over; Xiao Xi didn't mean it, and Jiang Lai is here too."

The last two sentences almost made it seem as if Jiang Lai had provoked Shen Xi to hit someone, written on her face.

Shen Xun knew Jiang Lai was there; the pictures were all sent by her.

He had changed his phone number countless times, each time getting blocked; this latest one hadn't been blocked yet, and he didn't know whether that was something to be glad about.

"I'll be right over."

His voice was both helpless and tense.

After hanging up, he sent Jiang Lai a text, telling her not to leave Shuantianque yet and to wait for him.

He got blocked again.

The message didn't go through.

He still hadn't figured out how to appease Jiang Lai, and now his younger sister was causing trouble again.

This time it was still Lin Shutong who got hit.

Why hit someone?

Seeing that his older brother had first called Lin Shutong, Shen Xi thought he too needed to find someone to back him up, so he called their mother.

Mother Shen and Shen Xun arrived almost one after another.

Downstairs they only saw Lin Shutong and Shen Xi; Jiang Lai was nowhere to be seen.

Jiang Lai still refused to see him. Shen Xun sighed inwardly.

Lin Shutong saw Shen Xun and began to tear up; she had wanted to throw herself into his arms, but seeing Mother Shen's resentful gaze, she barely managed to stop herself.

Shen Xi said their whole family already knew that Shen Xun had spent a lot of money on her over the years.

"How did you come here to hit someone?" Mother Shen walked over to her daughter, merely glaring at her without saying anything else.

Shen Xi crossed her arms: "I can't stand it—my brother gives her three million a month, is he crazy?"

Shen Xun's face darkened.

"Shen Xi, watch your words."

Mother Shen glared at him: "Speak properly to your own family, stop always thinking of helping outsiders."

Before, he used to call her "Shutong ah" all the time; now she's become an outsider.

He walked toward Lin Shutong and saw she had a bruise on her forehead, her neck was reddened in a patch, and there were scratches on the back of her hand.

Shen Xun furrowed his brows.

"Anywhere else feeling uncomfortable?"

"My stomach and waist hurt a little." Lin Shutong had just tested it and couldn't move; she didn't know if she'd bumped something, and she had no memory of it.

Shen Xi is gorgeous and well-built; colliding with her almost killed her, especially since she ended up riding on her, leaving her dazed.

If she didn't still have leverage over Shen Xi, she would never let him off easy.

Shen Xun furrowed his brows; there was concern in his eyes, but not much, and he occasionally glanced around.

He was looking for Jiang Lai.

Unfortunately, there was not a trace of her.

"First go to the hospital, Shen Xi too—let's both get a full checkup." Shen Xun looked at Shen Xi, "After the exam, we'll settle the score."

"What score are we settling? How much money have I spent of yours? Do I get three million a month? You're my brother; even if you gave me three million a month, that would be only right!"

"All right, Xiao Xi." Mother Shen took her daughter's hand, "We family shouldn't quarrel; we must present a united front outside. Listen to your brother, go to the hospital for a checkup, make sure there are no lasting effects."

"As for other matters..." She looked at Lin Shutong, her gaze instantly turning cold, "We'll settle that later."

Lin Shutong's plan to placate Shen Xun's parents and sister had completely fallen through at this moment.

Originally Shen Xun had been wavering between her and Jiang Lai, but Jiang Lai had failed to win over the Shen family's hearts.

She thought that if she could win the Shen family's affection, she and Shen Xun would naturally proceed into the hall of marriage.

Now Shen Xun clearly leaned toward Jiang Lai.

The Shen family no longer gave her a pleasant expression.

How could this situation be resolved?

Lin Shutong herself was also worried.

"Let's go, to the hospital." Shen Xun walked ahead, with no intention of carrying or piggybacking Lin Shutong, his peripheral vision still scanning the surroundings.

Still, he didn't catch a glimpse of anyone.

Lin Shutong stood still: "Ah Xun, I seem unable to walk; could you carry me?"

Shen Xi spat: "Shameless."

It was like a fan turning into an anti-fan and stepping on them.

This kind of stepping is the harshest.

Lin Shutong truly couldn't walk; her whole body ached everywhere.

Shen Xun said: "Our current situation is dangerous, you know that."

Lin Shutong knew she was referring to the evidence of being caught cheating; however, a small number of intimate photos could only be judged as ordinary infidelity, a moral failing, weak evidence, useless in court.

She had looked it up.

But she didn't want to upset Shen Xun further, so she ultimately gritted her teeth and followed step by step despite the discomfort.

Shen Xi looked pleased, deliberately saying in front of Lin Shutong: "Mom, I think Jiang Lai as a sister-in-law is better."

Lin Shutong's face darkened.

Mother Shen's expression also wasn't good: "Enough, stop saying that."

She also knew Jiang Lai was better than Lin Shutong, but what good does it do!

They're already divorced!

She and her husband still dare not mention this matter to their son.

Agreeing to Jiang Lai and Shen Xun's divorce is the biggest mistake she and her husband have made in their lives.

The four of them got in the car together and went to the hospital.

Shen Xi seemed fine, only had a preliminary checkup, then sat outside waiting.

Lin Shutong had bruises in several places from rolling on the ground and bumping into things.

She was still applying medicine.

Shen Xun came out first, looking at his sister with a nonchalant expression, and asked her: "Over all these years, you just can't change your habit of swearing and hitting people, can you?"

"Well, whoever I hit this time wasn't a good person anyway." Shen Xi spoke bluntly: "She's a mistress, the kind who only knows how to suck a man's blood and sweat money!"

"Shen Xi." Shen Xun didn't want to hear the word "mistress": "Don't talk nonsense; the money matter isn't what you think, I'm also at fault, it's not all her fault."

You're certainly at fault. Mother Shen said, exasperated, "What on earth are you thinking? Even if you give, you can't give it all, right? Do you know what kind of life we've been living these past few years? Compared to families with the same asset allocation, one is heaven, the other earth."

Shen Xun felt his heart sink upon hearing Jiang Lai's name.

"She also resents me."

Shen Xi couldn't care less whether Jiang Lai resents anyone; she only has one thing on her mind.

"Hurry up and get Lin Shutong to return all the money; I need to go abroad next spring, most of my friends have gone overseas to study, and I'm the only one who hasn't, so they keep making sarcastic remarks at me."

The money's already spent; it's not as simple as just taking it back.

Shen Xun also didn't like his sister being money-obsessed; he said: "The money is my concern; whether I get it back or not has nothing to do with you."

"Then it must have something to do with Jiang Lai." Shen Xi stood up, making a move to find Jiang Lai: "I don't believe she could just watch her husband's money be spent on a mistress without doing anything."

"Don't mention the word 'mistress.'" Shen Xun said sternly: "Also, don't provoke Jiang Lai."

Shen Xi insisted: "Mistress, mistress, mistress..."

Shen Xi insisted: "Little three little three little three..."

Shen Xun gave his sister a slap.

Shen Xi's head rang from the blow: "Brother, you hit me! You hit your own sister for a mistress!"

"What makes her worth you helping her bully the family? Do you think she's a good person?"

"Let me tell you! In the incident where Jiang Lai was drugged and almost raped, she was also involved—she recommended the medicine to me! And the man was also someone she found!"

"I'm telling you! Back when Jiang Lai was drugged and almost slept with someone, she was also involved in that incident; the medicine was recommended by her! The man was also found by her!"