Chapter 171: You Are Bound to End Up More and More Miserable

Unfortunately, there is no guarantee of foolproof success.

Shen Chi is a cautious person; he considers himself different from the foolishness of his mother Li Xuan and Shen Yuan.

Si Rong must have left that annoying old servant Wang Ma at home to watch the children; if he were to rush in, not only would he be unable to get close to the children, he might even be reported to the police by Wang Ma and arrested.

Therefore, he must think of a good plan.

Shen Chi turned and left; he needed money.

So, after returning to the Kong Family, the first thing he did was to publicly acknowledge Kong Yue as his biological father, and to show his sincerity, he stated that he was willing to change his surname to Kong.

Li Xuan:...

Si Rong:...

Ming Zi:...

Kong Lingdong:...

This scene stunned everyone present, including Kong Yue.

He had four children in total, three sons and one daughter; he was not lacking in children.

But looking at the look of filial devotion on Shen Chi's face before him, he felt that this child might be more filial than the others.

"Fine! Then from now on you shall be called Kong Chi! I will treat you as my own biological son!"

"Dad!" Shen Chi—no, he should be called Kong Chi now—shouted with a look of excitement.

Anyone who didn't know better would think that his heartfelt sincerity was because he had finally found his long-lost biological father.

Upstairs, Shen Yuan watched all of this coldly; her gaze fell for a moment on Si Rong's face, then for a moment on Li Xuan's face, and finally rested for a long time on her own brother, born of the same mother.

This world is simply like a giant amateur theatrical troupe, laughable.

Kong Chi, hahaha, it is truly too funny.

Shen Lan has only been dead for a little over two months, and it seems no one in this world remembers him anymore.

Li Xuan could not endure the loneliness and remarried quickly, and Shen Chi changed his surname.

"So funny!" Ming Zi patted Si Rong's arm, "He really is a talent! If Shen Lan knew, he would probably be so angry he'd lift his coffin lid and climb out!"

Si Rong was not particularly surprised; Shen Chi has always been this way—he is close to whoever can give him benefits.

"I'm laughing so hard I'm almost in tears," Ming Zi rubbed the corners of her eyes, "Let's go."

Si Rong took her arm, "Don't be in a hurry, there's still a good show to come later."

Li Xuan remarried into the Junshuyuan, which shows she likes excitement, so let's make it even more exciting for her.

Less than half an hour later, Shen Mu arrived with Shen Yun.

This woman, who used to love putting on airs as a mother-in-law in front of her, now had hair turned completely white due to losing her son in her old age.

Upon learning that Li Xuan had remarried with her grandson and granddaughter only two months after her son's death, Shen Mu was so angry that she brought her daughter to confront her.

Not to stop her, but just to give Li Xuan a slap, and additionally to take away her own biological grandson and granddaughter.

But just now at the entrance, when she heard that her own grandson had actually volunteered to change his surname to Kong, she was so angry she nearly vomited blood.

No need to ask, it must have been that harlot Li Xuan who instigated it in order to curry favor with this old geezer she remarried.

Otherwise, would her own good grandson voluntarily change his surname to Kong?

Any man with any backbone would not do such a thing.

So, as soon as Shen Mu rushed into the courtyard, she grabbed Li Xuan's hair and started beating her.

Shen Yun naturally helped her mother.

She has already divorced Yang Junwei; before the divorce, Yang Junwei admitted to her personally that he had never loved her and only hoped to use the Shen Family's connections to get close to the Si Family.

It was just unexpected that the Shen Family would be so useless after leaving the Si Family.

Shen Yun blamed all of this on Li Xuan.

How was it that her brother was perfectly fine after living with Si Rong for over ten years, but ended up dead less than a year after living with Li Xuan?

This must all be blamed on that husband-killing bitch Li Xuan!

While beating her, she said to the Kong Family members: "You still dare to marry her? To tell you the truth, she has a husband-killing fate; whoever she marries dies!"

"My son was killed by her!" Shen Mu was hitting her with great vigor.

Seeing this scene, Kong Lingdong frowned and quickly summoned two Guards to pull the inexplicable mother and daughter away.

He had thought that Li Xuan only had those two children as burdens; he didn't expect her former in-laws to be so difficult to deal with either.

The Shen mother and daughter had only intended to vent their anger, so they were pulled apart as soon as the Guards intervened.

Now, having lost the reliance of her son, Shen Mu only wanted her grandson back.

"Shen Chi! Shen Yuan! Come home with Nainai!"

This could be considered the only memory her son left for her.

Unexpectedly, Shen Chi said with a cold expression: "You go back; since my mother has already remarried, this will be my new home from now on."

He felt that Nainai and his aunt were both mentally unstable; by making such a scene, were they afraid that he and his sister would live a good life in the future?

Shen Mu:...

Shen Yun:...

Finally, under the expulsion of the Guards, the two of them left in a sorry state.

Before leaving, they saw Si Rong sitting gracefully at the wedding banquet table.

They saw that Si Rong was plumper and rosier than before, appearing even younger than when she was in their Shen Family.

The man in military uniform sitting beside her looked like a perfect match.

In her life, Shen Mu had one son and two daughters-in-law; she had once been proud of this, believing her son was capable and could control both daughters-in-law.

Yet she never expected that Heaven would be so heartless, leaving her with nothing in the end, as both daughters-in-law have now remarried.

Shen Mu felt extremely miserable inside.

Just as Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and glared fiercely at Si Rong, she realized that while she had initially thought Si Rong came today to reconcile with her, it now seemed she was determined to oppose her to the very end.

Besides her, who else would be so meddlesome as to notify Shen Mu about the remarriage?

Suddenly, she recalled her own previous grand wedding, and a sense of foreboding rose in her heart.

Sure enough, the moment she linked her arm with Kong Yue, she saw the entire Li family swarming in.

"Li Jianmei! You didn't tell me about your wedding this time either?"

Mother Li took the lead; she had thought she wouldn't be able to squeeze any benefits out of this wretched girl anymore, but she hadn't expected that even the heavens were helping her.

This time, her daughter was marrying a wealthy old man who looked about the same age as her.

But Mother Li accepted it well; as long as there were benefits to be had, she pinched her daughter's arm hard and then, with a face full of smiles, grasped Kong Yue's hand, "This must be my new son-in-law, right?"

He really was old; the back of his hand was withered and covered in age spots.

Mother Li thought for a good while about what to say to break the ice, "Son-in-law, are you still in good health?"

Everyone:...

Kong Lingdong:...

Si Rong wore a faint smile from beginning to end, while Ming Zi beside her laughed until she swayed, occasionally letting out a "honking" sound.

The Li family didn't come to cause trouble like the Shen family; although they didn't bring any gift money, they acted like guests, and since they were Li Xuan's maternal family, they couldn't be kicked out directly, so they had to be assigned seats as well.

Li Xuan thanked him with a fawning expression, "Lingdong, you've really worked hard."

"Don't be so polite, Little Mother, this is all what I should do."

Kong Lingdong pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

With the Li family finally settled, Li Xuan was at last able to find a moment to go to the table where Si Rong and Ming Zi were sitting; she leaned down to Si Rong's ear, "This scene today, it was your doing again, wasn't it?"

Last year, when she had her grand wedding with Shen Lan, it was Si Rong who had brought the Li family there.

"Congratulations, you guessed right."

Si Rong did not deny it, still smiling, and said in a voice only Li Xuan could hear: "Rest assured! After marrying into my circle, you will definitely live an increasingly miserable life from now on!"