Chapter 434: Li Xuan's Funeral

"I don't know."

Shen Lan lay down on the bed, wanting to drown his sorrows in alcohol.

But because Li Xuan hadn't been managing the household for the past two years, there was no income, and he hadn't been able to afford a drink for a long time.

Seeing that there was no security for her old age here, Shen Mu took her daughter and returned to the countryside.

The task of cooking fell to Shen Yuan; as she steamed sweet potatoes, she pondered what she should do.

She was determined to get her hands on Jiang Sinian.

Shen Lan suddenly appeared behind her, "Shen Yuan, no matter who you were before, since you called me Dad, I will treat you as my daughter."

"Do not provoke Si Rong; let's just live our own lives properly."

"Tomorrow, I will go set up a stall to earn money to support your schooling."

He would never achieve anything great in this life; he could already see the end of it at a glance.

In other words, he had resigned himself to his fate.

Because judging by Si Rong's attitude today, he knew that if he stirred up trouble again, he would likely end up with the same fate as Li Xuan.

He did not want to die.

Shen Yuan was silent for a moment before saying, "Dad, if Si Rong killed my mother, then she is my mother's murderer, and I will not let her off!"

"But you were the ones who schemed against her first!" Shen Lan felt that although she was still young, she was already being very unreasonable, "Don't you think Li Xuan deserved it?"

"If she had listened to me, would she have died now?"

"If you don't want to die, then listen to me!"

Seeing Shen Lan's attitude harden, Shen Yuan temporarily shut her mouth; she said, "Since Mother is already gone, we should hold a funeral for her."

This way, it could also disgust Si Rong and keep that wicked woman from sleeping at night.

Actually, Shen Mu had mentioned this idea before, but Shen Mu had wanted to find a second wife for her son.

Shen Lan nodded, "If you have this filial piety, then go ahead and hold it."

After all, he and Li Xuan had been husband and wife; holding a funeral for her after her death could be considered fulfilling their bond.

Upon learning that her son was finally willing to hold a funeral for that jinx Li Xuan, Shen Mu was very happy and rushed to Huaiyang with her daughter.

Along the way, she also revealed to her son that she had already found a wife for him back in their hometown.

She was a widow with a daughter, and the bride price was only one hundred yuan.

"Fine." Shen Lan had no objections; after this funeral, he would draw a line between himself and his former self, and he planned to live his own life properly from now on.

He would no longer pine for things that did not belong to him.

Marrying a wife to live an ordinary life was a good thing for him.

Shen Mu was very happy; while burning paper for Li Xuan, she did not forget to curse her a few more times, the gist being that now that they were rid of the jinx Li Xuan, her son could finally live a better and better life.

Because there was no corpse, the thin coffin only contained a few of Li Xuan's old clothes.

Shen Yuan watched this scene indifferently.

Li Xuan's maternal family also came, but not to mourn their daughter; they were there to fight the Shen family for the money collected from the funeral.

"The daughter I raised never showed me a day of filial piety, but she bore children for your Shen family; I must take the money collected from this funeral today!"

Shen Mu naturally refused, "Your cheap daughter didn't have any relatives or friends; the people who came today are all relatives of our Shen family, what does it have to do with you?"

"I say it has something to do with me, so it does!"

The two shrews began to fight, knocking over the paper money and the incense burner; even the tables of food were almost overturned.

Shen Lan squatted on the ground smoking, and Shen Yuan squatted beside him.

"My mother's funeral is really lively."

Shen Lan tacitly agreed; yes, it was very lively, livelier than their wedding had been.

"Have you heard? Li Xuan is dead." Ming Zi was somewhat surprised, "Isn't it said that a scourge lasts for a thousand years?"

Si Rong had heard, "I always feel that Shen Lan seems to have misunderstood something."

Ming Zi was currently pregnant, holding a piece of sugarcane and gnawing on it vigorously, "Is there gossip? Tell me quickly."

"That day, he pestered me asking for Li Xuan's whereabouts; how would I know? Then, one thing led to another, and I don't know how the conversation turned to death; I didn't expect him to hold a funeral for Li Xuan so quickly."

"Then if Li Xuan isn't dead and comes back, wouldn't that be hilarious?" Ming Zi was so amused she couldn't even bother to gnaw on her sugarcane, "I don't know what they are in such a rush for; I heard the funeral was very lively, many people went to watch, and the maternal family and the in-laws started fighting directly."

"Whatever cause one sows, one will reap the corresponding fruit."

Si Rong curled her lips, "She should be staying in the place I prepared for her right now; I hope she enjoys it well."

The moonlight was very bright tonight; at this moment, Li Xuan did not yet know that she had been deregistered and that her funeral had already been held.

"I wonder if Shen Lan and Xiao Yuan miss me," Li Xuan muttered, "I miss you all so much!"

She had finally managed to coax the two brothers into letting her out of the cellar; if she had free time every night, she could look at the moon.

That Wang Jie had not yet brought her any definite news.

This made Li Xuan feel very uneasy.

She knew that this was the hinterland of Shiwan Dashan; if there wasn't someone familiar with the terrain to lead her, it was absolutely impossible for her to walk out by her own strength.

If she didn't make it out and was caught and brought back, she would definitely be beaten very badly.

Looking into the courtyard by the moonlight, actually, when she first arrived, the two brothers' house didn't even have a courtyard wall.

There were only two thatched huts; over these two-plus years, they had used the money earned from her to slowly build up the house.

Sometimes when Li Xuan thought of this, she would laugh maniacally, as if she were suffering from hysteria.

She was trapped here by the bricks and tiles bought with her own body.

No, it shouldn't be like this; she is Si Rong!

Yes! She is Si Rong! She is the noble daughter of the Si Family.

Sometimes, when a mask is worn for too long, it cannot be taken off.

From the initial feeling of guilt to now, when facing Wang Jie, Li Xuan has even begun to believe in her heart that she is Si Rong.

Fortunately, Wang Jie came again.

He said he was about to start school, and Li Xuan realized this would be her last chance.

"I beg you, take me with you, okay? Once I return to the Si Family, I will definitely reward you well."

Wang Jie smiled and stroked her chin, "I heard you have several factories; how much money are you prepared to give me as a reward?"

He added another sentence, "How much do you think your life is worth?"

"Do you know? If I help you escape, I won't be able to return here again in the future."

Li Xuan knew he was about to make an exorbitant demand, but she was already deeply convinced that she was Si Rong, "Five hundred thousand, plus I will give you a house and a car, that way you will have both a house and a car."

Wang Jie was very satisfied with this answer, "Fine, at two o'clock in the morning today, I will meet you outside the gate."

"Then what about those two?"

Wang Jie had already prepared the liquor, "I will get them drunk in advance; they won't discover anything."

At two o'clock in the morning, Li Xuan cautiously lifted the iron chain on her wrist, approached the two drunken men, and after finding the key, immediately unlocked the chain on her hand.

She tiptoed out of the courtyard, feeling as if her heart was about to jump out; she was finally going to regain her freedom.

Wang Jie was waiting outside the gate, holding a backpack in his hand.

"Let's go!"