Chapter 2062: Chapter 2080: Gone Astray
"That’s about it, the Shen family has completely fallen apart. Your eldest brother and his wife’s jobs are gone too, now they’re in the rural areas at the grassroots level. Your second brother has also been sent to the frontier, and your second nephew, Shen Ming, is dead. The eldest nephew is in prison, and their lives are all in Su Hai’s hands."
Shen Zian was angry, "That bastard Su Er, he truly is my old rival. As soon as I died, he started striking ruthlessly."
This time, Ji Yuanjie wisely refrained from offering any mediation.
Hmph! Let that fox suffer and pay the price.
"Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of your death. After paying my respects, I went to Su Hai to plead on Shen Yu’s behalf, but he refused, leaving not even a bit of room for negotiation."
Shen Zian’s mouth twitched upon hearing this. Brother, can’t you avoid mentioning her tenth death anniversary right in front of her?
It sounds odd.
"Both the Su family and the Meng family hate Shen Yu to death now," Ji Yuanjie said, spreading his hands helplessly.
"That beast, he’s truly an idiot." Shen Zian felt very disappointed in Shen Yu, "He’s utterly useless. How did I teach him before? I said so much, and he didn’t learn a thing. He’s veered off course."
What angered her most was that Shen Yu went astray. Clearly, the eldest nephew wasn’t such a person before, just a shy, upright, and honest young man. When he was little, he would follow behind her, calling her "little aunt" in a soft, sticky voice.
Shen Zian intended to devote her whole life to defending the country and hadn’t planned to marry, so she trained Shen Yu as her heir.
Now, look what happened, the heir she had high hopes for turned into a big villain.
Fortunately, she’s become used to being angered by Li Erhua these past few days, otherwise hearing about Shen Yu’s foolish deeds now would surely make her furious.
"Shen Ming deserved to die, but Shen Yu can’t die just like that. Meng Fan’s death was due to Shen Ming’s schemes and manipulations, which led Shen Yu to make mistake after mistake. I can’t watch my nephew be tricked to death like this."
"I can’t swallow this grievance."
"It’s a mercy that Shen Ming died early; otherwise, I would have killed this degenerate myself, that stupid thing. Damn it, utterly useless—a grown man with a mind smaller than a woman’s, only able to fight internally. If he has the guts, he should kill a few more enemies on the battlefield! How did I end up with such an idiotic nephew? It’s embarrassing!"
Shen Zian was truly infuriated by these two nephews, and she cursed fluently, clearly indicating the imposing manner she once had in the army.
Shen Zian concluded and also gave Ji Yuanjie a backbone, knowing what to do next.
Ji Yuanjie apologetically confessed, "I’m sorry, Zian, it’s my fault. I couldn’t help watching over the Shen family for you. I have no way to rescue Shen Yu."
Shen Zian was angry, but remained rational. Hearing this, she waved her hand dismissively, "It’s not your fault, nor is it something you can solve. Blame it on the internal conflicts planted by Shen Yu and Shen Ming, but the root of the problem ultimately lies with me. Had I not died, there wouldn’t have been any power struggle between Shen Ming and Shen Yu."
This was indeed true. If Shen Zian hadn’t died, she would be the undisputed leader.
Whether in the Shen family or the Northern Military District,
neither Shen Yu nor Shen Ming would have dared to have any other thoughts, let alone fight internally.
In front of Shen Zian, the two of them were just kids.
"How can this be your fault!" Ji Yuanjie said, distressed, "You didn’t want this to happen! Seeing you like this makes my heart ache!"
