With Mrs. Shen helping with the arrangements, the meal was finished in silence. After Shen Chun and Gao Xique had cleaned the table, the family sat on the kang and waited for Shen Bin to speak.
"Chun'er, tell me first, what's really going on with Zhao Guodong?" Shen Bin asked his sister directly.
Mrs. Shen wanted to speak, but was stopped by Shen's father's look. Then they saw their daughter suddenly stand up with a start.
Shen Chun's face flushed red, as if she had been deeply humiliated. Before she could speak, tears already started to fall from her eyes. "Brother, are you believing the rumors outside and trusting outsiders over me? Don't you know what kind of person I am? Do you not know what I've done in the past? I have made mistakes and admitted to them. But just because I've made mistakes before, does that mean everything that happens in the future will be my fault?"
