RWNEFE -Chapter 116 If You Feel Sorry for Your Daughter, Why Not Take the Beating for Her?

Old Madam Shen thought to herself: If you want to discipline your eldest granddaughter, you can do it in private. But now you’ve exposed her secrets in public—how is she supposed to keep these men on the ship under control anymore?

Once these men find out she’s a woman, won’t they rebel against her?

“Second and Third, gag her mouth for me. Today, I’m going to discipline her myself!” Old Madam Shen said, then turned to ingratiate herself with Liu Laohu.

“My lord, this granddaughter of mine has been spoiled rotten since childhood. If I don’t give her a harsh lesson today, our whole family will surely be dragged to death by her!”

Liu Laohu nodded. “That’s exactly it. Fifty or sixty thousand rioters will be back any moment. I didn’t pursue the matter against your entire family only because you’re friends with Young Master Lan. I only planned to punish the two who made mistakes. Who would’ve thought someone would still be dissatisfied?”

Old Madam Shen hurriedly said, “We’re satisfied, completely satisfied. Our whole family is. It’s all these two wretches’ fault—what a disgrace to the family. I’ll do it myself and beat them until they’re convinced!”

Liu Laohu hesitated for a moment. “Fine, then—for Young Master Lan’s sake!”

“But let me warn you,” Liu Laohu threatened, “don’t try to fool us. They nearly got everyone on our two boats killed. If you dare go easy on them…”

Old Madam Shen had originally planned to pretend to beat them while holding back, but now she had lifted a rock only to smash her own foot.

“Old Madam, we’re all watching. Go ahead and beat them!” Liu Laohu wasn’t about to let her muddle through it.

Suddenly—

“Someone’s starting a boat at the dock~”

Shen Lanxi turned her head to look.

Wei Dongzhu said, “They’re probably coming after us!”

Shen Lanxi ordered, “Speed up!”

“Yes!”

When they heard the rioters were in pursuit, everyone on the ship turned pale.

Some people immediately pushed all the blame onto Shen Yuanjing and Shen Yuantang.

“If we hadn’t waited for you, we’d have set sail long ago!”

“Exactly! Your Shen family has dragged us down again!”

“Being exiled together with you people is the worst luck we’ve had in eight lifetimes!”

Even though Old Madam Shen had been planning to struggle a bit longer, she no longer had the heart for it now.

If she so much as said a single word to plead for Yuanjing or Yuantang, the people on the ship would curse her to death!

These two useless things—can’t even handle such a small matter. They deserve to be beaten!

Thinking of how the prisoners’ anger had nowhere to vent and would be taken out on them, Old Madam Shen hardened her heart, raised the whip, and lashed it toward Shen Yuantang!

Shen Yuantang stared at her grandmother in disbelief. She hadn’t expected her to really strike.

It was clearly Grandmother who had told them to disembark.

“Gag her mouth tightly!” Old Madam Shen shouted when she saw her granddaughter struggling.

For the sake of the rest of the Shen family, her granddaughter would just have to suffer a bit.

Old Madam Shen lashed her granddaughter twice, then looked up at her eldest granddaughter.

She had thought that hearing the whip crack would soften Lanxi’s heart—but she hadn’t expected her heart to be so hard!

If she could treat her own full-blooded sister like this, how much less mercy would she show to others?

A scheme formed in Old Madam Shen’s mind. “Eldest son, I think I’ve twisted my waist. You do the beating!”

She wanted to force the father to whip his own biological daughter and see how the eldest granddaughter would handle it!

Shen Congwen had been looking for a chance to go to his eldest daughter and ask her to plead with Liu Laohu. Being suddenly called out by his mother, he froze.

His mother wanted him to do it?

How could he bring himself to strike her?

“Mother…”

Old Madam Shen stuffed the whip into her eldest son’s hand, then pretended her waist hurt, holding it as the other sons helped her back to her room.

Shen Congwen could only hold the whip and go look for his eldest daughter. After taking just two steps, he saw his daughter heading toward the top deck.

Xiao Xue is delivering another message!

“What are you doing? Don’t want to do it? If you won’t, I’ll have someone else do it!” Liu Laohu blocked Shen Congwen’s way.

Both his son and daughter were being beaten—Shen Congwen was frantic. Yet his eldest daughter walked away as if she hadn’t seen anything at all.

Resentment toward his eldest daughter began to grow in his heart. Just because she’s strong in martial arts, she can ignore her younger siblings? They’re all her flesh and blood!

How can she be so heartless?

The more he thought about it, the stronger his dissatisfaction became.

“What, can’t bring yourself to do it?” Liu Laohu sneered when he saw Shen Congwen staring in the direction Young Master Lan had left.

Shen Congwen gripped the whip tightly and said angrily, “That’s my daughter! How could I bear to strike her? If it were your child, would you be able to do it?”

Liu Laohu was taken aback for a moment, then let out a disdainful laugh.

“If you won’t hit her, someone else will. And I guarantee they’ll do a better job than you.”

Shen Congwen looked at his daughter with heartache. After hesitating again and again, he still couldn’t bring himself to act.

Liu Laohu feigned surprise. “Really? You’d rather let someone else beat her than do it yourself? Just because you can’t bear it, you’re letting others hit her harder?”

This man kept saying he loved his child—was this love? Clearly, he was just too cowardly to swing the whip and using ‘can’t bear it’ as an excuse!

Shen Congwen hadn’t expected Liu Laohu to put it that way. His face instantly darkened.

“My lord, Shen Yuanjing has finished twenty lashes!” a member of the Wei family army deliberately reported, just to provoke Shen Congwen.

So hesitant—if he truly felt sorry for them, why not offer to take the beating in their place?

Liu Laohu continued mocking him. “See that? With all the nonsense you’re talking, it’s already over! Since you care so much about your daughter, how about you take the lashes for her?”

After saying this, Liu Laohu was rather impressed with how quickly his mind worked.

Shen Congwen stiffened again. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his son being led away to have medicine applied. He could still walk on his own—so those twenty lashes couldn’t have been too severe.

“Fine. I’ll take the whipping for my daughter!”

When Shen Yuantang heard her father say this, tears streamed down her face.

Her father treated her the best. He was the one who loved her most.

Liu Laohu thought about it and decided he still didn’t like Shen Congwen and wanted to beat him up.

Anyway, Shen Yuantang had already been whipped a few times. Young Master Lan probably wouldn’t mind switching the person being punished, right?

“Alright then. Since you love your daughter so much, I’ll grant your wish!”

Just as Shen Congwen lay down on the long bench, he heard his brother shout, “Big Brother! Mother’s chest hurts—don’t know if her heart illness has flared up. Hurry and go check on her!”

The moment Shen Congwen heard this, he jumped up and ran off.

Liu Laohu quickly shouted a reminder, “I’m short on time! Are you still taking the beating for your daughter or not? If you leave, I’ll have someone beat your daughter instead!”

Shen Congwen didn’t even pause!

“What a load of crap about loving his daughter—he’s just afraid the whip will land on him!”

Shen Yuantang stared blankly at her father’s retreating back. How could her father just abandon her and leave?

She’d never heard of Grandmother having a heart condition.

Did Father really love her?

“Beat her!” Liu Laohu ordered.

There was no need to gag Shen Yuantang anymore. She clenched her teeth tightly, enduring the lashes without making a sound.

…

“Miss Yuanxin, the young master wants you to come over for a moment!” Chunxue delivered the message and left.

Why would Eldest Sister call for her at a time like this? Could it be that she wanted to personally teach her some skills?

Thinking of this, Shen Yuanxin felt a surge of excitement, the corners of her mouth lifting uncontrollably.

Don’t smile. If Grandmother sees it, she’ll punish me and take her anger out on me.

“Eldest Brother, you were looking for me!” Shen Yuanxin said cheerfully, placing a plate of pastries on the table.