RWNEFE -Chapter 124 Dare to Stab Me in the Back—Then I’ll Disown All Ties!

At this point, there was only one path left—play dumb and refuse to admit anything, no matter what!

“Eldest Sister, my aunt has fainted and won’t wake up. I was terrified. If something happens to her, I’ll have no aunt anymore. Eldest Sister, I’m scared. I’m still young—I don’t want to lose my aunt so early!”

Shen Yuanhe cried as she spoke, acting as though she had suffered an immense grievance.

Several people present had lost their mothers early in life, and for a moment, sympathy stirred toward Shen Yuanhe.

“She’s still so young—when panic hits, how could she think everything through?”

The speaker stole a glance at Shen Lanxi.

If it hadn’t come from her own family, they would never have imagined that Young Master Lan was actually a woman!

Shen Lanxi sneered. “Am I a doctor?”

Shen Yuanhe stiffened.

“Your aunt is unconscious. You should spend money to hire a physician, not kneel here begging me. What you’re doing is nothing more than exposing my identity and then using ‘blood ties’ to threaten me, trying to gain something from it!”

Hearing Shen Lanxi say it outright in public, Shen Yuanhe panicked.

Wasn’t her elder sister afraid of gossip?

Before, no one knew she was a woman, so everyone listened to her. Now that they knew, they surely wouldn’t obey a woman anymore.

When that happened, she’d have no choice but to rely on the family and submit to their arrangements. And after offending the family these past days, they’d surely deal with her harshly—then see how arrogant she could be!

Shen Lanxi let out a cold laugh. Her hand flicked lightly, and with a bang, the iron shovel in her grip plunged straight into the ground in front of Shen Yuanhe, the entire blade buried in the soil!

Shen Yuanhe was nearly frightened out of her wits. She collapsed onto the ground, scrambling backward in panic.

“Today, I’ll teach you my rules!”

“I never accept threats! Even if it’s my own flesh and blood—anyone who dares stab me in the back, I’ll disown them all!”

The moment she finished speaking, everyone was stunned.

“The traps are dug, but we’re still missing a bait,” Shen Lanxi said grimly.

A terrible premonition surged in Shen Yuanhe’s heart. She scrambled to her feet and tried to run!

Shen Lanxi’s gaze swept past Liu Laohu and landed on Wei Dongzhu.

“Bury her.”

Thud! Shen Yuanhe screamed as she fell to the ground.

“No! Father, save me! Eldest Sister, I was wrong—I won’t dare again…”

“Aunt, save me—please save me!”

“Grandfather, Grandmother—save me!”

The Wei family soldiers moved personally. Wei Dongzhu pulled out a shovel—he would bury her himself.

Shen Yuanhe crawled forward like a madwoman, but before she could go far, she was grabbed by the Wei soldiers like a dead dog and thrown into the pit.

One shovelful of earth fell—Shen Yuanhe screamed in utter despair!

Shen Congwen could no longer hold back. His face dark, he leapt down from the carriage and rushed over to Shen Lanxi.

“Lanxi, you unfilial wretch—stop this at once! She’s your sister!”

Shen Lanxi’s face was icy, her heart like solid stone, unmoved by a single word.

“So Father wants me to destroy my own kin for the greater good?”

Before, when his daughter’s ferocity was directed at others, Shen Congwen felt nothing. Now that this sharp edge was turned toward him, he felt as though a bone were stuck in his throat, as if needles pricked his back.

If only she were a son—how could the Shen family not rise with such temperament? But she was a woman.

A woman this ruthless and vicious was a misfortune to the entire clan!

“What nonsense about ‘destroying kin for righteousness’? What kind of talk is that? Release your sister at once. For the sake of you escorting us all this way, I won’t hold this against you!” Shen Congwen scolded coldly, hands clasped behind his back.

A mocking smile rose on Shen Lanxi’s face. “Her aunt was unwell. Instead of finding a doctor, she knelt before me to threaten me. If it were Second Uncle, Third Uncle, or Fourth Uncle kneeling before you, using blood ties to pressure you—what would you do?”

Shen Congwen snapped angrily, “That’s not the same thing! If something happened to your grandmother, I wouldn’t need anyone to beg—I’d bring a doctor myself!”

Shen Lanxi replied calmly, “So Father is accusing me of not allowing a doctor to treat Concubine Zhang?”

Shen Congwen stiffened his neck and said nothing—effectively a tacit admission.

Shen Lanxi’s gaze darkened. When she raised her eyes again, they were filled with icy mockery.

“Anyone who steps forward to interfere will share the same fate！”

Shen Congwen stared at her in disbelief.

He raised a finger to point at Shen Lanxi, threatening angrily, “I’m going to save Yuanhe. I want to see what you can do to me!”

With that, Shen Congwen headed toward the pit.

“Yuanhe, Father’s coming to save you!” Just as Shen Congwen reached out, Wei Dongzhu kicked him hard.

Shen Congwen fell into the pit as well!

He followed his lord’s orders—same crime, same punishment!

Everyone was so shocked they couldn’t close their mouths.

Those gathering firewood returned one after another.

“Father—”

Shen Yuanjing and the others dropped the firewood and rushed toward the pit.

“Big Brother, what’s going on? What are they doing to Father?”

Shen Yuanjing hurried to Shen Lanxi’s side.

Liu Yanhui raised a hand to block him, saying coldly, “Shen Congwen and his daughter exposed the lord’s identity and threatened her into action. They deserve their punishment!”

Shen Yuanjing stared in disbelief. Exposed her identity?

Could it be—

A terrible possibility flashed through his mind, making his heart pound as though it would leap out of his chest.

Impossible. They couldn’t be that foolish. Grandmother had warned them repeatedly—they couldn’t have forgotten.

“Big Brother, shouldn’t we ask more clearly?”

Shen Lanxi’s gaze pressed down on him. “Are you saying I framed them?”

Shen Yuanjing’s heart trembled. “No, I—”

That was their father!

Shen Lanxi said, “Yuanjing, do you remember the first book you took from me? What was written on the first page?”

Shen Yuanjing froze. His lips moved twice, as if he wanted to speak, yet no words came out.

“‘Mercy cannot command troops; emotion cannot settle affairs; righteousness cannot manage wealth; kindness cannot govern,’” Shen Lanxi said sharply, her eyes piercing.

“If you let family matters and sentimental feelings entangle you—dragging your feet, wavering indecisively—then you’d better stop practicing martial arts altogether!”

Hesitation flashed in Shen Yuanjing’s eyes. The next second, he clenched his teeth and turned away.

Shen Yunjun and the others hesitated, looking toward their father, but Shen Yuanjing dragged them away forcefully.

Liu Laohu shuddered hard and shouted urgently, “Night’s about to fall! Anyone who wants to live, keep moving!”

Those digging the traps continued working, but their hearts were far from calm.

Ruthless. Cruel. No wonder they say a woman’s heart can be the most poisonous.

This woman buried her own father and sister—she’s the one who should be exiled!

Shen Yuanjing pulled his younger siblings farther away and told them about Concubine Zhang’s pregnancy and how Shen Lanxi’s identity had been exposed.

Shen Yuanqing murmured, “Even so… she shouldn’t bury Father.”

Recalling the scene earlier, Shen Yuanjing felt lingering fear.

“Have you thought about it? If Eldest Sister hadn’t been ruthless enough to suppress those people, what kind of fate would we have had?”

“Have you all forgotten what our lives were like on this road before Eldest Sister protected us?”

Back then, any random prisoner dared to walk up and kick them.