Chapter 21: The Former Best Friend’s Suicide Attempt

Late in the evening.

The sky was ablaze with a fiery sunset.

In the old house, everyone gathered around the dinner table.

“Xuan’er, what happened to your eye?”

Shen Xuan had a black eye, and Old Madam Shen couldn’t help but ask.

Shen Xuan subconsciously looked at Shen Boyan.

He saw Shen Boyan holding a transparent water cup, drinking silently. The moment Shen Xuan looked over, his hand holding the cup tightened slightly, and a cold aura emanated from his entire body.

“I… I fell,” Shen Xuan quickly replied to Old Madam Shen.

“How could you be so careless? Also, you smell of alcohol. You should drink less in the future,” Old Madam Shen shook her head.

“Yes, Grandma,” Shen Xuan lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.

Old Madam Shen glanced around the table, then looked at Shen Wen and asked, “Where’s Xiao Putao? Why isn’t she coming for dinner?”

“Well… Grandma, Xiao Putao went home. She has an interest class this afternoon, so I picked her up early.”

As Shen Wen spoke, she couldn’t help but glance at Gu Nanyan.

Gu Nanyan was also drinking water, and the couple’s drinking actions were eerily similar.

“I see. She should sign up for more classes. I see that Xiao Mumu is younger than her, but he knows more,” Old Madam Shen said, feeling sorry for Xiao Mumu, and said to Shen Boyan, “The child is still young, don’t let him learn so much, it’s tiring.”

This blatant favoritism made Shen Wen feel very uncomfortable. She gritted her teeth secretly.

“I know.”

Shen Boyan put down his water cup and responded indifferently.

“Alright, let’s eat. I see you two are hungry, you’ve been drinking water the whole time.”

After Old Madam Shen finished speaking, she picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

Gu Nanyan felt a little embarrassed and put down her water cup, quietly looking sideways at Shen Boyan.

Unexpectedly, Shen Boyan was also looking at her.

Their eyes met, and they saw each other reflected in each other’s eyes, creating a subtle atmosphere.

Gu Nanyan looked away first, feeling a little awkward and lowered her head to eat.

Shen Boyan’s eyes deepened and he also looked away.

After a few bites of food, Tan Yumei seemed to suddenly think of something interesting and said to everyone with a smile, “Have you all heard about the interesting things happening between the Lu and Huo families recently?”

“I heard. The Lu family wants to marry their fourth daughter, Lu Wan, to the murderous Huo Beiting, but Lu Wan refused and even attempted suicide by cutting her wrists. She almost lost her life.” Shen Wen, who loved gossip the most, immediately joined in.

Old Madam Shen was startled, “Wanwan tried to commit suicide by cutting her wrists? Is she okay?”

“She’s fine, thanks to timely rescue. She’s still in the hospital.”

As Shen Wen spoke, she couldn’t help but glance at Gu Nanyan.

Seeing that she was still eating calmly, she frowned and a trace of disdain flashed in her eyes.

Her former best friend was facing life or death, and she could still eat.

What a cold-blooded person.

“It’s good that she’s alive, it’s good that she’s alive.” Old Madam Shen breathed a sigh of relief, then scolded the Lu family, “How could such a gentle girl like Wanwan be given to someone like Huo Beiting? What are the Lu family thinking? They’re not pushing a good girl into the fire pit?”

“Who says it’s not?” Tan Yumei clicked her tongue twice, “Everyone knows what kind of methods Huo Beiting has. He kills whoever stands in his way, for his own selfish interests, he doesn’t care about anyone. If a gentle girl like Lu Wan marries him, she probably won’t live a good life for a few years. He has many ways to torture people.”

“Alas,” Old Madam Shen sighed, “Wanwan has risked her life to resist, I hope the Lu family can have a conscience.”

“What’s the use of resistance? Lu Wan has two older sisters, why is it only Lu Wan who is given to that murderer? Isn’t it because she is not favored in the Lu family? Mrs. Lu is determined to marry her off.”

Old Madam Shen was even angrier when she heard this, “Those people from the lower class, they really don’t deserve it. If it weren’t for Wanwan’s mother’s pity for them, they wouldn’t have been able to enter the Lu family. Now they’re actually ungrateful.”