“Slap!” Old Lady Wang slammed her hand on the table, immediately erupting in anger, “Who allowed you lot of ungrateful brats in here?!”

“Old Lady, please don’t say that,” Lu Yao quickly appeased her, glancing at the guard nearby, “You meant no harm, but it’s easy to misinterpret.

People who don’t know might think you’re trying to show off your power over the general and the innkeeper. We’re the family members of criminals now, we must be careful and cautious.”

“Yao Mei is right,” Shen Yanrong chimed in at the right time, “Our Shen family has already fallen. If we want our family to live a better life, we should be more restrained, lest we attract trouble.”

The two of them looked worried. To others, they seemed to be genuinely concerned for their family. Who would remind them like this if they weren’t family?

But to Old Lady Wang and the others, it was extremely jarring.

“Grandmother didn’t mean that,” Shen Yaoming quickly explained, his tone gentle, and his gaze towards Shen Yanrong was a little timid, “She’s straightforward and doesn’t know how to speak. You haven’t spent much time with Grandmother and don’t understand her.

It would be bad if you jumped to conclusions and misunderstood her.”

His implication was not only that Lu Yao and the others weren’t close to the family, but also that their feigned concern was just for the sake of getting benefits.

He also refuted Lu Yao and Shen Yanrong’s words, explaining to those around them that Old Lady Wang’s words had been misinterpreted by them, and telling everyone not to take it to heart.

At the same time, he looked at Shen Yanrong every time he spoke, leaving the impression that the couple was unreliable, forceful, and domineering.

Lu Yao couldn’t help but give him a thumbs-up in her heart. As expected of the male lead, he was truly artistic in his words and actions.

“We also want to spend more time with Grandmother and the others,” she changed her expression in a second, looking very wronged, “But Grandmother said that Mother wasn’t the daughter-in-law she wanted, and she didn’t acknowledge Rong Ge as a member of the Shen family…”

She then seemed to realize what she had said and quickly covered her mouth, but she was wearing shackles and carrying Yuye, so she pulled the shackles, making a clanging sound.

Shen Yanrong looked downcast, his eyes filled with guilt as he looked at Lu Yao, “Yao Mei, it’s my fault that you and the children are suffering.”

“Don’t say such silly things, we’re a family,” Lu Yao comforted him, “Grandmother must have some misunderstandings and prejudices against us.

As long as we put our hearts into it, I believe she will eventually see us in a different light.”

She then turned to Old Lady Wang, her expression flattering, “Grandmother, we may not be able to share good fortune, but we can share hardship. Now that we don’t have those halos, we’ll be a happy family in the future, don’t you think?”

Lu Yao and Shen Yanrong lowered their attitude, acting like grandchildren who were admitting their mistakes, being very obedient.

But this attitude made the Shen family members feel a pang in their hearts.

Should they scold them back? Didn’t they see that the people in the hall were looking at them differently?

Especially these two little sluts, they kept pulling their shackles, making the atmosphere even more subtle.

“Grandmother, why aren’t you saying anything? Did we say something wrong?” Lu Yao asked cautiously.

Old Lady Wang was so suffocated that her face looked very bad.

What could she say?

Agreeing was absolutely impossible. She was still thinking about writing a document to sever ties after her eldest son got better.

How could she plant a seed of trouble now and be slapped in the face?

Deny it? There were so many eyes watching, would the Shen family still have any face?

So, she should quickly get rid of these sluts, cut off all ties, and these thick-skinned people wouldn’t dare to come and ask for favors anymore.

Thinking of this, her mood suddenly brightened. However, her face turned cold when she looked at Lu Yao, “No matter what you’re up to, get out of here immediately!”

Lu Yao ignored her cold face and said with a smile, “Grandmother, don’t worry, we’ll leave right after we finish eating, we won’t appear in front of you.”

She then looked at Shen Yanrong and the two children, “We haven’t eaten well or had enough these past few days.

Now that we’re following Grandmother and their father, we’ll finally be able to eat our fill.”

Shen Yanrong and the other two children nodded in unison, looking at Old Lady Wang with eager eyes.

“Don’t even think about it!” Old Lady Wang refused without hesitation, “What do you think you are?!”

Lu Yao frowned disapprovingly, “Grandmother, there are children here, watch your words.”

“They’re just two little sluts…”

“Slap!” A long whip struck the table, interrupting Old Lady Wang’s words.

Lin Hongyang calmly retracted the whip as Old Lady Wang and the others looked at him in horror, and said coldly, “These are your descendants.”

So, who was the truly vulgar one?

Wang Yalan and Shen Yaoming’s faces were not good-looking.

They were used to Old Lady Wang swearing like this, and they would even swear along with her.

Now that General Li had pointed it out, their feelings could not be described as simply ashamed and angry.

Old Lady Wang’s face turned green and white, but she didn’t dare to breathe a word, only smiling awkwardly and explaining, “Officer, don’t blame me, I’m just disciplining my ungrateful descendants.”

Lin Hongyang snorted coldly, “You better know your place.”

They were all prisoners, and they still wanted to act like old ladies from a wealthy family.

Did they think he was just a decoration?

Being disrespectful to the elderly, swearing like that in front of children, weren’t you afraid of retribution?

Old Lady Wang shrank her neck, not daring to speak anymore. She only looked at Lu Yao and the others with eyes that seemed to be filled with poison.

Lu Yao acted as if she was scared, shrinking her neck and carefully flattering her, “Grandmother, we’ll leave right after we finish eating… oh no, we’ll take it out to eat when it’s delivered.”

“You…”

Old Lady Wang wanted to erupt again, but her gaze fell on the table, and she forcibly held back.

On it, there was a fresh silver coin, left behind by the whip.

She didn’t dare to say anything anymore, afraid of accidentally provoking this terrifying figure again.

Seeing that everyone was behaving, Lin Hongyang sat back down in his seat, but his eyes kept glancing in that direction.

Seeing that they were so intimidated that they didn’t dare to breathe, let alone have any other thoughts, he was satisfied and continued to eat.

Old Lady Wang looked at the people sitting in front of her, her heart filled with hatred.

She also resented the nosy person, but the other party was the highest-ranking official escorting them, so she could only direct her hatred towards Shen Yanrong and his family.

Hmph, you sluts… wait!

Meanwhile, the spring noodles that Old Lady Wang had ordered were delivered.

Old Lady Wang had ordered ten bowls of noodles, in addition to the few who had come in with her, there was also a bowl for Shen Shiren, who was lying on the flatbed cart.

The first bowl naturally had to be delivered to Old Lady Wang, the elder and the money bag.

However, before the noodles reached the old lady, they were intercepted halfway.

“How dare you!”

Old Lady Wang’s heart was bleeding. She had forgotten the intimidation brought by General Lao Ye.

The food here was much more expensive than outside. Ten bowls of noodles cost her almost an ounce of silver, but now they were being robbed by two bandits.

Lu Yao and Shen Yanrong ignored her anger, picked up their bowls of noodles and stood up, intending to take their children to eat outside.

They had no appetite for these people either.