Chapter 33: Persuading Him to Switch Sides

Su Sheng did not suspect Su An'an much, because Su An'an truly adored her biological mother. After Feng's death for a few years, he remembered that An'an kept that handkerchief close to her heart.

So, if she just wanted to obtain her mother's relics, there's nothing much to doubt.

Yue Luo withdrew her gaze, letting it fall on the back of the Young Madam.

Su Nian broke a pearl hairpin, and was left aside, feeling extremely disgruntled in her heart.

Suddenly, she recalled Su Pingping's scandal. At that time, Su Pingping cried out that it was all Su An'an's doing. She thought it was Su Pingping's way of shirking responsibility, after all, Su An'an had always naively followed Su Pingping's lead.

Now that she thinks about it, perhaps this Su An'an isn't simple.

Forget it, endure, she must endure.

Su An'an sat down, glanced at Su Nian's figure, and sighed inwardly.

Did you think that your father suddenly being so good to you is to choose a young and talented suitor for you?

Wrong, it's just to be sent off as a concubine.

If you have some brains, you wouldn't target me, already married, but rather think about how to prove your own worth so that father reevaluates.

If Su Nian had not come out mocking and sarcastic, Su An'an might have offered some advice, but now, forget it.

Others may not necessarily appreciate it.

After lunch, Su An'an sent Cui Yan and Yue Luo away to the grapevine at the pavilion in the Zilan Courtyard to cut a branch and bring it back to plant in the yard.

She said those grapevines were planted by her mother for her, and not seeing them made her nostalgic.

The two maidservants left as ordered, and Su An'an watched their backs, turned around, and entered the room, saying, "Father, your daughter has something to say to you."

Su Sheng was just about to go to the shop to check on business. He paused at her words and seeing the serious expression on his daughter's face, he said, "Let's go, to the study."

The two of them went to the study, Su Sheng sat down directly and asked, "Is it about your cousin's mother asking you to be a spy?"

Su An'an also took the opportunity to sit down, poured a cup of tea for her father, and said, "Yes, it is."

Su Sheng took it, saying calmly, "Our family's business, after all, looks up to your cousin's mother. Since you obediently married over there, just do as she says."

"It's just to see whether he's truly sick, truly blind, nothing else, you needn't worry. If you can actually deliver any useful information, your cousin's mother won't mistreat you."

Su An'an, however, looked serious, "Father, do you really think that Shen Juncheng is so easily spied upon?"

Su Sheng frowned, "What do you mean?"

Su An'an roughly explained the poisoning incident on the wedding night.

Su Sheng was astonished, "What, could it be that Shen Juncheng orchestrated the whole thing?"

The next day when the news came out, he thought it was Liu Shi who couldn't restrain herself, acting on the wedding night. After all, he knew Liu Shi's character and had no doubts.

Yet, he hadn't suspected that Liu Shi was wronged.

If that's the case, it seems that Shen Juncheng is not just a foolish sickly person, at least, he has some scheming.

Su An'an continued, "Father, knowing the temperament of cousin's mother, narrow-minded and jealous, unscrupulous to achieve her goals, with such a personality, do you think Shen Juncheng, with his illness, could survive to near adulthood by chance?"

Su Sheng put down his cup, his face instantly serious, "What have you found out?"

Su An'an feigned mystery, "I haven't found out anything, it's just that your daughter sometimes sees dark shadows at night and feels that Shen Juncheng is not simple, also your daughter was poisoned on the second night after marrying over."

Su An'an framed Liang Mingyu's plot as Shen Juncheng's test and recounted the dangerous situation at that time, saying that if it weren't for her daughter's cleverness then, she wouldn't have seen him again.

She hadn't actually seen any shadow, just made it up, wanting her father to switch sides, she had to raise Shen Juncheng's stature a bit so that her father would take it seriously.