Chapter 297 Investigate Gu Wenchen

Shen Tian indeed received no favoritism in front of her mother.

While pregnant with her, her mother had always assumed she was carrying a boy and thus held high hopes for the unborn child.

However, when she was born, not only did she fail to meet her mother's wishes, but the birth also caused massive bleeding, preventing her mother from having any more children.

The Shen Family had always followed the tradition of passing on the family business to sons rather than daughters.

Her mother had no sons but two daughters under her wing—the older being Shen Tian.

Her older brother, the eldest son born to her father's first wife, thus inherited all the Shen Family assets.

While her father was still alive, her mother wasn't too harsh on her.

But since her father's death, the shift in her mother's demeanor toward her was starkly evident.