Rebirth of the Firstborn Daughter: Life is like a Dream

As Wei Bingyan expected, Shen Rouruo easily won Xiao's favor. The two of them had a pleasant conversation on the way. It was not known whether Shen Rouruo's personality was somewhat similar to Xiao's on the surface, or whether she knew too well how to win Xiao's favor.

In general, everything was the same as Wei Bingyan remembered. Shen Rouruo was gradually softening Xiao's defenses.

Xiao came from a wealthy and prestigious family, and the environment she grew up in was not very pure, not to mention that after being betrothed to Wei Zhong, she had to deal with the intrigues of the whole family.

With her shrewdness, she should have been on high alert and even vigilant when facing someone like Shen Rouruo whom she met for the first time. Why did she trust her so much in the end?

Wei Bingyan had been feeling strange, so after getting on the carriage, she observed carefully and realized that what she felt seemed to be a little off track.

She always felt that her mother had been deceived by Shen Rouruo's false and unreal appearance since the first time she met her, and had no vigilance towards her and trusted her very much.

But as she watched along, she realized that her mother was indeed close to Shen Rouruo, but she was not completely without a trace of vigilance. On the surface, her mother treated Shen Rouruo sincerely, but in fact, there was a certain polite distance in her closeness. For example, when talking with Shen Rouruo, her mother did not reveal too much about herself or the Wei family.

So it seems that although the mother likes Shen Rouruo, she is still wary and curious deep down in her heart before she really understands what kind of person she is.

So when did the mother start to treat Shen Rouruo sincerely and trust her completely?

Wei Bingyan tried hard to recall the whole process after she met Shen Rouruo. She realized that she was so careless at that time that she didn't even realize that Shen Rouruo had become her mother's confidant, and even everyone in the Wei family liked her very much...

"Good child, don't be sad. When you arrive in the capital, your uncle will take care of everything. And I'm here for you." While Wei Bingyan was immersed in her own suspicions, Shen Rouruo talked about some sad thing and shed tears in front of Xiao.

"Why are you crying, Sister Shen?" Wei Bingyan came to her senses and looked at Shen Rouruo's pitiful little face with tears in her eyes. A little disgust flashed through her heart, but she still pretended to be surprised and asked with concern.

Xiao said angrily, "You are just staring blankly at me. Why don't you hurry over and comfort your sister Shen?"

Wei Bingyan just realized that when Shen Rou talked about her own background, she felt sad for a moment, and her eyesight was blurred with tears.

The Shen family was originally a wealthy and prominent family in Henan, so the children of the Shen family were inevitably raised as second-generation ancestors.

Shen Rouruo's great-grandfather was originally the head of the family, but because he trusted the wrong person, he was slandered by others in the clan and lost his position as the head of the clan. He was even bullied in the Shen family. After that, he died a widow. Before meeting the King of Hell, he repeatedly warned and instructed the brothers in the Shen group to help him fight for his dignity in the future.

Shen Qun is Shen Rouruo's father. He knows that his talent is not as good as his brother Shen Wei, so he tries his best to send Shen Wei to the capital to take the exam. At that time, the civil service examination was very popular. Shen Wei failed because he had no silver to mediate. However, he gave up and took part in the military examination a few months later and became the top martial arts examiner.

After Shen Wei became successful, Shen Qun also regained his position as the patriarch of the Shen family. Unfortunately, he served as the patriarch for less than a few years before he passed away. He did not even have time to arrange a marriage for his sixteen-year-old daughter.

Now three years have passed, and Shen Rouruo is already a 19-year-old girl, but she still has no husband. The older generation in the tribe wants to marry her to a small family as a second wife, so she has no choice but to go to the capital to live with her uncle Shen Wei.

It has to be said that this was a smart decision by Shen Rouruo. The person Shen Wei admired the most in his life was his brother, who was Shen Rouruo's father. Now that Shen Rouruo was going to live with him, he would treat Shen Rouruo as his own daughter who was related by blood, not to mention that he didn't have a daughter to begin with.

If Shen Rouruo went to the capital, her stepmother and those people in her clan with ill intentions would not dare to easily decide her marriage.

Wei Bingyan smiled grimly in her heart, but she still tried to comfort Shen Rouruo with a few words.

Shen Rouruo wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry to make you laugh. In fact, I know deep down that going to the capital to seek refuge with my uncle is not necessarily a good idea, but... even if I am willing to die, I don't want these people to degrade my marriage like that."

Xiao sighed inwardly, she was a woman of integrity, and such people were not usually stingy.

"Don't worry, Sister Shen. When we get to the capital, General Shen will find you a good family. You won't be a stepmother. You will be the mistress of the family after you get married." Wei Bingyan said with a smile, but she thought with contempt in her heart, since he would rather die than be a stepmother, why would he kill her mother and become his stepmother?

Shen Rouruo hung her head shyly, "I don't even dare to think so much. I am already very proud of having a place to stand."

Xiao comforted her softly, but Wei Bingyan just smiled and remained silent.

It was almost dusk when they finally arrived at the next city tower. Xiao told Shen Rouruo to have a good rest and not to think too much. Shen Rouruo replied softly and expressed her gratitude to Xiao again.

Wei Bingyan had been fake towards Shen Rouruo all day, not dealing with her head on, and hadn't been able to relax at all. But now that she no longer had to see her, her mood began to improve, and she smiled more often.

Not long after she returned to the house, Guan Hualang came to look for her and brought her a roasted white pigeon.

“It seems like wherever we go, Senior Brother can find something delicious.” Wei Bingyan said with a smile as she sniffed the pleasant aroma of roasted white pigeon.

Guan Hualang scratched his forehead and said with a smile: "My father often said that I was a glutton. The life of a glutton is to look for super delicacies everywhere. If you don't enjoy super delicacies to your heart's content, then you are living in vain."

Wei Bingyan looked at him with some envy, "It's great to live a carefree life like my eldest brother."

"Don't talk as if you have so many worries. You're still just a little girl." Guan Hualang's eyes were filled with pampering of a senior brother to a junior sister. In his eyes, life should not have so many worries and troubles. You only have a few decades to live, how can you be worthy of yourself if you are not happy?

"Some things are not what you want them to be. Sadness will sometimes find you on its own." Wei Bingyan was not very good at telling others her little secrets. Even when facing Guan Hualang, she just smiled faintly.

"Are you talking about Shen Rouruo?" Guan Hualang asked with a frown.

Sometimes people who don't care may have more detailed thoughts than others.

"Why does Senior Brother feel that she is sad?" Wei Bingyan asked curiously. Did she show it very clearly? No way. She clearly smiled brightly at Shen Rouruo on the way, and was even very enthusiastic.

Guan Hualang frowned and thought for a while, "I don't know either, I feel like you're different today."

"Big Brother, what do you think of Miss Shen?" Wei Bingyan asked softly. At noon today, when they had lunch, Guan Hualang and Shen Rouruo had exchanged a few words with each other. She wanted to know what kind of person Shen Rouruo was in the eyes of others.

"I guess she's not a bad person with ulterior motives. She looks charming." Guan Hualang laughed and said, "However, my mother said that beautiful women can't be trusted. So no matter whether Shen Rouruo is a kind-hearted person or a bad person with ulterior motives, she can't be trusted."

Wei Bingyan asked jokingly, "Does Senior Brother believe me?"

"Of course I believe you. How could I not believe you?" Guan Hualang said seriously.

"Could it be that Senior Brother thinks I am not beautiful, so he thinks I believe him?" Wei Bingyan asked with a smile. Although Guan Hualang's tone was too certain and it was not just a casual assumption, it was true... Shen Rouruo was not a woman who could be trusted.

Guan Hualang's mind seemed to be unable to react immediately. He stared at Wei Bingyan with wide eyes, and after a long while he called out, "Junior Sister is different from other women. You are Junior Sister!"

Wei Bingyan's face showed grief, "Could it be that I am not a woman?"

"Ah!" Guan Hualang was about to pull his hair out, and suddenly felt why the question from the junior sister was so sharp. If it was this sister at home, he wouldn't need to use his brain to think about those strange questions. The two of them would have answered the questions with their fists long ago, "I don't mean that..."

"Puff!" Wei Bingyan couldn't help laughing at last, "I was just kidding you."

Guan Hualang breathed a sigh of relief, his face full of frustration and pain, "Junior sister, how can you be like Yu Yan's kid? The questions you ask are really complicated and confusing!"

She is the same as Li Yuyan? How could it be possible? Li Yuyan is a thousand-year-old black fox that has become a spirit. How can she compare with him?

"Big Brother, thank you so much. I feel much better now. You haven't had any rest all day, so you should go back and have some rest soon." Wei Bingyan looked at Guan Hualang gratefully, knowing that he came to see her out of concern for her.

She felt a little warm in her heart, but the worries in her heart were not easy to dispel.

"You figured it out?" Guan Hualang smiled.

Wei Bingyan said with a smile, "How about that, Senior Brother, let's have dinner here."

"No, I still need to go out..." Guan Hualang paused, "I'm going to check out the Guan family's store and have a drink with the shopkeeper."

Wei Bingyan sent Guan Hualang outside with a smile on her face. She looked at his back as he left in a carefree and open-minded manner, frowned, and then slowly relaxed.

She wasn't sure whether Guan Hualang was as simple-minded as he appeared to be, but she was willing to believe that Guan Hualang was a trustworthy senior brother.

She used to be very cunning, and she would either plot slander or take advantage of others. She was basically used to it, so she thought others were the same.

It is a very bad idea to put yourself in other people's shoes like that!

Wei Bingyan called Bai Binghui and asked her to send half of the roasted white pigeon to Xiao. After dinner, she originally wanted to stroll around the courtyard outside to digest the food, but when she heard from others that Shen Rouruo was playing the piano leisurely outside, she didn't want to go out. She simply stayed in the house to read and studied acupuncture seriously.

The master gave her a large box of medical books, which would take her a long time to read through.

In this way, another day passed, and they finally saw the solemn and holy city wall of the capital. Wei Bingyan thought about who she would have to deal with next, and she could only sigh helplessly in her heart.

Before the carriage entered the city tower, the Shen family's steward came to pick up Shen Rouruo. After making an appointment with Xiao to visit her in a few days to express his gratitude, Shen Rouruo left with her maid and followed the steward.

"Mom, we're back!" The carriage slowly drove into the city wall. Wei Bingyan's originally noisy heart calmed down, revealing a faint smile as she spoke to Xiao.