After leaving Fenglai Restaurant, Shen Yiru did not rush back to the General’s Manor. Instead, she took her few personal maids to the Capital City’s busiest street to go shopping. In the two years since she had married Li Wangzhou, she had always kept a low profile, doing her utmost to fulfill her duties as Madam Li—showing filial piety to her mother-in-law and serving her grandmother at home. In those two years, the number of times she had left the house could be counted on one hand.
It seemed laughable, really. The home she had painstakingly managed and guarded, the in-laws she had treated with genuine sincerity, had all looked down on her so dismissively. Now that she saw their true colors, she had awakened; she no longer wished to live a life of grievance as she had the past two years.
As they strolled along, Shen Yiru bought plenty of snacks that she and her four maids enjoyed, and she purchased a few sets of the latest fashionable clothing. When she passed Jinbao Zhai, Shen Yiru paused. She had not added any new jewelry to her collection for quite some time, so she thought she would head inside to see if there was anything that caught her eye.
Chapter 50