Feng Jin did not get angry and took a step forward, sitting opposite Madam Sheng. She cleared her throat and said, "Madam Sheng, your health is perfectly fine, and you don't need me to treat you at all."
"What nonsense are you talking about? I am clearly ill, can't you see that!"
"Madam Sheng, you are in excellent health, I can see that clearly. Didn't you just send Master Sheng away because you were worried your pretense of illness would be exposed? Now that Master Sheng is gone, there's no need for you to keep up the act."
Her pretense of illness exposed, Madam Sheng showed a flicker of embarrassment on her face. She decided to be direct and dropped the act.
"Since you've seen through it, I don't need to pretend anymore. I don't need your treatment either. You two can go back now."
Madam Sheng waved her hand, intending to send Feng Jin and Ling Wan away.
"Madam Sheng, is it possible that it was your idea for Young Master Sheng to ask my sister to treat you? What are your intentions in ordering my sister around like this!"
Thinking back now, the matter of having Ling Wan treat Madam Sheng must have been her idea. Feng Jin no longer held back and asked directly, laying everything out.
"You... you..." Madam Sheng pointed at Feng Jin, burning with anger, but she couldn't think of a retort.
Ultimately, this was her fault. Madam Sheng took a deep breath, calmed her emotions, and said as calmly as possible, "I was indeed feeling unwell before, which is why I asked Xu Bai to inform Miss Ling to come to the manor to treat me. Now that I'm feeling better, I just didn't have time to inform you. You don't need to stay now, please return home!"
Madam Sheng decisively issued a dismissal order. However, she only knew that Ling Wan had a gentle disposition and forgot that Feng Jin was not someone to be trifled with. She would not leave obediently as Madam Sheng wished.
"Madam Sheng, you have quite an air of authority, telling us to leave just like that. But you've forgotten one thing: it's easy to invite a deity, but hard to send one away. Since we've come to the Sheng family, we won't leave so easily. Ling Wan, close the door!"
"Ah..." Ling Wan was slightly startled at first, but upon meeting Feng Jin's gaze, she quickly nodded, got up, and went to close the door.
Seeing this, Madam Sheng immediately panicked. She quickly stood up, her fingers trembling slightly as she pointed at Feng Jin. "You... what do you want to do? This is the Sheng family, not your Ling family. It's not your place to cause trouble here!"
"Bang!" With a loud crash, Feng Jin slammed the teacup onto the floor, shattering it into pieces.
"So what if this is the Sheng family? I am causing trouble in your Sheng family today. Madam Sheng can call people to throw us out and see who will be shamed when the matter escalates. I am just a woman raised in the countryside, inherently lacking in manners. I can afford to act shamelessly and aggressively, but I wonder if Madam Sheng, who comes from a distinguished family, can afford to lose face? Can the entire Sheng family afford to lose face!"
Madam Sheng instantly panicked, losing all her previous arrogance. She seemed to have lost her spirit, slumping onto the chair.
Knowing she was in the wrong, her tone softened. She said calmly, "Young Madam Ling, you didn't come to the Sheng family today to cause a scene. Why don't we talk properly? What exactly do you want?"
She was known to respond to kindness, not force. If Madam Sheng had continued to be so rigid, she had plenty of ways to stir up trouble, ensuring the Sheng family's reputation would be utterly ruined and beyond repair. Fortunately, Madam Sheng was intelligent and did not continue to argue with her, making the matter easier to handle.
"If Madam Sheng had spoken like this earlier, there would have been no need for such a scene."
Feng Jin poured herself a cup of clear tea, took a sip to moisten her throat, and continued, "My purpose here is very simple. I just want a clear answer from Madam Sheng and to seek justice."
"What justice... my Sheng family has never had any grievances with your Ling family. Young Madam Ling, your words are rather strange."
"Then why did Madam Sheng make things so difficult for my sister? By faking illness to have my sister come treat you, what were your intentions? Madam Sheng, we are all sensible people, it's best to speak clearly."
She slammed the cup in her hand heavily onto the table, making a loud noise. Feng Jin's scrutinizing gaze was fixed on Madam Sheng.
"Ling Wan previously treated your third young master. For the sake of a woman's reputation, I did not publicize the matter. However, today Madam Sheng is repaying kindness with ingratitude, deceiving Ling Wan into coming and going from your Sheng manor. This has a significant impact on her as an unmarried girl. Madam Sheng, what are you doing this for!"
Feng Jin pressed Madam Sheng with each word, leaving no room for sentiment. Madam Sheng was instantly rendered speechless, forgetting to reply. After a moment of hesitation, she slowly recovered.
"I did this for my son's sake, and also to warn her not to... "
"Madam Sheng, mind your words. Don't slander and smear my sister with baseless accusations, or don't blame me for being impolite!"
Unable to listen any further, Feng Jin issued a warning. Madam Sheng was truly cruel. Did she really think her son was a dragon prince, or that their Sheng family was of imperial lineage, to look down on people like this? If Madam Sheng had shown this face when she treated Sheng Xu Bai before, she might have truly refused to save him. How could such a gentle and refined man like Sheng Xu Bai have such a sharp-tongued mother? The difference in their natures was so vast.
"Young Madam Ling, you cured Xu Bai's heart ailment. My entire Sheng family is deeply grateful. We can offer any compensation, but we will never use Xu Bai's marriage as compensation. We can offer any amount of wealth and jewels, but as for anything else, you should abandon any thoughts of it."
Madam Sheng's words were very clear. Anyone but a fool could understand that this was a blatant warning to them not to set their sights on Sheng Xu Bai.
"Madam Sheng, I think you've misunderstood. The reason I took special care of Young Master Sheng was because he was my patient. My elder sister-in-law told me that a physician's heart should be benevolent, and all patients should be treated equally. Even if the patient were a beggar on the street, or even a cat or a dog, I would have taken care of Young Master Sheng just the same, with utmost care!"
This time, Ling Wan did not choose to endure it further. She stepped forward and faced Madam Sheng, retorting, "Therefore, Madam Sheng, you can completely put aside your doubts. I have no interest in your Sheng family. I kindly ask Madam Sheng to find a suitable match for Young Master Sheng as soon as possible and grant me some peace."