"Do you have a photo of that girl? I'll ask Ze Shuo when he wakes up."

"Sure, but to be honest, I haven't seen her for several years. A few years ago, she was jumping around happily, trying to convince the old man to let her stay in my house, but then I didn't hear any movement. I guess she knew this approach was not feasible and gave up."

While muttering, Lu Chi took out a picture of a girl with a sweet smile and showed it to others.

Shen Zejing frowned as he looked at the photo above. Apart from a strange sense of familiarity, he could not match it to any face in his memory.

Shen Mingzhu looked at the photo for a long time.

"This face always feels weird."

Shen Mingzhu took Lu Chi's phone and looked at it carefully, then suddenly stretched out a finger to cover the girl's eyes.

"Oh My God!!!"

"Wait, this can't really be her?"

"Anyway, what is certain is that her biological father is indeed someone else. If we think along this line of thought, it would be more reasonable for her biological mother to be someone else!"

Ji Ci heard Shen Mingzhu's thoughts, and although he had no interest in the photo at first, he stepped forward and took a look.

"But it's useless for me to know. These people won't believe me at all. It's a waste of breath to say anything."

From the initial surprise to finally giving up on explaining, Shen Mingzhu seemed to have long been accustomed to such scenes.

She handed the phone back to Lu Chi in silence, then glanced in the direction of Shen Zeshuo.

"Alas, if she really did it, Shen Zeshuo can only wish for the best."

Shen Zejing frowned and looked at Shen Mingzhu. His emotions were complicated at the moment.

Especially when he heard Shen Mingzhu's inner thoughts, he really wanted Shen Mingzhu to explain clearly. She knew something but remained silent.

However, he couldn't ask proactively, because Shen Mingzhu didn't know that her true feelings had already been exposed. If he took the initiative to speak, she would find out about it.

Did she think that I could hear her voice from the beginning, but turned a blind eye to her grievances every time?

If it really came to this, the relationship between him and Shen Mingzhu, which had finally been improved, would probably drop to freezing point in an instant.

He never dared to imagine such a result.

Therefore, even though he was extremely confused at the moment, reason prevailed in the end. Although the consequences would be more serious if he kept this matter secret, at least now was not a good time to confess.

Seeing that the atmosphere became weird and silent, Shen Mingzhu yawned and tugged at the corner of Ji Ci's clothes.

"I'm sleepy, let's go back."

"Well, let's go."

Ji Ci was actually curious about the truth that Shen Mingzhu knew, but it was not important to him. The affairs of the Shen family had little to do with him.

I just wanted to meddle in other people's business today because I didn't want Shen Mingzhu to feel sad if she knew about this.

After they left, Shen Zejing stared at the direction they left in fascination.

Since when did I lose the qualification to stand beside her?

"Hey, what are you daydreaming about? These people are waiting for your order to deal with them!"

In fact, Lu Chi also wanted to run away, but when he saw these people looking at him with eager eyes, he got a headache.

Those two just waved their hands and ran away, that's all.

At least, there was still one left, but Shen Zejing didn't seem to be cooperating. He looked at him for more than ten minutes, and this guy was in a daze for ten minutes.

Fortunately, after Shen Zejing came to his senses, he quickly resolved the matter that had been delayed for a long time.

After solving all these troubles, Shen Zejing took Shen Zeshuo away.

After a night of tossing and turning, Shen Mingzhu and Ji Ci fell asleep when they returned to Ji's house.

The driver saw that the two people had been sitting in the car for a long time without moving, and was very considerate so as not to disturb them.

Shen Mingzhu, with her guard down, was sleeping soundly on Ji Ci's shoulder.

The moonlight shone through the car window onto Shen Mingzhu's peaceful sleeping face, and Ji Ci suddenly felt reluctant to wake her up.

However, it’s okay to take a short nap in the car, but it will be very uncomfortable if you maintain this posture all the time.

So no matter how reluctant he was, Ji Ci just greedily looked at her sleeping face several times with his eyes before he made up his mind to carry her back.

The sleeping Shen Mingzhu was extremely cooperative. When Ji Ci held her firmly and started walking, she even rubbed her head slightly, and then found a comfortable position to continue sleeping.

However, this warm scene did not last long.

When Ji Ci was walking through a corridor, he suddenly saw a figure standing there.

When the man saw Ji Ci coming, he not only did not move aside, but looked at Shen Mingzhu with a weird look.

"Xiao Ci, why are you still hanging out with this bastard? Second Uncle is an experienced person, and this kind of person is not suitable for you at all."

Ji Ci's eyes froze instantly, and the pressure from the head of the family was released at this moment.

"You should focus on the right things. Although the Ji family can afford to support a useless person like you, you don't care about your own business all day long. Be careful of a fire in your backyard."

"You! You don't know what's good for you! I'm doing this for your own good. You hold a fake girl in your arms all day long. Do you think the Shen family will recognize her? Let me tell you, it's okay to keep such a person for fun, but if you really want to arrange a marriage, you should choose the real one."

"Since Second Uncle is so free to take care of my business, why don't you take a look at where your courtyard's expenses for the next month will come from? I think Second Uncle should be happy to study this kind of thing."

After leaving these words, Ji Ci carried Shen Mingzhu steadily and left.

Only Ji Fengping was left standing there gritting his teeth.

"Humph, a young boy is so arrogant and ignorant. It seems that Shen Yuan has to speed up the process. I can't let all these years of planning go to waste."

"But that girl is so stupid that she can't even handle such a small matter. She caused me to worry about her. It's okay. It's better to be a little stupid. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if she knew my ultimate goal."

The strange thing is that with every step Ji Fengping took, the thick clouds would follow the direction he was moving, completely covering the afterglow of the moonlight, and Ji Fengping seemed to have long been accustomed to such anomalies.

On the other side, when the faint light of the morning glow lit up the clouds in the sky, the night faded away, and dawn came, Shen Zeshuo finally opened his eyes.

He stared blankly at the snow-white ceiling, his nostrils smelling the slightly pungent smell of disinfectant. Hot tears moistened the corners of his eyes and then gently slid down.

It was like I had a nightmare that I could hardly wake up from.

"Are you awake? Are you feeling unwell?"

This familiar voice of concern made Shen Zeshuo unable to stop crying.

He grabbed the quilt with all his strength and covered himself, as if he would not be seen this way.

He didn't want to, and didn't want them to see him in such a miserable state.

Although he didn't know what he experienced when he lost consciousness, it did not prevent his body and consciousness from remembering the fear of falling into hell. Even if he could not recall the scene at this moment, he could not help but tremble.

Shen Zejing frowned and wanted to pull the quilt off Shen Zeshuo, but he accidentally felt him trembling.

His hands loosened, but Shen Mingzhu's voice echoed in his ears.