Chapter 95

Shi Xuanzhu stood in the middle of the living room, the dim light casting a long, slanted shadow. In the past, in front of Song Yun, he was gentle but always had the final say. But now, facing Shi's father, his aura instantly dissipated without a trace.

Song Yun, who was standing by, felt a little uncomfortable watching this.

...Although ten minutes later Song Yun felt that her sympathy was in vain.

Father Shi didn't know what his son-in-law was thinking. He just looked at Shi Xuanzhu with a serious face.

He was tall, his back straight, like an old tree weathered by wind and rain. Though he looked old, he still exuded an inviolable majesty. His face was thin, with slightly protruding cheekbones, giving him a somewhat mean look.

"Hmph, look at what a coward you are now!" Father Shi said with a frown, his voice echoing through the room like a bell. "You've caused a bunch of scandals on variety shows, your relationship with your brother-in-law is in shambles, and there are even rumors of infidelity. Are you trying to ruin the Shi family's remaining reputation?"

Father Shi became more and more excited as he spoke, and he slammed the crutch in his hand heavily on the ground. There was a dull "bang" sound, which made Shi Xuanzhu's body tremble violently.

His originally tall body was trembling slightly, his head buried deep in his chest, the blue veins on his neck bulging slightly, as if he was trying to carry an invisible mountain. His hands hung limply at his sides, his fingers like curled up earthworms, tightly clutching his pants, his knuckles white and bloodless from the force.

The honor a man desires most in his life is to gain his father's approval. This is definitely not an empty promise to Shi Xuanzhu, but...

Shi Xuanzhu's eyes were fixed on the ground, not daring to look at Shi's father. His eyes were full of embarrassment, like a beast trapped in a trap, desperate and confused.

According to common sense, seeing Shi Xuanzhu like this, Song Yun should be distressed, but...

"?"

Song Yun looked at Shi Xuanzhu, who was in the miserable situation, and slowly asked a question.

——No, isn’t there something wrong with Shi Xuanzhu looking like a little white flower beaten to pieces by the storm?

Who would act like a bullied little white flower in front of his own father?

Song Yun's mind was full of the lawsuit, and at this time, Shi's mother stood behind the sofa and spoke.

She was thin, wrapped in a well-cut but slightly old cheongsam, with her hair neatly combed back, revealing her smooth forehead.

She had a faint smile on her face, but that smile was like a thin layer of ice, and her eyes revealed a coldness that made it difficult for people to approach her.

The woman said softly, "Xuanzhu, I'm not saying anything to you, but look at what you've done. You've made your dad worry so much."

Shi Xuanzhu felt bitter when he heard his mother's words. He knew very well that his father supported the family, but he smoked cigarettes that were more expensive than his father's, but he could not support the family that his father supported.

Shi Xuanzhu bit his lip, his lower lip bruised and white from the bite, like frost-bitten fruit. His waist was slightly bent, his back like an overstretched old bow, ready to snap at any moment. His body trembled slightly, like a lone boat struggling on the waves during a storm, isolated and helpless, yet with nowhere to escape.

He knew that his father's approval was very important to him, but now, he seemed to be getting further and further away from this approval.

Song Yun, who watched the whole process, said: "..."

A doubt slowly popped up in his mind - is there something wrong between Shi Xuanzhu and the Shi family?

What made Song Yun feel a little strange was why he hadn't noticed it before.

Fortunately, Song Yun figured it out quickly. After all, he had not had much contact with the Shi family before.

Mr. Shi is an old-fashioned man, so naturally he wouldn't say anything to his son-in-law. In his eyes, he should just be Shi Xuanzhu's wife.

——How can a father-in-law and daughter-in-law have contact?

Shi's mother is easier to understand. After all, he is a man. Shi's mother is as old-fashioned as Shi's father, so naturally she would not have much contact with him.

"No wonder it's been seven years. I noticed something was wrong..."

Song Yun thought with twitching mouth corners.

The three people who were immersed in the family drama did not notice him and were still performing a plot that only they could understand.

"Don't pretend with us here!" Father Shi frowned and said with disgust, the wrinkles on his face twisted into a ball.

"You must find a way to clean up this mess right now and stop bringing shame to the Shi family! If you can't handle it well, forget about continuing in the entertainment industry and don't come back to this family! And as for you and Song Yun's matter, you have to handle it yourself. If you can't teach your partner well, then that's your incompetence!"

After saying this, Father Shi poked the ground hard with his crutch. The sound was like a death knell, echoing in Shi Xuanzhu's heart. In a trance, Shi Xuanzhu felt like the abandoned prince, who tried his best to please his father, the monarch, but only received his disgust.

He stood there, his feet seemingly cast into the ground, unable to move an inch. His eyes were hollow and dull, as if his soul had been drained away, leaving only a numb shell.

He subconsciously looked at Song Yun, but the Song Yun who used to be docile in front of him and most suitable to be the mistress of the house was now immersed in her own thoughts and could not bring him any strength.

Father Shi became even more impatient with Shi Xuanzhu's silence. "Alright, alright, stop standing here. Go find a solution quickly. If there's another problem, just wait and see!"

Father Shi glared at Shi Xuanzhu, then stood up, leaning on his crutches, with his back to him. With every step he took, the sound of the crutches hitting the ground was like a sledgehammer hitting Shi Xuanzhu's heart.

"I hope that when I see you next time, these things will have been resolved, and don't let me down again." After saying that, Father Shi strode towards the stairs, and Mother Shi followed behind.

Shi Xuanzhu stood there alone, like a stone statue forgotten in a corner, motionless. His face was pale, and his lips trembled slightly, like two fallen leaves drifting in the cold wind.

After a long time, he slowly raised his hand and wiped away the tears that had been sliding down his face. His movements were slow and mechanical, just like a puppet being manipulated, losing his self-awareness.

He knew that he had to clean up the mess like a warrior, otherwise, he would never get his father's approval and would completely lose his foothold in this family.

However... Shi Xuanzhu secretly glanced at Song Yun beside him, opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He could only lower his head again and continue to bear this pressure as heavy as a mountain.

Watching Shi Xuanzhu hesitantly talking to his father, Song Yun was about to cry: "..."

A little nauseous.

Then Song Yun saw Shi Xuanzhu slowly turning his head towards him with such a look in his eyes.

Song Yun once again: "..."

——Don’t look over here!

That day, Song Yun almost had to force herself not to retch in front of Shi Xuanzhu.

Song Yun respects everyone's emotions - but the premise is that the person with a sad expression on his face, like a woman trapped in the deep palace in an ancient TV drama, is not his husband with whom he has been living for seven years.

It is said that a kiss between a middle-aged couple can cause nightmares for several nights. Although Song Yun has not reached this level, he has lost the filter of the passionate love period and he really cannot say against his will that Shi Xuanzhu's expression is not disgusting.

"If I did something wrong, could you please call the police directly? Don't torture me like this..."

Song Yun prayed in his heart, but then he realized he was wrong.

——Because at this time, Shi Xuanzhu didn’t even use his full strength.

"...Wangxing, you have no idea how I spent last night."

Looking at Song Yun with a face full of despair in front of him, Ye Wangxing who was in the office was confused. He really didn't know what Song Yun had experienced. She actually called him early in the morning and came to his office with a look of despair on her face.

After all, in the original plot, Song Yun has always suffered long-term suppression. Shi Xuanzhu is definitely a master in this regard and has never let Song Yun be pushed to the extreme.

But now…

Song Yun had dark circles under her eyes, and even her skin looked a little haggard, not to mention her eyes, which were full of despair.

He maintained a calm expression, only raised his eyebrows in confusion, and in his mind he was quickly asking Yijiu what happened last night.

However, after Yijiu reviewed what happened last night...

[…The host's situation is a bit too complicated, so I can't provide an analysis report at the moment.]

Yijiu's voice revealed confusion and doubt, which is something that a normal system would not have most of the time.

But Yijiu really felt confused.

"You can't even produce an analysis report? Is the situation so dire?"

Ye Wangxing frowned when he heard Yijiu's words, and the strings in his heart suddenly tightened. He looked at Song Yun with a serious look.

So...what exactly did the protagonist suffer last night that made him become like this?

Half an hour later.

Song Yun looked like she felt much better after getting rid of the garbage in her heart.

Ye Wangxing's eyes were extremely confused, as confused as a social animal who heard that he had to work overtime during this year's Spring Festival but would not receive overtime pay.

"...You mean, last night, Goff complained to you about his family's situation?"

Song Yun nodded seriously.

"That's perfectly normal, but these adjectives...are you sure he wasn't joking?"

Ye Wangxing wanted to repeat those words, but he really couldn't say them.

He had met such people when he was doing community work with his father, but it was just a brief encounter and then they went home to deal with the problem on their own.

But this was the first time he had encountered a situation like Shi Xuanzhu's.

Listen to what he said!

"...I dare to accept anyone's cigarette except my dad's."

"…My relationship with my father is like white wine. It looks like pure water on the outside, but only I know how intense the feelings are."

"...We were father and son, king and subject, enemies, rivals in love, brothers, friends, and roommates. It was only when we were lying on the hospital bed that we became father and son."

[The above is from the Internet]

God knows Ye Wangxing's eyes widened when he heard this.

No, you're just father and son! Why is it necessary to make such a big deal out of it...

Ye Wangxing thought for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable adjective.

[The tangled and unpredictable emotions are mixed together and cannot be sorted out...]

After receiving the emotions of his host, Yijiu recited hundreds of idioms in one breath.

Ye Wangxing: [……]

[While this seems to be the case, isn't there something wrong with the description "19"?]

Yijiu said calmly, "Perhaps it's because most of the words I searched for describe the complex emotions of love and hate?"

Ye Wangxing fell silent again.

[…Why did this pop up when you searched for their relationship? ]

After a long time, Ye Wangxing came back to his senses and asked in shock.

[I'd probably have to ask Shi Xuanzhu about that—the main system's search has never been wrong.]

Ye Wangxing listened to Yijiu's calm voice and didn't react at first. When he realized what Yijiu was hinting at him, he almost jumped up from the sofa.

[That shouldn't be the case. Although Shi Xuanzhu sounded a bit mournful and her words were a bit jarring, it should still be considered normal!]

Ye Wangxing said in shock.

Yijiu remained silent, and Ye Wangxing assumed that Yijiu agreed with his thoughts. Although he was still a little puzzled as to why Yijiu said that, Ye Wangxing didn't take it too seriously.

But it wasn't long before he regretted it so much.

But now Ye Wangxing is still inquiring about the situation between Song Yun and Shi Xuanzhu. Later he also confirmed that there are big problems between Shi Xuanzhu and the Shi family.

"...Then you should stay at my place for the time being. Shi Xuanzhu has already suppressed the trending searches online, so it's likely that no one will notice you anymore."

Ye Wangxing spoke in a steady voice, which gradually calmed Song Yun down, and the disbelief in her heart temporarily subsided.

"Thank you, Wangxing. I really don't dare to see Shi Xuanzhu now."

Song Yun said with a sigh.

He was really afraid of seeing Shi Xuanzhu's sad look when he got home.

It made him feel as if he had suddenly entered some different time and space - or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that time and space were flowing backwards.

Because he really felt that returning to that villa was like returning to the Qing Dynasty - even more feudal than the Qing Dynasty.

"...Honestly, his parents are really hard to understand. You and Shi Xuanzhu weren't close to begin with, but this isn't a big deal. Yet, his parents actually scolded him for this."

Song Yun said, waving her hands tiredly.

"Now I understand why Shi Xuanzhu is so afraid of his parents. Parents like that really make people feel suffocated."

"But Shi Xuanzhu seemed to be enjoying it."

Ye Wangxing complained silently in his heart.

Song Yun poured out all her grievances and changed the subject.

"Forget about them. Oh, I haven't seen your brother-in-law for a long time. Did he go back to his country?"

Song Yun said casually.

"Yes, he doesn't have anything to do here, so I asked him to go back and take care of business matters first."

Ye Wangxing said, "Recently, the company plans to shift its focus to the domestic market. After Kaiser's death, some of our overseas relationships were severed. Now shifting the focus back to China is the best option."

Song Yun nodded, not quite understanding, and asked, "So you plan to develop in China? You don't plan to leave?"

The handsome young man nodded and said as if jokingly: "Forget about leaving, I don't even plan to leave the country."

Song Yun smiled twice to save face.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the handsome young man stood up and prepared to go downstairs to inspect the shopping mall.

In fact, it was not his turn to deal with such a small matter, but it happened that Ye Wangxing had been on the hot search too frequently during this period, and the love triangle between him and those three was also well known to everyone. Although the newly opened project company had gained popularity, Ye Wangxing's own reputation had also been damaged.

Domestic stocks are okay, as they are falling steadily along with other stocks, but foreign stocks are a bit dangerous.

So Ye Wangxing needs to come out and put on a show to prove his situation.

Suddenly, many management staff in suits and shirts appeared in the mall, and they took the only young man in a formal three-piece suit to tour the entire mall. A photographer followed behind them and took a few photos from time to time.

The little cousin walking in the crowd looked at her second cousin who stood out from the crowd. She sighed that her second cousin was as handsome as a star, but she didn't dare to say a word, for fear that she, a Husky who had sneaked into the wolf pack, would produce some jokes.

However, the little cousin was not completely obedient. She was looking at Song Yun who was following Ye Wangxing curiously, wondering why her eldest cousin came here today - he looked a little haggard.

"Could it be because of what Goff did last night?"

The little cousin frowned and planned to turn around and ask her older cousin, but what she didn't expect was that she soon found out what happened last night.

— in a very reluctant way.

Song Yun also felt that he was unlucky today.

He looked at the Shi family's parents who were pouring wine for them across the table with some embarrassment.

He really didn't expect that he would run into Shi's parents who were shopping there just by accompanying his younger brother to inspect the mall.

Even Shi Xuanzhu was with them.

But come to think of it, they don't have any live broadcast tasks today, so he will naturally have time to come out.

But Song Yun still felt a little embarrassed.

——After all, Shi’s parents are quite arrogant.

Although I know they don't want to appear flattering, it's a bit hard to explain why they are so arrogant.

Fortunately, it was not excessive and it was covered up in public.

However, what Song Yun did not expect was that Shi's parents actually began to try to trick them and started to force them to drink.

This is also a classic behavior at the Shi family's gatherings. Song Yun behaves like this every time she attends a gathering of the Shi family, so much so that Song Yun later stopped attending.

But Song Yun didn't expect them to actually use this trick, and...

"...Song Yun is a good kid. Our Xuanzhu was lucky to meet him. But the whole world knows about the young couple's affair. It would be bad if it turns out to be a misunderstanding in the end."

Mother Shi spoke softly to the handsome young man sitting beside her.

At the same time, Shi's father was scolding Shi Xuanzhu under the influence of alcohol.

"...Look at you, and then look at Wangxing. He's young, but his career abroad is booming. He's already accomplished a lot at such a young age. He'll also be able to succeed in his career after returning to China. You need to learn from him."

Song Yun looked at Shi Xuanzhu, whose face was a mixture of anger and sadness, and lowered her head silently.

…I hope my younger brother doesn’t think his taste is too unique.

Ye Wangxing naturally wouldn't think that Song Yun's taste was unique.

——He was just shocked by Shi Xuanzhu's expression and the complex emotions in his eyes.

Ye Wangxing finally understood everything.

So, Yijiu, who was in the process of building a personality model, heard his host speak weakly.

[…Yijiu, although I know that it was actually Shi Xuanzhu's parents who were responsible for preventing their parents from suppressing their emotions this time, I really didn't know I would have to face such a situation.]

Ye Wangxing said in an almost desperate tone.

[They are just a casual abstraction, which is already a realm beyond my reach.]

The next second, a sharp explosion sounded.

[——How could a human being express their feelings for their biological father like this!]

While Ye Wangxing and Yijiu were talking, the atmosphere at the scene had become somewhat tense.

It’s not that Shi’s parents are targeting Ye Wangxing - they don’t have such an idea and won’t have it.

Are they crazy to offend such a God of Wealth?

So most of the time, Shi's parents were praising Ye Wangxing and trying to build a good relationship with him.

Unfortunately, the handsome young man really didn't give him any chance. Whether it was a toast or a question, he pushed them all back very smoothly.

Shi's parents were not angry, but became more attentive, not to the point of flattery. However, it was a very sad scene in Shi Xuanzhu's eyes.

——He still can’t become his father’s support.

Shi Xuanzhu thought sadly, but there was a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes when he looked at Ye Wangxing.

How could he treat his father like this? After all, he was his elder in terms of seniority!

Shi Xuanzhu's hands unconsciously tightened around the chopsticks, his knuckles turning white from the strain. He narrowed his eyes slightly, a look of dissatisfaction and a hint of jealousy mingling in them. He looked at Ye Wangxing, a bitter feeling welling up in his heart.

He had once been a person with high hopes in this family, but now with the appearance of Ye Wangxing, his position in his father's eyes seemed even more insignificant.

Shi Xuanzhu felt like an abandoned child because of his father's attentiveness to Ye Wangxing. Shi Xuanzhu kept asking herself in her heart, what was she doing wrong?

To get his father's attention, he worked tirelessly on filming, even when injured, but all this seemed insignificant in his father's eyes. He self-deprecatingly thought that he had worked so hard and struggled in the entertainment industry just to get his father's approval, but now it seemed that everything was in vain.

He pursed his lips, slightly turned down the corners of his mouth, and showed a bitter smile on his face. He secretly glanced at his father and found that his father's eyes were still fixed on Ye Wangxing.

That eager look, father, you have never looked at me like this.

The resentment in Shi Xuanzhu's heart grew stronger, and it could not help but show in his eyes.

This disgusting look made Song Yun and Ye Wangxing tremble at the same time, and they felt goosebumps all over their bodies.

Even the little cousin seemed to have noticed something was wrong. She stared at Shi Xuanzhu and his father with wide eyes and almost jumped up from her chair.

The next second she immediately opened her phone and wanted to say something to the sisters in the group, but the message that came into her eyes made her scream subconsciously.

"—Brother! Your brother-in-law confessed his love to you in the media!"

The little cousin's voice suddenly broke the tense atmosphere at the scene, and everyone's attention was instantly focused on the little cousin.

The little cousin held up her phone and swallowed, her eyes full of shock.

The one who reacted even more strongly than her was Ye Wangxing.

The handsome young man who had just looked calm immediately threw Shi's parents aside and quickly took out his mobile phone to check the news.

Naturally, the others followed quickly, and then they saw a headline come into view.

The last bloodline of the Gore family announced that his estate will be inherited by his brother's partner!

Three seconds after they saw the title, a sound of gnashing teeth rang out from the side.

"Excuse me, everyone."

Then everyone saw the handsome young man hurriedly say "excuse me" and rush out the door.

"Vir Gore! You're crazy!"