Upon hearing the words "happy event," Old Master Shen's expression changed! His eyes, like those of a cheetah, stared at the person who had just spoken.
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
Clearly, Old Master Shen's attitude said it all; he couldn't accept the meaning behind this joyous occasion.
Previously, Shen Bingyan might have worried that the Shen family would not choose to side with Zhou Yi.
But she had just learned from Zhou Yi that he was no longer the same person he used to be; he now had two powerful figures, the minister and Leader Yang, protecting him.
Add to that his extraordinary medical skills, and that's more than enough!
That's enough to make the Shen family choose to side with Zhou Yi instead of Su Jian!
Therefore, facing her grandfather's somewhat dissatisfied attitude, Shen Bingyan simply smiled and sat down on the sofa with Zhou Yi.
Under the questioning and probing gazes of the crowd, she slowly spoke: "Do you all remember the Qi family's daughter who mysteriously disappeared?"
Everyone was taken aback.
The Qi family?
Why would the Qi family be brought up out of the blue?
Before anyone could figure out the relationship, Shen Bingyan turned to Old Master Shen and said:
“Grandpa, when I was twelve years old, you gave me some power that belonged only to me.”
“I sent those people to secretly investigate the Qi family’s past.”
"Back then, all I wanted was to change the fate of the Qi family's early demise, so I put in a lot of effort to investigate, and I actually uncovered something."
The words were spoken.
Everyone frowned and looked at each other.
then!
Shen Bingyan then uttered a series of chilling words: "That is—Old Master Qi's daughter did not disappear without a trace!"
"Instead, he was assassinated by his adopted daughter."
"But the Qi family's daughter was destined to survive; she narrowly escaped the pursuit, though she lost her memory and ended up in Lucheng..."
boom!
Zhou Yi felt a buzzing in his head.
Given his parents' assassination attempt and his grandmother's protection of him, he had actually guessed some things. But what Shen Bingyan told him next was even more cruel than he had guessed!
As Shen Bingyan continued her story, Zhou Yi finally understood the truth behind it all.
It turns out my mother is actually the daughter of the Qi family in Kyoto!
It turns out that the person who saved his mother was actually his father, the Zhou family!
No wonder he had never met any of his mother's relatives.
No wonder his parents were murdered one after the other.
No wonder he encountered the murderer who killed his parents again more than 20 years later.
The Zhou family always believed that someone had a grudge against them and wanted to wipe out the Zhou family line, which is why Old Madam Zhou hid Zhou Yi.
It was precisely this protection that, by a twist of fate, led Yu Anping to let him go.
He was hunted down again after he revealed his identity in Luzhou.
Everything makes sense now, not only the adopted daughter's motives but also Shen Bingyan's deliberate approach.
After getting in touch with Shen Bingyan, the two chatted on the phone every day, and Zhou Yi began to have doubts.
Given Shen Bingyan's excellence and her self-discipline, she doesn't seem like someone obsessed with romance.
He had no connection with her and had never helped her, so why did Shen Bingyan treat him differently and even add him as a friend again and again?
It wasn't until now that Zhou Yi realized the truth.
This was Shen Bingyan's initial motivation.
No, after learning Shen Bingyan's motives, Zhou Yi showed no anger whatsoever.
He and Shen Bingyan are the same kind of people; they don't easily fall for others.
Therefore, neither he nor Shen Bingyan had pure motives from the beginning.
However, both of them are action-oriented; once they identify a target, they will take action.
Even if there is no 'love' between them, they will give each other what they want, help each other, and rescue each other.
After such mutual effort and dedication, the two were attracted to each other's strengths.
"Zhou Yi, I hope you won't blame me for my impure motives towards you from the beginning."
"Because I am an emotionally detached person, I had no feelings for you before I got to know you."
"I just want to get closer to you and achieve a win-win situation with you."
"As long as you marry me, our Shen family will become your ally, and we will also be able to take advantage of your good fortune to meet that divine doctor and change our family's predicament."
After revealing Zhou Yi's identity to the public, Shen Bingyan frankly confessed her thoughts to Zhou Yi without any concealment.
Shen Bingyan was prepared for Zhou Yi's reaction after learning the truth—whether it would be compromise, anger, or something else.
Although she felt somewhat sorry for Zhou Yi, Shen Bingyan disliked lying.
At this moment, everyone in the living room looked at Zhou Yi with expressions of shock, sympathy, or complicated emotions.
To everyone's surprise, Zhou Yi did not remain silent or avoid the issue, nor did he show any anger after the truth was revealed.
He simply smiled nonchalantly.
"Bingyan, thank you for telling me the truth about my family background. It has solved all my mysteries."
"I'm also very grateful that you told me the truth."
"I don't care much about your motives. I value what you've done for me more. After all, those things and your concern are genuine, and your kindness to me is not just empty words."
"However, I will not accept help if it is for the purpose of marriage."
"I can cure the illness of your Shen family; I don't need your marriage as collateral."
"I hope you accept me because you want to be with me, and not for any other motive."
None of the Shen family members present could remain seated after hearing Zhou Yi's words.
Everyone couldn't help but show their joy.
Zhou Yi said he could cure the Shen family's illness!
They never imagined in their lifetime that someone could actually cure their illness.
That feeling of having waited a lifetime, yet being unwilling and somewhat resigned, was transformed when they heard with their own ears that someone could cure the disease that had plagued the Shen family for generations!
No matter how composed a person is, at this moment their face shows three parts shock, five parts ecstasy, and two parts disbelief.
Even Old Master Shen stood up abruptly, staring at Zhou Yi, his lips trembling with emotion.
"Zhou Yi, are you serious?"
"Can you really cure the Shen family's illness? Is it a complete cure, one that will never recur?"
"If our generation can be cured, will the next generation of children born from their mothers' wombs still have this genetic cause?"
Faced with the hopeful eyes of the crowd, Zhou Yi gave an affirmative answer: "As long as the disease in the body is cured, the next generation will not inherit this disease."
Seeing Zhou Yi's affirmative answer once again, everyone finally believed it was true.
This is not a dream!
There really are people who can cure their illness!
In fact, ever since Zhou Yi was able to wake Shen Bingyan up, some people have already been thinking about this, planning to find an opportunity to ask him privately later.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi brought it up himself.
Moreover, he helped the Shen family without expecting anything in return!
A very influential member of the Shen family said, "Mr. Zhou, if you can cure our illness, you will be the benefactor of our Shen family for generations."
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