Chapter 136 So, do you prefer me now, or me before?
The bodyguards could sense that something was wrong with the young master, but they couldn't quite put their finger on it. So they didn't refuse his orders and reluctantly agreed.
While one of them went to check which ward Yan Yu was in, and the other dragged Xie Li along to wait, Shen Jin remembered something and said, "Wait, there's no need to tell anyone about what's happening here, especially... my family."
The bodyguard paused for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."
Shen Jin felt that if they found out, it would probably cause some trouble. After all, it was a grudge between the two of them. Xie Li had never been polite to him before, so naturally he didn't need to be polite to him now.
He beat Xie Li to teach him a lesson, which at least made him feel a lot better. However, no one would want to see their son in such a violent state, so he tried to keep it a secret from them.
Shen Jin closed the door, and the room instantly became quiet again. He reached out and rubbed his chest, smiling as he sighed, "What a pleasant feeling."
At the same time, he couldn't understand why Shen Jin had to be bullied and mistreated by them before. It's so much more satisfying to roll up your sleeves and get to work like this now.
However, thinking back, Shen Jin couldn't have done that before. After all, he was powerless and had too many things to worry about. Plus, the Yan and Xie families could easily have dealt with him when he was in City A.
But it doesn't matter now. They took advantage of his powerlessness to kick him while he was down and rubbed wounds into him. Now why can't he retaliate by kicking them back with an air of superiority?
"My head hurts again..." Shen Jin stood by the bed, rubbing his temples, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes. He muttered to himself, "Just sleep peacefully, don't try to replace me all the time..."
Unlike Shen Jin's main personality, he now knows that he belongs to another personality, which is completely different from Shen Jin's gentle nature, and he has memories, while Shen Jin has no memories of him after waking up.
Every time he does something that is a bit excessive for the dominant personality, the other person will be eager to replace him, suppress him back into their mind, and then come to their senses.
It can be said that the first personality is "Shen Jin" and the second personality is "Rong Jin". He was once a high-ranking young master, so how could he tolerate what happened to him over the years and the people who hurt him?
At this moment, Shen Jin, the second personality, was happy and did not want to be replaced by him. After a struggle between the two consciousnesses, the second personality temporarily won by cheating.
"It's so nice not having to sleep all the time..." Shen Jin thought happily, twisting his head, stretching, and looking out the window at the scenery. He felt that his mood had improved and the world had indeed become more beautiful.
Meanwhile, the bodyguard who had been following his orders learned of Yan Yu's ward and, as instructed, was carrying the unconscious Xie Li there.
Yan Yu was still trapped in his own world of sorrow and had not yet come back to his senses. His mind was filled with Shen Jin's disgusted face, which deeply hurt his heart. Whenever he thought of it, his heart would ache uncontrollably.
"Knock knock knock—"
A sudden knock on the door pulled Yan Yu back to reality. He quickly composed himself, his voice low and hoarse, and said, "Come in."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the door opened, and he saw two tall, burly bodyguards carrying a person in.
Yan Yu was stunned, not realizing what was going on. He forgot his grief for a moment and his voice trembled as he asked, "What's wrong?"
The two bodyguards didn't answer. They carried Xie Li directly to Yan Yu's ward and threw him onto Yan Yu's bed. With this action, the bed shook slightly.
Yan Yu was a little confused. He looked at Xie Li, who was in a terrible state, and then at the two bodyguards. His face darkened instantly, and his voice turned cold: "What do you mean?"
After dumping the person onto Yan Yu's hospital bed, the two bodyguards breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had accomplished something, and then said to Yan Yu, "Our young master said that since you two are in love, he wants you to be together."
Before Yan Yu could react, his mind suddenly went blank with a "boom," becoming even more chaotic. His thoughts, which had not yet been sorted out, instantly turned into a jumbled mess, impossible to unravel.
The bodyguard didn't stop to explain anything further, turned around and left, closing the door to the ward behind him. The room instantly became quiet, with only Yan Yu, who was awake but had a bruised and swollen face, and Xie Li, who was unconscious but also had a bruised and swollen face, on the same bed.
Yan Yu couldn't quite describe his feelings at that moment; he just felt somewhat numb. He glanced at Xie Li beside him and thought he looked utterly miserable and pathetic. Then, he couldn't help but laugh.
He actually had the nerve to think Xie Li looked so miserable and pathetic. Did he think he was any better off than Xie Li?
Yan Yu just wanted to laugh, to laugh wildly, but his face, which had been swollen from being beaten by Shen Jin, would be pulled apart by his laughter, until finally he laughed until tears streamed down his face.
"Hahahaha... Now that things have come to this, I deserve it..." Yan Yu lowered his head, shoving his hands into his hair, violently ruffling the messy strands into a ball. "Whose fault is it..."
He used to always want to be with Xie Li because he liked Xie Li and because Xie Li had saved him and done him a favor. Therefore, between Shen Jin and Xie Li, he always thought of Xie Li first, but never thought of Shen Jin...
Shen Jin is no longer the person who let him do whatever he wanted, nor is he the pure young man who once liked him. He seems to care about nothing now...
They even went along with his previous wishes, throwing Xie Li over for them to be together. Wasn't that what he wanted in the first place?
"Isn't this what I wanted in the first place..." Yan Yu laughed incessantly, burying his face very low, but his voice was filled with an indescribable loneliness and sarcasm, "He's fulfilling my wish... Shouldn't I be happy..."
He never imagined such a day would come. Things had completely veered off course, seemingly heading in a strange direction from which there was no way to pull them back...
He lay dejectedly on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, unsure of what to do next. Even though he wanted to make amends and get Shen Jin to forgive him, the other man seemed determined...
"Should I keep pestering him..." Yan Yu thought to himself with a self-deprecating smile, a bitter smile curving his lips. He glanced at Xie Li beside him, his bitterness having nowhere to go, and he wanted to kick him off the bed.
Although he had made many mistakes back then, and he deserved to be treated this way by Shen Jin, in his opinion, Xie Li was definitely not innocent either. If he hadn't interfered between the two of them, things might not have turned out this way...
Xie Li was eventually called by Yan Yu to have Xie Cheng come and deal with the situation. He was taken to the hospital for a doctor's examination. When Xie Cheng saw Xie Li's body covered in injuries, he almost thought that Yan Yu had beaten him.
No matter how much he asked, Yan Yu remained silent, as if he had lost his soul, lying motionless like a living dead. It was pointless to talk to him; it was a waste of breath.
The next day at noon, the sun was shining brightly.
When Luo Zheng brought fruit to visit Shen Jin, the latter was very enthusiastic. He was lying on the bed humming a song softly, and when he saw Luo Zheng, he gave him a bright smile.
"Are you hungry?" Luo Zheng asked. He felt that Shen Jin was a little different today, seemingly a bit too lively... Although it wasn't a bad thing, something just wasn't right.
"It's alright," Shen Jin smiled. He was holding a game console, which he used to pass the time. When he saw him arrive, he put down the game console, sat up on the bed, and smiled while resting his chin on his hand. "I want to eat an apple. Do you want me to peel it?"
“…Huh?” Luo Zheng was taken aback, slightly unaccustomed to his attitude, but then smiled and picked up a few apples from the basket. “Okay, I’ll go wash them for you first.”
When he returned after washing the apples, he put them in a basket and sat on the edge of the bed to peel them for him. Shen Jin sat on the bed with a smile, propping his chin up and staring at him intently.
Luo Zheng didn't know what was wrong with him today, but he made her break out in a cold sweat, and she became nervous. She could only peel the apple with her eyes closed, trying her best not to look into his eyes.
"He's really quite good-looking," Shen Jin thought to himself, "and he's also quite innocent."
Luo Zheng had no idea what he was thinking, but she felt uncomfortable being stared at and was too embarrassed to speak. Just then, the apple was peeled, so she handed it to him, saying, "The apple is peeled, you can have it."
"Oh," Shen Jin snapped out of his reverie, his eyes brimming with laughter. He squinted slightly, shook his hand with a hint of annoyance, and blinked as he asked, "My hand hurts from playing games. Can you feed me?"
Luo Zheng: "..."
Luo Zheng, who was already nervous, froze instantly.
"Is that not okay?" Shen Jin asked again, saying stubbornly, "If you don't feed me, then I won't eat."
Luo Zheng: "...No, what's wrong with you?"
Shen Jin tilted his head and gave him a bright smile: "What's wrong with me? I'm perfectly fine."
“…I feel there’s something different,” Luo Zheng said.
"Hmm?" Shen Jin raised an eyebrow, intending to tease him. His eyes crinkled as he leaned closer with a smile, gently touching his face with his fingers, pinching his chin, and chuckling softly, "So, do you think I'm better like this now... or better like before?"
"I..." Luo Zheng stammered instantly. At such close range, he could feel Chen Jin's breath gently brushing against his face, tickling him and making his ears turn slightly red.
Shen Jin's smile widened, and she leaned closer to him, narrowing her eyes and smiling gently as she asked, "So, do you prefer me now, or me before?"
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