Chapter 143 His innocence was ruined, everything he had was ruined.
A simple sentence made Shen Jin's blood instantly turn cold, his whole body went numb, and his body stiffened like a piece of wood.
His mind was blank. At this moment, he didn't want to think about anything. The young man's words "General Manager Yan" kept repeating in his mind as if they were full of magic, echoing in his mind again and again, tormenting his spirit.
"President Yan...?" Shen Jin murmured these two words blankly, his mind empty, devoid of any other thoughts. He muttered to himself in a voice only he could hear, "Which President Yan...?"
He wondered, was it Yan Yu? Had Yan Yu ordered him kidnapped and brought here? Why?
Even though the two of them were irreconcilable afterward, wouldn't it have been better for them to go their separate ways? Why did Yan Yu do that?
What exactly is his purpose? Is it simply to torment him, just like before?
Shen Jin originally thought he could put all those past events behind him and try his best not to think about them, but now he realized that he couldn't do it. When he thought about them, his heart still ached, and he still felt sad...
He couldn't hear what the people outside were saying from inside. They seemed to be deliberately lowering their voices, so he couldn't tell if it was Yan Yu's voice. He only heard the young man reply, "It's nothing, he's still fine. It's so late now, he's probably asleep."
After he finished speaking, Shen Jin heard footsteps approaching the room where he was. He said something to the two people, and the man called Lao Zheng suddenly opened the door and walked in.
Old Zheng was wearing a mask, so Shen Jin couldn't see his face. When the other man saw that Shen Jin was still awake, he whistled, "Oh, still awake? Someone's come to see you."
Shen Jin pursed his lips. He hadn't eaten or drunk anything for so long, his lips were very dry, and his throat was even drier and more uncomfortable, but his eyes were still bright. His voice trembled slightly as he asked, "...Who is it?"
"Who is it..." Old Zheng couldn't help but chuckle, a playful glint appearing in his somewhat cloudy eyes. He teased, "It's someone...someone you know. Guess who it is?"
Shen Jin's already pale face looked like a blank sheet of paper under the light. His breathing paused for a moment, and a mix of emotions surged up in his heart. He laughed self-deprecatingly: "The person I know... it really is him?"
"Why should I tell you? Guess slowly." Old Zheng smiled, not intending to tell him who the person was, and not wanting him to see it, he walked directly in front of him, pressed him down, and covered his vision with a strip of cloth again.
After tying the cloth strips in place, Old Zheng warned, "Don't tear off the cloth strips yet. If you do, I'll chop off your hand to keep you from causing trouble. Got it?"
Shen Jin knew that in his current situation, confronting them head-on was futile and would only lead to trouble. Therefore, he nodded in agreement, "Okay..."
He couldn't understand if that person really was Yan Yu. Was he choosing to blindfold him because he didn't want to see his face? But wouldn't he be able to tell when they spoke?
Just as Shen Jin was pondering what was going on, Old Zheng, seemingly still worried, tied his hands back up and breathed a sigh of relief: "That should solve the problem."
Then Shen Jin heard a voice from outside the door: "Is it all taken care of?"
He was slightly taken aback. The other party didn't know what was going on, but they had deliberately used a voice changer. In that case, how could anyone tell who it was just by their voice?
Old Zheng nodded and said, "Alright, come in."
After he finished speaking, a person walked in from outside. His footsteps were very light. When he came to Chen Jin, he smiled slightly in a voice that had been altered by a voice changer: "Guess who I am?"
Shen Jin bit his tongue, took a deep breath, hesitated for a moment, and then couldn't help but utter the name he had just heard not long ago: "...Yan Yu?"
The other person seemed taken aback and remained silent.
The two fell silent instantly, and the narrow room became so quiet you could hear a pin drop; there was no sound at all.
Gradually, Shen Jin began to hear his own heartbeat, faster and faster, uncontrollably pounding. A voice inside him told him: You guessed right!
You must have guessed right! Otherwise, why would the other party remain silent for so long without saying a word?
Is it because of a guilty conscience? Or is there some other purpose?
The wounds that Shen Jin thought were no longer painful suddenly started throbbing again, making it hard for him to breathe. He gritted his teeth to keep his composure and managed to squeeze out, "...Why?"
The other person didn't answer him directly, and after a long while, they finally spoke: "Did I admit it?"
He didn't admit it, but the things Yan Yu had done to Shen Jin in the past had left a deep impression on him, so he naturally assumed it was him.
Whether Shen Jin admits it or not is irrelevant. After all, if the other party wasn't afraid of him finding out, they wouldn't have blinded him or used a voice changer.
Shen Jin took a few breaths, barely suppressing the surging pain. His voice was hoarse as he gave a self-deprecating laugh: "Why did I do this?"
The other person didn't answer, but only asked, "If I said I wasn't Yan Yu, would you believe me?"
Shen Jin didn't speak, but his silence seemed like a positive response.
Unable to wait for the other party to speak first, Shen Jin had no choice but to speak himself, asking in a deep voice, "...Now that things have come to this, what is your purpose? Why go through all this trouble to kidnap me here? What exactly do you want to do?"
“You just need to stay here for a while,” the other person said. “They won’t do anything to you.”
After he finished speaking, he stood up and turned to leave, but Shen Jin hurriedly called out, "Wait!"
The other person asked, "Is there anything else?"
Shen Jin pursed his lips, the words he wanted to say were swallowed back down his throat, he forced a smile, a bitter smile on his face, and didn't say a word.
This time, the other person didn't rush to leave. Instead, they stood in front of him for a while, gently reached out and touched his face, seemingly reluctant to leave, before turning and leaving.
The door closed again, and Shen Jin heard the young man outside ask, "Are you done talking?"
"Hmm," the other person responded calmly, saying indifferently, "There's nothing to say right now. Just keep a close eye on him for me, and be gentle with him as usual."
The young man said, "Okay, take care."
Shen Jin heard footsteps walking out, and the young man followed. They didn't hear what they said afterward. Their hearts and bodies turned cold, and they sat blankly in the empty room.
If Shen Jin could see or hear, he would realize that the person just now was not Yan Yu.
And after he left, when Shen Jin couldn't hear him anymore, he clicked his tongue and muttered under his breath, "Damn it, that bitch."
This person is actually Xie Li.
He ripped off the voice changer, got into the car, and took a deep breath: "It's so hard to bear this. I really want to beat up Shen Jin. Damn it, he's in my hands right now."
The young man got into the car, his tone no longer as respectful as before, and casually asked, "Why are you doing this?"
"What for?" Xie Li scoffed. "To add fuel to the fire, to make him hate Yan Yu even more! I want to ensure that there is absolutely no possibility for the two of them to be together again! I want them to hate each other so much that they wish they could grind the other to dust!"
The young man was puzzled by what he said, but he didn't say anything. Then Xie Li said, "What I just said, telling you to be gentle with him, was all fake. It was just something I made up from Yan Yu's perspective. You don't need to take it seriously."
Xie Li took a deep breath, feeling an itch to drag Shen Jin out and beat him up, while also having someone play with him, ruining his innocence, destroying everything he had, and making him filthy.
But if he rushed in and beat up Chen Jin now, all the acting he had just done would have been for nothing, so he could only suppress that thought for the time being.
“By the way, Yan Yu is looking for him, but we don’t know where he is now, there’s no news,” Xie Li frowned. “After he ran in the direction where Shen Jin disappeared, we don’t know where he went. I can’t contact him, so be careful he doesn’t find him.”
The young man sneered disdainfully: "Don't worry, how many people could possibly come looking for us in this deep mountain forest? Even if he dies, he'll die without a sound, leaving no trace."
For some reason, Xie Li couldn't help but shiver when he heard those words, and glanced at the young man next to him.
The night grew deeper, and the full moon had risen high in the sky, casting a soft moonlight. The stars in the sky were very bright.
In the deep mountains, the sounds of insects increase at night, and all sorts of chaotic noises can be heard everywhere.
A gentle breeze blew by, and something stirred in the dense grass. Under the cover of the dark night, a figure silently darted out.
He cautiously approached the room and peeked inside. Everyone inside was asleep, with only the sound of snoring still ringing out.
He opened the rusty iron door easily without disturbing the people inside, and quickly led to the place where Chen Jin was imprisoned.
He didn't know where the key came from, but it opened the lock, which surprised him slightly. He thought to himself, "It's actually correct..."
Without time to think carefully, he immediately pushed open the door. The room was pitch black, and he couldn't see anyone at all. He could only grope his way in quietly, while the half-asleep Shen Jin instinctively wanted to kick it.
The other person quickly dodged aside and swiftly moved to Shen Jin's side, pinning him down and covering his mouth, whispering, "Shh—don't shout and don't do anything! It's me! It's me!"
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