Chapter 83 Chapter 83 "Brother, you won't abandon me this time...
==Chapter 83==
Dali Temple, a prison, never sees the sun all year round. It is dark and damp, and the air seems turbid and has a very strange smell. The warm moonlight turns into a pale and cold light when it shines here.
In a cell near the back, Shen Jingchen leaned against the wall, his face pale, his already thin body becoming even thinner, his back as thin as a piece of paper.
The cell was silent and quiet. Occasionally, a bailiff would walk by on patrol, but they had no intention of talking to the prisoners. As the footsteps faded away, the surroundings returned to peace.
To Shen Jingchen, this place is very unfamiliar, yet also mixed with a sense of familiarity.
This was not his first time in prison. That time, his grandfather, parents, and even all the branches of the Shen family died.
Suddenly, the cell was opened and two bailiffs came in, shouting at him rudely:
"Hey, the master wants to see you, get up quickly!"
When the person came in, dust was suddenly raised. The yamen runner waved the air with a gloomy look on his face. Shen Jingchen was caught off guard and choked, and a series of suppressed coughs burst out.
Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, the yamen runners cursed, but they didn't dare to delay the task assigned by their superiors. They muttered that it was troublesome, and two of them carried the man out.
Shen Jingchen was taken to the interrogation room. He raised his head and saw Gu Yushi sitting at the desk without surprise.
The yamen runner put him down and bowed respectfully to Gu Yushi:
"Sir, the person has been brought here."
Gu Yushi responded and asked them to leave before looking up at Shen Jingchen, his eyes filled with coldness and a hint of disgust.
This look...
Shen Jingchen laughed muffledly.
He recognized Gu Yushi.
It wasn't the time when Gu Yushi redeemed him, but when the news spread in the capital that Gu Yushi and Feng Wenyu were in love, he secretly went to see him.
He wanted to see who could win Feng Wenyu's favor.
What does Feng Wenyu represent to Shen Jingchen? When he was young, he had devoted all his joy to this person when he first fell in love with her.
She came into his sight when she was playing with Yan Yunhe.
Perhaps it was because the color was too rich and vivid that he saw her at first sight.
The memories of the past were covered in ashes due to the decline of the Shen family, but she was still very vivid and bright, shining brightly in the dark and desolate memories.
But Feng Wenyu had no feelings for him at all.
Shen Jingchen knew about this from the beginning.
He also knew the reason.
Qiao Anyu.
In Feng Wenyu's opinion, he was the person Qiao Anyu liked. Once this understanding was confirmed, she would not be able to change her impression of him at all.
His proximity and contact were a nuisance that she could not avoid.
Shen Jingchen admitted that he was once annoyed with Qiao Anyu. If it weren't for Qiao Anyu, Feng Wenyu might not have been so distant from him, so that in the end, in her eyes, he was not even a friend.
Later, after the incident of rescuing him, Feng Wenyu slowly changed his attitude towards him, but that attitude was only directed towards his savior.
Instead, Qiao Anyu became more and more interested in him.
She seems to be insensitive, and she never mixes emotion with feeling, which is frustrating.
Yan Yunhe and he disliked each other.
And Feng Wenyu also didn't like Yan Yunhe, which made Shen Jingchen feel a little relieved, at least he still had the strength to fight for her.
But Shen Jingchen never thought it would turn out like this.
Because he saved the two people, the Shen family was forced to board the former prince's ship. He might not be unaware of the former prince's calculations. The former prince played an indispensable role in the Shen family's current situation.
But there's nothing I can do.
——The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit.
As long as the former crown prince's lineage does not ascend to that position, the Shen family is destined to bear the crime of treason forever.
His grandfather never liked fighting for power in his life, but because of him, he was dragged into the vortex of the court and eventually ended up with a reputation that was insulted by the world.
Therefore, when Lu Minxing came to him, Shen Jingchen had no choice but to go all the way.
Shen Jingchen was very sure that the incident at the Jiaofangsi was the first time he and Gu Yushi met. They had never met before, so where did Gu Yushi's dislike for him come from?
Shen Jingchen felt puzzled and strange.
It seemed as if when they first met, Gu Yushi did not hide her malice towards him, and this emotion was so strong that it seemed to have seeped into his bones and blood.
Gu Yushi didn't care what he was thinking. In fact, Chen Jingchen's fate would not make him feel happy or relieved. He disliked Chen Jingchen because he had diverted Feng Wenyu's attention.
Especially when he knew that Shen Jingchen had bad intentions, this disgust reached its peak.
If Feng Wenyu had not noticed him, no matter how much Shen Jingchen thought about him, Gu Yushi would not have paid more attention to him.
Gu Yushi glanced at Shen Jingchen coldly, his tone dark:
"Have you thought about it?"
Shen Jingchen has been imprisoned in the Dali Temple for almost a month, but during this time, he refused to say anything.
Gu Yushi did not abuse his lynching. He knew very well that once this kind of person made up his mind about something, he would not be moved by physical pain.
Shen Jingchen still didn't speak, he lowered his head, and except for breathing, he looked like a dead man.
Gu Yushi looked at the scene coldly, and his voice came out calmly:
"Lu Minxing is doomed to die. He plotted to murder the prince, formed a clique for personal gain, and attempted rebellion. These charges are enough to condemn him to an unbroken death. Even if you say nothing, the outcome won't change. Why be so stubborn?"
Shen Jingchen raised his eyes and said calmly: "My lord, there is no need to threaten me. If you really have solid evidence, you won't care so much about my identification."
Lu Minxing is a madman. He is ruthless and will never leave any trouble for himself.
Hearing this, Gu Yushi's eyes darkened a little, and he suddenly asked:
"Is your reputation after death so important? So important that you're willing to sacrifice your only blood relative?"
Shen Jingchen's expression finally showed some fluctuations, but the next moment, he closed his eyes again, and his voice came indifferently:
"Everyone has his own destiny."
The years I lived in anonymity and in hiding were actually stolen time.
As early as when he boarded Lu Minxing's ship, he and A Mei should have known that this trip would mean failure or death!
"Really?"
Gu Yushi asked this.
He turned his head and looked outside the door: "Miss Lu thinks so too?"
Gu Yushi paused for a moment before speaking in an inexplicable tone:
"Perhaps I should call you Miss Shen?"
Shen Jingchen suddenly opened his eyes, the door was opened, and behind the door stood a thin woman. She was wearing a thin spring dress. Her face was always pale due to her illness, but now there were traces of tears on her face.
Lu Feiran, or should I say Shen Feiran, she just stared at Shen Jingchen in a daze.
Her brother, the brother who was once praised by everyone, was now lying on the rack in a miserable state. He didn't have any injuries on his body, but he was completely different from the brother Shen Feiran remembered.
Sad? Heartbroken?
In fact, it’s not entirely true.
Shen Feiran felt more confused and sour.
She was actually not surprised by Shen Jingchen's choice. As far as she could remember, she and Shen Jingchen had only met three times.
She was born weak and had been raised in her maternal grandparents' home in Jiangnan. The Shen family often sent people to deliver letters or mail things to her, but the mountains were high and the roads were dangerous, and she was busy with her official career, so she had only seen the Shen family a few times in more than ten years.
Once, when she was young, her mother took Shen Jingchen back to her maternal grandparents' home to visit relatives. She stood among a group of cousins, raised her head and looked at her brother cautiously.
I heard that he was raised by his grandfather personally, and as soon as he arrived at his maternal grandfather's house, he was praised by the elders.
Grandmother took her hand and led her to him, smiling and saying to her, "Aran, come quickly. This is your real brother, don't be unfamiliar with him."
Once again, when Shen Jingchen was studying abroad, he went to his maternal grandparents' home when he passed through Jiangnan. He brought gifts for all his cousins, but she got one extra.
He said to her, "I didn't know what you liked, but when I saw that my cousins all liked this kind of jewelry, I bought you a set too."
He knew that she was actually different from his other cousins, but after not seeing her for several years, their family ties were actually very shallow, so this conversation was more polite than intimate.
The last time was when her maternal grandparents were implicated by the Shen family, and she was sent to the capital overnight. Then she saw him in the thick night. He was no longer as bright and handsome as before, and his body was covered with scars that had not yet healed. He said to her:
"From now on, your last name is no longer Shen, your name is Lu Feiran."
She was only twelve years old at the time, and the fear she had endured along the way had made her tears seem to have dried up. She didn't even know what emotions she should have towards Shen Jingchen.
But he was the only relative she had left.
She cried in panic, "Can't I come with you?"
What she wanted to say more was, don't abandon her.
She was scared.
Shen Jingchen was silent for a long time, and before she left, he only told her one sentence:
"Live well."
So, during the years she spent at the Lu family, she kept his instructions in mind and lived well.
Her health was not good and she needed to take a lot of medicine. Madam Lu didn't know her background and only thought she was Lord Lu's love debt. She was looked down upon by many people in the Lu family, but at least she was still alive. She endured everything silently. The Lu family was willing to take the risk to take her in, which was already a favor.
She couldn't complain.
Anyway, she has long been accustomed to living under someone else's roof.
From childhood to adulthood, she had never had the final say over her life and death, and no one had ever asked for her opinion.
The Shen family once thought that her maternal grandparents' home was suitable for her to recuperate, so she wanted to stay there.
Later, Shen Jingchen felt that the Lu family was more suitable for her, so she had to change her surname to Lu and go to the Lu family.
Now, Shen Jingchen felt that the Shen family's reputation was more important than her, so she had no choice but to die.
Surprising? Not surprising.
Sad? She couldn't tell.
Shen Feiran was just used to it, her thoughts and opinions were never important.
Now, someone asked her: "What do you think, Miss Shen?"
He wasn't asking for her opinion, he just hoped to make Shen Jingchen change his mind through her.
Shen Feiran walked up to Shen Jingchen step by step. She squatted down and looked at Shen Jingchen carefully. He looked so embarrassed.
Sadness spread instantly, tears welled up in her eyes, sliding silently down. She did not complain, but just asked softly:
"Brother, you won't abandon me this time?"
The soft and gentle words, without any weight at all, caused Shen Jingchen's mind to be violently turbulent, like a wave rising from the calm surface of a lake, which could not calm down for a long time. Shen Jingchen suddenly raised his head and looked at his only sister in a daze.
He is like his grandfather, and she is like her grandmother.
Only when the two stand together can outsiders hardly see any similarities between them.
She is very quiet.
Completely different from Feng Wenyu.
He had seen how Feng Wenyu behaved in front of her second brother. She was willful and arrogant, but she was full of confidence because she was loved.
But his sister is now asking him if he will not abandon her.
She seemed to have asked this question countless times, but only this time was anyone heard.
Before her own brother wanted to send her to death.
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