"Did you change the name of the company?" Shen Yu looked at Yao Wenxiao with a complicated expression.
Shen Yu noticed it just now when he was waiting for notification at the front desk. Yao Wenxiao changed the former Yuxiao Media into Wenxiao Media. Shen Yu originally thought that he didn't care. However, when he actually saw all this, Shen Yu still felt sad. It was as if something was gone and would never come back.
Yao Wenxiao looked at Shen Yu's distraught and hurt expression with amusement and found it quite interesting.
"What else?" Yao Wenxiao looked directly at Shen Yu and asked calmly, "Do you think I shouldn't change the name of the company?"
"That's not what I meant." Shen Yu subconsciously wanted to explain: "I'm just a little sad."
"Why are you sad?" Yao Wenxiao sneered. I was about to say something, but when I saw Shen Yu's face that always looked innocent and pure, as if he didn't know where he had done wrong, I suddenly felt bored.
Many people and many things cannot be noticed when you are deeply involved in them, but once you jump out of the maze and watch as a bystander, you will find many details that are completely different from your impressions.
For example, Yao Wenxiao always felt that Shen Yu was a simple and innocent person. But in fact, Shen Yu is also very skillful in speaking. If the silly Yao Wenxiao of the past had been in his place, I'm afraid I don't know how much more he would have imagined. Yao Wenxiao couldn't help but think back to those years. Every time he saw Shen Yu putting on a face that looked extremely wronged, he couldn't wait to stand up and indiscriminately accuse the other party of bullying Shen Yu. He even thought it was funny that he was such an idiot who helped Shen Yu vent his anger without any reason.
"You..." Shen Yu looked at the mocking smile on Yao Wenxiao's face and suddenly felt a little flustered: "Don't say that. I just feel that we were so happy before, but now... we can never go back. So I feel a little emotional and a little sad."
"Tsk!" Yao Wenxiao chuckled, but didn't say anything. Instead, he asked, "You never come to see me for no reason. So, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Shen Yu frowned. He felt that Yao Wenxiao's attitude towards him was not as friendly as he had imagined. Shen Yu hesitated slightly and bit his lip subconsciously, ignoring the uncomfortable feeling. Straight to the point: "Do you know that Tao Mu is the real second son of the Shen family?"
Yao Wenxiao raised his eyebrows: "What do you want to say?"
"You also know that the Shen family has lost the Shen Group and is no longer as good as before. My father is sick and hospitalized, and we can't even afford a nurse. I just think that since Tao Mu is also a child of the Shen family, he has an obligation to take care of him-"
"Obligation?" Yao Wenxiao sneered before Shen Yu finished speaking: "Let's not talk about whether Tao Mu is the blood of the Shen family. Do you understand the law? Tao Mu already has an adoptive family. His legal father is Liu Yao and Meng Qi. He has no obligation to the Shen family."
"But Tao Mu is the blood of the Shen family after all—"
"So what?" Yao Wenxiao tilted his head and looked at Shen Yu: "Aren't you also Yu Qingqing's son? Yu Qingqing went to jail, and you didn't even fulfill your obligations as a child. Go to the prison and deliver a meal."
"You——" Shen Yu was speechless. He didn't expect Yao Wenxiao to say such a thing, so he could only avoid answering: "That's different."
"Then tell me, what's the difference?" Yao Wenxiao turned the pen and asked with interest.
"Yu Qingqing was sentenced for abandonment. She abandoned the real second son of the Shen family, and her husband stabbed my eldest brother. They both deserved to be in jail. If I go to visit her at this time, wouldn't it make my father and eldest brother sad. The Shen family has raised me for more than 20 years. I can't give anything in return, and I can't do something that will make them sad."
"But Tao Mu is different. Mom and sister, they really want to find their son and brother back. What's more, Dad is sick again. If Tao Mu can return to the Shen family at this time——"
"Can you dump the burden of the Shen family on Tao Mu?" Yao Wenxiao interrupted Shen Yu. He leaned back in his chair and clapped his hands: "I really didn't realize that the Shen family has raised you for twenty years and spent a lot of money and energy on you. Now you are only allowed to take care of Shen Shiyuan in the hospital for a few days, and you can't stand it?"
"I didn't!" Shen Yu looked wronged and aggrieved. He clenched his fists and stamped his feet in anger: "Yao Wenxiao, how can you think of me like this? Even if we are not friends now, we are childhood sweethearts after all. Am I so unbearable in your mind?"
"Did I say something wrong?" Yao Wenxiao spread his arms and shrugged. "You don't want to get rid of the burden of the Shen family. You just don't like Tao Mu. You feel uncomfortable when you see him living a comfortable life. So you want to help Tao Mu get out of the quagmire of the Shen family? Let a stranger who has never lived in the Shen family and is legally a stranger, bear the burden of the Shen family's old and young?"
"But why do you think that you, the adopted son of the Shen family who has been pampered for twenty years, are unwilling to bear this responsibility, so why would an outsider who has never lived in the Shen family be willing to bear it?"
"I don't--"
"Let me guess again," Yao Wenxiao knocked on the table and continued to analyze: "With Tao Mu's personality, he is obviously unwilling to recognize the Shen family. When the Shen family was prosperous, they were unwilling to recognize each other, not to mention that the Shen family is now in decline. But you have to force Tao Mu to recognize his relatives with the Shen family. So you came to me, you should want to use Wenxiao Media to guide public opinion and put pressure on Tao Mu, right?"
Yao Wenxiao curled his lips playfully: "Shen Yu, why didn't I realize before that you have such a scheme?"
"I didn't!" Shen Yu's face turned pale and he shook his head violently to retort, "I don't think so. I just think that Dad is so hard-working now, and he would be happier if he could see his real son."
Yao Wenxiao sneered: "You didn't think so before."
"Remember what you did when the Shen family ran to Xiangcheng and wanted to recognize Tao Mu?" Yao Wenxiao pointed out deliberately: "You colluded with Lin Rongan to forge a fake DNA report, and ran to Xiangcheng Airport to stop the Shen family. Mrs. Shen slapped you in the face. It didn't happen for a long time, you didn't forget it, did you?"
Yao Wenxiao ruthlessly tore off the fig leaf that Shen Yu had been wearing, forcing Shen Yu to face his naked greed and desires: "In the final analysis, you just like the power and wealth of the Shen family. Once the Shen family can't provide you with the environment you want, you will abandon the Shen family. Just like you did to me in the past."
Yao Wenxiao said calmly: "From the beginning, what you cared about was not the affection of the Shen family, just like what you cared about was not our friendship. If that's the case, why did you have to pretend so hard? You are obviously greedy and want to gain an identity, status and life that don't belong to you. Why do you use beautiful words like kindness, innocence, loyalty and righteousness to disguise yourself? Aren't you tired of living? Or have you been pretending for so long that you even deceived yourself?"
Snap!
As if some deep inner persistence was broken, Shen Yu felt a warm current rushing straight to his head, so that his whole body trembled involuntarily. He couldn't help but clench his fists, staring at Yao Wenxiao with red eyes, and shouted with resentment: "You are talking nonsense. You are talking nonsense. I am not that kind of person at all. What right do you have to slander me?"
No, no, that's not the case. It shouldn't be like this. Shen Yu is the second young master of the Shen family. He should be a naive, kind-hearted, loyal and righteous young man from a wealthy family. He should be loved and helped by all his relatives and friends, and always be in a superior position to enjoy the unconditional devotion of everyone to him. Shen Yu did nothing wrong, so why did Yao Wenxiao say that?
Shen Yu took a deep breath and accused Yao Wenxiao with an accusing look on his face: "Yao Wenxiao, I thought we were still friends. You really disappoint me?"
"Friend?" Yao Wenxiao raised his eyebrows. "I'm very curious, Shen Yu, how do you define the concept of friends? When my Yao family was harmed by your Shen family, I didn't take my anger out on you. I even helped you vent your anger behind your back and suppressed those bullies. I even went to Xiangcheng to celebrate your birthday. But how did you treat me back then?"
"Take it and use it if you have something to do, and throw it aside if you don't. You still have the nerve to question me for not treating you as a friend." Yao Wenxiao snorted, "Shen Yu, you always want to compete with Tao Mu. But the essence of you is really far worse than Tao Mu."
"Although Tao Mu is cunning and ruthless, he will not scheme against the people around him or his friends. People who follow him can always gain greater benefits. Whether in career or in spirit, they can gain great satisfaction. That's why more and more people gather around him. But you, with your high-sounding principles, only calculate the people around you to pay for you. Once they don't meet your expectations, you will criticize them from a moral high ground. But when you ask others for something, have you ever thought about what you have done for them?"
The more Yao Wenxiao talked, the more boring it seemed. Before, because of Shen Yu, he couldn't stand Tao Mu's behavior. It was not until the Sheng'an Group confronted Tao Mu and his grandfather Yao Sheng'an was defeated by Tao Mu that Yao Wenxiao began to take Tao Mu seriously.
Then he discovered that Tao Mu, as an opponent and enemy, could make people hate him to the point of gnashing their teeth, but could also make people accept defeat with conviction. His grandfather was schemed by Tao Mu, and although he lost the Sheng'an Group, he always praised Tao Mu in private. I think Tao Mu, as a friend or partner, must be the most reassuring kind.
In comparison, Shen Yu is a person who is cheap as an opponent and not worth it as a friend.
So much so that Yao Wenxiao now finds it unbelievable. How could he have fallen in love with someone like Shen Yu in the first place?
Shen Yu had grown to be twenty years old, and before he met Tao Mu, he had always been smooth sailing and the center of attention. But since he met Tao Mu, everything that originally belonged to him has changed. It is no exaggeration to say that Tao Mu has become Shen Yu's inner demon and a thorn in his side. Shen Yu can accept anyone saying he is not good, but he absolutely cannot tolerate anyone saying he is not as good as Tao Mu.
"You're talking nonsense!" Shen Yu was so angry that tears were streaming down his face. He subconsciously grabbed the ornaments on the table and threw them at Yao Wenxiao: "How can Tao Mu be better than Shen Yu? Tao Mu is just an orphan that no one wants. Even his biological parents think he is an unwanted abandoned baby. He is cunning and treacherous. He should be trampled underfoot like a puddle of mud forever. Why can he be better than Shen Yu?"
"Are you crazy?" Yao Wenxiao didn't expect Shen Yu to actually start fighting while talking. He was almost hit by the flying ornaments. He dodged while calling for the security guard to come in.
The security guard outside the door quickly controlled Shen Yu. Yao Wenxiao was in a mess, with a bloody scratch on his cheek. He picked up another phone on the table in a rage: "Chen Chen, did you hear everything? Your brother is crazy, come over and take him away!"
Shen Yu, who was being controlled by the security guard and was still struggling and crying, suddenly stopped. He looked at Yao Wenxiao in disbelief.
Yao Wenxiao sneered, "Don't act crazy in front of me. If you have the time and energy, you should think carefully about how to explain this to the Shen family."
"Shen Yu!" Yao Wenxiao licked his lips and wiped the wound on his face with the back of his hand: "You were wrong just now. Although Tao Mu is an orphan, the one who was truly abandoned by his parents was not him, but you. The one who can be loved by all relatives and friends is also him, not you."
"Fakes are always fakes. Even if you stole Tao Mu's identity, status, and life by chance, you are not him after all."
One is a smart person who can climb out from the depths of the mud and swamp and strive to stand at the highest point even if he falls to the dust; the other is a stupid person who has a wealthy family background, harmonious relatives, and close friends, but can waste everything. Even though both of them are human beings, and one day they end up in the same situation, they can never be compared.
"Shen Yu, stop making trouble and just live your own life. You will never be as good as him. There is no need for you to compare with him."
Considering that they were childhood friends, Yao Wenxiao couldn't help but say this. He was also well-intentioned, fearing that Shen Yu would go against Tao Mu and fight to the death. With Tao Mu's ruthless style of doing things, Shen Yu could never beat him.
However, what Yao Wenxiao did not expect was that the moment he said this, Shen Yu suddenly opened his eyes wide in fear.
At this moment, time seemed to stand still. Then everything went dark before his eyes, and Shen Yu seemed to hear the sound of glass breaking again. Shen Yu suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous. All the images seemed to ripple out like lake water, then spin rapidly, eventually forming whirlpools.
Shen Yu watched the vortex as pictures emerged one after another.
"Shen Yu? Shen Yu?" Yao Wenxiao looked at Shen Yu, who was trapped between two security guards and suddenly fainted during the violent struggle, and was confused.
He subconsciously raised the phone and reported to Chen Chen on the other end: "Your brother fainted. It has nothing to do with me. I didn't touch him at all."
"He's not my brother!" Chen Chen frowned and ordered coldly: "Send him to the hospital."
At the same time, Tao Mu, who was seeing Li Xiaoheng off at the airport, also felt a black screen before his eyes and fell directly on Li Xiaoheng.
Li Xiaoheng subconsciously caught the person in front of him, frightened to death: "Xiao Mu!"
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