Chapter 67
Chapter 67
After getting off the roller coaster, Shu Yao felt a little dizzy.
Shen Ye took her to sit on the bench at the roller coaster exit.
The messy long hair was gently smoothed between his fingers and tucked behind his ears. Shu Yao looked around, looking for the next fun activity.
Not far away, a staff member in a doll costume was helping passers-by take photos with a Polaroid camera. It was probably a small benefit provided by the amusement park for the New Year's Eve.
Shu Yao stared at it for a while, then heard Chen Ye ask, "Do you want to take a picture?"
Shu Yao came back to his senses and shook his head: "No, I just thought it was fun."
Shen Ye said: "But I want to shoot."
Shu Yao:?
"Don't you also dislike taking pictures?" Shu Yao asked in surprise.
"I don't usually like it, but today is special."
Seeing how persistent he was, Shu Yao was willing to risk his life to keep him company. He waved to the staff, and they walked up to them enthusiastically.
The staff member squatted down and waved his right hand, indicating that they should be closer, and Shu Yao leaned towards him.
"Yi Yi." Chen Ye suddenly called her.
Shu Yao was taken advantage of by him at the cotton candy stand. She stared straight ahead, motionless. "I know you want to kiss me. I won't look back."
A soft laugh came from my ear.
Then a little warmth covered my cheek.
Shen Ye settled for the next best thing and kissed her on the face.
There was a burst of booing from the side, Shu Yao's ears turned red, and he decided to have a cold war with Chen Ye for five minutes.
Chen Ye took the Polaroid camera handed to him by the staff and shook it in his right hand.
Two figures gradually appeared above.
Shu Yao took a sneak peek.
Forget it, let’s stop the cold war.
It was filmed... pretty well.
Seeing Chen Ye put it into his wallet, Shu Yao suddenly felt a little envious. If only he had known earlier, he would have taken one more photo.
There were too many people in the amusement park, and almost all the rides required queues, which lasted at least half an hour. The two of us had only played a few rides when night fell quietly.
Shu Yao's choice of amusement rides was entirely in accordance with what Li Sui had said before: she would choose whatever ride would easily warm up the relationship between the couple.
So after dinner, the two of them naturally went to queue for the Ferris wheel.
This is probably the most popular event in the evening, and the queue is endless.
Shu Yao has always been a person who hates trouble. If she wants to order takeout, she would be too lazy to do it if the distance is too far or the delivery time is too long, let alone this.
She once thought about giving up the queue, but the legend that Li Sui told her suddenly came to her mind, which said that every couple who rode the Ferris wheel would break up, but as long as they kissed at the highest point, they could stay together forever.
Forget it, she thought. In the past year, she had done so many things that she would not have done before. What was the harm in believing in such a weird legend?
This impulse made them stand in the cold wind for almost an hour.
She was fine, protected by Shen Ye's coat, and hardly felt any cold, but Shen Ye...
"Will you catch a cold when you go back?" Shu Yao's worried voice was muffled by his coat.
Shen Ye sneered: “There is no word for cold in my dictionary.”
"..." Shu Yao wanted to say something, but the staff reminded them that they could go up. She breathed a sigh of relief and quickly pulled Chen Ye onto the Ferris wheel.
The Ferris wheel turned slowly, and the crowd below became smaller and smaller in sight. Shu Yao took out his mobile phone and took a few pictures of the bright lights in the distance.
After the Ferris wheel had turned a quarter of the way, Shu Yao tugged at Chen Ye's hand and asked seriously, "Have you ever heard of a legend?"
Shen Ye: “What?”
"Every couple that rides the Ferris wheel ends up breaking up."
"Shu Yao." He called her full name seriously and held her hand a little harder.
"Listen to me, but if they kiss when they reach the highest point, then the couple can keep going." Shu Yao smiled. "Do you believe it?"
Shen Ye: “I don’t believe it.”
Shu Yao nodded in agreement: "I don't believe it either. I think it's a marketing trick of the amusement park."
Fireworks started to be set off in the distance at some point.
The square was crowded with people, the night sky was gorgeous, like a colorful oil painting, and the windows were full of lights.
The Ferris wheel will soon reach the top.
Shu Yao glanced at him secretly, and he also lowered his eyes to look over. When their eyes met, Chen Ye smiled: "You want to kiss me?"
Shu Yao looked away, "No."
Shen Ye's right hand touched the back of her head and turned her head around, but before he could move, the phone in his pocket suddenly began to vibrate.
It was Qian Manqing calling.
If it was someone else, Chen Ye would have hung up, but Qian Manqing rarely called him, and once she did, it must be for something urgent.
The cabin was too quiet, and the distance between the two was too close, with the receiver almost above Shu Yao's head. So at the same time that Chen Ye pressed the answer button, she heard Qian Manqing's anxious and tearful voice on the phone.
"Aye, come to the People's Hospital quickly."
*
Shu Yao has hated hospitals since he was a child.
In the past, whenever her mother was injured, she would almost always accompany her to the hospital for treatment. She still remembered that once, a female doctor noticed that something was wrong with the injuries on her mother's body, closed the door, and asked seriously if her husband had beaten her.
Shu Yao wanted to speak, but her mother covered her mouth.
She shook her head and said no, she bumped into it accidentally.
Perhaps because he had seen this too many times, or perhaps because the mother's attitude was too firm, the doctor finally said nothing more.
But for Shu Yao, whether it was the strong smell of disinfectant or the painful expression on her mother's face when she was treating the wound, they were all deeply engraved in her mind.
And now, outside the ICU.
Qian Manqing leaned on Shen Yu's shoulder, the traces of tears on her face making Shu Yao feel that the lights in this place were glaring and suffocating.
Shen Ye panted slightly and asked his father: "Dad, what happened?"
"It's all my fault." Uncle Liu, the housekeeper, pounded his head in frustration. "The eldest young master said he had a date with friends today for New Year's Eve and insisted on going out. If only I had insisted a little longer and not let him go out, everything would have been fine."
"Old Liu, this is not your fault. If he wants to go out, no one can stop him." Chen Yu sighed silently. The man who usually does not show his emotions remained calm at this moment. "It's okay. He is basically out of danger. He is under observation in the ICU."
Shen Ye and Shu Yao breathed a sigh of relief in tacit understanding.
Shen Ye stayed outside the ICU waiting. Shen Yu received a call and told him to take good care of his mother, then left in a hurry.
Shu Yao originally wanted to stay with Chen Ye, but when she thought about it, she might distract him if she stayed. In addition, Qian Manqing was not in good condition and definitely needed someone to accompany her, so she went home with Qian Manqing.
In the early morning, the sky was covered with mist, like a layer of gauze.
There were few cars on the road, and it was empty, just like Shu Yao's heart.
In the car, she patted the back of Qian Manqing's hand and comforted her: "Mom, it's okay."
"Yeah." Qian Manqing forced a smile at her, but soon, she choked up again, "I just can't understand why Yangyang would go to the back alley for no reason? It's pitch black there, and there's nothing there."
"Back alley?" Shu Yao asked, "What back alley?"
"The waiter at the club said he was going to the back alley to throw away the trash, but when he came out, he saw Yangyang lying on the ground, looking very distressed. Luckily, there was a guest at the club who happened to be a doctor, so he was able to be rescued in a timely manner."
“Is there surveillance in the back alley?”
"They say that few people go there, so there's no surveillance." Qian Manqing wiped the tears from her eyes. "But the waiter said that Yangyang had a gold chain lying next to him. He never wears those. I wonder if that's related to this incident."
Gold chain...
Shu Yao's throat felt like it was clogged with cotton. "What kind of gold necklace?"
Qian Manqing said, "It's a pretty thick gold chain, probably a man's."
Shu Yao's face suddenly lost its color.
She remembered that both times Luo Jianhui came to see her, he was wearing a big gold chain around his neck.
However, Shen Yang has been away from the country for most of the past six months. It is impossible for Luo Jianhui to know him, so how could he find him?
The image of Shen Yang's usual cheerful face flashed through Shu Yao's mind, and a chill ran down his spine. As a guess flooded into his mind, cold sweat broke out on his palms.
In her life, apart from her mother, the people of the Shen family are the best people to her. But if this incident was really caused by Luo Jianhui, can they... still accept her?
Shu Yao suddenly thought, tonight at the amusement park, she and Chen Ye didn't kiss at the highest point of the Ferris wheel. I wonder if this was a foreshadowing...
When Shu Yao returned home, his body was very tired, but his mind was not sleepy at all.
Seeing that Qian Manqing's breathing was steady and she looked like she was asleep, Shu Yao quietly left the room and returned to her and Chen Ye's bedroom.
Sitting at the end of the bed, fiddling with his phone with his head down, Shu Yao's brows furrowed the more he looked.
At some point, the sound of brakes could be heard faintly from downstairs.
It should be Shen Yu who has returned.
Shu Yao had a premonition and got up and walked out of the bedroom. Sure enough, he saw Chen Yu not far away. After going upstairs, he first took a look in the bedroom. He probably found that Qian Manqing was asleep, so he walked into the study alone.
Shu Yao clenched his hands and followed.
No matter what the outcome is, she should at least be honest with the Shen family about this matter.
If she told Chen Ye, Chen Ye would definitely not blame her, and would even help her persuade her parents, but she didn't want that and didn't want them to accept her, on the premise of "not wanting to destroy the relationship with her son."
Chen Yu seemed to have guessed that she would come and left the door open for her. Shu Yao pushed the door open and saw Chen Yu sitting behind the desk, his hands clasped together and supporting his forehead, looking very tired.
The study door was open and Shu Yao sat down in front of him.
Although she had been married to Chen Ye for quite some time, her contact with Chen Ye's father was very few, and they didn't even have many conversations.
Facing such a serious elder with a strong aura, Shu Yao couldn't help but feel nervous.
She mustered up her courage and was about to speak, but she saw Shen Yu pressing his eyebrows, raised his head and asked, "That person is Luo Jianhui, right?"
Shu Yao was surprised for a moment: "How did you know?"
"Although I won't interfere with their marriage, as a father, I can't help but conduct the necessary investigation into their marriage partners." Chen Yu said this very calmly. "I saw the photo of the necklace, and it doesn't suit the tastes of young people. Plus, a few days ago, I received news that someone outside was borrowing money from loan sharks by relying on the reputation of being a relative of the Shen family. I just hadn't done any further investigation when this happened."
Shu Yao was speechless for a moment.
Because she didn't have one, she knew even more clearly how rare it was to have a vibrant and complete family. She also couldn't accept causing any harm to the Shen family and Shen Ye because of her own reasons.
If there is no early intervention, then Shen Yang's incident may just be the beginning.
It would be fine if he implicated her, but what Shu Yao was afraid of was that he would eventually commit crimes under the name of the Shen family and bring the Shen family into the public's judgment.
Chen Yu sighed: "Why do you think he came to Chen Yang?"
"I suspect that the person he was looking for was actually Chen Ye." Shu Yao analyzed calmly, "He just happened to meet Chen Yang. They look alike, and he had only seen Chen Ye's face online, so he didn't have a deep impression of him. So he mistook Chen Yang for Chen Ye."
"I see."
"In the final analysis, this matter was caused by me." A realistic guess emerged in Shu Yao's mind. "If you have any request for me, you can just tell me."
"What do you think I should ask? For you to divorce Chen Ye?"
"Given the current situation, all the harm was caused by my father. Whether it's rational or emotional, your request is reasonable." Shu Yao lowered his eyes and spoke sincerely, "But I can't agree to it."
"No." Chen Yu's deep voice struck Shu Yao's heart with force. "Shu Yao, blood isn't the standard for defining family. From the day you became my son's wife, you've been a part of our family. So, in the current situation, it's not your father who has hurt my family, but Luo Jianhui, the man who has hurt our family. Do you understand?"
Shu Yao felt a pang of grief in his heart.
Before this, due to his personality, Chen Yu's attitude towards her was basically lukewarm. She even felt that he might not be very satisfied with her as a daughter-in-law.
But now, he told her clearly.
This matter has nothing to do with her.
She was even a victim.
Shu Yao clenched her fists, her suppressed emotions collapsing for a moment. She choked out a sob and said, "You... just want to tell me this?"
"There's one more thing." Chen Yu leaned back, his posture seemingly relaxed, but it made people feel even more chilling. "He hurt my son, I can't let him go, but I've told your mother about it later. She'll definitely be worried. Sending him to prison will make it difficult for you, so I want to ask you first, do you want to plead for him?"
Shu Yao was silent for a moment, then turned on his phone and pushed it in front of Chen Yu with his index finger.
"I think you don't need to do anything."
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