“Go on.”
Shen Nanxing leaned back, his expression returning to calm. He lowered his head and gently played with Jiang Nian'an's fingers, occasionally scratching her palm.
"Stop fooling around!"
Jiang Nian'an lightly patted him, giving him a warning look, telling him not to disturb her while she listened to the rest.
Shen Nanxing pursed his lips, took her hand and kissed it, then obediently held her hand and stopped fidgeting.
Jiang Nian'an blushed at his sudden display of affection and was about to glare at him.
Shen Nanxing, however, had already turned his gaze away, looking at everything but not at her, acting all cheeky.
Jiang Nian'an almost laughed out of anger, but under the intense gazes of the old man and Shen Su, she finally just coughed lightly, pretending nothing had happened, and smiled slightly at Shen Su, "Uncle, please continue."
Shen Su looked at Shen Nanxing with a nostalgic expression, "It's been a long time since I've seen Nanxing act so childlike."
Upon hearing this, Shen Nanxing glanced at him and made a move to leave, saying, "If you don't want to talk about the follow-up, then don't waste our time."
"I'll talk!" Shen Su quickly stopped him.
Shen Nanxing wasn't really going to leave, so he sat down casually.
"Actually, from the very beginning, we all agreed that you were the heir."
Shen Su exhaled a breath of stale air before lowering his head and continuing to speak.
"Although Nanchuan is the elder brother, he is soft-hearted and not suitable to lead the Shen family, which is the head of the six families. We were very troubled for a time."
We only breathed a sigh of relief when you were born and acted like a natural leader from a young age. We immediately decided to appoint you as the next head of the family and Nanchuan as his assistant.
"We had just secretly informed the other five families that you were the next head of the family when you were kidnapped, and then Nanchuan got into trouble trying to save you."
During the rescue, we discovered that the Lin family was involved.
But given the Lin family's power, they would never dare to act so openly against you, especially against you, the heir of the Shen family.
Shen Su's hands, resting on his knees, clenched unconsciously, and his voice grew even lower.
"So we guessed that there was someone behind them, but no matter how we investigated, we couldn't find out who was standing behind them."
At the same time, they made several more attacks on you, especially on you, but we managed to thwart them each time.
Shen Su looked up at Shen Nanxing, his eyes filled with a tenderness that Shen Nanxing had never seen before.
Even though so many years have passed, and his youngest son is now sitting safely in front of him, and his eldest son is also peacefully guarding the post, the lingering fear of almost losing them still lingers in Shen Su's heart.
"When your grandfather was furious and ready to take direct action against the Lin family, Uncle Long arrived."
He advised your grandfather that even if they dealt with the Lin family, the person behind it would definitely find another Lin family, so it would be better to play along.
At this point, Shen Su turned to the old man and said, "Uncle Long, you tell us what to do next."
Back then, the old man and his father plotted together for a long time in the study.
Later, Uncle Long left quietly through the secret passage. The old man did not elaborate on what they had talked about in the study, only instructing them to pretend to be indifferent to Nanxing.
They bluntly stated that if they failed to properly portray the neglect of their son, they would lose him forever.
He still remembers his grandfather's expression, which was more solemn than he had ever seen before.
"Um."
The old man picked up the teacup on the table, took a small sip, and slowly began to speak.
"After the incident involving you two brothers, Old Man Shen came to see me alone once and asked me to send someone else to investigate secretly."
At that time, the Shen family was trying to attract their attention, and I actually managed to find out some things by taking advantage of that opportunity.
Although we can't find out the identity of the person behind it all, some clues suggest that they seem to really want to see you split up.
So I persuaded your grandfather and your parents to put on a show together.
The old man put down his teacup and stared intently at Shen Nanxing. "You brothers are at odds over the position of heir to the Shen family, and your parents are also at odds with Old Man Shen because of your conflict."
News of the discord within the Shen family spread quickly, and at the same time, all the assassination attempts targeting the two of you disappeared.
"So, all these years of ignoring and being indifferent to me were just an act?"
Shen Nanxing's voice was calm, but Jiang Nian'an could tell from his slightly sweaty hands that his heart was not at peace.
"yes!"
His solemn eyes burned with fervor, his voice brimming with hope, "Nanxing, can you forgive us?"
Shen Nanxing did not answer him, but turned to look at the old man, "Grandpa Long, you must already know about the situation underground."
"Yes, I was going to tell you this even if you hadn't asked me."
The old man sat up straight, took a map out of his coat pocket, and handed it to Shen Nanxing, saying, "Take a look at this."
Shen Nanxing took it, unfolded it, placed it on the table, and looked down at it with Jiang Nian'an.
It is a map of Beijing, with the coastline highlighted in red.
On the sea surface behind the coastline, there are several markers drawn with red pens of varying shades.
"This is?"
Shen Nanxing pointed to the marked point, his brows furrowing slightly.
"Actually, marine life began to mutate long before this apocalypse."
The old man sighed.
"We had dealings with them a few years ago, but back then, they had just mutated and realized they were no match for us, so they dived into the sea."
Underwater, we were no match for them, so we could only resort to constantly monitoring the surface, but they never appeared again.
Jiang Nian'an and Shen Nanxing remained silent, only looking at the old man, waiting for him to continue.
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