Chapter 100 Chapter 100 "Sister, if you cry again you will be discovered. ...
The May Day holiday two years ago was probably the most tense moment in their relationship. After two months of cold war, Shen Xingchuan sent lawyer Wang to give her a divorce agreement.
Yao Yingxia was drenched in rain for a long time during that stormy typhoon day before she finally saved this precarious relationship. The price she paid was three days and three nights of burning clothes and her cell phone was damaged by the rain.
Later, Shen Xingchuan gave her a new one, which Yao Yingxia has been using until now.
Although she had long known that Shen Xingchuan was paranoid and suspicious, she had never thought he could go to this extent.
Yao Yingxia's fingers holding the phone began to tremble slightly.
She didn't even need to open the chat history with Xiao An, she knew that the content definitely exceeded the boundaries between siblings.
During the countless days of pain, despair, and longing but unable to see each other, the two people relied on their mobile phones to get by.
After Xu Nian's funeral, Xiao An contacted her more frequently than ever, but he never found a chance to see her. Even though S City was far away, her two bodyguards were incredibly dedicated and followed her around the clock.
Xiao An's patience had probably reached its limit, and he finally asked directly the day before yesterday: "When are you planning on getting a divorce?"
Yao Yingxia had thought about this issue many times, but she still couldn't come up with a good solution. Under the current legal system, unilaterally dissolving a marriage was practically impossible, unless they could reach a mutual agreement and part ways peacefully.
But now Shen Xingchuan is obviously still in high spirits and there is no way she would agree to a divorce. She knows too well the consequences of rashly angering the other party. Countless bitter lessons she has learned before have already made her like a frightened bird.
Besides, no matter how useless Shen Xingchuan was, he was still grateful to her mother. Even though the tens of millions he spent on Xu Nian were just a drop in the bucket for Shen Xingchuan, the value of money is never measured by the giver.
Yao Yingxia pondered all night and finally replied in the early hours of the morning, "If he still has no intention of separating, I will file for divorce in three years."
Taking three years to compensate Shen Xingchuan was the limit of what she could do. By then, she would have graduated from graduate school and could go to a place farther away from City A and start her life anew.
Xiao An didn't put too much pressure on her and just replied, "I'll wait for you."
Watching her lost in memories, her beautiful yet cold eyes gradually filled with fear, Shen Qingyuan revealed a somewhat gloating smile: "Sister, do you have a lot of secrets in your phone?"
The malicious voice finally brought her back to her senses, and Yao Yingxia began to think about another possibility: "Qingyuan, this joke is not funny at all."
The other party was surprised at her self-deceiving attitude: "Sister, don't you believe me?"
After calming down, Yao Yingxia found it hard to believe such an unfounded statement. If Shen Xingchuan really monitored her phone, how could he not have any reaction?
Whether it was because he discovered the text messages in which they had expressed their deepest feelings to each other, or because he learned that she wanted to divorce him, he probably wouldn't be able to sit here safely.
Seeing the growing defensiveness in her eyes, as if she had simply treated his words as a spur-of-the-moment prank, Shen Qingyuan sighed helplessly, "Sister, you've been with my uncle for so long in vain, don't you know how awful he really is?"
After a brief pause, Shen Qingyuan sneered, "He's best at killing people without bloodshed. Almost everyone who has offended my uncle has a bad ending. Sister, you've suffered a lot these past few years, haven't you?"
Hearing this, Yao Yingxia's heart suddenly sank, and all the disturbing, painful and incredible things that happened in the past popped up in her mind like mushrooms after rain.
For example, the long-lasting cold war after getting the marriage certificate was obviously caused by Shen Xingchuan's desperate torture of her, but in the end she was forced to surrender because of the divorce agreement.
For example, Shen Xingchuan became increasingly rough and mean in bed, with no taboos and only caring about his own happiness. He seemed to like seeing her eyes red and about to cry, and he liked leaving deep and shallow marks on her body like marking his territory. It seemed that the more helpless and painful she was, the more excited and happy he would be.
Many years ago, when their relationship was not so bad, Yao Yingxia had seen a hint of sincerity in his eyes. But now, he seemed to be shrouded in a dark cloud that lingered all year round, becoming increasingly moody and intimidating.
It turns out that those subtle, vague hatreds are not without reason.
Yao Yingxia's fingers had turned bluish-white from excessive force. The fear of being pierced and plotted against made her feel cold all over, and even her stomach twisted into knots.
His sister looked so pitiful with her trembling heart. Shen Qingyuan then guessed that she had indeed suffered a lot at the hands of her uncle in the past few years, but she had chosen the path herself. She could not go back to the past, and there would always be the best option in the future.
"Sister, I can help you." He said in a seductive voice.
Yao Yingxia didn't seem to hear it. She just lowered her head and spoke for a while: "How did you know?"
Shen Qingyuan had been studying abroad for several years and had almost cut off all contact with China, and Shen Xingchuan had always been very careful in his work. She always needed to know what bargaining chips Shen Qingyuan had in this transaction.
It was hard for her to remain rational in such extreme emotions. Shen Qingyuan said without reservation: "Nie Yuan is now my partner. He has been with my uncle for six years and knows exactly where the breakthrough is."
Nie Yuan and Shen Qingyuan?
Yao Yingxia couldn't understand why these two people, who had nothing in common, would form an alliance. Wasn't Nie Yuan Shen Xingchuan's most capable assistant? He had always been reliable and dependable, so why would he betray his boss?
Shen Qingyuan wasn't prepared to explain to her the trivial matter of the enemy of my enemy being my friend. He simply continued to remind her, "The 'Nie Yuan' you've been in touch with on your phone is someone else. He's actually been gone for a long time."
Yao Yingxia was stunned again. Before this, she would occasionally use "Nie Yuan" to learn some information she wanted to know, such as Shen Xingchuan's business trip arrangements, the specific time of flying to S City, and his attitude towards Xiao An.
"Nie Yuan" usually tells her everything he knows, and the information he tells her is almost never wrong. Unexpectedly, this was also instructed by Shen Xingchuan.
Her self-righteous infiltration seemed like a joke from beginning to end. Yao Yingxia once again clearly realized that she could not compete with Shen Xingchuan on her own.
She asked dejectedly, "What else do you know?"
Shen Qingyuan's voice was filled with pity. "My uncle has installed cameras in every room of the house, including your residence in City S. Sister, you have no privacy in front of him."
Yao Yingxia suddenly remembered the winter of her junior year. It was Xiao An's birthday, so he flew to S City to meet her. When they were moved, Xiao An hugged her and kissed her. If nothing unexpected happened, he would have stayed overnight.
Just on such a happy and rare day, Xiao An received a notice that his mother was critically ill. He hurried back to City A and didn't even have time to eat a bite of the birthday cake.
According to her brother afterwards, Xiao's mother's condition was not as bad as they had imagined. She was just extremely sleepy and was fine after waking up.
Yao Yingxia was almost certain that it was Shen Xingchuan who was interfering at the time. After all, Chuanhe Hospital was his property, and it would be very easy for him to do anything about it.
One night not long after that, Yao Yingxia had just flown back to City A when Shen Xingchuan forced her to drink drugged wine. Her dignity was completely crushed, and she could only shamelessly seek pleasure like an animal.
Shen Xingchuan knew clearly that being controlled by drugs and unable to control herself would be her eternal nightmare, but he still chose to punish her in this way.
Yao Yingxia's stomach churned and she almost vomited. It turned out that living people were indeed scarier than ghosts.
Shen Qingyuan patted her back caringly: "Sister, are you okay?"
Yao Yingxia didn't speak for a long time, but tears gradually filled her eyes, as if she was about to cry in the next second.
Shen Qingyuan was indeed somewhat reluctant, but in order to let his sister see his uncle's true face, he still dropped one last bombshell: "Nie Yuan also provided some information. My uncle had someone install a sound transmission device in the guest bedroom that connects to the master bedroom. Even the slightest sound can be picked up."
He wisely stopped talking and didn't continue.
Yao Yingxia finally broke down completely. She covered her ears with her hands and begged softly, "Stop talking."
No wonder Shen Xingchuan, who clearly could no longer conceal his disgust for his brother, still agreed to have him be his bodyguard and later invited him to live with him.
My brother's mental state obviously deteriorated during this period. His originally clear eyes were always entangled with spider-web-like red bloodshot, and his expression revealed a sense of numbness from being tortured.
The day when things finally broke out was probably something Shen Xingchuan had been planning for a long time. His brother had really lost his patience and started beating him up.
At that time, I thought Xiao An was crazy and even blamed him for always losing control so easily.
The pages of the book in front of him caught two drops of rain that could not bear the weight, and then they poured down, wetting everything.
No matter how much pain there is, the best way is to attack the heart. Shen Xingchuan is indeed a master at playing with people's hearts.
He had already seen through everything, but he quietly entered the game, adding fuel to the fire at some critical moments, pushing them into an even more desperate abyss.
Xiao An never wanted to see himself suffer.
Shen Xingchuan was afraid that he would not suffer.
What kind of sinister and cunning devil has this world bred? Yao Yingxia felt a splitting headache.
Shen Qingyuan knew everything from the side, and his mood was even a little excited. He didn't want to make his sister cry, but his sister looked so beautiful with tears in her eyes. He ran his tongue across her teeth, wanting to taste her tears.
Unfortunately, it’s not the right time now and the lecture is almost coming to an end.
The bodyguards in the front row noticed that Yao Yingxia had been keeping her head down and began to glance sideways. Shen Qingyuan kindly reminded her, "Sister, if you cry again, you'll be discovered."
She stopped crying almost immediately, but her voice still trembled slightly: "Qingyuan, what is your purpose in coming here today?"
He said sincerely, "Of course, to help my sister escape from this suffering."
Going against Shen Xingchuan required extremely careful planning and preparation for the consequences of failure. Yao Yingxia certainly didn't think Shen Qingyuan was just trying to be a good person without asking for anything in return.
But who could guarantee that this choice wouldn't drag her into another quagmire? His lighthearted tone and effortless expression today were already alarming enough.
Yao Yingxia was caught in a dilemma, with wolves in front and tigers behind, but Shen Qingyuan didn't seem anxious, even fearless. After learning about her uncle's actions, her sister must have found it difficult to endure such an inhumane life. As clear-headed and intelligent as she was, she should have known very well who to choose as her new supporter.
Yao Yingxia finally asked, "Qingyuan, what do you want?"
Her emotions and body were once again placed on the scales. There were some things she didn't want to give, and some things she couldn't give. If the price of Shen Qingyuan helping her exceeded the limit she could bear, she might as well fight to the death with Shen Xingchuan. After all, her mother had passed away, and now she had nothing to fear.
Fortunately, Shen Qingyuan didn't make any excessive demands. He just let the emotions in his eyes envelop her: "I want a fair chance to pursue my sister, is that okay?"
"That's all?"
"That's all."
Even though Shen Qingyuan's expression was too innocent and harmless, a flash of uneasiness and hesitation still passed through his mind. But at this moment, Yao Yingxia was isolated and helpless, and there was really no better choice.
A drowning person can only try every possible way to seize every opportunity to survive, so she finally nodded.
Shen Qingyuan smiled contentedly, and before leaving, he quietly handed her a spare phone: "Sister, try to hide it so no one finds it. I'll contact you later."
As the bell rang, Shen Qingyuan gave her a last, deep look, then disappeared into the crowd and left the classroom.
There was still a note on the table that he had left for himself half an hour ago.
Yao Yingxia glanced at the bodyguards and found that they were blocked by the crowd and could not reach her in a short time. She quickly opened the note, thinking that there was something important inside, but she only found this sentence: "Sister, long time no see, I missed you very much."
Shen Qingyuan's handwriting has always been beautiful, but Yao Yingxia frowned slightly after reading it. His handwriting seemed to be different from before, and today's conversation also made her feel very uncomfortable.
Before she had time to think carefully, the bodyguards had already passed through the crowd and were getting closer and closer to her. Before they came to her, Yao Yingxia crumpled the note into a small ball and threw it into the water cup.
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The author has something to say: Let me decrypt it here. At the end of Chapter 80, the male protagonist became suspicious when he heard Song You mention Xiao Ruo. Because at that time, although Pan Yue modified Xiao An's investigation report, he only concealed his previous prison record and forged his kinship with Xia Xia, and did not modify his other information. So the male protagonist knew that Xiao An had a sister named Xiao Ruo. When he tested Song You, he was full of flaws. So the male protagonist realized something was wrong and changed someone to investigate Xiao An. He found out that he and Xia Xia were not siblings at all. After that, the male protagonist went to retrieve the surveillance footage of himself being sent to the hospital and found that it was Xiao An who drove him there. Then he slowly recovered his memory (PS: Chapter 81 has been restored [melted])
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