Ah? Isn't this unreasonable?
Isn't this unreasonable?
This is unreasonable.
Well, this is absolutely unreasonable.
Shen Yujing tried hard to get this strange idea out of his mind, and then quickly stuffed the hammer and necklace on the table into the drawer.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Shen Yujing found a lock to lock the drawer, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Whether it is a hammer or Song Yi... Don't think about it anymore!
Xu's family.
After a busy day, Xu Yuanguo returned to the study and sat at the desk.
Although many strange things happened today, it was enough to discuss cooperation with Mr. Smith.
As for Hang Feng...
Thinking of this son, Xu Yuanguo felt a headache, but he couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Obviously, he is his own biological son, but the relationship between the father and son is like that of enemies.
Xu Yuanguo used to not care about these things. He didn't care about other people's opinions of him, nor did he care about the so-called blood relationship in this world. He didn't even trust the person next to him. He and his wife have been sleeping in separate rooms for a long time.
Until some time ago, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
These days, he always dreams of Hang Feng's mother Hang Ran day and night. She is a gentle and beautiful woman.
In a trance, everything went back to many years ago.
At that time, Xu Yuanguo had just entered college, and his father's business failed for the umpteenth time. He was left with only a few hundred yuan, which was his living expenses for one month.
So in the first month, Xu Yuanguo refused all collective activities in the class and stayed in the library all the time.
He was afraid to get along with others, and was also afraid that people would discover the secret of his poverty.
After spending a whole semester in the library, Xu Yuanguo received the first "love letter" in his life.
He looked up and saw a beautiful girl sitting by the window smiling at him, and his face blushed with shyness.
Xu Yuanguo knew that her name was Hang Ran, the beauty of the Foreign Languages Department, and one of the most frequently mentioned names in the night chats in the boys' dormitory.
Xu Yuanguo looked down at the note in his hand -
[Classmate, I have observed you for a whole semester, and you come to the library every day. You work so hard, can I be friends with you?]
Xu Yuanguo wrote down his contact information on the note for the first time, and from then on he and Hang Ran had many firsts.
The first time he sat and chatted with someone on the playground in the moonlight, the first time he received a gift, the first time he held a girl's hand, and the first time he stayed out all night.
Xu Yuanguo was also a top student in the Department of Finance. After he got together with the beauty from the Department of Foreign Languages, he attracted the envy of countless people. Most people thought they were a match made in heaven.
Even his roommates laughed and teased Xu Yuanguo: "You seem to be quiet, but how did you win over the beauty from the Department of Foreign Languages? Why don't you share your experience with us?"
This was also the first time Xu Yuanguo fell in love. He had no experience, only an ignorant and inferior heart.
Although Hang Ran's family was not well off, the Xu family was already in debt at that time.
He worked hard part-time, bought beautiful roses for the girl he liked, and sent the remaining money back home, while he lived on steamed buns and pickled vegetables.
Even so, Xu Yuanguo felt very happy, because a gentle and beautiful girl like Hang Ran was the moon in the sky to him.
Since he had picked the moon, he had to treat her well.
Xu Yuanguo thought so, and everything seemed to be going smoothly.
In the second semester of Xu Yuanguo's sophomore year, his parents were burdened with huge debts, and his father's last attempt to start a business was almost a desperate one, but it turned out to be successful, and the Xu family became a well-known upstart in the local area.
This sudden wealth impacted Xu Yuanguo's brain, making him tremble uncontrollably with excitement.
Xu Yuanguo still remembered the day when his mother transferred 100,000 pocket money to his card. He held Hang Ran's hand tightly and kept repeating, "I can let you live a good life in the future."
At that time, Xu Yuanguo thanked God and his parents, and felt that his prayers day and night had finally come true.
After graduation, Xu Yuanguo started working in his own company. He was born with a business mind, and his cooperation with his father made the company run more and more smoothly.
His mother also liked Hang Ran very much, and almost believed that she was her daughter-in-law.
On the surface, everything seemed to be developing in a good direction, until -
the daughter of the Chen family fell in love with Xu Yuanguo at first sight.
She hated other people's deliberate flattery of herself, so she was moved by Xu Yuanguo's indifference and alienation, even though he already had a girlfriend.
So what? The eldest lady who was raised coquettishly didn't care about these things. She wanted to get what she liked.
When the Chen family proposed a marriage to the Xu family, Xu Yuanguo's father was moved. The family business he had worked so hard to build would be more stable if it was protected by the Chen family.
That night, the father and son talked and did not sleep all night.
"Your marriage to the daughter of the Chen family will not affect your support for Hang Ran. Dad will help you keep it a secret. If Hang Ran really likes you, she will not be reluctant to see you do well or our family do well."
"This is how it is in this circle. In a few years, we will each go our separate ways. You are not asked to face this woman for the rest of your life. What are you hesitating about?"
Xu Yuanguo resisted at the beginning and hesitated at the end. Both of them tacitly hid this matter from their mother.
It happened that Xu's mother was ill, so she asked Hang Ran to accompany her to the neighboring city A for medical treatment and recuperation for three whole months.
A wedding that was not grand was held in a low-key manner in the imperial capital. This was also a compromise made by the Chen family.
On the wedding night, looking at the exquisite and beautiful daughter of the Chen family, Xu Yuanguo naturally did not refuse.
Just like his father said, in a family of their status, a man cannot have only one woman.
He will also be good to Hang Ran, he will make up for her even more, if Hang Ran really likes him, she should be sensible.
They have been together for so many years, he can't possibly treat her badly.
Xu Yuanguo thought so, to convince his conscience that still felt a little guilty.
After Shen's mother and Hang Ran returned to the imperial capital, Shen's mother rarely went out due to physical reasons. Xu Yuanguo also used this as an excuse not to bring Chen's daughter home, and kept running back and forth between Chen's daughter and Hang Ran.
This absurd thing was hidden for nearly three months before it was exposed.
That day, the mother was angry and scolded him as a beast.
Hang Ran, who had always been gentle, looked at Xu Yuanguo and cried until her voice was hoarse and she couldn't even say a complete sentence.
Chen's daughter reached out to support her obviously bulging belly, looking at everything in front of her with an indifferent expression, and only left a sentence, "Deal with your old lover, and don't show up in front of me in the future, it's really dirty my eyes."
Later, Hang Ran left, and his mother completely ignored the existence of his son at home.
Until the day when Chen's daughter gave birth, he also learned about Hang Ran's pregnancy.
After that…
his memory of what happened after that was fuzzy.
His mother left the house because she looked down on what he and his father did, and stubbornly lived with Hang Ran and Hang Feng.
Hang Ran died of illness very early, and his mother raised Hang Feng alone.
He tried every way to give money, but all of them were returned.
Just as she once said, she only recognized Hang Ran as her daughter-in-law, and she really did it.
"Knock knock--"
There was a knock on the door, interrupting Xu Yuanguo's memory.
Xu Che walked in and asked coldly, "What do you want?"
Facing this son who grew up under his nose since childhood, Xu Yuanguo suddenly felt that there was only a sense of strangeness.
There was a long scar on the end of his eyebrow for some reason. He always kept his eyes down and never looked at his father. He wore an earring out of place, and his whole appearance revealed only indifference and cruelty. He didn't
look like his son at all, not like a well-educated upper-class kid, but more like a street thug.
Xu Yuanguo suppressed this strange feeling and asked, "Did you go to see Hang Feng?"
"Yeah." Xu Che nodded, "He's fine."
"What about you?" Xu Yuanguo frowned, "Raise your head, is this the attitude you should have when talking to your father?"
Xu Che raised his head with obvious impatience in his eyes, "As you can see, I'm fine too, you can just say whatever you want to say."
Xu Yuanguo opened the drawer in front of him and put a document on the table, "Take a look."
The two words "will" were so conspicuous that Xu Che frowned, and then he turned to the first page.
Xu Yuanguo said, "I left you five houses, all the cars at home, and a bank card. Your mother and I originally divided the company's shares equally, so her share will be yours, and my share will all be given to Hang Feng. As for my other assets, they will all be given to him. Do you have any objections? You can raise them."
Xu Che's hand fell on the table, and he curled up his index finger and tapped the table lightly. He only said one word, "Yes."
"What?"
Xu Yuanguo looked at his son with some surprise. He had never cared about anything since he was a child, but now he wanted to compete?
If what Xu Che said was reasonable enough, it was not impossible for him to reconsider the distribution ratio of the inheritance and leave more for Xu Che.
Xu Che closed the will in front of him and pushed it back in front of Xu Yuanguo. He curled the corners of his lips sarcastically and said, "Give him the RV card as well. He may not want the things you have, but I definitely don't like them."
"You!"
Xu Yuanguo was so angry that he stood up and slammed the table in front of him. "Do you know what you are talking about? Which child talks to his father like you? You are unfilial!"
Xu Che said, "Of course it is your words and deeds. Grandma has lived such a hard life for so many years. Is this your filial piety as a son?"
Xu Yuanguo raised his hand high and slapped Xu Che directly on the face. "Look at what you look like now? Is this what your mother always taught you?"
Xu Che's face was twisted to the side, and the palm print was clearer on his fair face.
But his expression was still indifferent, as if he could not feel the pain. He raised his head and smiled at Xu Yuanguo again, "What am I like? What should I be like? A selfish mother and an extremely hypocritical father, two wrong people together gave birth to a wrong me."
"I often wonder, facing Aunt Hang Ran, facing Grandma, facing Hang Feng, do you really not feel any guilt at all?"
Xu Che said, and then he picked up the will in front of him again, and threw it into the trash can with a bit of amusement, "Giving everything you have to Hang Feng, do you think this is compensation? A hundred years later, you can face Aunt Hang Ran in the underworld? Or do you hope to move Hang Feng with this will, and when you die, he will come to your funeral and recognize you as his father?"
Xu Yuanguo was so angry at Xu Che's words that he felt like he was stabbed in the lungs, and raised his hand again.
But this time the slap did not fall as smoothly as before.
Xu Che grabbed Xu Yuanguo's wrist expressionlessly, "That's enough. I tolerate it because you're dying. Don't push it too far."
Xu Yuanguo stared at his eldest son with eyes wide open in disbelief.
Xu Che was a cold-hearted child, and Xu Yuanguo had long been accustomed to it, but he never thought that he would have such a great hatred for his father.
He was sorry for Hang Feng, Hang Ran, and even his mother.
But Xu Yuanguo felt that he had never lacked food and clothing from Xu Che. He provided this son with a superior life, but in return he raised an ungrateful person!
Xu Che shook off Xu Yuanguo's hand, turned around and walked out, saying: "Be careful, don't faint again, this time no one will help you call an ambulance."
"Also, look in the mirror."
Xu Che never used kindness to flaunt himself, he just thought he was a normal person.
A normal, ordinary person with shame, values, and bottom line.
In such a family, it is precisely because of normality that there is pain.
He tried his best to exclude himself from this family, but it was like being trapped in a whirlpool, falling down continuously.
He had met Hang Feng's mother. Although even her appearance was blurred, he vaguely remembered that she was a gentle woman. She would never be like his own mother. When she went crazy, she even strangled him and asked him to kill Hang Feng, the illegitimate son, and then cried about her tragic fate.
How ridiculous, it sounded like she was a victim.
But didn't she bring all this upon herself?
If his mother didn't interfere in other people's feelings, if his father had a little sense of responsibility and persistence towards his lovers, this wrong marriage would never have started.
Two people like this are together, becoming a couple of grudges, and torturing each other for so many years. They deserve it.
And what about him?
As the child of two such people, he should also deserve it.
The boy closed his eyes, and the light fell on the tail of his eyebrows under the moonlight.
The three-centimeter scar, although it has been a long time, now looks shocking.
When he was thirteen years old, he secretly went to see his grandmother. On the way back, he saw Hang Feng being bullied by three thugs in an alley.
Later, after Hang Feng left, he beat up the three thugs alone.
Although he didn't win, he didn't lose either. A scar was left on the end of his eyebrow, and the three men never dared to appear on that road again.
This is the only time he has fulfilled his responsibility to his younger brother as an older brother in all these years.
Even if everyone doesn't know, there is no need to know.
The next day.
Xu Yuanguo admitted his identity as the second son at the birthday party, and this matter quickly spread throughout the circle.
The Saintsley Forum was also flooded with this incident, and almost everyone was discussing it.
[Shock! Hang Feng’s identity is revealed! He is the second young master of the Xu family! 】
1L: The second young master? Does he have an older brother and sister?
7L: The Xu Che from Shengyu Boys’ High School? I remember Shen Yujing’s mortal enemy.
16L: What a good guy, no wonder all those who bullied him before are now in trouble.
31L: But the Xu family actually has two sons? My family has cooperated with them, and I have always heard that he is an only child.
37L: Wait a minute, don’t forget that Xu Che and Hang Feng are of the same age!
43L: !!!
47L: Damn, is it so ridiculous?
58L: I have a bold guess... Could Hang Feng be an illegitimate child?
67L: I think so. His last name is not Xu, and Mrs. Xu’s last name is Chen.
77L: An illegitimate child is actually in Class A? Does he deserve it? This school is really terrible.
81L: I feel uncomfortable when I think about being in the same school with such a dirty bloodline. 88L:
Not only am I in the same school with him, but he also enjoys better educational resources than us in Class A.
…
And at this moment, the seat next to Song Yi is still empty. Hang Feng did not come to school.
Song Yi held his cheek with one hand and fell into deep thought. He asked his system in his heart——
“Is this what you call a mysterious family?”
Although the Xu family is rich, they are not as wealthy as the Shen family. How can it have nothing to do with the gimmick of a mysterious family?
The system’s answer was justified.
[We are cooperating with the Smith family of Country M now, and will do so in the future]
Song Yi: “…”
This plot, this book, everything here, really reveals perfunctory.
At this moment, Song Yi’s mobile phone vibrated.
Song Yi opened it and saw that it was a WeChat message from Shen Yujing.
[Lone Wolf]: Has Hang Feng come to school?
[Song You Leave]: No.
[Lone Wolf]: I sent him a message but he didn’t reply.
[Song You Leave]:?
[Song You Leave]: Do you care about him a lot?
[Lone Wolf]: The relationship between him and Xu Che proves that they are incompatible, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
[Song You Leave]: …
At first glance, it seems that there is nothing wrong, but Song Yi hasn’t seen such a boring person for a long time.
The bell rang, and the teacher walked into the classroom and stood on the podium, announcing matters related to tomorrow's monthly exam.
Another monthly exam is coming.
Song Yi took out the math simulation paper from the drawer, but was stunned when she opened the one she did last Friday.
The only wrong question was marked with two different solutions in red pen. The familiar handwriting was obviously left by Hang Feng.
Song Yi tilted her head to look at Hang Feng's empty seat, hesitated for a moment, and put the strawberry milk she bought today on it as a thank you.
However, the next day, Hang Feng still did not come to school.
The cup of strawberry milk that Song Yi put yesterday was also gone, perhaps it was thrown away by the people who cleaned up the examination room.
Before the exam started, Shen Yujing also came, followed by Murong Huan who was inexplicably pulled over.
Shen Yujing asked Song Yi, "Has Hang Feng not come yet?"
Song Yi shook her head and asked Murong Huan, "Why are you here too?"
Murong Huan was speechless when this question was mentioned, and said, "Who knows what's wrong with Shen Yujing? He said it was inconvenient for him to come to you alone, and he had to drag me along."
At this moment Shen Yujing looked at Jiang Yiheng again, "Where is Hang Feng?"
Jiang Yiheng lowered his head and placed the stationery on the corner of the table, then looked up at Shen Yujing in some confusion, "How should I know."
"Isn't your student union responsible for these? No one cares if students don't go to school for a few days?"
Jiang Yiheng replied, "Hang Feng didn't attend classes much in the past two years."
Jiang Yiheng's implication was that he had never seen you take care of him before.
Shen Yujing was choked by this, and for a moment he didn't know how to refute it, but he still said: "Jiang Yiheng, why are you so cold? We have known each other for so long, so we are at least half friends, right? Isn't it normal to care about each other?"
As soon as Shen Yujing finished speaking, the bell rang, and the exam was about to start in five minutes.
"Okay, let's go first, and we'll talk tonight." Murong Huan looked at Shen Yujing and said sincerely: "Even if Hang Feng missed a Chinese exam, his total score is higher than yours. Don't worry about him, worry about yourself first."
Shen Yujing: "?"
Song Yi nodded and echoed Murong Huan's words, "She's right."
Shen Yujing looked at Murong Huan and asked in confusion: "But aren't you ranked one place higher than me in the class?"
"Yes, I know!" Quan Le also came over from the back and said with a smile: "Shen Yujing is the last one, and Murong Huan is the second to last!"
Murong Huan: "That's still higher than you, who is like you."
Shen Yujing: "How is it higher? I could have surpassed you last time if I had answered one more multiple-choice question correctly!"
Song Yi: "......?"
What do you two have to argue about?
What on earth is there to be proud of?
Shen Yujing defended himself again, "That's because I didn't write it seriously before!"
"Who isn't?" Murong Huan rolled his eyes almost to the sky, "Even so, my grades are better than yours!"
Shen Yujing: "Murong Huan! Just wait for me!"
Murong Huan was also angry, "Okay, come on, I'll let you know what it means to lose completely!"
"Okay!" Song Yi stretched out her hand and patted their shoulders at the same time, "I admire your fighting spirit very much. The exam is coming up, hurry back, and the victory or defeat will be determined by your results this time, that's it."
Shen Yujing and Murong Huan glared at each other, then walked out of the front door and the back door respectively with proud steps, obviously not liking each other at the moment.
It is said that the first and second positive numbers are definitely enemies, and the last and second last are definitely friends. This rule is obviously useless for Shen Yujing and Murong Huan.
Song Yi looked at their backs helplessly as they left, then took out her pen from her pencil case and prepared for the exam. She
took a Chinese exam in the afternoon and finished school early.
Song Yi was one of the last few to leave the exam room, but to her surprise, Shen Yujing was standing not far away, obviously waiting for her.
The moment he saw Song Yi, Shen Yujing looked around, and waved to her after making sure that there was no one.
Song Yi walked over in confusion and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Have you seen the posts on the forum? I've asked Zhang Yong to delete a lot of them, but those people are still posting." Shen Yujing stretched out his hand to touch his hair and said irritably, "These people are so idle."
Song Yi: "So?"
Shen Yujing put forward his own idea, "So let's go find Hang Feng! Why is he hiding like this? He's like a turtle with its head shrunk, which will make those people look down on him even more! We have to help him!"
Song Yi: "......?"
So? Why? She didn't understand.
Song Yi's eyes fell on Shen Yujing, and she looked at him carefully for a while, then asked: "Why? Don't use Xu Che as an excuse, you have to give me a reason."
Given the relationship between Shen Yujing and Hang Feng, even if something really happened to Hang Feng, he wouldn't have to worry so much, right? This is really strange.
When asked this question, Shen Yujing's expression became more complicated.
He said, "Actually, I haven't figured it out, but I found that I have a very complicated feeling towards Hang Feng these two days."
Song Yi's eyes also became indescribable, "Tell me more about it."
"I don't know." Shen Yujing shook his head honestly, and then tried to describe it, "Actually, I didn't know him very well before, but suddenly I felt that he was very important, especially important."
Shen Yujing looked up at Song Yi again after he finished speaking, "Actually, it's not just him, I feel the same way about you!"
Song Yi: "?"
No, no.
Shen Yujing continued, "I suddenly felt that both of you are very important to me, a little more important than friends, as if I had made some oath with you. Do you know why? It's so strange!"
Song Yi: "..."
Oath... oath?
Suddenly, the sealed memory seemed to be forcibly opened by an external force.
The drunken scenes of that day suddenly started playing in Song Yi's mind like a movie.
Song Yi: "Ah... The Peach Garden Oath is also considered an oath?"