Chapter 431: Warmth (Script 17)
Gu Xi helped Shen Xiangyang successfully eliminate the threat of the gangsters. In Shen Xiangyang's world, the only sounds left were the turning of pages and the rustling of pen tips across paper.
He was immersed in an unprecedented sense of security and was devoting all his energy to the final stage of the college entrance examination.
One evening less than a month before the college entrance examination.
Gu Xi was temporarily left behind by the class teacher to discuss the details of a competition admission material, so Shen Xiangyang went back alone in the Gu family's car.
The car drove smoothly towards the villa area.
At a secluded corner a few dozen meters away from the gate, the driver, Uncle Wang, suddenly stepped on the brakes.
"Student Shen..."
Uncle Wang's voice was filled with hesitation and nervousness.
Shen Xiangyang raised his head from a pile of review materials, followed Uncle Wang's gaze, and his heart stopped.
That’s... Shen Guozhu!
He was like a puddle of foul-smelling mud, leaning against the trunk of a landscape tree at the corner, still holding a half-empty bottle of cheap wine in his hand.
Shen Guozhu had obviously drunk a lot. His face was flushed and his eyes were cloudy, but his gaze was fixed on the black car that was slowly stopping.
"Yangyang! My good son!"
When Shen Guozhu saw the car stop, he immediately staggered to the side of the car as if he had been injected with chicken blood. His dirty palms slapped the car window glass, making a harsh noise.
His twisted face was pressed against the car window, his cloudy eyes flashing with greed and madness: "Dad knew you were promising! Climbing up the social ladder! Living in a big villa!"
Shen Guozhu reeked of alcohol as he spoke, his saliva practically spraying onto the glass. "Dad's short on cash lately! Quick! Give me some money! Not much! Just... just five thousand! No, ten thousand! Your friend is so rich, ten thousand is nothing! Quick! Give it to Dad! Otherwise, I'll... I'll go in and make a scene! Let everyone know you're an unfilial son! Let the rich see what kind of bastard they've taken in!"
These dirty words pierced Shen Xiangyang's heart.
Shen Xiangyang was cold all over, his fingers gripping the edge of the seat tightly, his body trembling violently, his lips moved but no sound came out.
Uncle Wang glanced back at Shen Xiangyang nervously, then looked warily at Shen Guozhu, who looked like a madman outside the car, and didn't know what to do for a moment.
Just then—
A dazzling beam of light came from afar, and a black Maybach slowly stopped behind the side of the Gu family car.
The car lights went out and the back door was slowly pushed open.
Gu Zhenting got out of the car.
He had obviously just finished an important meeting or negotiation, and there was a hint of fatigue between his brows.
"What's going on?"
Gu Zhenting's voice was not loud, but it carried a kind of majesty that only came from a superior.
Uncle Wang hurriedly got out of the car and nervously explained: "Mr. Gu, this... belongs to classmate Shen..."
"dad!"
Shen Xiangyang's voice was filled with tears and despair. He suddenly pushed open the car door and wanted to get out, but Shen Guozhu took the opportunity to grab his arm!
"Run? You little bastard! Give me money!"
Shen Guozhu seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, pulling Shen Xiangyang even harder, with a foul smell of alcohol coming out of his mouth.
“Let go!”
Gu Zhenting shouted coldly.
He strode forward and grabbed Shen Guozhu's dirty wrist.
Shen Guozhu screamed in pain, and the hand that was holding Shen Xiangyang loosened instantly. He was thrown back several steps by Gu Zhenting and fell to the ground in embarrassment. Even the wine bottle in his hand broke with a "clang".
Gu Zhenting didn't even look at Shen Guozhu who fell to the ground. He pulled the frightened Shen Xiangyang behind him.
This action is full of protective meaning, forming a strong contrast with his usual cold and hard image.
"Who do you think you are?"
Gu Zhenting's voice was not loud, but it carried a chill, "Are you worthy of making such a commotion here?"
Gu Zhenting heard what Shen Guozhu had said before threatening Shen Xiangyang, so his tone became even colder: "Sucking your son's blood, treating him as a cash cow, and using the most despicable means to blackmail and intimidate him? This is your 'ability' as a father?"
Gu Zhenting's questions were getting more and more serious: "Look at you! You're an alcoholic, a gambler, and you're full of filth. You live like a rat in a gutter. What qualifications do you have to stand here?"
Shen Guozhu was so pale after being scolded by Gu Zhenting.
His lips trembled and he wanted to refute, but under Gu Zhenting's intimidating gaze, he couldn't utter a single syllable.
Gu Zhenting stared at the drunk Shen Guozhu, and the disgust in his eyes was so much that it was about to overflow.
"Are you worthy enough to mention the word 'filial piety'? Are you worthy enough to be a father?"
Gu Zhenting's voice became colder and colder: "I warn you, Shen Xiangyang's future is not something that people like you can get involved in!"
After saying this, Gu Zhenting tilted his head slightly and said in a deep voice to the assistant who had been standing respectfully next to Maybach: “Assistant Li, deal with it cleanly and make him understand thoroughly. If he dares to get close to my Gu family again, or dares to harass Shen Xiangyang with a single word…”
Although Gu Zhenting did not mention the specific consequences, everyone present felt scared.
"Yes, Mr. Gu."
Assistant Li responded immediately. His voice was very steady, but his eyes were sharply fixed on Shen Guozhu on the ground.
Gu Zhenting turned around, carefully protecting the trembling Shen Xiangyang, and walked towards his Maybach.
Gu Zhenting personally opened the back door for Shen Xiangyang, his action carrying a strange but firm sense of protection.
"Get in the car."
Although Gu Zhenting's voice was still low when facing Shen Xiangyang, it had obviously lost its previous coldness and had a subtle gentleness.
"good."
Shen Xiangyang mechanically sat in the spacious and comfortable back seat.
Gu Zhenting closed the car door and got in.
The car door blocked out everything outside, including Shen Guozhu's terrified and desperate eyes and Assistant Li's indifferent gaze.
There was silence in the car.
Shen Xiangyang curled up in the wide seat, lowered his head, and did not dare to look at Gu Zhenting beside him.
Gu Zhenting didn't say anything either.
He was silent for a few seconds, then slowly raised his hand and raised the temperature of the air conditioner in the car by two degrees.
The warm wind blew out more softly.
Gu Zhenting looked through the rearview mirror at the thin boy with his head down in the back seat.
The look in his eyes behind the lenses changed intricately, and finally turned into a trace of undisguised heartache.
After a long time, Gu Zhenting's low and calm voice slowly sounded in the quiet carriage.
This sentence was said to the driver in the front seat, but it was clearly heard by Shen Xiangyang: "Notify Aunt Zhang that Xiangyang's diet and daily life will be based on Gu Xi's standards in the future. If Xiangyang needs anything, you can buy it directly without asking me."
Shen Xiangyang suddenly raised his head and looked at Gu Zhenting.
Gu Zhenting's words were not only an arrangement for his life, but also a most straightforward declaration - from this moment on, Shen Xiangyang was no longer a tacitly accepted "guest" in this family, but became "one of their own".
Gu Zhenting used the most practical method to completely cut off the shadow that Shen Guozhu brought to Shen Xiangyang.
The man was still looking forward, his profile lines were cold and hard, but Shen Xiangyang caught a trace of clumsy concern under that coldness.
The street scene outside the car window was rapidly receding.
And after experiencing extreme fear and humiliation, Shen Xiangyang's heart was flooded by a surging warm current.
He looked up at Gu Zhenting's stern profile, and thought of everything Gu Xi had done for him during this period, and his eyes became uncontrollably hot again.
But this time, Shen Xiangyang's tears did not fall, but flowed silently in his heart, washing away all the coldness of the past and nourishing the seedling called "rebirth".
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The script will be finished tomorrow ovo
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