Shen Yan's voice stopped abruptly.
With his eyes wide open in resentment, he collapsed.
Shen Xuan was startled and even subconsciously reached out to catch her.
"Little Master, she..."
The unfinished words were drowned out by a trembling murmur.
Qi Qi glanced at Shen Yan's corpse, sighed softly, nodded, and said calmly, "Call the police. She's dead."
Startled, Shen Xuan let go of his hand, her face pale and her voice trembling, "But there are only the two of us here. If we call the police, won't they think it's us...?"
"No." Qiqi shook her head. "There were no external injuries on her body. The forensic examination would only show that she died from her heart being eaten away."
It is impossible for one person to devour another's heart without damaging the other's skin.
Shen Yan died mysteriously in the Shen family, right in front of them. Calling the police would be the best way to clear their name.
Moreover, Qiqi also had another purpose.
That is to accelerate the cooperation process between the police and the Xuanmen!
As paranormal events become more frequent, her individual efforts are ultimately limited, and it is necessary to involve more people from the mystical arts world.
Moreover, with official endorsement, their handling of matters in the future will be more convincing.
Shen Xuan finally followed Qi Qi's advice and called the police.
They notified Shen's father and mother. Shen's mother rushed back and fainted on the spot when she saw Shen Yan's sudden death.
Without saying a word, Shen's father raised his hand and slapped Shen Xuan across the face, then questioned her sternly.
"Did you kill your sister?!"
Snap!
A very loud slap.
Shen Xuan was knocked over by the blow, and blood was drawn from the corner of her mouth.
Qiqi's face fell as she looked at Shenxuan covering her face, her expression numb, and felt a pang of heartache.
"Sister Chen, are you alright?" What kind of life is my future sister-in-law living in the Shen family?
Qiqi took out a bottle of medicine from her bag, opened it, scooped out a little ointment with her finger, and gently applied it to the corner of her mouth.
The bleeding from the wound on Shen Xuan's lip stopped immediately, and the cool sensation relieved the burning pain.
Shen Xuan forced a grateful smile at Qi Qi and shook her head, "Thank you, I'm fine."
How could nothing have happened? Those five finger marks are so clear, and his face is swollen.
Shen Xuan looked at her father, offering no explanation, but simply denying, "It wasn't me."
"Who else could it be but you!" Seeing that she still dared to argue, Shen's father was furious and wanted to hit her again. "Ever since you came back, you have been jealous of your sister, targeting her, hurting her, and wishing you could drive her out."
"If we had known you were such a vicious and intolerant person, we shouldn't have brought you back in the first place!"
He had carefully nurtured Shen Yan for so many years, and it seemed that they were about to establish a connection with the Ji family, but at this crucial moment, Shen Yan actually died.
All his efforts and plans went down the drain, all because of this unfilial daughter!
At this moment, Shen's father's disgust and resentment towards Shen Xuan were so real.
It was so real, it was as if Shen Xuan had never existed.
Seeing that slap, which was even heavier than before, those vicious words felt like steel needles piercing Shen Xuan's heart.
The girl, who had always been submissive, suddenly felt resentful and defiant. She grabbed her father's wrist and roared uncontrollably.
"Do you think I wanted to be brought back by you?! If I could, I would rather stay in the orphanage, fighting with dogs for food, than come back, be despised by my own parents, and live a life worse than that of pigs and dogs!"
Clearly, it was they who brought her into this world without permission.
It was their negligence that caused them to lose her, leaving her to endure more than a decade of hardship without parental love, wandering from one orphanage to another to make a living.
They found her themselves, claiming to be her parents, and wanted to take her home to make amends.
But they gave her hope, only to kick her into an even deeper abyss.
Now, he can still brazenly shift all the blame onto her identity, saying he would rather he hadn't brought her back in the first place.
Do they think she's willing?!
"What did you say?!" Father Shen was furious, his chest heaving violently.
Shen Xuan looked at him coldly, her eyes filled with a despair as if her heart had turned to ashes.
"Did I say something wrong?" She said, word by word, finally revealing all the words she had kept hidden in her heart for so long. "You all keep saying that I'm jealous of Chen Yan. Yes, I am jealous. Shouldn't I be jealous?"
“She took my place and enjoyed a life of luxury for more than a decade, with the love and care of her family. Meanwhile, I was like a ball, being kicked from one orphanage to another, and even having a full meal was a luxury. Shouldn’t I be jealous of her?”
“You all say I’m a country bumpkin, not presentable, and have warned me time and time again not to bully her. I want to be presentable too, I want to be like Shen Yan, capable of everything and good at everything. But what can I do? I have to work to earn my own tuition. Nobody is willing to spend money on me, send me to all kinds of tutoring classes, or teach me all kinds of skills to improve myself!”
"In the Shen family, I lived in a storage room where even the servants didn't live, and ate the leftovers that Shen Yan didn't like. If she ever cried, it was always my fault. You didn't even ask a single question before sentencing me to death! I've always wanted to ask you, are you really my biological parents? Are there really parents in the world who don't believe their own daughter and believe strangers instead?!"
Shen Xuan's tearful question stunned her father.
His chest heaved violently as he stared at Shen Xuan with cold anger. "Do you hate us?"
The tone made it sound as if Shen Xuan was an ingrate.
Upon hearing this, Shen Xuan suddenly burst into laughter.
She said so much, but he only wanted to say this one thing.
He chose to ignore all her grievances, but only cared about blaming her, his daughter, for daring to resent her own parents!
Why not?!
They did so many things that made her resentful!
"Yes, I hate you all!" Shen Xuan chuckled softly, her voice so faint it was almost inaudible, yet surprisingly firm. "If I could, I would rather have no connection with you at all!"
"you……"
Faced with his daughter's repeated defiance and resistance, Mr. Shen was unable to control his anger.
He tried to pull his hand away forcefully to teach his disobedient and unpresentable daughter a lesson.
But when he struggled, he realized that Shen Xuan was so strong that he couldn't break free at all.
"Let go!" Father Shen's old face was completely humiliated, turning as black as the bottom of a pot.
Shen Xuan let go of his hand.
The moment he gained his freedom, Shen's father slapped Shen Xuan across the face.
This time, the slap still didn't land on Shen Xuan's face.
A small hand firmly gripped the father's wrist.
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