Shi Wang doesn't go home often. After graduation, he moved out and lived on his own. The house he bought is close to his company, which makes it convenient for him to work overtime. He only comes back to visit occasionally.
Today he received a message from Su Kaiyue saying that Shi Jingguo was back from his business trip and his family was all there, and asked him to come back and have a meal together.
He never expected to see such a chaotic scene when he got home.
Shi Wang changed into a pair of slippers in the entryway and went inside. He saw Shi Yan, who was being helped to sit on the sofa by Su Kaiyue while clutching his arm. His eyes were red from crying, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
Meanwhile, his mother, Su Kaiyue, was scolding him for having an unfilial son. Shi Wang caught the key words in Su Kaiyue's words and realized that the person she was scolding was probably Shi Qian.
After all, besides Shi Qian, who else in this family could anger Su Kaiyue like this? Who else could cause such a mess in the Shi family?
Shi Jingguo sat to the side, his face also very ugly. He felt that he had been humiliated today. He was the most powerful person in the Shi family, how dare Shi Qian speak to him like that and sever ties? If it weren't for the Shi family, Shi Qian would have died of illness long ago. It was only because the Shi family was rich that they could take him to see doctors since he was a child.
What an ingrate! Shi Jingguo was not satisfied with Shi Qian's behavior today. Usually, even if Shi Qian made a fuss, he would still listen to him in the end. How could he be like this today?
Shi Yan was delighted to see Shi Wang return. Shi Wang had always been on his side and disliked his troublesome and good-for-nothing younger brother the most. In addition, there was the incident that happened when they were children, so Shi Wang already had some resentment towards Shi Qian.
If Shi Wang comes back now and plays the victim a little, then Qian will have no chance to turn things around.
Although Shi Jingguo is still in charge of the Shi family, Shi Yan knows that with Shi Wang's abilities, the family will eventually be handed over to him. As long as he gets along well with Shi Wang, he will have a secure future in the Shi family.
Without Shi Wang's approval, it wouldn't be possible to expel Shi Qian from the Shi family.
Shi Yan saw Shi Wang walking over and called out, "Big brother, you're back?"
Shi Wang loosened his tie, nodded, and asked, "What happened?"
Su Kaiyue retorted angrily, "What else could it be? Didn't you see your good-for-nothing brother just now? He stays at home all day and only causes trouble! Today he even hit Xiaoyan right in front of us!"
"He even said he wanted to sever ties with the Shi family! Sever ties for what! Does he have the ability or the power to do that? Everything he eats, wears, and uses is from us! Without the Shi family, he'd probably be dead by now!"
"What sins did I commit back then! To give birth to such a thing? All it does is make me angry all day long!"
"If I had known he was this kind of person, I should have aborted him! I should have aborted him before he was even born!"
"He hasn't had a single peaceful day since he was born. Every day it's this illness or that illness! He's always fussing over this or that! Tell me, have we ever mistreated him? I think he's been malicious since he was little! He's used to faking illness!"
Shi Wang didn't like Su Kaiyue saying such things. He knew that Su Kaiyue didn't like Shi Qian and thought that Shi Qian was useless, but he had personally seen Shi Qian's illness and it didn't seem like he was faking it.
Moreover, he still remembered the scene when Shi Qian called him "brother" in a soft voice when she was very young. At that time, Shi Wang was busy and did not have time to play with Shi Qian. Shi Qian did not make a fuss. She took her toys and sat on the carpet in his room quietly.
Later, Su Kaiyue was worried that Shi Qian would be lonely, so she said she would bring a child of about the same age from the countryside to keep Shi Qian company. Shi Wang also thought it was a good idea, since Shi Qian often stayed at home alone because of illness, which looked really pitiful.
But I don't know when it started, Shi Qian's personality changed drastically. He became unruly, noisy, and unreasonable.
What truly disappointed Shi Wang about Shi Qian was Shi Qian's indifference after he was kidnapped.
One year, when Shi Wang was walking home from school one evening, his driver couldn't come to pick him up because of an emergency. So Shi Wang decided to take a bus by himself. He took a shortcut and was walking through an alley when someone suddenly hit him on the back of the head with a stick, and he passed out.
When Shi Wang woke up, he found himself tied up and stuffed among a pile of junk in an alley. He tried to call for help, but his mouth was stuffed with something and he couldn't make a sound. Shi Wang tried to make some noise and finally attracted attention.
It was Shi Qian who came over. Although it was strange that Shi Qian was here at this time, Shi Wang didn't have time to think about it. He called Shi Qian over and took the rag out of his mouth.
Shi Wang was afraid those people were still nearby, so he didn't dare to make too much noise, lest they discover Shi Qian. Shi Wang didn't want Shi Qian to be in danger as well.
He whispered to Shi Qian, telling her to go home and find someone to come and rescue him. The place wasn't too far from the Shi family home, so they should be able to get there in time.
Shi Qian nodded, then turned and ran.
Before Shi Qian could return, the thugs who had tied him up came over. Seeing that Shi Wang had woken up, they hit him with a stick again. In his dazed state, Shi Wang saw a little guy rushing over, and then he completely passed out.
When he woke up again, he found himself in the hospital, surrounded by Su Kaiyue and Shi Jingguo, as well as Shi Yan with a bandage on his forehead.
He then realized that the people who kidnapped him were some petty thugs who were desperate and owed gambling debts. They had been staking out Shi Wang for many days and found out that he was rich, so they wanted to extort money from him. Finally, when Shi Wang was alone, they knocked him unconscious and hid him in an alley, planning to move him later.
Unexpectedly, a kid appeared out of nowhere and crashed into them like a madman, yelling and shouting, attracting passersby who called the police, who then arrested the group of thugs.
Su Kaiyue's eyes were red, and she complained to Shi Jingguo why he didn't send some people to follow Shi Wang, causing Shi Wang to suffer for no reason. Shi Jingguo also rushed over from the company and was also frightened when he learned that Shi Wang had been kidnapped.
He never imagined that anyone in Yan City would dare to touch the Shi family.
Later, the police investigation revealed that these men were petty thugs who had fled from other places. They were penniless and wanted to take the wrong path, and they just happened to run into Shi Wang.
Shi Wang looked around but didn't see Shi Qian. He asked, "Where's Xiao Qian?"
"Are you at home? What's wrong?"
"Did he go out today? Did he come back and say anything to you?" Shi Wang asked.
Su Kaiyue was a little confused by Shi Wang's question, but she still answered honestly: "Oh right, today I asked the nanny to take Xiaoqian and Xiaoyan out for a walk. Xiaoqian came back first and said she was tired from playing and went upstairs to sleep."
"You have no idea how dangerous it was. Luckily, Xiao Yan came back late and saw those bad guys dragging you along. They went up and rammed into people, which attracted passersby and that's how they found you. It was a close call."
Shi Wang glanced at Shi Yan, who was standing timidly in front of the hospital bed wrapped in gauze, and felt somewhat dazed. He remembered that a child had indeed rushed over. He had thought it was Shi Qian returning, but it seemed that it wasn't.
Shi Wang didn't tell Su Kaiyue and Shi Jingguo about asking Shi Qian to come home for help. He just lay quietly on the hospital bed, closed his eyes, his head throbbing and in a state of confusion.
Why didn't Shi Qian go home to get someone to rescue him?
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