Chapter 30 I can make him live or die
Shen Xingjian didn't expect that after he and Xu Jiakai completed the legal representative change of Zhongyue, the first person who couldn't sit still and came to him was Shi Yunran.
Shi Yunran said that she had business to discuss with him and asked him to meet at a coffee shop near Guanya.
As soon as I walked in, the rich aroma of coffee hit me. It was the lunch rush hour, and many office workers from the building were taking advantage of their lunch break to buy coffee. There was a slight hum of chatter and laughter, and the occasional clink of cups and plates as waiters cleared the tables.
"Hello sir, may I help you?" A waiter wearing an apron asked him politely, bending down to ask at a height just at eye level with him.
Even though he had been in a wheelchair for four years, Shen Xingjian was still not used to such special care. He subconsciously clenched the armrest of the wheelchair and shook his head, saying, "I'll wait for someone."
The waiter handed him the menu and said, "Okay, you can call me when you order."
After he left, Shen Xingjian felt like he had breathed a sigh of relief. The sunlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto his knees, and tiny dust particles floated at the junction of light and darkness. He looked at the people busy in the store, but in fact, no one was paying attention to him.
Many times, people impose their own shackles on themselves. When he comes to the world outside the house after a long absence, he finds that he is not as afraid as before.
Shi Yunran had clearly arranged an appointment with Shen Xingjian, but in the end, she was the one who showed up half an hour late. She had always been like this, always self-centered.
After Shi Yunran came in, she glanced around the coffee shop, walked straight to sit opposite Shen Xingjian, and casually threw the expensive limited edition bag on the table.
The last time they were at Shen Xingjian's house, their ending was not very decent. Shi Yunran thought that he would give in if she threatened Zhong Yue, but she didn't expect that he would even give up the company. Does he really hate her to that extent?
"Are you just going to hand over the company to Xu Jiakai?" She asked with her arms crossed, her tone not very good.
Shen Xingjian picked up the latte he had just ordered in front of him and said lightly: “You called me here today just to talk about this?”
"Do you know that Guanya and the others didn't want the software at all? They were after you!" she said excitedly. "Since you were willing to give up Zhongyue, why didn't you fight for it yourself? Instead, you let Xu Jiakai get it for free."
Shen Xingjian had heard Xu Jiakai mention the fact that Shi Yunran was now Guanya’s contact person last time, so he was not surprised by the inside information she revealed at this time.
“Xu Jiakai is more suitable than me for this matter.” Shen Xingjian answered truthfully.
He knew very well that with his personality, he couldn't work in an environment as turbulent as Guanya. Moreover, he didn't want to be inferior to others and lose the initiative.
Shi Yunran couldn't understand why Shen Xingjian only hated her and not him when Xu Jiakai was obviously much more hateful than her? Even when they were parting ways, she was still paving the way for him!
“He betrayed you so much, and you still believe him? Shen Xingjian, is there something wrong with your brain?”
Shen Xingjian was not angry, but asked her calmly: “What about you? You obviously don’t like him, why do you keep fishing him around?”
Gao Xing had said that they would become husband and wife in ten years, but he knew that Shi Yunran only loved herself.
When she was little, she clung to Shen Xingjian not because she loved him, but because she treated him like a piece of jewelry on her clothes, just to look pretty when she went out. As for why she still refuses to let go, it's purely because of her resentment and obsessive possessiveness.
Shi Yunran turned his face away in displeasure and snorted, "He was the one who begged me, I didn't ask him to do anything!"
"Look, you always take it for granted that you put all the blame on others, as if you are not at fault at all. It was like this before, and it's still like this now."
He put down the cup and warned sincerely: "Shi Yunran, you are no longer a child. Not everything in this world will go according to your wishes."
"Do you think Xu Jiakai will be grateful to you for protecting him like this? If he really regarded you as a friend, would he sell Zhongyue without telling you?"
Shi Yunran sneered, "Yes, it's true that I wanted to piss you off back then, but who did you end up like this? He was the one who hurt you, yet you put all the blame on me. Don't you think you're being hypocritical?"
Shen Xingjian knew everything Shi Yunran said, but it was just a thing of the past, and he didn’t want to argue about it anymore.
"Do you really think that you can live happily if you hate everyone?"
Hatred and resentment will not bring better results. Hatred is like hot sand. If you hold it in your hand, you will end up getting burned.
In fact, he no longer hated them, as he already had new things he wanted in his life.
"Xu Jiakai feels guilty for his choice, I feel relieved about what happened to me, and you, what have you done so far?" His voice was calm, but powerful.
"You!" Shi Yunran was furious, his lips moving, anger mixed with escape spreading across his face.
She stood up quickly and tried to grab the coffee cup in front of Shen Xingjian, but found that it was already empty. Then she had to tighten her jaw and leave in her high heels.
When she went out, she bumped into Xu Jiakai who pushed the door in to buy afternoon tea. Seeing her angry face, Xu Jiakai subconsciously wanted to chase her, but he accidentally caught a glimpse of Shen Xingjian in the coffee shop.
"Shen Xingjian? Why are you here?" Xu Jiakai finally didn't chase her and walked in quickly, "What happened to her?"
“Maybe he wanted to throw coffee at me, but failed.” Shen Xingjian didn’t care much.
“Are you guys arguing again?” There was no one else except Shen Xingjian who could make Shi Yunran so angry.
Shen Xingjian didn't want to talk about this now. Zhang Wei said that Xu Jiakai was his murderer, but when he looked at Xu Jiakai in front of him, he couldn't connect him with the murderer.
But since they have met, even as an ordinary friend, he wants to remind him not to make decisions that he will regret in the future.
Shen Xingjian had always had doubts about Xu Jiakai and Shi Yunran getting married ten years later. It wasn't that he couldn't bear to see them get along, but if Shi Yunran really had feelings for Xu Jiakai, she wouldn't have hooked him up for so many years and treated him like a dog.
"Have you ever thought about giving up Shi Yunran?"
Two people who don't love each other will become a couple of enemies even if they become husband and wife. He doesn't want to see them continue to make mistakes.
"You've known her for so long, do you really think her heart can be warmed?"
Xu Jiakai's hands unconsciously grasped the fabric of his pants on his knees, and his relaxed expression just now showed some cracks. He didn't dare to look into Shen Xingjian's eyes, and could only force out a smile that was uglier than crying.
For all these years, hadn't Xu Jiakai wanted to give up? Hadn't he wanted to wake up one day and put his thoughts on Shi Yunran aside? Was he born to be a bootlicker, to be looked down upon and dismissed at will?
But, how could it be that easy?
"If I ask you to give up being happy now, can you do it?" Xu Jiakai raised his head and asked suddenly.
“This is different.”
"What's the difference?"
Xu Jiakai looked at him, and the look in his eyes made him feel unfamiliar for the first time: “Shen Xingjian, you can say this because you have everything, you are rich, capable, and the people you like also like you, so you think everything is easy…”
"But I'm different. What I want can only be obtained by putting in a thousand times more effort. Nothing in this world belongs to me from the beginning."
The hard work of his original family made Xu Jiakai grow up with inferiority complex. Later, everything he obtained through hard work also made him firm in the effectiveness of this path.
Everyone wants good things, and he wants it too. Is there anything wrong with that?
“Even if you know that she may never love you and nothing good will happen between you?” Shen Xingjian said in a deep voice.
"People always have to get it first before they can talk about the results, right?"
Xu Jiakai's answer surprised Shen Xingjian. In his memory, Xu Jiakai should be the introverted and humble, honest and kind person who cares about others more than himself.
Now, he knew what he wanted and what he was doing, his ambition written all over his face. He couldn't tell if this was better or worse, he just felt like he didn't know him anymore.
It seems that time is really a ruthless thing that makes all familiar faces blurred.
After Shen Xingjian left, Xu Jiakai walked out of the coffee shop and reached out to brush away a piece of flying catkins that had fallen on his shoulder.
My fingertips felt slightly cold, I didn’t know if it was the dew from the flying catkins or something else.
…
In the evening, Gao Xing heard that Shen Xingjian had met Xu Jiakai alone again today, and his eyebrows suddenly frowned again, like two caterpillars squeezing in the middle.
"The matter hasn't been investigated yet, how dare you go to see him alone? What if he..."
Seeing her worried look, Shen Xingjian shrank his neck and defended himself, “It’s not alone…in a public place, there are so many people!”
"Besides, according to the time you saw on my grave, I haven't died yet!"
He was still in the mood to talk smooth talk, and Gao Xing really wanted to go up and punch him.
"No matter what, you'd better be careful."
At the same time, hundreds of kilometers away, in a top-floor apartment on the banks of the Xianghai River, 32-year-old Xu Jiakai woke up from a nightmare again.
He covered his forehead with his hands, his pure black pajamas slid down his wrists to his elbows, and the chaotic dream just now flashed through his mind.
"Have you ever thought about giving up Shi Yunran?"
"You've known her for so long, do you really think her heart can be warmed?"
"Even though you know she might never love you, and nothing good will happen between you?"
Xu Jiakai got up drowsily, only to find that there was no one on the pillow next to him. He didn't know why he kept having such bizarre dreams recently. Shen Xingjian had been dead for almost ten years, so why was he still haunting him?
Walking barefoot on the cool marble floor, he followed the dim light towards the study. The moment he pushed the door open, he found Shi Yunran hiding in the study, nervously checking something.
He walked over calmly and saw the computer page where she was searching for new treatments for vegetative patients abroad, and laughed.
"I didn't expect that you still haven't given up on saving that old guy?"
The sudden sound behind her frightened Shi Yunran so much that she trembled. She quickly closed the computer, stood up and wanted to escape somewhere else.
Xu Jiakai grabbed her arm and pulled it hard, forcing her to move closer to him. "That old bastard is so contemptuous of others, corrupt and abusive, and he's guilty of all sorts of evil. He should have died long ago. Now he's lying in a sanatorium, hanging on to life with the most expensive medicine. You should be content..."
“Bang!”
A slap exploded in the silent study. Shi Yunran stared at him, his eyes full of hatred.
Several clear finger marks immediately appeared on Xu Jiakai's face. He nudged his burning cheek with the tip of his tongue, then smiled instead of getting angry. His eyes turned cold. "Shi Yunran, don't forget who you're relying on to survive now."
"I can make him live, or I can make him die."
Shi Yunran's body was mostly covered by his back, with only half of her face exposed. But even so, she stared at him and said, "You dare!"
Xu Jiakai smiled, tracing his wife's smooth skin with his fingertips as if she were his prey. "You know how much I love you, why do you always make me angry?"
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