◇ Chapter 23 Hotel
The law enforcement officer pushed Xie Yu forward and gestured to Shen Ci: "Hello, the person is here. Here are the bail documents. Please sign here."
Shen Ci nodded, picked up the pen to sign, his face as pure and noble as frost and snow.
Xie Yu stood aside, his hands in his pockets. He was the first to speak: "Why are you here?"
Even if someone comes to bail, it shouldn't be Shen Ci.
Chen Ci paused holding the pen. The office was not air-conditioned and it was very cold, so he put on a thick woolen coat over his suit and put his hands in his sleeves. Xie Yu did not see this little action.
Shen Ci continued to sign, his eyes falling on the document, as if this bail document was a contract worth hundreds of billions: "Yes...your uncle asked me to bail you out."
"Xie Yuanhai?" Xie Yu was stunned, then smiled, "He still has some conscience. I thought he would leave me alone."
After the greetings, the two fell silent for a while.
Shen Ci put on thick clothes, but he didn't. When the draft blew through the hall, Xie Yu shivered uncontrollably.
Shen Ci immediately closed the document, with no expression on his face: “Get in the car.”
His car was parked at the entrance of the office. It was a Bentley business model with crown-shaped LED headlights, an oversized chrome grille, and a top-notch interior. It was no cheaper than Xie Yu's car.
Xie Yu got on the passenger seat, fastened his seat belt, and said with emotion: "It's a matter of time. Now it's my turn to drive your car."
He held out his hand: "We haven't seen each other for a long time."
This is a polite handshake.
Shen Ci's gaze fell on Xie Yu's outstretched hand, where there was a bloody wound, where it had rubbed against a metal button when he had beaten He Zhiyuan just now. It was no longer bleeding, but the wound was turned outward, the skin and flesh were red and swollen, and it still looked horrible.
Xie Yu followed his line of sight and saw the bloody wound. He guessed that Shen Ci didn't want to shake his hand, so he took it back and said with a smile, "Let's get to know each other again. What should I call you now? Mr. Shen? Mr. Shen? Or Executive Shen?"
Xie Yu had heard at the cocktail party before that Shen Ci was a rising star in Jiangcheng and had a listed company under his name, but Xie Yu didn’t know what his specific position was, whether he was president, director, or CEO, and the original text was a pornographic book, so there was no need to describe these details.
Shen Ci still lowered his eyes, turned the car key with a click, and said coldly: "...It's up to you."
He doesn't like any of the three names.
Xie Yu had always called him "Assistant Professor Shen" before. At that time, Shen Ci was still young and poor. Apart from the halo of a prestigious school, he had nothing to show for himself. Xie Yu called him Assistant Professor Shen in a joking and mischievous way, with a lazy tone that made people feel angry. Whenever Shen Ci heard that frivolous name, he would frown secretly.
But now, Xie Yu called him "Boss Shen", "Director Shen", "Executive Shen" in a distant and cold manner, just like he was treating a business partner he met by chance, being polite but not familiar with him at all. Shen Ci couldn't help but frowning again.
During those countless days and nights when Xie Yu held him in his arms, he never called him that. Now that he was being so polite, he eagerly caught up with him, which made him look down on others and laugh at him.
Shen Ci suppressed his inexplicable emotions, his expression became colder and colder: “It’s getting late, I’ll take you back.”
Before Xie Yu could say anything, the system screamed: "Ahhhhhh! Why did it send you back? Where's my mental hospital? Where's my finger-breaking machine?!"
Xie Yu comforted him: "Don't be impatient, look where this is? This is the entrance of the police station. No matter how arrogant Shen Ci is, he can't commit a crime against the wind. He must want to send me back first, wait and see, and then make plans."
system:"……"
Although what he said made sense, the system's foreboding became more and more obvious, and it was uneasy: "I hope so."
——Don’t do anything weird. My electronic heart can’t take it anymore.
Compared to the system which was on high alert, Xie Yu was quite content. He slept on the seat, looking at Shen Ci out of the corner of his eye. It was unknown when Shen Ci had learned to drive, and his driving posture was very skillful and his movements were neat and tidy. From Xie Yu's perspective, he could only see his beautiful profile.
Xie Yu sighed slightly and thought to himself: "The beauty has grown up and has really changed a lot."
But when Shen Ci turned the steering wheel and got on the main road, Ping Ping asked, "Where do you live?"
Xie Yu: "A small hotel in Wengtou Village."
Wengtou Village is the small urban village before, it is dilapidated, with crisscrossing roads and electric wires everywhere. After heavy snow, snowplows can't drive in, and each household has to sweep the snow, which is then trampled by passers-by and becomes muddy.
Shen Ci paused slightly.
He couldn't imagine that Xie Yu would live so peacefully in that kind of place.
Xie Yu is the young master of the Xie family. He has never lacked food and clothing since he was a child. He only buys expensive things and stays in luxury suites in hotels. Now he is arranged to stay in a small hotel that costs only a few dozen dollars, but he has no complaints.
Xie Yu was very considerate: “It’s not easy to drive there, Mr. Shen, please stop at the entrance of the village, I can just walk in.”
“…”
It’s Mr. Shen again.
Shen Ci pinched the steering wheel with his fingers, and didn't speak for a long time. After a moment, he laughed and suddenly said, "That place is too far, I don't want to drive there."
Xie Yu was not embarrassed: "Then you can park on the side of the road, I will take a taxi back."
The system kindly reminded: "According to the script, you may not be able to afford a taxi now."
Xie Yuanshan withheld Xie Yu's money. According to the script, he should have been penniless when studying abroad, and he would be penniless after returning home, and he might not be able to afford a taxi.
Xie Yu changed his words: "Oh, I'll take the subway back."
“…”
Shen Ci said expressionlessly: “Wengtou Village is seven kilometers away from the nearest subway station. Are you going to take the subway back?”
Xie Yu probed: "After I get off the subway, should I walk back?"
It takes more than an hour to walk seven kilometers. It is so cold today and Xie Yu is still wearing a thin suit. I am afraid he might catch a cold.
Shen Ci pursed his lips slightly, then quickly let go, and said stiffly: "Uncle Xie asked me to bail you out, but I let you walk back. Doesn't it make me look like I don't know how to be a human being?"
Xie Yuanhai is considered a senior in the business world, and the younger generations all respectfully call him uncle.
Xie Yu: “…”
Shen Ci's words were quite difficult. He asked him to get in the car, reported the address, but said he didn't want to drive. He wanted to take the subway, but said he couldn't leave. Xie Yu was not sure what he meant, and had a headache.
Xie Yu: "System, what does this mean?"
System: "Hmm? Maybe he feels that simply letting you sit on the subway is not miserable enough? Not enough to relieve his anger?"
Xie Yu was not a rich second-generation in his previous life. He had squeezed into the subway for several years to go to work. He thought about it and felt that it was not that miserable and it was not a relief.
Xie Yu understood.
He sighed slightly and reached out to open the car door: "Okay, then I'll just walk back."
This place is about 20 kilometers away from Wengtou Village, and it takes three to five hours to walk.
The moment Xie Yu touched the handle, Shen Ci suddenly pressed the lock button, and the Bentley was locked instantly. The handle became a decoration. Xie Yu pressed the window, but the window would not come down. The vehicle was like an iron barrel, locking Xie Yu in.
Xie Yu: “…”
He was so confused that he thought, "What the hell is going on? Shen Ci wants to play free fighting with me in the car? Beat me up to vent his anger? But he can't beat me."
Xie Yu turned his head, Shen Ci's face was cold enough, his beautiful lips were pursed into a straight line, he held the steering wheel tightly, his fingertips turned white, his throat was dry and bitter, all kinds of emotions were suppressed in his chest, and finally turned into a sneer: "If I let you walk back directly, wouldn't Uncle Xie blame me for not knowing how to entertain guests?"
Xie Yu asked in a good-tempered manner: "Then what should we do?"
Shen Ci said calmly: “I don’t want to drive anymore, there is a hotel nearby, let’s stay nearby.”
After saying that, he was afraid that Xie Yu might have misunderstood something, so he quickly added: "I don't lack this little money."
Xie Yu also smiled and said politely: "Then I'd better obey your command."
This is the wealthy area of Jiangcheng. It is adjacent to the river and has a first-line river view. There are many luxury hotels on both sides of the river. The suite that Xie Yu had booked before is also here.
Shen Ci drove on the road, and five minutes later, he stopped in front of a skyscraper facing the river.
Xie Yu looked up and saw, wow, it looks familiar.
The system was excited: "Ahhhh, here it comes."
It shed two wide noodles tears, deeply moved: "May the gods and Buddhas bless me, my story is finally back! I said, 65% completion, no matter how outrageous the previous part was, it was still 65%, it can't be that far off!"
The mission completion rate is 65%, which means that Shen Ci was abused at least 65% of the original degree. Considering what the original owner did, 65% should be hated to the core.
Xie Yu seemed to understand: "I said this and that weren't possible before, but it turns out you're waiting for me here?"
In the original text, after Xie Yu was taken away from the venue, he was taken to this hotel. Shen Ci had been tortured and ravaged by the original owner here. The huge floor-to-ceiling window was his lifelong nightmare. He had been pressed here and his clothes were stripped off. Downstairs was the most prosperous commercial center in Jiangcheng, with pedestrians and vehicles coming and going. If someone brought a telescope, they might be able to observe his ugly appearance.
Even though Shen Ci later rose rapidly and became President Shen, Director Shen, and Executive Shen, the nightmare never let him go. Countless times in the middle of the night, he could still remember this huge French window, the lights and neon lights outside the window, and the fingerprints and blood on the window.
In order to calm the nightmare, Shen Ci chose to bring the original owner here, broke his fingers one by one, and used the original owner's shrill screams to wash away the shame of the past.
The system rubbed its hands: "Host, the pain shielding system is on standby and ready to be activated at any time!"
Xie Yu made an OK gesture.
He followed Shen Ci to swipe his card, entered the elevator, walked all the way to the top floor box, and stopped in front of the familiar mahogany door. Shen Ci swiped his card with ease, as if he had been here thousands of times.
The moment the lights came on, Xie Yu paused slightly.
The room was tidy, but not spotless. The wine cabinet and wardrobe showed signs of use, and there was a shirt draped over the back of the sofa... It seemed that Shen Ci had always lived here.
Xie Yu paused slightly.
Would he? Living in a room that was a nightmare?
The system popped up and whispered, "Yes, are you, sleeping on straw and tasting gall?"
Xie Yu stepped in and said speechlessly: "Don't use idioms randomly."
Shen Ci took a step ahead of him, put away his shirt without any expression, and said coldly: “I still have work to deal with, so I won’t bother you for now.”
After saying that, he really didn't even look at Xie Yu again. He turned around and left the room in a hurry.
Xie Yu: "...What's going on?"
Death penalty changed to suspended death penalty?
Considering that Shen Ci now holds a high position and has a lot of work to do, Xie Yu can understand why he works in the middle of the night, so he looked around the room and lay down on the big bed.
The system was shocked: "Are you really asleep?"
Xie Yu has always been carefree: "Why don't you sleep? I'm so tired."
The bed in the small hotel was broken and hard, and it creaked when it shook. Xie Yu hadn't slept well for several days.
He rested for a while, got up to wash, then went straight to the bed and pulled the quilt over his head.
System: "Don't you want to treat the wound on your hand?"
Although the wound is not big, the edges have turned white after being soaked in water. If left alone, it may become inflamed.
Xie Yu: "I'm so tired. I'm too lazy to move."
He closed his eyes: “Even if Shen Ci wants to do it, I have to get some sleep.”
*
Two streets away, He Zhiyuan was transferred out of the infirmary.
He was pinned down and beaten by Xie Yu, his skin was covered in bruises and he felt pain all over his body.
Ever since the incident with Lin Yin, his status in the He family had plummeted, and his spending had been strictly controlled. Now he was so strapped for money that he couldn't even afford a private doctor. His body was in so much pain that he had to look for clinics on the street to get it bandaged.
It was almost twelve o'clock and most clinics were closed, only this one still had the lights on. He Zhiyuan limped in and asked the medical staff to bandage and disinfect his wound. He took two painkillers before he felt better.
After he treated the wound, he came out cursing, cursing Xie Yu and Shen Ci's ancestors for eighteen generations, and entered the alley next to the clinic.
His car is parked here.
He Zhiyuan pressed the car key, the door unlocked, and the headlights flashed twice. He glanced forward inadvertently and suddenly stopped.
In the light of the car lights, there were several people standing there.
The man in the lead had a handsome figure, a slim waist and long legs, just the type He Zhiyuan liked. The woman next to him also had long hair and a long skirt, and had a sweet temperament, just the type He Zhiyuan liked. If it were usual, He Zhiyuan would have gone up to chat with her, but behind these two people there were six or seven or eight security guards, all of them strong and with backs as strong as cows.
He Zhiyuan's pupils suddenly shrank and he turned and ran.
The leading woman spoke coldly. It was Lin Yin: "Hold him down."
The security guards rushed forward and pressed He Zhiyuan to the ground like a dead dog. Lin Yin walked over gracefully in high heels and stepped on the instep of He Zhiyuan. He Zhiyuan wanted to scream, but his mouth was held tightly.
Lin Yin kicked him again and again, messing up the wound he had just bandaged. Only then did she feel relieved. She turned to look at the man in the shadows and said, "I'm calm now."
She muttered, "It's really strange. You told me not to cause trouble before, why did you suddenly give in today?"
She has wanted to beat He Zhiyuan for a long time.
Hearing her question, the man stepped forward. He was very handsome, with a slender figure and handsome features, but his expression was too cold, and his face seemed a little cold under the white light of the street lamp.
He Zhiyuan saw his face clearly and started to struggle. Shen Ci signaled the security guard to let go of his mouth. He Zhiyuan was so scared that his nose and tears came down: "Shen Ci... Shen Ci, it's my fault. I was blinded by greed before. I shouldn't have had such ideas about you... Stop! What are you doing! What are you going to do!?"
His voice was shrill, Shen Ci half squatted down and looked at him levelly: “I’m not planning on doing anything, I just want to ask you a few questions.”
"…Ask me anything you want, I'll tell you everything!"
Shen Ci had no intention of exploring the He family's business secrets. He Zhiyuan was a fool and had not yet entered the core power layer. He could not get any information from him. He beat him up today for another reason.
"If I remember correctly, you and Xie Yu grew up together?"
It's no secret that the He and Xie families have a good relationship. They are of similar age and are both second-generation rich kids, so it's easy for them to get along with each other.
He Zhiyuan was stunned and a beat late. The security guard immediately pressed down his arm. He cried out and replied, "Yes, yes, Xie Yu and I grew up together."
Shen Ci: "What is the origin of the scar on Xie Yu's back?"
He still remembers that night. Xie Yu fell asleep that day, but her hands held him tightly, pressing him in her arms. The warmth in her arms was scorching, isolating all the coldness of winter. Shen Ci nestled in his arms, with something inexplicable in his heart. He tentatively reached out to hug him back, but froze the moment he touched his back, just because the skin was covered with uneven scars.
Those scars were both horizontal and vertical, running through the entire back, with ugly raised lines of hyperplastic tissue. Just by looking at them, you could tell how painful it was.
But how could the precious young master of the Xie family have these injuries?
Over the years, Shen Ci has been thinking about the injury. He has asked many people indirectly, but this matter is secretive and Xie Yuanshan seems to be deliberately covering it up, so he has never been able to ask. Shen Ci estimated that only Zhou Yang and He Zhiyuan knew about this matter.
Zhou Yang returned to the capital, and He Zhiyuan usually had no chance to take action because he was always gathering friends around. But today he happened to catch the right opportunity.
Hey, Yu Xiaoyan and He Zhiyuan were stunned: "That's all you're asking? It's no big deal, his father beat him."
"Xie Yu is mentally ill, you know that, right? His father abused him since he was a child, and he was even sent to the ICU. After that, he became mentally ill and neurotic. I heard that he had bipolar disorder."
He was afraid that he would get beaten again if he didn't say enough, so he shook out Xie Yu's underwear like pouring beans.
Shen Ci looked at him, his eyes flickering, unable to see clearly, and asked softly: "So he likes to beat people?"
Patients with bipolar disorder often suffer from uncontrolled sexual addiction and sexual abuse.
"Yes! It's because of mental illness!" He Zhiyuan retorted, "For people like them, beating others is like taking medicine. You know, they will calm down after beating them."
He glanced at Shen Ci guiltily: "When he met you, he told us that the previous drug was no longer working, so he found a new one and hoped that you...hoped that you could last longer."
Shen Ci stood up.
His expression was gloomy and hard to read, his long eyelashes covered his eyes, his amber pupils were deep and silent, even Lin Yin could tell something was wrong, she asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Shen Ci just smiled: “It’s okay.”
He was just slightly confused.
If it was medicine, why not use it? Such kindness made him feel confused and gave rise to many delusions.
The author has something to say:
Xie Yu (peaceful): "Waiting to die, don't cue"
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