Chapter 32 If you don't want to see her, Dad can send her back to Qingchuan.
The study was deathly silent.
Chairman Shen's expression froze instantly, replaced by shock and disbelief.
He stared intently at Shen Yuepo, as if seeing his daughter clearly for the first time.
Severing all ties? Cutting off all favors? Having no further connection?!
What she wanted was not money, not status, not compensation or guilt from the Shen family, but a complete severance.
"impossible!"
Chairman Shen spoke almost without hesitation, with absolute certainty.
The voice rose in pitch due to excitement:
"Moon Spirit, you are of the Shen family bloodline, and no one can change that. You must be included in the family genealogy; there is absolutely no way you'll sever ties!"
He slammed his fist on the table and stood up, his chest heaving violently.
He looked at Shen Yuepo as if he were looking at a rebellious child trying to break free of a cage:
"Dad knows you mind Yu Rou. If you don't want to see her, Dad can send her back to Qingchuan!"
Shen Yuepo listened to Chairman Shen's resolute rejection and seemingly compromising proposal without showing any expression on his face.
She took a step forward, her clear eyes like a cold pool, staring directly at Chairman Chen;
"You really knew nothing about what Shen Yurou did?"
Upon hearing this, Chairman Shen's body stiffened abruptly.
His pupils contracted involuntarily, and his lips moved slightly, but he couldn't make a sound immediately.
That brief but obvious hesitation, and that fleeting glance that seemed to avert its gaze, said it all.
He may not have grasped all the details, or he may still be deceiving himself by fabricating reasons, but he is by no means completely ignorant.
He simply chose to believe in the daughter he had poured eighteen years of his heart into, and was willing to protect her at all costs.
Shen Yuepo looked at the undisguised guilt on Chairman Shen's face and subtly curled the corners of her lips upward.
A very soft chuckle sounded particularly jarring in the quiet study.
"Please consider my request carefully." She no longer looked at Chairman Chen's face, which had suddenly turned pale and ugly.
"The longer the ominous situation at the Shen family ancestral home drags on, the stronger the backlash will be. And it won't just affect your generation."
“Severing ties with me means the Shen family is cutting off an outsider; for me, it means severing a tragic relationship. It’s a win-win situation.”
After saying that, she didn't linger any longer, turned around, and opened the study door without hesitation.
The butler, Old Wang, who was waiting outside the door, was so startled by the sudden appearance of Shen Yuepo and the chilling aura emanating from her that made people feel distant that he took a half step back.
Shen Yuepo kept her eyes straight ahead, and her bluish-gray figure quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.
The sound of the door closing came from behind me.
Chairman Shen seemed to have all his strength drained away, and staggered back into the large leather chair.
A cursed situation...
He remained silent for a long time. Finally, he took a deep breath, picked up the internal phone, and spoke in a hoarse voice:
"Wangchuan, come to the study."
Soon, Shen Wangchuan pushed open the door and entered.
He keenly sensed that the atmosphere in the study was oppressive and suffocating.
"Dad?" Shen Wangchuan approached and called out with concern.
Chairman Shen did not look at him immediately, staring blankly at the empty space in front of him. After a long while, he slowly spoke.
"Moon Spirit just came to see me."
Shen Wangchuan's heart skipped a beat: "What is she doing here?"
An ominous premonition rose in his heart.
"She..." Chairman Shen uttered with difficulty, "She put forward two conditions. First, she would not be included in the Shen family genealogy."
Shen Wangchuan was taken aback. Not included in the family genealogy?
She was actually willing to give up her title as the eldest daughter of the Shen family and her right to inherit the family business?
"Secondly," Chairman Shen's voice lowered, "she demanded a complete severing of ties with the Shen family. From now on, they should be like strangers, with no further connection whatsoever."
"Severing ties?!"
Shen Wangchuan gasped in shock, his face changing drastically.
Chairman Shen wearily rubbed his throbbing temples and repeated Shen Yuepo's last words.
Shen Wangchuan was struck dumb as if by lightning.
Ancestral home in Qingchuan, a cursed location, and backlash?!
The shocking scene he had witnessed in the Su family's backyard flashed through his mind instantly.
The methods used by Shen Yuepo to suppress the Ten Thousand Burial Pit were by no means superstitious.
Her warning was by no means unfounded.
“Dad!” Shen Wangchuan’s voice was more solemn than ever before. “What she said… is probably true. I saw it with my own eyes in Qingchuan.”
He eagerly told Chairman Shen what had happened in Qingchuan.
Chairman Shen listened quietly. A long, deathly silence fell over the study.
Looking at Chairman Shen's distraught appearance, Shen Wangchuan felt a mix of emotions.
He paused for a moment before speaking:
“Dad, since she mentioned the ominous situation of the ancestral home, this matter is of utmost importance. I will immediately invite several reputable masters to Qingchuan tomorrow… no, tonight, to have them thoroughly examine the feng shui of the ancestral home. If there is indeed an ominous situation, it must be resolved as soon as possible.”
Chairman Shen nodded. "Okay."
Upon receiving the instructions, Shen Wangchuan immediately turned around to prepare for the arrangements.
Just as he was about to open the door and leave, he heard Chairman Shen's deep, almost inaudible voice behind him:
"Looking at the river..."
Shen Wangchuan stopped and turned around.
Chairman Shen didn't look at him; his gaze was blank as he stared out the window, as if talking to himself, or perhaps speaking to his son:
"I don't want to sever ties with her..."
He paused, "Not because of how capable she is now..."
“I really want to make it up to her, to let her be recognized by her ancestors and become the eldest daughter of the Shen family with dignity.”
His voice choked for a moment, and a glint of tears seemed to flash in his eyes, so quickly that it was almost an illusion.
"But now it seems that what she seeks is precisely what the Shen family can least give her: freedom and peace."
Chairman Shen slowly closed his eyes, as if using all his strength to utter those last few words:
“Our Shen family has wronged her. Whether she is excluded from the family genealogy or severed ties with us, perhaps that would be a relief for her.”
"Without the Shen family, she would only fly higher and be more free."
As soon as he finished speaking, the study fell into a suffocating silence once again.
Chairman Shen leaned back in his chair, looking as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
Shen Wangchuan stood at the door, his fingers gripping the doorknob so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
Previously, he had always thought that Shen Yuepo was feigning arrogance and pretending to be indifferent to the Shen family's wealth.
At this moment, he was certain that she truly disregarded all of this.
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