Chapter 52 [VIP]
Shen Jinshan leaned back slightly to dodge, but his cheek was still scratched by Shen Mian's fingernails, leaving a bright red mark and bloodstains.
“Mianmian,” he said helplessly, taking Chenmian’s mischievous hand and holding it in his palm, “Don’t be angry, your brother is doing this for your own good.”
These words infuriated him, and Shen Mian felt a surge of hatred in his heart, resenting Shen Jinshan for arranging things for him in this way.
Shen Mian struggled but couldn't free her wrist. In a fit of anger, she kicked him hard again, this time landing a kick. Still not satisfied, Shen Mian kicked Shen Jinshan's pants several more times.
Shen Jinshan remained silent, simply pulling Shen Mian into his arms and letting her vent her emotions within him.
The person in his arms made a lot of movements, but when her forehead touched Shen Jinshan's shoulder, she helplessly buried her face in her brother's arms and silently shed tears, wetting the man's shoulder.
Shen Jinshan held him firmly, lifting the boy up slightly, and silently let the sleeping boy shed tears on his shoulder.
Chenmian recalled the scene of him being carried down the mountain by Shen Jinshan on the mountaintop that day.
He was also sobbing on Shen Jinshan's shoulder, choking back tears as he said that he wished Shen Jinshan wasn't his brother.
But now, in similar positions and circumstances, Chen Mian's inner state is completely different. He keeps resenting Shen Jinshan, hating that he can be so disgusted with him.
Even though he had stopped bothering Shen Jinshan, he was still disliked and people were eager to set him up on blind dates and arrange marriages for him.
As he pondered these thoughts, he was suddenly overwhelmed by an overwhelming sense of injustice.
Turning her head, she saw Shen Jinshan's slender neck, half-hidden by his collar. Without thinking, Shen Mian bit down hard.
Shenmian heard Shen Jinshan groan, but still did not stop him. She simply patted his head to comfort him.
A warm hand lingered on the back of his head, caressing his hair. Shenmian immediately felt a metallic taste of blood welling up in his mouth, but instead of stopping, he bit down harder.
Once she felt a little better, she withdrew and saw the teeth mark on the side of the man's neck, starkly imprinted there, still oozing blood.
Shenmian looked at the teeth marks she had made. They were oval in shape, and the teeth were very neatly distributed. They were left by the body that the Shen family had carefully nurtured and raised since childhood.
Sleepy fingertips reached out and picked at the wound again, deliberately pinching and poking it.
Shen Jinshan carried Shenmian to the table and sat down, changing his position to place Shenmian on his lap.
"Mianmian, are you happier now?"
"...If you're unhappy, go die!" Chenmian retorted viciously, "Who do you think you are?"
"That sounds nice, but they really just want to sell me to the Zong family. I've already heard Shen Ci say that my family has a partnership with the Zong family!"
"They figured I wasn't the Shen family's biological son anyway, so they sold me off, boohoo..."
"Why don't you sell Shen Cilin Langli's? Why should you sell to me!"
Shen Mian couldn't help but sob sadly again, "I don't even like you anymore, but you still won't let me go. Shen Jinshan, you're a bastard, you're not human!"
He kicked and punched in Shen Jinshan's arms, desperately scratching the man's face.
Shen Jinshan's usually well-groomed hairstyle was ruined, and his face was scratched with several marks.
He held the mischievous Shenmian tightly with both hands, and with his other hand he gripped the boy's waist and pulled him into his arms, his lips very close to Shenmian's ear: "Mianmian, how am I supposed to go to work after this?"
You deserve it!
Shen Jinshan's tone suddenly lowered as he softly asked, "Mianmian, do you really not like your brother anymore?"
"Yes! Since you know I have a boyfriend, why did you come here to introduce me to someone else? What are you up to?"
"Your boyfriend," Shen Jinshan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not reveal the truth that would hurt Shen Mian, "is not a good person. If you stay with him, he will hurt you sooner or later."
Chenmian snorted coldly and said, "He likes me, and I like him too. You don't know anything, so what makes you think that?"
"We are true love!" Chen Mian glanced at Chen Jinshan's suddenly darkened face and deliberately emphasized her tone, "What do you know about... um!"
Before she could finish speaking, Shen Mian's mouth was covered by Shen Jinshan. The man's face darkened, and he looked somewhat frightening.
His fingers, still trembling as he covered Chenmian's hand, remained impeccably calm and composed: "Mianmian, don't talk about him in front of me."
“Zong Bingwen, isn’t he a good guy? Your boyfriend, how long have you been together, and he’s already sleeping with you?” As Shen Mian clung to his hand and bit him, Shen Jinshan couldn’t help but utter a vulgar word, “What kind of good person is someone who’s so eager to sleep with you?”
Chen Mian really wanted to tell Shen Jinshan.
On the very night Shen Jinshan abandoned and banished him, he kissed Lin Langli. The day after his failed confession to Shen Jinshan, he slept with Lin Langli.
Even before that, he didn't know how many times Lin Langli had kissed him.
Even after they had sex, they didn't define their relationship. They lived like that for a while, in a state of confusion and uncertainty, during which time they continued to entangle themselves with each other.
Chenmian said, "What do you take Zong Bingwen for? Your mere mortal?"
He looked at Shen Jinshan defiantly and continued, "You think I don't know? You're interested in me too."
"...I didn't, you're my brother." Shen Jinshan denied it.
Chenmian sneered: "Then you may have forgotten that the reason I confessed to you was because you encouraged me."
"Do you remember? The night you got drunk, and what happened when I took care of you?"
Shen Jinshan looked at him intently, and Shen Mian met his gaze fearlessly, realizing that the man had indeed completely forgotten about the matter.
So he couldn't contain his hatred any longer, and almost with a sense of revenge, he said, word by word, "Have you forgotten that night when you kissed me, bit me, held me and wouldn't let me leave, and bullied me with your hands?"
He gritted his teeth as he called out Shen Jinshan's name, "Have you forgotten what you did to me?"
Shen Jinshan felt his vision go black, as if he had been struck by lightning.
He knew nothing of what Chenmian said, only that he was drunk that night but did not have a headache and had a good dream all night.
When he woke up the next day, he was still struggling with his feelings and didn't even have the courage to see Shen Mian. He fled the space that was filled with his brother's presence.
How could this be?!
Shen Jinshan refused to believe that he had already overstepped his bounds with Shen Mian.
Shen Mian repeated herself, this time in a much gentler tone, even with a strange sense of intimacy: "You kissed me, touched me, and even bullied me with your hands. Compared to my boyfriend, you're a bigger bastard and a worse person, aren't you, Shen Jinshan? Don't you think so?"
The man's head slumped down limply. When he looked up again, he saw Shen Mian staring at him triumphantly, her pupils bright and her lips curled up in a smile. Yet, Shen Jinshan inexplicably sensed a hint of hatred in Shen Mian's eyes that broke Shen Mian's heart, and also broke his own.
"You won't admit it? Shen Jinshan, you coward." Shen Mian said with a smile, "Otherwise, why do you think I confessed to you? Wasn't it because I thought you liked me too?"
The person holding him tightened their grip, and Chenmian, locked in Shen Jinshan's arms, weakly pushed against the man's chest: "Let me go, what kind of older brother would hold his younger brother like this?"
But Shen Jinshan still wouldn't let go. The man was frozen in the words Shen Mian had spoken. Hearing this, he only hugged Shen Mian even tighter, so tightly that they were completely sealed together, as if he wanted to press the person in his arms into his very bones.
The constriction was painful, and she felt depressed.
He looked at the man's silent demeanor and felt it was all rather pointless.
Shen Jinshan has been denying his feelings for him and even tried to push other people onto him, asking him to use other people as substitutes. He is really arrogant.
No matter how gentle and kind he may seem on the surface, Shen Mian believes she has seen through Shen Jinshan's true nature. She believes that walking alongside such a person will eventually lead to her being completely devoured.
And yet, he actually liked someone like that, and he still harbors resentment about it to this day.
What a mess.
Chenmian angrily tried to pry off Shen Jinshan's fingers one by one, and finally jumped off him after the man lost his strength.
There seemed to be sounds of people walking and talking coming from outside the corridor.
Chenmian wiped away her tears and said expressionlessly, "Get out."
Shen Jinshan has passed away.
Just before leaving, she suddenly realized what was happening and, still unwilling to give up, turned around to ask what was beside her sleeping body, when a large hand suddenly appeared and blocked the door between the two doors.
But Chenmian slammed the door shut without hesitation, glanced at Shen Jinshan's hand which had been pressed red and pulled back, and then closed and locked the door completely.
Lin Langli returned late that night. Chen Mian had already taken a shower and was sitting at the table looking at the dolls that had recently become very popular.
He was typing to ask a proxy buyer to purchase a set for him when the door behind him suddenly opened, someone walked in, and then stopped behind him, staring at him.
The gaze felt real; Chenmian felt a burning heat emanating from the area behind him that was being stared at.
But he had already discerned that Lin Langli's footsteps were different from those of others. After realizing who it was, he continued to scroll through the pictures and pick out which doll's face looked the best.
After a while, Lin Langli's voice came from behind him: "Mianmian, are you unhappy?"
I'm really unhappy about being asleep.
He had been hoping that Lin Langli would come to ask about him and show concern, but Lin Langli came back so late tonight that Shenmian couldn't help but feel angry.
He didn't answer, so Lin Langli hugged him from behind, bent down and pressed his cheek against Shen Mian's to look into the boy's eyes: "Why do you look so pitiful?"
"...Is there?"
“Yes,” Lin Langli nodded firmly, his fingertip gently brushing against the corner of Shenmian’s eye, “It looks like he’s about to cry at any moment.”
It would have been better if she hadn't said anything, because once she mentioned Chenmian, she couldn't hold back her grievances any longer. In the blink of an eye, a perfectly round tear fell onto the young man's fingertip.
Tears quickly turned cool and slipped through the young man's fingers.
Chenmian turned her body to the side and buried her head in Lin Langli's waist and abdomen, crying silently.
Lin Langli gently patted Shenmian's back to comfort him, but after a while he felt that this comfort was not enough, so he simply picked up the boy, put Shenmian on the bed, and leaned over to lick his tears.
"Is it Shen Jinshan?" Lin Langli gently stroked Shen Mian's earlobe, pinching the burning flesh. "Was that tooth mark on his neck from you?"
Chenmian nodded, then heard Lin Langli say, "He's bad, isn't he?"
Did he bully you today?
Lin Langli's tone became more urgent: "Did he kiss you? Hug you?"
A note from the author:
Shen Jinshan's evaluation of his brother-in-law's choice is as follows:
Me: It suits me very well, but I can't (disappointed);
Zong Bingwen: He can barely be considered a substitute for him (he specifically emphasized that "substitute" means he can barely be considered but is not as good as him).
Shen Ci: No;
Lin Langli: ...Impossible
Anyway, if he can't do it, then the rest of the Shen family is even less likely to (^_^)
There's an extra chapter tonight, plus the one that was supposed to be today, so tonight's chapter will be at least 6,000 words. Praise me for being so diligent!
(I've been incredibly lazy this week, so I won't go into details.)
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