Chapter 148: I did all this just to survive.
Ji Tanyuan turned to look at the man at the door.
He stepped inside, wearing a black shirt and black suit pants.
His expression was cold and sharp. "What's going on? Young Master Shen, do you think Shanghai is your home, kidnapping someone in the middle of the night?"
Shen Xichen straightened up. "Putting aside Shanghai Jiang, Mr. Zhong, do you think this is your home? You're trespassing on private property with your men?"
He took a few steps forward and met Zhong Yan's gaze.
Ji Tanyuan looked away, sat on the sofa, and yawned.
Zhong Yan chuckled: "How could that be? I'm just putting out a fire."
He looked at the person sitting on the sofa and said, "Get up."
Shen Xichen's aloof demeanor revealed little emotion, and he reverted to his haughty and unpredictable state.
"Never mind, let's talk another day, Miss Ji."
Zhong Yan scoffed, "You'd have to be lucky enough to have that kind of life."
"If you want to be a god, why would you think about women? You're still thinking about my woman."
Ji Tanyuan frowned: "I am not your woman."
Zhong Yan was already angry, and the person next to him kept making him angry.
But though he was furious inside, he still smiled indulgently on the surface:
"I'm your man now, okay?"
Ji Tanyuan glanced at him but didn't say anything more.
Zhong Yan pulled the man to his side: "Mr. Chen, if this happens again, it won't be as simple as burning down a house."
Young Master Shen raised an eyebrow: "Is that so? But she didn't use the knife when it was in her hand."
Zhong Yan glanced at Ji Tanyuan beside her and said, "She probably thinks it's dirty."
"Why don't you give me the knife?"
After saying that, Zhong Yan chuckled to himself, "Never mind, I'll prepare my own knife."
As she spoke, she reached out her hand, and Chu He handed it to her from behind. Before Ji Tanyuan could even see what he was doing, the knife flew out.
Shen Xichen didn't even blink, and the knife was suddenly knocked away from his eyes by another small knife.
Ji Tanyuan's eyes widened. "My God!"
She looked in the direction where the knife had been thrown; it was still Xiao Qi.
Ji Tanyuan was looking in Xiao Qi's direction and hadn't had a chance to say anything when a muffled gunshot rang out.
She turned her head to look at what was in front of her, and there was a large cloud of blood mist on Shen Xichen's shoulder.
She had seen shootings in the United States over the years, but one that happened within 10 meters still startled her.
Ji Tanyuan took a deep breath; for the first time, she was at a loss.
She should probably step in and act as a peacemaker, since this whole thing seems to have started because of her. If things really go wrong and they're allowed to act impulsively, she'll definitely be affected.
Whether it's the Zhong family's son or the Shen family's son who dies, she'll be in deep trouble.
Even if she doesn't die, she can't escape responsibility now. Even if she is the victim in this matter, she is the weaker party and a woman, and is the easiest to blame. Everything can be pushed onto her two or three affairs.
If this gets out of hand, and is exaggerated by outsiders, it will become part of her "scandalous affair."
But seeing Zhong Yan's expression, Ji Tanyuan was hesitant; if she went, he would probably be even angrier.
Ji Tanyuan was lost in thought and didn't move for a moment. Zhong Yan and Shen Xichen were facing off. She didn't actually feel much fear, only fatigue after being shocked one after another.
She's been constantly having her mind challenged since last night, and hasn't slept a wink. She hasn't dared to eat much, and she's both hungry and sleepy. She hates it.
The past two days of Labor Day have been as lively as two years, truly living up to the holiday spirit.
She just turned on the kitchen stove, and it seems she didn't turn it off. But she knows how to turn on an open flame in the kitchen now, whereas she had never even stepped into a kitchen before.
Oh no, I visited the Zhong family once.
Her phone was still in Shen Xichen's hands.
Is Xin Gan pregnant or not?
Ji Tanyuan was lost in thought as she looked around, appearing like a detached bystander, unperturbed and unafraid. Chu He glanced at Ji Tanyuan several times.
As expected of the woman who conquered the boss, she exudes such an aura at this moment, watching the chaotic fight like a queen.
Even if these things were caused by her.
The atmosphere instantly turned cold as Shen Xichen was shot in the shoulder.
Xiao Qi jumped directly from the second floor, and out of nowhere produced an exquisite gun, which she then pointed at Zhong Yan.
Zhong Yan remained calm. As he looked at the bloodstains on Shen Xichen's white clothes, the anger in his heart gradually subsided. This was how it should be.
His anger should be calmed down like this, not easily dismissed with a few words.
His voice was gentle, and a smile appeared on his face:
"Mr. Shen, the bullets in your body have codes, do your guns have codes? If not, it will be difficult to explain later."
Shen Xichen knelt on the ground and suddenly looked up.
Zhong Yan chuckled, "It was with your father's permission."
"I didn't even touch the Zhong family's background. Your Shen family is much more interesting. I want my son dead," he mocked.
He blew the smoke off the gun barrel and then tossed it to the plainclothes officer behind him. Shen Xichen looked up.
The plainclothes officer lowered his head and didn't speak, but he knew that the man was his father's man.
She quietly took a few steps back.
The fact that Zhong Yan was able to obtain a coded gun from Shen Xichen's father is enough to prove that this commotion was not something she could easily get involved in.
She glanced at the gun on Shen Xichen's shoulder, then at Xiao Qi, who was steadily raising the gun and aiming it at Zhong Yan.
Zhong Yan was accompanied only by Chu He and a stranger.
Shen Xichen lowered his head. "My father? Ha."
Zhong Yan glanced at him with an air of nobility, wiped his hands, and then grasped Ji Tanyuan's wrist as she retreated. "Perhaps the only use someone like you is to him to set a trap with your death."
"From now on, keep those thoughts to yourself."
"Why don't you think I would really let you die? It would be better if we died together."
Zhong Yan scoffed coldly: "Actually, you want to live."
After saying that, he pulled Ji Tanyuan and turned to leave. Behind them was the sound of a gun being cocked. Shen Xichen said, "Xiao Qi, let them pass."
Xiao Qi put down the gun. "I'll call a doctor for you."
Shen Xichen closed his eyes, chuckled softly, and said to the plainclothes officer who remained, "He wants me dead?"
The man's voice was deep, "He just wanted you to calm down; you acted impulsively this time."
"The bullet needs to be replaced. I'll have the doctor remove it for you."
Each bullet has a coded record, so it wouldn't be good if one of them just disappeared for no reason.
This time, Zhong Yan called Shen's father directly, which surprised everyone. He even went directly to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau to ask why his son had kidnapped his wife.
This reason was too absurd, so how could Shen Qinglin possibly admit it on the surface? He insisted that Ji Tanyuan had agreed to it herself.
However, with the manor on fire, Shen's father was also worried that something bad might happen, fearing that if Shen Xichen really did something to Ji Tanyuan, things would get out of control.
So they sent him along to check on things, to prevent the situation from getting worse.
Throughout the entire process, only the eldest daughter of the Ji family remained calm.
Shen Xichen let the doctor bandage his wound. The bullet was embedded in his flesh, but because of the anesthesia, it didn't hurt.
But throughout the entire process, he could hear the sound of flesh and blood being churned, and his numb state overlapped with the days and nights of the past.
"Actually, it's okay if we don't use anesthesia," Shen Xichen said drowsily.
The pain from that gunshot was actually bearable, not much different from when he was a child, which proves he's alive.
Zhong Yan is right, he did these things because he wanted to live.
The doctor sighed, "Young master, why don't you go abroad and see what it's like?"
Shen Xichen smiled and said, "Okay, bring Ji Tanyuan along."
The doctor shut up and stopped talking.
Obsession is a calamity. What Shen Xichen's heart held was not a deep-seated obsession, but rather an inherent obsession.
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