Chapter 96: Despair in the Previous Life
"Have you brought everyone back?"
Shen Yunshu was sitting in his office at the research institute, holding a mobile phone in one hand and flipping through documents with the other. His slightly long hair was tied up at the back of his head, and his white lab coat was open, making him look unkempt.
His desk was piled with messy documents and even the floor was littered with papers.
Shen Yunshu has been deceived by Shen Xiliu for too long. The research institute will not stop operating due to the lack of Shen Yunshu. Everything seems to be fine, but this is only on the surface.
Shen Xiliu has always been cautious in doing things and rarely makes mistakes. Although Shen Yunshu is unhappy that he was taken away by him, he just accepts it as a loss. Anyway, after they came back, they were still the "good uncle and nephew" who fought among themselves every day.
Before he came back, Shen Yunshu had already thought about how to deal with his good nephew. First of all, he must act nonchalant, even a little bit enjoying it; secondly, he would fight back with what he had said before, because Shen Xiliu always said that he disliked alphas, would never like alphas in this life, and would never be marked by alphas; and then...
After performing a series of smooth moves, Shen Yunshu thought that his good nephew would be embarrassed. He returned to China with such thoughts of revenge, but what he ended up with was not infighting between uncle and nephew, but a huge mess.
After finding out what had happened recently, Shen Yunshu almost turned around and went abroad because Shen Xiliu had caused so much trouble after sending him away.
He would rather play with Christian abroad than continue to face the reality at home.
Unfortunately, his brother wouldn't let him, so he could only enter the research institute with a gloomy face and deal with all the relevant personnel, including his right-hand assistant Shen Qingze.
If Shen Qingze's father had not brought him with a broken leg the next day, and if the head of the Shen family had not reminded him, Shen Yunshu would have reluctantly not included him in the group to be liquidated.
"I let you go, but you don't even dare to tell him the truth. Why don't you just die?" Shen Yunshu frowned and said coldly after listening to Shen Qingze.
"I'm sorry, it's my fault." Shen Qingze apologized on the other end of the phone, "The incident was too serious at the time, and the head of the family used a tranquilizer on Brother Xi Liu, so I didn't have a chance to explain the matter to him..."
It was really a big fuss. Shen Qingze never thought in his life that he would actually see Shen Xiliu going crazy without caring about anything. He was unwilling to let Qi Yan go. If the head of the Shen family had not been present, perhaps no one would have been able to leave.
It was also the first time that Shen Qingze saw the head of the Shen family so angry, and he even hit Shen Xiliu, which was something no one had expected.
Even Qi Yan, Jiang Yuqing and others who were about to leave were stunned.
After the head of the Shen family arranged for them to leave, he took Shen Xiliu into the villa and did not let him continue to embarrass himself in front of outsiders.
"Okay, I'll go and explain it myself." Shen Yunshu became impatient, hung up the phone, stood up and walked out, but after taking a few steps, he turned back and picked up the documents on the table.
He returned just in time, Shen Xiliu had already woken up and was arguing with the head of the Shen family.
"Uncle! Why did you let him go? Do you know that this will ruin my plan? This is obviously a matter between Qi Yan and me, and has nothing to do with any of you. You shouldn't have intervened and helped them!"
Shen Xiliu looked sick and paranoid. The slap on his pale left cheek by the head of the Shen family made him look even more extreme. He was almost losing his mind, and his expression was filled with visible anger and panic.
He was angry that his dearest elder actually helped an outsider and made the person he loved leave him. He was also panicked that he could no longer control the situation and could not keep Qi Yan by his side. This made him feel extremely uneasy...
"Chen Xiliu, have you had enough of making trouble?" The head of the Shen family frowned. He didn't expect that he didn't listen to a word of his persuasion. The first thing he did after waking up was to go crazy again, which made him very disappointed.
“Do you want to see what you look like now, Shen Xiliu, don’t force me to slap you again.”
When they were on the island, Chen Xiliu did the same thing. Unable to dispatch his bodyguards, he wanted to go up and stop Qi Yan himself. The head of the Shen family couldn't bear to watch it anymore and couldn't help but slap him in the face, trying to wake him up.
The result was not ideal. Instead, Shen Xiliu became even crazier and even tried to threaten him.
"I'm not making a fuss anymore." Shen Xiliu's expression was extremely contradictory, calm yet crazy, his dark eyes staring straight at the head of the Shen family, "I just want to keep Qi Yan by my side, this is nothing to you, right? Why do you want to interfere in our affairs? Logically, you should support me and Qi Yan being together, our pheromone matching is 100%, we are a perfect match, didn't you agree with me and him being together before? Why now..."
"Because Jiang Yuqing is pregnant with his child!"
The head of the Shen family interrupted him bluntly, ignoring Shen Xiliu's sudden change in expression, and said coldly: "Shen Xiliu, is that enough?"
"That's not your alpha, and this matter is not just yours. Don't be so embarrassed. Do you know how ashamed I was when Jiang Yuqing came to me for help?"
The Shen family and the Jiang family are considered aristocratic families, and Jiang Yuqing's parents have a good relationship with the head of the Shen family. At first, the head of the Shen family was not aware of the emotional disputes between the younger generations.
Now that he knew this, when Patriarch Shen thought about his friend coming to him with a pregnant child because his nephew had kidnapped the alpha and was here to negotiate the conditions for releasing her, he felt extremely ashamed...
Hearing what the head of the Shen family said, Shen Xiliu stood there in a daze. When he reacted, his expression became extremely terrifying. He suddenly knocked over the vase on the table, and the fragments flew everywhere. He almost shouted hysterically: "Impossible! How could Jiang Yuqing be pregnant with his child! Qi Yan belongs to me alone, he can only be my alpha, uncle, don't lie to me again, I know, Qi Yan will not let Jiang Yuqing get pregnant with his child!"
You shouldn’t! You shouldn’t! You shouldn’t! Qi Yan said he had a sterilization, so how could he possibly make Jiang Yuqing pregnant? They must be just a fake couple! Jiang Yuqing obviously likes Gu Yanxing, so why should he be with Qi Yan? ! !
"Do I have to lie to you about this?" The head of the Shen family laughed angrily, "He was right beside you at the beginning, but you didn't want him. Now he's someone else's alpha, so don't think about him anymore. The Shen family can't afford to lose face like this."
"!!!"
Hearing this, Shen Xiliu did not express anything. He bit his fingers nervously, his dark pupils kept trembling, and his brain was thinking rapidly. There was really no need for his uncle to lie to him about this. Something that could be known with a simple investigation could not be used as a lie. But it was not right. Qi Yan said that he had a sterilization. Even if Jiang Yuqing was pregnant, it couldn't be Qi Yan's. But... was it really impossible?
Fear and jealousy almost drowned Shen Xiliu. After their contract ended, Qi Yan followed Jiang Yuqing abroad. It was such a long time, what if they had slept with each other during that time? Moreover, Qi Yan did not say when he had the sterilization. What if he had it after Jiang Yuqing became pregnant?
"Uncle, how many months?" Shen Xiliu opened his dark and empty eyes and asked directly, "How many months is he pregnant?"
No way!
Absolutely not!
He couldn't tolerate this happening!
Jiang Yuqing cannot have Qi Yan's child, otherwise everything will be over!
He still has many means. As long as both of them are still alive in this world, Qi Yan will never be able to escape from his grasp. As long as the unborn child disappears, he will always have a way to make Qi Yan return to him...
“…”
Patriarch Shen stared at him and asked calmly, "What else do you want to do?"
“I don’t want to do anything.” Shen Xiliu’s expression looked sick and gloomy, his pale face and bright red palm prints made him look weak and harmless, “Don’t worry, I won’t embarrass the Shen family…”
“Chen Xiliu, be normal!” Patriarch Shen raised him personally, so how could he not guess what he was thinking? “Didn’t I teach you not to…”
"Okay, okay, we've been talking for so long, but there's no progress. Brother, I advise you not to pamper him too much."
The door was kicked open, and Shen Yunshu walked in arrogantly with a cold expression. It was not until he met Shen Xiliu's gloomy eyes that he smiled.
"Oh, I haven't seen you for a few months, my dear nephew. You seem to be even sicker. Thanks to your kindness, I have gained several pounds."
"What are you doing here?" Shen Xiliu looked listless and didn't express anything. He no longer cared about the fact that he had once tricked Shen Yunshu away, so even if he wanted to cause trouble now, he wouldn't take it to heart.
"What am I here for?" Shen Yunshu repeated, "To clean up the huge mess you left behind."
Shen Xiliu withdrew his gaze indifferently, but the head of the Shen family's solemn gaze fell on Shen Yunshu.
"Don't look at me like that. Don't you think he's going too far?" Shen Yunshu smiled and pointed at the head of the Shen family with a folder. "You're going too far. You're doting on him like this. What's that? I remember you're not the kind of person who dotes on children like this."
Patriarch Shen sighed helplessly: "...I just wanted to wait a little longer and wait until he calms down..."
“It’s all nonsense.”
Shen Yunshu sneered, stepped forward and grabbed Shen Xiliu's collar, ignoring his angry expression, pulled him from the side of the head of the Shen family to in front of himself, and looked at the slap mark on his face.
"You hit me so lightly that your skin wasn't even broken. Are you so reluctant to hit me? Don't glare at me like that. Sooner or later, you'll be on your knees begging me for mercy."
The first half of the sentence was addressed to the head of the Shen family, and the second half was addressed to Shen Xiliu. Shen Yunshu's cold gaze fell on Shen Xiliu's face through the lenses.
"I really should give you a slap in the face to teach you a lesson, but since your uncle has already spanked you, I will be magnanimous and let you go."
"Shen Yunshu!"
Shen Xiliu was angered by his rude behavior of pulling his collar, but before he could fight back, he was hit on the cheek by the folder. With a crash, all the documents inside fell to the ground.
"Damn it! Are you here to cause trouble on purpose? I'm not in the mood to quarrel with you now..."
Shen Xiliu was emotionally unstable, thinking that Shen Yunshu was coming to fight back. However, before he could finish his words, when his sight came into contact with the information scattered on the ground, he was suddenly struck by lightning, unable to move, and even unable to speak.
Lines of words quickly came into view, and Shen Xiliu became anxious. His expression gradually became terrified. He didn't even care about Shen Yunshu and the head of the Shen family who were standing beside him. He knelt on the ground anxiously and picked up the materials in a panic. The papers were rustling.
"No...no...how could it be possible..."
Shen Xiliu's breathing gradually became heavy and rapid, and even his eyes were wide open, with bloodshot eyes, as if he wanted to see through every page, sweat even seeped out of his forehead, he clenched his teeth tightly, despair and fear almost overflowed from him.
“Impossible… Impossible… Qi Yan wouldn’t… wouldn’t… How could he possibly get it…” Shen Xiliu murmured in disbelief, even his voice became hoarse, his body trembling with fear, and a suppressed whimper came from his throat.
Shen Yunshu glanced at the head of the Shen family. He looked down at Shen Xiliu who was kneeling on the ground, and coldly revealed the fact: "Nothing is impossible. What you see is reality."
"Who made you so stupid as to be fooled by others?"
"You should be thankful that the person who is going to die this time is not you, but Qi Yan."
His tone was cold and mocking, causing Shen Xiliu to raise his head suddenly. His eyes were red and full of fear. He screamed, "No! Shen Yunshu, don't try to lie to me! These are definitely not true. Qi Yan can't be in trouble. He can't have this disease..."
But, will nothing happen to him?
Chen Xiliu's brain was uncontrollably recalling every scene he had with Qi Yan. There were too many things that were worthy of suspicion, but he was unwilling to doubt them.
In fact, his mind had already believed the authenticity of the information, but his heart stubbornly rejected it.
If Qi Yan really encountered such a bad thing as the information said, then all the unclear questions before would be answered.
He originally thought that he didn't owe Qi Yan anything, but now it seems...
After this happened, Qi Yan did not continue to retaliate against him, which can be considered as a kind person.
But it's impossible, impossible, impossible...
No way! ! !
How could anything happen to Qi Yan? ! !
Tears welled up in his eyes and dripped onto the paper. Shen Xiliu cried in a rather awkward manner. His heart seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible hand. Every beat was accompanied by a sharp pain. He almost couldn't breathe. Even all the strength in his body was drained away. He couldn't stand up at all.
"Uncle...Uncle, tell me, this information is fake, right?"
Shen Xiliu helplessly reached out and grabbed the corner of the Shen family master's clothes, and asked with a glimmer of hope: "Is Second Uncle deliberately using this kind of thing to retaliate against me because of what I did to him? Qi Yan is fine, he must be fine, right?"
Patriarch Shen sighed softly: "...I'm sorry."
With just one sentence, Shen Xiliu fell silent.
His eyes instantly lost all their luster and remained staring blankly, like a corpse without a soul. Everything became empty and blank, as if even time had stopped flowing so that he would not have to face the horrific reality.
However, people cannot escape it after all.
His stiff brain was still thinking, and after realizing the cruel truth, Shen Xiliu's body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably. He hung his head weakly, his lips turned pale and trembled, and his pupils trembled as he looked at the papers filled with Qi Yan's investigation.
“…”
Shen Xiliu opened his mouth and wanted to make a sound, but his throat was blocked. Only broken sobs could be heard, which seemed particularly desperate and painful in the dead silent room.
He deserves to die.
How could it be so wrong?
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