“I’m going out.” Qin Xing stood at the entrance. Shen Zhen walked out from the living room, hugged Qin Xing and adjusted Qin Xing’s tie. Shen Zhen then kissed Qin Xing’s face and said, “Very handsome.”

Qin Xing smiled and said, “We just have to be busy for the next while.”

They had agreed to go on vacation together in two months.

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For this reason, Qin Xing had to deal with some business matters well in advance. Sometimes when the company was too big there were also troubles.

After seeing Qin Xing off, Shen Zhen made himself a cup of tea, then lay on the sofa to read through some documents.

Huitong Real Estate was expanding. Shen Zhen originally only rented three floors of office space, but later bought it when he had money.

If the company expands, there must be more office space. He was negotiating with people recently and wanted to buy the five floors of office space upstairs.

However, the other party’s asking price was very tight, and the five floors were also already rented out, and Shen Zhen would have to pay the penalty fee for breaking the contract at that time.

Shen Zhen pressed the bridge of his nose with some headache.

It was not that he couldn’t afford the money, but he also wanted to control it within a more acceptable range.

The other party was obviously asking too much.

Shen Zhen changed his perspective. He began to look at the unsold land that he had bought and whether there were any places suitable to build an office building on it. Since it was troublesome to rent and buy, he would build an office building himself.

Only one piece of land close to the city center was eligible for building an office building.

Shen Zhen called his assistant to prepare the materials first, and then hand them over to the government for approval.

After sorting out all the budget and materials, it was already dark, and Shen Zhen finally got some free time. He went to the bathroom to take a bath, and read a book while soaking in the bath. He had recently become obsessed with psychology books, although he wasn’t likely to learn anything, it was good to pass the time. When reading, he would have the feeling of “so it is like this”, but then he would almost forget it all after reading it.

On the other hand, after Qin Xing left the company, he didn’t go home directly. He asked the driver to drive the car to the entrance of the hospital.

He hadn’t seen Qin Yue for some time.

Regarding Qin Yue, Qin Xing’s mood was also very complicated.

He had cultivated Qin Yue’s talents sincerely, and he really thought about letting Qin Yue take over from him.

Although he killed Qin Yue once, this time, he wanted to let Qin Yue leave using a more gentle method.

Qin Yue was startled when he saw Qin Xing walking into the ward. He reflexively wanted to get out of bed, but his body couldn’t support him to do so. Zheng Xiao stood by Qin Yue’s side, so he could only help Qin Yue sit up at this time.

“Uncle.” Qin Yue’s voice was a little hoarse.

Zheng Xiao also left the ward tactfully. He kept his head down, and only raised his head after walking out of the ward, and exhaled.

So that was Qin Xing?

Zheng Xiao thought, indeed only such a person could be the head of the Qin family.

After staying in the hospital for so long, Zheng Xiao became very familiar with the hospital. He went to the bathroom at the end of the corridor to wash his hands, but when he came out, he saw Su Shiqing waiting near the window.

Zheng Xiao had no expression on his face, but just as he was about to walk past, Su Shiqing stepped into the middle of the narrow corridor, blocking Zheng Xiao’s way.

Zheng Xiao had no choice but to stop. He didn’t even look at Su Shiqing directly, but said, “Mr. Su, you’re blocking my way.”

Su Shiqing sneered, “So you got your wish, huh? What did you tell Ah Yue to make him be under your spell?”

Zheng Xiao: “Mr. Su, I haven’t said anything, even if I did, it has nothing to do with you now, does it?”

“So you really said something!” Su Shiqing wanted to pull Zheng Xiao’s collar, but he was not a physical person, and Zheng Xiao waved his hand away easily.

Zheng Xiao frowned: “Mr. Su, show some respect.”

Su Shiqing stared at Zheng Xiao: “Respect? How do you deserve my respect? Did you feel a sense of accomplishment when you were a third party?”

Zheng Xiao sneered and said, “Let’s not talk about whether I am a third party or not, Mr. Su, were you even Brother Qin’s official partner?”

Su Shiqing: “What did you say?”

Zheng Xiao: “Then what qualifications do you have to accuse me? After all, I was with Brother Qin after you broke up with him, but what about you?”

Su Shiqing was furious: “What do you mean, you mean that I am a third party?”

Zheng Xiao chuckled lightly: “You said this yourself, it has nothing to do with me.”

Su Shiqing felt insulted, and his voice became louder and louder: “Do you think you have the moral high ground? Where were you when I met Qin Yue? What do you know?”

Zheng Xiao said with a look of surprise: “It turns out that when it comes to feelings, you believe in first come first serve?”

Su Shiqing was taken aback for a moment, somehow feeling that these words sounded familiar.

Zheng Xiao added: “The one who is not loved is the third party, isn’t it?”

Su Shiqing suddenly remembered that he had said this to Shen Zhen before.

But he was different from Shen Zhen!

How could Zheng Xiao compare him to Shen Zhen?

Su Shiqing’s eyes were red: “Zheng Xiao, you will regret it, one day you will regret talking to me like this today.”

Zheng Xiao said, “I’ve been meaning to say this for a long time, Mr. Su, your biggest mistake is not being spoiled or quarreling with Brother Qin, your biggest mistake is not being able to see your own position clearly.”

“What are your strengths? You don’t know anything about business, you haven’t even studied in college, you have no money, no social status, and even your face. Do you think there are no people in this world who have better looks than you?”

“What are your skills and capabilities?” Zheng Xiao asked with a smile, “You are worthless, but you feel that you are unparalleled in this world?”

Zheng Xiao patted Su Shiqing on the shoulder: “Maybe Brother Shen is too lazy to say these things to you, but I don’t mind.”

“Short-sighted and self-righteous, you probably think you are very charming and attractive? But in my opinion, you cannot even compare to street performers.”

“Others at least have skills that can feed themselves, what do you have?”

Su Shiqing retorted: “What about you? You know business? You’re capable? Qin Yue loves me because I don’t pretend, because I’m not vain like you all.”

Zheng Xiao turned to look at him: “Is it wrong to be vain?”

“I use the right means to get what I want.”

“Unlike Mr. Su, you have to rob other people’s things in order to get a little bit of pitiful psychological comfort.”

Zheng Xiao patted Su Shiqing’s face: “You have a good hand of cards, but you wasted it all, and now you come to question me, Mr. Su, have some dignity, don’t come seeking humiliation for yourself anymore.”

Su Shiqing: “You are just a good talker. When Ah Yue changes his mind, you will pay the price for what you said to me today!”

Zheng Xiao clutched at his chest and exaggeratedly said, “I’m so scared!”

“I’m scared to death.”

Just when Su Shiqing was about to say something, Zheng Xiao suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed Su Shiqing to the ground. He stepped over Su Shiqing, turned his head to look over his shoulder and said with a smile: “I think the most important thing for a person is not to act smart, but to understand what kind of things one should do in what kind of position.”

“So I won and you lost.” Zheng Xiao said, “Mr. Su, see you again if we have fate.”

Su Shiqing could only keep repeating: “You will regret it! You will definitely regret it!”

After Zheng Xiao left, Su Shiqing sat on the floor, biting his lip and muttering, “I’m going to find Hao Yi, and Hao Yi will definitely help me! He loves me so much, he will help me!”

He stumbled up and ran out. He left the hospital, and walked in the sun. The sunlight was very dazzling, and the moment he looked up, tears flowed down his face.

After walking a few steps, Su Shiqing finally couldn’t hold on anymore, and squatted on the ground, covering his face with his hands.

He began to cry silently.

In the past, whatever he wanted, people would rush to deliver it to him.

All the most excellent people love him and like him.

After Su Shiqing had cried enough, he stood up with difficulty, and limped towards the Chu’s. He stood at the door of the Chu’s family house and rang the doorbell countless times, but no one answered. It happened that a neighbor walked by and saw Su Shiqing, and alerted him kindly: “They have moved, is there something you need?”

Su Shiqing: “…..Where did they move to?”

Neighbor: “It seems to be Shanghai.”

Su Shiqing waited for the neighbor to leave before taking out his cell phone tremblingly. He pressed the cell phone number and called Chu Haoyi.

A recorded voice stated that this was an empty number.

Su Shiqing called a few more times, but the voice was the same, each time saying it was an empty number.

This time Su Shiqing finally broke down. He grabbed his hair and squatted on the ground like a madman.

He called Feng Anyan as well, and this time the call got connected quickly.

“CEO Feng, I’m Su Shiqing, I want to ask about Hao Yi’s mobile phone number, but his mobile phone number has become an empty number, I…..”

Feng Anyan’s voice was indifferent: “Oh, and here I was wondering who it is, turns out to be Mr. Su.”

“No matter what you want to say to Hao Yi, my only warning to you is to stay away from him, otherwise I will have your lame leg broken completely for you.” Feng Anyan threatened indifferently, “Su Shiqing, don’t be shameless.”

After Feng Anyan finished speaking, he hung up the call. Su Shiqing called again, only to find that he had been blocked by Feng Anyan.

With trembling hands, he called Liu Huan.

What Liu Huan said was worse than Feng Anyan’s words.

“Mr. Su, I have had no interest in you for a long time. Didn’t I say it clearly enough before? You are willing to lower yourself, but I am not interested in using someone who has already been used by trash like Li Zhao.”

Su Shiqing was once again hung up on.

The weather was so good and the sun was so bright, but Su Shiqing felt that there was a dark wind blowing from thousands of miles away, making him feel cold all over his body. He bit his lower lip and looked at the phone in his hand with stinging eyes.

It was the first time for him to feel so alone and helpless.

It seemed like he was an isolated island, a trapped beast, and he urgently needed someone to help him.

But everyone else stood on the lifesaving boat, even watching his current miserable state with relish.

Su Shiqing didn’t believe that he had really struck a dead end.

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He wanted to go home! Go back to the Su family! His surname was Su! His father was also named Su! The Su family also had his share!

Su Shiqing waved for a taxi, and the destination was the Su family.

And at this time, Su Yutong and Su Jinghan were also waiting for Su Shiqing to find them.

Their anger towards Su Shiqing had been accumulating for many years.

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This was the closest Qin Yue was to death. Whether it was the car accident or the operating table, he felt the threat of his life dying, but at the same time, he felt that something had changed.

He watched Shen Zhen walk into the room, and this glance made Qin Yue feel an unstoppable sadness.

Qin Yue raised the corners of his mouth with difficulty, and greeted Shen Zhen: “You’re here.”

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Shen Zhen also found that something was up with Qin Yue’s state. The expression on his face was like sorrow but also joy, which made Shen Zhen feel a little awkward.

Qin Yue raised his head and said to Zheng Xiao, “You go out first.”

Zheng Xiao greeted Shen Zhen and walked out of the ward.

Now there were only two people left in this space, Shen Zhen and Qin Yue.

Shen Zhen didn’t sit down, he got an uncomfortable feeling, so he just stood one meter away from the hospital bed, and asked Qin Yue: “Are you okay?”

Qin Yue finally had a smile on his face: “Fortunately, I didn’t die.”

Shen Zhen nodded. Qin Yue said to Shen Zhen: “Can you sit over?”

Taking into account that he had just experienced a car accident Shen Zhen sat on the chair next to the hospital bed.

“Xiao Zhen, I feel like I’ve had a dream.” Qin Yue breathed out, as if something that was pressing on him in the past but which he couldn’t see was finally shaken off by him, “I recalled our past, when I first learned to drive, it seemed that I almost had a car accident as well.”

Shen Zhen then said, “You stepped on the gas pedal but thought it was a brake.”

Qin Yue laughed, but his chest hurt, and his laughter turned into a cough.

Shen Zhen didn’t move. He knew that he should step forward and help Qin Yue, but he didn’t want to do it.

Qin Yue recovered by himself. He reached out to get the water glass beside the bed, but this time Shen Zhen reached out, picked up the water glass and handed it to him.

Qin Yue seemed to be much better after taking a sip of water.

“Do you remember the first time we fought?” Qin Yue seemed determined to recall the past with Shen Zhen.

Shen Zhen didn’t speak.

Qin Yue spoke as if to himself: “I remember that time, I joked with you that when we grow up, you will leave the Shen family, and I will not stay with the Qin family either, we would go abroad together, regardless of things at home.”

Shen Zhen had long forgotten these things.

Qin Yue said again: “You said you still want to go back to the Shen family to have a look, and then I said that the Shen family doesn’t want you anyway, and if you do go back, they won’t welcome you either.”

“That was the first time you hit me.” Qin Yue smiled at Shen Zhen, with nostalgia for the past in his eyes, “That was a painful punch.”

Only then did Shen Zhen remember that he really beat Qin Yue badly that time, and Qin Yue didn’t fight back, but passively endured his anger.

Probably due to talking about the past, Shen Zhen’s attitude gradually softened, and he said, “Yeah, you looked quite tragic at that time.”

Qin Yue also noticed the change in Shen Zhen’s attitude, and the smile on his face became more sincere: “At that time, I thought, it’s a good thing for you to let out the discomfort in your heart rather than to hold back all the time. If I get beaten, I’ll get beaten. If it could make you feel better, then the beating was worth it.”

Shen Zhen didn’t speak, and Qin Yue didn’t continue. Shen Zhen lowered his head and asked after a few minutes: “Why did you suddenly recall all this?”

For Shen Zhen, these things had happened in his previous life.

He still remembered, but he was not as moved as before.

Qin Yue: “After the car accident, these memories surfaced by themselves.”

“I haven’t forgotten any of it this whole time, it was just like it had been covered in dust, but now I remember it very clearly.”

Shen Zhen asked indifferently: “What’s the point of saying this now?”

Qin Yue stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to hold hands with Shen Zhen, but Shen Zhen didn’t reach out, he just looked at Qin Yue.

The Shen Zhen in front of him made Qin Yue feel as if his heart was squeezed by a pair of big hands. It was so suffocating that he couldn’t breathe, or even gasp for breath.

Before he met Su Shiqing, he even bought an engagement ring.

He said: “I used to think that when we were in our twenties, I would accompany you to visit the Shen’s, and then we could go abroad together. We could start our own company after accumulating a few years of experience. There might be some hardships, but we would always get through them together.”

Shen Zhen listened to Qin Yue talking about his previous plans, just listening, and didn’t have any feelings in his heart.

Qin Yue probably thought of the past after returning from the gate of hell.

But the past was no longer important to Shen Zhen.

He had a new life, his own company, a lover, and a promising future.

He would not look back at the old scenery.

Besides, the old scenery was not so beautiful.

Qin Yue probably had a lot to say, and he likely didn’t expect Shen Zhen to give him any reply. These words were just what he wanted to say: “Actually, I bought a ring a long time ago, it was a platinum and diamond ring. You said you liked that style of ring at the time, so I asked someone to design it without telling you.”

At that time, Qin Yue, who was not yet 20 years old, had to follow Qin Xing during the day, accompany Qin Xin at night, and had to keep it a surprise from Shen Zhen. His daily sleep time was extremely short. He had to contact many jewelry designers and diamond sellers.

At that time, Qin Yue felt that it was probably the first big thing he did in his life. At that time, he was just a brat, his mind was full of the person he loved, and everything else was not important.

For the sake of his love, he could not inherit the Qin family that his mother had been urging him to inherit, and he could also give up his status as the eldest young master of the Qin family. He just hoped to go to a country with Shen Zhen that did not look at a same-sex couple strangely, and the two of them would start from the beginning and build their careers and love.

It was not until today that Qin Yue finally remembered the throbbing in his heart at that time, and his longing for that kind of future.

But now everything had become impossible.

He experienced Su Shiqing and Zheng Xiao successively, and Shen Zhen didn’t look like he was single either.

“Xiao Zhen, are you with Uncle now?” Qin Yue suddenly asked softly.

Shen Zhen didn’t answer.

Qin Yue smiled: “Don’t hide it from me, I was muddle-headed before, but now I figured it out. Uncle, he…..is better than me…..”

Shen Zhen looked at Qin Yue, and the two looked at each other, but there was no longer any lingering affection they once had.

Qin Yue coughed: “How is Uncle treating you?”

Shen Zhen didn’t hide it from him: “Pretty good.”

Qin Yue didn’t speak, he lowered his head, seeming to be in a very complicated mood. Just when Shen Zhen was about to get up and leave, Qin Yue suddenly asked: “If Uncle treats you badly, you can come to me.”

Qin Yue explained: “I don’t plan to restore our old relationship, the past is over and can never come back. But just as your once closest friend ever…..”

Shen Zhen: “I understand.”

“Zheng Xiao loves you very much, you should think about it.”

Shen Zhen thought of Zheng Xiao’s almost lowly and inferior attitude when he came to beg him, and he couldn’t help but say something.

Qin Yue was taken aback.

Shen Zhen: “I’ll be going now.”

Qin Yue watched Shen Zhen leave.

As soon as Shen Zhen left, Zheng Xiao came in from the door, and Su Shiqing also rushed in.

This time Su Shiqing pushed Zheng Xiao away again, and he accused Zheng Xiao of persecuting him: “Ah Yue! He kicked me out just now because he doesn’t want me in front of you. I didn’t do anything, I just wanted to take care of you, that’s all.”

Qin Yue looked at him calmly.

Su Shiqing didn’t know what happened yet, and continued talking about how rude Zheng Xiao was to him, practically saying that Zheng Xiao wanted to harm him.

Zheng Xiao was also feeling irritated. He didn’t fight with Su Shiqing because he didn’t want to give Qin Yue a headache, and he didn’t want to behave too pathetically. However, being accused by Su Shiqing all the time, he really wanted to rush over and beat Su Shiqing up.

“Zheng Xiao.” Qin Yue called Zheng Xiao’s name.

Zheng Xiao walked to Qin Yue’s side, and Qin Yue said: “Please take Mr. Su out, I don’t want to see him again in the future.”

After speaking, he said to Su Shiqing: “Mr. Su, you can pack up your belongings in my house. If you want money, I will also wire a sum of money to your account.”

Su Shiqing was speechless for a while. He didn’t know what happened. He suddenly recalled Shen Zhen who had just left, and shouted in a panic: “It’s Shen Zhen, what did Shen Zhen say to you? Everything he says is a lie!”

Su Shiqing’s emotions were on the verge of collapse. He had no way out. He couldn’t go back to the Su family. Chu Haoyi hadn’t contacted him for nearly half a year. None of the people who had shown interest in him before could compare to Qin Yue’s status. Moreover, he had offended Li Zhao now, and those who were not qualified enough dared not approach him at all.

“He’s just jealous of me!” Su Shiqing grabbed Qin Yue’s hand, his once pure and innocent face became extremely distorted, “He’s jealous that I can live well without needing to work as hard as him.”

“He’s jealous that I have your love.”

“He’s jealous of me!”

Zheng Xiao finally couldn’t listen anymore, and said beside him, “Aren’t you the one jealous of Brother Shen?”

Su Shiqing turned his head to look at Zheng Xiao, his eyes were bulging, and he looked a little scary. His eyes were bloodshot, and he said in an almost neurotic manner, “I’m jealous of him?”

“Why am I jealous of him? The people he loves belong to me, and the things he likes also belong to me.”

“Whatever I want, others will give it to me. But him? With that blank face of his, even if he cries, no one will sympathize with him.”

“He just has more money than me.” Su Shiqing said through gritted teeth, “But I’m not lacking at all when compared to him.”

From the time he came to the Qin family, no, from the time he first saw Shen Zhen, he kept wondering about why Shen Zhen had a life that was so much better than his.

Clearly, they were both people who were not liked by their own families.

Clearly, they were both living under someone else’s roof.

But Shen Zhen had Qin Yue, while he had nothing.

Why?

Su Shiqing had been thinking about this question.

But never found a real answer.

He tried many methods, he wanted to snatch everything that belonged to Shen Zhen into his own hands.

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Would this prove that he was actually not lacking compared to Shen Zhen?

Su Shiqing looked at Qin Yue, and said almost crazily: “He is not as good as me, he is not as good as me in everything, you can’t choose him.”

“I love you the most.”

“I have all the qualities you like.”

“Let’s forget about the past and start over, okay?”

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After parting ways with Shen Zhen, Qin Yue left the restaurant and drove home.

He no longer lived in the Qin family manor and moved all his belongings out. Before, he lived with Su Shiqing. After Su Shiqing left, he lived with Zheng Xiao. Now both Su Shiqing and Zheng Xiao lived under the same roof with him. Qin Yue himself felt that the situation had become ridiculous.

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But he didn’t know how to change the status quo.

He felt that he still loved Su Shiqing, but he had lost the motivation to be with Su Shiqing again.

He also didn’t know how he felt about Zheng Xiao.

All he knew was that being with Zheng Xiao was very relaxing.

Qin Yue was distracted while driving. As soon as he turned the steering wheel, he saw a small truck rushing out. Qin Yue stepped on the brake at the fastest speed, but still collided with the small truck. The airbag popped out instantly, Qin Yue Yue’s head bounced back and then bounced on the airbag.

“Call 120!”

“There is a car accident! Is there traffic police? Are the traffic police here?”

Qin Yue’s consciousness had not completely left him yet, and no matter what he looked at, he felt like it was covered with a white veil.

Just before Qin Yue completely lost consciousness, what he saw in front of him was a familiar figure. It seemed to be a scene from before Su Shiqing appeared. He was standing behind Qin Xing, and not far away, Shen Zhen was smiling at him from behind the door.

All his discomfort, pain, and dilemma seemed to have started with the appearance of Su Shiqing.

Before Su Shiqing appeared, he was a proud son of heaven and the successor of Qin Xing. (TN: proud son of heaven expression meaning God’s favored one/an unusually lucky person/specially privileged person)

Shen Zhen was always by his side at that time.

Qin Yue felt that he was going to die.

After an unknown amount of time, Qin Yue finally regained consciousness.

But he suddenly discovered that he couldn’t see anything, and couldn’t move his hands and feet. He could however hear voices and feel someone touching him. His senses of touch and hearing were intact, but he couldn’t control his body.

He heard someone say, “Hemostat.”

Now Qin Yue understood that he was on the operating table. He had a car accident and was currently getting his wounds stitched up.

Qin Yue wanted to open his mouth, and wanted to tell the doctors and nurses that he was still conscious. The anesthesia only paralyzed his body, but did not paralyze his senses.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t make a sound.

Soon, following the doctor’s actions, he felt heart-piercing pain, but he had to endure it all awake, and he couldn’t even faint.

For a moment, he felt that the car accident did not kill him, but the operation would.

Don’t know how long it took, but after the operation was completed, when Qin Yue was conscious again he felt himself being pushed into a ward.

He also heard the voice of the doctor ordering the nurse.

Knowing that he could only wait for the anesthetic to lose its effect, Qin Yue didn’t make any further struggles.

After a few minutes, Qin Yue heard footsteps coming from the door.

Su Shiqing’s voice rang in his ears, asking the nurse anxiously, “Is he all right? Will his life be in danger?”

The nurse said: “His injuries missed the vital organs, so he just needs to rest for a while.”

Su Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief, and he said to the nurse, “Go and do your work, I will watch him.”

The nurse didn’t say anything: “If there is a situation, ring the bell beside the bed and I will come.”

Su Shiqing: “Okay, you’ve worked hard.”

After the nurse left, Qin Yue felt Su Shiqing sitting beside him.

At this moment, Qin Yue was still a little moved. After all, Su Shiqing was the first person to rush to his side. Although he couldn’t speak now, he felt a lot more at ease.

Su Shiqing sat beside Qin Yue. He looked at Qin Yue’s face and whispered, “Ah Yue, I have a lot to say to you.”

Su Shiqing also knew that it was impossible for Qin Yue to answer him right now, so he spoke to himself: “During the time I was with Li Zhao, I often thought of you, and I know you don’t like Li Zhao.”

Qin Yue naturally couldn’t answer.

Su Shiqing added: “Sometimes I really envy you and Ah Zhen, you both were born with silver spoons.”

“But what about me? I have never been taken seriously at home since I was a child. My brothers and sisters in the family don’t like me, complaining that I always cry.”

“But if I don’t cry, I won’t ever get what I want.”

“No one cares about me, I can only rely on this method to make others notice me.”

Su Shiqing seemed to feel aggrieved as he spoke, even though there were no spectators, he still began crying.

Su Shiqing: “I hate Ah Zhen, I never told anyone this.”

“He lived in the Qin family since he was a child. Unlike me, people in the Qin family value him more. I have no status in the Qin family. He took me back to the Qin family just to show off to me.”

Qin Yue was dumbfounded.

He knew that Shen Zhen was a person who didn’t like trouble, and he didn’t know how to show off. He brought Su Shiqing back to the Qin family manor out of a moment of kindness.

When Su Shiqing mentioned Shen Zhen to himself before, he was always grateful for Shen Zhen’s help to him.

So this was what he really thought all this time?

Su Shiqing’s voice was full of tears, and he said with sobs: “I still remember when I first arrived at the Qin family. When Shen Zhen introduced you to me, you only had Shen Zhen in your eyes. At that time, you loved Shen Zhen very much, right? When you look at him, it is different from how you look at others, so I thought, if only one day you could look at me like you look at him.”

“In that case, I wouldn’t care about Shen Zhen’s malice towards me.”

Su Shiqing: “You don’t know how happy I was when you spoke to me for the first time.”

“It was like getting my first car toy when I was a child. That car toy belonged to my cousin at first. When my uncle saw that I liked it, he gave it to me.”

When Su Shiqing said this, there seemed to be a bit of pride in his tone: “It’s been like this since I was a child. People would give me whatever I want, because I am likable. Even people who don’t like me would like me eventually after they come in contact with me.”

“Ah Yue, I will treat you better when you wake up.”

“That Zheng Xiao, I have never regarded him in my eyes, I know that no one can take you away from me, you still love me, right?”

Su Shiqing suddenly lay down, leaned his head lightly on Qin Yue’s chest, and listened to Qin Yue’s heartbeat.

“Whatever I want will be mine in the end.”

These were the last words Qin Yue heard, and then he finally slipped into unconsciousness.

Only now did the anesthesia have an effect on his consciousness.

When Qin Yue woke up again, he opened his eyes and saw that besides Su Shiqing, there was also Zheng Xiao. Su Shiqing was sitting beside him, while Zheng Xiao sat in a seat a little farther away from the hospital bed and peeling apples.

Su Shiqing was sleeping on Qin Yue’s chest, which made Qin Yue feel very uncomfortable, but he had no strength currently and was unable to push Su Shiqing away.

Zheng Xiao saw Qin Yue’s movements at this time, and hurried forward. He pulled Su Shiqing up from Qin Yue’s chest. After all, he didn’t have a good relationship with Su Shiqing so Zheng Xiao wasn’t very gentle either. Su Shiqing only woke up after falling to the ground. He stared dazedly for a few seconds with his eyes wide open, then bit his lips tightly with an aggrieved expression and stood up.

“Ah Yue.” Su Shiqing stood up after reacting, and pushed away Zheng Xiao who was standing next to him. He leaned in front of Qin Yue and said, “Are you feeling better? How do you feel now? Are you uncomfortable anywhere? Do you need to call a nurse? I can call the nurse for you.”

Qin Yue said weakly: “No need.”

Su Shiqing didn’t move.

Probably because Su Shiqing was here, Zheng Xiao opened his mouth several times, but in the end said nothing.

Su Shiqing was still talking about how worried and sad he was after Qin Yue’s accident. As if, if Qin Yue were to die, he would follow right after.

If it was before, Qin Yue would definitely feel distress and comfort him.

And even feeling that Su Shiqing loved him so much, he would definitely reciprocate the same affection.

However, now, Qin Yue had suddenly lost this feeling. He clearly knew what kind of reaction he should make in such a situation, as if there was a script, and he needed to act according to the script, and act sincerely.

This strange feeling made Qin Yue a little dazed. Dazedly, he felt as if he had been reborn.

“Ah Yue?” Seeing that Qin Yue hadn’t spoken, Su Shiqing became a little anxious again.

Qin Yue said hoarsely: “You go out first.”

Su Shiqing quickly turned to Zheng Xiao and said, “Ah Yue told you to go out first.”

Qin Yue interrupted him: “I’m saying this to you!”

Su Shiqing looked at Qin Yue in disbelief, as if he didn’t believe that Qin Yue said those words.

Qin Yue looked at Zheng Xiao, and now Zheng Xiao finally had a legitimate reason to drive Su Shiqing out.

When Su Shiqing was kicked out by Zheng Xiao, he was shocked. He wanted to shout, but he was in the hospital after all, so he could only glare at Zheng Xiao angrily, then turned and walked out.

He didn’t believe that Zheng Xiao could take this opportunity to make Qin Yue fall in love with him.

After all, he still had self-confidence. He was confident that Qin Yue couldn’t fall in love with anyone except himself.

As for the source of this confidence, Su Shiqing himself couldn’t explain clearly, he could only think that it was his intuition, his sixth sense.

After Su Shiqing left the ward, Qin Yue said to Zheng Xiao, “Call Shen Zhen for me and ask him to come over.”

Zheng Xiao didn’t ask any questions, just nodded and answered yes.

It was also at this time that Shen Zhen knew that Qin Yue was in a car accident.

He was sitting in Qin Xing’s office at this time. Qin Xing was reading the quarterly report at his desk, while Shen Zhen was playing a game on Qin Xing’s tablet out of boredom.

Every once in a while Qin Xing would raise his head to look at Shen Zhen, and then Shen Zhen would also raise his head as if he had a telepathic connection with Qin Xing. They would exchange a smile, and then continue to go back doing their own thing.

There was no need to say anything between the two of them, there was naturally a thread of affection flowing between them, quietly and invisibly, but which also couldn’t help but make people blush and their heart beat faster.

“Qin Yue is in the hospital?” Shen Zhen frowned and asked Zheng Xiao, “What happened?”

Qin Xing also looked over.

Shen Zhen mouthed “car accident” at him, and continued to ask: “Which hospital, which ward? I’ll go there now.”

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After Zheng Xiao reported the address, Shen Zhen put the tablet back on the table.

Fortunately, it was a stand-alone game, no need to disconnect.

Shen Zhen straightened his collar and said to Qin Xing, “I’m going to the hospital first, will you go there when you’re free?”

Qin Xing nodded, with a complicated expression: “You go first.”

Shen Zhen left the office.

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The next day.

When Qin Yue received Shen Zhen’s call, he almost didn’t react. For a moment, he didn’t know what happened. Was it an earthquake or a tsunami? Why did Shen Zhen take the initiative to contact him? Take the initiative to invite him to dinner?

Was there some conspiracy? Could it be that Shen Zhen had hired a hitman to kill him?

Sitting on the chair, Qin Yue suddenly laughed at himself. With his current state, Shen Zhen didn’t have to bother to take such a risk.

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Maybe…..he really just wanted to talk to him about the past.

Qin Yue stood up from the chair, walked to the window with his coffee, and looked at the scenery under the office building. From this angle, all the people below were as big as ants. They had worked hard all their lives, but most of them did not make anything of themselves.

He used to be by Qin Xing’s side, feeling a sense of superiority, and felt that no one could compare to him.

Now he suddenly felt that he was no different from the ants in his eyes.

Qin Yue took a sip of coffee, then looked down at the coffee cup. Was the coffee so bitter? Why didn’t he feel it before?

Qin Yue made an internal call and said to the secretary, “Make me a cup of Huangshan Maofeng tea.”

He still remembered that this was Shen Zhen’s favorite tea. When drinking tea with Shen Zhen in the past, he would always drink Shen Zhen’s favorite tea, and ignore his own favorite tea brand.

Time had passed, and thinking about it now, Qin Yue could only sigh.

He no longer remembered how he and Shen Zhen got to this point.

It seemed that inexplicably his relationship with Shen Zhen had become even more distant than that between strangers.

At this moment, Qin Yue received a text message from Su Shiqing.

[Su Shiqing: Ah Yue, I have learned how to cook, come back tonight, I will cook for you.]

With a headache, Qin Yue pressed the phone screen to black.

His feelings for Su Shiqing were complicated now.

On the one hand, he would still be attracted to Su Shiqing.

But on the other hand, he couldn’t get over the fact that Su Shiqing had been kept by Li Zhao.

And he didn’t have the strength to bring Li Zhao down now.

On the contrary, Li Zhao now made trouble for him from time to time, and he could only endure it.

He felt that he still loved Su Shiqing.

But he felt that being with Su Shiqing was too exhausting.

He didn’t know when Su Shiqing would leave again, but he would feel very relaxed when he was with Zheng Xiao.

Just like when he first met Su Shiqing.

Needless to say, when the two sit together, he would feel at peace.

Qin Yue called Zheng Xiao: “I won’t go back for dinner tonight. I have something to do. You can go out to eat by yourself. I’ll transfer the money to you.”

Zheng Xiao responded: “Brother Qin, don’t worry about me, I’m a grown man, I can have a meal anywhere.”

Qin Yue was amused by Zheng Xiao. He sat back on the chair again, and said with a smile: “Remember to eat enough.”

Zheng Xiao knew that Qin Yue was definitely going to meet Shen Zhen, he knew it well, so his mood didn’t change, and he wouldn’t ask stupidly.

Going to see Shen Zhen, Qin Yue suddenly felt a little nervous for some reason.

He hadn’t seen Shen Zhen for a long time, and he didn’t know if there was much difference between Shen Zhen now and before.

When Qin Yue walked into the restaurant that he had made an appointment with Shen Zhen, and was led by the waiter to the table, the moment he saw Shen Zhen, he suddenly had a feeling that things were different.

Everything had changed.

Shen Zhen nodded to Qin Yue: “Have a seat.”

Qin Yue sat down, and the two looked at each other speechlessly. It was Qin Yue who broke the silence first and asked, “How have you been recently?”

Shen Zhen smiled and said, “Without you and Su Shiqing being an eyesore, I’m doing pretty well.”

When Qin Yue heard Shen Zhen’s taunting words, he was not as angry as before. He sighed and said, “You still resent me.”

Shen Zhen asked strangely, “Shouldn’t I?”

Qin Yue looked at Shen Zhen with confusion in his eyes. Up to now, he still didn’t understand why Shen Zhen became alienated from him.

Shen Zhen looked at Qin Yue’s expression, and found that he really didn’t think there was anything wrong with what he did, or how much he did was too much.

Shen Zhen asked him: “Do you still remember how Su Shiqing came to the Qin family?”

Qin Yue nodded: “You brought him.”

Shen Zhen asked him again: “Ask your heart honestly, how did I treat him back then?”

Qin Yue: “You were nice to him at first, but later you targeted him in everything.”

Shen Zhen was amused: “How did I target him, can you tell me?”

Qin Yue was taken aback for a moment, and found that he really couldn’t say anything. In his memory, Su Shiqing always seemed to be aggrieved, because Shen Zhen didn’t like him. But thinking it over in detail, Shen Zhen just distanced himself from Su Shiqing just as he distanced himself from him.

“He thinks I wronged him.” Shen Zhen asked, “You think so too? Don’t you?”

Qin Yue didn’t speak.

Shen Zhen picked up the red wine in hand and took a sip: “We were both living under someone else’s roof, and our surname was not Qin. Why didn’t you sympathize with me like you sympathize with Su Shiqing?”

Qin Yue was taken aback, he had never felt that Shen Zhen was as weak as Su Shiqing.

Shen Zhen: “But I don’t need your sympathy either. Your sympathy is love to Su Shiqing, but an insult to me.”

Qin Yue suddenly said, “You hate Su Shiqing because of me?”

Shen Zhen nodded. He didn’t want to hide it anymore. This was perhaps the only time he talked openly with Qin Yue about the past. He said, “You should also know my feelings for you back then, right?”

Qin Yue nodded.

He had no expression, and people couldn’t make out his emotions at all.

Now Qin Yue didn’t love to smile as much as before.

He always had a straight face, as if the whole world owed him money.

Shen Zhen said, “After Su Shiqing came, how many hours did you spend with me in a week?”

Qin Yue was stunned: “Didn’t we see each other every day?”

Shen Zhen smiled: “Is seeing also called spending time together? Then Qin Shan and Qin Meng and I still see each other every day, and you don’t say more than three sentences to me a day, and each sentence doesn’t exceed five words.”

Qin Yue: “You remember even this?”

Shen Zhen shrugged: “I remembered it so deeply at the time, and I haven’t forgotten it now.”

Qin Yue: “…..”

Qin Yue said: “You hate Su Shiqing because I was close to him?”

Shen Zhen shook his head: “I’m not so ridiculous to this extent, and I didn’t have any close relationship with you. I hated him just because he was full of drama. He once knelt down to beg me, do you remember?”

Qin Yue: “I remember…..”

Shen Zhen: “I still remember him telling me: “You are so good, so excellent, you are better than me in everything, you can find someone better, can you please give me Brother Qin, please?”, I can’t understand his logic. There are so many people better and stronger than him in this world, so because he is weak he is right? And others should give everything to him?”

Qin Yue’s eyes widened. He couldn’t believe that Su Shiqing had said such a thing, and his voice was hoarse: “He wouldn’t say such a thing.”

Shen Zhen raised his eyebrows: “Believe it or not, it’s up to you, and it doesn’t matter to me.”

“I just hate that he always comes to me to seek a sense of existence. Who you like and who you don’t like has nothing to do with me strictly speaking.”

“But he makes me sick, and that’s what’s wrong with him.”

Qin Yue turned his head, and it happened that the waiter brought up the steak at this time. Qin Yue didn’t know why, but felt relieved to be interrupted in their conversation.

Qin Yue asked: “Do you still hate him now?”

Shen Zhen nodded: “It’s not hate, it’s disgust.”

“But he always shows up in front of me to sicken me.”

Qin Yue sighed: “At the beginning, I just felt comfortable being with him. Ah Zhen, you are different from him, being with you will make me feel a lot of pressure.”

This was the first time Shen Zhen heard such words, and said strangely: “Did I put pressure on you?”

Qin Yue shook his head: “You don’t even need to say anything, and I’ll just feel a little out of breath.”

Shen Zhen didn’t speak, he knew that Qin Yue himself couldn’t explain the source of this feeling.

He understood.

Shen Zhen: “I thought people like Su Shiqing was your type. Isn’t the person you’re with now a copy of Su Shiqing?”

Qin Yue was a little embarrassed, but he didn’t deny it, he just said: “Being with Su Shiqing now won’t make me relax, but being with Zheng Xiao will make me feel more relaxed.”

“Ah Zhen.” Qin Yue looked into Shen Zhen’s eyes, “Can we become friends again?”

Shen Zhen shook his head: “No.”

Qin Yue was a little disappointed, but he still asked: “Now that we’re sitting here and talking about the past together, I thought we could restore our previous relationship.”

Shen Zhen said, “What happened in the past cannot be smoothed out with a few words.”

“Qin Yue.” Shen Zhen’s tone was a little cold, “You have followed Uncle Qin since childhood, and you stood above everyone, so you don’t understand what the people below think.”

“Actually, like Su Shiqing, you only love yourself in your heart.”

Shen Zhen: “I came here this time to make things clear to you. The things I gave Su Shiqing back then were all things Su Shiqing coveted. I won’t say how generous I was to him, but I have a clear conscience. Su Shiqing may not have done anything to target me, but his existence itself is targeting me.”

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Qin Yue didn’t speak.

Shen Zhen: “Is there anything else you want to say?”

Qin Yue looked up at Shen Zhen: “You once liked me.”

It was not a question, but an affirmative remark.

Shen Zhen smiled: “It’s like I used to like sweet and sour pork, but I don’t like it now.”

Qin Yue lowered his eyes, and said in a somewhat lonely tone: “Is that so?”

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Shen Zhen didn’t expect Zheng Xiao to appear in front of him.

He saw Zheng Xiao waiting under the tree at the entrance of the company after getting off work.

Zheng Xiao had a good aura and didn’t appear vulgar at all. He looked very young, and even though he had already graduated from university, he looked like a student who had just entered university.

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“Brother Shen.” After seeing Shen Zhen, Zheng Xiao hurried up to greet him. He had a smile on his face, and his whole person seemed to be bathed in the sun. When Shen Zhen looked at him, he felt that Su Shiqing at his best was not even as good as him.

The more he was like this, the more uncomfortable Su Shiqing would be when he saw him.

Shen Zhen smiled and said, “What’s the matter?”

In fact, Shen Zhen didn’t hate such people, otherwise he wouldn’t have taken Su Shiqing out of the Su family back then.

Seeing Shen Zhen’s expression, Zheng Xiao was clearly relieved.

Before he came, he was always afraid that Shen Zhen would hate him.

After all, he now also knew how similar he was to Su Shiqing.

Every time he saw Su Shiqing, he couldn’t help but inhale sharply.

“I would like to invite Brother Shen to sit in the coffee shop with me, do you have time?” Zheng Xiao was very polite.

Shen Zhen looked at the time. It was only four o’clock in the afternoon. His working hours were different from ordinary employees. When there was no major business, it was basically from nine thirty in the morning to three in the afternoon.

The working hours he set were flexible working hours. Except for the personnel, employees who had business tasks only needed to arrive at the company before 12 noon and work for eight hours a day.

Therefore, the employees had a good impression of him, and felt that Shen Zhen should be regarded as the most Zen boss.

When the business was busy, overtime wages were paid by the hour, and no one had any complaints. If the overtime hours   could be shortened, there would even be bonuses.

Shen Zhen did not put too much pressure on the employees when managing the company.

Recently, he had hired special aunties to the company to cook meals for the employees, and even hired aunties to take care of pets, encouraging employees to bring their pets to the company, and there was even a special pet activity room.

After this set of operations, the employees almost loved him to death.

Shen Zhen nodded at Zheng Xiao: “Okay, let’s go.”

The coffee shop that Zheng Xiao chose was in an alley not far from Shen Zhen’s company. It was renovated very nicely but unfortunately there was not a lot of customer flow. Most were residents in the area so business could only improve after the nearby office workers got off work in the evening.

They sat in a booth, after all, the sound insulation effect of the open seats was not good.

“Last time I heard Brother Qin mention that you like to drink tea.” Zheng Xiao smiled ingratiatingly at Shen Zhen, “But I don’t know what kind of tea you like to drink.”

Shen Zhen: “You don’t need to be so polite, just order me a cup of green tea.”

A shop like this would not have his favorite tea, besides, how many kinds of tea could a coffee shop offer?

Zheng Xiao ordered a cup of cappuccino for himself, and a cup of green tea for Shen Zhen.

After the waiter left, he looked at Shen Zhen anxiously, hesitated for a long time, but finally said: “Mr. Su has been living in Mr. Qin’s house recently.”

That house was originally where Qin Yue let him live after he was with Qin Yue.

He was currently teaching French to middle and high school students in a training institution. He majored in a minor language, and the salary he got was not very low. It happened that this house was very close to the training institution. In addition, he himself had special feelings for Qin Yue other than his money, so he started to live together with Qin Yue.

He never thought that Su Shiqing would actually have the face to move in again.

Originally he wanted to move out, but felt that if Su Shiqing had the face to stay, why should he move out?

Besides, Qin Yue had never entered Su Shiqing’s room.

Usually at home, he cooked for Qin Yue in the morning, and afterwards, Qin Yue would drop him off at the training institution and then go to the company by himself.

After he and Qin Yue get off work in the afternoon, Qin Yue would drive over to pick him up.

Even if Su Shiqing moved in, their routine did not change, which gave Zheng Xiao hope.

It was just that Su Shiqing would mooch off the food he made every day. After he cooked the meal, Su Shiqing would sit at the dining table shamelessly, taking it for granted. Zheng Xiao wanted to yell at him, but he was afraid that Qin Yue would be angry, so he could only hold back.

“Mr. Su always thinks that I snatched Brother Qin.” Zheng Xiao felt that it was hard to talk about these things, but when he thought that he had already come begging Shen Zhen, it didn’t make any sense to be so pretentious, so he could only blurt it all out, “Actually, I now have a sum of money in my hand, and the debts that should be paid are almost paid off, so I can already leave.”

Shen Zhen: “Then why don’t you leave?”

As the kept lover party, no matter in terms of emotion or status, he was naturally at a disadvantage. He had no equal status with Qin Yue, so how could they talk about love?

Even Su Shiqing back then was smart enough not to accept Qin Yue’s gifts at the very beginning.

He would only pretend to be pitiful, and then he and Qin Yue would quietly give things to him as if they were bespelled.

At that time, Shen Zhen would use “these are things I don’t want” as an excuse.

Qin Yue would borrow someone else’s hand to give the gifts to him.

That was why Su Shiqing felt that Shen Zhen looked down on him, and probably insulted him with things that Shen Zhen “didn’t want”.

——Though he was very happy when he accepted the things.

Zheng Xiao lowered his head: “I’m not afraid of appearing like a joke, I…..towards Brother Qin…..”

Shen Zhen frowned slightly: “You are in love with Qin Yue?”

Zheng Xiao nodded with difficulty, he knew the relationship between Shen Zhen and Qin Yue before.

He still remembered that Su Shiqing once said to him:

“Ah Yue even gave up on Shen Zhen for me, do you think you can compare to Shen Zhen?”

Zheng Xiao was rendered speechless by these words.

Shen Zhen had a better family background than both him and Su Shiqing, and he and Qin Yue also grew up as childhood sweethearts. He was also good-looking and had a good figure. He still remembered that when he saw Shen Zhen, he felt that whatever such a person wanted, others would offer it to him on a silver platter.

Although he did not want to, Zheng Xiao still had to admit that sometimes Su Shiqing’s words really hit the nail on the head.

Zheng Xiao said in a low voice: “I know, maybe in the eyes of Brother Shen and Brother Qin, Su Shiqing and I are the same kind of people…..”

Shen Zhen smiled and said, “I don’t think so.”

Zheng Xiao looked up at Shen Zhen.

Shen Zhen said: “You are smarter than Su Shiqing and know to be tactful. More importantly, you have what Su Shiqing once had, but now he doesn’t have.”

Zheng Xiao looked at Shen Zhen stupidly.

Shen Zhen sighed inwardly.

“Brother Shen, I came to you because I had no choice.” Zheng Xiao lowered his head and said, “Recently, I can clearly feel that Brother Qin is becoming more and more impatient with me, and Su Shiqing’s relationship with Brother Qin is also becoming closer and closer. Sometimes, Brother Qin would not return to sleep in our room, and instead go out to open a hotel room alone.”

Shen Zhen: “That’s your business. Even if you come to me, what can I do for you? Tie Qin Yue to your bed? Or break his legs for you?”

Zheng Xiao said in a panic: “No, Brother Shen, I don’t mean that.”

“I…..I just thought, maybe I can help you, and you can help me too.” Zheng Xiao smiled at Shen Zhen, in a lowly way that he himself might not even have noticed.

Shen Zhen was in a daze for a moment, had he ever been as lowly and inferior as Zheng Xiao before?

Had he also thought that so long as Qin Yue would change his mind, he was willing to do anything?

Putting himself down to the lowest, but still couldn’t keep the person who was about to leave.

Just as Shen Zhen wanted to say “I can’t help you”, Zheng Xiao said again: “I…..I know one thing.”

Shen Zhen: “What?”

Zheng Xiao said softly: “Su Shiqing told me while demonstrating against me before that when he first arrived at the Qin family manor, he took a necklace from Brother Shen. You thought it was Brother Qin who took it, and you even had a big fight with Brother Qin.”

Shen Zhen was taken aback: “Necklace?”

It had been so long that Shen Zhen couldn’t remember clearly.

What necklace?

Shen Zhen sat there, lowered his head and thought for a while, then slowly remembered.

The necklace that Zheng Xiao mentioned seemed to be a birthday present given to him by Qin Xing in a certain year, and he had kept it safely all the time.

After all, Qin Xing was his idol at that time.

As a low-key and introverted fan, he couldn’t chase Qin Xing like one would chase a celebrity, so he could only keep the things Qin Xing gave him safely and properly.

Although it was given to him every year.

Shen Zhen recalled the past. He put the necklace in the cabinet at that time. After all, he felt that he was a boy, and it seemed strange to wear a diamond necklace. He prepared to keep it in storage and maybe wear out on Qin Xing’s birthday.

At that time, he felt that he should have privacy, so no one else could enter his room, and he had to be present even for cleaning.

And the only person who could enter his room when he was not present was Qin Yue.

After the necklace disappeared, he went to find Qin Yue, but Qin Yue naturally denied it, and he also felt that Qin Yue was not a person who would steal things.

Qin Yue was also angry at the time, thinking that Shen Zhen thought of him as an inferior person, and the two had a fight.

…..So it was Su Shiqing who took it?

Shen Zhen showed a disgusted expression.

At that time, Su Shiqing already dared to steal things?

Zheng Xiao said in a low voice: “I also called him a thief.”

“But he said that he didn’t think about stealing anything, he just thought it looked pretty, so he took it back to his room and admired it carefully.”

“But you found out and in order not to be misunderstood as a thief by you, he didn’t return the necklace to you.”

Shen Zhen: “…..”

As expected of Su Shiqing, ordinary people really couldn’t possess this kind of logic.

Zheng Xiao said again: “Brother Shen, I have no other way…..”

Shen Zhen knew that Zheng Xiao wanted him to hate Su Shiqing even more, and then help him.

Although he saw through it, Shen Zhen didn’t say anything.

Since Su Shiqing was looking for death himself, Zheng Xiao also came begging him, and Shen Zhen was not a forgiving person, he smiled and said, “How do you want me to help you?”

A gleam of joy appeared on Zheng Xiao’s face: “Thank you, Brother Shen!”

“I was thinking, Shen Zhen, can you call Brother Qin out for a meeting.” Zheng Xiao said, “And then air out the things about the past with Brother Qin.”

The smile on Shen Zhen’s face was still there. He didn’t want to deal with Qin Yue, not because he was avoiding the other, but because he only felt disgust when he saw Qin Yue now.

He felt that his past self who loved Qin Yue and almost lost himself in the process was a brain-dead retard.

Seeing that Shen Zhen’s expression was not good, Zheng Xiao quickly said, “It’s alright if you don’t want to make the call, I…..”

Shen Zhen said, “I will ask him out to talk.”

It was time to let go of the past.

Shen Zhen looked at Zheng Xiao with a smile.

He had always been unwilling to face Qin Yue directly.

Although he said it was due to disgust, he knew it was because he was still angry and felt treated unjustly.

Since the honest conversation with Qin Xing, this anger had dissipated.

Whether Qin Yue’s life was good or not, he didn’t want to bother anymore.

He was going to reconcile with his anger.

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As for Su Shiqing——he should wish for his own blessing.

“Thank you Brother Shen.” Zheng Xiao stood up and bowed to Shen Zhen in a polite manner.

His expression was very sincere.

When Shen Zhen left, he looked back at Zheng Xiao, wondering in his heart, whether this Zheng Xiao was a second Su Shiqing, or a second version of himself.

But either way this had nothing to do with him.

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Shen Zhen visited the Shen family house one afternoon. He always felt that he had gained strength from Qin Xing, and he could now let go of his past prejudices and get to know his mother again.

His perception of Mother Shen was complicated.

She was a weak mother.

She couldn’t protect her eldest son, nor could she have a say in Shen Fu’s decisions, and was only able to watch her other three children leave home.

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Without any financial support or say to the family property, she had no power to speak in this family. Perhaps what the butler’s words were even more effective than her own.

Shen Zhen felt that he probably still possessed a glimmer of hope for this mother before, right?

Hope that she could bring him home, hope that she could accept him, hope that she could care about her child like other mothers do.

When she didn’t, he couldn’t help being disappointed and sad.

Perhaps there really was no mother-child affinity between them.

When Shen Zhen came to the door, he also brought a meeting gift. The gift box contained the tea that was raised to a high price in China. Only fifty kilograms of this tea was produced a year. He bought it at a high price. He knew that Mother Shen loved drinking tea and perhaps he had also inherited this from her.

When the doorbell was pressed, Shen Zhen felt a little nervous. It wasn’t until the butler came to open the door for him that he finally recovered a little bit of his usual calm.

“It’s the eldest young master.” The butler was taken aback, he didn’t expect Shen Zhen to come over.

However, he showed great enthusiasm, and hurriedly welcomed Shen Zhen in: “I’ll go and inform the master and mistress right away, please sit down for a while.”

Shen Zhen nodded and smiled at the butler: “No rush, take your time.”

The butler stumbled and almost fell to the ground. Was there ever a time the eldest young master was so courteous?

It seemed that today he was not here to quarrel.

Shen Zhen sat on the sofa of the Shen family house, looking at the furnishings in the house. Since he could remember, except when he was a child, this was the second time he came to the Shen’s, the first time it ended with both sides unhappy, and he gave Shen Li a punch. But coming back now, his inner state was completely different.

“Xiao Zhen?” Shen Fu first appeared in front of Shen Zhen.

Shen Zhen nodded to him and said hello: “Mr. Shen.”

Shen Fu sat across from Shen Zhen. Shen Zhen looked at Shen Fu and had a question in his heart.

Shen Fu was actually…..so old already?

He looked like he had aged ten years. After the matter with Shen Yun and the others happened, Shen Fu aged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Shen Zhen said to Shen Fu, “I happened to be passing by, so I came to see you both.”

After speaking, he handed over the gift box in his hand.

Shen Fu didn’t expect Shen Zhen to appear suddenly, and he knew that Shen Zhen’s words were just polite small talk, but he wouldn’t say anything, he wasn’t that stupid. He smiled and took the gift box Shen Zhen handed over, an amiable look on his countenance as he said: “It’s rare for you to come by, stay and have dinner before leaving.”

There were at least four hours before the meal. Shen Zhen didn’t agree immediately, but said, “I’m here today to see Mrs. Shen.”

Shen Fu was taken aback, and he sighed: “You haven’t seen each other for more than ten years.”

He almost forgot that the young man in front of him, who was totally different from himself, was his eldest son.

Shen Zhen nodded: “It’s been more than ten years.”

It was rare that there was no obvious hostility between them, but the father and son didn’t really have any words to say to each other. They were not close, and there was no father-son affection between them. Shen Zhen couldn’t call Shen Fu his father, and Shen Fu couldn’t regard Shen Zhen as his son.

The distance and unfamiliarity between the two did not even compare to casual acquaintances.

Shen Fu sat for a while, and found that he really couldn’t hold a conversation with his eldest son, so he could only say: “You go and have a talk with her, I’m going to the study first.”

Shen Zhen didn’t stop him either, and Shen Fu went upstairs.

After waiting for about five minutes, Shen Zhen heard footsteps on the spiral staircase. He looked up, and a woman in a dark dress appeared in his sight. She looked much younger than Shen Fu, and she was maintained quite well. One couldn’t tell that she was actually someone close to fifty, and she was also stunned the moment she saw Shen Zhen.

Then she looked at Shen Zhen and slowly showed a smile that was close to ingratiating.

Shen Zhen suddenly felt that his nose sting a little, and he took a breath secretly before he could watch the woman walk in front of him with a calm expression.

Mother Shen sat opposite to Shen Zhen with some nervousness, and she looked at the young man in front of her.

Her eyes were a little red, and she suddenly turned her head and said, “Do you want something to drink? I’ll make you coffee?”

“Would you like some dessert? I’ll ask the kitchen to make it?”

Shen Zhen said: “No need for the trouble, I’m neither thirsty nor hungry.”

Mother Shen was taken aback, and she smiled at Shen Zhen with difficulty: “That…..that’s pretty good.”

“I just passed by by chance and wanted to come and see you.” Shen Zhen didn’t know why, and was a little afraid of scaring her. He didn’t even know that his voice had become softer than ever.

Mother Shen showed an expression of not knowing whether to cry or laugh, and she asked: “Are you…..how are you doing now?”

Shen Zhen smiled and said: “Not bad, now I have my own company, and the business is okay.”

Mother Shen: “That’s good, I, I watched you win the business award on TV.”

Shen Zhen remembered that embarrassing award acceptance speech, and his expression stiffened instantly.

Mother Shen felt deeply guilty about the only son who didn’t grow up by her side.

She lowered her head and said, “I’m sorry.”

Shen Zhen was taken aback.

Mother Shen reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes: “I don’t deserve to be a mother.”

“Back then, if I had been more persistent, maybe the family conditions would not be as good as they are now, but our family would be together.”

Shen Zhen didn’t speak.

Mother Shen raised her head and asked him, “Xiao Zhen, do you hate me?”

People always seem to be more demanding towards mothers, and children always expect more from their mothers than their fathers.

When Shen Zhen was brought to the Qin family, he often thought of his mother instead of his father.

Shen Zhen sighed and said, “I don’t hate you.”

Mother Shen looked at him without speaking, obviously not believing it.

Shen Zhen smiled and said, “You couldn’t have done anything at that time.”

Mother Shen had no status in this family.

She came from a nouveau riche family, and this nouveau riche was only good in the local area.

By marrying into the Shen family she had completed a jump in social class, and Mother Shen had no right to speak at all.

After all, it was a mother and son pair who hadn’t seen each other for many years, and they soon had nothing to say. Mother Shen seemed to have a thousand words, but she still couldn’t say anything in the end.

The connection between mother and child seemed to have been cut off when Shen Zhen was young.

The gap brought by time could not be smoothed out by relying on time now.

“I still have something to do.” Shen Zhen glanced at his watch, “I’ll visit you again when I’m free.”

Mother Shen stood up in a hurry: “Why are you leaving so soon? Stay a while longer, I, I learned how to bake cookies recently, and I will bake them for you.”

Her ingratiating gesture made Shen Zhen feel a little sad.

Shen Zhen looked at Mother Shen with complicated emotions. In the end, he didn’t look away and remained looking at Mother Shen——the woman who gave birth to him.

Shen Zhen shook his head and said, “If I have time, I will come to taste the cookies you made.”

After leaving the Shen family house, Shen Zhen strode in the sun, and he felt a lot more relaxed.

Something he had never let go of was finally let go.

He finally said goodbye to the self who longed for familial affection.

This time, he saw Shen Fu and Mother Shen, and finally realized that he had not craved familial affection since a long time ago.

He was just full of resentment and jealousy, and he never understood why he was the one who was abandoned since he was a child.

At that time, Shen Yun was clearly only one year younger than him, so why was he the one who was given up in the end.

Now he looked at the Shen family and was finally at peace with himself.

He had no affinity with them.

Qin Xing played the role of his friend, his mentor, his family, and his lover.

As for the role of brother, let Shen Li play it.

Shen Zhen smiled and took a taxi to the company.

He walked around the company and saw Shen Li sitting at his desk, discussing something with the senior who mentored him.

Probably thinking of what Shen Li said, that the senior was interested in him, Shen Zhen also looked at the man with Shen Li.

This man was in his thirties, and his annual salary seemed to be around one million yuan, which was much higher than ordinary employees, but not as good as core employees.

His hair was naturally curly, his skin was very fair, he wore black framed glasses, and had a mustache. He looked like an free and unrestrained artist, and he was taller than Shen Li.

Shen Zhen thought for a long time, but couldn’t remember what this person’s name was.

The company was now expanding step by step, and many newcomers had come to the company. With more and more people, Shen Zhen knew his employees personally less and less.

When the new employees entered the company, the company had gone through the most difficult period before.

He still remembered that at the beginning, the company was operating entirely on the profits from the information company and Shen Zhen’s own money.

It was completely in a state of losing money rather than making a profit.

Later, urban planning and the land price increase finally led the company to make a lot of money.

Then the company’s recruitment threshold had been raised.

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When recruiting people before, except for the core employees, most of them were newbies, college students who had just graduated, and were trained little by little by the core employees.

Most of the people recruited now were experienced.

Everything was on track.

Shen Zhen sat in the office, leaning on the chair, with a cup of brewed tea in his hand.

The windows of the office were open to let in the natural wind.

He finally had a feeling that his rebirth was not in vain.

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