Shen Ci walked forward briskly, he saw the car in the parking lot that was about to pick him up. He tried to get in, but was suddenly pulled from the side and a man blocked his way.
Shen Ci paused and looked at him suspiciously. The other party was probably in his twenties, he looked very arrogant, but he also looked sad. The man sighed and asked: "Xiaoci, I heard that you are going to marry Qin Yi. Is that true?"
Shen Ci had no shared memories from the original owner, so he didn't know who this person was, but he remembered the story described in the book--it should be the original owner's in-name boyfriend who confronted him in the parking lot... No, ex-boyfriend Feng Yue.
The reason for calling him the 'in-name boyfriend' is because the relationship experience, in Shen Ci's view, was that the original owner was in a one sided love. Foolishly infatuated.
The two met online. It took only three months from their first online chat for them to meet. Feng Yue's family background was average. After learning that the original owner's family was rich, he often asked him to borrow money. At the ATM, cheating money was serious, but deceiving the rich was easy. The two had been in love for almost a year, but had never spent quality time together, nor spent the night 'intimatley' with one another, they had never even kissed.
Shen Ci felt that this person was no different from an online fraudster, he didn't understand why the original owner liked him.
He took a step back and kept his distance from the 'fraudster':
"Yes, what's the matter?"
"Then..." Feng Yue rubbed his hands awkwardly, "er, shall we break up?"
Shen Ci looked at him and knew that he was going to marry Qin Yi. Feng Yue came to him, but he didn't even ask why, and he didn't want to attempt to make things work or help. In the novel, he would simply break up with him when it became convenient. It was like he had cheated enough money, so, he came to abandon the original owner.
He lowered his eyes, and when he raised it again, he suddenly smiled obediently: "Okay."
Seeing that he had agreed to break up, Feng Yue immediately felt relieved, probably knowing how pathetic and scrawny he was, and that he didn't have the ability to snatch someone from Qin Shao. He was afraid that the other party would come for him, so if he rid himself of Shen Ci, he would suffer no retribution: "That's great, I wish you a happy wedding!"
"Hold on," Shen Ci called to him, the expression on his face suddenly faded, "We can break up, but first pay back the 600,000 owed to me."
Feng Yue's body stiffened: "Wh... what? What are you talking about, why do I owe you money?!"
Shen Ci was not surprised that Feng Yue would try to play dumb, so he took out his mobile phone calmly: "I have chat records, recordings, and bank transfer records of you borrowing my money. I can find almost 600,000 yuan worth of proof, but I can't find the rest. I don't really care when it comes to the evidence. For the sake of our acquaintanceship, I don't need the interest. I will give you three months to return all the debt to me. We will have nothing to do with eachother from now on."
Six hundred thousand was not a lot of money to the original owner, but it was an astronomical figure for him, six hundred thousand was alot, but even sixty yuan would have been his entire fortune upon his death, and he would have fought for that small amount.
The original owner was not totally stupid, otherwise he would not back up all the evidence on his mobile phone, but he had a cowardly personality since he was a child, and he was afraid of being retaliated at by this scumbag, plus the amount borrowed was not alot for the previous owner, so he had never pressed the scumbag to return it in the novel.
Feng Yue's expression changed immediately after hearing this, he said and stepped back: "I... I have no money!"
After speaking, he turned around to flee.
Shen Ci still had a pain in his lungs. He obviously didn't have the energy to catch up with him on foot. Seeing that 600,000 was about to fly away, he suddenly had an idea and raised his tone: "Has Mr. Feng really thought about it?"
Feng Yue really stopped, and Shen Ci continued: "Although the Shen family has fallen, Qin Shao and I will marry, and I will be part of the Qin family from now on. You don't know the danger of provoking the Qin family?"
When he said this, he was actually just bluffing. He hoped the other wouldn't notice he was worried. Although he did want to marry Qin Yi, it was only "arranged." He hadn't obtained the certificate yet. He borrowed his fiancé's prestige in advance, and he didn't know if Qin Yi would really get married to him, or if he would be angry for using his name in advance.
But for six hundred thousand... Forget it, let it go.
Feng Yue turned his head; his eyes were both afraid and angry. Suddenly he sneered, with a malicous gaze, "Do you really think you will have a good life when you arrive at Qin's house? Your fiancé? He's a lunatic, the real thing, crazy—the problematic kind."
He said this and poked his temple: "Marrying a madman, are you still complacent? He will tear you apart bit by bit, just wait and see."
"That's not something you need to care about," Shen Ci tilted his head, "You only need to pay back the money, I think you definitely don't want to try Qin Shao's methods."
Of course, he knew that Qin Yi was a lunatic, and the plot of the original novel was all engraved in his mind, so did he still need other people's warnings?
The genius and the lunatic can't be distinguished.
Feng Yue's face was blue and white. He never expected that the little young master, who had always been weak-tempered, would be suddenly brave, not afraid of his intimidation.
One of the two had to back down first. The young master was not going to retreat. Feng Yue naturally shrunk. He gritted his teeth: "You...you wait for me!"
Shen Ci watched him go away, waved at him, and whispered, "Bye."
After solving the scumbag situation, Shen Ci was in a good mood and opened the door to his pick up car.
The driver glanced at him in the rearview mirror with a strange look.
What happened to the young master today? He was scared and was crying when he was told to marry Qin Yi before. How come he looked very happy now, was he scared stupid?
Shen Ci was sent back to the Shen's house by the driver. He followed his stepmothers instructions, took a shower, and then packed his belongings.
He subconsciously touched his chest-the necklace left to him by the original master's biological mother was snatched away, but he had no time to solve the matter now, so he had to go to the Qin's house first.
He glanced at his room for the last time, ready to leave without any nostalgia, then suddenly remembered something, he took out a stack of piano scores from the desk drawer.
The original owner once also learned piano, but because of his lack of skill, he couldn't get an aptitude for how to play, so he gave up within two years. These piano scores were left by him when he was learning the piano.
I don't know why he hadn't thrown them away.
He suddenly remembered them and put them in his things. Anyway, keeping them here is just a waste paper.
Shen Ci put the piano score into his luggage and was about to go out with the suitcase when he ran into the stepmother who previously gave him the medicine. He thanked his auntie, the other party hugged him, and while holding him whispered in his ear said: "Don't tell your dad that I gave you money"
Shen Ci understood it naturally. When he looked up, he saw the original master's biological father approaching him.
Father Shen patted him on the shoulder with a look of affection and said earnestly: "Xiao Ci, although you will go to the Qin's house in the future, don't forget us. Come back and check on us once in awhile. No matter what happens, you will always be my son."
Shen Ci thought for a bit:
Remembering the original plot, The Shen Ci in the novel , precisely because of Father Shen's words, mistakenly believed that Dad really loved him, even if he suffered inhumane torture in the Qin family, he still often dreamed about going home.
But who would have imagined that when he finally returned home, what he waited for was not his father's love and comfort, but rather a cold and unforgiving home. He was forced by his father to give up all his money and was driven back to the Qin home after being stripped of all his possessions.
From the day he was betrothed by his father with a written agreement, he was no longer regarded as his own flesh and blood, but a tool used for Qin Yi.
The original owner's biological father was nearly as terrible as his own scumbag father who drank and gambled, as well as committed acts of domestic violence, but he was too young at that time to escape from his father, and both him his mother were beaten together.
He once imagined in his previous life that if he was given another chance to come back, he would try his best to protect himself and never be abused again by scum.
Now, the opportunity has come.
The young man raised his head and smiled docilely, his slender eyelashes blinked like a butterfly, and his thin lips, which were slightly scarce of blood, opened: "I won't be back."
Father Shen was taken aback.
"From the moment you exchanged your son for the company's working capital, I have already drawn a clear line with you. From today onwards, no matter how well I live in the Qin family, I am already a member of the Qin family. I have nothing to do with the Shen family."
When Father Shen heard this, his eyes widened in shock: "Do you know what you are talking about? I just asked you to marry Qin Yi, but I didn't sell you!"
Shen Ci tilted his head: "Is there a difference?"
"Insolence!" Father Shen was trembling with anger, and was already furious, "You are a rebellious son! Do you want to sever the relationship between father and son with me?!"
"I wouldn't want anything else"
Father Shen was so angry that he strained his eyes and almost fainted. He was supported by a butler to stand still. Shen Ci had already walked to the door with the suitcase, and finally said, "I hope you will be nice to auntie in the future. Don't give up your son and lose your second wife in the process."
After that, he left without looking back.
He got into the car he was in before, and took a last look at the direction of his home. He suddenly felt that something was missing in his heart. He quickly retracted his gaze and asked the driver, "Where is Wen Yao?"
Wen Yao is the bodyguard of the original owner, ten years older than him, and grew up with him since he was a child, more like his brother than a bodygaurd.
Normally, Wen Yao would follow the young master to protect his safety, but when the young master fell into the water, Wen Yao was not by his side, and he didn't see him at home just now.
The driver didn't dare to talk to the young master who behaved abnormally, and said cautiously: "It seems that your father... sent him out. I don't know the specifics." Shen Ci didn't ask more: "Let's drive."
Wen Yao was an insignificant supporting role in the novel. It might be that the author lost his focus while he was writing. Shen Ci didn't think much about it, and put his focus on the right place.
An hour later, they arrived at the Qin's villa.
Shen Ci got out of the car, and at first glance he thought he had come to the wrong place-the atmosphere here was really weird. Although the villa itself was luxurious, it looked like no one had been repairing it for a long time, and the exterior walls of the villa were full of creeping vines, even the windows were mostly covered. The street lamp at the gate had a bulb that had been broken. The trees were also crooked because of no pruning. The iron fence doors were full of rust and entangled with the dead branches of plants.
He tried to ring the doorbell and found that it was broken.
Qin Yi... lives in such a place?
The description in the novel was "The villa is luxurious and dilapidated, like a ghost house." At that time, he could not understand the meaning of this sentence. Now he saw it with his own eyes and realized that it was actually very realistic.
"Well, young master, I can only take you here," the driver didn't want to wait for a moment, and was anxious to leave this depressing place, "Take care."
Shen Ci ignored the driver. He stood at the door holding his suitcase, and thought that since the doorbell didn't ring, how would he tell the people inside that he was coming, maybe just shout?
While he was hesitating, the dusty display above the doorbell suddenly lit up, and then the door opened automatically, and a middle-aged man in his forties greeted from inside. He rushed: "Hello, may I ask are you Master Shen Ci?"
"Yes that's me."
"I am the housekeeper here, and Shao Qin asked me to pick you up-please come with me."
Hearing the word "Qin Shao", Shen Ci tightened his hand on the luggage , and the butler politely extended his arms to take the luggage for him: "I'll help you take it."
He followed the housekeeper into the villa and found that there was nothing strange in the interior like the gloomy exterior, and it was just a normal residence.
He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Just when he was about to continue to explore, he suddenly heard an angry scolding from further inside: "I have said repeatedly that you are not supposed to move anything! How many times do you want me to repeat it?! Get out!"
This sudden yelling broke the silence in the room. Shen Ci looked for the source of the sound and raised his head. He suddenly saw that something was flying towards him. He instinctively hid beside the housekeeper, holding the folder in his arms. But he stumbled and was accidentally pushed to the side, his hand loosened under the impact, so the piano scores scattered all over the floor.
At the same time, the glass that nearly hurt him hit the wall behind him and shattered with a "pop".
Shen Ci trembled all over.
The sound of glass shattering was particularly harsh in the empty living room. He raised his head cautiously and saw a wheelchair parked in front of him. There was a man sitting in the wheelchair. The man frowned and his expression was extremely enraged, standing next to him was a young man who seems to be the object of his scolding.
Shen Ci's gaze fell on the man in the wheelchair.
Qin Yi.
The abusive villain from the original danmei, the lunatic who tortured the protagonist to death.
That man was right in front of him.
That person had an unforgettable handsome face, but was pale and thin, sickly looking with melancholic features.
As if receiving his gaze, the other party raised his eyes to meet his.
What kind of look is that?
A trapped beast in a long-term cage, dying, still using its sharp teeth and cracked claws to shred all enemies that try to approach it.
Shen Ci stared at him for a few seconds before realizing that it was impolite to stare, especially at someone so important. He hurriedly retracted his gaze and knelt down to pick up the piano scores scattered on the ground: "Sorry!"
The piano scores were all over the floor, and one of them even floated to Qin Yi's feet. Shen Ci knew that it was bad. He wanted to leave a good impression on the other party, but he didn't expect to be so embarrassed when they met.
He hurriedly picked up all the piano scores that were close to him, only the one beside Qin Yi's feet remained. He gritted his teeth and stretched his arms to reach it, but he didn't expect the other party to bend down and stretch out a pale thin finger to hold it down.
The fingertips of the two men brushed gently, creating their first touch.