I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

Chapter 549 I Don’t Owe You Anything

As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Che and Shen Rang's faces suddenly froze.

Shen Che felt even worse, his back shivering as he looked at Shen Jiao in disbelief, "What did you say? You want to kill me?"

After realizing what was happening, Shen Che's eyes twitched, and he slammed into Shen Jiao with a bit of hysteria. "Even the old man wouldn't do this. What gives you the right?!"

"Fourth Brother!" Shen Rang was afraid that Shen Che would lose his mind and really hurt Shen Jiao, so he hugged him tightly and pulled him back, "If you have something to say, talk it over nicely, don't hit him."

"What do you want me to say? She wants to kill me! She wants to kill me!" Shen Che pushed Shen Rang away, his eyes full of bloodshot.

Shen Rang's scalp numbed by the hatred in his eyes, and he used his body to block Shen Jiao, "Ah Jiao, fortunately Shan Shan is still fine now. This will never happen again. Can you..."

"No." Shen Jiao raised her eyes and looked unkind.

Shen Che's eyes flashed with hatred as he stared at her intently, "Are you really going to disregard our past friendship and force me to death? Don't forget! If it weren't for me, you would have drowned in the pool long ago. You want to settle accounts with me? Fine! Shouldn't you give me back my life?!"

Shen Rang's face was filled with helplessness, and he was so anxious that he was spinning around in circles. "Fourth Brother, why are you saying this?"

Shen Jiao chuckled softly, shaking her head to meet Shen Che's gaze. "I've already paid for that life. Back then, you competed with Shen Qian for a career in government. To pass your father's test, you forcibly seized resettlement housing, forcing 100,000 residents of Sihanoukville to become homeless in the harsh winter. I paid for the public's resentment and took all the blame. But don't forget, I was also a student at the Military and Political University. If it weren't for that incident, my life would have been much more than this."

God knows how touched she was when she saw her daughter returning to politics. It was as if she was herself from another time and space.

"Later, you lost to Shen Qian and were caught by the Second House. You chose to go into business as a last resort, but you found the assets left by your mother disgraceful, so you set your sights on the Fu family. You introduced Fu Jiaming to me, and not long after we got together, you asked me to marry him. You said he was a man worthy of trust, and that the Fu family could be your support, which would benefit us in every way."

"But what is the truth? The Fu family is a den of dragons and tigers, and Fu Jiaming is a scum among scums. This marriage will only bring me harm and no benefit. But even so, I still endured it for thirteen years, just because you begged me. You said that the second branch has the Xiao family as a brother-in-law, and no matter how bad the Fu family is, it can still check and balance the Xiao family!"

Shen Rang felt that he had let Shen Jiao down, and his voice choked with sobs, "Ah Jiao, stop talking."

Shen Jiao closed her eyes, forced back the tears in her eyes, and deliberately smiled and asked, "Why don't you say it? Don't you want to settle it? Then let's make it clear."

"If I were alone, I would have endured it, but Fu Jiaming actually has a bastard outside. Where does the Fu family put my Sui'er?"

"Back then, I broke with the Fu family for Sui'er, and today I can do the same for Shanshan. I am a mother, and my child is my last resort."

"To repay you for protecting me during my childhood, I gave up my childhood dreams and the most precious gift a woman can have: marriage. So, Fourth Brother, I don't owe you anything!"

Shen Che was speechless, the look in his eyes was unpredictable.

Shen Jiao took a step back, as if to draw a line in the sand. "I'll give you three days to think about it. If you still can't make a decision by then, I'll make the decision for you."

After saying that, she turned around, picked up her diamond bag, and walked out of the living room with a determined expression.

Shen Rang and Shen Che stood there, and no one spoke for a long time.

The shadows of the trees outside the window rustled, and the air seemed to be frozen.

There was no winner in this argument. Shen Rang was exhausted and was about to speak when Shen Che took the lead.

"Argen, do you also think I'm wrong?"

Shen Rang didn't know how to comment for a moment.

After Madam Li left, the power of the second branch gradually grew. Originally, there was Shen Xi to check and balance it, but after Shen Xi got into trouble, the power of the Shen family gradually shifted to the second branch. In order to compete with the second branch, Shen Che fought and competed, but his talent and luck were always inferior to Shen Qian. He did everything on his own will and gradually lost his original intention.

Shen Rang knew that Shen Che was wrong, but before his mother died, she held the hands of the three siblings, hoping that they would share the joys and sorrows and never leave each other, so he always thought that it would be great if he could bring Shen Che back.

"We are indeed being unfair to Gillian. Fourth Brother, please stop. Don't you know Gillian's personality? She always speaks tough but is soft-hearted. Aze and Ajie are her nephews. If you just admit your mistake, she won't do this."

Shen Che's face turned pale. "Let me think about it again."

Shen Rang, "Fourth brother! What else do you want? Now even Gillian has found out about you. Shen Qian and the others will definitely come to your door soon. Instead of becoming a stepping stone for the Second House to take advantage of your misfortune, you might as well take the initiative to admit your mistake to father. Listen to me, there is still hope for this matter, and it won't be a complete disaster."

Shen Che shook his head, his eyes calm and terrifying. "No! I'm not wrong! Everything I did today was forced by the old man. Our mother is the legitimate Second Madam of the Shen family. The Second Wife is just an illegitimate child born to a lover. After Shen Xi's death, everything he had should be inherited by us, but the old man asked me to compete fairly with Shen Qian and Shen Yuan, two illegitimate children who are not presentable. It was him! It was he who encouraged the arrogance of the Second Wife. If it weren't for him, how could I be so eager to seize the resettlement housing, let alone join forces with the Fu family to force Gillian to marry? He forced me!"

Looking at Shen Che like this, Shen Rang felt indescribably disappointed.

Shen Che is one year older than him. Although he is only one year old, he has taken on all the responsibilities of an older brother.

At the beginning, he broke with the Shen family because he was obsessed with Shen Mianzhi's mother. Only Shen Che stayed with him and persuaded him to come back. After the accident, he was depressed and it was Shen Che who always stayed by his side to encourage him.

Shen Rang couldn't understand why the two brothers, who were clearly brothers who loved each other sincerely, had ended up like this.

The two of them remained silent, as if they could no longer find the feeling of being able to trust each other as they did when they were young.

Shen Che slowly stood up, turned around and walked out the door.

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On the other side, Shen Jiao was driving on the Mid-Mountain Ring Road.

"Miss, did you really say that to the young master?" Aunt Feng's voice was bitter on the other end of the line. "If Madam knew you had come to this, I wonder how heartbroken she would be."

Shen Jiao's expression was indifferent, and no emotion could be seen. "My mother is gone. I can't forgive the person who hurt my child just because of an unfounded sadness."

"I understand, young lady, but young lady, if the eldest young master doesn't make a choice after three days, do you really want to take action against the two young masters?"

"Who knows?"

Shen Jiao hung up the phone and looked at the dark road ahead with an expressionless face.

She knew Shen Che's character very well. He would never abandon her, so she had told his two children what he had done. Shen Yiji and Shen Yize would return to Jing in three days.

If Shen Che still had any conscience, he should confess to the old man now and use him to restrain her.

But if he refuses to repent, his sons will know that he has abandoned them for his own sake, and being deserted by his friends and relatives will be what he deserves.

And this was her greatest kindness to Shen Che.

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