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

Chapter 364: Teenagers and Teenagers

The two people's eyes met in the undercurrent.

Shen Qingyu smiled with his eyelids raised, then raised his hand to loosen the shackles on Shen Guiling.

You really can't underestimate this bastard at all.

Shen Guiling brushed his shoulders, pushed Shen Qingyu away with one hand, and walked past him without looking away.

Shen Qingyu looked at the figure in the night, his eyes filled with indistinct emotions.

"Master, are you okay?"

Shen Qingyu retracted his gaze and glanced at Gu He lazily, "What can happen to me?"

Gu He is speechless. He has been like a hedgehog looking for trouble everywhere all night. How can you say that nothing is wrong?

Shen Qingyu had a bad look on his face and turned to walk towards the inner courtyard. After a few steps, a figure suddenly jumped out from the hanging flower gate.

"Qingyu!"

Shen Yuan waited in the inner courtyard for a long time, and finally saw his rebellious son. He immediately jumped out happily.

Compared to Shen Yuan's enthusiasm, Shen Qingyu seemed much colder. "Who are you trying to scare by pretending to be a ghost so late at night?"

"..." Shen Yuan's grinning mouth suddenly froze, and he suppressed his temper, "You don't answer my calls, and I can't see you. If I don't come to see you, will you still remember that you have a father?"

Shen Qingyu, "I saw it, and I don't want to recognize it anymore."

"..." Shen Yuan was so angry that his heart ached. If he had known earlier, he should have taken a heart-protecting pill before coming to see this rebellious son.

Shen Qingyu was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and hesitated, "Are you up to some new trick?"

Originally, he did, but after being pissed off, Shen Yuan didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it! We're not on the same page anyway, so I won't bother telling you about the third room anymore."

Shen Qingyu's eyes paused, "The third room? What about the third room?"

Shen Yuan looked around and leaned closer with a serious expression. "I went back and thought about it, and finally figured out why you didn't agree to let Shanshan be adopted by the third house."

"..." Shen Qingyu's eyebrows and heart skipped a beat, his eyes dark, "You...you know?"

Shen Yuan stared at him and patted Shen Qingyu's shoulder with a loving fatherly look. "No one knows a son better than his father. How can I not understand what you are thinking? You are..."

Shen Qingyu gently rubbed his fingertips, his eyes revealing a mad desire to kill and silence someone.

"You're worried that Shanshan's favored marriage to the Third House will be detrimental to our Second House! Am I right?"

"..." Shen Qingyu laughed out of anger and said slowly, "Yes."

"I was right about you." Shen Yuan nodded and sighed with great relief. "Don't worry, Shen Jiao's wishful thinking will be in vain."

Shen Qingyu raised her eyes and finally gave Shen Yuan a straight look. "What happened?"

Shen Yuan, "I just received news that Fu Jiaming committed suicide out of fear of punishment. In order to preserve Fu Jiaming's bloodline, the Fu family is now demanding that the Shen family return Sui'er. So, let alone changing the surname, it's unclear who will have custody of Sui'er."

Fu Jiaming is dead?

Shen Qingyu quickly realized that the situation was not simple, "Where is Shanshan?"

Shen Yuan, "Shen Jiao is already worried about Sui'er. I'm afraid she doesn't have the energy to deal with the adoption issue right now. If she acknowledges Shanshan now, the Fu family might find fault with her. I'm afraid she won't even be able to keep custody of Sui'er."

Shen Qingyu said nothing and turned to leave.

"Wait! I haven't finished speaking!" Shen Yuan grabbed Shen Qingyu and said, "I came here to discuss something with you. How about we take this opportunity to snatch Shan Shan away? Shen Jiao can't be adopted, but I can. How about I make a sister for you?"

Shen Qingyu paused, and looked at Shen Yuan with raised eyelids, "Shen Yuan, you'd better behave yourself. As long as you don't stir up trouble, maybe you can even have a son to see you off when you're old."

"Ah... this?" Shen Yuan didn't understand and frowned. "What do you mean by stirring up trouble? I'm your father, I..."

What responded to him was a back colder than the winter pond water.

*

Qinyuan Tea House.

The lights are orange and the Zen incense is clear.

Shen Zhuang handed a rosewood box to Shen Lanxi and said, "Open it and take a look."

Shen Lanxi took the wooden box with both hands, opened the silver buckle, and inside the small wooden box was a well-made semi-automatic pistol.

He was stunned, and after a moment of silence, he looked up at Shen Zhuang, "Is this... your golden spear?"

Shen Zhuang nodded, "Grandpa has already handed over the information, and now I will officially transfer it to you."

Shen Lanxi lowered her head and stroked the gun with her fingertips.

Shen Zhuang, "Grandpa knows that you've always been looking forward to fulfilling your father's glory. Now that the golden spear number has been given to Shanshan, you no longer have it. Do you regret it?"

Shen Lanxi shook her head and took the initiative to meet Shen Zhuang's gaze, "No regrets."

For someone who is inherently indifferent to his feelings to be able to say these three words, it was already a sign of having overcome his difficulties for a long time. Shen Zhuang felt a warmth in his heart, and he lowered his head and wiped his eyes. "Okay. As long as you don't regret it. This is a reward from Grandpa, Lan Xi. You did very well this time."

Shen Lanxi closed the wooden box, her eyes gleaming with warmth. "Thank you, Grandpa."

Gao Zhi was guarding outside Qin Garden. When he saw Shen Lanxi coming out, he immediately went to greet her. "Master, how is it? Were you discovered by the old man? Did he not punish you?"

Shen Lanxi held the wooden box, without even raising her eyes, and walked straight past Gao Zhi.

When passing through the inner courtyard corridor and passing by the Chrysanthemum Garden, Shen Lanxi couldn't help but raise her eyelids to take a look. The lights in the glass windows of the embroidery building were still on.

Gao Zhi looked over and said, "Miss Jiang must be opening her presents right now."

Shen Lanxi's eyes turned slightly, and she suddenly quickened her pace, not knowing what she was thinking of.

After entering the orchid garden, he went straight to the study. After searching around but not finding what he was looking for, he condescended to look at Gao Zhi and asked, "Where are the gifts I received in previous years?"

"A gift?" Gao Zhi's eyes flickered. "What...what gift?"

Shen Lanxi received a mountain of birthday gifts every year. He never cared about these personal interactions, and Gao Zhi was always the one who handled them.

This is a lucrative business for Gao Zhi. He makes a fortune every year just by reselling Shen Lanxi's gifts.

No, doesn't the young master never bother with these trivial matters? It's been three years since I sold it, why are you only coming to settle the accounts now?

All the money is spent.

Shen Lanxi's face was unfriendly. "It's okay for outsiders, but you also sold gifts for your family members?"

Alarm bells rang in the Ghats. Family? Where did this family come from? Didn't this rookie young master always think of himself as a lonely person?

Seeing Shen Lanxi's face becoming increasingly grim, Gao Zhi suddenly had an idea, "In the warehouse!"

I remembered that Miss Jiang's gift was too cheap and couldn't be sold at a good price, so he threw it into the warehouse.

Shen Lanxi's expression eased a lot, "Bring them all here."

"Yes." Gao Zhi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Fortunately, he thought quickly.

After a while, Gao Zhi came in carrying three beautifully wrapped gift boxes.

The brocade on the gift box had faded, and Gao Zhi had just dusted off the dust.

Shen Lanxi took the gift box and looked it over. "Is that all?"

Gao Zhi pulled out a yellowed amulet from his pocket and said, "You've celebrated three birthdays since you came back. Here are three gifts, no more, no less."

Don't try to scam me.

Shen Lanxi said nothing, and opened a slightly larger box with a little anticipation. When she opened the brocade box, what came into view was a futon that was as ordinary as it could be.

The futon was made of straw and had become moldy due to years of lack of sunlight.

"..."

Gao Zhi carefully observed Shen Lanxi's eyes, but Shen Lanxi was just stunned for a moment, then opened the slightly smaller brocade box with great anticipation.

The gift in the second box was a set of wooden fish.

"..."

Shen Lanxi looked at the futon and then at the wooden fish. It was not until he opened the third gift box and took out the "Heart Sutra", "Diamond Sutra" and "Amitabha Sutra" that he smiled helplessly.

He went to Qingxu Temple, not Tianzhu Temple. Qingxu Temple is for self-cultivation and mental training, not for becoming a monk.

"Clean up the cushion." Shen Lanxi picked up the amulet on the table again.

This amulet was a homecoming gift from Jiang Huashan when he first returned to Shen Garden. If I remember correctly, she said she drew it herself.

Shen Lanxi's heart moved slightly, and she gently wiped the dust off the talisman paper.

It seems that she was very considerate at the beginning, but it was probably because he was too unkind later that she disliked him.

A talisman you drew yourself?

What are you drawing?

Shen Lanxi felt a little curious and opened the corner of the talisman.

Three big words were written on the yellowed talisman paper: Retreat, retreat, retreat!

"..."

*

The bamboo garden at that time.

The white curtains fluttered gently, and the phone on the bedside table vibrated with a buzzing sound.

A slender hand casually opened the screen, and wet water droplets from the forehead dripped onto the screen, blurring out two extremely glaring words.

bastard.

[Don't forget your previous promise, little bastard.]

Shen Guiling wiped her wet hair carelessly.

Yao Ge finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

He had tried hard to make Shen Qian believe in him so that he could enter Shen Garden, but his identity was always a hidden danger. So he promised Yao Ge that as long as he entered Shen Garden and won the old man's favor, he would definitely find a way to help Shen Nian return to China.

Yao Ge has a vicious mind, but Shen Nian is her weakness. If his identity is exposed, Yao Ge's murder of the real Shen Guiling will also be implicated. After weighing the pros and cons, Yao Ge acquiesced to him continuing to live as Shen Guiling.

Shen Guiling looked indifferent and deleted the message with a flick of his finger.

This woman was already old, her mind was incredibly stupid. She actually thought he would care about being the illegitimate child of the Shen family. Without Shu Mu, who in the world would care about Shen Guiling? What was there to be nostalgic about when someone ignored her?

He suddenly thought of something, stood up and pushed open the glass door of the balcony. The lights in the embroidery building diagonally opposite were just turned off.

Under the night sky, the stars are dim and the moonlight is bright.

*

The next day, Whale Harbor welcomed the first snow of winter.

"Auntie Zhang? It's snowing?"

Jiang Huashan came down from the embroidery building excitedly, only to find Shen Zhi and Zheng Song sitting in the yard. When they saw her, they immediately stood up and greeted her. Jiang Huashan finally reacted and turned to look at the main hall.

Shen Zhuang stood outside the door, smiling and waving at her, "Little Flower."

Jiang Huashan trotted forward and asked, "Grandpa, why are you here?"

The main hall is heated, and in order to create a nice winter atmosphere, Zhang Ru even had an English-style fireplace added.

Shen Zhuang, "Grandpa has something to tell you."

Jiang Huashan nodded and followed Shen Zhuang into the main hall.

"Grandpa, what could possibly be so troubling as to require you to come all this way?"

Shen Zhuang was silent for a moment, hesitating about how to start, when Jiang Huashan said in a relaxed tone, "Is there a problem with the adoption?"

In fact, she had already noticed the clues at the birthday party yesterday. If all went well, Shen Jiao would definitely share it with her at the party.

"Something happened to Fu Jiaming."

Shen Zhuang briefly stated what happened.

Jiang Huashan was stunned, his eyes full of surprise.

How could this be?

In her previous life, Fu Jiaming was living well before she left. Could it be that because she tampered with the nodes, she changed the endings of other characters?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little complicated. "Where's Suer? Is she okay?"

Regardless of the grudge between the Fu family and the Shen family, Fu Jiaming is still Fu Sui'er's biological father, and this incident has caused considerable harm to Sui'er.

Shen Zhuang, "The Fu family sent a message, hoping that Sui'er could attend the funeral and serve as a pallbearer for Fu Jiaming. Sui'er has agreed."

Jiang Huashan nodded. With Sui'er's personality, he would definitely go to see Fu Jiaming for the last time no matter what.

Seeing that Jiang Huashan was only thinking about Fu Suier, Shen Zhuang was filled with emotion, "Xiao Huaer, your adoption..."

"I understand." Jiang Huashan smiled, "It's okay, I understand."

Seeing that she was open-minded and didn't mind at all, Shen Zhuang sighed softly, "You are exactly like your grandmother."

Jiang Huashan was a little surprised. This was the second time that her grandfather had talked about her grandmother without any hesitation in front of her.

Seeing her surprised expression, Shen Zhuang smiled faintly, "Do you want to know the story of your grandpa and your grandma?"

"think."

She really wanted to know what kind of feelings could make her grandfather open up to her, a stranger with no blood relationship.

In her previous life, her grandfather never talked about his and her grandmother's past. At that time, she vaguely guessed that her grandfather and grandmother must have a very connected past. She even suspected that she was her grandfather's granddaughter. It was not until her grandfather agreed to her marriage with Shen Lanxi that she realized that she was overthinking.

"Speaking of your grandmother..."

Shen Zhuang's eyes lit up. He was old now and hadn't thought about his youth for a long time. But whenever he thought of Jiang Xin, the years of their childhood sweetheart in Huaicheng came back to life.

He was the youngest and most favored legitimate son of the Shen family. His father was a prime minister, and his brothers, a generation older than him, were generals, collectively supporting the prosperity of the Shen family. He had no great ambitions since childhood, enjoying making friends and traveling. He once spent a fortune buying ten Red Mansion stages, and he also sat alone in a house at the end of an alley, listening to the rain with his old yellow dog.

That year, the house at the end of the alley where he was sitting happened to be Jiang Xin's home.

She was holding a bamboo umbrella and wearing a long green gown. She pushed the door open and saw him and the big yellow dog being drenched by the rain. She smiled and asked them to come into the house to take shelter.

Not only was he invited, but the big yellow dog was also invited.

It rained for a whole month in Huaicheng in April. He and the big yellow dog became frequent visitors to the houses at the end of the alley. Whenever it rained, they and the dog would appear under the eaves, and then wait tacitly for the owner to invite them into the house to shelter from the rain.

If they are lucky, they will be given a bowl of Huaicheng sugar water made by the host, and the fragrance of aged osmanthus will fill the rainy season for the rest of their lives.

Later, he found out that the owner of the house at the end of the alley was called Jiang Xin. She was a famous actress in the Huaicheng Opera Troupe. Because a rich and foolish young man had booked ten red-room opera houses, the opera troupe's performances were always full, so her master let her take the opportunity to rest more.

When he learned the reason, he spent a fortune and hired Wu Song to fight the tiger for a month.

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