Chapter 176 Aftermath (1)
.Ye Huan had a dream...
This dream is very long. From childhood to now, countless scenes flash past like quick shots in a movie. In the dream, he, Qiao Mu, Monkey, Zhang San and others are still living in the old building, doing nothing and doing nothing every day.
Live a simple and ordinary life, and then
Later, he and Qiao Mu got married and gave birth to two children... Later, the scene changed, and Ye Huan suddenly found himself in a grand and wealthy mansion. There was no one in the mansion, and there was a gloomy wind. He stood in the center of the mansion.
, there are ghosts and shadows everywhere, and it is very cold.
The trees were gone, the monkey Zhang San was gone, the sunshine in the sky was gone, and only the sinister laughter of the surrounding ghosts echoed and floated in the courtyard, making a harsh sound.
Ye Huan was frightened and woke up.
When I woke up, I found myself lying in a white ward. The pillow was wet, and it turned out to be soaked in tears.
Ye Huan opened his eyes and felt numbness all over his body. He wanted to sit up, but found that he couldn't move. His limbs seemed to no longer belong to him. It was extremely difficult to move his fingers.
"..."
Ye Huan groaned softly.
Then I heard a familiar voice, choking with surprise: "Ye Huan, finally woke up!"
What came into view was Zhou Rong's familiar face, which was stained with tears and looked haggard as if she were several years older.
Next to Zhou Rong, Zhou Mei stared at him deeply, her eyes filled with tears. In the blink of an eye, the tears rolled down like broken glass.
"Where... am I?" Ye Huan struggled to speak, his voice as hoarse as ragged silk.
"Hospital..." Zhou Rong couldn't help crying loudly: "My child, I'm suffering."
The memories before coma suddenly flooded into Ye Huan's mind.
He went to find Shen Duyi with a gasoline barrel and burned down the Shen family's old house. Shen Duyi was rescued. He rushed forward and slapped him, but was shot by the guard in the end...
Ye Huan frowned, feeling a familiar tingling sensation in his heart.
Other memories are not important, what is important and profound is that Qiao Mu left him and he will never be able to find her again...
"Mom, it hurts so much..." Ye Huan groaned in pain, tears falling down his face uncontrollably.
Zhou Rong said nervously: "Where does it hurt?"
Ye Huan pointed to his heart.
"It seems like there is a knife here, pricking it repeatedly, it hurts like hell..."
Zhou Rong was stunned, then hugged Ye Huan into her arms and cried loudly.
"My child, you have suffered. The Shen family is a quagmire. Let's not get involved with them, okay? Let's go abroad, the United States, Canada, Europe, you can choose whatever you want. We have money and can go to the whole world..."
"I'm looking for Qiao Mu..."
"Okay, let's look for Qiao Mu. We will spend all our money to find her. Let's hire people to look for her. We will look for her all over the world. We will look for her in every country, every city, and every town!"
Ye Huan smiled weakly: "Yes, let's go find her. Qiao Mu can't leave me. We can't be separated. If we are separated, she will no longer be her, and I will no longer be me..."
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Zhou Rong walked out of the ward, the sadness on her face quickly turned into a look of extreme resentment.
This strong woman, who never showed her emotions or anger in the shopping mall, seemed to have transformed into a ferocious god descending to earth at this moment, her plain and calm face slightly distorted by anger. (Updated with the latest chapter of this book)
"Mei'er."
"lady."
"Prepare the car and go to Shen's house!"
Having not visited her husband's house for twenty years, Zhou Rong decided to make an exception today, for the sake of two words, "justice".
The inner hall of the old residence of the Shen family.
The three brothers, Shen Duli, Shen Duren, and Shen Duzhi, each sat at the bottom of the hall, at the main seat in the inner hall. Mr. Shen had a calm expression with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep.
The three brothers were silent, not knowing what they were thinking.
There was no expression on Shen Duli's calm face, but a look of anger flashed across his eyes from time to time. It was obvious that Premier Shen, who had always been quite restrained, was now extremely angry.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Chongwu closed his eyes and suddenly sighed softly.
"It's passed, it's been..."
The fourth eldest brother, Shen Duren, glanced at the eldest brother, Shen Duli, and bowed forward slightly, tentatively saying: "Dad, what do you mean..."
Shen Chongwu opened his eyes, glanced coldly, and finally settled on Shen Duli's face.
"They've all passed, the third child has passed, and so has Ye Huan."
Shen Duli said coldly: "Dad, it's not me who protects others. Although Ye Huan handled this matter too impulsively, there must be a reason for everything. What Lao San did was indeed too much."
Shen Duren lowered his head and looked at the floor, as if thinking to himself: "The third brother is also thinking about the overall situation of the Shen family, and his starting point is always right."
Shen Duli frowned deeply and said in a deep voice: "The child's happiness should be sacrificed for the sake of the overall situation? What kind of truth is this?"
"Brother, someone has to sacrifice..."
Shen Duli raised his eyebrows and finally became angry: "Yes, someone has to sacrifice, but it shouldn't be Ye Huan. He has been living in the market for twenty years. He has suffered so much and suffered so many crimes. I haven't had time to compensate him. The third child They separated him from his lover. The Shen family has never done anything for this child since he was a child. Now that he has just returned, they are asking him to contribute to the Shen family. When did a century-old family with poems and books handed down for generations become like this? A domineering family member?"
Staring at Shen Duren angrily, Shen Duli clenched his fists tightly and said in a deep voice: "Fourth child, the marriage between Shen and Han was discussed with the third child, right? It was also our decision to break up Ye Huan and Qiao Mu. Right? Why didn't you ask me? Why didn't you get my consent? Regardless of whether I am the head of the Shen family or not, Ye Huan is my biological son. At least I should know about it, right? He and the third child decided on their own to make things like this. , what do you think I am?"
A bit of panic flashed across Shen Duren's face, and he argued forcefully: "Brother, no one wants the matter to come to this point, but how do we know that Ye Huan would actually go to war for a poor and humble girl? Our Shen family's family motto has always been You put your family and country first, who would take women so seriously?"
Shen Duli's face changed, he looked up to the sky and laughed angrily, and said: "Fourth, what you said is on point. Yes, those who achieve great things should not be tied to the love of their children. Women are nothing more than tools to pass on the family line to the Shen family. I'm sorry, I, Shen Duli, have become the first outlier. Back then, I gave up my family business, my family, and ran thousands of miles with Rong'er. Ye Huan has my essence and blood flowing in his bones, and he also did things that made him a beauty in anger. So what? Because we can’t let go of our love for our children, can’t our father and son be tolerated by the Shen family?”
Shen Duren forced a smile and said, "Brother, don't get me wrong, I don't have any other intentions. I'm just discussing the matter."
Shen Chongwu knocked on the pear wood coffee table several times and hummed: "The matter was not resolved, but we had a quarrel. They are all my good sons."
Shen Duren turned to look at his father and said, "Dad, I personally think that although what the third brother did was inappropriate, it was not a big mistake."
The fifth old man, Shen Duzhi, who had been silent for a long time, smiled gloomily and said slowly: "There is a saying among the people that it is better to demolish ten temples than to demolish one marriage. Beating up the mandarin ducks is something that damages the moral character, so it is not a big mistake. What?"
Although he disliked Ye Huan as his nephew, Shen Duzhi still sided with Ye Huan without hesitation at this time.
Shen Duren hesitated, then glanced at Lao Wu fiercely, and said coldly: "The man is unmarried, the woman is unmarried, how can we break up the marriage before we are married?"
General Shen Chong saw everything, and the scene of the brothers quarreling made him feel upset for a while, and he felt a little sad in his heart.
"Okay, okay, everyone, shut up! Things were so big yesterday, and we have to set a tone. I called you here to solve the problem, not to watch you quarrel!"
Shen Duli had a cold face and said in a strong tone: "There is no need to discuss the tone of the matter. The third child is mainly responsible for this matter. Although Ye Huan was a little impulsive, it happened for a reason, so it is not a big mistake."
Shen Duren snorted, and just as he was about to open his mouth to express his objection, he saw two brothers, Shen Duli and Shen Duzhi, looking at him coldly, their eyes full of coldness and coldness, as sharp as blades.
Shen Duren's heart froze. After quickly weighing the pros and cons in his mind, he nodded reluctantly: "Okay, the third brother should bear the main responsibility, but... Ye Huan burned down the old house and kidnapped his uncle with the intention of committing murder. , I’m afraid all kinds of actions can’t be uncovered with just an ‘impulse’, right? If the children of the Shen family follow Ye Huanyi’s example in the future and threaten their elders at the slightest sign of trouble, will the prestige of the Shen family still be lost?”
Shen Duli said coldly: "According to Laosi's wishes, what do you want?"
"It must be punished lightly!" Shen Duren expressed his thoughts.
"How to punish lightly?"
"He will receive a hundred family punishments, and then he will be imprisoned in the old house for a year, and he will think about his mistakes behind closed doors."
Shen Duli sneered solemnly: "One hundred notes of family rules and one year of confinement are called harsh punishments? Don't you know that one hundred notes of family rules can be enough to cripple a person? What are you thinking about, Fourth Brother?"
Shen Duren also sneered. Just as he was about to argue a few words, he heard a very abrupt female voice at the door of the inner hall saying coldly: "Whoever dares to use family methods on my son, I will fight with him!"
Everyone was stunned and turned around to look, only to see Zhou Rong standing at the door with a stern look on her face, her eyes sparkling with anger, staring at Shen Duren.
Shen Duli's heart sank, he stood up and faced her, smiling bitterly: "I haven't entered the Shen family for twenty years, but I finally came in today..."
Zhou Rong stepped forward and stepped into the half-foot high threshold. She glanced at everyone in the hall coldly with her phoenix eyes. Her face suddenly changed and she rushed towards Shen Duli like a wounded female animal. Everyone's eyes were dazzled when they saw Shen Duli. Duli had five dazzling blood stains on his face.
"Shen Duli, this useless man!" Zhou Rong's accumulated anger finally broke out. In front of everyone in the Shen family, Zhou Rong roared at Shen Duli like a madman.
"If you don't have the ability to protect your son, don't bring him into the Shen family! Keep him far away from us. Does Ye Huan owe us the Shen family? In the past twenty years, we have given him a bite to eat and a piece of clothing to him. Clothes? After finally coming back, what do they think of him? A tool? A chess piece? Apart from profit, is there any trace of family affection in their eyes?"
Although Zhou Rong only spoke to Shen Duli, the meaning behind her words was clearly slapping the entire Shen family in the face.
After the words were finished, the faces in the inner hall, including Mr. Shen's, were filled with astonishment, shame and anger, and everyone's expressions became ugly.
Zhou Rong ignored the ugly faces of everyone in the Shen family and cried to herself: "Ye Huan and Qiao Mu, two children who are so well-matched. They have shared joys and sorrows for twenty years. I thought they were about to achieve enlightenment, but in the end they were torn apart. But it's those bullshit family fortunes and interests! You... are doing evil! The son I gave birth to was reluctant to scold him, reluctant to beat him, and held it in the palm of my hand like a treasure, but we, who are uncles and grandfathers, gave him Pushing him into the fire pit, why should my son suffer this injustice? What did he want?"
Zhou Rong lowered her head and burst into tears: "...How could Ye Huan be wronged, how could Qiao Mu be wronged! You are doing evil, you are doing evil!"
These words were like naming names, and the faces of everyone in the Shen family suddenly turned livid.
Mr. Shen raised his white eyebrows and wanted to scold Zhou Rong. But when he thought of the content of her words, he somehow held back and just knocked on the table gently.
Zhou Rong then raised her head, looking back and forth in the hall, her tone had become ghastly and scary: "Where is Shen Laosan? Where is he?"
Shen Duren's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, the third brother has also suffered a lot. Large areas of his body were burned, and Ye Huan was hit with a brick on his head, which caused a concussion. He still has it now. Lying in the military hospital, unable to move..."
"He deserves it! Why didn't Ye Huan beat him to death with a brick?" Zhou Rong shouted with a look of resentment.
Shen Duren's face suddenly turned ugly: "Sister-in-law, you can't kill someone without a nod, are you going too far?"
Snap!
Zhou Rong slapped Shen Duren hard in the face, and five bright red fingerprints suddenly appeared on Shen Duren's face.
Everyone was shocked by Zhou Rong's slap and stared at her with wide eyes.
Shen Duren covered his face, his expression frightened and angry: "Sister-in-law... you dare to hit someone."
"Shen Laosi, that's what I'm beating!" Zhou Rong's gloomy eyes were gouging his face like a knife: "...we, the Shen family, have hurt my son so miserably, and yet we still want to use family methods on him. If you want to kill him, I'd be polite to slap him in the face."
Shen Duren covered his face and glared at Zhou Rong, but his ears were buzzing, half of his face was numb, and he was stunned in the hall, unable to make a sound for a long time.
Shen Chongwu finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and said coldly: "Zhou Rong, that's enough! Did you come to the Shen family specifically to cause trouble today?"
Zhou Rong stood in the hall, wiped her tears fiercely, looked directly at Shen Chongwu fearlessly, and said loudly: "Old man, I haven't visited the Shen family's door for twenty years. I made an exception today and came in. It's not to cause trouble, but It’s about seeking justice for my son!”
Slowly looking around the Shen family in the hall, Zhou Rong stood proudly in the inner hall like a tigress protecting her calf, and loudly said: "Who among the Shen family can give me this justice?"
ps: Aimensousāorui
I originally wanted to finish this chapter of the aftermath in one go, but the hangover was really painful. My brain hurt so much all day long that it almost split open. I finally had a weekend where I could have some fun. It was inevitable that I would be a little indulgent. Please be considerate. Otakus are actually pitiful
Chapter completed!