Chapter 21 Go get the certificate
"Shen Jinci couldn't possibly be schemed against by those people in the Shen family who are just sitting there doing nothing." Li Siheng's expression was numb, and his fingertips turned pale from exerting so much force. "He is a very cunning person, and he probably took advantage of their tricks."

Li Tingmo sneered at Li Siheng, "It seems that after a few days of fever, his brain is not damaged."

It was the late night, in the ancestral hall of the Shen family's old house, Shen Shinian was kneeling on the ground, his whole body shaking.

"Jin Ci, the news in the newspaper has nothing to do with me! I'm so old, why would I take such a big risk to plot against you? What good will it do me!"

"It's definitely not good for you, so I'm also curious, did you drug me because you're tired of living?" Shen Jinci said in a dull voice.

A cold wind blew through the ancestral hall, carrying rain with it, adding to the terrifying atmosphere.

Shen Jinci stood with his back to Shen Shinian. He turned around and looked down at the terrified man in front of him without a trace of pity and with extreme coldness.

"You... you have no evidence. How can you say that I drugged you?" Shen Shinian was very nervous, but he still tried to keep a calm face. He said, "Jin Ci, I am your uncle after all. How could I want to harm you! This newspaper has nothing to do with me! Do you have any evidence for what you said?"

Shen Jinci's expression became even colder, and he said, "I can guess the plan you came up with without any evidence."

It seems not.

Shen Shinian breathed a sigh of relief and became even more determined to deny it.

He said in a very sonorous and powerful voice, "I didn't do anything! You can't wrongly accuse me and disappoint the elders of the group."

Shen Jinci was too lazy to talk nonsense with him.

"I remember you get seasick, so I bought you a ticket for a seven-day, seven-night luxury cruise to Singapore," Shen Jinci said calmly, "Think carefully on the boat about whether you did it or not. Write to me if you think it through. If you still can't figure it out in seven days, you don't have to come back in the future."

Shen Shinian really felt that there was something wrong with his hearing.

He stared at Shen Jinci with eyes wide open in disbelief, and stood up angrily, "Shen Jinci! You are the one who pushed others to a dead end, so don't blame others for fighting back! You want to drive me away now, but your father was respectful to me when he was alive!"

"He's been dead for so many years, do you still remember him?" Shen Jinci sneered, his face covered with frost, "I'm not him. Those who don't listen don't have to stay."

"You can't live if I die! You've been poisoned! The man I followed saw you vomiting blood!"

Shen Shinian was so angry that his face was shaking. "Even if you chase me away, I can still come back in a few years! By then, your body will be cold!"

Shen Jinci looked at Kang Yu who was standing beside him. Kang Yu understood what he meant with a glance and signaled the bodyguard in suits behind him to take Shen Shinian out.

Even until Shen Shinian was dragged away, he was still cursing.

Kang Yu asked in confusion, "Mr. Shen just let him go like this?"

According to the front-page headlines these days, the market value of Lixing Group has evaporated by astronomical figures.

According to Mr. Shen's character, Shen Shinian should have died a violent death no matter what.

Now it is really a great favor to just banish him.

Shen Jinci picked up the offering on the table in the ancestral hall, a plump orange.

He peeled the orange carefully, speaking in a casual voice, "It can be considered as a big favor to me, so please spare his life."

Kang Yu looked at Shen Jinci in shock. Seeing that the latter seemed to be looking up, he quickly lowered his eyes and said respectfully, "Mr. Shen has become more and more lenient to me since he returned to China."

"After all, I'm getting married tomorrow and don't want to cause any unlucky things." Shen Jinci held the peeled orange in his hand, and then walked out.

Kang Yu had the illusion that he had misheard.

tomorrow?

Who?
Who is getting married tomorrow?

Kang Yu froze in place, trying to connect the dots. A thought came to his mind - could it be that Mr. Shen was trying to take advantage of Shen Shinian just to get married?
But what kind of marriage would require the evaporation of a sky-high market value?

Bian Yue slept well that night and woke up to a rare sunny day. After several days of continuous rain in Hong Kong, it finally cleared up one day.

Bian Yue was having breakfast in the hall. After she finished, she realized what was happening and asked the friendly-looking housekeeper beside her where Shen Jinci was.

The housekeeper said that the master was outside making a phone call and that something had happened to Li Xing last night and it had just been dealt with.

Bian Yue felt sympathetic.

——It’s really not easy, working so hard despite being sick.

When Bian Yue found Shen Jinci, the latter had finished his phone call and was sitting in the pavilion next to the rockery in the courtyard.

The man's posture was indifferent and cold, his back to the moon, and he lightly pressed the red plastic lighter with his fingertips. The firelight outlined his side face and lit the cigarette at the corner of his lips.

The lighter was placed casually on the table, perhaps due to visual inertia, or perhaps because the object looked really cheap and was really inconsistent with Shen Jinci's temperament.

Anyway, Bian Yue walked forward and picked it up to play with it curiously.

Red hard shell lighters are commonly seen in newsstands, and even high school men think they are vulgar and ordinary.

But for some reason, it looks familiar?

"Your lighter..." Bian Yue paused before continuing, "It's quite unique."

Only then did Shen Jinci look up at Bian Yue.

The man's expression was blurred through the smoke and mist. Bian Yue only heard his lazy tone and faint smile: "Your memory is really bad."

Bian Yue held the lighter tightly, looking very confused, "Ah?"

Shen Jinci put out his cigarette and said, "You gave me this lighter, Bian Yue, do you really not remember anything about it?"

I swear to God, Bian Yue remembers nothing and is definitely not retreating to advance.

She humbly asked, "When did it happen? Why would I give you something so kind?"

In fact, what Bian Yue wanted to say was, after all, I am going to date you, and it would be embarrassing to give you this.

But Shen Jinci said: "It's good, I like it very much."

He took the lighter from Bian Yue and put it into the pocket of his exquisite suit.

He said, "Let's go get the certificate."

He made getting the certificate sound as easy as having a meal.

Bian Yue touched her hair subconsciously. This was a big event in life, and it would be best if it only happened once. She couldn't help but feel nervous and asked, "Should I put on some makeup again?"

Shen Jinci naturally grabbed her wrist. His voice was calm, making it hard to refuse. "No, it looks good this way."

Bian Yue still took the cosmetics into the car.

The little princess pursued perfection in everything she did. She was putting on makeup the whole time and was so focused that she didn't notice that Shen Jinci was looking at her.

Shen Jinci looked at Bian Yue in front of him and suddenly thought of the Hong Kong International Airport. The plane was delayed and the girl was sitting in the empty parking lot in front of the airport, applying lipstick carefully in the same way.

But at that time, the person she was waiting for was not herself.

His gaze was so focused that Bian Yue finally noticed it. She looked at him curiously and asked, "Shen Jinci, what are you looking at? Do I look ugly when I put on makeup?"

Shen Jinci's thin lips curved gently, and his index finger with a nude ring stroked Bian Yue's hair. He smiled and said, "It looks good, and it will look good on the marriage certificate, too."

(End of this chapter)