Chapter 271: Shen Xun, Positive

Shen Xun looked at her pitiful appearance, then thought of his mother still in the hospital bed, and steeled himself: "Lin Shutong, I have no money left; the money I earned is all on you, you spent it all on decadent pleasures."

Lin Shutong felt a bone stuck in her throat.

"Those are all fake……"

"Fake or not, won't a judge decide?" Shen Xun immediately retorted, showing a bleak smile: "Only I have never been judged from start to finish."

Lin Shutong knew Shen Xun now utterly hated her, but she still sought to benefit herself.

"Ah Xun, you have money; you just need to take out a little, just a little will do."

"That's money for my mother's medical treatment!" Shen Xun looked at her in disbelief: "Lin Shutong, how dare you say that!"

Lin Shutong, snapped at by him, no longer wanting to pretend, burst out: "Shen Xun, I have no children because of you! I even can't have children anymore because of you!"

In an instant, she had him under her control.

But Shen Xun insisted on not touching his mother's medical fees: "I can marry you."

Lin Shutong: "You!"

What she wants is not marriage!

It's money!

Shen Xun repeated: "I can marry you, and I can also forgo children; whether you have children or not doesn't matter."

Lin Shutong righteously countered: "Shen Xun, do you think we can still marry now? Are you going to make me face every day someone who has hurt me and my child?"

Shen Xun: "Don't I also have to face every day someone who has trapped and deceived me?"

Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Lin Shutong felt her life was utterly terrible; without this trial, she wouldn't be in such a desperate situation.

Her maternal grandfather still refused to see her; not seeing her meant he wouldn't intervene.

Shen Xun would rather marry her than give her money.

In fact, all she lacks is money.

"Shen Xun, do you really want to watch me die? Is your heart that cruel? Does our relationship mean nothing anymore?"

Shen Xun suddenly realized that beneath Lin Shutong's eloquence lay moral blackmail and blame-shifting.

Indeed, only when one is truly in dire straits can one discern people's hearts.

"You will be enforced against, but you won't die; if my mother stops treatment, she will really die." Shen Xun still refused to loosen his purse strings.

Lin Shutong urgently said: "I don't need it all, and you still have a source of income—Star Universe Technology will pay you monthly non-compete compensation, which is thirty percent of your average salary over the twelve months before you left, excluding bonuses and dividends; your base annual salary seems to be six or seven million? Even if we calculate six million, your monthly compensation would be 150,000, which you could receive for two years."

"Ah Xun, isn't 150,000 a month enough for a family of four? Just cut back; you're not in a hurry for money, but I only have ten or so days left, Ah Xun." She pleaded desperately.

Shen Xun looked at her in disbelief; it turned out she was so shrewd, even calculating the compensation.

He looked at her with hatred.

"I can't give you an answer right now."

Lin Shutong heard a hint of hope, her expression immediately softened: "Okay, Ah Xun, I won't disturb you; I'll wait for your call, I still need to go take medicine."

"Take medicine?" Shen Xun frowned, instinctively glancing at her belly.

Lin Shutong was vague: "Medicine for my body. Ah Xun, could you give me an answer soon? I'm really anxious; as long as you're willing to help me this time, I won't bother you again."

Shen Xun entered the house and closed the door.

Not only did he lack his usual thoughtfulness of seeing someone home, he didn't even see her off.

Shen Xun walked into the bathroom, letting hot water wash over him and his clothes from head to toe.

He closed his eyes.

Warm water slid over his cheeks, mixed with salty tears.

Finally he took off his clothes, finished showering, went straight to bed to sleep, and didn't notice anything amiss.

He slept restlessly, waking intermittently several times, truly waking only at noon.

Woken by the urge to urinate.

Shen Xun walked to the bathroom, and while urinating, he glanced down and suddenly noticed something wrong.

It seemed something had grown.

Shen Xun opened his eyes, examined carefully, and the growth resembled a small cauliflower.

In an instant, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Shen Xun hurriedly fastened his belt, grabbed his phone to call a car to the hospital; he had originally intended to go to Hexin Yiyuan where his mother was, but upon learning that President Chi was Chi Ce's father, he had already guessed Hexin Yiyuan was controlled by the Ke Family.

He changed direction.

He went to the farthest suburban hospital.

Shen Xun endured the most agonizing examination of his life.

Syphilis spirochete specific antibody (TP-Ab/TPPA): positive (+).

Shen Xun staggered, the color drained from his face, his lips turned as white as a corpse's.

The dermatology venereology doctor, accustomed to seeing patients devastated, calmly and professionally told him this was early stage, detected early; most such diseases have a latent period, and by the time they're discovered it's often too late.

Moreover, it can be cured.

The doctor especially emphasized that domestic medical technology has risen in recent years; early detection can cure it, and after cure it won't affect future marital life.

The doctor also asked if he had a partner, and advised him to bring the partner for testing as well.

Shen Xun immediately thought of Lin Shutong.

This disease is not easily transmitted in daily life; the most likely route of infection is close bodily contact.

He trembled as he said: "I, I'll go call her."

The call had just been connected.

Lin Shutong's gentle, eager voice rang out: "Ah Xun, have you decided whether to help me?"

Shen Xun opened his lips, like a walking corpse, gave her the hospital address, and told her to come over.

Lin Shutong heard it was a hospital in the suburbs and was a bit doubtful.

But Shen Xun said that if she came, he would give her money.

She immediately rushed over.

Shen Xun grabbed her arm and went into the doctor's office, telling the doctor: "Give her a checkup too."

Lin Shutong immediately knew what kind of checkup it was; her eyes widened instantly, she desperately tried to break free from Shen Xun's wrist, and cried out in panic: "Shen Xun, what are you doing? Why do I need a checkup? What kind of lousy checkup is this?"

"Since you don't even know what kind of checkup this is, why are you overreacting?" Shen Xun said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Lin Shutong, what are you afraid of? You take my money and pretend to do research, while actually you're left and right embraced abroad—what do you have to fear? Or did you already know you're sick?"

Lin Shutong went limp all over.

They knew.

Shen Xun knew.

Why did Shen Xun just know?

"Ah Xun, no, listen to my explanation, your illness has nothing to do with me, it could also be Jiang..."

"I have never had any relationship with her!" Shen Xun raised his voice, his sharp tone painfully grating; the doctor, watching this farce, could only say this is a hospital and any matters should be discussed at home.

Shen Xun gripped Lin Shutong's wrist, tightening his grip, compressing the blood vessels there, blocking blood flow, until Lin Shutong's palm went numb.

She struggled, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't break free.

"Lin Shutong, how have I wronged you that you treat me like this!" Shen Xun waved his hand and slapped her.

Very crisp.

Lin Shutong was struck and fell to the ground in a sorry state.

"Shen Xun! My body hasn't recovered from the miscarriage! How can you treat me like this?" This was her only bargaining chip.

Shen Xun, exhausted and angry, said: "You bring up the child just to get money—fine, I'll give you three thousand a month for four years."

As soon as the numbers three thousand and four years were spoken, Lin Shutong's tears instantly fell.

"Are you insulting me?"

Shen Xun thought of Jiang Lai; Jiang Lai had been "insulted" by himself for four years.

No wonder they haven't been seen.

No wonder the look toward them is without ripple.

Shen Xun really is, damn it!