Chapter 148: A Messy Situation

There are few people who truly care; there are many who, under the guise of concern, are actually just watching the spectacle and hoping to dig up more gossip!

The family of three was overwhelmed by the harassment. At first, Bai Xue and Sheng Hai could still answer a few calls, but later, seeing that everyone was just waiting to watch the show, they simply turned off their phones and started blaming each other.

Sheng Hai complained that Bai Xue lacked foresight; it would have been fine to keep Wang Yingzhi right under their noses, but she insisted on driving them out. Driving them out was one thing, but why withhold their dividends?

Now look, the honest person has been pushed into a corner and is fighting back.

Wang Yingzhi went to the television station to expose them, and now the whole world knows about the family's affairs; they can't even cover it up if they wanted to.

Bai Xue, in turn, accused Sheng Hai of being too promiscuous, with a mountain of dirty, messy affairs outside.

She had endured it for so many years without holding it against him, which was enough, but now that Wang Yingzhi had dragged it out into the open for all to see, it was his fault for losing face to the entire world.

The two of them blamed each other at home, and Sheng Yukai, unable to stand the annoyance, simply hid outside whenever the phone rang, out of sight and out of mind.

With only Shi Yuke left in the company to represent the Sheng Family, no one would even know if she did anything!

……

The top-floor office of the Ginza Building.

Of the original five seats, one is now empty.

After Jian Yining went abroad, his seat remained; Sheng Hanyu had people keep it, saying that one day when he figured things out, he would come back!

The atmosphere in the office was heavy.

Sheng Hanyu watched the video sent by Shi Yuke over and over again. Others had heard the lines in it until their ears were calloused, yet he continued to listen to it repeatedly.

Especially the part where Sheng Hai pointed at Sheng Yukai and said, "Grandfather was killed by you"—every time he reached this part, his heart felt as if it were being cut by a knife!

The truth was finally out: Grandfather's death was no accident. It was because Sheng Yukai wanted to change the will and was discovered by Grandfather, which was why that wolf-hearted, dog-lunged thing had murdered him to silence him.

Sheng Hanyu's heart was bleeding, and Sheng Zerong was no better off than him... or perhaps he was in even more pain!

The deceased was their beloved grandfather, the murderer was their own brother born of the same mother, their own father had witnessed it all yet chose to shield Sheng Yukai, and their mother had known and continued to aid the evildoer...

What kind of family was this?

Shi Youxuan and Yun Zhehao looked at the two brothers from time to time, but they didn't know how to console them.

Anything said at this moment would be pale and powerless; they could only hope the two of them would find a way to let it go!

After a long while.

Sheng Hanyu finally spoke, but he said to Sheng Zerong: "Third Brother, I hope you won't blame me."

Sheng Zerong swallowed hard. He knew what his eldest brother was about to do, but he couldn't stop him; in fact, deep down, he even hoped that such a thing would happen.

However, hoping for something was one thing, but knowing it and being unable to do anything was another.

"You are my eldest brother, and you always will be... Eldest Brother has something to tell you. I want to go abroad to find A Ning. There is an opportunity there that is very suitable for my development, and I want to go over and take a look."

Sheng Zerong's words were merely an excuse.

He knew his eldest brother was about to take action against Sheng Yukai. They were all his own flesh and blood; it wouldn't be appropriate for him to help either side, and it wouldn't be appropriate to do nothing and just watch.

In fact, the thought of leaving had been circling in Sheng Zerong's mind just a moment ago; he just hadn't found the right opportunity to bring it up.

"Alright, go ahead. When are you leaving?" Sheng Hanyu agreed readily.

It was better if his third brother wasn't around; he wouldn't have to be so timid and cautious when doing things.

"Tonight's flight."

The ticket had just been booked; he only wanted to leave as soon as possible, the sooner the better.

"I'll see you off."

"Okay."

……

The next day, another scandal broke out in the Sheng Family.

Sheng Yukai was caught in bed with a mistress by her husband, who not only beat him severely but also used a knife to carve a turtle onto his face!

He was sent to the hospital overnight, and the perpetrator turned himself in.

The assailant confessed to everything he had done and stated that he had absolutely no regrets.

The media found out about this, and reporters guarded the hospital twenty-four hours a day without leaving.

They couldn't get into the Hospital Ward, so they guarded the corridors and the main entrance... Every time someone from the Sheng Family appeared, one, several, or even a large group of reporters would suddenly emerge from nowhere to demand an interview!

After a few times, the Sheng Family members had to bring a large group of bodyguards to the hospital to protect them, guarding strictly so they wouldn't be harassed by reporters.

Sheng Yukai had been in a coma since being sent to the hospital, the cause being shock and an infection from his unclean wounds!

Bai Xue's hair turned white overnight from worry.

Her face, which had been well-maintained, was covered in wrinkles after just one week. Her back, scolded by the onlookers, was no longer straight; hunched over with her graying hair, she looked like she was in her seventies despite being in her early fifties.

Sheng Hai had also aged significantly. Since his eldest son was hospitalized, he hadn't visited any of his mistresses once, taking turns with his wife to visit their son in the hospital, hoping only that Sheng Yukai would wake up soon!

Shi Yuke guarded the hospital twenty-four hours a day, serving him without ever taking off her clothes.

She wiped his body, used clean cotton swabs dipped in warm water to moisturize his lips, and held his hand while whispering about their sweet past in his ear...

Shi Yuke's performance once again moved Sheng Hai and Bai Xue deeply. Bai Xue even held Shi Yuke's hand, swearing an oath that she would treat her as her own daughter from now on.

She promised that once Sheng Yukai woke up, she would definitely teach her son never to fail her; if Sheng Yukai couldn't do that, it would be against the laws of heaven and he would be struck by lightning!

Shi Yuke thought to herself that he should have been struck by lightning long ago; none of their family were good people, and they all deserved divine retribution.

She thought this in her heart, but it didn't show on her face. She spoke earnestly to Bai Xue, expressing that since she had married Sheng Yukai, she would follow him wherever he went, never leaving or abandoning him for the rest of her life.

Bai Xue was moved, but Shi Yucheng and his wife did not agree.

……

Jiang Yadan called her daughter several times, telling her to divorce Sheng Yukai immediately and come home, but she refused every time, and later she simply stopped answering the phone.

So, she urged her husband to go with her to bring their daughter back.

If it were for any other reason, and the Sheng Family was in trouble, Shi Yucheng wouldn't have agreed to Jiang Yadan asking their daughter to divorce. But since Sheng Yukai had caused such a shameful incident and their daughter was still working tirelessly to serve him in the hospital, Shi Yucheng was unwilling as well.

The couple went to the hospital to take their daughter away, but Bai Xue refused.

When talking things over nicely didn't work, she lost her temper and had the bodyguards drive Shi Yucheng and his wife away!

The two of them were kicked out of the hospital and couldn't get back in; Jiang Yadan wept and guessed that their daughter must have been forced to stay at the hospital, insisting that Shi Yucheng go beg Shi Youxuan, saying that Shi Youxuan was capable and full of tricks, so she must have a way to rescue Yuke.

Shi Yucheng thought this made sense and went alone to seek help from Shi Youxuan.

The housekeeper reported: "Eldest Young Mistress, your father is here."

"I'll go over right away."

Shi Youxuan knew why her father had come; although it might hinder their plan, she still had to see him!

"Dad, you're here because of my sister, right?" Shi Youxuan got straight to the point.

Shi Yucheng nodded, and before he could speak, tears streamed down his face: "Xuanxuan, Dad really has no face to come and beg you, but I truly have no other way..."

He rambled on for a long time, but it was really just to get his second daughter to go to the hospital and persuade his eldest daughter to come home, and then divorce Sheng Yukai.

This request was not excessive, and it would be very easy for Shi Youxuan to do—but she couldn't!

She couldn't tell Shi Yucheng about her and Yuke's plan right now; the fewer people who knew about this, the better, and Shi Yucheng had a loose tongue and was stubborn, so he wouldn't approve of what they were doing.

"Dad, my sister isn't a child anymore; she is an adult and has a family, and now she is a member of the Sheng Family. If she doesn't want to go back, there must be a reason, so you don't need to worry."

Shi Yucheng's expression turned unpleasant: "So you're just not going to do anything about it?"