Chapter 1671: What Must Come, Will Come

Sheng Zihan was supposed to be the legitimate scapegoat, but his luck was too good; he actually ended up a hero!

His father asked him, "Why do you think those people did this? Was it really for your own good? Don't be naive. They used your halo to cover up their illegal and criminal activities so their own crimes wouldn't be discovered."

Zihan was indeed naive, but he was not stupid.

Once his father pointed it out, he also realized what the consequences would be!

"Dad, if they committed crimes, they would drag me out to be their shield, right?"

Seeing that his son wasn't stupid beyond saving, Sheng Hanyu's anger dissipated a little.

He nodded: "Right! And the person fanning the flames behind the scenes isn't just the boss of that smuggling ship; he doesn't have that much power. There is someone else. Who do you think it is?"

"Huo Zhenteng!"

Sheng Zihan was truly clever; he guessed it right in one go.

Immediately after, cold sweat broke out on him.

Good heavens!

For the past few days, he had been dizzy with flowers, applause, and the title of hero, never realizing there were so many sordid things going on behind the scenes.

His mother poked his forehead with her finger: "You, you've been smart since you were little, how could you not see through such a simple problem?"

Zihan volunteered: "I was blinded by lard."

Shi Youxuan:...

This was a phrase she often said, and now it was being quoted by her youngest son without a hitch.

She retorted: "Don't wrong the lard; lard won't take the blame for you. It's because you relied on your little bit of cleverness and forgot who you are. Go write a self-reflection, three thousand words."

The children of the Sheng Family had all written self-reflections, and Sheng Zihan had certainly written them too, but from childhood to adulthood, he was most resistant to them and least willing to write them.

Today, even though the penalty was the longest, he didn't show any resistance and obediently went to write the self-reflection.

Furthermore, he exceeded the requirement and didn't even come out for lunch.

His grandmother felt sorry for her grandson, and Wang Yinghao blamed her son and daughter-in-law: "You two are really something. The child just got back and you're already lecturing him. He's still young; if he doesn't understand, you should teach him slowly. Can't you just talk to him properly?"

Some things really cannot be taught slowly!

But the elderly woman didn't understand; she only knew how to feel sorry for her grandson. The love grandparents have for their grandchildren is often unreasonable.

Shi Youxuan smiled at her mother-in-law and said: "Mom, you're being biased. When Hanyu and I do something wrong, you point out exactly where we went wrong. Why is it different when it comes to Zihan?"

"Besides, we are doing this for his own good. His mind is simple, and he can't recognize the dangers of society. If we aren't strict with him now, I'm afraid he'll suffer a great loss later. You'd feel even worse then, don't you think that's the logic?"

The logic was sound, and Wang Yinghao knew it, but she just felt bad watching her grandson get lectured.

She wasn't an unreasonable old lady; even if her daughter-in-law hadn't explained, she would have figured it out after a while, but since her daughter-in-law did explain, her anger dissipated.

"You always have your reasons."

She poked her daughter-in-law's head with her finger, her tone and gaze full of doting affection.

After decades of living together, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship had long since become intimate, better than many biological mother-daughter relationships.

Although she felt her daughter-in-law was right, as a grandmother, she still felt sorry for her grandson. Taking advantage of when her daughter-in-law wasn't looking, Wang Yinghao tiptoed to the kitchen, grabbed some food, and quietly sent it to Zihan's room.

Shi Youxuan knew, but she pretended not to.

The self-reflection was finished, and the recognition of his mistakes was quite profound!

Sheng Zihan's self-reflection letters were always beautifully written with profound acknowledgments of error. Shi Youxuan had become immune to "profound" self-reflections, so she basically didn't look at the front and focused mainly on the back.

Not bad; she was very satisfied with the content at the end.

The front was acknowledging the mistakes, and the back was about what to do in the future.

Sheng Zihan promised: After returning to school, he would firmly draw a line with Wang Qing and no longer have any contact with her that exceeded the boundaries of classmates.

He must absolutely not become a pawn used by Huo Zhenteng. A child of the Sheng Family can suffer a loss, but cannot be used!

Also, he guaranteed that in the future he would not let his imagination run wild, and even if it did, he wouldn't say it out loud; he couldn't let his "love-struck brain" affect others doing serious work!

This guarantee was mainly about the package incident this time!

It is easier to change rivers and mountains than to change a person's nature; a person's character is hard to change. Since change is difficult, then settle for the next best thing: it is always possible to ensure one does not affect others.

Before Zihan returned to school, he sent a long message to Wang Qing.

He told Wang Qing that saving her last time was only because she was his classmate; it wasn't just her—he would have done the same for any classmate in the class!

Doing so was only related to the act of saving, not the person...

Besides stating his position, he also said quite a few "hurtful" things.

Zihan said that Wang Qing's pestering him wasn't because she liked him, and that this matter had a close connection to her uncle behind the scenes.

Her uncle was currently mired in lawsuits, and trying to use their relationship to achieve the goal of getting out of it was impossible; it wouldn't work, so she shouldn't even think about it...

After editing it, he still couldn't bear to send it.

A heart that pities the fragile is a trait of some boys, a character carved into their bones.

He felt that speaking this way was too hurtful, but if he wasn't this hurtful, he couldn't make a clean break. Wang Qing would continue to pester him, and in the end, more people would be hurt!

Hardening his heart and gritting his teeth, he sent it.

For a long time, he didn't receive a reply.

After a long while, a reply came, with only one word: "Fine!"

Wang Qing never spoke so concisely. Such an anomaly showed she must have gone through a very painful psychological struggle.

He wanted to ask her what was wrong?

Don't think too much; it wasn't worth being sad and upset for someone like him. But in the end, he only edited three words, "I'm sorry," and sent it, only for the result to show it wasn't sent successfully—he was no longer on her friends list.

Had she deleted him?

That was fine too; since they were going to break it off, they should break it off cleanly.

However, when he went to the classroom for class, he didn't see Wang Qing either.

A classmate said Wang Qing had been signed by an agency and wouldn't be coming to school starting today.

Talent scouts and obscure little talent agencies often come to the school to pick people, hoodwinking those students who are wet behind the ears into signing contracts with them; once signed, their future prospects are tied to these small companies.

If they become famous, the company can make a killing, and even if they don't, the company doesn't lose much.

Teachers always repeatedly tell students not to be deceived by false and exaggerated propaganda; right now you are students, and the most important thing is to learn more skills, for only the things you have mastered truly belong to you and can never be snatched away by anyone.

Once you have learned solid fundamental skills, it is not too late at all to seek development after graduation; there is plenty of time!