Chapter 203: Five Years Later

During the meal, emboldened by the alcohol, Sheng Zerong asked if Jian Yixin could also come over.

She knew he was released from Prison today, but she wasn't sure if Sheng Hanyu still hated her for what she had done back then, so she didn't dare to come.

Sheng Hanyu shook his head: "Tell her, I don't hate her, but I don't want to see her either."

"Alright, I will pass that on."

Sheng Zerong did not insist further.

The three brothers drank from daytime until dark, until they were all dead drunk.

Sheng Hanyu was sent home; Aunt Wang Yinghao and the housekeeper had waited from daytime until dark before the Eldest Young Master finally returned.

The aunt hurriedly ordered the servants to bring over the hangover tea that had long been prepared, and personally fed it to him!

He had grown thin; he must have suffered a great deal inside.

The aunt felt heartbroken; her gaze toward her nephew was full of heartache and guilt.

She had returned five years ago, after Sheng Hanyu entered Prison; in fact, she should have returned earlier. Perhaps if she had returned when Jian Yixin returned, those many things that followed would not have happened...

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Sheng Hanyu woke up and found himself at home.

In the bed in his bedroom at home.

Everything in the bedroom was still as it had been five years ago, without the slightest change.

He sat up from the bed; although he had drunk a lot of alcohol, his head did not feel dizzy at all.

This was all thanks to the housekeeper brewing the hangover tea.

Once awake, he didn't want to sleep again. Returning home, the memories of the past came rushing in like a tidal wave. The time in the room seemed to have stopped five years ago; how wonderful it would be if time could turn back.

On the head of the bed lay the teddy bear doll that Shi Youxuan liked the most. Sheng Hanyu pulled it over and hugged it tightly in his arms, as if he were holding her in his arms.

On the dressing table sat Shi Youxuan's cosmetics, still kept in the same state as when she left back then, not even their positions had been moved!

It was as if Shi Youxuan were still there, and she had only left the room temporarily.

Although five years had passed, her shadow was everywhere in the room.

The next morning, he walked out of the room, and the housekeeper burst into tears the moment she saw him!

"Eldest Young Master, you, you have finally returned."

"Yes, I have returned."

He tucked a strand of white hair that had fallen onto the housekeeper's forehead behind her ear, feeling a sense of guilt as he looked at the white-haired housekeeper.

Although they were master and servant in name, they were actually as close as mother and son. The housekeeper would go to see him every visitation day, and even if she couldn't see him, she would still go; she never missed a single time.

"Eldest Young Master, since you are back, take good care of yourself." She was not a talkative person, but one sentence contained a thousand words.

"I will."

He promised.

"Your aunt is here too, she is in the kitchen."

Before Sheng Hanyu even reached the kitchen, he smelled the sweet fragrance of rice porridge wafting from inside.

The aunt was busy in the kitchen, and the counter was filled with dishes he used to like to eat.

His throat felt as if it were blocked by something, and he choked up a little.

Every time he was most helpless and at his lowest, his aunt was there.

Yet when he was riding high on success, his aunt was like an invisible person, not even sending him a single message.

There are many who add flowers to the brocade, but few who send charcoal in the snow.

Sheng Hanyu was still very lucky to have a few people who would never abandon him.

Only now did he realize that there were still people silently worrying about him; he was not living just for himself, but also for them.

"It smells so good."

Hearing the voice, the aunt turned around and smiled: "You're awake? Go wait at the dining table, I'll bring it up to you."

"Mm."

He sat at the dining table, lowering his head to eat breakfast in silence.

Sheng Hanyu dared not look up; if he didn't look up, he always felt that Shi Youxuan was sitting opposite him, sipping porridge while secretly observing him.

He let her observe him; this made him feel at ease.

"Is it to your taste?" the aunt asked.

"Mm."

Sheng Hanyu nodded: "Aunt, would you mind the trouble of cooking seafood porridge for me at noon?"

"Are you sure you can?"

Not only the aunt, but the housekeeper also widened her eyes.

The Eldest Young Master was allergic to seafood; both of them knew this.

But the late Eldest Young Mistress liked to eat seafood porridge; both of them knew this as well.

"Yes, I'm sure."

The housekeeper was about to speak, but the aunt patted her on the shoulder, and the two went out.

The aunt said to the housekeeper: "Have someone go to the seaside to buy some fresh crabs, shrimp, oysters..."

The housekeeper was displeased: "You're really going to make it? You know the Eldest Young Master is allergic to seafood."

"Yes, it is precisely because I know that I must make it for him. Not only do I know, but he is also clear about it in his heart. It's just that what happened five years ago hasn't passed in his heart yet; let him do as he wishes."

Sheng Hanyu just wanted to make things difficult for himself, using the pain on his body to shift the pain in his heart.

At noon.

Not long after Sheng Hanyu finished the seafood porridge his aunt had cooked, his body began to itch, and soon large patches of red rashes appeared.

Before the meal, the butler had brought him anti-allergy medication, but he did not take it.

He wanted this feeling of pain and itchiness, just like back then!

Back when he had the seafood allergy, it was Shi Youxuan who applied the medicine for him.

She was extremely careful, using a cotton swab to dab the ointment onto his back bit by bit.

After applying a little, she would blow on it with her mouth; the fragrant breeze blowing onto his back felt very comfortable, and her tears of heartache fell as she pouted and blamed him for not speaking up.

That's right, she was just that unreasonable.

It was clearly she who forced him to eat seafood, and then when he had an allergic reaction, she pushed all the blame onto him.

She was not like this with others; Shi Youxuan was kind and tolerant toward everyone else, only acting this way toward him, only being willful and unreasonable in front of him...

But she was only willful with her words; her heart was incredibly soft.

Sheng Hanyu thought again of that night at Disney, when she was as docile as a kitten, looking pitifully at him and saying: "I have given myself to you, do not let me down."

Damn it, what did he say at the time?

He couldn't remember no matter how hard he tried.

He could recall every little detail about his young wife, not missing a single thing, but he could not remember his own reaction at the time.

It was as if he were a bandit laying siege to a city, just domineeringly making her his woman, without giving her any promises.

The rashes on his body had increased, yet he could no longer feel the itch or pain; perhaps his heart was in too much pain, and the pain on his body was not enough to distract him!

"Xuanxuan, is that you?"

Sheng Hanyu talked to himself: "If it really is you, I am willing to pay any price, as long as it is you!"

The top-floor office area of the Ginza Building.

When Sheng Hanyu arrived at the office with his face covered in red bumps, he gave the two of them a fright.

However, they quickly shifted their attention because Sheng Hanyu took the initiative to mention Jian Yining.

"The two of you help me check all the business dealings and projects involving Tianma over the past few years."

Sheng Zerong said: "Big brother, what are you trying to do?"

Sheng Hanyu pointed to the building not far away: "Find the person behind it."

Yun Zhe Hao and Sheng Zerong both shook their heads, saying that Sheng Hanyu was overthinking it, and the person behind that building could not be Jian Yining.

Jian Yining had moved Tianma abroad five years ago, and at that time, the cooperation between the two families had been completely terminated.

Of course, they hadn't asked him to pay a breach-of-contract penalty, but the penalty money had still arrived in the company's account.

He had handled it strictly by the book, and from then on, he never had the slightest connection with Dingsheng again!

Jian Yining was so avoidant of Dingsheng that he wouldn't even engage in normal cooperation, let alone keep an eye on them and oppose them in everything.

"Go check it; I naturally have my reasons."

Sheng Hanyu insisted, so Yun Zhe Hao went to handle it.

Not long after, Yun Zhe Hao came over with a stack of documents: "It's all here."

Sheng Hanyu divided them into three piles, placing one in front of each person: "Pick out all the collaborations related to real estate and put them here." He pointed to a spot on the table.

Soon, a thick stack was placed in the position he had just indicated.

The three of them looked at each other; nothing needed to be said, but everything was understood!

All the collaborations related to real estate pointed to one company—a world-renowned real estate company with its address in L Country.