Chapter 283: Sheng Hanyu Decides to Leave

Sheng Hanyu had the two of them return and announced that he was going back to his country.

Wang Yong asked, "Brother, how many days will you be gone?"

Sheng Hanyu said, "Once I go back, I won't be coming back; I'm staying in Jiangzhou."

Wang Yong's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

"Brother, what will we do if you leave? And what about your sister-in-law? Are you just going to abandon her?"

Sheng Hanyu said, "Don't call her sister-in-law; she is Lady Zhu now."

"A nominal wife doesn't count, isn't that what you said?" Wang Yong felt this decision of his was too much like child's play.

They had been prepared to have a big showdown with Zhu Yiwen, and just as the stage was set and the battle lines drawn, he suddenly said he was pulling out?

"Why on earth is this?"

Wang Yong wore a mournful face.

The nearly two-meter-tall giant looked like an iron tower even while squatting on the ground, yet now he was wearing a pitiful, mournful expression.

Jian Yining had remained silent, but he felt a bit guilty.

He knew that what he had just said must have touched a nerve in Sheng Hanyu, but he truly hadn't expected him to make the decision to leave just because of those few words.

How much effort he had put into finding Shi Youxuan in the beginning, others might not know, but Jian Yining knew.

He patted Wang Yong on the shoulder, signaling that he would try to persuade him.

Wang Yong shut his mouth and went to find a spot in the corner to sit down.

"Hanyu Ge, I was just saying that off the cuff earlier, don't take it to heart!"

Sheng Hanyu pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth, but the smile was uglier than crying: "You're right. I thought about it carefully just now; from beginning to end, I never gave her happiness. If she can be happy by me leaving, I am willing to let go."

The words "let go" were squeezed out from between Sheng Hanyu's teeth.

No one knew how much strength he had used to say these two words; he had missed her for five years.

Over one thousand seven hundred days and nights—every minute and every second of missing her was torture for Sheng Hanyu, a pain like cutting flesh with a dull knife.

He had self-harmed and gotten into fights with others.

He had thought of a thousand ways to die, yet only scars remained all over his body!

He was just lucky enough not to have died.

It wasn't until he discovered clues that Shi Youxuan might still be alive that he felt the world instantly turn from black and white back to color, and he had a reason to live again.

How painful that process was, only he himself knew.

Now, he suddenly had to let go, to let go of his own accord.

He felt every kind of emotion in his heart, but he couldn't put into words exactly what that feeling was.

"It's all your fault."

Wang Yong suddenly rushed out from the corner, his massive fist aimed squarely at Jian Yining!

Jian Yining didn't dodge, but Sheng Hanyu suddenly blocked in front of him, using his face to meet Wang Yong's fist.

"Pfft—"

Wang Yong realized what happened and pulled his strength back, but Sheng Hanyu was still knocked to the ground.

"Brother, I'm sorry."

"Hanyu Ge, are you alright?"

The two of them helped him up, one on each side. Sheng Hanyu had a bruise on the corner of his mouth and his nose was bleeding, yet even so, he smiled and said, "It's nothing."

In truth, Sheng Hanyu had hoped for a harder hit; his heart was in great pain, and he urgently needed physical pain to distract from the agony in his heart—perhaps this was what they called the Pain Transfer Method.

When he was in Prison, that was the method he used: getting into fights with people, fighting life-and-death battles.

But his heart was truly in too much pain; just one fight simply couldn't solve it.

So he would provoke others repeatedly, until later on, there were no opponents left!

He hadn't felt that sensation in a long time, and now he was desperately hoping for the "Pain Transfer Method," but Wang Yong would no longer give him the chance.

Having accidentally hit him once, Wang Yong was so guilty he couldn't stand it, repeatedly trying to slap himself to apologize to his brother; it was even less likely he would continue to provide him with "pain transfer."

Back in Prison, Wang Yong had been the one to fight him the fiercest, and in the end, they were the best of friends.

Sheng Hanyu took the initiative to call Zhu Yiwen: "I'm withdrawing."

"What did you say?"

Zhu Yiwen couldn't believe his own ears.

So he repeated it again: "I said I am withdrawing from this competition, withdrawing from L Country. Whether it's business or people, I won't fight you for them anymore."

"Sheng Hanyu, what trick are you playing now?"

Zhu Yiwen didn't believe it at all, thinking this was just another one of his tactics.

"Believe it or not, but I am transferring the assets here to Tianma; I won't sell them to you."

Having already mentioned the issue of settling affairs, Zhu Yiwen finally believed he was being serious.

"You're really leaving?" Zhu Yiwen was happy inside, but his tone held a faint trace of regret: "Although I don't know why you want to leave, it is a pity you've made such a decision. However, we will meet again in the future."

The "future" Zhu Yiwen spoke of referred to Jiangzhou.

Even if Sheng Hanyu were to withdraw from L Country, it didn't mean Zhu Yiwen would give up on the Jiangzhou market.

Zhu Yiwen was a very ambitious man; his goal was to become a global business tycoon, not to be confined to such a small place as L Country.

Therefore, he had to hold onto Shi Youxuan tightly; even if it meant abandoning Xiao Qing, he had to hold onto Shi Youxuan. Shi Youxuan could become his asset, and his grand goal would only be realized faster with that woman by his side.

He didn't like women, but he understood them.

Zhu Yiwen knew that women were emotional creatures; if their hearts were with another man, they would eventually run off with him sooner or later.

So he showed favor to Shi Youxuan, wanting to make her fall in love with him.

If the woman could love him, everything that followed would fall into place naturally.

It was a pity she didn't, but that didn't matter either.

He kept "getting jealous" and disparaging Shi Youxuan in every way, all to stir up her guilt, make her control her own feelings, and stay willingly.

It was fine if she didn't love him, but she could not love Sheng Hanyu; she could only have hatred for him, not love!

He would not let go; he wanted to keep Shi Youxuan firmly in the palm of his hand and have her willingly be of use to him. He didn't let Shi Youxuan take action in this competition because he didn't want her to see the plan he had hidden so deeply.

Originally, he still had several other plans he hadn't brought out, but Sheng Hanyu suddenly proposed withdrawing from L Country.

If he really withdrew, it would naturally be good news, but he feared he had other motives.

Sheng Hanyu did not know what Zhu Yiwen was thinking, nor was he interested.

But he did not want to talk more with this man, so he said: "I am truly leaving, and after I leave, I will never come back again; there should be no chance to meet again."

"I want to see Xuanxuan one last time, alone."

Zhu Yiwen refused almost without hesitation: "No."

He could not let them meet; Shi Youxuan still loved Sheng Hanyu in her heart, he could tell.

Meeting at a time like this was the easiest way for old flames to reignite, and he absolutely would not allow it.

"If you don't agree, I won't leave," Sheng Hanyu threatened him.

Zhu Yiwen said: "If you don't want to leave, it doesn't matter whether I agree or not; you will have a hundred ways to stay."

The threat didn't work.

Sheng Hanyu then proposed trading a company to see Shi Youxuan one last time, offering him one company.

Zhu Yiwen refused directly: "Don't talk about one company; even if you traded all your companies in L Country to see my wife one last time, I would not let you meet."

Zhu Yiwen's goal was absolutely not on one or two small companies; he was thinking of the big picture, of the whole world, and would never be tempted by such "small gains" to bury a great hidden danger for himself!

He would absolutely never do such a thing.

Sheng Hanyu was rejected; no matter how he tried to coerce or bribe, it was useless. Zhu Yiwen just stubbornly refused to let them meet!

He had to see her.

When Wang Yong heard the news again that Sheng Hanyu wanted to sneak into Zhu Zhai, his reaction was not as big as the first time, and he agreed to go prepare.

Instead, the one with the big reaction was Jian Yining, who firmly opposed it: "Hanyu Ge, you cannot go to Zhu Zhai in the middle of the night; if you are discovered, you will lose your life."