Chapter 30: A Late-Night Meeting

As a result, Sheng Yukai was beaten even more severely. Seeing that threats were useless, Bai Xue began to beg for mercy, but the more she spoke, the more viciously Sheng Yukai was thrashed!

During this time, Bai Xue and Sheng Hai were not idle either; they shouted loudly, demanding that the servants call the old master out to uphold justice and decide the matter for them.

The servants acted as if they heard nothing; at a time like this, not a single person dared to show their face, and the old master did not appear from beginning to end!

Sheng Yukai was tossed onto the ground like a dead dog, without even the strength to crawl up.

Sheng Hanyu came before him, looked down from above, and asked, "Where is Shi Youxuan? Speak."

"I, I don't know."

Sheng Yukai finally realized why he had been beaten; it turned out it was because of that fool.

Sheng Hanyu turned around and dropped two words to his bodyguards: "Take him."

It didn't matter if his mouth was stubborn; he would just have him taken away. He had plenty of ways to make Sheng Yukai talk.

"No!" Bai Xue wailed.

Her face was covered in tears and snot as she cried. She struggled hard to break free from the bodyguards and threw herself at Sheng Hanyu's feet, clutching his legs: "Hanyu, Eldest Young Master, I beg you, I beg you, don't take A Kai away. He is your younger brother. It is not worth hurting brotherly feelings for an outsider..."

"Get lost!"

Sheng Hanyu lifted his foot and kicked Bai Xue several meters away, frowning in disgust: "Outsider? Shi Youxuan is my wife; who is the outsider?"

"Younger brother? Doing filthy, unpresentable things time and time again—I have no such younger brother."

Bai Xue was dumbfounded. She had seen what Sheng Hanyu was like when he was truly ruthless. She had originally thought that five years had passed and the events of the past would slowly fade with time, but she hadn't expected her son to provoke Sheng Hanyu's woman again?

Had all the women in this world died? Why did he have to provoke his woman?

And she was a fool, at that.

Bai Xue dared not beg for mercy again, yet she did not want her son to be taken away by Sheng Hanyu. Seeing the bodyguards dragging Sheng Yukai outside like a dead dog, she shouted with all her might in desperation: "Father, help me!"

"Stop, let him go."

The room upstairs opened, and the old master came out.

The old master was dressed neatly; he didn't look like he had been sleeping at all. He had actually known everything from inside the room, but only came out after Sheng Yukai had suffered enough!

In the end, Sheng Hanyu did not take him away, because Sheng Yukai admitted in front of the old master that the fake kidnapping of Shi Youxuan was indeed to coerce Sheng Hanyu into giving up the position of General Manager!

He had no choice but to admit it; Sheng Hanyu had saved the phone recording.

Sheng Yukai was not lying this time; Sheng Hanyu could tell. But the only lead was now broken, and it would be even harder to find Shi Youxuan!

He left the mansion, got into his car, and opened a bottle of whiskey to drink by himself.

It is easy to get drunk when one has things on their mind. By the time he reached home, the bottle had hit the bottom. The driver helped him back to his bedroom, but Sheng Hanyu lost all sleepiness as he looked at the bright red quilt.

He thought of that night, when the woman lay in his arms sleeping all night, her limbs clinging to him like an octopus, refusing to let go.

Her sleeping posture lacked a sense of security; it must be because she was never liked since she was little, so she used a doll as her spiritual sustenance...

Shi Youxuan's voice and smile played on a loop in his mind like a movie. Sheng Hanyu could not stop wondering where she should be right now.

Did she have a place to sleep? Would she be bullied by others?

A place deep in his heart was aching faintly, and it was hurting more and more!

He tossed and turned on the bed. The more he thought, the less he could sleep. He simply got up and pulled open the closet—no one!

That woman always liked to hide in the closet. He had even disciplined her for it a few times. Later, she indeed stopped hiding in the closet, but he couldn't find where she was hiding instead.

Hanging in the closet were rows of Shi Youxuan's clothes, all bought by people he had sent. Many tags hadn't even been removed; she had never worn them once, and she hadn't taken them with her this time either.

He closed the closet door. In the jewelry box on the vanity, the expensive jewelry he had given her was also arranged neatly; she hadn't even taken a single earring.

The only thing she took was Zai Zai.

She had no money on her, nor anything that could be exchanged for money. She had been missing for three days; she must be suffering from hunger and cold out there.

Sheng Hanyu grabbed another bottle of alcohol and downed more than half of it in one go, "gulp, gulp, gulp."

He wanted to numb himself with alcohol; if he were drunk and asleep, his conscience wouldn't hurt. But after drinking another bottle, not only was he not sleepy, but his stomach was burning with discomfort!

He had drunk too much and irritated his stomach, but Sheng Hanyu believed it was because he had thought of Shi Youxuan too much tonight, and Jian Yixin was unhappy, so this was her punishment for him!

He went downstairs and said to the night-duty bodyguard: "Drive, take me to the Apartment."

"Yes."

Sheng Hanyu swayed as he reached the car, opened the door, and sat inside. Soon, he fell into a hazy sleep.

"Eldest Young Master, we have arrived," the bodyguard said softly.

The bodyguard had originally thought that if he couldn't wake him, he would just let him sleep in the car. The night was deep and heavy with dew, and there was nothing in the Apartment; he might catch a cold.

But at just one call, Sheng Hanyu opened his eyes, sat up, pushed open the car door, and swayed as he walked inside.

The bodyguard dared not follow. This was a rule he had set. He had come here many times these past few days, but he had always gone up alone and would not let anyone follow him.

Using his key to open the door, Sheng Hanyu did not turn on the lights and walked toward the bedroom, familiar with the path!

The layout of this place had long been carved into his heart. With the cold moonlight shining in, he soon felt his way to the bedroom.

Opening the door and reaching the bedside, Sheng Hanyu threw himself onto the bed, his heart suddenly feeling much more settled.

He had never slept in this bed, but today, emboldened by the alcohol, he didn't care about that anymore. He needed to be closer to Jian Yixin; this way, he could think less of Shi Youxuan and make the guilt in his heart feel a little lighter.

The familiar quilt, the familiar scent...

No, that wasn't right. Sheng Hanyu truly felt that there was someone beside him!

Not only was there someone, but she was also trying to escape, wanting to slip away from his side quietly.

Sheng Hanyu moved quickly, grabbed the person and pulled her back, pinning her underneath him, holding her firmly so she could not move.

The moon quietly hid behind the clouds. The little bit of light in the room had been faint to begin with, and now it was even darker—so dark that he couldn't see her features at all.

But the scent on her was very familiar; it was the scent of the person he missed day and night, the person he longed for!

"You finally came back. I have waited for you so bitterly." Sheng Hanyu kissed the woman's lips.

The woman struggled incessantly, trying to break free from his shackles, but he would not let go.

Only after losing something does one learn to cherish it. After so many years, he was holding Jian Yixin in his arms again; how could he possibly let go?

Sheng Hanyu had always believed this place was Jian Yixin's Apartment, and with the influence of alcohol, he took the familiar scent to be Jian Yixin's scent as a matter of course!

Shi Youxuan's small face flushed bright red; she had also recognized Sheng Hanyu.

Several thoughts suddenly flooded her mind: How did he find his way here?

Was Sheng Hanyu drunk?

He said he had been waiting for a long time? No wonder she always felt like someone had been to her home; so he had been staying here whenever he wasn't at the Villa?

It must be like that, and he even had a key to her home?

How did he get a key?

Before she could figure out any of these thoughts, her lips were suddenly kissed!

Shi Youxuan's eyes widened abruptly; damn it, this was her first kiss.

She tried to struggle, but was held fast and unable to move.

Sheng Hanyu moved downward, his actions domineering yet cautious at every turn, as if treating her like an incredibly cherished treasure.