Chapter 80: The Wife Is Right Before Him, Yet He Does Not Recognize Her

He was unwilling, thinking to himself, what era is this now? Why does that old fossil still use the ways of the old society?

Even if Sheng Yukai was unwilling in his heart, he did not show the slightest bit on his face. With a "thump," he knelt down: "Grandfather, please calm your anger. You must not get worked up; getting angry is bad for your health."

"Do you know why I made you kneel?"

Sheng Yukai was as clear as a mirror in his heart, yet he shook his head: "Grandson does not know. I ask Grandfather to tell me."

"You don't know? I think you are pretending not to know!"

The old man was imposing without being angry: "Sheng Yukai, you had best not play those petty tricks of yours in front of me. I am perfectly clear about everything you have done in the past. These years, I have protected you only because you are a descendant of my Sheng Family, and you have been relatively obedient..."

People grow talkative as they age; the old man rambled on without much focus. Sheng Yukai knelt straight and listened patiently, not talking back once.

Seeing this, the old man's anger dissipated by more than half.

But what had to be said still had to be said. After laying the groundwork, he got to the main point: "Your aunt suddenly going missing—that was your idea." It was not a question, but a statement of fact.

"I didn't, Grandfather, this has nothing to do with me." Sheng Yukai denied it flatly: "This must be what Big Brother told you, right? He is lying. Think about it, Aunt and Big Brother are family; they must be closer as mother and son. How could Aunt listen to me to frame Big Brother? This must be a trap set by the two of them to frame me. Grandfather, you must not be fooled..."

The old man closed his eyes, thinking that everything he said just now was in vain.

This grandson was rotten to the core; there was no saving him.

So he stopped wasting words and stated his decision directly: "After you go back, organize the matters on hand and prepare for the handover. Next month, go to the Northwest to develop the market there."

"No, Grandfather, I won't go. I won't go to the Northwest..."

Only now did Sheng Yukai finally panic. He had thought about the possibility of the matter being exposed, and he had thought about Grandfather punishing him.

But he never imagined the punishment would be this heavy!

There is nothing in the Northwest. Calling it developing a market is actually just banishing him there to fend for himself...

"The matter is settled. I am informing you, not looking to discuss it with you, and there is no room for you to bargain." The old man's attitude was very firm.

The workers worked around the clock, and the project progressed very quickly.

The water at the bottom of the lake had been completely drained. People searched the lake carefully three times, but there was no harvest at all.

Let alone a person, there wasn't even anything related to Shi Youxuan!

Without new evidence, they could not open a case. The police asked again about the entire process of finding the teddy bear, feeling that this one item alone was insufficient evidence.

The construction team and the police withdrew, but Sheng Hanyu and Wang Yingzhi were still restricted in their movement, and neither was allowed to leave Jiangzhou in the near future.

The police left, and the Sheng Family and Shi Family also left Sheng Hanyu Villa.

As soon as people left, Sheng Hanyu had someone deep-clean the Villa.

Mainly the rooms where Sheng Yukai and Shi Yuke had stayed; all the furniture was thrown out and replaced with new ones.

He found those two people disgusting.

When Sheng Hanyu brought the red box back to the opposite Villa, Shi Youxuan's heart finally settled.

Seeing that he was fine was enough. Although he had lost a circle of weight, he hadn't been taken away by the police, which in Shi Youxuan's heart meant he was fine.

"Oh my, who is this?"

Although Shi Youxuan was relieved in her heart, she didn't intend to let him off easily with her words.

She walked around Sheng Hanyu twice: "Hey, I heard you killed your wife? Is it true or false?"

"Shut up."

Sheng Hanyu came here just to have some peace and quiet. He had heard such words for the past two days until his ears were calloused, and yet when he saw Yingzi, she brought it up too!

"Why should I? I won't shut up."

Yingzi continued: "I've discovered that the most complex creature in this world is man. They say one thing, do another, and think a third thing in their hearts."

"If you like Jian Yixin, you should just like her wholeheartedly. Why marry Shi Youxuan? If you married Shi Youxuan and didn't like her, you could have just left her aside. Why did you have to kill her..."

"I didn't." Sheng Hanyu interrupted her loudly.

He felt guilty toward Shi Youxuan, especially when he thought of that pained look on Shi Yucheng's face; he felt incredibly guilty.

"Being reasonable doesn't depend on how loud you are. What are you shouting for?"

Yingzi curled her lips. Having finally caught a chance for revenge, she wouldn't let it pass easily: "Even if you didn't kill her directly, it's about the same. I heard Shi Youxuan is a fool. Even if a fool isn't killed by others while out alone, life won't be easy."

"Thinking on the bright side, maybe she's wandering around picking up food from trash heaps, using the sky as a quilt and the ground as a bed. Thinking on the dark side, maybe she's been abducted by human traffickers into the deep mountains to be a wife for some old bachelor... Tsk tsk, a man as outstanding as you, Sheng Hanyu, and an old bachelor sharing the same wife..."

She was really trying hard to strike at Sheng Hanyu.

She didn't hesitate to desperately vilify herself just to provoke Sheng Hanyu and make his conscience uneasy!

She succeeded.

Sheng Hanyu's face was so gloomy it could drip ink. He "clattered" the box down at Yingzi's feet: "Keep it safe. Until I find Shi Youxuan, you are not allowed to return it to me!"

After speaking, he turned and went upstairs, "slamming" the room door shut.

Yingzi tilted her head downstairs and thought for a long while, but couldn't figure it out.

So she picked up the box and went upstairs to the door of Sheng Hanyu's room: "Bang, bang, bang!" She knocked on the door.

"Hey, what do you mean by this?"

The door opened, and Sheng Hanyu reappeared at the doorway, saying word by word: "Even if you don't argue, I know the box is Yixin's. Letting you keep it is also letting you be a witness. Whatever is my responsibility, I will certainly bear."

"Shi Youxuan is my wife by law; I have a responsibility to her. Jian Yixin is the woman I love; I will also be responsible to her. I will solve things one by one. First, find Shi Youxuan, ensure she is safe, and settle everything for her before going to find Jian Yixin. Therefore, Yixin's box is temporarily left in your care. If there is the slightest impropriety, I will never let you off."

Yingzi was dumbfounded.

Heaven and conscience, she just wanted to vent her anger!

She never expected that this matter would involve her again, and not only did it not connect her with Shi Youxuan, but it also linked her with Jian Yixin.

Why is everything so messy?

Why Sheng Hanyu would think her box was Jian Yixin's box, she didn't know and didn't want to know, but she knew she couldn't get involved any further.

She couldn't use the identity of Yingzi forever; sooner or later, she would have to use her own and restore her identity as Shi Youxuan.

If Sheng Hanyu finds out she has kept this from him for so long, won't he tear her apart?

"I don't care." She refused decisively: "I'm not bored with nothing to do, why should I help you keep Jian Yixin's things? No, no, no."

"I'm begging you."

Sheng Hanyu actually bowed deeply, his tone pleading.

Thus, he once again made Shi Youxuan's jaw drop; Sheng Hanyu had always been arrogant and insufferably cocky.

Now he could actually speak softly and beg someone?

Although he was begging her for the sake of Jian Yixin, Shi Youxuan still softened: "Fine, just this once, don't expect it again."

She carried the suitcase back to her room, and when she came back out, she saw Sheng Hanyu making phone calls incessantly.

"Yes, the photos have already been sent to your inbox, the missing person notice should be out as soon as possible... not just in Jiangzhou, it needs to be sent nationwide, wherever there are people, they should be able to see it."

"All of them, every single piece of surveillance footage... especially those few days, yes, yes, don't be afraid of trouble, don't be afraid of spending money..."

Shi Youxuan sat opposite him with her chin in her hands, watching him make the calls.

From the content, she could tell he was looking for her; if he knew that the person he was searching high and low for was sitting right across from him, looking at him with innocent, wide eyes, she wondered what he would think?