Chapter 14: Nothing's wrong, so why is it dark here?

Shu Lingchen leaned in to listen, half-believing, half-doubting: "This, can it work?"

Shu Shu: "Besides this, do you have a better explanation?"

Shu Lingchen: "……" No.

Had no choice but to agree.

Immediately, Shu Lingchen noticed Liu Tong beside him, suddenly thought of something, his whole face turned pale with shock, he pulled Shu Shu aside and said in terror:

"It's over! I just seemed to have shouted 'your mom' in front of Uncle Liu Tong!"

"The matter of his mother's rebirth is about to be exposed!"

Shu Shu, however, remained calm: "Don't worry, he's a professional; otherwise, do you think he'd show up here like this?"

"What do you mean? He knows?!!"

Shu Shu did not deny it.

Shu Lingchen looked at Liu Tong in disbelief: "How can he be so calm?!"

Shu Shu: "I said, he's a professional."

Actually, 1701 is not under Shu Shu's name either.

But rather an asset under that person's own settlement account.

This minor inheritance measure of Shu Lingchen's is precisely the authorization issued by the settlement account.

These professional managers, after receiving year-end dividends from their employers, don't even know how many zeros they have.

They only know the card and service password by rote.

Thus, they must be "professional".

On the street opposite Yujingyuan.

Chumu and Chu Lian were almost waiting with eyes strained for Shu Lingchen.

As soon as she saw him approaching, Chumu sprang up impatiently.

"Xiao Chen, how did it go? Can we go back? Auntie's legs are numb from standing."

Chumu felt it was a sure thing, inwardly snorting, that damned gatekeeper—she would definitely complain later to get him fired!

As a result, the next second.

Shu Lingchen spoke words that made Chumu and Chu Lian feel as if the sky had collapsed.

"Chu Lian, Chu Chu, that person is not a liar; the property deed is indeed genuine, the house belongs to him."

Chumu: "What did you say?! Xiao Chen, the house isn't yours?!"

Shu Lingchen lowered his head, not daring to fully meet Chumu and Chu Lian's eyes, he repeated the phrasing Shu Shu had taught him, saying:

"... When my mother was still alive, she borrowed a large sum of money and mortgaged the house to that person named Liu Tong; after all these years, the debt hasn't been repaid, so he came to collect the house—I only just found out."

Chumu's eyes instantly went dark, her body about to topple backward.

"Chu Lian!"

Shu Lingchen hurriedly supported Chumu with concern: "Are you alright?"

Chumu patted her thigh, her face full of anguish.

"Her mansion!"

Shu Lingchen somewhat puzzled: "Chu Lian, the house is gone; the one who should be most upset now shouldn't be me, why are you... even more agitated than I am?"

"She's agitated as if she herself had lost the house."

Chu Lian interjected from the side: "Xiao Chen, Mom is doing this out of pity for you."

Then she, unwilling to give up, voice slightly trembling: "Is there really no chance to get the house back?"

Shu Lingchen rubbed his nose, then said: "Well, they have the deed; even if we cause a scene at the police station or court, I'm the one in the wrong."

Chu Lian staggered back as if struck by lightning.

"Chu Lian, Chu Chu, don't worry about having nowhere to live; I've rented a place outside." Shu Lingchen patted his chest: "Although it only has two rooms, it's fine for the three of us—big room for you, small room for me."

"……"

Chu Lian forced a smile.

She knew the place Shu Lingchen had rented.

A dilapidated residential building, no elevator, tiny to the point of death, you can't even stretch your legs.

She's used to living in the luxury of Yujingyuan; how could she adapt!

Chu Lian forced a smile: "No need, Xiao Chen; I and Mom will go back to our old place."

Shu Lingchen immediately worried: "How could that work? What if those debt collectors show up at the door?"

Over the years, the Chu mother and daughter would occasionally bring up in front of Shu Lingchen that the creditors were still looking for them.

That's precisely why.

Shu Lingchen simply couldn't bear to drive them away.

Hearing this, Chu Lian's face turned unnatural for a moment, she shook her head: "It's fine, Xiao Chen; I just asked the neighbors, those people haven't come around in ages, they probably gave up."

She said thoughtfully: "Xiao Chen, I and Mom have already troubled you a lot; this time, just listen to me—if anything comes up, I can always find you, right?"

"……Alright."

"Then I'll see you off."

Shu Lingchen helped carry the two suitcases and hailed a car.

The former residence of the Chu mother and daughter was also a residential building, but it's somewhat better than where Shu Lingchen lives, and the space is much larger than the house he rents.

The house has been unoccupied for a long time, thick dust everywhere.

Shu Lingchen took it upon himself to handle all the cleaning, scrubbing the place spotless; after ordering takeout and the three finishing their meal, he only went downstairs with the trash.

The next day.

Morning reading class.

Shu Lingchen felt creeped out being stared at by Shu Shu beside him, and, using the upright textbook, asked:

"Why are you staring at me like that?"

Shu Shu: "What did you say to them yesterday?"

"Just as you taught me to say, I said the house was repossessed due to mortgage, and then Aunt Chu and they went back to live in their former house."

That went smoothly?

Shu Shu narrowed her eyes.

Looking at her son's composed expression, there was no sign at all of having been coldly treated by Chu Lian.

She has already taken back the house.

Chu Lian should have no reason left to keep stringing along Shu Lingchen, this little idiot.

Not right.

There must be something wrong.

Before Shu Shu could think of what was wrong, she suddenly heard Shu Lingchen lightly gasp, and he instinctively covered his arm.

As if he had touched something painful.

"What's wrong with you?"

Shu Lingchen tensed up, instinctively touched his nose, and said: "Ah, nothing, what's wrong?"

He's lying.

Shu Shu grabbed his wrist and pushed up his school uniform sleeve.

All that could be seen was a large bruise on the boy's smooth arm, the middle turning darker.

Seeing this, Shu Shu was shocked.

She frowned: "How did this happen?"

Shu Lingchen didn't expect Shu Shu to attack, his face panicked: "It's fine, I just bumped into the wall by accident."

As he said that, he tried to pull his arm back.

He couldn't move it.

His mom's strength is incredible.

Shu Shu immediately knew this kid was bullshitting.

This bruise was clearly caused by being hit with some hard metal object.

Shu Shu expressionless, she pressed directly on his wound.

"Ow ow ow!" Shu Lingchen wailed.

Shu Shu: "You call this nothing? If it's nothing, why is it black here?"

Shu Lingchen: "……"

Shu Shu guessed: "Did the Chu family mother and daughter hit you?"

"How could that be?!"

Shu Shu again remembered her son was the school bully, she slammed the table: "Shu Lingchen, did you get into a fight with someone?!"

Just then.

Everyone in the classroom turned their heads in surprise.

The air instantly fell silent.

Shu Lingchen immediately retorted: "I didn't!"

He didn't touch his nose, he didn't lie.

Shu Shu raised her hand: "Sorry, everyone, continue."

All the classmates: "……"

Bo Luo Zai from the neighboring group looked incredulous, whispering to his little brothers: "My goodness, it's the first time I've seen Brother Chen being yelled at like a grandson and not daring to talk back!"

Shu Shu pressed on: "Then what's going on with you?"