Chapter 654: What Exactly Are You Hiding?

"Shen, Shen Yu!"

Seeing Shen Yu walk in from outside the door, Lady Leng shuddered in fear and subconsciously shielded her son.

The person they least wanted to see had arrived, and the thing they feared most had finally come to pass.

In this instant, Lady Leng felt as if the sky were collapsing.

As for Leng Hanye, he also walked to the front in silence, blocking the path in front of his wife and son.

Although he spoke tough, when the moment arrived, he still stood out. He was the head of the household; no matter what happened, he would always stand at the very front.

"Lord Shen!" Forcing a smile, Leng Hanye cupped his hands toward Shen Yu, doing his best to calm himself down.

However, Shen Yu's gaze was fixed on Leng Shishen at this moment, and he merely waved his hand simply at Leng Hanye.

"Lord Shen, my son..."

"He has not been controlled by anyone, nor is his mind deranged; it is just that there seems to be a power lurking within his body, seemingly some kind of inheritance. Lord Leng, your son is no simple person!"

With just one glance, Shen Yu had almost seen through the other party. The Time Golden Chapter in his mind even displayed the other party's information.

The Leng Shishen before him must have obtained some kind of inheritance. This inheritance was extremely extraordinary, even capable of shielding against his mental probing, causing his plan to search the other party's memories to come to nothing.

Although the power within his body was still dormant, once it completely fused together, it would surely soar to the heavens. If it were further nourished by the current dense Spirit Qi, it would be like a tiger gaining wings.

In this Great Contention Era, even such inherited powers were beginning to appear; it was truly spectacular.

"Lord, this subordinate can stake his life on the guarantee that those people were absolutely not killed by my son!"

Seeing that Shen Yu kept staring at his son, Leng Hanye could not help but speak up again; he was truly afraid that in the next moment, Shen Yu would strike his son down with a single palm.

"Since he didn't kill them, then who did these things?" Withdrawing his gaze, Shen Yu gave up on the idea of probing his memories after several mental attempts yielded no results.

"Leng Shishen, say what you know. Rest assured, I do not kill the innocent indiscriminately!"

"Shen, now that things have come to this, speak quickly! Those are over a dozen human lives!"

"That's right, Shen!" Seeing such a scene, Lady Leng also hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, "What exactly do you know? Can you tell Lord Shen? Speak quickly!"

While persuading him, she carefully watched Shen Yu's side; Lady Leng was truly afraid that Shen Yu would grow impatient and kill him directly.

This was their son's last chance; otherwise, with Shen Yu here, truly no one could save him.

"I did it!" Suddenly, Leng Shishen raised his head and gave an answer completely different from before.

"Lord Shen, I did it. Those things were all done by me. If you want to act, then act quickly!"

"You, Shen, didn't you just say otherwise?"

"That was just to deceive you all. Now that I know I can't keep lying, I might as well confess. Either way, it's a blade if I stretch my head, and a blade if I shrink it; there's no escaping!"

"And!" Speaking to this point, the corners of Leng Shishen's mouth curled into an arc, and the smile on his face seemed to turn cruel in this instant, as if he had become another person in a flash.

"That wasn't over a dozen human lives, but at least several dozen. I killed everyone!"

"Smack!" A fierce slap landed heavily. At this moment, Leng Hanye's face was filled with disappointment—no, that emotion was called despair.

"Unfilial son, you unfilial son!"

"How did I educate you in the past? How could you do such a thing?"

"Enough, why shouldn't I be able to do these things?" Raising his head to meet Leng Hanye's cold gaze, there was not the slightest hint of compromise in his eyes.

"My dear father, from childhood to adulthood, everything you did was 'for my own good, for my own good.' Study literature in the morning, learn martial arts in the afternoon, and read by candlelight at night—do you know how hard I worked?"

"I could only sleep three hours a day, sometimes not even three hours. Do you know how I've spent these years?"

"When others were playing, I was working hard; when others were resting, I was still working hard, day and night, in total darkness. Why, why must I live such a life!"

At this moment, Leng Shishen seemed to want to vent all his years of grievances; that long-suppressed emotion erupted in this instant.

"My dear father, since I was young, you compared me to the geniuses of the clan, whipping me at every moment, never letting me catch my breath for even a second. Do you know, I was about to suffocate!"

"When I grew up and finally achieved a little something, you compared me to those famous experts, even comparing me to Shen Yu, telling me to look at others and learn from them!"

"Yes, I admit I am indeed not as good as Shen Yu; I am indeed not as good as him. I have disappointed you."

"But what about yourself? You are at such an age, can you be stronger than him? Why don't you look at others?"

"You, you, unfilial son, you unfilial son!" Extending his hand, he was almost about to strike, but Leng Hanye never brought his hand down.

"Hit me, why aren't you hitting me?" Looking at Leng Hanye's raised hand, Leng Shishen stood up directly, as if he had long since ceased to hold this father in his eyes.

"Why must I do what you failed to do? Why must I realize the dreams you couldn't realize yourself!"

"You keep saying that I carry your hopes, telling me to work hard, to strive. Heh, why me? Tell me, why?"

The hysterical roar added a touch of ferocity to his originally gentle appearance. In this instant, Leng Shishen seemed to have truly become deranged and uncontrollable.

"I tell you, I killed those people, I killed everyone!"

"I am taking revenge on you. I want to destroy myself, I want to destroy your hope. You were afraid of Shen Yu coming, but I was the one who hoped he would come. Once he comes, your hope is gone!"

"Unfilial son!" The hand that was about to be lowered was raised again. At this moment, Leng Hanye felt for the first time that this son he was usually so proud of was so like a stranger.

"Hit me, beat me to death, beat me to death so I can give the common people an explanation!"

"You, you, sigh!" Lowering his hand, Leng Hanye sighed silently and turned his head away, looking somewhat desolate.

"Lord Shen, this unfilial son is yours to deal with. No matter the outcome, this subordinate accepts it!"

"Husband!" With a shriek, Lady Leng fell to her knees before Shen Yu with a thud, her head knocking heavily against the ground repeatedly. Just from the first knock, her head was already dripping with blood.

But when Lady Leng wanted to continue knocking, she was held back by a force, her body dragged directly to a standing position. No matter how hard she tried, she could no longer kneel.

"Lord Shen, please show mercy. Shen was not like this before; he has always been a good child. He must have some hidden reason."

"Lord, please spare him. I will pay for those people's lives; use my life to compensate!"

"Mother, one must bear the consequences of one's own actions. What I have done, I will naturally bear!" As he spoke, Leng Shishen looked at Shen Yu, his eyes devoid of fear.

"Lord Shen, I admit to all of this. Do it!"

"Leng Shishen, you see it too. Your mother is willing to die for you; at this moment, she has already harbored the will to die. Including your father, I fear his feelings at this moment are the same."

"If you truly die because of this, they might both die of grief!"

Walking forward, Shen Yu looked at the other party quietly, "You can deceive your parents, but you cannot deceive me. You did not kill those people, and you did not do those things!"

"What exactly are you hiding? Is this more important than your own life?"