The night grew increasingly dense. The sounds of a man’s ragged breathing and a woman’s delicate moans kept emanating from the room. Afterwards, Shen Congming looked at the soundly sleeping Wanqian on the bed. He got out of bed quietly, wiped away all traces of their lovemaking, and helped Shen Qian dress to look as though she was simply drunk. He then carefully closed the bedroom door. Shen Congming sat in the living room for half an hour to rid himself of any lingering scents and calm his recent passion before he re-entered the bedroom and lay down beside Duan i.
Duan i’s arms encircled Shen Congming. "Where on earth did you go in the middle of the night?" she whispered.
"I was thirsty and went to get so water. Go to sleep," Shen Congming replied, his heart almost leaping out of his chest as he patted her shoulder.
"Mhm," Duan i murmured and once again fell into a deep sleep. Shen Congming looked at his wife in his arms and let out a long sigh of relief. That was close. If Shen Cheng knew I’d been with his daughter, he’d never let get away with it.
His recent encounter with Wanqian had ignited his passion. He felt he had regained the vigor of his youth, making Wanqian, that enchantress, cry out incessantly beneath him. The thrill of this illicit affair reignited a long-lost excitent within him. With that sensation still coursing through him, Shen Congming drifted into a deep sleep.
Filled with fury, Shen Cheng drove his sports car at over a hundred miles per hour. He initially planned to head to Shen Po’s place in the suburbs. But recalling the events of the previous night, and the words Shen Po had said as he left, he slamd on the brakes, bringing the car to a screeching halt by the roadside.
After leaving the Shen Family and Shen Po’s place, he suddenly realized he had nowhere to go. Shen Cheng pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and began to chain-smoke, the cold wind gradually dispersing his intoxication.
Wanqian’s recent words, like daggers, pierced his heart. The mories he had tried to suppress regarding that incident were dragged, bloody and raw, back into his mind, alongside Shen Po’s words from the previous night.
Enemies? The thought made him burst into laughter. A year ago... Wanyou’s despairing eyes before her death, her stubborn words... they all surfaced in his mind again.
"Shen Cheng, did you ever love ?"
"Love?" He scoffed. "Wanqian has always been the one I love most. Without Wanqian, I wouldn’t be who I am today. You are my enemy. Would you fall in love with your enemy?"
"Shen Cheng, why? Why?"
Wanyou’s dying words echoed relentlessly in Shen Cheng’s mind. BANG! He slamd his fist into the car window, and blood stread down the glass.
Shen Cheng took a deep breath and stepped out of the car. He leaned against its body, chain-smoking, his silhouette engulfed by the darkness. Suddenly, several figures caught his attention.
A petite figure was being relentlessly chased by several n in black. The cleavers in their hands glinted with a silver light, stark against the dark night.
"Little girl, where do you think you’re running?" the n in black shouted malevolently, waving their cleavers.
"That’s right, little girl," one of them sneered. "Considering how tender you look, why don’t you have so fun with ? Maybe if I’m pleased, I’ll spare your life and even leave your body intact."
"Just look at that waist and those cheeks," a third man chid in, leering. "Utterly irresistible. I wonder what she’d feel like beneath ?"
"HEHEHE, the re thought is enough to make a man lose his soul!" a fourth added with a vulgar laugh.
As the four n shouted obscenities, they quickly closed in, tightly surrounding the young woman. The silver glint of their cleavers flashed in Shen Cheng’s eyes.
Shen Cheng continued to smoke, taking deep drags, as he passively watched the four n encircle the helpless woman. He had no intention of intervening.
"What do you want?" Shangguan You’s voice trembled with fear. Her pale face was a mask of panic, and her body shook like a frightened deer, evoking pity.
"What do we want?" one of the n retorted. "You overheard sothing you shouldn’t have, so naturally, we’re here to silence you. Still thinking of running? Do you really think you can escape?"
"But before we silence you," he continued with a smirk, "we’re going to have a little fun. We’ll make you so delirious with pleasure that you’ll rember us even in the underworld."
"Look at her, clearly an untouched little thing. Such a waste for a beauty like this to die so soon," another added.
"HEHEHE!" The n’s lewd laughter filled the air as their circle tightened around Shangguan You. I really enjoyed the show tonight, watching one drama after another, Shangguan You thought ruefully. I was planning to find Ye Shaoshao afterwards, but it seems I’ve beco part of the entertainnt myself. I never expected this. I just picked a random place to show up, how could I have known I’d run into these thugs, or overhear things I shouldn’t have? Now they’re trying to silence .
Damn it all, Shangguan You sighed internally. Her eyes darted to Shen Cheng, who was a shadowy figure not far away, almost swallowed by the darkness. A flicker of calculation in her deep eyes, and then, with a sudden feint towards one of the n, she twisted, her body a blur as she dashed out of their encirclent, heading straight for Shen Cheng.
"Help! Please, help !" Shangguan You cried, grabbing Shen Cheng’s arm. Only then did the four n in black react. She had moved so fast, reaching another man’s side in the blink of an eye.
"Kid, you’d better not ddle in our business, or you’ll regret the consequences!" one of the pursuers snarled.
"Consequences?" Shen Cheng scoffed. "Hmph. Four grown n ganging up on a defenseless woman? What kind of achievent is that?" He glanced at Shangguan You, his eyebrows knitting in confusion. What’s soone from the Shangguan Family doing out here alone in the middle of the night? Still, whatever the reason, if this gets involved with the Shangguan Family, it might not be a bad thing.
He pulled Shangguan You behind him and shoved her into the car. Then, he snuffed out his cigarette, cracked his knuckles, and fixed a cold gaze on the four n in black.
"Listen, kid, this is our business. Don’t stick your nose where it doesn’t belong," another of the n threatened, "or you’ll go in clean and co out red."
"She’s my friend," Shen Cheng stated coldly. "If you want to get to her, you’ll have to go through first." With that, he threw a punch straight at one of the black-clad n’s eyes.
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