Chapter 28: Why Can Everyone Slap Him
The next afternoon.
Startling sunlight spilled in from the window, shining on the youth. It plated his originally fair face with a layer of gold, yet it couldn’t hide the sickly pallor.
Shen Yuan frowned slightly, seemingly pained by the sun’s glare. His eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.
“Nn…”
He moved slightly, just about to turn over when an intense pain from every bone and muscle made him let out a muffled groan. His blurred mind also instantly became clear.
A black ceiling entered his view. Dense spiderwebs covered the corners of the walls, and the miscellaneous items were also covered in a thick layer of dust. It looked as if it hadn’t been cleaned in a long time.
Shen Yuan inhaled the dust-filled air unexpectedly, causing him to cough violently.
“Cough, cough, cough…”
The corners of his red eyes emitted a physiological tear from the coughing. Shen Yuan wiped it away with the back of his hand, his eyes full of pain.
His pale and thin small face became slightly flushed from the coughing, as if stained with two roses.
When he caught his breath, his eyes, which were misty with moisture, finally managed to see the environment a bit. The expression on his face also shifted from the initial pain to confusion.
This wasn’t his room!
Why had he woken up here?!
He could no longer remember what had happened last night. He only remembered the pain the man had left on his body and the burning breath sprayed by his ear.
His head suddenly throbbed with pain. Shen Yuan didn’t dare continue reminiscing. His fingers tightly clutched the corner of the quilt as he looked at the familiar yet messy environment, his expression suddenly turning to one of terror.
Every time he did something wrong and made Yu Xiuqing unhappy or angry, he would be locked in this small storage room and forced to endure punishments that made him wish he were dead.
That kind of punishment went from the body to the heart.
It was so terrifying that even now, the memory was fresh.
Shen Yuan’s heart beat wildly, and an intense panic appeared in his eyes. He yanked back the blanket, supported himself against the wall, and stood up staggeringly, running toward the wooden door.
He had to leave this place right now!
As soon as night fell, this storage room would become exceptionally dark, with no light at all.
Furthermore, because the large back garden was just outside the glass window, the sounds of various unknown insects would occasionally come from the dense bushes, making it seem even more eerie and terrifying.
The storage room was called a place for discarded waste, but it was more like a “small dark room.” In the invisible corners, filthy rats and cockroaches would often scurry past.
Thinking of this, Shen Yuan’s entire arm resting on the doorknob trembled violently.
He was afraid of these things, afraid of rats gnawing on his body, and even more terrified of that man who was enveloped in moonlight and looked at him with a gaze that was “gentle” to the point of being bizarre!
Before he could even open the small door, a force pushing in from the outside suddenly knocked him to the floor.
“Ah…”
The fever-reducing patch on his forehead fell off. Shen Yuan clutched his forehead in pain, slowly standing up with one hand supporting himself on the floor.
His dizzy mind hadn’t yet reacted to what was happening when his collar was suddenly grabbed by a rough, large hand and he was forcefully dragged outside.
the owner of the hand had a raspy voice as he cursed: “Stupid thing, sleeping until noon. Do you not need to work anymore? Yu Shao said that from now on, you are to be like a servant and do the dirtiest and most tiring work!”
“Uncle… Uncle Wu, you… you’re hurting me!”
Shen Yuan’s face turned beet red from struggling. Tears flickered in the corners of his eyes, and he could barely breathe.
The scene of being pressed tightly against the wall by Yu Xiuqing and almost losing his breath suddenly flashed through his mind. He became even more terrified and, without thinking, directly bit down on that hand.
Uncle Wu let out a cry of pain and pushed him away forcefully: “Dead thing! You actually dare to bite me! You’re looking for death!”
Shen Yuan stumbled and fell to the floor, the skin on both knees scraping open. However, he didn’t have time to deal with the bloody wounds; he climbed up with difficulty, turned around, and ran toward the gate.
But before he could run even two steps, his back collar was pulled, and a massive force yanked him back ruthlessly.
“Where do you think you’re running, you fool?!”
Shen Yuan staggered several steps. He looked up at the other in terror, only to see the man’s face was ashen, the veins on his forehead bulging, revealing his extremely angry mood.
Immediately after, a slap landed heavily on his cheek. Shen Yuan didn’t have time to dodge, and his entire small face instantly became numb as blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
His face, which hadn’t yet recovered from the swelling, turned even redder.
Why…
Why can everyone slap him at will…
Mister Yu slapped him, Su Huaiyao slapped him, and now even Butler Wu could hit and curse him as he pleased!
Thinking of this, Shen Yuan suddenly felt a strong wave of heartache rapidly gather—he was aggrieved in a hundred ways.
“What are you crying for, you idiot! If you dare go complain to Yu Shao, see if I don’t give you a hard time!”
Uncle Wu gripped the youth’s collar with both hands, lifting his entire body up effortlessly. His eyes were wide with rage, his gaze so fierce it seemed as if it could burn someone to ashes.
“So what if you were bought back for two billion? You were allowed to live comfortably for the past two years, but now Yu Shao’s true beloved has returned. You’re nothing more than a broken toy!”
The corner of Uncle Wu’s mouth curved up in ruthless mockery.
In his life, he most loathed these submissive things that only relied on their beauty to cling to men. They were of no use!
Shen Yuan was held in mid-air, crystal-clear tear tracks hanging on his face. His complexion was now utterly pale.
His lips trembled, but he found a metallic sweetness surging in his throat; even making a sound was an issue.
He wasn’t a broken toy…
Shen Yuan had always known Mister Yu didn’t love him and only treated him as a substitute for someone else… but it didn’t matter. The person Xiansheng loved was back, and he could leave now…
He would leave quietly, leaving in a way that no one knew.
“Cough, cough.”
A clear cough sounded from the doorway.
Uncle Wu was startled. He instinctively threw the person onto the floor and looked toward the doorway tremblingly.
He thought he would see a dark-faced Yu Xiuqing. He hadn’t expected the visitor wasn’t the man who wouldn’t allow anyone else to ravage his plaything, but Su Huaiyao, leaning on a crutch.
Although Uncle Wu breathed a sigh of relief, he still didn’t dare be negligent, walking over respectfully: “Su… Su Xiansheng.”
He had almost forgotten; Yu Xiuqing had gone out on business.
Su Huaiyao gave a nod and looked at the battered youth on the floor. He pursed his lips into a smile, his thin lips tracing a curve of mockery and pleasure.
Butler Wu indeed did a beautiful job!
However, this smile vanished in an instant, as if it had never existed. He returned to his usual gentle side, his gaze shifting helplessly from Shen Yuan to the nervous Uncle Wu:
“This… Uncle Wu, what’s going on?”
Uncle Wu stole a glance at his bewildered appearance and concluded the other hadn’t seen him brutally beating the fool. He immediately relaxed his tense nerves and fabricated a lie:
“Shen Yuan started acting crazy as soon as he woke up, smashing things in the storage room one after another. I was afraid he would break valuable items, so I taught him a few lessons, and he actually bit me!”
As he spoke, he even presented the back of his hand, which Shen Yuan had just bitten, before the youth. He bared his teeth in pain.
From the corner of his eye, Su Huaiyao glanced at the bloody bite mark and furrowed his handsome brows in disgust.
However, he still put on an act of surprise: “Uncle Wu, Shen Yuan actually bit you like that?”
Shen Yuan, who had been thrown onto the floor, bit his lip upon hearing this. He hung his head, not daring to look directly at the two.
If Uncle Wu hadn’t treated him like a rag and dragged him around as he pleased, he wouldn’t have bitten him in desperation.
He wanted to argue, but he didn’t dare…
Uncle Wu glared ferociously at the extremely aggrieved youth, his teeth gnashing in rage as he cursed: “He’s just like a dog, biting people at every turn. It’s a good thing he doesn’t dare bite Yu Shao; otherwise, he’d be beaten until he’s looking for his teeth all over the floor!”
He continued his loud denunciations, but Su Huaiyao grew impatient. He walked directly toward the trembling youth on the floor.
Seeing him walking toward him slowly, Shen Yuan suddenly felt an ill omen in his heart.
He was afraid this person would take advantage of Mister Yu’s absence to reveal his true nature and abuse him even more unscrupulously.
“No… don’t…”
Looking at that face that appeared harmless on the surface but was actually sinister and cunning, Shen Yuan shook violently in fear.
Behind him was the solid wall; he had nowhere to run. He closed his eyes tight, instinctively raising both hands to shield himself.
However, the expected pain didn’t arrive. Instead, the other person took hold of his wrist and said gently: “The floor is too cold. Come, Shen Yuan, let me help you up~”
Shen Yuan looked at him in disbelief. Looking at that bright and passionate smile that was chilling from the bottom of his heart, he instinctively wanted to pull his arm back, but he was held even tighter.
On the surface, the other held his wrist, but in secret, those five sharp fingernails dug deep into his wounds!
Shen Yuan trembled all over from the pain, shrinking back continuously. He pushed at Su Huaiyao with one hand, crying:
“Let… let go of me…”
The Uncle Wu beside them said anxiously: “Su Xiansheng, you’re really too kind. Why bother with him! Be careful not to be bitten by his dog teeth! Yu Shao won’t let this fool off!”
“I believe Shen Yuan won’t bite me.”
Su Huaiyao stared fixedly at the youth, the smile on his lips not fading but instead turning more sinister. He said word by word:
“By the way, Shen Yuan, can I ask you for a favor? Could you please help me remove that wild rabbit tail grass in the back garden? I want to plant red roses~”
Upon hearing the rabbit tail grass was to be removed, Shen Yuan instantly became anxious. He hurriedly shook his head and argued loudly: “You can’t! That… that isn’t wild! Mister Yu planted them specially for me! You can’t pull them out!”
“Oh? Xiuqing-gege planted them for you? I’m so sorry, Shen Yuan. I’m afraid they can’t be kept.”
Su Huaiyao showed an expression of great pity, then suddenly let go of his hand as if he had touched something dirty.
His wrist had been pinched until blood flowed. Shen Yuan lowered his moist eyes, tears instantly filling his sockets. His voice held a trace of helplessness: “Why… why can’t they be kept?”
Su Huaiyao let out a light laugh, full of provocation. He then leaned into the youth’s ear and bragged:
“Because Xiuqing-gege permitted me to remove those disgusting weeds and plant the most beautiful roses~”
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan’s entire body shook. He sobbed and shook his head, the emotion on his face one of disbelief.
He could never have imagined that the patch of soil the man had once permitted him to fill with rabbit tail grass would actually have to be surrendered.
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