Chapter 64: Playing Dumb for So Long, Aren’t You Tired?
“Yuanyuan, you look absolutely stunning in this outfit. Tomorrow, when you go to the Chairman’s company, you’ll definitely look incredibly dignified! Those employees are going to call you ‘General Manager’!”
Wu Ma gently tugged at the hem of the youth’s clothes. Her eyes were filled with kindness, and her face beamed with pride and boastfulness.
Shen Yuan looked at his brand-new self in the full-length mirror, his eyes shining like the brightest stars in the night sky.
The custom-tailored, pure black suit he wore was perfectly cut and exquisitely crafted, bringing out his skin that was as fair as congealed fat, making him look both noble and elegant.
His small face, which originally still retained a bit of baby fat, had become increasingly sculpted and beautiful, with two faint blushes staining his cheeks.
Shen Yuan curled his lips into a satisfied smile. When he beamed, his eyes squinted into crescent moons, making him look exactly like a little fox.
Wu Ma’s words had given him a great deal of courage.
This had been specially tailor-made for him by the Old Master’s orders. Ever since the man’s white moonlight had returned, he hadn’t worn clothes as beautiful as the ones he had on today…
Looking at himself in the mirror, Shen Yuan lightly bit his soft, delicate pink lips, a layer of mist gathering in his eyes.
Before Gu Lanxiao was taken away, he had told him that as long as he had power and influence, he wouldn’t be looked down upon by those people!
The little fool had firmly kept this logic etched in his mind.
Even if he was currently completely clueless about managing a company, he would study twice as hard as any normal person.
Since Mister Yu wasn’t willing to rescue Doctor Gu, he would just properly save up money and go to the North to find that person himself.
Thinking this, Shen Yuan secretly solidified his resolve, quickly wiping away the tear stains from his eyes with the back of his hand.
He was now a General Manager. He heard this position was very powerful, so he definitely couldn’t cry anymore.
After dressing him, Wu Ma stood up and took a step back. Admiring the youth’s current transformation from head to toe, her eyes brimmed with tears of gratification.
Shen Yuan was now not only promoted by Old Master Yu to General Manager of the Yu subsidiary company, but there were also countless music academies extending olive branches and invitation letters to him.
Although she rejoiced that his talents were finally being recognized by the masses, Yu Xiuqing had forcibly blocked it all, forbidding Shen Yuan from accepting training from any academy or composer.
He was only permitted to act as this General Manager.
Wu Ma wiped away her tears, grateful that Shen Yuan’s bitter days were finally turning sweet. Then, she bowed with a smile, “Hello, General Manager.”
Shen Yuan was stunned for a moment before instantly reacting, giving her a ninety-degree bow in return as he said obediently, “Hello, Wu Ma~”
The moment the words left his mouth, the bedroom door was suddenly kicked open with a forceful bang, and a gloomy, enraged voice rang out:
“I think it’s about to be a bad day for someone.”
Shen Yuan’s heart gave a violent jolt. Startled, the tie in his hand fell to the floor. He hurriedly looked toward the doorway, only to see the man’s tall, straight figure walking toward him with a suffocating, imposing aura.
A pair of sharp, cold eyes like a falcon stared dead at him, looking as though he wished he could skin him alive and swallow him whole.
Wu Ma was also frightened by this sudden turn of events. Lowering her head, she called out in a trembling voice, “Yu Shao.”
Qi Yunzhao stepped in first, his eyes narrowing slightly before he shot her a look signaling her to leave.
Wu Ma shot a hesitant glance at the panic-stricken youth. Her lips twitched slightly as if wanting to say something, but not daring to. She could only silently walk out the door.
Shen Yuan twisted his fingers together in nervous anxiety, his heart doing flips. His body continuously backed away until he could retreat no further, hitting the wall with a muffled thud.
The man’s footsteps drew closer and closer. Every single step felt as though it were stomping directly on his heart, making him so nervous that even his breathing became rapid and shallow, his legs shivering uncontrollably.
“M-Mister Yu…”
Shen Yuan carefully raised his eyes, observing the freezing glint between the man’s brows. The tall bridge of his nose and his thin lips were pressed tightly into a line; clearly, the other’s mood was exceptionally foul.
“Don’t call me that! What exactly have you been doing behind my back? Have you been secretly contacting Yu Peishang? !”
As he spoke, Yu Xiuqing had already arrived in front of him, looking down haughtily at the youth. Clenching his fingers tight, he restrained the urge to slap him across the face.
“Since when did this start?”
He emphasized his words heavily, spitting out the furious question syllable by syllable.
Shen Yuan had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. His beautiful large eyes overflowed with confusion and panic.
“Xi-Xiansheng, what are you talking about? Contacting Yu Peishang… I didn’t, I haven’t done any such thing!”
But his inarticulate yet intensely anxious explanation only sounded like a feeble excuse to the man’s ears.
“You didn’t? Then why did the goods I temporarily stored in the subsidiary’s warehouse all burn to ash in a fire? !”
Yu Xiuqing’s emotions suddenly became agitated. He grabbed the youth’s collar with one hand, yanking his entire body forward before slamming him viciously back against the wall, interrogating him coldly:
“Do you dare say you didn’t do it? That you didn’t tamper with my things to destroy the evidence of Yu Peishang’s crimes, using your identity as the General Manager? !”
“Nn…”
Shen Yuan let out a muffled grunt. His delicate brows knitted together tightly from the pain. He uncomfortably forced out a few words from his mouth: “I don’t know… what Xiansheng is talking about at all…”
“Still acting? !”
Yu Xiuqing’s furious gaze was like a knife, stabbing viciously into this person playing dumb. The hand gripping his clothes suddenly moved up to throttle his tender, white neck:
“Aren’t you brain-damaged? Aren’t you stupid? Then why do you look just like a normal person in the surveillance footage? Burning all my evidence with such practiced ease!”
Shen Yuan was choked so hard he could barely breathe. His face flushed completely red, his mind entirely blank. A few tears rolled down from the corners of his crimson-stained eyes as he repeatedly pleaded:
“I-I didn’t…”
If it had been any normal day, seeing such a piteous and pathetic appearance, Yu Xiuqing would have definitely ravaged him ruthlessly.
But right now, he had absolutely no mood for that. He even felt an impulse to slice this youth into a thousand pieces!
“Keep coming up with excuses. Let’s see if your words are the truth, or if the you captured on the surveillance tape is the truth!”
Having said this, Yu Xiuqing released him. He pulled out his phone and opened the video pulled from the surveillance cameras that morning.
The moment Shen Yuan was released, his entire body instantly lost all its strength, collapsing directly onto the floor.
The momentary lack of oxygen caused him to cough violently. His neat, clean suit had also become completely disheveled.
His originally beautiful mood had shattered completely in this moment, a deep sense of grievance spreading from his heart through his entire body.
Why was Xiansheng falsely accusing him like this again…
Yu Xiuqing half-crouched down, his long fingers pinching the youth’s cheeks to force his face up. He then turned the video volume to the maximum and played it for him:
“Look closely. Just like how you pushed Xiaoyao down the stairs, and now you set fire to my goods. Did you think no one would know? The cameras caught it all!”
With the man’s gloomy, terrifying conviction ringing in his ears, Shen Yuan felt a bone-piercing chill throughout his entire body. His moist eyes suddenly widened at the sight of the figure appearing in the video.
How could this be?!
That youth who looked exactly like him had appeared in the video again! It was the exact same person from when he was framed for pushing Su Huaiyao down the stairs!
Shen Yuan instantly felt a wave of sheer terror crawl over his skin.
The man snorted in contempt at his entirely expected reaction. With a sinister expression, he mocked, “Shen Yuan, are you regretting that you didn’t have time to destroy the security cameras?”
“No, this person isn’t me!”
The little fool sobbed and shook his head, his exquisite face soaked in tears. Yet, he still looked at him stubbornly:
“Xiansheng, I beg you… please believe me! I haven’t even been to Grandpa Yu’s subsidiary company yet… How could I have possibly burned the things in your warehouse? He isn’t me…”
“Heh, do you think I’d believe you?”
Yu Xiuqing curled his lips coldly. Using two fingers, he zoomed in on the clothing of the person on the screen. With a piercing gaze that refused to miss a single shift in the youth’s expression, he said with cold fury:
“This limited-edition jacket he’s wearing is the exact one I personally picked out for you when I took you abroad. It’s the only one of its kind in the world, and I remember the pattern vividly. Furthermore, your wardrobe has a combination lock. Who could possibly steal it?”
Every word the man spoke stabbed straight through the heart, leaving Shen Yuan with absolutely no room for defense. Or rather, from the very beginning, he had been forcibly pinned with this fabricated crime, rendering all arguments completely useless.
“Nothing to say?”
The curve of Yu Xiuqing’s lips was disdainful. Slapping the boy’s tear-stained face a few times with his palm, he spoke methodically:
“No wonder Yu Peishang wanted to take you away at Grandfather’s birthday banquet. So you two had been secretly colluding all along. He was afraid you’d be discovered by me and that it would implicate him, which is why he so readily gave up his Yu family shares in exchange for you!”
“You—you’re going too far! I already said I didn’t! Why do you always falsely accuse me! Get away!”
After screaming this, Shen Yuan raised his small hands and forcefully shoved at the man’s chest. Having absolutely no recollection of the things he was accusing him of, nor having any idea what these ‘goods’ he was talking about were, the little fool only felt exceptionally suffocated by the injustice.
Even though this shove carried absolutely no strength and couldn’t cause any harm, Yu Xiuqing felt as though his bottom line was being provoked, causing the rage in his heart to flare even higher.
This was undoubtedly an indirect admission that Shen Yuan had done all this, and had betrayed him!
At the thought of the pet he had kept turning around and biting the hand that fed it, Yu Xiuqing could no longer control the violence surging within him.
Having finally reached the end of his tolerance, he raised his palm and, without a moment of hesitation, slapped Shen Yuan heavily across the face.
Slap!!
The crisp sound echoed throughout the entire room.
Five stark red finger marks immediately surfaced on Shen Yuan’s fair left cheek. His delicate lips also swelled up instantly.
But before he could even process the shock, another slap rang out, leaving a deep handprint on his right cheek as well.
The little fool was beaten into a dizzy daze.
It took a long time for Shen Yuan to recover from the dizziness. Yet, he harbored not a single thought of resistance; he only stared blankly at the tall man before him.
The person he used to adore so deeply now only brought him sheer terror.
“You are a spy planted by Yu Peishang to stay by my side, aren’t you? Playing dumb for so long, aren’t you tired?”
Yu Xiuqing interrogated with a cryptic tone.
The seller behind Shen Yuan at that underground auction two years ago was Yu Peishang. He truly hadn’t expected it!
To think this fool had actually laid in wait by his side for so long!
Shen Yuan was beaten senseless.
Seeing the youth’s vacant, sluggish gaze, Yu Xiuqing was consumed by rage. He raised his foot and kicked viciously at his stomach.
Shen Yuan was kicked to the floor, fresh blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The lingering trauma of his miscarriage flared up, sending a wave of agonizing pain through his abdomen that caused him to curl up, spasming uncontrollably.
Translator’s Note: Some brief clarifications on honorifics and addresses: Sanye (三爺) is the Third Master, Yu Shao (俞少) signifies Young Master Yu, and Xiansheng (先生) means Mister or Sir. Gege (哥哥) is an affectionate term for an older brother, often used flirtatiously or playfully by Su Huaiyao to address Yu Xiuqing. A-Xiao (阿潇) and Xiao Di (小笛) are intimate, affectionate nicknames using standard Chinese prefixes.
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