Chapter 42:
That night, Li Mingxuan appeared in front of Shen Xi in a state of embarrassment like never before.
The moment she opened the door, Shen Xi couldn't help but stunned, "Cousin, what's the matter?"
Li Mingxuan smiled reassuringly at Shen Xi, took off his jacket while entering the door, "It's okay, I told Shen Ji that we are together."
Shen Xi followed behind Li Mingxuan for a while, and then the corner of her mouth raised a hint of ridicule, "I guess, eldest brother must think that I seduced you, intending to compete with him for the Shen family. ?"
The self-mockery in Shen Xi's words made Li Mingxuan feel distressed, turned to Shen Xi, his eyes were serious, "I seduce you."
Shen Xi sneered, passed Li Mingxuan and sat on the sofa, looking up at Li Mingxuan as if he spoke inadvertently, "If I really plan to compete with eldest brother for Shen, who will you help, cousin?"
Shen Xi's expression was casual, as if she was just asking casually.
Li Mingxuan looked at Shen Xi, a touch of pain appeared in his eyes, and then his expression gradually became firmer. He quickly sat down beside Shen Xi with a frank and serious expression, "I'm sorry Xiao Xi, I don't know."
Li Mingxuan carefully stretched out his hand and took Shen Xi into his arms, a low voice sounded in Shen Xi's ear, "Xiao Xi, I don't want to lie to you. If I say I will help you, That must be a lie. If it was in the past, I would have chosen Shen Ji, but now I really don't know. You are the one I love, and Shen Ji is my brother. I am reluctant to hurt you, and I have no way to hurt Shen Ji. I just hope that there will never be a day when faced with a choice."
Shen Xi did not speak, Li Mingxuan smiled bitterly, "Now you must think that I am a greedy bastard, right?"
Shen Xi did not return to this question, but broke free from his embrace, "Why does everyone think that I will definitely compete with the elder brother for the Shen family? It started from grandfather, to father and now to elder brother? "
Shen Xi's expression was puzzled, as if she had encountered some intractable puzzle.
There is a presumption in legal circles that can be called a norm, that is, the presumption of innocence. Simply put, it means that no one should be considered innocent until proven guilty and convicted. Shen Xi has always wondered why he never showed any thoughts about Shen Shi, but everyone seems to have decided that he will definitely compete with Shen Ji for Shen Shi in the future.
Before he was born, Shen's father began to worry that his birth would affect Shen Ji's heir position, and insisted on depriving him of his right to come to the world. After he was born, when he was still ignorant, everyone seemed to believe that when he grew up, he would definitely compete with Shen Ji as his father worried. What's even more ridiculous is that in order to not know if it will happen in the future, Father Shen came up with a way to cut it off at the source.
If Shen Cheng and Li Mingfei relax their requirements to a certain extent because of the eldest son inheritance system agreed in China and Beijing, and even deliberately guide them to develop in other directions, then why not give him a Such an opportunity?
Why must he cut off all his choices since he was a child?
Shen Xi looked at Li Mingxuan quietly, with an undisguised mockery on her face.
Li Mingxuan's heart was tightly clenched together, as if someone was holding on vigorously, and the pain was severe. He wanted to explain to Shen Xi, but he didn't know what to say.
Being in a family like theirs, seeing the fact that brothers and sisters turned against each other for property, and the family fell apart in a blink of an eye, Father Shen's concerns were not unreasonable. Fang Yun is on the decline and Han Rou is strong, so it is normal for Shen's father to be worried about Shen Ji's preference.
But Father Shen's mistake is to forget that Shen Xi is just a child, a child who doesn't know anything. If there is good guidance, everything Father Shen worries about may not actually happen. It's a pity that in the complicated family environment of Shen's family at that time, Grandpa Shen's acquiescence, Shen's family's help, and the rest of the people stood by, and Shen Xi's life was decided innocently.
He wanted to do his best to compensate, but he knew in his heart that many things were wrong, and even if he did more, everything that Shen Xi had encountered would not come back.
Li Mingxuan's remorse fell into Shen Xi's eyes, Shen Xi lowered her eyes to avoid Li Mingxuan's sight, and smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Actually, eldest brother is right to think so, there was a time when my father was so biased that even Shen Rong could step on my face, I really want to fight with eldest brother. Yes. But on my 18th birthday, I suddenly realized that what I want is not the Shen shi at all, and it would be meaningless even if I fight over it. So eldest brother can rest assured now, I really don’t have any thoughts about Shen shi.”
Although Shen Xi's words were full of self-deprecation, Li Mingxuan heard that Shen Xi was really what he said.
Li Mingxuan doesn't know what kind of mental journey Shen Xi has gone through, but she wants to know how Shen Xi struggled painfully in her heart before.
Li Mingxuan didn't say anything, just held Shen Xi tightly in his arms. After a while, he said softly, "Xiao Xi, what do you want?"
Shen Xi lowered her head and couldn't see the expression on her face, and said in a low voice, "A lot, but it's good for my cousin to hold me like this now."
Li Mingxuan's heart softened into a pool of water, he lowered his head and kissed Shen Xi's head, hugging him even harder.
This night, Shen Xi fell asleep in Li Mingxuan's arms for the first time. Listening to Li Mingxuan's shallow breathing, Shen Xi could not help but look at him quietly through the light from the curtains.
Li Mingxuan is really a very handsome man, even if there are bruises on his face that have not subsided, it will not damage his handsomeness at all. Shen Xi gently stretched out her hand and touched Li Mingxuan's face, with an inexplicable look in her eyes.
Before he returned to China this time, he and Li Mingxuan were two completely parallel lines. Even though there is a thin blood relationship between the two, unlike his notoriety, Li Mingxuan is perfectly more like a person from another world. Shen Xi never thought that one day Li Mingxuan would fall in love with her? What is even more unexpected is that Li Mingxuan clearly knows what it means to be with him, but he would rather put himself in a dilemma than give up.
Shen Xisi and Li Mingxuan said that they would never leave, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart. Do you not give up? I just hope that one day in the future he can still remember this sentence.
Shen Xi changed her posture, rubbed against Li Mingxuan's arms and fell asleep peacefully. In his sleep, Li Mingxuan sensed Shen Xi's movements and subconsciously wrapped him in his arms.
Unlike Li Mingxuan who sat in Shutu for an afternoon, Shen Ji wandered on the street alone with the strange eyes of passersby after leaving Shutu.
Shen Ji didn't want to go back to the company to face many people or look at people or show pity, let alone go home. Once upon a time, home was the most reassuring place in his heart, but since Chu Qianqian appeared, he could no longer find that reassuring feeling at home. Shen Ji wanted to find someone to talk to, but just had a fight with his best brother, in order to remain a man, his own younger brother. Shen Ji felt that life had never been so absurd, and for the first time he was confused about his own life.
Shen Ji walked aimlessly along the street until he saw a familiar bar. The memory of a few months ago came to mind, and he seemed to have had a fight with others here because he was in a bad mood. That time, Li Mingxuan went to the police station to pick him up. Shen Ji shook his head, put aside his messy thoughts, opened the door and walked in.
In the afternoon, the bar had just opened, and there was no customer inside.
Shen Ji's appearance was very abrupt, coupled with the injury on his face, the waiter looked at him vigilantly, as if judging where he came from.
Shen Ji sneered, "Don't worry, I'm not making trouble, I just want to drink in a bad mood."
The waiter looked him up and down several times before welcoming him to the bar.
Shen Ji sat alone at the empty bar and drank slowly.
Someone seemed to be chatting quietly next to her. Shen Xi didn't care that she could not help frowning in annoyance when she heard their repeated mention of a name.
"So, the young man who got drunk here last time was Shen Xi? The third young master of the Shen family in the newspaper? Did he really pay you to record a record?"
"Well, I signed up for Shen Xi's company, and he is my boss now."
"I read in the newspaper that he seems to have a bad temper, is domineering or something. Is that the case in reality?"
"Don't believe the reporter's nonsense, Shen Xi's character is actually very good, even grandpa likes him very much."
The name Shen Xi kept getting into Shen Ji's ears.
One of the two was obviously dressed as a bartender. As for the other, Shen Ji thought of the recent rumor that Shen Xi spent a lot of money on an unknown singer . According to the rumors, Shen Xi and the little singer were unclear. Although he knew that since Li Mingxuan was with Shen Xi, the rumors in the circle must not be credible, but Shen Ji couldn't help but speak maliciously, as if this would prove Li Mingxuan. It's like misreading Shen Xi.
"Are you the singer with the surname Fang who was supported by Shen Xi?"
Fang Luowei has been very busy recently, so he made time to visit his former colleagues today. The two casually chatted about their current situation. They were having a good chat, but they didn't expect to suddenly hear malicious questions from someone beside them.
Fang Luowei looked up subconsciously, and was taken aback when he saw the person in front of him, "Mr. Shen?"
Fang Luowei was very impressed with Shen Ji. Once he was in trouble in the bar, Shen Ji helped him. In addition, after he got to know Shen Xi well and knew that Shen Ji was Shen Xi's elder brother, it was inevitable that he would pay attention to the news of the Shen family. Although he knew from the newspaper that the Shen brothers seemed to be at odds with each other, Fang Luowei did not expect that Shen Ji would hold such hostility towards Shen Xi. Thinking of Shen Ji's words just now, Fang Luowei's good impression of Shen Ji's helping him suddenly disappeared.
"Mr. Shen, you can have an opinion on me, but Shen Xi is your younger brother, how can you question his character like this?"
This is the second time today that someone has spoken for Shen Xi in front of Shen Ji. Although it is an unrelated passerby, the anger in Shen Ji's heart has been hooked again by the wine. came out.
"Character? What kind of character does Shen Xi have? Do you know what kind of person he is?"
Fang Luowei looked at Shen Ji coldly, "I naturally know what kind of person Shen Xi is, if you don't say anything else, at least Shen Xi won't talk about it behind your back like you are drunk. others' right and wrong."
"Why can't he say it?"
Shen Ji glanced at Fang Luowei, "You are defending Shen Xi, but unfortunately he has already hooked Li Mingxuan, it is impossible to see you again."
Shen Ji's words made Fang Luowei frown. He took a glass of water on the table and poured it on Shen Ji.
"Mr. Shen, if there is evil in people's hearts, everything is evil. I always thought that no matter how others misunderstood Shen Xi, as his brother, you should not be so shallow. But I didn't expect that, Your performance is not as good as those outsiders, you are not worthy of being Shen Xi's brother."
Fang Luowei didn't even look at Shen Ji after he finished speaking, he directly signaled to his colleagues, "I'll go first, I'll see you next time."
Passing by Shen Ji's side, Fang Luowei couldn't help but stop again, "Mr. Shen, allow me to remind you, Shen Xi is your brother anyway, you are so malicious If you insult him, others will laugh at you as well."
Fang Luowei's glass of water made Shen Ji's dizzy mind instantly calm, he didn't notice what Fang Luowei said afterward, his mind was full of what Fang Luowei said at first That sentence, "If there is evil in the heart, then everything is evil."
For a while, Shen Ji laughed at himself, "Is it because there is evil in your heart?"