Chapter 18

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As Shen Chi’s childhood friend, Li Beiting didn’t sleep in that morning. He ran over to the Shen residence to send Shen Chi off with a good-bye.

He had brought Shen Chi a lot of things. To be honest, he was quite unwilling to say his good-byes.

“Shen Chi, Shen Chi, I was dreaming of a beautiful woman. However, I bid farewell to her without any hesitation to come and send you off to the airport. What do you think, is that enough brotherly affection?”

Li Beiting slapped Shen Chi on the shoulders. He had even donned a dashing black windbreaker for his sake.

Shen Chi sat on the sofa with a grim expression. He remained silent.

“Are you unwilling to part with me, bro? Ay, I am also reluctant for you to leave. But don’t be sad, remember to send me letters regularly once you reach Frankfurt.” Li Beiting sighed.

After a long period of silence, Shen Chi finally said faintly, “The plane ticket and acceptance letter are both missing.”

“What? How could they be missing? Who would be so daring as to steal your things?” Li Beiting was shocked.

Wasn’t he in trouble? Without his plane ticket and acceptance letter, how could Shen Chi go to Frankfurt?

Shen Chi sat on the sofa with a frown. His eyes seemed to be looking into some faraway depths.

“Do you think it was that Liu person who did it? I saw her once yesterday, and I could immediately tell that she wasn’t a good person. She looked rather sharp and unkind.”

The Shen family and the Li family had always gotten along quite well. Li Beiting had heard of everything that had recently happened in the Shen family.

“Impossible, she doesn’t know anything about this.” Shen Chi frowned.

“Then could it be some careless servant who threw it out?”

Once Li Beiting said this, he felt that this was very unlikely. After all, the servants in the Shen family usually wouldn’t dare to enter Shen Chi’s room without cause. However, he did not eliminate this possibility.

Shen Chi’s furrowed brows slowly relaxed. Suddenly, the corner of his lips twitched up. He knew the answer.

When Li Beiting realized that Shen Chi was not talking anymore, he became even more anxious.

“What are you going to do? Why don’t you book another plane ticket? You can make arrangements with the education department at Frankfurt with regards to the acceptance letter. In such situations, the schools will usually be reasonable.”

“If it’s gone, just let it be.” Shen Chi stood up.

He stuck his hands into his pants pocket and his spotless white blouse hugged his slender figure. A complicated expression could be seen in his eyes, but it was also incomparably resolute.

The sun slowly rose, and a white fog could be seen beyond the windows.

The sunlight filtered through the windows and landed on Shen Chi’s white blouse. It accentuated his figure and gradually cast the shadow of his silhouette on the ground, elongating it little by little.

“Not going anymore?” Li Beiting asked.

“Mmm.”

“You’d better not regret this. It’s not easy for someone to obtain an acceptance letter from that school. Look at me, I’m so smart, and yet I wasn’t able to obtain it.” Li Beiting still found this quite regrettable.

Shen Chi gave him a pat on his shoulders. He said with a smile, “If you put your intelligence in the right place, you would also be able to get in.”

“That’s not right. I should be the one comforting you.” Li Beiting felt as though he had been lured into a trap.

“I’ll treat you to breakfast.”

Shen Chi and Li Beiting headed downstairs together. His luggage was sitting quietly next to the sofa.

As Xu Zhaomu strolled down the stairs leisurely, she caught sight of Shen Chi sending Li Beiting off at the door.

The moment she came down, his eyes shot an icy look over at her.

Bone-chilling!

Xu Zhaomu’s entire body shivered.

Before Xu Zhaomu could sit down, a tyrannical hand lifted her by the arm and hauled her upstairs.

Shen Chi shut the door forcefully with a bang.

Xu Zhaomu was extremely shocked. She could feel her internal organs trembling.

Ba-dum, ba-dum, her heart was pounding!

With both arms, Shen Chi pressed Xu Zhaomu into the corner of the wall. He glared sternly at her.

“Were you the one who tore up my plane ticket?”

He had icy eyes, a cold voice, and powerful arm strength.

Xu Zhaomu realized how much of a failure she was. Was she incapable of pulling off misdeeds?

However, she lifted her little face and grinned like the flowers that bloomed in spring. “What plane ticket? Fourth Brother, where are you going?”

“Enough with the pretense. Tell me!”

Xu Zhaomu was like a poor child who had been bullied by a scoundrel. She rubbed her eyes, but unfortunately she wasn’t able to squeeze out any tears.

She crouched down slowly. She was looking for a chance to slip under Shen Chi’s arms and escape.

One, two, three!

“Ouch, let…let go. It hurts…” The moment she bent down, Shen Chi pinched her shoulder and pulled her back up.

“Not going to confess?” Shen Chi’s lips curled into a cold sneer.

“What is there to confess? What plane ticket? Why would I have seen a plane ticket? Why are you being so fierce?”

“If you admit to this obediently, I will consider letting you off this once. If you don’t confess…” Shen Chi paused intentionally.

“What will happen if I don’t confess?” Xu Zhaomu stared at him in fear.

Shen Chi grabbed her collar and dragged her to the balcony. He pressed her against the window.

The window opened and a gust of cold wind seeped in. The rustling wind was like a sharp knife, capable of slicing through flesh.

“If you don’t confess, I’ll throw you out.”

“Boohoo, I don’t want to die… My future is bright and my prospects are good… I don’t want to die yet…” Xu Zhaomu rubbed her nose.

“Then, do you confess?”

“Under such torture, I have no reason to withhold my confession. I admit it all. I was the one who tore up your plane ticket, and I was also the one who hid your acceptance letter. If you want it back, I’ll just return it to you.”

Many years later, Xu Zhaomu recalled this incident. She realized how stupid she had been back then for confessing just like that. She had let that scoundrel Shen Chi off too lightly.

“The plane ticket has already been torn up. Why do I still need my acceptance letter?” Shen Chi purposefully frowned.

“Then what can we do? I guess you’ll just have to throw me down. You can’t get your ticket back, so you can only take my life!” Not a trace of repentance could be seen on Xu Zhaomu’s little face.

“In the future, you must do whatever I say.” Shen Chi patted her tiny face.

Under such tyrannical abuse, Xu Zhaomu could only nod her head.

Only then did Shen Chi let her go. Then he closed the windows.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhaomu started to sob. She jumped onto Shen Chi’s bed and looked at Shen Chi. “You…you…you are such a bully. I want to die when you look at me like this.”

She had learned this from manga. Whenever the female protagonist made this move, the male lead would always start to fret with worry.

However, Shen Chi did not play by the rules. He sat down on the sofa calmly. He crossed his long legs and stared coldly at her with folded arms.

“I’m watching, die then.”

“……” Xu Zhaomu pouted.

She could only jump off the bed obediently.

From then on, Shen Chi had kept her to her vow to do whatever he said in their pact. Xu Zhaomu was reduced to being practically an equivalent of Big White.

If he told her to head east, she wouldn’t dare to head west.

If he asked her to pick up the basketball, she would run over in compliance.

If he picked out vegetables for her, she had no choice but to eat them.

If he bought her new clothes, she would have to wear them.

He didn’t allow her to get close to any little boys. She was kept ten yards away from all little boys.

If he asked her to burn all the love letters she’d received, she would do so obediently.

He did not allow her to wear short skirts, and so she wore long skirts all year round.

After being under his rule for eight whole years, Xu Zhaomu finally realized the earth-shattering truth.

“The plane ticket has already been torn. Why do I still need my acceptance letter?”

That had been complete bullsh*t!

He could obviously have purchased another plane ticket and flown off to Frankfurt.

Xu Zhaomu felt as though her brain had been marinated in soy sauce. She had been deceived by him for eight whole years.

That f*cking Shen Chi was a liar. A heinous conman. A trickster.