Chapter 273 - Thinking about Life

Chapter 273 Thinking about Life

Maybe the god pitied those who tried hard. But Shen Yan thought it was because he had good eyesight. When he searched the third time, he glanced that there was a person sitting at the beach, where was far from the crowd. The figure was huddled up, easy to be ignored.

Shen Yan couldn't see the face of that person and even couldn't tell the gender. But he still approached. Somehow, he thought that must be Xia Yu.

Xia Yu was in a dress, sitting cross-legged on the sand, with her arms resting on her legs naturally and her eyes staring at the sea in a daze.

Sitting somewhere away from the crowd yet not far, she could stay quietly from the bustling people. The faint sound ringing through to her ears accidentally drove away the fear caused by loneliness.

Lost in her own world, she didn't sense that someone behind was approaching her.

From a three-meter distance, Shen Yan was sure that the figure belonged to Xia Yu because he recognized her dress. He exhaled with relief. He slowed down, walking near to her.

A minute before, Shen Yan was really anxious and thought that he would make a fuss, teasing her to his will when he found her. But when the moment came, he saw her sitting there, not in a bright shopping mall, not on a bustling street, even not on the beach surrounded by crowds.

She was just sitting alone in a dark corner. Standing behind her for ten minutes, he found that she even didn't move a bit during the ten minutes.

What on earth was she doing? What on earth was she thinking about?

"Meditating in the face of the sea and thinking about life alone?"

Hearing a person's voice behind her, Xia Yu's heart flipped, and she was scared. But she was in such low spirits that she didn't have the strength to scream. She just frowned and turned around her head a few seconds later.

Shen Yan stood about two meters away behind her. It was dim from her side, so it took a while before Shen Yan realized that her face was a little unusual, with a trace of tears, when her eyes met with his.

His doubt and surprise in his eyes flashed past. He asked, "What are you doing here?"

Almost at the same time, Xia Yu asked, "Why are you here?"

Their voices overlapped. After they asked each other, they were silent again.

Shen Yan strolled forward and stood beside Xia Yu, casting a look down at her. Xia Yu didn't want him to find that she cried so she pretended to turn her eyes away, staring at the front.

A few seconds later, Shen Yan's voice rang over, "What's wrong?"

Xia Yu answered, "Thinking about life."

Hearing her reply, Shen Yan felt like laughing in his heart, but he stayed calm on his face. He asked in an indifferent tone with a hint of scorn, "Did you figure it out?"

"Almost."

"Almost means not yet. What troubles you? Tell me and let me help you."

Shen Yan knew well about why Xia Yu was unhappy. What his Great Aunt and elder brother did also confused Shen Yan.

How much was a house worth? They were Shen Family! Why should they bring a lawsuit on this?

But the fact was that they had already found a lawyer. Shen Yan had persuaded but in vain. He didn't want Xia Yu to be upset anymore so he tried to cheer her up.

But she was indeed upset at this moment, or even worse, as good as coming back from a funeral, which could not be dispersed by some jokes. He sighed.

Raising her head aside and looking at him, Xia Yu asked without answering him, "Why do you come here? Where are they now?"

Shen Yan said, "They? Who?"

Xia Yu looked into his eyes for two seconds and then said, "Xiao Qiang and other people. You're supposed to be with them. Why do you come here?"

She was anxious in her heart, but she didn't want to share her anxiety with others. However, someone was determined to share with her burden. He answered calmly, "They went to the small island to go fishing at night."

Xia Yu said, "Why didn't you go with them?"

Shen Yan pulled upward the legs of his pants to make loose and sat near Xia Yu, "Come here and think about life."

Xia Yu rolled up her eyes slightly and said faintly, "Don't make jokes with me." She was not in the mood.

Shen Yan sensed her frustration. Seeing her turning her eyes to the sea, he asked solemnly, "You're deadly frustrated because of what?"

Without looking at him, Xia Yu answered in a deadly frustrated tone, "Not happy."

"Well, who provoked you?" Shen Yan asked deliberately.

Xia Yu said, "Nobody. I just feel unhappy suddenly. Can't I?"

"There is no love or hatred coming with no reason. You feel unhappy with no reason? It doesn't make sense."

Xia Yu answered reluctantly, "My 'great aunt' comes."

Shen Yan deliberately looked around, "Where is she?"

Xia Yu was emotional at the moment, but Shen Yan was determined to invite her to talk after he came. Xia Yu was so anxious that she just wanted to stay alone but Shen Yan deliberately wanted to be her vent. So, she could do nothing but vent on him.

"What's the matter with you? A single man and a single woman. It's not proper for you to be here."

What's wrong with a single man and woman? There were only two kinds of people on the beach, men and women. Why didn't she mind others? He looked at her and said, "You regard me as what kind of person? Since I came here, I haven't even touched one of your hair. By the way, with hundreds of people around us, what can I do to you?"

Xia Yu felt anxious as if she had killed someone. She stared back at Shen Yan and said, "Do you know the gossip can defame a person?"

Shen Yan answered with no fear, "I only know a clean hand wants no washing. I'm innocent at the bottom of my heart."

"It sounds easy but if all the things in the world can be explained by your words, there will be no anxiety anymore." Xia Yu gave a deep sigh.

"You are so sentimental today just because of your cousin's lawsuit?" Shen Yan asked.

"You such a young master know nothing about her. When my cousin was young, she studied very hard, but she was just medium in her class. Later, she wanted to learn cooking from my dad, but my dad said that she had no talent in cooking. In my eyes, my dad deliberately said so just because he wanted to stick to family rules and pass the family cooking skills only to me."

"Afterwards, one agent discovered her talent in the model industry. Actually, she did make a success in that industry. Her family was not wealthy. Her tuition fees almost cost all their savings and they were even in debt. Luckily, my cousin earned some money as a model and paid back the debts."

"She had a wish, bringing her parents to live with her after making money. She bought the house for her parents." Xia Yu could not go on saying. Now Shen Family wanted to sue her, which meant she would lose her house even her job.

"About this, my Great Aunt was indeed reckless. I think my elder brother will stop her after he knows about it." Although Shen Yan said so, he was anxious to some extent. However, according to his knowledge of Shen Mo, Shen Mo would stop his mother from making it worse.

"Come on! Your brother is treated like a god only by your family. He, the so-called genius entrepreneur or cold-face president, in fact, is just a self-conceited bigot."

"You have no idea about what he did. Last time, Yang Ke'er had a quarrel with Zeng Mina, criticizing that her poor acting was even worse than my cousin who was an amateur in acting. Then Zeng Mina called for Shen Mo, and he asked the director to replace my cousin in front of the whole crew. During the rehearsal, Zeng Mina could barely recite her lines and dared to bully in the crew. Moreover, it was Young Master Mo in your family who went to threaten my cousin and vented for his fiancée. Now First Madame in her name wanted to sue my cousin. I guess, she did so because she was unsatisfied that my cousin was still the leading actress."

"Young masters and ladies from fine families like you, are those people whom we don't dare to provoke. If you want us to be bankrupt and sleep on the street, we can just do it as your will. Now your purpose is going to fulfill. Are you happy?"

Xia Yu said it out once and for all. When she did so, she was a little guilty in her heart. She admitted that she was overreacting, but it was Shen Yan who wanted to be her vent though he was not the one to blame for her frustration.

It was the first time that Shen Yan had heard Xia Yu complain about these things. How could his brother do so? He temporally withheld his resentment in his heart. He looked at Xia Yu who was at a loss because of anger, "Xia Yu, you don't have to be so overreacting. The play is invested by Shen Group, not Shen Mo. He can't decide it alone."

A surge of anger went through Xia Yu's body. How could he not understand what the nepotism was after she explained a lot?

No matter it was decided by Shen Group or Shen Mo, the result was the same. Who had a say in Shen Group? Of course, Shen Family!

Seeing her want to say something but stop, rolling up her eyes, Shen Yan said with a smile, "Just say it out. Don't keep it to yourself."

Xia Yu had a lot to say but when she looked at Shen Yan, somehow, she just uttered, "You don't understand!"

"Don't understand? It's just a lawsuit. Even though Shen Family is a rich and powerful family as you said, it cannot turn black into white. Being with me every day, do you think that I suffer no less unfairness than you?" Shen Yan didn't understand why Xia Yu became so sentimental in a blink. Where was her courage of fighting unyieldingly with his elder brother and Zeng Mina?

"That's because you are fighting with your own brother, and you still get support in your family though some have no confidence in you. What about my cousin? Who will support her? What's worse, she may lose Li Yan this time." What Xia Yu was frustrated about was not the house. When losing this house, her cousin could buy another one.

But when she missed her true love, it would be gone forever. Xia Yu could tell that her cousin was serious about her relationship with Li Yan and Li Yan loved her cousin. If this farce went on, her cousin would break up with Li Yan for the sake of his future. What a blow to her cousin!

Why should fate go against people's will when they were desperate to be together? But to someone, they wasted time and relationship every minute as if every separation from others was just like deserting a piece of old clothing or an untidy handkerchief.

At this moment, Xia Yu was resentful and jealous of people like Shen Mo and Shen Yan, resenting their callousness of turning a cold face to those acquaintances, meanwhile, jealous of their casualness of doing everything to their free will.

If her cousin and she could be as callous as them, it would be wonderful, and they would not be so grieved when departure came.