Chapter 70: Going Home (1)
Shen Yu was behind Tang Li and Tang Ming and the light in the surrounding was really dimmed, so that’s why they didn’t notice Shen Yu hiding in the bushes.
Tang Li, who was crouching under the tree, retched for quite some time. And only then did he feel a bit better. Barely supported by the tree trunk, he stood up. He asked Tang Ming in a hoarse voice, “Brother Ming, do you have any towel or something?”
“Yes, I have it” Tang Ming quickly tried to find it. Soon after, he took out a handkerchief and handed it to Tang Li: “Feel free to use it. No need to return it back to me.”
Tang Li took the handkerchief. “Thanks.”
Afterward, neither of them spoke.
The continuous sound of bugs/insects in the environment made them conceal their distraught feeling and breathing.
Even after some time passed, Tang Li still kept feeling dizzy. He stood a little unsteadily. Not caring whether the tree trunk in front of him was clean or not, he turned to lean against it and closed his eyes.
After quite a while, Tang Ming whispered in his ear hesitantly, “Chestnut, do you feel better now?”
Tang Li replied softly without opening his eyes, “I don’t feel well. I want to rest for a bit.”
On hearing this, Tang Ming sighed heavily and grumbled, “Those people are really too much. Using their elder status to do whatever they please. I think for them to celebrate your adulthood is just a fake. They really want to show their superiority by forcing you to drink.”
Tang Li was silent for a while. He laughed bitterly: “I’m an adult now, and their reasons are very justified.”
Tang Ming asked curiously, “You didn’t know how to drink before?”
Tang Li answered, “Never had a drink before.”
“It seems that Shen Yu is really good to you as everyone has said.” Tang Ming sighed, there was a hint of envy in his tone, “I don’t want to force you to do what you don’t want to do.”
“I was not eighteen when I left the Shen family. He would not let a minor drink.”
Tang Ming had black lines on his face: “…Okay.”
While speaking of Shen Yu, Tang Li’s uncomfortable expression seemed to have eased by a lot. His frown’s eyebrows finally relaxed as he quietly said, “Shen Yu is the only and the most important person in my life and there’s no one else. Only when I think of him can I feel that living in this world is not so dull.”
There was a time where it was very difficult for Tang Li to survive.
He had neither family nor friends, had no money, and no one to take care of him. He couldn’t even see where his future laid. It was Shen Yu, who walked into his life step by step and pulled his hand to move forward.
Up to now, Shen Yu was his world. freewebn(o)vel
Tang Li couldn’t bring himself to imagine not having Shen Yu in his life anymore; all the colour in his life would just eventually disappear, and he would even lose his courage to continue living.
Tang Ming stood in the backlight. He calmly looked at all the changes in Tang Li’s face with his deep gaze. His eyes flickered a few times. In an instant, he seemed to have understood something.
“You…” Tang Ming stuttered for a moment, “You, towards Shen Yu…”
Tang Li’s figure was somewhat stiff, but he didn’t answer Tang Ming.
However, his lukewarm and calm face gradually became cold. Then, he opened his eyes slowly and set his eyes on Tang Ming’s surprised expression. There seemed to be some emotion surging in his pitch-black eyes.
Tang Ming immediately froze.
Under Tang Li’s gaze, he became panicky for no reason and all the words stuck in his throat.
After a good while, Tang Ming gradually came back to his senses. He hastily restrained some thoughts that he should not have. He laughed dryly, “It’s nothing. I probably think too much.”
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Shen Yu hid in the dark.
Because there was some distance between him and Tang Li, he could not hear what the two men were saying except when the first time Tang Ming had called out Tang Li’s name.
By looking at Tang Li’s unsightly face, perhaps he was still suffering from a hangover.
Upon seeing this, it was certainly impossible for Shen Yu to not feel distressed.
He had raised Tang Li for so many years. When was there a time where he had not carefully held Tang Li in his hand? Usually, for him to even see Tang Li move down the flowerpot, he would fear that the other would feel tired.
Thinking about it carefully, he was too strict while educating Tang Li. During the rest of the time, he had tried his best to meet Tang Li’s requirements. Unfortunately, Tang Li never took the initiative to say what he wanted…
Even so, he was unwilling to keep watching Tang Li being forced to this state now.
The more Shen Yu thought about it, the more upset he got. On one hand, he detested those people from Tang family, who were cold-blooded and heartless. On the other hand, he blamed his own powerlessness. He could not even protect Tang Li, who was just growing up.
On the other side, Tang Li and Tang Ming seemed ready to head back.
Shen Yu wanted to leave quietly, but when he saw Tang Li’s face looking incomparably pale under the street light, he could not resist taking a few steps towards their side.
Tang Li’s cellphone happened to ring at this moment. He took out his cellphone to have a look. Suddenly, he squinted his eyes even further.
Despite the obvious resistance on his face, Tang Li had no choice but to answer the phone, “Second uncle…”
Next to him, Tang Ming was waiting in boredom.
Tang Ming was clearly facing in the direction of Shen Yu, but for whatever reason, he seemed to be unable to see Shen Yu. He didn’t even move his eyes towards Shen Yu.
Until Shen Yu came up to Tang Ming and interjected him with coughs.
Tang Ming, who was looking around out of boredom, suddenly became alert. His focus immediately gathered on Shen Yu’s face, making his eyes nearly become cross-eyed.
“Mr. Shen?!” Tang Ming was shocked by Shen Yu’s sudden appearance. He hurriedly patted his chest to calm himself down. “How come you are here?”
When Shen Yu looked at Tang Ming’s drastic reaction, the discomfort in his heart became more and more intense.
This seemed exactly like what had happened half a year ago, the people he came into contact with became odd. They always intentionally or unconsciously ignored his presence.
At first, it was the servants at home who often did not feel his presence. Later, it developed to the point where they could not even hear him. The most serious one was when Shen Yu was in the study room, Aunt Chen and others had thought he was on a business trip, and no one paid attention to him for two consecutive days.
If it was before, Shen Yu could use Aunt Chen’s old age as an excuse. But a moment ago, he could tell by the way Tang Ming looked at him, he still couldn’t notice him approaching.
Some conjectures were vaguely raised in Shen Yu’s mind.
For a moment, he was so frightened that his face was covered with cold sweat.
“Mr. Shen?” Tang Ming raised his hand and shook it lightly in front of Shen Yu. His tone was mixed with concern. “Are you alright?”
Shen Yu woke up from a daydream and he forced out a smile: “I’m alright. I just passed by here. Didn’t you see me?”
“I must have been thinking about other things that I didn’t even pay attention…” Tang Ming thought Shen Yu was blaming him, so he scratched his head embarrassedly. “Also, it is dark here…”
Shen Yu just smiled. He didn’t continue the conversation.
He turned his head and saw that Tang Li had already finished answering the call.
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