Chapter 780: Do not ask for sympathy
Shen Li had no idea that his family came chasing after him and were even waiting to beat the heck out of Shen Hanxing if the latter was to raise her hands at him. Instead, he looked at his sister and calmly drew in a breath before he looked at the face which had once scarred him so much that he started to have nightmares of this face looking at him from all over the place while coldly sneering down at him as she sold him off to another monstrous old woman who nearly harmed him.
" What do you want?" Though Shen Li was still scared of Shen Hanxing, he did not show it on his face. He knew that if he wanted to have peace in his life, he needed to make sure that he does not give away his emotions. He knew that with bullies like Shen Hanxing, the more one showed fear on their face the more bullies like Shen Hanxing tried to squeeze them.
Which was when he looked at Shen Hanxing, he did not tremble nor did he stutter like he did in the past. His eyes were gentle but hard which showed his resilience as well as a reluctance against having anything to do with Shen Hanxing who was so surprised upon seeing Shen Li's tough attitude that she quite forgot what she came here for.
Seeing that Shen Hanxing was not saying anything, Shen Li frowned and then said in a gruff voice which was filled with impatience, " If you have nothing to say then I will be leaving."
" Hey now, what is with that attitude——" Shen Hanxing was stumped when she saw Shen Li acting all cold with her and tried to reach out her hand to catch hold of Shen Li's wrist when the latter pulled his hand away just in time before she could touch him and sharply hissed. " Do not touch me! I am no longer your little brother whom you can drag around as you wish, keep your hands to yourself."
" Yo, would you look at that," Shen Hanxing was pissed when she saw how Shen Li was treating her, so much so that a nerve started to throb in her forehead and her face turned red as she glared at Shen Li and then remarked with a sneer playing on her face, " Looks like you finally started to use the balls which you were born with, it would have been better if you made use of them in the bed at least that way you would not be without a child at this moment."
Shen Li felt his heart prick when he heard his sister's words, the two of them were pushed out by the same father, they did not have half brother or sister bond but Shen Li had seen woman treating their mer siblings who were related to them by half blood much better than Shen Hanxing treated him.
" I would have put my body to good use if the sister hadn't sold me off to the old perverted woman causing me to be traumatised and turn into a living wood," Shen Li threw the harsh remark back with a sneer that matched Shen Hanxing before he waved his hand causing his sleeves to flick as he said, " Enough about this nonsense, tell me what else do you want? Was selling me twice not enough, are you here to buy me off from Yu Dong and then sell me to another woman?"
Shen Hanxing wished she could kick this mer in his head, he actually wanted to leave Yu Dong? That woman was rolling in gold and silver! Only a stupid would leave such a good woman!
" Are you an idiot or what? Do you want to leave such a good wife? Come to think of it you are indeed an idiot, what are you doing as the official husband of Yu Dong? Why was it that the mer concubines of your house were allowed to waste more than ten to thirty taels just like that, should you not be keeping a check on them?" When Shen Hanxing remembered how those two mer concubines wasting so much money on a meal, she felt her heart ache for those silver taels.
Shen Li sneered, his lips curled in a mocking smile. Sure enough, it was just as he expected Shen Hanxing was here because of money, she and his mother must have seen that he was living a good life in the village and wanted to mooch off him which was why they came looking for him as soon as they could.
" What do you mean by keeping a check on them? Who does not know that I am Yu Dong's official husband only in name and nothing else —— Ye Liu knows how to flatter Yu Dong and Chen Mi had given birth to a child for her while the third one is pregnant and due to give birth to a child as well, unlike them I have nothing, neither can I please her because of my wooden body nor can I give her a child—— "
"What else do you wish from me? It's good enough that she had not given me a divorce and sent me packing home …and you are telling me to keep control of her mer concubines who are doted on by her? Would I not be asking her to cut my head off if I was to do that?"
Shen Li knew that his father continued to speak harsh words to him because he knew that it was the only way to protect him, though he wished he could get the love of his father but he knew that it was a pipe dream and nothing more.
But it was good as well, at least with his father supporting him in this manner he knew how to make sure that no one will be able to take advantage of him.
As he took in a breath, Shen Li opened his mouth and went on to say, " If you are here to ask me for money then you can forget all about it, there is nothing that I can do for you. Even, I have to survive on the charity of my wife, how can I ask for money from her? If she gets and decides to abandon me, will you or mother raise me?"
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