Rebirth: Different Way [(重生) 殊途]

Chapter 25

After breaking off with Li Mingxuan, Shen Xi walked out of the alley with an empty stomach.

The words he had just said were certainly the ones from the depth of Shen Xi's heart and they did not rule out the possibility that he wanted to make use of Li Mingxuan to once again dispel the worry of the Shen family. But when he remembered Li Mingxuan's attitude and thought of his "sorry", Shen Xi couldn't say exactly what he felt.

Sorry? Sorry for what?

Sorry for having ignored him in the past? Sorry for letting his father deprive him of his rights to Shen Group? Sorry for having decided his fate from the start and not giving him a chance to choose?

But what was the use of being sorry?

If he hadn't been reborn, Shen Xi at this time would be a prisoner struggling to survive and wouldn't be able to hear their apologies at all. What did their apologies have to do with him?

Shen Xi thought mockingly, since they had decided his life from the very beginning and did not give him a choice, why should he give them a chance now?

Alone with his thoughts, Shen Xi had no idea where he was going. All the alleys here looked the same, criss crossing each other in a mess with no exit in sight. It was midday and the alleyways were silent, with no one in sight. Shen Xi stopped in his tracks and tried to judge the direction to find an exit to get out of here.

Just when Shen Xi had decided on a direction and intended to keep walking, there was a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps behind him, accompanied by loud shouting.

"Fang Luowei, stop right there."

"Hurry up, he's just up ahead."

"We'll get him soon."

Amidst the murmur of voices, the words "Fang Luowei" reached Shen Xi's ears as clearly as if they had been deliberately amplified. Almost subconsciously, Shen Xi turned around and ran towards the place where the voices came from. He didn't know how to describe his emotions at this moment; he could feel the excitement in his body, the kind of anxiety and eagerness to see Fang Luowei immediately, but there was a trace of apprehension in the excitement, the fear that the Fang Luowei he would see was not the Fang Luowei he had hoped for. In such a mood, Shen Xi only felt that the road in front of him was extraordinarily long.

"Boy, we finally caught you."

"What the hell do you want?" Fang Luowei's angry voice came over.

"What do we want? You wouldn't forget so quickly about what you did to Brother Wang last time at the bar, would you?"

"Our Brother Wang is generous and won't bother with you in general. As long as you agree to accompany Brother Wang for a few days, this matter will be settled."

"Brother Wang also said that you have borrowed from Brother Bin's loan sharks. As long as you are willing to accompany him, he will pay back your debt."

Messy voices sounded in front of him, but Shen Xi's heart suddenly settled down. It was Fang Luowei, he heard his voice.

"I will pay my debt myself, Brother Wang doesn't need to bother." A dry refusal came over, accompanied by a painful cry of "eww".

"Hurry up and catch him, he dares to run again."

By the end of these words, Shen Xi turned the corner to see Fang Luowei surrounded by a few youngsters who looked like punks. Perhaps because of Brother Wang's orders, those punks didn't dare to hit hard and just wanted to trap Fang Luowei by taking advantage of their numbers.

Without hesitation, Shen Xi rushed up and threw a punch at one of the punks who was trying to hold Fang Luowei.