Rebirth: Different Way [(重生) 殊途]

Chapter 85

Shen Xi received an official notice from Shen Dehan in the afternoon of the same day. Shen Dehan would hold a press conference the next day to announce his engagement to Chu Qianqian. Obviously, Shen Dehan was very eager to reverse the negative image of this matter. Although his current image had fallen to the bottom, it still looked better with the fig leaf of marriage. Shen Dehan was not concerned about Shen Xi's attitude towards this matter, he and Shen Xi were now looking at each other in disgust and Shen Xi's reaction was completely out of his consideration.

Shen Xi mockingly hung up Shen Dehan's call but before he could put the phone down, it rang once again, and it was Li Mingxuan.

Li Mingxuan's voice showed a hint of worry, "Xiao Xi, you know about Uncle's decision, right?"

"En."

Shen Xi confirmed in a light-hearted manner, obviously not caring at all. Li Mingxuan smiled bitterly. Although he had already guessed how Shen Xi would react, he still couldn't help but worry.

"I'm fine!" Shen Xi's reply reaffirmed Li Mingxuan's guess.

Li Mingxuan consciously made himself sound relaxed, "It's good that you're fine!"

Shen Dehan's decision naturally did not meet any resistance from Shen Xi. Unexpectedly, even Shen Ji did not say a word about it. Shen Dehan originally thought that Shen Ji would oppose fiercely, but after listening to his words, Shen Ji did not react at all. Feeling guilty, Shen Dehan tried to talk to Shen Ji some more but Shen Ji simply cut him short, saying that the doctor was looking for him. In fact, since the revelation that Shen Cheng had been addicted to drugs by Shen Rong, Shen Ji had only briefly visited the hospital a few times and did not stay in the ward as he had done before.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Ji sat there expressionlessly, a trace of self-deprecation in his eyes.

"Big Brother, are you alright?" Shen Cheng, who also heard Shen Dehan's call, looked at Shen Ji cautiously.

Shen Ji nodded. "It's okay!"

After a period of detoxification, Shen Cheng was in much better shape than he had been at the beginning, and the intervals between drug addiction episodes were gradually lengthening. He no longer needed to be tied to the bed all the time like before. Occasionally, Shen Ji would release him and let him walk around the villa. Shen Cheng had always been somewhat afraid of Shen Ji, and now Shen Ji tying him up and forcing him to quit drugs made him hate and fear Shen Ji. Although he knew that Shen Ji was doing it for his own good, he could not help but tremble at the sight of him.

At this time, looking at Shen Ji's gloomy face, Shen Cheng felt nothing was okay at all. Especially taking into account Shen Ji's previous rejection of Chu Qianqian, Shen Cheng felt indescribably uncomfortable that this time his elder brother actually did not say anything. After stealing a few glances at Shen Ji, Shen Cheng felt that there was nothing he could do, so he intended to slip out.

"Where are you going?" Shen Ji's gaze turned to Shen Cheng.

Shen Cheng instantly froze and said with his head lowered, "Just going out for a walk."

"Come here!" Shen Ji ordered.

Shen Cheng paused and dawdled but finally walked over. Big Brother's aura was too strong at the moment, and Shen Cheng remembered the time when he was tied to the bed, shouting until his voice was hoarse, while Big Brother refused to even give him water, forcing him to scream, promising to quit.

Shen Ji looked at Shen Cheng's appearance and sighed silently. Perhaps he had pushed Shen Cheng too hard during this period of time, and Shen Cheng was like a mouse seeing a cat when he looked at him. He couldn't help but reach out and pull Shen Cheng to his side. "Let's go abroad for a while in a few more days? Where do you want to go, Ah Cheng?" Shen Ji said in a rare soft voice.