Chapter 10 (1/2)

Yay!! 10 Chapters in!!!

I think that around chapters 25-30 I'll pick up another novel.

I feel like this is the first time we get to see the villain that Shen Yu is so afraid of. Usually when I see the “villain” character type as romance options in novels, I never really see them do something that makes them truly villainous, I always feel like it's villain pg-13 version. For example, a common plot is seeing a villain killing someone that was trying to harm them or their beloved (and this is usually in setting where killing is no unusual). So even the worst crimes they commit seem somewhat justified. But Tang Li, just from this chapter, is giving me true villain vibes.

We'll see what happens~~

Shen Yu wanted to ask Tang Li how he knew the meaning of the word “molest”.

But on second thought, that's not the main point.

“And now?” Shen Yu asked, “What happened to that girl?”

Tang Li lifted his lips and saw that Shen Yu did not hesitate to believe his words. The nerves that had been tense, gradually relaxed. He dropped his head to the ground and said in a hoa.r.s.e voice, “After I caused trouble, her parents came to take her away. She knew why I did that to Yuan Yunping, but when those people asked her, she refused to say anything.”

Tang Li narrated the whole story in a very smooth tone, and Shen Yu listened with a gullible heart.

In fact, since Shen Yu read the novel as a reader, he knew that the villain had been raised by his cruel relatives since childhood.

Later, it became the trigger for his obsession with the female lead and the total destruction of his enemies.

The beautiful and kind-hearted female lead could not accept that the villain would get revenge against her guardian for hurting her. After slandering the villain with words, she also asked the male lead to help her get rid of the villain's obsession with her. So, the villain who was already had a jealous nature, did not bother turning back from the abyss of blackening.

But Shen Yu didn't think that the reason behind the villain's future actions would be that the he had experienced such a thing in his past.

Shen Yu didn't know why the villain in the novel never explained this to the female lead, instead letting her misunderstand him.

If Tang Li had not personally explained this past event to him now, he would have thought that Shen Yu had attacked Yuan Yunping in a moment of rage. Now he finally knew that Tang Li was fighting against Yuan Yunping's atrocities.

Shen Yu was very upset.

Although Tang Li didn't say anything, he still felt Tang Li's grievance.

He wanted to comfort Tang Li, saying that the girl was only nine years old and didn't know any better, and that she would choose to protect herself subconsciously in the case of extreme fear.

However, before he could speak, he swallowed his words when he remembered that Tang Li himself was only a ten-year-old child.

He knows the meaning of the word “molest”. He also knows how to use violence to intentionally make trouble so that the girl's parents would come and pick her up.

Why did the nine-year-old girl not know how to be grateful?

Shen Yu took a deep breath and suddenly pulled Tang Li into his arms. He put his chin against Tang Li's head, rubbed Tang Li's hair and whispered, “That's all in the past. You're part of our Shen family now. No one will ever dare to bully you again.”

Tang Li suddenly fell into Shen Yu's arms. In an instant, his whole body froze as if someone pressed the pause b.u.t.ton.

It seems like the whole world sat still.

No one knows, but Tang Li's parents were strict with him when they were alive. They never held him or praised him, and never allowed him to act spoiled. Ever since he could remember, he has only known a world filled with countless lessons and tutors, as well as bamboo sticks that would fall if he did not finish his homework.

Then his parents died, and his relatives treated him like a rat crossing the street, only complaining and scolding.

He would resist and fight back violently, but his efforts were only met with more brutal beatings and relatives that wanted to dispose of him.

In fact, this is the first time that he has been embraced since he was born. Nevertheless, he was currently being embraced by a person who has no blood relations.h.i.+p with him and who was only recently a complete stranger.

Tang Li's nose started to sting.

The huge and lofty iceberg in his heart seems to have a corner silently melting.

Shen Yu's embrace is warm…

It's very fragrant.

It's the fragrance of bath gel.

When Shen Yu let go of the little villain in his arms, he saw Tang Li's moist reddish eyes, and uncomfortable expression.

Shen Yu could not help but to lift his lips and laugh, but still, he did not have the heart to call out Tang Li, who was pretending nothing had happened. He only patted him on the shoulder and said, “Come on, it's time for dinner.”

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Time flies.

Early October

It will be National Day in a flash.

Every morning, Tang Li's training commenced in an orderly way. Shen Yu would watch Tang Li's training with his own eyes before returning to his study to start his work.

Uncle Zhang's work was also done efficiently. He consulted with the princ.i.p.al of a private, high-cla.s.s school and got Tang Li into Cla.s.s A of Grade Four as a transfer student.

Of course, the only reason why the princ.i.p.al so readily promised to admit Tang Li was that Shen Yu not only stuffed a lot of money into the princ.i.p.al's pocket, but was also willing to donate two libraries and a dormitory building.

At the time this was negotiated, the princ.i.p.al's smile blossomed, sending Uncle Zhang out of the school respectfully.

In order to compensate for Tang Li leaving school for more than a year, Shen Yu specially ordered Uncle Zhang to invite some tutors to come teach Tang Li.

Morning training, afternoon tutoring, and in the evening, homework that was left by the tutor – the little villain had a very full day. Naturally, there was no time and energy for him to continue being Shen Yu's little follower.

Shen Yu was relaxed and devoted himself to preparations for the court hearing.

On the other side, when Tang Li's relatives received the court summons, they panicked like ants in a hot pot [1]. They came to Shen Yu in droves. After being refused by Uncle Zhang, they moved their tents and other picnic appliances to stay outside the villa area and squatted. They even posted tragic statements on the Internet.

Shen Yu ignored all those people's dying struggles and instead, handed them all over to Uncle Zhang and Kang Lin.

Less than two hours later, the group of people who were reluctant to leave the villa area were driven away by police and security forces. Even the online posts and microblog topics denouncing Shen Yu completely disappeared.