Volume 1, Chapter 42: Not Even Leaving Her a Fig Leaf

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Whenever Shen Chiyan lost his temper, everyone present trembled.

Shen Keqin was frightened into tears.

Seeing this, Song Qinian typed something on her phone with trembling fingers and showed it to Shen Keqin.

“Keqin, it’s all right. Go home first. Please don’t tell Grandma what happened tonight.”

Shen Keqin gazed at Song Qinian through tear-filled eyes. “Sister-in-law…”

Song Qinian gave her a smile, then nodded at Jian Mubai.

Jian Mubai dragged and carried Shen Keqin out of the private room.

Song Qinian took a deep breath and walked over to Shen Chiyan.

“I’m sorry. My younger brother was being immature. Please forgive him this once, for his age.”

Seeing Song Qinian lower herself so humbly, Song Jiashu grew both furious and anxious. “Sister, don’t beg him! The fact that I failed to kill him only proves that I’m incompetent. I fell into his hands today. He can kill me or torture me, I—”

Song Qinian hurried over and covered his mouth, gesturing anxiously. “Jiashu, stop talking nonsense!”

Then, remembering something, she signed frantically, “Weren’t you supposed to be at evening study at this hour? Why are you here? And… why did you hit someone?”

Song Jiashu was a senior in high school, with the national college entrance examination just around the corner. Yet he had actually come to a place like this private club.

“You don’t need to worry about why I’m here. Just tell me the truth—why did you marry Shen Chiyan? Is it true that he treats you as Lin Qiutong’s reserve blood bank?”

Song Qinian’s face turned even paler than when she had first arrived.

How had Jiashu found out about this?

Who had told him?

So as not to interfere with Song Jiashu’s studies, Song Qinian and Liu Xiaohan had tacitly agreed not to tell him anything about the family.

All Song Jiashu knew was that Song Qinian had married the man she loved. Only now did he learn how much suffering and humiliation she had endured over the past three years.

The expression on Song Qinian’s face told him that everything he had learned tonight was true. His heart ached for her, and fury consumed him.

“You lied to me back then, didn’t you? He never loved you at all!”

Song Jiashu roared, the veins in his neck standing out.

Jiashu…

Song Qinian took his hand, trying to explain, but Song Jiashu shouted furiously, “I know everything now. Don’t even think about deceiving me again!”

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“Heh…”

Shen Chiyan let out a cold laugh.

Song Jiashu glared at him with bloodshot eyes. “What are you laughing at?”

Shen Chiyan did not look at him. Instead, he fixed his icy gaze on Song Qinian. “Tell your dear little brother that I married you because I loved you?”

Song Qinian squeezed her eyes shut. At that moment, the pain, humiliation, and shame she felt were worse than being slapped in front of everyone.

When Song Jiashu had first learned that she was getting married, he had asked why she was marrying so young. Song Qinian had told him it was because she was in love.

“Does Shen Chiyan love you, then? After you marry him, will he protect you and love you wholeheartedly?”

Her heart bitter, Song Qinian could only smile and nod. “Yes. He loves me. He’ll treat me well.”

A lie was still a lie. Sooner or later, it would be exposed.

Song Qinian had never expected that day to come so soon, much less in such a humiliating manner.

Shen Chiyan truly had not left her even a scrap of dignity to hide behind.

“How could I possibly love a mute who can’t even speak?”

Shen Chiyan’s heartless, cold words struck Song Qinian’s chest like a blade, stabbing her with a suffocating pain.

She did not want to cry in front of him, but the tears slipped uncontrollably down her cheeks.

Hearing Shen Chiyan’s words and seeing Song Qinian’s tears, Song Jiashu’s eyes nearly split with rage. He struggled to attack Shen Chiyan, but two bodyguards held him down so tightly that he could not move.

“Shen Chiyan, if you’ve got the guts, tell them to let me go!”

Song Qinian pulled at Song Jiashu, trying to calm him down. Provoking Shen Chiyan now would do none of them any good.

Just then, the door to the private room was pushed open, and Gong Yuqi walked in dressed in gold-colored casual clothes.

After taking in the scene, he smiled and sauntered over to Shen Chiyan. “Well, what’s going on here?”

Shen Chiyan frowned. “What are you doing here?”

“I came to have some fun with the people from the production crew. I heard you were here, so I came to take a look.”

In truth, Gong Yuqi had received a call from Shen Keqin. He happened to be dining nearby with the production crew, and when he heard her crying on the phone, he knew something was wrong and hurried over, leaving everyone else behind.

Gong Yuqi glanced at Song Qinian. She was silently shedding tears, while a young man who resembled her was being restrained by the bodyguards.

“What’s the situation? Why does the atmosphere feel so strange? Isn’t that your sweet little wife? Did she cheat on you?”

Shen Chiyan shot Gong Yuqi a cold glance. His eyes were devoid of warmth and filled with unmistakable fury.

Gong Yuqi coughed lightly. “No? Then why are you keeping them here? Hey, you lot, take him away.”

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When the bodyguards did not move, Gong Yuqi rose and kicked one of them.

“What? My word doesn’t count anymore?”

“Gong Yuqi, I advise you not to interfere in my family affairs.”

Shen Chiyan was truly enraged. Otherwise, he would never have shown Gong Yuqi so little respect.

Gong Yuqi’s heart sank as he wondered how exactly the young man had managed to offend Shen Chiyan.

“Come on, don’t put it that way. I just want to have a word with you, without outsiders around.”

“Outsiders?” Shen Chiyan gave a cold laugh. “He’s no outsider.”

Song Qinian knew that all of this had happened because of her. She walked over to Shen Chiyan and slowly signed, “What do you want before you’ll let my brother go?”

Holding a cigarette between his fingers, Shen Chiyan looked at Song Qinian. The image of her laughing and chatting with Shen Yushu that morning flashed through his mind.

He curled his lips coldly.

“Take it off.”

Song Qinian stared at him in disbelief. Only the night before, this man had held her close, skin against skin. Yet today, he was ordering her to undress in front of so many people.

“Aren’t you fond of seducing men? Strip, and I’ll let your brother go. I’ll even overlook the fact that he hit me.”

Gong Yuqi frowned and looked sternly at Shen Chiyan. “Chiyan, that’s enough.”

Shen Chiyan stared at him with an ambiguous smile. “Weren’t you curious before about what my mute little darling looked like? I’ll have her strip so you can see. Wouldn’t you like a closer look?”

“You…”

“Shen Chiyan, you bastard! If you’ve got the guts, come at me. What kind of man bullies my sister?”

Shen Chiyan simply blocked Song Jiashu’s words out. His sharp, icy eyes remained fixed on Song Qinian.

“If I remember correctly, your brother is about to take the college entrance examination, isn’t he?”

Song Qinian’s expression changed drastically. Shen Chiyan held absolute power in Jinghua City. With a single word from him, Song Jiashu might not even be allowed to sit for the examination, let alone have a future afterward.

Her father’s condition in the prison hospital was unknown. She could not let anything happen to Jiashu as well.

She knew that Shen Chiyan only wanted to humiliate her. He wanted to strip her of every shred of dignity in front of her family and his friends.

“Sis! Don’t listen to him! Don’t take anything off! I won’t take the exam anymore! Even if I have to die, I don’t want to watch him humiliate you!”

Hearing Song Jiashu’s words, Song Qinian turned toward him and gave him a bleak smile.

“Jiashu, be good. Close your eyes.”