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Chapter 342: The Evil of the Human Heart
"Come on, have a drink, eat as much as you want, you're welcome."

Xu Jiawei raised the beer in his hand and clinked it with Shen Siyuan.

Zhao Xiaorui next to them silently divided the food between the two.

This woman is not only beautiful, but also very capable. She sat aside and basically just looked at Xu Jiawei and talked. Although she seldom spoke, her eyes provided enough emotional value.

Xu Jiawei talked about his youth, his entrepreneurship, and the hardships he had faced over the years, but he never mentioned his ex-wife.

I don’t know if his ex-wife really didn’t give him any help when he started his business, or if he thinks that everything he has now is the result of his hard work.

But judging from the look of the little boy next to him, it might not be that simple.

Shen Siyuan didn't know whether he was a good person or not, but for now, Xu Jiawei was a good person. After all, he treated him to free drinks and meat.

How can someone who can treat you to free drinks and meat be a bad person?

Of course, it doesn’t feel like it’s free, because the reason why he invited Shen Siyuan to drink and eat meat was because he wanted to gain emotional value from Shen Siyuan.

He said so much just to show off his success, his wealth, and his young and beautiful wife.

But obviously, he failed and got taken advantage of.

Because he got it for free, Shen Siyuan thought he was a good person.

However, after eating and drinking, Shen Siyuan had no interest in staying here any longer.

"Practice is about cultivating the mind. Being too comfortable and enjoying life will only make me lazy, destroy my will, and ruin my practice."

After Shen Siyuan finished speaking, he picked up his backpack and continued on his way without looking back.

Xu Jianwei looked at the mess on the table for a long time without saying anything. You didn't say these things when we were drinking and eating meat just now, but you scolded the cook after eating, right? And you also counted that you ate the most and drank the most.

"Pfft~"

Zhao Xiaorui next to her covered her mouth and chuckled.
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"Why are you following us?"

Doudou was very alert and unhappy when she saw the little brother following them, as if she were alive.

"Idiot, he must have something to do with Guoguo." Duoduo said.

"Oh, your name is Guoguo too, hi~" Doudou said happily.

"No, no, it's all your fault. I led you astray..." Duoduo said hurriedly.

Shen Siyuan ignored the two little guys' playfulness and asked the little boy, "What's your name and how old are you?"

"Xu Shilong, I'm thirteen years old." said the little boy.

"Thirteen?" Shen Siyuan looked at him. He didn't look like that.

"I mean, I'm thirteen years old now, and I was eight years old when the car accident happened." Xu Shilong said.

"Oh, you died in a car accident?"

Shen Siyuan was not surprised. There were only a few reasons for the death of a child of his age. One was illness, two was a car accident, and three was drowning. These three were the most common.

But what Xu Shilong said next surprised Shen Siyuan.

"I was hit and killed by Aunt Zhao's car." Xu Shilong said.

"What, wait, who are you referring to when you say Aunt Zhao?"

"That Aunt Zhao." Xu Shilong pointed in the direction they came from.

"Your father's new wife?" Shen Siyuan asked with a frown.

Xu Shilong nodded and said, "Yes."

"She hit you to death with her car, and not only was nothing wrong, your father even married her?"

"Dad said it was an accident and not Aunt Zhao's fault," said Xu Shilong.

"Do you think so too?" Shen Siyuan asked.

"I don't know either." Xu Shilong lowered his head.

The little boy seems to be a bit introverted.

Unlike his father, he was dressed very simply, with a shaved head and a light blue autumn shirt, the cuffs of which were a little pale from being washed, and his pants seemed to be his school uniform.

The way he dressed either meant that Xu Jiawei didn't care about him, or that Xu Jiawei had not yet become rich before he died.

"What do you think?" Shen Siyuan asked.

Xu Shilong lowered his head and said nothing. "You are already dead, what is there to be afraid of?" Shen Siyuan said.

This sentence seemed to give him courage. He raised his head, looked at Shen Siyuan and said, "I think she did it on purpose."

Murder is a serious problem. It is true that human hearts are as vicious as devils. I didn’t see that at all just now.

"Didn't the police look for her?"

"The police came to see her, and my father signed a letter of apology, so my aunt was fine. My mother was very angry about this and divorced my father..."

This is really off the mark.

If Zhao Xiaorui intentionally hit and killed Xu Shilong, it means that she had already hooked up with Xu Jiawei before that and had premeditatedly hit and killed him.

But why did he kill Xu Shilong? Was it to pave the way for their own world in the future?

But this doesn't make sense. There's no need to take such a big risk for such a small matter.

Xu Jiawei could have simply given up the child and awarded it to his mother. I think the judge would have supported him.

Unless there is another reason.

After thinking for a while, I asked, "Where is your mother? Does she live alone now?"

Unexpectedly, Xu Shilong shook his head and said, "She found a new uncle and gave birth to a baby, who is very cute..."

When Shen Siyuan heard this, a creepy thought suddenly arose in his mind.

So I asked tentatively, "Has your father become rich since you died?"

Xu Shilong shook his head when he heard this, but Shen Siyuan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had been thinking too badly.

Unexpectedly, Xu Shilong said, "Mom has money now, and she has bought a lot of bags and cosmetics."

Shen Siyuan: ...

"Then do you know how they suddenly became rich?" Shen Siyuan continued to ask.

Xu Shilong shook his head to indicate that he didn't know about this. He was only eight years old when he had the car accident. He was just an innocent primary school student and didn't know any of this at all.

"So do you hate Aunt Zhao?"

"Can I hate her?" Xu Shilong said blankly.

"Why not? She was the one who hit you to death. Isn't it normal for you to hate her?"

"If I hate her, Dad will definitely be very unhappy, right? Dad likes Aunt Zhao very much and is very nice to her."

Shen Siyuan felt mixed emotions when he heard this. This little guy was too kind and too innocent. He hoped that what he had guessed was wrong.

"When you were alive, were your parents good to you?"

"Of course, they are very nice to me." Xu Shilong smiled brightly when he heard this.

"is it?"

"So you love them very much and don't want to make them sad?" Shen Siyuan said.

"Ah."

Looking at his innocent appearance, Shen Siyuan didn't know what to say.

However, Shen Siyuan did not say anything else, but smiled and said: "Do you want to travel with us?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shilong turned around and looked towards where the RV was parked, seeming a little reluctant to leave.

"Do you know where your home is? When you don't want to continue traveling with me, I can take you back." Shen Siyuan said.

"Really?" Xu Shilong looked surprised.

"of course."

Shen Siyuan pointed at Doudou and Duoduo who were playing nearby and said, "That's great. You can let them keep you company."

"Okay, thank you uncle." Xu Shilong said happily.

"Call me brother, and you're welcome."

Xu Shilong had probably been lonely for too long, so he agreed to the request to travel together so easily.

PS: There is another chapter to read tomorrow~
(End of this chapter)