After nine lifetimes of reincarnation, the yandere villainous heroine descends.

Chapter 523 You actually believed that I was lying?

The room was filled with a heavy silence, like a block of iron soaked in ice, which lingered for a long time.

After a long silence, Shen Shuchou finally uttered two words: "Thank you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up and turned to leave.

Shen Wanfu's heart tightened, and she quickly asked, "Where are you going?"

Shen Shuchou didn't stop walking, only casually saying, "I know what I need to know, and I should do what I need to do."

"No!"

Shen Wanfu said urgently, "Stay by my side, I can protect you."

"No need."

Shen Shuchou's tone was completely indifferent.

Shen Wanfu reached out to pull him, but an invisible force suddenly exploded from his body, gently knocking her hand away.

The next second, Shen Shuchou slowly turned around.

Those eyes were as still and lifeless as a frozen pool, devoid of any light: "I said, it's not necessary."

Shen Wanfu stared into those eyes, her heart clenched, and the words that were about to come out stuck in her throat. She could only watch helplessly as he pushed open the door and walked out.

"oops!"

Outside the door, Xie Zhixia was hit on the forehead by the suddenly pushed-open door, letting out a cry of pain. She looked up and met Shen Shuchou's frighteningly heavy aura.

She gave an awkward smile and tentatively asked in a low voice, "Um... are you alright?"

Shen Shuchou glanced at her indifferently, said nothing, brushed past her, and left.

The door opened wide, and Xie Zhixia looked up, her eyes meeting Shen Wanfu's gaze.

"Does it sound good?"

Shen Wanfu's tone was icy.

Xie Zhixia raised her hand and casually tucked a stray hair behind her ear. She showed no embarrassment at being caught eavesdropping; instead, she smiled openly.

"Even if I didn't listen, I would have guessed long ago that he was a member of your Shen family."

She paused, then said softly, "I just didn't expect his situation to be so precarious... It's somewhat similar to my own."

"He's not like you."

Shen Wanfu said coldly, "At least you live a peaceful life in the Xie family, and no one dares to openly take your life."

Xie Zhixia lowered her eyes and chuckled softly. When she looked up again, her eyes gleamed with a cunning light: "Actually, I might have a way to help him."

Shen Wanfu was slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting her to have any other options.

Xie Zhixia's eyes crinkled, her tone light and cheerful, yet her words were startling.

"It's simple. You let him sleep with me, and he'll be mine. Then we'll get a marriage certificate, and he'll take the Xie family name. Even if your uncle wants to touch him, he'll have to think twice about the Xie family's reputation."

"How about it? Isn't my idea great? It helps him resolve the crisis and also brings us closer together."

Xie Zhixia continued with a smile.

Upon hearing this utterly absurd idea, Shen Wanfu merely glanced at her coldly, her face full of disdain.

Seeing that she remained silent, Xie Zhixia immediately pressed her advantage: "If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes."

"Don't even think about him."

Shen Wanfu's tone was as cold as ice: "You're not right for him."

"Yo!"

Xie Zhixia feigned surprise and covered her mouth: "What do you mean by that? If I'm not suitable, then are you? Hmm, I didn't realize you had this fetish for dating younger men."

Shen Wanfu was too lazy to argue with her and just gave her a cold glance.

Xie Zhixia tactfully stopped joking and her expression became unusually serious: "Alright, don't worry too much. He's not an ordinary person, he's definitely not as simple as he seems on the surface."

"I know."

Shen Wanfu said softly.

"Let him have some peace and quiet first. The more anxious you are, the more counterproductive it will be. Don't worry, he's in Yandu. Wherever he goes, I'll have people keeping an eye on him. Nothing serious will happen."

Upon their reunion, she had already realized that Shen Shuchou was no ordinary person.

Especially the aura that emanated just now, even she, a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator, felt a faint palpitation.

At this moment, the night sky over Yandu was shrouded in a thick layer of dark clouds, completely swallowing up the originally cold moonlight.

Before long, a light drizzle began to fall from the clouds.

Ten minutes later, Shen Shuchou, still soaking wet, walked into a bar.

He chose a booth and sat down alone, ordered several glasses of strong liquor, and silently drank them one after another.

Whether it's through nine lifetimes or past and present lives, Shen Shuchou has basically never touched a drop of alcohol.

But at this moment, the calm lake of his heart, which had long been accustomed to cultivation, was inexplicably stirred with melancholy ripples.

So after leaving that room, he inexplicably ended up here.

Although the bar was located in the center of Yandu, there were not many customers inside, with only a few scattered in the corners, which suited Shen Shuchou's taste perfectly.

He drank quietly, without using his inner energy to counteract the effects of the alcohol, letting the spicy liquid burn his throat and slide hot all the way into his heart.

Several eye-catching women came over to chat him up, but they were all deterred by his aloof and unapproachable aura.

Shen Shuchou had no idea how long he had been sitting there; all he could see in front of him was a row of empty wine bottles.

He didn't acknowledge himself as a member of the Shen family from the bottom of his heart, nor did he recognize the so-called Shen family bloodline.

But when those past events were laid bare before him, his heart still sank uncontrollably.

Especially when he thought that the deaths of his adoptive parents and the fate of his birth mother, who took him out of the Shen family and abandoned him in the orphanage, might all be related to the Shen family.

A chilling killing intent surged uncontrollably in Shen Shuchou's heart.

At this moment, he felt a strong desire to meet Shen Shuche, the true blood relative of this body, whom Shen Wanfu had mentioned.

"Shen Shuchou, Shen Shuche..."

He murmured the two names, and suddenly a thought struck him, as if he had vaguely guessed the meaning of his names.

Is it to urge him to seek revenge against the Shen family? Or to remind him never to forget his hatred?

Just as Shen Shuchou was lost in thought, the bar door was pushed open, and a figure slowly walked in.

The moment that person appeared, he instantly captured the attention of everyone in the room.

Men and women alike were either amazed, envious, or secretly jealous.

But with just a quick glance, she precisely locked onto the lonely, somber figure in the corner.

Without the slightest hesitation, she walked straight over.

Those exquisitely beautiful eyes churned with the ecstatic joy of something lost and found, and with longing that had been building up for far too long.

"Hey handsome, drinking alone? How about I keep you company?"

A mocking voice rang in my ears.

Shen Shuchou frowned slightly, his displeasure at being interrupted just beginning to rise, but he suddenly stopped abruptly a second later.

The voice seemed somewhat familiar.

He looked up sharply.

I bumped into a pair of smiling eyes.

The moment Shen Shuchou saw that face clearly, he was momentarily dazed.

He glanced down at the empty wine bottle on the table, suspecting that the strong liquor had made him hallucinate.

But the next moment, those smiling eyes were suddenly filled with scalding tears.

"What, are you surprised to see me?"

Yu Linghuan's voice trembled slightly.

Shen Shuchou nodded subconsciously.

The next second, Yu Linghuan leaned down and slammed him hard into the booth.

A soft yet irresistible force pressed down, the warmth of her chest pressed tightly against his.

Before Shen Shuchou could react, those fiery red lips pressed down on him without warning.

There was no gentleness, no probing.

Only a tempestuous plunder and longing.

Like a thunderclap tearing through the long night, her tongue easily pried open his slightly startled teeth, forcefully and passionately probing in, releasing all the long-suppressed emotions in this kiss.

Her kisses were both alluring and utterly insane.

The burning sensation between his lips and teeth, tinged with the taste of alcohol, seemed to want to devour him whole, not letting go of an inch of him.

With the madness of regaining what was lost, with the obsession that had been suppressed for too long, with the almost greedy desire to possess, she fiercely crushed his lips and tongue.

Shen Shuchou's mind went blank; all his emotions were instantly shattered by this almost frenzied kiss.

This scene in the bar instantly attracted everyone's attention; several phone screens lit up, and cameras quietly pointed at the corner.

Yu Linghuan seemed not to hear, her eyes and heart filled only with the person between her lips and teeth.

She greedily seized his scent, as if she wanted to swallow all the longing, obsession, and madness of those years.

I don't know if it's a fleeting moment or a lifetime.

They were only able to separate when the feeling of suffocation overwhelmed them.

Tears rolled down Yu Linghuan's cheeks, slid down her lips, and mingled with the smell of alcohol and the ambiguous dampness, hot and alluring.

"have not seen you for a long time."

She was panting, tears welling in her eyes, yet she smiled alluringly and dangerously, staring intently at Shen Shuchou beneath her.

Before Shen Shuchou could speak, the fifth Qinghan divine soul residing within Yu Linghuan's body suddenly exploded, its frenzied roar almost tearing the soul apart:

"You...you're asking for it—!"

"How dare you do such a thing to your husband!"

"Didn't you say you were your husband's mother?!"

Yu Linghuan ignored her, gently lifting her fingertips to pinch Shen Shuchou's chin with a possessive force that left no room for escape, her tone both frank and wicked.

"You actually believed me? How can you be so easily fooled?"

Fifth Qinghan died instantly, leaving only boundless rage: "I will kill you—!"

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On the other side, Shen Wanfu's phone suddenly rang after she had calmed down a bit.

Looking at the incoming call notification on the screen, she hesitated for a moment, but finally answered the call.

"Shen Wanfu, I want to see him."

On the other end of the phone, Shen Luoning's voice was crisp and clear.

"You knew all along?"

Shen Wanfu remained silent for a few seconds before asking in a deep voice.

"Is he with you? I need to see him now."

Shen Luoning did not answer, her tone becoming even colder.

Hearing her forceful tone, Shen Wanfu felt a surge of anger: "I won't let you see him, and I won't let your father harm him in the slightest!"