You are my wife, don't doubt it!

Xiao Yao: “?”

The boy could recognize at a glance that the tall man standing outside the elevator door was Shen Hongsheng...'s shadow?

However, there was no trace of Shadow on him. Instead, he looked much more handsome and younger than he was in the main world. Xiao Yao felt that it was as if Shen Tianyun's phone had turned on the beauty mode.

Shen Hongsheng's image shows a completely different dual temperament: he is wearing an elegant black suit, which is tailored to fit his body, showing his tall and majestic figure. The design of the suit is simple and elegant, showing his maturity and composure.

However, surprisingly, he was wearing a suit of armor.

The surface of the armor glowed faintly, reflecting the heat of battle.

The armor is made of solid metal, and various parts are decorated with exquisite patterns and reliefs, highlighting the king's dignity and authority.

In addition, Shen Hongsheng was wearing a black cloak, which added a touch of mystery to him. The cloak was embroidered with complex runes and textures, exuding an ancient and powerful aura. The hem of the cloak fluttered in the wind, like a flowing black waterfall, making his image more majestic and weird.

As mentioned above, this "Shen Hongsheng" has a young and handsome face, with clear and handsome contours. His eyes are shining with determination and wisdom, showing his decisiveness, elegance and intelligence as a "king". Although his clothes have an ancient medieval style, the temperament he exudes is a perfect combination of modernity and tradition.

This tall man, the shadow of Shen Hongsheng, with his unique image of a fighting medieval king, showed a contradictory and charming aura - is this what Shen Hongsheng thinks of himself? It's a bit too conceited, Xiao Yao thought with some sarcasm.

"Future father-in-law," the young man greeted him neither arrogantly nor humbly, "Thank you for your help again."

However, Shen Hongsheng completely ignored Xiao Yao, as if he didn't exist. He reached out his hand to Shen Jie, helped her up lovingly, threw himself on her shoulders, and kissed her neck passionately.

Shen Jie felt a little embarrassed and tried to dodge or push Shen Hongsheng away, but failed.

"I knew my baby couldn't bear to leave her father." Shen Hongsheng said to himself, took off his black cloak, wrapped it around the girl, and then turned to his servants and said, "Quickly take out the best robe and put it on her, put the ring on her hand, put shoes on her feet, and then bring the fattened calf and kill it. We should have a feast, because my daughter has been resurrected from the dead and has been found again."

Xiao Yao tilted his head and thought for a while. He felt that this line was from a passage in the Bible. He had learned it in Yu Bo’s class before. The theme was called something... "The Prodigal Son"?

The young man looked around and found that this was a luxurious but empty hall. Apart from the elevator, the only thing was a golden throne high on the stone steps.

He found that the king seemed to be unwilling to pay attention to him, so he teased: "I thought that the military bishop and the queen were all loyal to the king."

"Come on, let's drink and talk." The king once again ignored Xiao Yao's presence and walked towards the golden throne, half-embracing his daughter.

As Shen Jie was carried forward by the shadow of Shen Hongsheng, she turned back to look at Xiao Yao and gave him a look for help.

Chapter 257 Shen Jie's Favorite Toy

2023-07-07

"I thought that the military commander, the bishop and the queen were all loyal to the king." Xiao Yao repeated this sentence as he looked at Shen Hongsheng's back as he walked away.

Shen Hongsheng still ignored him and treated him as air.

"I thought that the military, bishop and queen were all loyal to the king." Shen Jie said to her father.

"Outside the chessboard, whether it's soldiers or bishops and queens, they will only be loyal to their own interests, and the one who has the right to formulate the rules for the distribution of interests is the king." Shen Hongsheng replied leisurely.

"Is this your excuse for not being able to control your subordinates?" Since Shen Hongsheng "can't hear" what he is saying, Xiao Yao felt that there was no need for him to be too polite.

"Is this your excuse for not being able to control your subordinates?" Shen Jie said.

"No, that's why he is still standing here." Shen Hongsheng replied.

"Do you regret not taking his head with that sword just now?" Shen Jie said.

"Do you think I can't do it?" Shen Hongsheng said with a smile.

Shen Jie shrugged without comment.

As he spoke, Shen Hongsheng had already sat back on the magnificent golden throne. Even though this throne cost millions of gold, there was still no room for a second person. Shen Jie had no choice but to sit on the armrest of the throne.

Xiao Yao knew that there was no place for him there, so he didn't go up and get himself into trouble.

"People of my age don't like playing with toys anymore," Shen Hongsheng said slowly, "but I won't easily break my baby daughter's favorite toys. This will cause serious damage to the parent-child relationship."

When Shen Jie's beloved toy heard this, it almost laughed out loud.

"Do you think that he, like those other things, was blinded by the benefits you promised?" Shen Jie said.

"Of course he didn't. Don't think I don't know who he is. The interests he cares about are not here. I allowed him to come here because I have an obligation to maintain the rules under my rule." Shen Hongsheng explained.

The more Xiao Yao listened, the more confused he became. What kind of charades are you two, father and daughter, talking about?

"In order to maintain your so-called rules, you let those people kill your own daughter?" Shen Jie accused.

"I have never given such an order." Shen Hongsheng said calmly.

Shen Jie was about to open her mouth to refute, but no words came out - she knew that Shen Hongsheng's shadow was telling the truth.

"But you promised a reward for killing her!" Xiao Yao roared.

Just as Shen Jie was about to "interpret simultaneously", Shen Hongsheng spoke up:

"Where there is order, there must be rules. Where there are rules, there will be loopholes. Only by seizing the loopholes can I make use of the order. Didn't you find a loophole to be able to stand here?"

Seeing that Shen Hongsheng finally paid attention to him, Xiao Yao replied: "If you want Shen Jie to stay, why don't you go find her yourself, but instead guard your throne and issue orders? This throne is beautiful. Is it the royal power that controls you or you that controls the royal power?"

Shen Hongsheng's face darkened and he said nothing, as if he had been hit in a sore spot.

"That big fly, is that you too?" Xiao Yao pointed out: "Everyone can see it, that's your face. Your shadow can be divided into two, one doing the dirty work, and the other pretending to be a good person to win people's hearts, am I right?"

"That's not me." Shen Hongsheng said with a gloomy face.

"Isn't it?" Xiao Yao raised his eyebrows.

There was a hint of bitterness in Shen Hongsheng's voice: "That Fly King Baal...is essentially just the embodiment of a monster called 'capital'. It has no free will and only acts on instinct. It is not completely under my control."

"'Capital'?!" Xiao Yao and Shen Jie screamed together.

"I drove them away this time," Shen Hongsheng warned Shen Jie, "but next time, when you are targeted by 'capital'... even I may not be able to protect you every time."

"But..." Shen Jie hesitated: "Why does 'capital' have your face?"

Shen Hongsheng hooked his daughter's shoulders, hugged her and stood up. The two walked to the big window of the palace together: "One day, my life will come to an end, and you will inherit all of this - at that time, the face of the Lord of the Flies will be your pretty little face."

"I don't want to!" Shen Jie protested loudly, "I don't want to become a cang - even if I become a bee, I don't want to."

"You don't think you have a choice, do you?" Shen Hongsheng smiled and said, "You don't think you are free, do you?"

Shen Jie: "I..."

"No one will care what you think, and no one will care who you are," Shen Hongsheng told Shen Jie. "When that day comes, in their eyes, you will be the spokesperson for capital, and your face will become the face of capital. No one will believe you, and no one will believe that the king is just a mask for capital."

"Who are 'they'?" Shen Jie asked Shen Hongsheng.

"'They' are all the people living in this skyscraper," Shen Hongsheng introduced cordially. "How many residents do you think live here?"

"I don't know," Shen Jie said, "Thousands? Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands?"

"31785," Shen Hongsheng told Shen Jie, "They are all the employees of Miwei Group."

"Like this..." Shen Jie said.

"31785 employees, do you know what that means? They are all mouths that need to eat, and it is my responsibility to feed them." Shen Hongsheng said with pride.

"So you are a hard-working little bee." Xiao Yao teased.

"But in the eyes of many thugs outside, the buzzing insects are flies." Shen Hongsheng said: "They infiltrated, incited, and tried to hang all the imaginary flies on the street lights, but they didn't know that they themselves were just maggots who wanted to be flies but couldn't."

The description of this scene was too funny, Xiao Yao almost cried out, but luckily he held it in. He thought about it and felt that this topic was beyond the scope, so he did not comment.

"Despite this, you still feel that you have a mission and responsibility towards these people, right, Dad?" Shen Jie's voice gradually softened.

"That's about right," Shen Hongsheng replied. "You don't really think that holding the royal power is a good job, or being a member of the royal family is a good job, do you?"

"I... have never thought about it this way." Shen Jie said in a low voice.

"Wealth and splendor are only superficial things that people see," Shen Hongsheng said, opening his arms. "How many people can see the responsibility and sacrifice behind it? Can you see it?"

"I..." Shen Jie said hesitantly, "I'm already going through this, right?"

"If you were not so unconvinced, would we still be talking here?" Shen Hongsheng smiled slightly, "My dear daughter, if I had not been a good face for this order, would you have been born with a silver spoon in your mouth? Over the past decade, you have enjoyed the best educational resources, living resources, material resources, and spiritual resources in the world. Everything in the world is like stars in the sky to your peers, but it is within your reach."

"So, what's the price?" Xiao Yao couldn't help but interrupt.

"The price... the price is nothing more than sacrificing my love and marriage." Shen Jie murmured with a somewhat sad tone: "I originally thought that this was just a trivial price for me..."

"Those thugs always try to confuse marriage with love, just to subvert and destroy. A correct marriage is the cornerstone of maintaining order, and it has nothing to do with love. A wrong marriage will make the temple of order lose its support and then collapse and destroy. Then everyone will lose everything because of your willfulness. Now do you know what the price is?"

Shen Hongsheng's tone gradually became more and more passionate. Xiao Yao was about to open his mouth to refute him, but Shen Jie had already raised the white flag: "Dad, I actually understand the truth..."

The man in a suit and armor sighed heavily. Seeing his daughter's tone soften, his tone became more earnest: "Actually, you are very lucky. At least Zhengkai likes you..."

"Dad." Shen Jie said.

"As for your love with Xiao Xiao, Order never interferes with personal feelings, and I don't intend to do so." Shen Hong said suddenly.

"Ah?" "Ah?" Xiao Yao and Shen Jie said in unison.

"You can talk, you can admit your mistakes, you can get married, you can repair the garden, and you two can have your trysts as usual. As long as you don't get caught, don't be too high-profile, and stick to your bottom line, what's the problem?" Shen Hongsheng said without any obstacles.

Xiao Yao & Shen Jie: "..."

"No one needs to sacrifice love," Shen Hongsheng continued to talk to himself, "After the marriage, you will definitely be able to get Xiao Zhang's child easily. You can continue to have a passionate relationship with Xiao Xiao. Isn't that how we all got through it?"

"Enough!" Xiao Yao roared in a low voice.

Shen Hongsheng looked at Xiao Yao and raised his eyebrows.

"What you said is very beautiful," Xiao Yao sneered, "Sacrifice, price, mission, people who don't know you would think you are the people's savior, or Christ on the cross - but ah, the one who made the sacrifice and the price is Shen Jie, a little girl who is not yet an adult. What price have you paid?"

"The sacrifices and costs I paid? That's too many," Shen Hongsheng sighed softly, "But why should I list them all to you? For me, the biggest price I paid in this matter was the loss of my daughter's love. Everything else is insignificant compared to it."

Xiao Yao was about to subconsciously retort to Shen Hongsheng's hypocrisy, but Shen Jie was slightly stunned: "Dad..."

The boy swallowed what he was about to say.

Shen Hongsheng stroked Shen Jie's head gently, his golden eyes full of doting: "My daughter mistakenly thought that I didn't love her, mistakenly thought that I only cared about money and interests, not her happiness, mistakenly thought that I just regarded her as a commodity and tool to sell for money."

"Are these really just 'misconceptions'?" Xiao Yao pointed out.

"You shamelessly called me 'future father-in-law' and then openly sowed discord between us in front of my daughter and me. Is this how you act as a prospective son-in-law?" Shen Hongsheng accused unceremoniously.

"..." Xiao Yao didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"Dad, don't talk about Xiao Yao like that." Shen Jie's tone was a little hard to judge, whether she was complaining or acting coquettishly.

Shen Hongsheng sighed and said, "Alas, Dad actually knows this too. We have all been through this age before. Dad was also young once and was also bewildered by the so-called love."

Xiao Yao thought to himself, you may not know that I love your daughter several times more than she loves me.

However, this statement might not be appropriate to be spoken in this situation, so Xiao Yao chose to remain cautiously silent.

"How long have you two known each other?" Shen Hongsheng asked suddenly.

"It's been more than two months, right?" "I don't know, three months?" Xiao Yao and Shen Jie answered in unison.

"Please forgive me for being blunt, but poverty breeds evil, and wealth breeds conscience," Shen Hongsheng's golden pupils looked straight at Xiao Yao, then at Shen Jie, "I'm not saying that poor people are necessarily bad people, and rich people are necessarily good people. It's just that, judging from the level of risk and the integrity of the sample, two or three months may not be enough for you to understand him, and not enough for you to rashly entrust your true heart to him."

"That makes sense." Xiao Yao decided to be polite to Shen Hongsheng: "You and Shen Jie are welcome to examine my character more."

"No, that's enough. Xiao Yao is sincere." Shen Jie retorted gently but firmly.

"Sincerely or not..." Shen Hongsheng said: "Even if you are sincere now, you can't guarantee the future... Have you forgotten your poor little lady?"

"Here you go again, you're indecisive, aren't you?" Shen Jie's tone was a little anxious: "That was just an unfortunate case, and Xiao Yao is not a gambler."

"What gambler? Little Miss?" Xiao Yao asked in confusion, "Can anyone tell me what happened?"

"It's nothing serious," Shen Hongsheng explained. "It's just that the child's uncle-in-law, who was also from a poor family and a hard worker, gambled in Southeast Asia and couldn't pay back the loan sharks. The creditors found her aunt. Later, the uncle-in-law took her to Paris Island for a trip, and the uncle-in-law killed her to defraud insurance. That's what happened."

"Uh..." Xiao Yao said.

"At the beginning, they were in love freely, and they were forced to get married despite the opposition from their families," Shen Hongsheng sighed, "For a daughter of a wealthy family, if her mind is full of so-called love, being cheated of money and body is nothing, you know? As her father, how can I not be extra careful to protect her? This is my duty."

"Strictly speaking, you are not her father," Xiao Yao thought for a moment and replied, "You are just a shadow."

"Then I am also her father." Shen Hongsheng declared solemnly.

"Right, yes, I agree," Xiao Yao said, "This is your palace, I am in it, in my impression, as the master of the palace, you can observe my soul, and I know that shadows don't lie - so, touch your conscience and take a good look at me, and then tell Shen Jie, and tell yourself, I, Xiao Yao, am I the kind of person that my uncle is? Am I here for your family's money?"

Shen Hongsheng pondered for a long time: "This is the problem."

"What?" Xiao Yao waited for a long time and was a little surprised when he heard such a sentence.

"Although it hasn't happened yet, I can see from your aura that you have a tendency to kill your wife, just like Gu Cheng." Shen Hongsheng told Xiao Yao seriously, "Although you haven't done anything yet, maybe in the near future..."

"What nonsense!" Xiao Yao was horrified, and Shen Jie was so shocked that she was speechless.

Chapter 258: Victory in Rescuing Shen Jie

2023-07-08