146: Chapter 146 Gathering Evidence

Hearing Chen Guangke’s reply, Shen Yan sighed and said, “This is a long story. I’ll come to your place to talk.”

Chen Guangke instinctively felt something was wrong. He asked Shen Yan, “You didn’t manage to bring the child back, did you?”

Shen Yan hummed in affirmation and said, “I’ll buy some snacks and wine later and come over to your place. We can have a good drink.”

Since he had put it that way, Chen Guangke couldn't argue and could only agree.

A little over an hour later.

There was a knock on Chen Guangke’s door.

“Creak...”

The door was opened.

“Didn’t you say you were coming right away? Why are you so late?”

Hearing the question, Shen Yan handed the plastic bag in his hand to Chen Guangke.

“It’s all because of buying the snacks. Hurry up and take this bag, it’s killing me.”

Chen Guangke clicked his tongue. As he took the bag, he walked into the room.

“I’m telling you, it’s time you started exercising. Stop sitting in the office all day. Look at you now, you’re exhausted just carrying a small bag.”

Shen Yan walked inside and closed the door.

“Hey! You can’t say that. Even if I sit in an office all year round, my stamina is better than yours. If you don’t believe me, let’s have a competition.”

Chen Guangke rolled his eyes and scoffed.

“I think you just think I’m easy to bully since I just recovered from a fever. Fine, the alcohol is in the fridge, go get it.”

“Drinking so soon?”

Shen Yan asked while walking into the kitchen to get the alcohol.

“What else? Aren’t we drinking?” Chen Guangke placed the snacks from the bag onto the table. “Didn’t you say you wanted to drink?”

Shen Yan nodded and carried all the beer out of the refrigerator.

“Today, the two of us will have a good drink.”

Chen Guangke sat on the sofa and narrowed his eyes.

“You’re acting strange today. What exactly happened with Youyou?”

After taking a sip of beer, Shen Yan replied, “Not good. The child has already been taken back by Chen Ling, and I won’t be able to get her back anytime soon.”

Hearing this, Chen Guangke’s eyes widened, and he jumped up from the sofa in a flash.

“Why can’t you bring her back anytime soon?”

“It’s not like we don’t know where Chen Ling lives. If you’re worried about not having enough people, I’ll call a few more friends for you, and we can all go together to bring the child back!”

Seeing how agitated he was, Shen Yan found it both funny and exasperating.

“When will you ever learn to be more composed with that jumpy personality of yours?”

“Hurry up and sit back down.”

Chen Guangke was already pacing around the sofa anxiously and couldn't listen to what Shen Yan was saying.

“But... you are Youyou’s father! The child was snatched back, how can you still be so calm?”

Standing up, Shen Yan pulled Chen Guangke back onto the sofa.

“That’s enough, stop making trouble for me here.”

“It’s not that I’m not anxious, it’s that being anxious is useless. The lawyer said that if I want the child back anytime soon, I can’t see her.”

Chen Guangke frowned, his face showing complete disapproval.

“Where did you find such a lawyer? How can they be so unprofessional? You are the child’s father, why can’t you see your child anytime soon?”

Shen Yan directly stuffed a beer into Chen Guangke’s palm.

“Stop shouting. Have a couple of drinks and calm down.”

Chen Guangke was very obedient and took two sips of the beer.

It had to be said, the alcohol he stocked in his fridge was genuinely good.

Thinking that, he took another two sips.

After drinking, he continued to ask Shen Yan, “So, what is the actual reason?”

Shen Yan replied after eating a few bites of the snacks, “The reason is very simple. I need to find evidence that Chen Ling is unable to care for the child.”

Hearing this, Chen Guangke couldn't help but get agitated again.

“Don’t we already have evidence?”

“If Chen Ling hadn’t lost sight of the child before, how could the child have wandered off?”

“The police station even has a record. If they think there’s no evidence, we can go to the station and pull out the records...”

Before he finished speaking, Shen Yan waved his hand.

“Just having that record is useless. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. We can’t just use that to say Chen Ling is incapable of taking care of the child.”

Chen Guangke was completely speechless.

“What do you mean we can’t just use that to say she’s incapable? She already lost the child, what more proof do you need?”

Shen Yan patted Chen Guangke’s shoulder.

“I know you’re worried for me, but the law is like that. We must find sufficient evidence.”

Chen Guangke finally gave up.

“Fine, fine. Since you say so, I won’t interfere with your decision.”

The man hummed in affirmation and said nothing more.

The atmosphere in the room returned to silence.

Chen Guangke cleared his throat and asked Shen Yan, “So, the only reason you came to drink with me today was about Youyou’s situation?”

Shen Yan shook his head.

“Not exactly. Originally, I shouldn’t have asked you to drink since you just recovered from a serious illness, but I felt that I really needed a drink to discuss this matter with you.”

Chen Guangke couldn't stand it anymore. He slammed his beer down on the table.

“Hey Lao Shan, you’re becoming more and more long-winded. Just say what you want to say directly!”

Shen Yan looked up at Chen Guangke and said, “Alright, since you put it that way, I’ll be direct with you. I didn’t want to spell it out for you, but I feel that continuing like this isn’t a solution.”

“Yesterday, I went out to eat with Xiao Wu. We talked a bit during the meal.”

At this point, Chen Guangke fell silent.

Because he had already guessed what Shen Yan was about to say.

As expected, the next second Shen Yan said: “Xiao Wu told me she likes me. She asked me to stop trying to set you two up, saying that there is no hope for her and you.”

Although he had anticipated it, Chen Guangke’s heart still ached slightly when he truly heard it.

He pursed his lips and pretended to be indifferent, saying:

“No wonder you looked strange when you saw her and me today. So it’s because she told you that...”

Seeing him like this, Shen Yan felt terrible.

He picked up his beer and said to Chen Guangke, “I know you feel bad right now, but I believe we are brothers. We have to be open about things. If you blame me...”

Before he could finish, Chen Guangke directly interrupted him.

“Shen Yan! What do you take me for? We’ve been brothers who shared the same pants since college. Do you think I would blame you over this?”

“Besides, you didn’t do anything wrong. Why should I blame you?”

Shen Yan opened his mouth, momentarily speechless.

He knew he hadn't done anything wrong.

But the relationship between Wu Ya and Chen Guangke had indeed deteriorated because of him.