250: Chapter 25 The Rebellious Period

After a moment of silence, Shen Yan got up to leave.

"Hey! Where are you going?!"

As Shen Yan headed back to his room, he replied irritably, "I'm going to change clothes and beat up that company boss!"

Hearing this, Shen Ya immediately rushed forward to grab her older brother's leg, "Calm down! He just fired me, it's not worth staging a shootout!"

Shen Yan turned with a cold sneer, curled his fingers, and sharply tapped Shen Ya's forehead.

"You know it's not worth staging a shootout either!"

"I say, you... why don't you inherit even a bit of Mom and Dad's intelligence?!"

His brother's caustic words pierced Shen Ya's heart like a sharp blade. Pouting, she let go of the hand holding Shen Yan's leg and said to him, "What are you talking about? I'm very smart, okay..."

Smart?

If she were smart, she wouldn't have been cheated by that company!

Shen Yan pinched Shen Ya's cheek, hating that she couldn't live up to his expectations. He asked Shen Ya, "Your education isn't low and you have ability, why would you take a job that pays fifteen hundred yuan a month and doesn't include food or housing?!"

Her cheek being pinched, Shen Ya cried out in pain.

"Ahhh! Let go! Let go of me!"

Only when he saw that she was truly about to cry from the pain did Shen Yan reluctantly release his hand. He sighed and said to Shen Ya, "I told you a long time ago, there's no need to rush about jobs. Stop overthinking things."

"I'm your brother, not an outsider. You don't need to hide everything from me."

"Even if you never work a day in your life, your brother can still support you..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Ya interrupted directly, "I just hate that look you always have, as if you don't care whether I find a job or not."

Shen Yan blinked, confused.

"Why?"

"Isn't it fine if I support you?"

Shen Ya impatiently scratched her hair.

"It's not like that..."

"It's... when you act like that, I always feel like a useless person."

Shen Yan hadn't expected Shen Ya to think that way.

He was stunned for a moment before turning back and sitting down on the sofa.

"It's been a long time since we siblings had a proper talk. I think there might be some misunderstanding or things we haven't clarified between us. If you're truly uncomfortable about something, you can tell your brother."

Shen Ya really didn't know how to talk to Shen Yan.

She wanted to say that she could get a good job without relying on Shen Yan.

But the failure of her last job was vivid in her memory, and she couldn't use that to convince Shen Yan, so she could only remain silent.

Seeing Shen Ya fall silent again, Shen Yan couldn't help but get anxious.

"You can just tell me directly. Why is it that whenever I ask you something, you become like a clam, saying nothing at all?"

"You weren't like this before. Ever since you came back from abroad, I can't figure out what you're thinking anymore."

Saying this, Shen Yan closed his eyes.

He said with both helplessness and sadness, "Brother only has you as a relative now. Can you stop making me worry?"

Hearing his question, Shen Ya felt a pang in her heart. She pursed her lips and replied evasively, "Who says you only have me as a relative? Isn't Youyou your relative too?"

Shen Yan clenched his hand in annoyance.

"You know that's not what I mean!"

Seeing his volume gradually increasing, Shen Ya gritted her teeth and stood up from the sofa, saying, "Can you stop always yelling at me?! I hate this side of you the most. Forget it, I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm leaving!"

Shen Yan frowned, "Didn't you lose your job? Where are you going now?!"

As Shen Ya walked toward the door, she replied, "I'm going to see my friend!"

With that, Shen Ya's figure disappeared from the doorway.

Once she left, the living room immediately returned to quiet.

Looking at the now empty living room, Shen Yan felt a deep headache. He took a deep breath, took out his phone, and sent a text message to Wu Ya.

"Xiao Wu, are you free tonight?"

Wu Ya replied almost instantly.

"Of course I am. What's up, Brother Shen?"

Shen Yan replied while getting up to change clothes back in his room.

"I want you to meet my sister. She refuses to communicate with me."

Wu Ya replied instantly again.

"No problem. You guys decide the time and place!"

... Time passed second by second.

Shen Yan finished changing, ate breakfast, and then went to the office to work.

Before going to work, he also sent a message to Shen Ya, asking her to have dinner with Wu Ya that evening.

He also sent Shen Ya the time and location for the meal.

Although Shen Ya didn't reply, Shen Yan knew she would arrive on time.

"Old Chen!"

Shortly after arriving at the office, Chen Guangke directly pushed open his office door.

"What is it?"

Shen Yan asked without looking up.

Seeing that he was still looking at documents, Chen Guangke walked up, snatched the documents from Shen Yan's hand, and said to him, "Didn't you ask me to investigate those numbers? I found out."

So fast?

Shen Yan thought to himself while asking Chen Guangke, "What were the results of the investigation?"

Chen Guangke said, "Not great. Those numbers are burner accounts that people casually bought online."

Shen Yan pressed, "Can you trace them then?"

Chen Guangke shook his head.

"Buying these burner accounts online doesn't require real-name registration, so we can't find any information about the person who bought these SIM cards."

"Have you offended anyone recently?"

Who had he offended recently? Shen Yan frowned and thought carefully. He realized the only person he had recently offended was the group that blocked Gu Hui yesterday.

But the harassing calls appeared even earlier than that group.

It couldn't be that group, foreknowing things, calling to harass him in advance, could it?

After a long silence, he seriously replied to Chen Guangke, "The only people I've offended recently are the group that blocked Gu Hui, but these calls started appearing a few days ago."

Chen Guangke said, "That's strange... Hey! Wait, who said you only offended Gu Hui's blockers recently? Did you forget about Gu Xuantian?"

Hearing this, Shen Yan also remembered this person.

Some time ago, Gu Xuantian had come to see him and asked him to stop cooperating with Gu Mingming, but he had refused.

Although the other party had left a harsh threat, telling him not to let his company go bankrupt, because things had been quiet on Gu Xuantian's side, Shen Yan had momentarily forgotten about him.

"Then it really could be him. Help me keep an eye out, okay."

Chen Guangke replied with a wry smile, "He was calling your phone, not mine. How can I keep an eye out for you?"

Shen Yan considered it for a moment and felt Chen Guangke was right.

"Then forget it. I'll handle this matter myself."

Chen Guangke raised an eyebrow.

"How do you plan to handle it? Just let him keep calling to harass you?"