140: Chapter 140 Brother Shen Yuan, I'm back with your daughter! Shen Yuan: "..."
"Brother Yuan, I've brought your daughter back!"
Shen Yuan: "..."
At the time, Shen Yuan had tried to persuade her, saying that the college student looked glib and wasn't a good person.
As it turned out, the Girl was stubborn, even throwing a tantrum at Shen Yuan, claiming he didn't understand love.
In the end, Tian Xinyan's parents were nearly driven crazy by her, unable to stop her from being so insistent.
When she was eighteen, the Girl stole some money from home and eloped with that college student to go abroad.
Her parents' world collapsed; their hearts were completely dead, so they turned around and decided to have another child.
Since the first one was a failure, they had a second child and then moved away.
After all, they had joked about becoming in-laws before, but now that their daughter had eloped, being neighbors with the Shen Family was too embarrassing; it was enough to make one cringe into a hole in the ground.
However, the two families didn't cut off contact, still exchanging greetings during holidays.
As for Shen Yuan, he never had any romantic feelings for Tian Xinyan; at most, it was just the care of a brother for a younger sister.
After all, they grew up together, and he couldn't just watch her jump into a fire pit.
When Tian Xinyan was abroad, she even called him, crying and saying she wasn't doing well.
The Original Owner sighed, gave her some money, and then immediately blocked her!
The Original Owner had already done everything he could for her; continuing to indulge her would just be excessive saintly behavior.
But now, Tian Xinyan stood at the entrance of his villa, wearing a dress that looked pure but was actually cheap, pulling along a four or five-year-old Girl.
Her face wore an expression that was both shy and aggrieved as she walked toward him step by step.
"Shen Yuan,"
Her voice was so soft it could drip water. She paused deliberately and lowered her head to stroke the Girl's hair.
When she looked up, her eyes were filled with deep affection, "This is your daughter! I've brought her back!"
Shen Yuan: "?????"
He slowly pushed open the car door, his mind blank, as if struck by lightning.
No, sister, are you serious?
I, Shen Yuan, have lived this long, and I've never even touched your lips; the most I've done is hold your hand when we were kids.
And you're telling me this is my daughter?
Did my soul leave my body to conceive a child with you through a spiritual romance?
Or are you an imposter, having molded a child yourself to blackmail me?
"Ding! Detected an ordinary-grade daughter of destiny."
The system's notification sound rang out right on cue, and Shen Yuan instantly exploded.
Ordinary-grade?
daughter of destiny?
I get it, this is the 'running back to the country with a genius cute baby' trope, right?
But... it's ordinary-grade again?!
Shen Yuan went berserk on the spot. Why is it ordinary-grade?
System!
Why isn't it excellent-grade? Why not Excellence-grade?
I don't want to be in a female-oriented novel!
I want to be a Villain, I want to stir up trouble, not be a tool in this kind of melodramatic plot!
Annoyed as he was, he subconsciously activated his Eye of Destiny.
He didn't know until he looked, and seeing it made him even angrier.
Good grief, this time, he wasn't even the Villain!
He was a devoted second male lead!
Shen Yuan's mouth twitched, his eyes hollow.
Give me back my Villain status!
Wuwuwu!
I don't want to be a devoted second male lead!
I want to be a heinous big Villain, I want to kill the Child of Destiny, not be a sucker here cleaning up someone else's mess!
Looking at Tian Xinyan, all the melodramatic plots that were about to unfold already flashed through his mind!
He, Shen Yuan, the richest man in Shanghai, was a devoted second male lead simp!
Even knowing that Tian Xinyan brought a child to blackmail him, he would still unconditionally accept the mother and daughter.
Wait, why is it a Girl?
Aren't genius cute babies supposed to be boys?
The kind with an aura that helps their father build his career?
A Girl is fine too; no one decreed that only a boy can be a genius cute baby.
Next... he would hold the child, take Tian Xinyan to buy the biggest diamond ring, and get the marriage certificate tomorrow.
Then they would live a prosperous life, fiercely provoking the protagonist!
The protagonist should be that college student, right?
The Girl is a genius cute baby, so he would give her the Shen Group to practice on.
In the end, this little brat would turn around and bankrupt his trillion-dollar group.
And the bankruptcy of my Shen Group would become a stepping stone for the little Girl's growth!
And I would still be attentive and meticulous to the mother and daughter, and in the end, the Girl would treat him like her real father.
No, this plot is wrong; she couldn't possibly treat me like her real father!
Because... the issue of being a sucker that even Dorgon couldn't solve, Xia Donghai could, but I am not Xia Donghai!
As this sucker, without the backing of law or human morality...
I would end up destitute!
Once that protagonist appears, Tian Xinyan would unhesitatingly throw herself into his arms and cast him to the winds.
The Girl would also follow her back to her biological father!
And what about him?
Destitute, abandoned by everyone, and finally freezing and starving to death under a bridge!
Shen Yuan shivered, the more he thought about it, the more terrified he became.
Thinking about it now, the Original Owner being killed by the reincarnated Immortal Emperor Chu Yang was practically a blessing!
At least it was a quick death, without having to suffer like this!
After imagining this whole pile of melodramatic, world-view-shattering plot, Shen Yuan's gaze changed.
Tian Xinyan smiled brightly, "Brother Yuan..."
Shen Yuan couldn't help it; he stepped forward, raised his hand, and slapped Tian Xinyan across the face.
"Slap!"
The crisp sound echoed at the villa entrance, and Tian Xinyan was completely stunned.
Shen Yuan pointed at her nose, eyes wide with rage, "Are you brain-dead?!"
"In this life, have I, Shen Yuan, ever touched a finger of yours?"
"And you say it's my daughter? Did my soul leave my body to conceive a child with you through a spiritual romance?"
"Or did someone eat your brain while you were abroad, turning you into an imposter?"
Shen Yuan cursed angrily.
Tian Xinyan covered her face, her eyes dull, with a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth; she clearly hadn't reacted yet.
She couldn't accept that the Shen Yuan who had quietly cared for her since childhood, tolerated all her willfulness, stood in front of her to shield her from the wind and rain, and granted all her requests, would actually hit her?
Just then, the Girl beside Tian Xinyan flashed a look of undisguised hatred in her eyes, staring fixedly at Shen Yuan.
Shen Yuan's gaze sharpened; he instantly captured this trace of hatred.
This little brat, not very old, but the hatred is quite heavy.
"System, is this little Girl a reincarnator?"
Shen Yuan asked in his mind.
"Ding! Detection complete, this Girl is not a reincarnator."
The system said calmly.
Shen Yuan: "..."
Not a reincarnator?
Since you're not a reincarnator, how dare you stare at me so arrogantly?
It's just that Shen doesn't kill the old or young, so you'd better pray for your own luck!
Otherwise... Shen has a smaller knife.
Tian Xinyan finally reacted, hugging the Girl, and tears instantly welled up.
She looked at Shen Yuan with teary eyes, her voice choked, "Brother Yuan, why did you hit me?"
"I've been abroad for several years, and the first thing I did when I came back was to bring the child to see you. If you don't love me, that's fine, but how can you refuse to acknowledge your own daughter!"
"You fickle man!"
Tian Xinyan cried very sadly.
Shen Yuan: "..."
If I weren't the person involved, I would think the person you're talking about deserves to be hacked to death.
Sigh!
Shen Yuan sighed; he had seen through it.
This Tian Xinyan went to the United States, and it's likely she was eaten over there!
What came back is just an imposter!
Can't bear it anymore, no need to endure!
Shen Yuan backhanded her with another slap.
"Slap!"
After hitting her, he frowned and stared at Tian Xinyan's face.
Hmm... used too much force, the swelling on the left and right cheeks is uneven.
His damn late-stage obsessive-compulsive disorder couldn't stand it!
So, he raised his hand... and backhanded Tian Xinyan with another slap.