27: Chapter 27 Xiao Ce: Do you think I'm the protagonist of a novel?
"Uncle Shen."
Shi Yuanyuan smiled innocently. "Godfather, look, how's my drawing?"
Shen Yuan fell silent for a second.
"Uncle Gou said that Daddy always likes to fight with Uncle Chu Yang!"
"They even fight until they're foaming at the mouth!"
Shi Yuanyuan blurted out.
Xiao Ce's face twitched as he quickly covered Shi Yuanyuan's mouth.
Shi Zhihan: "..."
Young Master Shen, what on earth did you guys teach Yuanyuan?
Shen Yuan's mouth twitched. Look at your attitudes.
What's with those expressions!?
Chu Yang and I have a pure friendship, okay?
"Yuanyuan, thank you!"
Shen Yuan rubbed Shi Yuanyuan's head. "It's a great drawing, just... don't draw it again next time!"
"Okay!"
Shi Yuanyuan nodded. "If Godfather says don't draw, I won't. I don't like drawing anyway!"
Shi Zhihan also walked over, a hint of bashfulness on her face. "Young Master Shen!"
Shen Yuan: "????"
Why the hell are you blushing and acting bashful!
Shi Zhihan: *Sigh!*
I've finally seen Xiao Ce again.
He also helped me get revenge.
It's just...
After not seeing each other for so many years, once things were settled...
He had the audacity to insist on coming over to use me.
I've almost been used to the point of breaking lately!
Shi Zhihan handed Shen Yuan a gift box. "Mr. Shen, thank you for saving Yuanyuan and me."
"This is a gift from our family, please don't look down on it."
Shi Zhihan said.
Shen Yuan took the gift box and opened it to see a red scarf.
Shen Yuan: "????"
Shi Zhihan: ∑(O_O；)
Xiao Ce: "(￣(エ)￣)ゞ
What the heck!?
A scarf that was crooked and even had several holes in it.
Shen Yuan's mouth twitched twice. This is a gift?
"Godfather, I swapped it!"
Shi Yuanyuan shouted, "Godfather saved me, so this is my most precious possession!"
"Godfather, the gifts Mommy and Daddy give aren't good. When giving a gift, you must give the most precious one!"
Shi Yuanyuan said with a serious face.
The expressions of Shen Yuan and the others softened slightly.
That's right!
A scarf was already Shi Yuanyuan's most precious thing.
"Yuanyuan is so good!"
"Godfather likes it very much!"
Shen Yuan rubbed Shi Yuanyuan's head. "Godfather will definitely wear it in the winter!"
Shi Zhihan's tears were almost falling.
Xiao Ce clenched his fists.
That bastard Shi Family!
He really wanted to resurrect them just to kill them all over again.
Shen Yuan smiled and turned to Xiao Ce. "How are you handling the matters with the Chen Family and the Shi Family?"
Xiao Ce spoke grimly, "It's all handled. The Chen Family has gone bankrupt. All the funds of Chen Erhe and his son Chen Ru have been seized!"
"Those who should be sentenced will be sentenced..."
"Those who aren't can go live on the streets!"
"As for the Shi Family..."
"I have completely taken them down!"
"Shen Yuan, do you want half of the Shi Family's assets?"
"If you do, I'll transfer them to you immediately!"
Xiao Ce's serious and earnest manner actually made people see him in a new light.
"No need. If you really want to help me..."
The corner of Shen Yuan's mouth curled up. "Then promise me one thing!"
Xiao Ce's face twitched as he looked at Shen Yuan's crooked smile.
This smile reminds me of that bastard animal again.
Why is your smile so similar to his!?
"Name it!"
Xiao Ce spoke proudly.
"Kill me!"
Shen Yuan grinned.
Xiao Ce: "..."
Are you freaking sick!?
"No way!"
Xiao Ce shook his head.
Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow. "Then let's change the condition!"
"Speak!"
Xiao Ce cupped his fists. "I am a God of War. With a single command, a hundred thousand..."
"Stop it with the hundred thousand, always with the hundred thousand..."
"What, are a hundred thousand coming back to support your business?"
Shen Yuan rolled his eyes.
Chu Yang burst out laughing.
Xiao Ce, you really don't understand anything!
Old Shen's meaning is... are you a gigolo?
Are you having a hundred thousand soldiers boost your sales performance?
"Let me beat you up!"
Shen Yuan beamed. "I just remembered, I'll hit you for as long as I want. Whenever I feel like hitting you, I'll hit you!"
Xiao Ce's face was covered in black lines. "This condition... I am the dignified God of War, with a hundred thousand subordinates..."
"Cut the crap. Do you accept or not?" Shen Yuan squinted.
Xiao Ce's momentum instantly weakened. "Fine!"
"That's more like it..."
"Xiao Ce, come with me!"
"Uncle Gou, look after Yuanyuan and Shi Zhihan!"
Shen Yuan called out to Uncle Gou, "I'm taking Xiao Ce to play something else!"
Uncle Gou nodded with a look of grief.
Is the Young Master no longer satisfied with just one?
He's starting to look for a third party now!
And it's someone with a wife and daughter acting as the third party...
Young Master, is this reasonable?
Chu Yang was grinning; he already understood what Shen Yuan was about to say.
A bewildered Xiao Ce was dragged away by Chu Yang.
The two went directly to the villa's back garden.
Shen Yuan lay straight down on a lounge chair.
Chu Yang followed suit and lay down as well.
Xiao Ce: "..."
There are only two lounge chairs, none for me!
I... I'll just stand.
"I know what you want to ask."
Xiao Ce spoke before Shen Yuan could. "Six years ago..."
"I had just passed the God of War assessment and achieved the rank of God of War!"
"Unexpectedly, while pursuing a Japanese ninja..."
"I was ambushed right here!"
"I took on twelve of them alone and eventually killed them all!"
Xiao Ce sighed. "I was seriously injured and was picked up by Zhi Han."
"After that, the frontier was in emergency, so I went back!"
"What I didn't expect was that Zhi Han never contacted me!"
"And I... I didn't contact her either!"
Xiao Ce looked heartbroken. "If I had known she..."
"Pah, scumbag!" Shen Yuan and Chu Yang said in unison.
Xiao Ce: "..."
Shen Yuan gave him the middle finger. "You went to the frontier, it's not like you died!"
Xiao Ce scratched his hair. "I couldn't get away from there!"
"You're high-ranking; you can save up a month of leave every one to two years!"
Shen Yuan said disdainfully, "Six years, you could have saved at least three months of leave. You couldn't come back?"
Xiao Ce: "..."
"I am a God of War, God of War, God of War!"
Xiao Ce emphasized, "I cannot leave at will. I have no leave!"
Shen Yuan spread his hands. "Oh, then we believe you!"
Xiao Ce: If you two so-called 'believe' me, at least look at me straight!
What's with those skeptical looks?
"Besides..."
Shen Yuan suddenly looked up. "Neither of us asked you about your past!"
Xiao Ce: Huh!?
That's not what you're asking!?
Chu Yang chuckled. "Old Xiao, want to join us?"
Xiao Ce: (O_o)??
Join in!?
Oh no, these two guys must be doing something illegal and criminal behind the scenes.
These two guys want me to join them and be their protective umbrella!
I...
I'd rather die than submit!
"Xiao Ce, God of War of the Frontier, Epic-level Child of Destiny!"
Shen Yuan stretched.
"What the heck!?"
Xiao Ce looked bewildered. "Do you think I'm the protagonist of a novel?"
"I have a system!"
Shen Yuan pointed to his temple.
Xiao Ce's face twitched. You have a system?
Chu Yang: Heh!
Yuan Zi, Old Shen...
You really aren't hiding anything at all, are you?
Why do I always feel like you're intentionally leaking the existence of the system because you want someone to beat you to death?
Chu Yang stroked his chin, his eyes lingering on Shen Yuan.
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm a God of War. With one command, a hundred thousand..."
"Forget it, I'm freaking smart!"
"Shen Yuan, you've read too many novels, haven't you?"