Rebirth: Different Way [(重生) 殊途]

Chapter 69

As the sun had set, the sky gradually darkened.

At this time Li Mingxuan usually already returned to Shen Xi's side, but today he accompanied his father to the hospital in a hurry.

In the quiet car, Li Xiyong did not say a word, keeping his eyes closed. Li Mingxuan quietly sat by his father's side, the news he received earlier flashing through his mind. Shen Ji and Shen Cheng were suspected of misappropriating a large amount of Shen Group funds and the directors of Shen Group were forced to go to the hospital for a meeting. Shen Ji admitted the fact of embezzlement and was expelled from Shen Group by the board of directors, thus deprived of the Shen family inheritance rights in disguise. Li Mingxuan did not believe that Shen Ji would do such a thing and his brow furrowed subconsciously.

Li Mingxuan's father, who had been resting, slowly opened his eyes, "Mingxuan, what do you think?"

Li Mingxuan knew what his father was asking. Although he did not know the details, from his uncle's words he could tell that Shen Ji was framed. If it was only Shen Ji who was framed, it would have been fine, but Shen Cheng was also involved, so that the situation became uncontrollable. At this point, Li Mingxuan did not know what to say, so he answered in a low voice, "There must be someone behind this matter, and Uncle has handled it too hastily."

Li Xiyong shook his head, "The situation was forced upon him, and your uncle had no choice. He probably didn't expect Ah Ji to take the blame for this matter. It's too unfortunate for Ah Ji."

Li Xiyong's words carried an unspeakable melancholy. In his heart he had one more thing to say: if Shen Cheng didn't grow up fast, Shen Group would probably be doomed. Without Shen Ji, Shen Cheng could not bear the burden of Shen Group. Even if the Shen family still held most of the shares of Shen Group, once Shen Dehan passed away, in these circumstances, the Shen family would still be the Shen family, but it might not be the Shen family of Shen Group anymore.

Li Mingxuan vaguely guessed his father's thoughts. As he watched Li Xiyong close his eyes again, a trace of worry surged in Li Mingxuan's heart, and he swallowed the words that were already on his lips.

For the rest of the journey Li Xiyong did not speak again and the car fell back into silence.

As Li Xiyong and Li Mingxuan drove to the hospital, Gao Qiulin had already left and only Shen Dehan and Shen Cheng were left in the ward.

In the empty ward, Shen Dehan was sitting in the wheelchair in a depressed state of mind; his original spirit was gone and his whole body looked instantly aged by more than ten years.

Shen Cheng sat opposite his father with his head down, unable to say what he was feeling. What Shen Ji said not long ago was echoing in his mind. His elder brother had taken the blame for the incident and he was now innocent, but there was not much joy in his heart. From the time his elder brother confessed to instructing Chang Lei to the series of events that followed, everything was too sudden. He listened in a daze to his elder brother being expelled from Shen Group and Gao Qiulin even indicating that Shen Group would be his in the future.

In Shen Cheng's secret thoughts that no one knew, he had once imagined such a day, but when this day came, he didn't know why he couldn't be happy at all. Perhaps it was because Shen Ji finally defended him, or perhaps it was because of Shen Dehan. After all, at that moment Shen Dehan had clearly intended to sacrifice him. Even if he was interrupted by Shen Ji later, it was, after all, true that Shen Dehan had chosen to sacrifice him at the critical moment without hesitation, and his despair at that moment was also too real. So it was normal for him to be depressed now, and he didn't even know what attitude he should use to face his father.

Shen Cheng was so engrossed in his own thoughts that he did not notice his father's eyes roaming over him, and the look in Shen Dehan's eyes was one of deep disappointment. Shen Dehan was silent; he knew his son. Shen Cheng couldn't bear the burden of Shen Group. Unlike Shen Ji, Shen Dehan was inevitably indulgent towards Shen Cheng because he had lost his mother at a young age and had almost been killed as a baby. And since he was the second son, he was not under pressure to inherit the family business, so Shen Dehan was not strict with him and let him do anything he wished, which led to his current character.