Beastman Forcefully Raising a Wife

Chapter 1: Escape

The early morning air brought about refreshing cleanliness, and the dark green shadows of the trees gradually became distinct, revealing their original colour.

The rays of light from the first sight of the sun had not reached the warm and overgrown mountain forest when a burst of chaotic footsteps shattered the silence.

“He’s over there, hurry up and catch him!” A dozen or so young men were panting as they chased after something in the forest. Suddenly, one of them saw a flash of a figure fleeing frenetically and spoke up excitedly.

“Damn it, watch me teach him a lesson when laozi catches him; he actually dares to flee from this old hand.” A rough-faced man in about his thirties let out curses, feeling flustered and exasperated. His malicious eyes glared hatefully at the prey in its final struggle.

Shu Jintian did not return even after hearing those words. With his last breath, he rapidly ran forward. There wasn’t a path in the wild mountain forest. Everything before one’s eyes was messy vegetation, as well as straight trees every interval.

There were weeds congesting his path forward, so Shu Jintian was forced to use both hands to recklessly open a path. His foot stepped on unknown grassroots as he madly fled without differentiating the path.

The raised branches and leaves hit his face and body, leaving behind red marks, and even the skin on his face was scratched and scraped, seeping out blood. However, Shu Jintian couldn’t feel it at all, and only knew that he was running and running nonstop. If he even relaxed one bit, he would be finished.

As the eldest di son of the Shu family which led S City’s business world, outsiders would assume that he was the heir to the Shu family.

Their business rivals would attack him as the simplest and most effective way to strike at their enterprises. After all, no matter how powerful Shu Batian was, without a successor, what use was there over guarding such an immense wealth? It was ridiculous; did they think that they would be able to defeat that cheap dad of his if he was gone? The outside world only knew that he was a child of the Shu family but did not know that he was merely an additional product from a business marriage. Shu Batian, that callous and cold-hearted man, did not have the slightest affection towards him as a father.

It was two years ago when he discovered that he unexpectedly had a brother older than him by two months, who he had never met before.

Slowly, he learnt that this entire Shu family was something Shu Batian left for his elder brother, and his identity as an heir was just a target to help defend his brother against attacks.

Moreover, the risky situation he was currently trapped in was also his ‘elder brother’’s design. He already couldn’t wait any longer, right? Was this identity as an heir that good? He didn’t even want it! That idiot brother of his, without Shu Jintian obstructing risks for him, he might not even be alive to take over the Shu family enterprises.

The voices behind him were getting nearer and Shu Jintian’s heart had already leapt to his throat as the voices directly jumped towards his ears.

His hazy line of sight became clear and distinct. The originally withered and yellow autumn scene became full of vibrant plants in dense green colours.

There were unusually tall trees that towered into the sky. The fertile and flamboyant bushes were rampantly occupying a large domain and the place it occupied had no gaps for feet to step in.

Shu Jintian abruptly awakened with a start and quickly turned his head back. The bandits who had been hot on his heels had disappeared. Even the messy path he had opened had vanished without a trace.