TSBIR Chapter 76

Chapter 76: Shen Jinjue and Shen Xingyang Argue

“But back then, I broke up with Yin Yuan for you.”

Shen Jinjue’s words completely choked back what Shen Xingyang wanted to say.

Shen Xingyang chuckled self-deprecatingly, “So, brother, do you regret it?”

“Yes.”

Shen Jinjue answered Shen Xingyang without hesitation, the resoluteness in his eyes chilling Shen Xingyang to the bone.

“Brother, if that’s the case, I’d rather you did nothing and let me be killed back then.”

Shen Xingyang, with reddened eyes, turned to leave. Before leaving, he suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Shen Jinjue.

“Brother, he can live, but I need to guarantee that he’s in my territory, controlled by my people.”

Hearing this, Shen Jinjue refused without hesitation, “He’s proud and arrogant, he definitely can’t stand a life of being controlled.”

“But brother, if I don’t succeed this time, I’m already being controlled by Yin Yan, and it might even be more despairing.”

Shen Jinjue didn’t speak, but his eyes clearly showed disbelief in Shen Xingyang’s words.

Shen Xingyang looked at the person in front of him, whom he had painstakingly tried to save, and only found it somewhat laughable.

“Brother, then protect him. Whatever happens to you in the future, I won’t care anymore. I don’t need this position of deputy head of the Shen family either.”

Shen Jinjue wanted to say something, but his lips moved, and in the end, he didn’t say anything.

In the end, Shen Xingyang returned to Mu City alone. He was unhappy the whole way, staring out the window, not knowing what he was thinking.

It wasn’t until he returned home and saw Song Yichen waiting for him at the door that he finally showed the first smile of the day.

Seeing that he was preoccupied, Song Yichen probably knew that his conversation with Shen Jinjue hadn’t been pleasant.

“Your brother still insists?”

Shen Xingyang nodded helplessly and followed Song Yichen back into the house.

“Song Yichen, do you think I’m really dragging my brother down?” Shen Xingyang seemed very sad, even self-blaming, and incredibly conflicted.

On the way back, he had also wondered if he had done something wrong. Perhaps, as his brother said, if it weren’t for him, Yin Yuan wouldn’t be like this.

Hearing this, Song Yichen flicked Shen Xingyang’s forehead hard, “Victim blaming, huh? Let me tell you, whether a person makes a mistake doesn’t depend on what they’ve experienced, but on what kind of person they are. Yin Yuan is just finding a legitimate reason for his ambition.”

Shen Xingyang looked at Song Yichen, seemingly understanding but not quite. Was that really the case?

But doesn’t a person become bad because of certain experiences? It seems like many people in life make mistakes because their lives are too unfortunate.

“Shen Xingyang, it’s your brother who misjudged the person. If he really loved him, it would be shoulder to shoulder, considering the other person, instead of trying to take revenge because the other person wronged him.”

Shen Xingyang nodded, recalling the events of his previous life. In fact, they didn’t owe the Yin Yuan brothers anything.

Yin Yan had been with him for several years, but like him, he had received the best education and never worried about material things.

Later, he had also been steadily rising in the entertainment industry because of him, becoming the current movie star.

As for Yin Yuan, if he hadn’t followed Shen Jinjue, he wouldn’t have his own team and hold a place in the military camp.

Thinking about it this way, it seems he really didn’t owe them anything.

“Shen Xingyang, perhaps you can ask Yin Yuan why he schemed against Shen Jinjue in every possible way. If you know his answer, you’ll know that Yin Yuan wasn’t a particularly good person to begin with.”

Shen Xingyang thought for a long time and finally decided to meet Yin Yuan.

“I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. I knew you would come.”

Yin Yuan wasn’t surprised at all to see Shen Xingyang. His expression was incredibly calm, even though he had lost now, he still had a look of pride.

“Yin Yuan, I don’t understand, why did you do all this? You clearly know that now that my brother has gotten the Shen family, if you continue to follow him, you’ll have everything you want.”

Shen Xingyang asked the question that had puzzled him for a long time. He had once thought that Yin Yuan had done all this for power, but after listening to his brother, he also knew that his brother truly loved Yin Yuan.

Now that Shen Gai was gone, if Yin Yuan really loved his brother, it wasn’t impossible for them to reconcile.

Yin Yuan’s hand rested on the window, leaning halfway against it, his whole person appearing incredibly broken. It seemed that at this moment, nothing mattered to him.

“In the beginning, I just wanted to see how tempting the things were that he was willing to abandon me for. Later, I just simply didn’t want him to live well. Why should I be in so much pain while he lives a carefree life every day? So I wanted to take away everything he cherished.”

Yin Yuan had a smile, but there was no trace of greed in his eyes, only pain and hatred.

But hearing these words, Shen Xingyang suddenly understood what Song Yichen had said.

If a person truly knows how to love, how could they hate their loved one so much? In some ways, Yin Yuan and Yin Yan are the same kind of people; they don’t know how to love.

It’s a very typical selfishness because in their view of love, the first thing they think about is the hurt they’ve suffered, and then, in order to satisfy themselves, they inflict these hurts on the people they love.

How can this kind of distorted emotion be called love? Perhaps even if Shen Jinjue hadn’t broken up with Yin Yuan because of the fight for inheritance, the two of them wouldn’t have gone too far.

Shen Jinjue always liked to give silently, while Yin Yuan liked to be blatant, liked others to love him with all their might, even with only himself in their eyes.

“What attracted my brother wasn’t power, but the people he cares about. Only by getting these things can he protect everyone, including you.”

Yin Yuan laughed mockingly, didn’t speak, and just silently watched the scenery outside the window.

Shen Xingyang could tell that Yin Yuan didn’t believe it. In fact, there might still be misunderstandings between them. Yin Yuan wouldn’t imagine Shen Jinjue’s hardships, and Shen Jinjue wouldn’t take the initiative to show weakness, to show his powerless side to his lover.

Shen Xingyang wasn’t going to say anything more either. He just wanted to see what kind of person Yin Yuan was, and hadn’t thought about saying anything.

It seems that for such a stranger yet familiar person, there were no words to express.

“Shen Xingyang, tell him that I will never forgive him in this lifetime.”

Hearing these words, Shen Xingyang didn’t turn his head, but just stopped his steps. This was also within expectations.

Yin Yuan abandoned everything and walked to Shen Jinjue’s side, but the end result was to be cruelly abandoned.

How could such a proud major in the military camp endure such a blow?

“My younger brother, Yin Yan, did everything under my instructions. He genuinely loves you, I hope you can spare him.”

Shen Xingyang turned around, preparing to say something, but then he saw a lot of blood flowing from Yin Yuan’s mouth.

“You…”

Yin Yuan had actually swallowed broken pieces of porcelain. How did he endure the severe pain and swallow them little by little?