Chapter 281: Chapter 281: Must You Marry the One Who Saved You from Drowning? (52)

Who is Shen Xiang? This is Shen Xuan’s confusion.

Shen Hui does know someone named Shen Xiang, and their relationship is quite close, yet he is somewhat skeptical because the Shen Xiang he knows is barely fourteen years old.

“Sister-in-law, which Shen Xiang are you referring to?” he asked, still unwilling to believe that the Shen Xiang mentioned by Ah Chen is the same one he knows.

If that is the case, the fifth brother wouldn’t know how to handle it.

Speaking of the incident at Guangmao Mountain earlier, the person behind it didn’t hold back at all. His younger brother told him that without the system’s help, many people would have died at Guangmao Mountain that day. Thinking of when the fifth brother rushed to his position, he would also have been affected; clearly, the person didn’t consider the fifth brother.

Though the fifth brother used to scold Shen Xiang a lot, he had always cherished the two children.

“The second son of the Prince, Shen Xiang.” Ah Chen spoke up, breaking Shen Hui’s hope.

“They are going to take the next step, and then big brother should encounter Yun Tong.” She didn’t know how it would happen; they should arrange it well, given the power of that system.

Shen Hui sighed inwardly: “Thank you for the reminder, sister-in-law.”

As for the rest, he didn’t ask much.

The sister-in-law is mysterious; although his younger brother said she is a transmigrator, he did not elaborate. But he could feel that the sister-in-law is a very formidable being.

“Big brother, if you want to capture Shen Xiang, you can do so at any time,” Ah Chen said, “I’ll take care of the system on him.”

Shen Xuan was surprised: “He also has a system bound to him?”

“Yes.” Ah Chen responded, “A system that plunders fortune, with considerable abilities. Ordinary people can’t do much with it, but fortunately, big brother is the Chosen One, or else he would have been killed long ago.”

Shen Hui deeply agreed, as it seemed after careful calculation that things indeed became bizarre after Shen Xiang was born. Frequent encounters with danger, and at the age of eighteen, he finally couldn’t withstand the Emperor’s urging and agreed to choose a Crown Princess Consort.

However, after the selection, the future Crown Princess Consort had an accident. The person did not die, but was injured, and the timing of the incident was extremely strange. Because her injury didn’t heal well, the Emperor got anxious and compensated her, planning to choose another person.

Just after the decision was made, she recovered immediately.

Following that, all chosen ones encountered big and small incidents, leading to rumors that he hindered women.

If it weren’t for his personal capabilities being strong enough, he would’ve been overthrown. Naturally, at that time, many people wanted to bring him down, including his father, the Emperor, who also harbored such thoughts.

But those brothers couldn’t defeat him, and in the end, he was the victor.

Yet, due to the previous rumors, he always carried a somewhat tarnished reputation.

From Guangmao Mountain onwards, those old rumors couldn’t be regarded as anything.

“It might be wise to wait until Yun Tong appears,” Shen Hui said, “capturing him now could cause the other party to act desperately. Yun Tong disappeared in Lanru County; it would be better if she returns safely.”

As for what the other party will do at that time, further discussion is needed.

You can’t let the younger brother’s family bear the burden of Yun Tong’s life.

Then send Yun Tong to the Yun Family at that time; since Yun Tong could go to Lanru County, maybe the Yun Family Master knows the reason.

No need to arrange people to investigate; the other party has already started preparing.

Shen Hui didn’t arrange for people to monitor Shen Xiang, as the other party has a system and would surely notice any movements immediately.

However, he did summon the Prince, which wouldn’t arouse suspicion, as he liked to assign many matters to Shen Xi.

The sister-in-law didn’t mention any issues with Shen Xi nor did she say he was controlled; Shen Hui guessed that controlling someone isn’t that easy.

A few days later, Shen Xi suddenly requested an audience in the palace.

Shen Hui listened to what he had to say and was somewhat startled.

He had been wondering how Shen Xiang would arrange to put Yun Tong in front of him; it turned out to be through Shen Xi’s hand. This method was admittedly very clever.

Upon hearing Yun Tong’s words, Shen Xi would undoubtedly come to the palace immediately to report.

“Imperial Brother, the minister arranged for people to investigate, and this Yun Tong is indeed the second daughter of the Yun Family. She disappeared in Lanru County recently,” Shen Xi said, though the words from Yun Tong’s mouth were rather shocking.

Shen Xuan would overthrow Lan Country and become the founder of a new nation’s Emperor.

He found this absurd.

Does that sound like Shen Xuan?

He even arranged to secretly observe, and Shen Xuan spent his days strolling around with his wife, excelling in dining and entertainment — conquering the world? That would be laughable.

Moreover, the Imperial Brother’s reputation is currently flourishing, with the world believing him to be the True Dragon newly manifested; the Imperial Brother isn’t someone unwise, so who could overthrow him?

But Yun Tong spoke with such vividness, it truly felt unsettling.

He didn’t think much about it and brought people along to see the Imperial Brother.

“Let me meet her,”

Shen Hui saw Yun Tong mainly to understand what happened in Yun Tong’s previous life.

From Yun Tong’s mouth, he finally learned that the Shen Family was annihilated, leaving only the younger brother. According to what the younger brother said, he originally hadn’t intended to carry out tasks until he accidentally signed in at the butcher’s shop after encountering the sister-in-law.

One day, the system revealed to him a piece of information: the Shen Family would face catastrophe on New Year’s Eve, ultimately leaving only him to escape.

What happened afterward, Yun Tong surely didn’t know.

In this world, women mostly remained in the inner chambers, unable to grasp affairs of the world.

After the Shen Family was exterminated, he was very angry, and after investigating for a long time, he couldn’t uncover who the real culprit was; it was rumored outside that bandits were avenging themselves.

In Yun Tong’s memory, Guangmao Mountain also overturned, killing many people, and they were all people close to him; even his fifth brother, Shen Xi, was crushed to death by falling rocks while rushing to save him.

He was the only one unharmed, merely sustaining some injuries.

In another direction, he was found elsewhere; just imagining that scene, he could feel what it was like.

If his younger brother and sister-in-law hadn’t come over earlier, the fate would have likely been the same.

In Yun Tong’s previous life, after Guangmao Mountain overturned, he soon was poisoned and passed away.

Subsequently, the world went into chaos.

He asked, “What happened to Lan Country’s new Emperor afterward?”

Yun Tong replied, “A baby.”

Shen Hui was puzzled; after all that Shen Xiang had planned, he hadn’t ascended the throne? Even if it wasn’t Shen Xiang, it shouldn’t be a baby, should it? The Imperial Family definitely has people. Thinking of what the sister-in-law said, he realized that the system was an evil entity, only knowing how to plunder.

The fear was that Shen Xiang didn’t end well either.

No wonder the world went chaotic.

According to what the younger brother’s system said, he is the Chosen Emperor of this world. If his fortune was plundered, it would likely impact this world significantly, even to the point of destruction.

He understood.

However, Yun Tong’s previous life included a younger brother.

Presumably, the younger brother’s fortune wasn’t bad either, combined with his abilities and the system’s help, conquering the world was indeed a possibility.

But thereafter, the younger brother certainly wouldn’t have been happy.

He deeply understands that kind of solitary feeling.

He departed from that world not long after, and the younger brother couldn’t sustain anymore, indicating he was someone greatly afraid of loneliness.

Competing in troubled times may just have been revenge supporting him.

Shen Xi didn’t understand why his Imperial Brother’s eyes were turning red.

This expression doesn’t resemble anger, but instead conveys a hint of sadness.

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