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nTranslator: Hua Editor: Bamboozled?

nChapter 83: Will Not Blacken

nAfter chatting with Senior, Jing Xun went straight back to the office.

nHe still shared the same office with Shen Yijin, but after having a new laboratory, Jing Xun basically worked there. He would come back to the office only when Shen Yijin wanted to see him.

nOr when he wanted to see Shen Yijin.

nHe pushed open the office door and saw Shen Yijin sitting behind his desk making a call. Jing Xun didn’t want to disturb the other party, so he walked in quietly.

nHe sat down at his desk and turned on the computer provided by the company.

nJing Xun looked at the monitor while occasionally peeking in Shen Yijin’s direction.

nFinally, Shen Yijin put down the phone.

nBefore Jing Xun could retrieve his line of sight, he saw that the other party stood up and was walking towards him.

n“What is it?” The distance between the two desks was not too far, and Shen Yijin’s long legs could easily reach him by just two steps.

nJing Xun, who was being looked at from a close distance, slightly bowed his head and moved his eyes a little awkwardly. His ears suddenly flushed again, because Shen Yijin’s breath was right next to his ear.

n“What were you looking at?”

nJing Xun: “…Looking at…Sir is so handsome!”

nShen Yijin: “?”

nJing Xun raised his neck, his round almond-shaped eyes glowed with bright light, he pulled up the corners of his lips to show him a brilliant smile: “It’s because you’re too handsome. I can’t help peeking a few more times.”

nShen Yijin: “…..”

nHe raised his hand to caress the young man’s slender neck, and finally went around the back of it. He bent his body a little more and looked down at the young man more closely, staring into his eyes.

n“Then keep looking a little longer.”

n“Ha, okay.” Jing Xun nodded obediently, indicating that he would be honored.

nAlthough in the end he still failed to do so.

n——Shen Yijin directly “lifted” him from his seat, reversed his position, and finally “placed” him on the clean and tidy tabletop.

nThen the two suddenly embraced and kissed affectionately.

n…If it weren’t during work hours, those kind of passionate and exciting office kissing scenes that Jing Xun imagined would have unfold before his eyes…

nDuring the process, Jing Xun took the rare initiative to hug Shen Yijin tightly, looking a bit clingy.

nAnd this seemed to make Shen Yijin even more uncontrollable. In the end, if not for the office door being knocked on from the outside, he wouldn’t have stopped…

nAmidst the sound of a polite knock on the door, Jing Xun rolled down from the desk back to his chair, and finally covered his abnormally red face with the huge monitor.

nOutside, Jin Zheheng knocked on the door and came in. He professionally looked straight ahead without glancing left or right, and walked to Shen Yijin’s desk: “President Shen, this is the financial situation of Hanchao Technology in the past two years and other reports.”

n“Yes, put it down.” Shen Yijin said.

nJing Xun, hiding behind the monitor, immediately pricked his ears.

n…… Hanchao? !

nWasn’t that the technology company jointly opened by Mrs. Yang and scum gong in order to fight against Shen Yijin? ?

nThis kind of small company that was used for malicious competition, Sir wouldn’t spare it a glance in the past.

nHow come he suddenly asked someone to investigate…?

nJing Xun’s heart immediately sank.

nHe deliberately ran back to the office to accompany Shen Yijin after hearing about Mr. Villain in the original book from Senior just now.

nJing Xun’s previous perception was not wrong, Shen Yijin, the person who merrily shared the pillow and got along with him, was indeed the image of ‘Shen Yijin’ that hadn’t yet blackened in the book.

n……Even though there was not much focus on the villain at the early stage, the readers could see the depth, forbearance and strength of the villain just by a few things.

nIt was really this exact Shen Yijin.

nAs for why he turned black, according to Senior Pei’s plot spoiler, it was Shen Yijin’s mother.

n…His mother’s death wasn’t a suicide, but a homicide.

nThe murderer was the scum gong’s biological mother, and later Shen Yijin’s stepmother Yang Nianjiao.

nWhat’s even worse, Yang Nianjiao couldn’t do things like sneaking into Shen’s house and killing people by herself. She had another helper.

nAnd that helper was… Shen Yijin’s father.

nIt turned out that the two of them didn’t fall in love after Shen Yijin’s mother passed away, but they had been having a secret affair for a long time.

nThey concealed it closely so no one knew it before.

nThey were very smart.

nIn those years, the incident where Shen Yijin’s mother jumped off the building was classified as a suicide. Later, Yang Nianjiao entered the door as a stepmother. There was a period of time in between these two events, therefore no one had ever doubted it after so many years.

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nJing Xun’s mood after realizing the truth could no longer be simply described as complicated.

nHe felt as if he was falling into an ice cave.

nJust yesterday, Jing Xun had learned about Shen Yijin’s mother.

nFor no reason, the little Shen Yijin lying in front of the window was reflected in his mind.

n…Because his mother died in front of him, he had been suffering for so many years.

nBut who would have thought that the incident wasn’t the end, but everything behind □□.

nIn Senior’s words, Shen Yijin’s blackening didn’t surprise the readers.

nIt only made them feel deeply regretful.

nThe villain, who had been troubled by his mother’s death for many years, had been a good person for many years through extreme self-restraint.

nHe was ruthless, but he was not selfish.

nHe was strict and harsh, but he had also achieved absolute fairness.

nHe was indifferent, but he still picked up the heavy burden of the Shen family.

nHis heart was empty, unable to feel any emotion and happiness, all he could feel was the endless insomnia and irritability in the rainy night.

nBut just like this, his moral bottom line was very high, but he was also more reasonable than anyone else.

nEverything in his eyes was obviously black, white and gray, but Shen Yijin forcibly gave the surrounding people a lot of color.

nIn order to maintain fairness and undertake important responsibilities, sometimes he had to experience and bear more than anyone else.

nBut even so.

nThrough extreme self-control, he led a life like a precision instrument, following the rules.

nBut all of these disappeared after learning the real cause of his mother’s death.

nHow restrained and sober he was before was how crazy he was in the later stage.

nBut again, this seemed to make sense.

n——Because Shen Yijin, who stubbornly maintained fairness and brought colors to the people around him, had never received an ounce of good karma.

nHe was actually living under the same roof with someone who killed his mother.

nThe younger brother whom he tolerated repeatedly was the son of his mother’s murdurer.

nThe father, who preferred his normal little brother over him, was the real culprit who teamed up with the mistress to kill his mother.

nHe didn’t have to tolerate them.

nThen why put up with them?

nThere had never been a trace of color in his world.

nSo he would just ruin it all.

nThis was the cause of “Shen Yijin’s blackening” that Jing Xun had been worried about.

nIn the original work, after knowing the truth by chance, the villain who was originally just completely indifferent and dedicated to his career suddenly turned black.

nBecause he wanted to avenge his biological mother.

nThe method of revenge he chose was very simple. It was to exhuast all means to retaliate and torture all the parties involved, including those who tried to stop him, including the scum gong who had been constantly harassing him with small schemes, along with all others, he didn’t let them off.

n…..What made Jing Xun felt powerless was that Shen Yijin’s mother had passed away for many years, and it had long been a fact that she was killed.

nThis kind of thing could not be changed, nor could it be reversed.

nJust hearing the description, Jing Xun’s tears overflowed and couldn’t stop falling.

nHe was half distressed and half anxious.

nEven Pei Qingnian was scared by him. He hurriedly asked him what was wrong and wiped his tears, but Jing Xun could not control it at all.

nThe readers would feel a touch of regret and pity for the villain, not to mention him.

nWhat Senior read was just a book.

nBut what he saw was the real Shen Yijin!

nThat book did not describe how Shen Yijin sat until dawn, nor did it describe Shen Yijin’s depression, his silent hysteria and struggle.

nBut Jing Xun knew all of it.

nSo he felt distressed.

nWhat’s more terrible was that he originally thought that the past was already an established fact. He only hoped that the sir would live well in the future.

nBut it turned out that… the key that allowed Shen Yijin to be blackened had already been forged.

nHe couldn’t solve it.

nHe couldn’t solve this problem.

nJing Xun didn’t know how he regained his senses and ran back. He didn’t know what he should do.

nNow he knew the truth about the death of Shen Yijin’s mother.

nHe should tell Shen Yijin.

nBut obviously he couldn’t just tell him.

nHe should also do everything possible to prevent sir from knowing this.

nBut would that be fair to him?

nAs the son, Shen Yijin had the right to know the truth about the death of his mother.

nAfter telling the other to put it down, Shen Yijin automatically picked up the document and read it.

nWhen he was looking at the information, Jing Xun was also looking at him.

nAfter thinking about it, Jing Xun felt that the best way was to tell him, but before that, he had to make a lot of preparations.

nThe first thing was to properly enlighten him, and slowly moved to the next stage, at least to ensure that he wouldn’t turn black instantly after he learned the truth.

nSecondly, he had to find a way to make Mrs. Yang pay the price through legitimate means. It’s best to make the crimes committed by her and Shen Yijin’s father public and make them pay for their sin. In this case, even if sir learned the truth, he shouldn’t have used extreme methods anymore…

nBut these obviously took time.

nAnd if sir accidentally learnt the truth during this period, then everything is over! …

nJust now, Senior Pei said that the original book did not explain how Shen Yijin found out about this, only that the timeline happened during the original owner’s internship at Yiwei.

n……This was very difficult to control, because the original plot had long been rewritten.

nAccording to the original book, there should be a lot of time before Shen Yijin learned the truth. After all, in the original work, before the original owner entered the post, there were many disputes and entanglements with the scum gong.

nBut Jing Xun felt that since the plot could be easily changed, this timeline could no longer be used as a basis.

nMaybe Sir would learn the truth in a twinkling of an eye, or maybe it could really be dragged on for a long time…

n“Xiao Xun?”

nAssistant Jin had left at some point, and Shen Yijin, who sat back at his own office desk, called him.

nSeeing Jing Xun blinking and suddenly gazing at him, it was obvious that he was in a daze just now. Shen Yijin smiled softly and stretched out his hand to him: “What are you thinking about?”

nJing Xun walked around the table and came in front of him.

nShen Yijin said: “You’re very strange today. Did something happen? Tell me if there’s anything, okay?”

n“…No.” Jing Xun shook his head subconsciously: “It’s nothing.”

n“En.” Shen Yijin didn’t question him, but passed the investigation data of Hanchao in his hand to Jing Xun: “Then look at this.”

nJing Xun naturally took it. The first page was the company’s financial statements for the previous year. He skimmed through it, and felt that nothing could be seen.

nSir’s sudden investigation into this company still made him feel extremely uneasy.

nJing Xun couldn’t be patient, he asked, “Sir, why did you… suddenly become interested in this company?”

n“Remember when someone spread rumors that my father’s car accident was related to me?” Shen Yijin lifted his chin with an expressionless face: “It was Mrs. Yang who did it.”

n……!

nJing Xun: “…ah.”

nThe hand that clenched the report subconsciously relaxed…It turned out to be because of this.

nAlthough it was surprising that Mrs. Yang could even use her own husband to make an article, it wasn’t a day or two that she couldn’t get along with Shen Yijin…This little rumor shouldn’t be a big deal?

nAt least it was still far from making him blacken!

nJing Xun was relieved in an instant, and his mind turned. He began to smooth out his thoughts on this matter: “…But spreading such a rumor, isn’t it easy to investigate? Even if your reputation is damaged, and the company’s listing will slow down, but Mrs. Yang has also exposed herself right?… To Grandpa…”

n“Well, of course their purpose is not just this.”

nShen Yijin lowered his eyes indifferently, and his long eyelashes instantly covered the emotions under his eyes. Suddenly, Jing Xun, who was standing beside him, couldn’t see his eyes.

nAt the same time, he heard Shen Yijin say: “Their purpose is to drive me crazy… Xiao Xun, do you know? They killed my mother.”

nJing Xun: “……???”

n! ! !

n“Sir, how…”

nThe thing he was extremely worried about a minute ago had happened! Jing Xun found that his throat was tightened and he couldn’t speak at all.

nHe choked for a moment before reluctantly opening his mouth again: “Sir, when did you…found out….”

n“Not long ago.” Shen Yijin replied in a very calm tone, as he had always said very little.

nBut the more this happened, the more it seemed like the tranquility before the storm. Perhaps he had noticed this too, and his long drooping eyelashes were lifted again. He raised his eyes to look at the youth: “Did I scare you?”

n“No, you didn’t scare me.” Unable to think of anything, Jing Xun threw himself directly at Shen Yijin.

nHe stretched out his arms and tried to hug him with all his strength.

nLike last time, touch him as much as possible.

nHe rested his chin on the other party’s shoulder, their long necks touched, he felt the other person’s breathing, and let the other person feel his.

nJing Xun couldn’t understand how Shen Yijin felt no matter what.

nBut at a time like this, he could only use his own feelings to measure Shen Yijin’s. He thought, if it were him, he would need to be hugged…tightly.

nHe said haphazardly: “You’re upset. It is reasonable to be angry…. What happened back then, we will definitely make them pay the price. But sir, you must calm down, your mother wouldn’t want you to be impulsive…”

n“Xiao Xun.” Shen Yijin’s magnetic voice sounded, with a trace of worry: “Are you shaking?”

nJing Xun who couldn’t help shivering: “…..”

nHe didn’t want to shake either.

nTo be honest…he had never been so scared in his life.

nHe was afraid that Shen Yijin would be sad, he was afraid that Shen Yijin would be trapped in a new vicious circle, unable to get out of it. He was afraid that he couldn’t stop Shen Yijin, and what the other party was going to do…

nNo matter how difficult it was to break the firewall on the Internet, Jing Xun was confident to overcome it, and nothing could stop him.

nBut the reality wasn’t the same as the network, and the human heart was not a firewall.

nHe wanted to break through the wall of Shen Yijin’s heart, but he didn’t know where to start.

nTherefore, he was afraid.

nCan’t he be afraid…

nJing Xun didn’t know what else to say.

nBut suddenly, while he was still trembling, he was embraced by Shen Yijin.

nThe other party said in his ear: “Don’t be afraid.”

nThe big hand stabilized his waist. Shen Yijin’s voice was low, but soft: “Don’t be afraid, Xiao Xun.”

n“……”

nThis time, it was Jing Xun’s turn to become speechless because of astonishment.

n… Sir’s hand was still patting him on the

nback regularly.

nBased on the other party’s reaction, it didn’t seem like he was blacken after hearing the news.

nAs he realized it, shock and surprise combined in a split second, Jing Xun seemed to lose strength, and his body went straight down.

nBut he quickly realized that it was not the time to be paralyzed, so he reluctantly propped up his arms and stood up to look at Shen Yijin’s eyes.

nGrabbing the tie on Shen Yijin’s chest, Jing Xun looked at him carefully, and cautiously asked: “Sir, you… didn’t do anything, did you?”

nShen Yijin looked at him more suspiciously: “What are you referring to?”

n“……”

nSeeing the other party’s eyes, Jing Xun was completely relieved: “Phew.”

nHe exhaled heavily, and then said, “…I was worried that you might do something…… impulsive.”

nShen Yijin asked rhetorically: “Like something illegal and disorderly?”

nJing Xun suddenly jerked his eyes up to look at him.

nShen Yijin stretched out his hand and touched the scattered hair beside his cheek: “I promised you that I won’t do anything illegal.”

n“……”

nJing Xun remembered that on the night of their engagement, that was the night when he explained his identity to Shen Yijin. Shen Yijin had indeed promised him that he would not be blackened and would not do anything wrong.

nTheir eyes met, Jing Xun was speechless.

n…Yes, Sir had promised him.

nIt’s not that he forgot. It’s just that although Shen Yijin had made a solemn promise, there was no guarantee that he who knew the truth would remember or care about this seemingly random promise.

nAfter all, it was said that the instantly blackened villain had disowned all his relatives and friends.

nIt’s not that he didn’t believe that perhaps Sir would …… keep his sanity for his sake.

nBut no one could say for sure.

nJust in case, Jing Xun only thought about how to deal with the worst situation.

nSo from the very beginning, he didn’t take his role into consideration at all.

nBut now, it seemed that the worst hadn’t really happened yet? ?

n“Then, how do you feel now, sir? Your mother, sir, don’t worry, they will pay the price… Don’t be angry, don’t feel sad, I promise…” Jing Xun, who was finally reassured, said whatever was on his mind.

nFor a while, he was very concerned about Shen Yijin’s feelings, fearing that he would be uncomfortable.

nA moment later, he wanted to comfort Shen Yijin, telling him that wicked people would become the victim of their own evil deeds.

nThis caused what he said to jump repeatedly in two directions, until Shen Yijin stopped him and kissed him lightly.

n“Xiao Xun.”

nShen Yijin said, “Thank you.”

nJing Xun’s clear eyes met the other party’s, and he heard Shen Yijin say: “When you went to the interview in the afternoon… It was difficult for me to accept the news. But as soon as I think of Xiao Xun, I can calm down.”

n“……”

n“I promised you.” Shen Yijin raised his hand and touched his heart, his voice was as soft as a feather, scratching people’s hearts, but also powerful and sonorous.

nShen Yijin said: “I promised you that I won’t do bad things.”

nIn fact, apart from falling into the horrified rainy night that he couldn’t get out no matter what, before completely losing his emotions, Shen Yijin’s heart ought to feel yearning, incomprehension, and resentment toward his mother.

nHis mother was also suffering from a serious mental illness.

nDepression. It’s been there since he was very young.

nBut in spite of that, the precocious Shen Yijin’s memory was also full of his mother’s gentle voice and face as she lulled him to sleep.

nSo what was unacceptable to him was that his mother eventually chose to end her life, leaving him alone in this world.

nHe couldn’t help but wonder, does that kind of mother love him?

nThen why not be stronger for him?

nDoes she really love him?

nLater on, after learning more about the illness, and experiencing the pain, Shen Yijin slowly let go and forgot the hatred towards his mother.

nBut even if there was no resentment, there was really nothing left.

nUntil just now, he learned that in his memory he would gently comfort his mother who fell asleep, in fact, she didn’t want to leave him behind…

nThe idea of hate swept back in.

nHe wanted to avenge his mother, eradicate all those who deceived him with his own hands to make them pay for what they had done all these years, and to put his mother, who had been misunderstood by him, to rest in peace.

nAt that moment, he even suddenly found the meaning of his efforts to live for so many years——

nHe wanted to kill them all.

n……

nBut at that same moment, along with the overwhelming hatred and luster of blood, there was also a…handsome and warm face.

nThe owner of that face gently pinched his buttons. His cheeks were stained red, and he said softly, “Sir, don’t get lost.”

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nFor many years, Shen Yijin could not feel the temperature of the sun.

nHe couldn’t see any color. As if trapped in that rainy night, his world was always pale and obscure.

nBut from a certain day, it was suddenly different.

nHe who had lived until now, his life might not be completely colorless.

nHe promised youth that he would not blacken.

n“Sir, your mother has always loved you and hopes that you can be happy.” Jing Xun said seriously.

nAfter more or less understanding the other party’s feelings, Jing Xun’s voice also became a little muffled.

nHe suddenly understood one point that was not mentioned in the original book. The reason why Shen Yijin in the book turned black was not only because he hated his father and stepmother, but also because he actually recognized the killer as his mother and lived with the murderer for twenty years. At the same time, he also deeply misunderstood his biological mother for twenty years.

nFor all those years, he thought it was his mother who abandoned him.

nThis misunderstanding of his birth mother became the reason why Shen Yijin also couldn’t forgive himself.

nAlthough apart from the murderer, no one had noticed the slightest abnormality in the past twenty one years.

nThere was actually nothing wrong with Shen Yijin.

nThe paranoid and extreme Shen Yijin in the book still chose to destroy everyone all together.

nThis is precisely ‘one thought becomes a demon1“One thought becomes a Buddha, one thought becomes a demon.” It is a vernacular explanation of a sentence in the Buddhist scriptures. It says that a person’s mentality when dealing with things is very important. A positive and diligent good thought can help oneself and others solve many difficulties; a negative evil thought will bring misfortune and disaster to oneself and others.’.

nPerhaps Shen Yijin in that book became evil because he was too lonely.

nNo one would tell him that his mother must hope that he could grow up healthy and happy.

nShe would be sad to see him tortured by the illness.

nShe would be sad knowing that he chose destruction…

n…… Fortunately.

nWhat couldn’t be said to Shen Yijin in the book, he could do it now.

nHe gently lifted the other party’s hand, his fingers passed through the other party’s slender fingers, little by little the ten fingers intertwined.

nJing Xun solemnly said to him: “Sir, therefore you must sleep well and live a good life.”

nHua: No update this Thursday because I’m busy. (˘･_･˘)

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