Chapter 64 Part 1
Save him! What are you all standing around for?!
Steward Wu, seeing everyone frozen, kicked Mr. Shi aside, snatched the practitioner’s banner, and extended it into the well, shouting, “Shi Xuan! Young Master! Grab the pole! We’ll pull you up!”
The practitioner, snapping out of his daze, said, his face grim, “That’s my ritual banner! It can’t touch the Yin qi in the well!”
Who cared about that now?! Steward Wu cursed, “Get lost!”
Seeing Mr. Shi get up and approach him, Steward Wu spat, “You crawl!”
He was frantic, extending the banner further into the well, his upper body almost inside, trying to reach the bottom, but there was no tug, no resistance.
Steward Wu’s heart sank. Had Shi Xuan given up? Or… was he…
Already gone?
He stared into the well, his body turning cold. He couldn’t see Shi Xuan anymore.
Steward Wu abruptly turned and unleashed a torrent of curses at Mr. Shi. “It was Shi Xuan’s misfortune to be born into your family! If you hated him so much, why didn’t you just give him to me to raise as my son?!”
“You arrogant bastard! You stole my son’s choker, forced me to be your steward! I suggested letting Shi Xuan live with us, grow up with my son at Chengde Medical Clinic, but you refused! And you tormented him constantly!”
“Now you’ve killed your own son! I’ll call the police and have you arrested!”
Steward Wu’s eyes were bloodshot, he might not have spent as much time with Wu Heng as he did with Shi Xuan, that quiet, strange young master, but he considered him a good kid.
“You dare!” Mr. Shi, his face livid, knocked the phone out of Steward Wu’s hand and turned to the practitioners anxiously, “Masters, quickly, check if there’s any way to save my son.”
The practitioners pulled the banner out of the well, gathered around it, chanting and throwing talismans inside.
After a long while, the leading practitioner, his brow furrowed, said, “Young Master Shi seems to have been swept away by the well’s potent Yin qi. We don’t know where he is.”
Mr. Shi’s face was ashen.
Steward Wu froze. Gone without a trace? The old fool had truly destroyed his lineage?
Su Chenyu instructed the servants to give the seafood he brought back to the chef. He had caught a net full of seafood on the Dream Cruise, personally selecting the most valuable ones for Wu Heng, and bringing some back for his family.
Su Chenyu, his bare upper body covered in scales, stood before a mirror and, wincing, plucked a scale from his chest.
“Xiao Yu, glad you’re back safe and sound,” his older brother suddenly appeared, startling him, and he quickly covered himself with a jacket.
“We’re family, we knew all along, what are you hiding from us?” his brother said, patting his shoulder.
A wave of warmth washed over Su Chenyu. He had grown up in a loving and wealthy family, this was his first experience of danger and fear.
His brother then asked casually, “Can you give me one of those scales?”
Seeing his surprised look, his brother added, “So I can remember what you went through.”
Su Chenyu was about to agree when he suddenly remembered Yuan Song and Tang Xueshan.
Tang Xueshan had been trapped because Yuan Song used her wisdom tooth to create a formation, albeit for her own good.
On their flight back, Yuan Song had warned him not to give away any parts of his body, like teeth, nails, or even eyelashes, unscrupulous practitioners could use them for rituals.
He didn’t suspect his own brother, of course, but what if this happened again in the future? If his brother had his scales, he might overthink it, his brother being naturally suspicious, this could damage their relationship.
It was better to avoid such possibilities.
Su Chenyu shook his head. “No, brother, I can’t give you one.”
His brother stared at his scales. “Why?”
Su Chenyu was thinking of an explanation when his brother’s voice hardened, “What do you know?”
Su Chenyu was surprised, what could he possibly know? He was the victim here.
“How would I know?”
His brother, staring intently, hearing his almost sarcastic question, raised his voice, “Are you questioning me?!”
Su Chenyu was bewildered, not understanding his sudden anger. “Why are you so angry? Did I question you? Are you hiding something?”
Hearing “hiding something,” his brother’s expression shifted, he feigned composure. “Xiao Yu, how could I be hiding anything? I just need one of your hairs for a paternity test, it’s for work.”
Su Chenyu was stunned. “You knew all along you were adopted? And what kind of work requires a paternity test with my hair?”
The more his brother spoke, the more suspicious he sounded, Yuan Song had said he shouldn’t give away his hair either…
His brother fell silent, a darkness flickering in his eyes. His expression turned menacing as he reached out and grabbed Su Chenyu’s throat. “Your parents couldn’t have children, so they adopted me! They weren’t destined for children, but I bring luck, that’s why you were born!”
“That old man should be grateful to me, without me, your Su family line would be broken!”
Su Chenyu’s blood boiled, hearing him call his father “that old man.” “Weren’t my parents good to you?! You were adopted, but they gave you everything! You were sensitive, so Mom always took extra care of you. Barely anyone even knew you weren’t our biological brother!”
His brother retorted angrily, “Then why did that old man leave you seventy percent and me only thirty in his will?! Legally, I have equal inheritance rights!”
Su Chenyu, who loved to play and even considered being a streamer, clearly wasn’t interested in the family business, why did he get seventy percent, while he, only thirty? Just because he was adopted?
“That old man said I was more capable, that you were only good for maintaining the family business, told me to expand the empire, I would earn more than your seventy percent, all empty promises!” His brother laughed menacingly. “Fine, then I’ll make you, the mermaid, earn money for me.”
The only problem was that he was too careless, turning a mermaid into a fish-man.
