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The rope holding the guillotine has broken. From the moment Ji Chenfeng learned the truth, I was getting increasingly closer to my “death”.

I didn’t go to the company again, nor did I contact anyone. Staying in the rented house all day long, I closed the thick curtains and spent my days watching movies, daydreaming, drinking, and sleeping.

Dirty clothes were scattered everywhere, but if it doesn’t smell bad, just continue to wear them. Trash cans were filled with takeout boxes, and coffee tables weren’t spared either. Sometimes I can’t even remember whether I have eaten anything or not. When I checked the time of my last takeout order, I found that my last meal was already 24 hours ago.

Tang Bian called me several times, and every time I thought that he was here to sentence me to death, but it wasn’t the case.

I suddenly claimed to be ill and stayed home. I didn’t go to the company for a month, and the employees there were already talking about it. As for Sang Zhengbai, Tang Bian said that he had been covering for me, and even Tang Zhaoyue thought that I was just sick and needed to work from home. What they didn’t know was that Tang Bian actually logged in to the system to approve all those documents for me.

The outside world was calm as if nothing had happened. But how is that possible?

I don’t understand. What is Ji Chenfeng waiting for? Why didn’t he go to Sang Zhengbai’s and tell him the truth? It’s been a month, so why haven’t I been stripped of my dragon robe and thrown out of the Sang family by now?

Death is not terrifying, what is terrifying is waiting for death. The speed at which the guillotine above my head fell was too slow, beyond my imagination, and even made me feel the urge to run and ask Ji Chenfeng what he meant. However, due to my self-esteem, these are just thoughts and cannot be truly put into practice.

If he wanted to torture me, just torture me. I wasn’t surprised that he would treat me like this.

The rapid ringing of the doorbell woke me up from my deep sleep. I subconsciously got up and rolled under the sofa.

The empty wine bottle was brought to the ground by me, it wasn’t broken and just rolled to the bottom of the coffee table. My head was very painful and my body felt heavy, not knowing if it was due to a hangover or sleeping pills.

Struggling to stand up from the ground, I slowly walked towards the door after the darkness in front of me cleared up.

“Young Master, you have finally opened the door. I have been pressing the button for a long time. Ah, what’s this smell?” He sniffed slightly and then covered his nose. “Young Master, how long has it been since you took out the trash?”

How long? I don’t remember. I don’t even know the current time, so how could I remember such a thing?

“What are you doing here?” After wiping my face, I turned around and went into the house without greeting him.

There was also a small half bottle of whiskey on the coffee table, placed among the white takeout boxes, standing out like a chicken. I forgot when it was opened, yesterday, or the day before yesterday? It was an alcoholic beverage in the first place, so it should still be drinkable after being stored for a long time.

“Mr. Sang asked you to come. He wants to see you.”

The wine bottle was hanging in the air, and I turned to look at him, “He just said he wanted to see me?”

Tang Bian looked around the mountain of garbage piled up in the house, showing a confused expression. After he came in, he just stood in the relatively clean area of the entrance hall.

“I don’t know the details. My mother asked me to pick you up. Judging from her tone, it sounded like something important.” He changed his expression and repeated the words in Tang Zhaoyue’s tone, “Go and pick up Sang Nian as soon as possible. Mr. Sang wants to see him.”

Oh, after torturing me for a month, did Ji Chenfeng finally decide to take action now?

I raised my head and drank the wine, before throwing the empty bottle back on the coffee table. I wiped the overflowing wine from my lips and said to Tang Bian: “I see, just wait for me for a while, I’ll take a shower and change clothes.”

The death row prisoner still needs to eat his last meal before his execution. Now that the guillotine had already fallen, there was no way I could end my life as “Sang Nian” in such a messy state.

Wiping away the mist from the mirror, I stared at my pale and emaciated self in the mirror. I stiffly raised the corner of my lips, and the reflection in the mirror immediately showed a forced and strange smile.

It’s so ugly. Once the muscles on both sides of the cheeks relaxed, the corners of the lips drooped, turning into a face full of bitter hatred.

How could this be done? With such a face, anyone can tell that I have turned into a drowned dog.

Adjusting the angle and trying until I simulated the smile that looked the most satisfying and similar to before, I stopped doing this.

My hair hasn’t been taken care of for a month, so it’s a bit long. I applied hair wax and styled it a little, making it look a bit lively.

When I put on the clothes, I felt that the size was too big, but I didn’t care. I just thought it was a problem with the clothes, but when I put on the pants, I felt that they were a little loose. Suddenly, I realized that it was not that the clothes were too big, but that I had lost weight.

In just one month, my waist has become so thin that even my pants have turned loose…

After getting ready, I walked out of the bathroom and found that the garbage scattered everywhere in the house was gone. The washing machine and the dryer were busy running, and even the litter boxes of the two cats seemed to have been cleaned.

“Young Master.” Tang Bian was adding food to the cat’s bowl. When he looked up and saw me, he put down the bag and ran over.

“Let’s go.” I said, turning around and walking towards the door first.

Hong City is still a bit cold in March, but the snow has melted and buds are gradually sprouting from the bare treetops.

Spring has arrived.

I haven’t been out for a month, but looking out the car window, it seemed as if I’m in another world, always feeling like it was still winter yesterday.

In the car, Tang Bian occasionally glanced at me with a hesitant expression on his face.

“Young Master…” While waiting for a red light, he finally couldn’t help but speak out, “Did you have a fight with Miss Gu? You used to be intolerant of dirty and old things, and had to keep everything in your sight spotless. A suit you wore once had to be washed, and you were extremely picky about whatever you eat. I have never seen you like this before, it doesn’t look like you are sick, but looks as if you are heartbroken.”

“Gu Ying and I are fake.”

Tang Bian said “Oh” and quickly turned to look at me: “Huh? Fake? But you are already engaged?”

“Fake.” I emphasized the key point and said it again.

Tang Bian remained silent, the green light was up, and the vehicles continued to move forward.

After two minutes, he suddenly said: “Actually, I already have some doubts. Miss Gu is very good, but you don’t seem to be very happy when you are with her.”

“From the moment you moved out of the apartment to the hotel, I thought you were in love. You moved out because you didn’t want others to disturb you. Then you changed your place again. It was far away from the company and very close to Fly City, so I guessed that maybe the girl is from a poor family. You were afraid that your father would disapprove, so you had to hide her. Later you decided to get engaged, and I thought you and that ‘Cinderella’ broke up…”

“On New Year’s Eve, you asked me to send you to Fly City. It was snowing in the sky, and when you walked down the long steps, I knew that this was the end. You looked so sad and heartbroken, more so than ever. I was even afraid that you’ll cry in the next second.”

Was I sad?

Frowning, I turned back to look at Tang Bian and denied, “I wasn’t sad or crying. Stop talking nonsense to me.”

Tang Bian shook his head as if he couldn’t help it and said without fear: “I knew you wouldn’t admit it. I know, I know, you were not sad or crying. It’s me who’s blind.”

Arriving at the Zhengyi Group, I was about to get out of the car when Tang Bian stopped me and asked if I needed him to take me back later.

Before going up, I am the only son of the Sang family. After coming down, I may be a poor boy from the slums. I’m afraid I won’t even be able to afford this car.

Shaking my head, I told him no. Looking at his young and childish face, and thinking that I might never see him again, I sighed, “You kid, be more discerning in the future, try to learn more from your mother, and don’t always get bullied by others, learn to fight back, okay?”

Upon hearing this, Tang Bian’s face showed a puzzled expression, but it was replaced by a bright smile in the blink of an eye: “It doesn’t matter, I have an elder brother. If I get bullied, my brother will help me fight back.”

Tang Bian’s parents divorced when he was eight years old. After that, he never saw his father again, and even his surname was changed to his mother’s surname. Tang Zhaoyue still hasn’t remarried, completely focusing on her career. Even if a child is born, it should still be a younger brother. Where did this elder brother come from?

Perhaps it’s some powerful cousin. I couldn’t possibly know all his relatives. Thinking this way, I opened the door and got out of the car.

“Goodbye, brother!” After taking only two steps, Tang Bian’s voice came from behind.

I widened my eyes in surprise and turned around unexpectedly, only to see the slowly rising window glass of the SUV driving away.

Because I am too lazy to introduce his identity to others, whether it’s an assistant, driver, or servant, it doesn’t seem right, so I always tell others that he is my younger brother, so that they will not ask more questions. Unexpectedly, he actually took the casual joke seriously.

If he is bullied, he should fight back on his own. He is not my real brother, so how can I help him every time? Besides, I just treated him as a dog. If a dog is beaten by someone, of course the owner will have to make the other party suffer twice the loss.

After staying in a dark environment for too long, the spring sunshine pierced my eyes, making me feel sore and swollen.

I forcefully closed my eyes, and when I opened them again, the soreness subsided. I took a deep breath, mobilized my muscles all over my body, and made my appearance impeccable. Then, I strode forward to the grand entrance of Zhengyi Group.

Ji Chenfeng, Sang Zhengbai, and Xu Xi were sitting in three different positions within the office. As soon as I entered the door, they all looked at me together.

Is this going to be a three-party trial?

Among the three pairs of eyes, Sang Zhengbai was serious, Xu Xi was worried, and Ji Chenfeng was the most understated. After glancing at me while holding the tea cup, he quickly withdrew his gaze.

I haven’t seen him for a month, and there hasn’t been much change in him. He was dressed in black and looked as cold as ever. He seems to have eaten well and slept well, as if he has forgotten all the disgusting things about me.

“Good afternoon.” Without finding a place to sit down, I straightened my back and put my hands in my trouser pockets. I stood in front of them and decided to face the “trial” in this posture.

“Sang Nian, I called you here this time because there is something I need to tell you.” Sang Zhengbai clasped his hands and placed them on the desk, saying solemnly, “This Mr. Ji found me today and gave me suicide letter from his adoptive mother, Ms. Yan. The letter said that you are her son and Mr. Ji is my son. She exchanged him with you when she was a nanny in our house back then. “

He chose his words very carefully: “Although it sounds very ridiculous, Ms. Yan did take care of you more than 20 years ago. In order to convince Mr. Ji and to let the truth of the matter come to light, I would like to arrange a paternity test to verify the blood relationship between me and Mr. Ji, as well the blood relationship between you and me.”

I was stunned. Yan Shanhua died? Before she died, she even left a letter to make the events of that year public and clear Ji Chenfeng’s name?

Based on Ji Chenfeng’s character, even though Yan Shanhua had deceived him for more than 20 years, she was the mother who raised him. During the last stage of her life, he would never take the initiative to reveal the fact that he knew the truth, let alone ignore the other party for this. Last month, he must have stayed with Yan Shanhua as if he knew nothing, to take care of her, watch over her, and accompany her through the last journey of her life.

Yan Shanhua would never dare to tell Ji Chenfeng the truth until her death, otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to repay him.

So, while begging for my forgiveness, that woman still made her choice.

She chose Ji Chenfeng and once again… gave up on me.

Instead of being angry, I felt like laughing, laughing like crazy.

“Xiao Nian, don’t think too much. No matter what the outcome is, you are still a child of our family.” Seeing that I didn’t speak, maybe because she was afraid that I would be angry, Xu Xi hurriedly spoke out to comfort me.

Without responding to her words or commenting on the paternity test, I turned to Ji Chenfeng and said with a half-smile, “I thought you waited a month just to torture me.”

When Ji Chenfeng heard this, he raised his eyes from the tea cup, looked at me for a moment, and uttered four words very clearly: “You thought too much.”

I was unable to refute.

I knew it when I heard the news of Yan Shanhua’s death. He didn’t expose me, not to torture me, let alone have any affection for me. Simply put, he only cared about Yan Shanhua’s feelings and didn’t want to cause any more trouble before her death, which has nothing to do with me.

Zhou Jiyu once said that when Ji Chenfeng finds out that he was only holding onto a phantom moon in the water, he would never have any nostalgia again. At that time, I was quite disdainful, but it turned out to be true.

These days, I’m just being too sentimental.

“There is no need to do a paternity test.” I admitted to Sang Zhengbai, “I am not your son, Ji Chenfeng is.”

Sang Zhengbai seemed very surprised and looked puzzled: “You already know?”

Ji Chenfeng just came to deliver the letter, but didn’t say anything else?

This counterattack is not strong enough. How can you be so merciful to your enemies?

“I found out three years ago. I have always tried to conceal the truth. Not only did I bribe Yan Shanhua with money, I also used my body to seduce Ji Chenfeng.”

As my words fell, the expressions of the three people present changed.

I smiled proudly and continued: “Dad, both of your sons are gay.”

Even if the head is broken, it must still be valuable, at least at the last moment, to disgust more people.

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