A Substitute Bride With Multiple Identities
Chapter 434: Father-Daughter Confrontation

Chapter 434: Chapter 434: Father-Daughter Confrontation

Shen Yanhe woke up five minutes ago.

When she woke, she found herself in an unfamiliar place and knew that she had probably been taken away by that young man from the immortal organization.

But she didn’t know if the place he brought her to was the immortal organization’s lair.

Had Fu Yanhe, who was still at the banquet, noticed her disappearance?

The effects of the drug had not yet completely worn off, leaving her limbs weak and her body feeling limp.

As she calculated how to escape, the door was opened.

The person who opened it was her father, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time.

Shen Zhong.

Shen Yanhe’s eyes flickered subtly.

If Shen Zhong was here, then... was this place the immortal organization’s lair?

Shen Zhong saw the cold indifference laced with a trace of wariness in Shen Yanhe’s eyes, and bitterness swelled in his throat.

He said nothing, closed the door behind him, and silently brought the medicine over to her, placing it down.

Then he squatted down, unplugged all the sockets in the room, and from a potted plant, he retrieved a listening device, crushing it under his foot before turning to face Shen Yanhe.

He didn’t dare to look at her. He lowered his head, unpacked each medicine piece by piece, sniffed them, and asked in a somewhat hoarse voice, "When did you wake up? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Despite Shen Zhong’s harmless demeanor, Shen Yanhe remained on edge, watching him intently without answering his question, but instead said, "Shen Zhong, give me the exact address of this place."

Shen Zhong’s eyes carried a hint of helplessness as he picked up a disposable cup, poured some warm water, and handed it to her, "I am your father, you should call me dad, not by my name."

Especially since they had been separated for so many years.

He, too, wanted to hear her call him dad again.

Shen Yanhe opened her mouth but didn’t say the hurtful words she had uttered the first time they met, nor could she bring herself to utter those two words.

The sense of estrangement between father and daughter after many years was not so easily dispelled.

She merely took the cup silently from Shen Zhong and took a sip.

Perceiving her resistance, Shen Zhong felt incredibly bitter, and with a resigned smile said, "Alright, if you don’t want to call me that, then don’t. Call me whatever you like."

"The place you’re in now is the headquarters of the immortal organization, and even if I tell you the exact address, you won’t be able to pass information to the outside world."

Shen Zhong said, "The lab was modified by Dr. D, and the only way to send signals to the outside is either from the room where the immortal leader is or with the chip of an immortal organization insider."

"Otherwise, the signals are always blocked and unable to transmit any messages to the outside world."

"Moreover, the chips of the internal members are constantly monitored, and if there are any signs of transmitting information to the outside, interception will occur immediately."

That included the old cell phone he had previously hidden. He had only used it once to call Fu Yanhe before it was detected.

Shen Zhong had only managed to upload the photos from his phone to the cloud before it was confiscated and he received a warning from Fu Weizhi.

With the cup in her hand, Shen Yanhe said blandly, "You just need to give me the location."

Shen Zhong sighed and acquiesced, telling Shen Yanhe the address of the laboratory, down to the longitude and latitude.

He paused, then added, "I have a floor plan of the lab on me. I’ll find an opportunity to bring it to you."

Shen Yanhe uttered a hum of acknowledgment.

No more words were exchanged between the two, and the room returned to silence once more, filled with a faint atmosphere of awkwardness and constraint.

Shen Zhong stood in the room, rubbing his hands nervously. After a long while, he dared to glance at Shen Yanhe and asked with some difficulty, "Is everything... all right at home?"

Shen Yanhe lowered her gaze and did not look at him, her grip on the cup tightened, "It’s fine."

Shen Zhong clung to a sliver of hope and opened his mouth to speak, "Little Huai, he..."

As soon as Shen Huai was mentioned, Shen Yanhe’s already indifferent voice instantly became a bit sharper, "You have no right to talk about him."

Her reaction shattered the hope in Shen Zhong’s heart.

He gave a bitter smile and lifted his hands to his face, "My fault."

Shen Yanhe pursed her lips, feeling an unpleasant taste in her heart, but she couldn’t speak softly and simply stood there in silence, confronting him.

Shen Zhong’s hands by his side clenched into fists. He took several deep breaths to forcibly suppress the surging pain in his heart and the tears that were about to fall.

"The leader of ’immortal’ told me that it was your Third Uncle who harmed Shen Huai, is that right?"

Shen Yanhe closed her eyes, her gaze sharp as she looked at him and said emotionlessly, "Yes, so I killed him."

"An eye for an eye."

Shen Zhong’s face was filled with astonishment, "You... you killed him?"

Even though Shen Zhong hated Shen Guowei deeply and wished for him to pay with his life, he still considered his own mother’s feelings.

Before Ye Min’s death, Shen Zhong wouldn’t have killed Shen Guowei.

But he never imagined that his daughter would be more ruthless and decisive than him as a father.

To actually have killed Shen Guowei...

The effects of the medicine on Shen Yanhe’s body faded somewhat, and she regained a bit of strength. She propped herself up from the bed and sat up, leaning against the headboard. She sneered sarcastically, "Yes, what, are you going to don a father’s skin and lecture me?"

Shen Zhong felt both pained and powerless. He gave a bitter smile, "What right do I have to lecture you? Besides, an eye for an eye, you did nothing wrong."

Shen Zhong was filled with unprecedented regret. He muttered bitterly, "It’s my fault. I failed to fulfill a father’s responsibility."

If only he had not been so stubborn, things would not have developed to this point.

But...

There were no ifs.

Shen Zhong felt too ashamed to stay in front of Shen Yanhe any longer. He turned his face away awkwardly and hurriedly said, "You can take all the medicine on the table. They are for nutrition. You are pregnant, so avoid strenuous activity these days."

After speaking, Shen Zhong opened the door and left in a hurry.

Shen Yanhe’s head buzzed with a jolt at his words, and her mind went blank.

She sat there blankly, looking down before slowly raising her hand to touch her flat belly.

She... she was pregnant?

She was sure they had taken contraceptive measures when she and Fu Yanhe had their moments of life-synchronicity...

No, that’s not right.

A few days ago, when her emotions were low, she and Fu Yanhe had gone too far several times, using up the condoms, and then they did it one more time.

That time without protection...

And she got pregnant just like that?

But... she had been drunk days ago and had still been with Fu Yanhe...

And afterwards, they had fought in a hotel, yet this child had somehow managed to survive.

Shen Yanhe felt complicated yet relieved, touching her still flat and sensationless belly, sighing.

Luckily, the child was strong; otherwise, she would have never known when she might have lost it.

Shen Yanhe had thought about escaping in the next couple of days, even if it meant getting hurt.

But now that she was pregnant, escaping would require more careful planning.

It was a good opportunity to stay and see who exactly the leader of the ’immortal’ organization was, whether human or ghost.

And to figure out the true purpose behind establishing this laboratory.

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