A Substitute Bride With Multiple Identities
Chapter 459 Shen Zhong, You’re Really Selfish

Chapter 459: Chapter 459 Shen Zhong, You’re Really Selfish

"Have you ever heard of the ’Drama King’ of the playing dead realm, the opossum?"

Xie Jiangzhi smiled faintly, pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose, and said, "When the opossum encounters danger, it will immediately lie down on the ground, open its mouth, stick out its tongue, close its eyes tightly, and feign death to confuse its enemies."

"The most amazing part is that its heartbeat and breathing will both temporarily stop while it plays dead, as if it truly died, thus escaping disaster."

"Your BOSS gives me the impression of being an opossum."

Immersed in searching for various medicinal herbs that could be used in medicine, Xie Jiangzhi had spent a lot of time in nature and seen many plants and animals that feign death.

Therefore, when Xiang Ling’an announced that Fu Weizhi had stopped breathing and died, Xie Jiangzhi was able to quickly realize that something was amiss.

Would a person who had started up their own laboratory just to survive, give up so easily, willingly die without any struggle at all?

Fu Weizhi’s confidants, upon hearing this, turned extremely pale.

They didn’t feel wronged about their downfall this time.

After all, they hadn’t expected that there would really be someone with such a quick-thinking mind and wild imagination to consider faking death.

If Xie Jiangzhi hadn’t been there, they might have actually succeeded in taking Fu Weizhi out.

That would have been another big trouble.

Xiang Ling’an, impressed, patted Xie Jiangzhi on the shoulder, took out his phone, and called the elite of 094 to come over and take these two men away.

It would be best to get from their mouths all of Fu Weizhi’s confidants lurking in the shadows, and eradicate these societal pests in one fell swoop.

The elite of 094 arrived quickly and swiftly took the two men away, also notifying the investigative team formed internationally.

The investigative team hadn’t expected Fu Weizhi to be so crafty, arranging such a backup plan, and hastily sent people over for interrogation.

Xie Jiangzhi and Xiang Ling’an were responsible for checking Fu Weizhi’s body and were to report back immediately if there were any issues.

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Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Shen Yanhe arrived at Shen Zhong’s ward, just in time to encounter the doctor who had just finished examining Shen Zhong.

When the doctor saw her, his face showed a hint of surprise, "You are...?"

He had been treating Shen Zhong for so long, and aside from a few men who had come to check on his condition, no one else had visited.

Shen Yanhe was the first.

Shen Yanhe pursed her lips, speaking somewhat awkwardly, "I am his... daughter."

"How is his condition now?"

This past month, she had been ordered not to leave her bed, and even the emergency surgery performed on Shen Zhong was done by Xie Jiangzhi.

Including the suppression of the gene enhancements in his body, which was also done by Xie Jiangzhi.

To this moment, she really didn’t know what the condition of Shen Zhong was.

"Mr. Shen’s daughter." The doctor saw the hospital gown on Shen Yanhe and immediately understood why she hadn’t visited him for so long.

He became a bit softer in his approach, shaking his head and saying, "His current state is not good. Although Dr. Xie gave him emergency treatment, his internal organs are still showing varying degrees of failure."

"And his cerebral cortex is not very active right now."

The doctor paused for a moment, glanced at Shen Yanhe, and added, "To put it simply, his will to live is not strong."

The most taboo thing in treating patients is when the patient’s will to live is low.

Without the desire to live, no matter how hard the doctor tries, they cannot fully bring him back from death’s door.

Shen Yanhe fell silent.

After a few seconds, she finally spoke in a hoarse voice, "I understand. I’ll go in and see him."

The doctor stepped aside slightly, "Go ahead."

After Shen Yanhe entered, the doctor shook his head and left.

Inside the ward, the beeping sound of various machines filled the air, as Shen Zhong lay on the bed, pale and emaciated.

Shen Yanhe stood half a meter away from the hospital bed, staring. For a moment, it was as if she saw Shen Huai lying there all over again.

The overlapping figures of an adult and a child in her vision suddenly caused a dull ache in Shen Yanhe’s heart.

The departure of a loved one is not a sudden storm but a lifelong dampness.

Shen Yanhe slowly came back to her senses, walked to the bedside, pulled up a stool to sit down, and stared at Shen Zhong’s face that resembled Shen Huai’s, silent and without speaking.

After what seemed like a long time, Shen Yanhe finally broke the silence, "Shen Zhong, you are quite selfish."

"Selfish in the past, selfish now."

"You left without a word when you were young, letting Ah Huai suffer from his illness until his departure, never having felt your fatherly love."

"I don’t believe that you, who can hide the defense plans of a lab, haven’t had the time to come back and look at little Huai over all these years, yet you just didn’t."

Shen Yanhe’s gaze was distant as she spoke her mind, "Grandma also waited a long time for you, during the year you disappeared, she thought you were abducted."

"An elderly woman, she would get up before dawn every day, take your photo, and ask anyone she met, ’Have you seen my son?’"

"She would ask from one end of the street to the other, throughout Haicheng, then walk to the neighboring city inquiring, even printing thousands of missing person posters."

"But you never once came to see her, not a single phone call," Yanhe’s voice was faint, "Shen Zhong, you’ve been quite a failure as a son."

Mother died in a car accident, father went missing.

The impact on her, who was still a child back then, was significant, but it was even more devastating for Ye Min.

Not only did she have to put on a brave face to manage her daughter-in-law’s funeral, but she was also worried her son might have been lured away to the mountains, and constantly feared for his safety.

Shen Yanhe remembered that in just a mere half-month, Ye Min had aged several years, her back bent and unable to straighten.

If there was someone Shen Zhong had truly wronged, it ought to be Ye Min.

She never enjoyed a day of happiness from her son and had to live in constant fear and apprehension.

"The immortal organization matter has been resolved, and I heard from international sources that you were involved in human experimentation, but in consideration of me, you won’t face the death penalty."

"Nevertheless, you can’t avoid a few years in prison," Shen Yanhe sighed, her gaze falling on Shen Zhong as she asked him, "Are you sure you want to keep lying down? Don’t you want to get up and see Grandma?"

Shen Yanhe gently bit her lip, slowly extended her hand, grabbed Shen Zhong’s hand, and placed it on her still-flat belly.

She said, "Don’t you want to see your unborn grandchild?"

Having said that, there was still no reaction from Shen Zhong on the hospital bed.

Shen Yanhe closed her eyes and sighed deeply within her heart.

Should she just let Shen Zhong end his life in his sleep?

Shen Yanhe had thought about this issue.

She knew very well that for Shen Zhong, living was too difficult, too painful.

He had too many regrets in his life.

Lost his wife in his youth, his son in middle age.

And his hands were stained with the blood of too many innocents.

Now he had seen Shen Yanhe achieve happiness.

He didn’t want to live.

Shen Yanhe could understand.

But every time she thought of Ye Min at home, who had always hoped to see Shen Zhong once more,

Shen Yanhe couldn’t let him die.

Shen Yanhe placed Shen Zhong’s hand back on the hospital bed, took out a small porcelain bottle from her pocket, poured out a small pill, and stuffed it into his mouth.

The pill melted upon entering the mouth, sliding down into his stomach through the throat.

After administering the medicine, someone knocked on the door of the ward.

A male voice came from outside, "Team leader, Mr. Xie sent me to inform you that Fu Weizhi is not dead."

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