After Breaking Up, I Married the Dying Tycoon in a Flash
Chapter 36: Nightmare Revisited

Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Nightmare Revisited

In the moment when the light suddenly disappeared, Bian Yue felt a tightness in her heart, her throat abruptly losing its voice.

She squatted on the ground, her chest stuffy, and her own breathing becoming heavier and heavier.

The surrounding darkness seemed to take Bian Yue back to that night at the Bian Family—

the night when both her parents died.

In the classic European-style hall, 16-year-old Bian Yue sat on the sofa, crying desperately. She wanted to cry her eyes dry, as if only by doing so could she empty her soul and lose the ability to feel pain.

minutes earlier, a lawyer had come by to announce the death of the Bian couple, and he read the will publicly. They had left all their assets to Bian Yue.

That was the Bian Family of Xiangjiang, one of the dominant triad forces alongside the Shen and Li Families, controlling the absolute wealth and power of speech in Xiangjiang.

And now, Bian Yue owned the entire Bian Family.

"I’m deeply saddened by the death of my big brother and his wife, but how can all these things be left just to Bian Yue? She’s only 16, what does she know!"

The speaker was Bian Liang, Bian Yue’s uncle.

Bian Yue used to really like this uncle. He was knowledgeable and wise, and he would take her, a young girl, to skip class and watch concerts.

He was always so good to her.

But now, he no longer had the appearance of a caring parent, his eyes full of greed, and he said, "Bian Yue, listen to your uncle. Leave the money to me, and your uncle will manage it well for you, okay?"

Bian Yue still had her wits about her, and grief didn’t turn her into a fool. She said, "No... it can’t be, I need to keep the money."

What responded to her was a slap in the face.

"Shameless! At such a young age, you’re so greedy!" Bian Liang was so angry that his face was distorted. He bit his teeth as if he wished he could bore a hole in Bian Yue with his gaze, and he said viciously, "You should have died with your parents! You’re a plague!"

Bian Yue was slapped to the point of falling over the sofa, unable to move, seeing stars, and feeling nauseated to the point of vomiting.

She had acquired a fortune that was too covetable.

This fortune was enough to turn relatives against one another.

Bian Yue heard Bian Liang saying to the equally cold and disdainful onlookers, "Since the child doesn’t understand, she needs to be taught a good lesson. Someone, lock her up in the storeroom to reflect properly!"

The aging butler, who had watched Bian Yue grow up, couldn’t hold back any longer, and knelt in front of Bian Liang, "The young lady is still young, Deputy General Bian, please don’t be so harsh with her!"

The butler received an even colder and harsher response from Bian Liang, who said, "A disobedient dog needs to be trained, and only then will it know who its master is and understand the meaning of obedience."

And so, Bian Yue was locked in the storeroom.

For seven full days, she had nothing but the most basic water and a bit of spoiled food.

She nearly died in there.

And now, the nightmare repeated.

Bian Yue curled up on the ground, the piercing cold seeping through the concrete floor into her bones, an unbearable pain assaulting her.

Bian Yue really wanted to scream for help, but the moment she opened her mouth, for some reason, the name she shouted was "Shen Jinci."

Perhaps it was because before the man left, he told her, ’If anything happens at home, remember to contact me.’ Bian Yue dared not reach out, but at this moment, she deeply regretted that she should have made more contact.

After all is said and done, her life has been so tragic, it seems now the only person she can trust is him alone....

Bian Yue’s breathing became heavier and heavier, her eyelids very heavy, her body’s instinct for self-preservation was dragging her into a deep and dark nightmare...

Fengcheng Group, the routine morning meeting.

The Crown Prince of Li Family had been absent from the court for a few days, and the veterans within the group were getting restless again. Today, seeing Li Sihe, who had not appeared for several days, they all wilted like frostbitten eggplants, losing their vitality.

Li Sihe’s expression was gentle, smiling and telling everyone it had been tough.

"I haven’t been at the group these days, uncles and aunts have helped manage everything. You’ve really worked hard."

Polished pleasantries slid off his tongue effortlessly. Though discontent simmered in the hearts of many, they had to smile on the surface and say that it was only right, as after all, "we are one family."

Until Bai Xu hurriedly pushed the door open, breaking the fake and insincere harmony of the room.

Bai Xu bent down and whispered something in Li Sihe’s ear, and then everyone saw the prince, who had been modestly looking down without a word, suddenly change his expression.

He didn’t even leave a word of explanation before he stood up and strode out of the room.

"Is Mr. Li...?" Someone asked uncertainly, "Is there some emergency at home?"

"Some emergency at home?" Another director, obviously more aware of the recent icy relations between the Li Family father and son, sneered, "If there was an emergency at home, our Crown Prince would be sitting even more steadily."

The person who had an emergency was Bian Yue.

The moment Li Sihe heard that Shi An’an had not boarded the plane, his first reaction was to call Bian Yue.

No answer.

A Maybach and a Bentley passed each other in the Fengcheng Group’s underground parking garage.

Li Tingmo rolled down his window, saw Li Sihe’s car also stop with a knowing look, and smiled, "So hurried, where are you off to?"

And so, ten minutes later, father and son appeared in the same space.

Li Sihe’s expression was tense, "What have you done?"

"That’s what I should be asking you, isn’t it? Li Sihe, what exactly are you trying to do?" Li Tingmo looked at Li Sihe coldly, his eyes devoid of any familial warmth, only cold scrutiny, "What have you been plotting under my nose all these years?"

"I don’t understand what you’re implying." Li Sihe’s brow furrowed, his patience spent, "You let Shi An’an trip up Bian Yue. I pretended not to see and didn’t question you, why are you still not satisfied?"

"For such a trivial matter, you want to send Shi An’an away from Gang City, and you still have the nerve to ask why I’m not satisfied?" Li Tingmo’s expression turned utterly cold, "Shi An’an was placed by me, even if you want to punish her, you have to go through me. What I hate the most is you acting on your own!"

"Where is Bian Yue?" Li Sihe, after a brief deathly silence, looked at Li Tingmo coldly and repeated, "I just want to know, where is Bian Yue?"

"I’m not going to let you know." Li Tingmo laughed coldly, with cold authority, "You all deserve to pay the price for your cleverness!"

Li Sihe closed his eyes, as if he had already guessed Li Tingmo’s answer. He chuckled coldly, then suddenly said softly, "You are indeed just as I expected."

Li Tingmo’s expression became alert, "What do you mean?"

"It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to tell me, before getting in the car, I had already notified someone."

Li Tingmo’s expression grew even uglier, staring at Li Sihe, his teeth clenched, "Who?"

With an emotionless face, Li Sihe opened his eyes, a picture of calm. He laughed self-mockingly and said, "Who else? Shen Jinci."

Li Tingmo’s pupils slowly dilated, his overwhelming shock making him dazed for a long time before he murmured, "Have you lost your mind?"

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