hotmtlnovel Chapter 135 The Shen Family’s Shocking Secret
Chapter 135 The Shen Family’s Shocking Secret
"Why would you want to do something stupid when you have so much wealth and glory?"
The man spoke with contempt, seemingly not caring at all about the person who had fallen to the ground.
More and more blood was gushing out of her chest, and blood was oozing from the corners of her mouth, but she still used all her strength to raise her hand to grab the man's trouser leg.
He mumbled a few unclear words.
"You... let her go... let her go..."
"Get out of here! Don't dirty my clothes!"
The man stepped hard on the hand of the only daughter of the Shen family, and then kicked her into the water.
"Pfft!"
A light layer of blood floated on the water surface. When a wave came, the blood gradually dissipated with the water flow.
It all came to her in a flash, and she was speechless.
She didn't understand why an ordinary afternoon suddenly turned into what it is now.
The man turned around and when he saw the fear on her face, he smiled.
"Ms. Zhou Jianren? This name doesn't sound nice. From now on, you should call her Shen Xiangzhi."
Shen Xiangzhi is the name of the only daughter of the Shen family.
Her current state was no longer terrified. Her legs were weak and she was overwhelmed by a huge sense of fear. She could only let these people take her away.
And as for Shen Xiangzhi who had sunk to the bottom of the river, it seemed that no one remembered her.
It was as if her appearance was all an illusion of Zhou Jianren.
It was not until she was walking back from the dock and passing a street not far from her home that she saw the raging fire.
That came out of her house.
In an instant, all her rationality was shattered, and she just wanted to go back and see how her parents were doing.
But how could the person who was oppressing her let her get her wish?
The leader looked at the place where the flames were rising into the sky, snorted coldly, and raised his hand.
"Miss Shen is sick again. Doctor, why don't you give her a sedative? It would be bad if she hurts herself."
She struggled violently, tears rolling down her eyes, and she kept begging, but no one paid any attention to her.
After the needle pierced her arm, she lost all her strength.
In the corners of my eyes, all I could see was the fiery red sky.
The man seemed to have a bad taste in his stomach. He let her watch the fire burn the whole area clean before he led his men towards the Shen Mansion.
When Shen's mother saw her, she burst into tears and hugged her in her arms.
"My little Zhi, what happened to you? It's okay, it's okay, mommy is here!"
She really wanted to say that Shen's mother was not her mother, but the great grief made her voice hoarse.
From then on, she was locked up in the room where Shen Xiangzhi lived before. Everything here reminded her that the owner of the room was dead, and you had taken her place.
She was making a fuss about wanting to go out and go home.
But all she got was the doctor's sedatives and handfuls of medicine that she was forced to swallow.
She was like a rag doll being manipulated.
She knew very well that she could not leave the Shen family.
The school announced that Zhou Jianren had been executed for attempting to kidnap and blackmail Shen Xiangzhi.
As for Shen Xiangzhi, he had health problems due to being kidnapped and falling into the water, so he temporarily took a leave of absence from school.
How did Zhou Jianren know all this? Of course, Shen Anguo told her.
Shen Anguo was the only warmth Zhou Jianren had after being imprisoned in the Shen family, although this warmth could not bring her any practical benefits.
But many times, Shen Anguo's appearance allowed her to avoid taking any medicine or sedatives.
The Shen family tried to brainwash her.
This was what she figured out on the third day of being trapped in the Shen family.
As time went by, Zhou Jianren felt that her time of wakefulness seemed to be getting shorter. More often than not, she was like an obedient machine, doing whatever the doctor said.
But there was also some pretense on her part.
She wanted to go home so much, even though her parents might have died long ago as Shen Anguo said.
But she still wanted to go home, back to Zhou Jianren's home.
Gradually, the Shen family began to allow her to move around the house, even though there were several people watching her.
But this slight bit of slackness made her realize that she was not pretending enough.
During this period, she discovered that Shen Anguo was actually a little different from the Shen family. He was very kind at heart.
However, kindness is a quality that is absolutely useless to the Shen family.
Zhou Jianren saw Shen Anguo being whipped by Shen's father several times, leaving many whip marks on his body.
She couldn't bear it, so she secretly took medicine to apply to Shen Anguo at night.
It was also at this time that she learned some truths about the Shen family from Shen Anguo.
Shen Xiangzhi is indeed the biological daughter of the Shen couple, but this biological daughter is not the one who died in front of Zhou Jianren.
The real Shen Xiangzhi died long before Shen Anguo was born.
As for why the Shen family wanted to cultivate a fake Shen Xiangzhi, it was entirely because of Shen's mother's paranoia and madness.
Only when Shen Xiangzhi has a concrete form can Shen's mother's emotions remain normal and stable.
So, when the previous fake Shen Xiangzhi was about to die due to health reasons, Shen's father thought of Zhou Jianren, this outstanding female student who was completely suitable to be the next Shen Xiangzhi.
She found Shen Anguo's words unbelievable: "Then why not send Madam Shen directly for treatment?"
Then, Shen Anguo just looked at her with a miserable smile.
"My sister's death was not an accident, and my father did not want my mother to be out of his control."
These few words made Zhou Jianren's heart tremble violently.
Shen Xiangzhi was accidentally killed by his father.
He couldn't let Shen's mother out of his sight. If this matter were to be told to others, everything would be over for him.
But, isn’t Shen Xiangzhi his biological daughter?
"My father is a man who only cares about himself. Does he care whether my sister is his biological daughter or not?"
Yes, he wouldn't care at all. If Mr. Shen cared about this, she would not become the second fake Shen Xiangzhi.
For nearly a year thereafter, Zhou Jianren worked hard to find a qualified Shen Xiangzhi.
She reminded herself almost all the time that she was Shen Xiangzhi.
Only in this way can she walk out of this deep house.
Sure enough, at the beginning of another school year, she was allowed to return to school to attend classes.
But this time when she returned to school, she was not Zhou Jianren, but Shen Xiangzhi.
Not long after, Shen Anguo and others were forced in.
Although she knew that part of the reason for this was to allow Shen Anguo to monitor her movements, she did not deliberately avoid it.
There were even several times when Zhou Jianren would take the initiative to greet Shen Anguo.
And this of course also includes witnessing three people being bullied at school.