Five years after my wife's death, she came back!

Shi Ying waited listlessly in the car, when suddenly Xiao 8 emitted a sharp, explosive sound in her mind: [Yingbao, your boyfriend is going to kill someone!]

Shi Ying: 【! What happened?】

Xiao 8 relayed what had happened in a corner not far away, and Shi Ying hurriedly opened the car door and ran out.

"Shang Chen Inkstone!"

Just as Shang Chenyan was preparing to cut off the man's fingers one by one, he suddenly heard an urgent call.

His expression changed, he threw the knife on the ground, and quickly walked out.

Shi Ying stood under the streetlight, watching the man emerge from the darkness, and quickly ran over to hug him.

Shang Chenyan's body stiffened slightly, but he managed a weak smile and patted her back: "What's wrong? Are you scared being alone?"

"Hmm..." Shi Ying tried to peek into the corner, but it was too dark to see anything clearly. She tentatively asked, "Did something happen? Who was that person?"

She tilted her head up from his embrace, and looking into her eyes, Shang Chenyan couldn't bring himself to lie. He could only downplay the situation: "He's the former owner of a company we acquired before."

"Does he hold a grudge against you because you acquired their company?"

Shang Chenyan hummed in agreement: "You could say that."

Shi Ying didn't understand business matters, but she knew she couldn't let Shang Chenyan do anything illegal or disorderly, so she said, "He just attacked me with a knife, how about we take him to the police station?"

Shang Chenyan was taken aback. Police station?

Indeed, in the eyes of a well-behaved child like Shi Ying, one should call the police when something happens. But he is different; he has always enjoyed torturing those who have offended him.

Sometimes, he feels a secret excitement when he sees blood.

"Shang Chenyan, you can't do anything reckless. What if someone finds out?" Shi Ying grabbed his hand. "What will I do if someone sees you doing something bad?"

"We're going to spend our lives together, I won't allow anything to happen to you."

Shang Chenyan wanted to say that he would be fine.

But seeing Shi Ying's nervous look, his heart softened completely.

She said they were going to spend their whole lives together.

Then he can't do anything too outrageous, or he'll scare her.

"No, I won't." Shang Chenyan rubbed her head. "I won't do anything bad, and I won't leave you alone."

Shi Ying hugged him and rubbed against him, saying, "Let's go back then, that person..."

"I will hand it over to the police."

Shi Ying breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the answer.

Such an accident only happened once. After that, Shang Chenyan remained as gentle as ever, and Xiao 8 never sounded the alarm again.

It's early summer again.

On Shang Chenyan's twentieth birthday, Shi Ying made an appointment with him to go to his apartment to eat cake together.

But that night, she waited for a long time and no one came.

Shi Ying was getting anxious because she couldn't get through to Shang Chenyan by phone. She asked Xiao 8 to check his location and found that he was in the park.

When Shi Ying went over, she saw the boy sitting quietly in the pavilion, his hair a little messy, staring blankly at the calm lake.

A lamp hangs from the top of the pavilion, emitting a soft glow. All around is quiet, with only the occasional croaking of frogs and chirping of cicadas from the grass.

Shi Ying walked over quietly and sat down next to him.

She didn't speak, and neither did Shang Chenyan. The two of them just watched the full moon and stars reflected on the lake.

After an unknown amount of time, Shang Chenyan finally spoke: "I just went home."

Actually, he didn't want to call that place home.

Her father was abroad, her older sister was away on a business trip, and only Cheng Suyun was at home.

He used to not celebrate his birthday and never go home on this day, but after being with Shi Ying, he seemed to have developed a little bit of hope for life, so he went home today.

Cheng Suyun asked him why he came back, and he didn't know what to say.

He said it's his birthday today and he wanted to come back to see her?

He didn't answer, but Wang Ma said with a smile, "Madam, today is the young master's birthday."

Cheng Suyun was somewhat stunned, then looked at him with amusement: "Birthday? You're celebrating your birthday? How can you be so shameless?"

Shang Chenyan stood there silently for a long time before finally saying, "Why can't I celebrate my birthday?"

"My brother is gone, can't I be happy?"

After Shang Xu'an left, he never celebrated his birthday again. Upon hearing these words, Cheng Suyun immediately erupted.

She said a lot of nasty things, smashed things on the table all over the floor, and the flying shards of porcelain cut Shang Chenyan's hand.

Wang Ma hurriedly stopped Cheng Suyun, signaling Shang Chenyan to leave first, and then sent someone to call Shang Haisheng.

Shang Chenyan turned and left.

He didn't want Shi Ying to see him in such a disheveled state, so he didn't go home.

But she still came looking for me.

When Shang Chenyan spoke to Shi Ying about his childhood for the first time, even though Shi Ying had already learned about him from his profile before entering the game, she still couldn't help but feel heartbroken when she heard him say it in person.

She hugged Shang Chenyan from behind: "Shang Chenyan, your brother's death was never your fault. The person who killed him has been brought to justice. Don't punish yourself for someone else's mistake."

"Isn't it my fault?" Shang Chenyan looked at the dark sky, but Cheng Suyun still felt it was his fault.

"Of course it's not your fault." Shi Ying cupped his face and said earnestly, "You are also a victim. Just because you didn't lose your life doesn't mean you are a victim."

"Your brother wants you to leave because he loves you as his younger brother and wants you to live happily, instead of punishing yourself for someone else's mistakes."

Shi Ying rubbed his face hard: "Shang Chenyan, you're so smart, why do you get so hung up on someone else's opinion?"

Shang Chenyan understood these principles perfectly well, but the fact that his closest relatives disliked him so much made him start to doubt himself.

"You're the best in my heart. Even if she doesn't like you, I'll like you twice as much." Shi Ying smiled at him, her eyes crinkling. "I'll like you even more, okay?"

She has a pair of very beautiful eyes, which sparkle like starlight when she looks at me.

Shang Chenyan held her tightly in his arms.

That night was the first time Shi Ying stayed overnight in his apartment.

She was a little nervous; Xiao 8 had already locked herself in the dark room.

A burning hot body pressed against her back. Shi Ying's eyes widened like saucers, a hint of barely perceptible anticipation mixed with tension.

But Shang Chenyan did nothing; he just held her while she slept.

Shi Ying was inexplicably disappointed.

Four years is a long time, but also a short time.

On graduation night, when Shang Chenyan proposed to her, Shi Ying asked Xiao 8, "Can I stay here?"

Little 8 happily twirled around: 【Of course! Yingbao can think of this place as a parallel world. Theoretically, you can stay here for your entire life, unless something unforeseen happens, or you yourself want to leave.】

Shi Ying didn't know if she was being too impulsive, but at least at that moment, she knew clearly that she wanted to stay and spend her life with Shang Chenyan.

In fact, it wasn't just that she gave Shang Chenyan care; she also received the love she lacked from him.

That night, in the apartment, Shang Chenyan pressed her down on the soft bed and kissed her wantonly.

Shi Ying felt dizzy and didn't even have the strength to cling to his shoulder.

But at the crucial moment, Shang Chenyan stopped.

Shi Ying, left hanging in limbo, couldn't help but kick him: "Are you going to do it or not?"

Shang Chenyan smiled and kissed her: "Baby, we didn't have any spare condoms."

Shi Ying hesitated for a moment, then blushed and said shyly in a low voice, "It's okay... inside..."

Anyway, she's going to stay.

They were going to get married and have children; everything seemed so natural.