I'll give my daughter one more second.

"Alright, I'll believe you this once. But after this is all resolved, you must explain the whole story to me." Shi Yu looked at Wu Shen with utmost seriousness.

“I understand.” This time, Wu Shen nodded solemnly.

Then, as if he had thought of something, he took out a pendant from his pocket. However, this one was engraved with a strange creature that was sheep-shaped, resembled a Qilin, and had a single horn on its forehead. Moreover, it was carved from a peculiar jet-black jade.

Wu Shen hid the item behind his back, then plunged his thumb into the unicorn horn. A trickle of blood seeped out and soaked the jade pendant. After the blood was completely absorbed, Wu Shen took out the pendant and handed it to Shi Yu.

"What is this?" Shi Yu curiously took the pendant and looked at it, but couldn't see anything.

"Hmm... just consider it a celebratory gift from me. I forgot to give it to you at yesterday's celebration party." Wu Shen rubbed his nose and then instructed, "It's best to carry this with you at all times, preferably around your neck. It's something like a talisman."

"Amulets? Like the kind sold by shrine maidens?" Shiyu asked curiously.

"This thing is much more useful than that pile of junk that's a pain in the neck," Wu Shen said with a smile.

It's unclear who's targeting him right now, but to prevent them from targeting those close to him, getting some insurance is absolutely necessary.

Speaking of which, giving this to someone of the opposite sex carries the meaning of a token of love; it can even serve as a substitute for a wedding ring. It just feels like it should be given when the atmosphere is more intimate. Wu Shen felt a little regretful about this. But at a time like this, he couldn't worry about such things.

"I will take good care of it." Shi Yu nodded and put the pendant around her neck in front of Wu Shen. Then she tucked the jade carving inside her clothes so that it was almost invisible from the outside.

Seeing that Shi Yu had put on the pendant, Wu Shen didn't linger. After picking up his schoolbag, he left the school.

During the journey, Wu Shen took out his phone and tried to search for the location of the Yukino family's company, hoping to try his luck there and see if he could find Yang Nai and confront her on the spot.

However, while walking on the road, he suddenly realized that he was being followed by several people, who eventually closed in and surrounded him.

The other party was not dressed as thugs; on the contrary, they were all dressed in suits and wearing sunglasses, with strong physiques, like characters from a movie.

"What do you want from me? To cover up a murder? Or to start a brawl?" Wu Shen looked up, put his phone away, and asked.

"You've been watching too many movies. Someone from our superiors wants to see you. Please cooperate and come with us." A leader adjusted his black-rimmed glasses and said in a gruff voice.

"We are from the Jiying Group. Come with us obediently. We advise you not to try to escape. We don't want to hurt anyone."

"The Jiei-gumi? The Black Society? Isn't that illegal? Oh right, this is Japan, it seems to be legal here." Wu Shen figured out who the other party was, and was also a little disappointed.

So they weren't here to cause trouble? You guys aren't playing by the rules! What happened to the expected domineering aura? I'm utterly disappointed. If they had just started beating me up, I could have at least warmed up. But these people are surprisingly polite.

Wu Shenke is a principled and exemplary young man who always believes in repaying kindness with kindness and repaying evil with evil.

"Come with me." Wu Shen waved to them.

"What do you mean?" The group looked at each other, confused about what Wu Shen was doing.

"Come with me to the alley; it's not convenient to talk on the main street."

So the group of men followed Wu Shen into the alley, dumbfounded. There were no screams or pleas for mercy; everything was so quiet, and this silence was rather eerie. Soon, Wu Shen emerged alone, while the men in suits in the alley were all fast asleep on the ground.

"So that's how it is. I thought Yang Nai was causing trouble for me. It turns out it was her parents who did it?" Walking down the street, Wu Shen couldn't help but click his tongue.

"They're forcing me into a rented room and tampering with my student records. They're clearly trying to force me back to China," Wu Shen thought to himself.

Come to think of it, where did they get the information that I was dating Yukino and that I got pregnant and went for a checkup? That's ridiculous. Wu Shen felt a wave of embarrassment.

At first, Wu Shen thought that Yukinoshita's parents had discovered Amane's secret, but now it seems that it was just a misunderstanding on their part.

They actually acted recklessly without conducting a thorough investigation because of this misunderstanding. It seems necessary to have a talk with them about life and ideals. I might as well find a way to bring Yukino back while I'm at it.

Although Wu Shen did feel somewhat guilty because of Yu Yin, he hadn't actually done anything yet. Besides, these days love is all about free choice, so even if he had, her parents wouldn't have any reason to do so.

With the intention of clearing up the misunderstanding, Wu Shen hailed a taxi to return to his apartment. According to the information obtained by those people, Yukino was still at the apartment, waiting for them to take him there so they could return to their family to face questioning.

Given this, Wu Shen certainly couldn't let Yukino face this situation alone.

Whether he's going to clear up a misunderstanding or stir up trouble, he needs to go to the Yukinoshita family. There's an old saying, isn't there? Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

Before setting off, Wu Shen specifically used his mobile phone to search online for information about the composition of the Yukino family. He had always heard others say how powerful the Yukino family was, but he had never actually investigated it before.

After checking some local news and reports, Wu Shen learned that Yukino's father seemed to be a county councilor in the area.

It might not sound like a high-ranking official position, but that's because each country has a different hierarchical system.

Japan is divided into 47 first-level administrative divisions: one metropolis (Tokyo), one prefecture (Hokkaido), two prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto), and forty-three counties, which are further divided into cities, towns, and villages.

In Japan, a prefecture-level city is roughly equivalent to a provincial-level city in China. If we were to use a Chinese equivalent, a county councilor would be roughly equivalent to a provincial people's congress representative. However, this conversion is only approximate. Due to different national circumstances, there are subtle differences in their status and power.

The so-called county councilors are really nothing special. The real key to the Yukino family's success lies in the construction industry built by Yukino's mother, leveraging their power and status. This is because the construction industry in Japan often has ties to organized crime and is incredibly complex.

So, although the family business may seem small, it can actually be considered one of the local bigwigs.

Upon discovering this information, Wu Shen immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought the Yukinoshita family had some great power, but it turns out they're just local tyrants in this tiny patch of land? So weak, so poor, so poor. Wu Shen thought to himself.

When he returned to the apartment, he indeed saw a luxury car, all black, parked in the passageway in front of the door, with a silver goddess statue embedded in the hood.

Although the car doors were completely closed, through the window glass, one could vaguely see figures resembling Yukino and Haruno, as well as hear their conversation coming from inside.

"Sister, can't you explain to me what happened?" The clear, cold voice was clearly Yukino speaking.

"Well, I'm partly to blame too. In short, your parents seem to have mistakenly thought you and Wu Shen were dating. Now they've called you back so you can explain things properly. Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, you'll probably be fine. But Wu Shen might be in trouble."

"Wu Shen? Could it be that the landlord contacted him last night because of this?" The perceptive Yukino quickly sensed something and her voice became serious.

"The parents acted really quickly. After all, they mistakenly thought that their lovely daughter had been conceived by someone else."

"Wu Shen and I are not in that kind of relationship at all. And the new little life and stuff..." Yukino suddenly thought of Amane, and her resolute words and momentum weakened a lot in an instant.

"The point isn't whether you two are in that kind of relationship. It's that your parents have already decided you are." Yang Nai shook her head, a rare occurrence for her. "That's why I advised you to move last time, otherwise there would have been trouble sooner or later. Now that this has happened, you're partly to blame for not listening to me back then, aren't you?"

"My responsibility?" Yukino lowered her head slightly, her voice seemingly filled with self-reproach.

However, at that moment, there was a knock on the window next to the two sisters, and at the same time, Yukino's familiar voice came through.

"Hey, Yukinoshita's older sister, it's not a good thing to just shift the blame. If we're really talking about responsibility, you're fully responsible this time."

The windowpane was quickly rolled down, and the Yukinoshita sisters both showed varying degrees of surprise upon seeing Wu Shen's appearance.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't someone else have invited you to their home?" Yang Nai frowned slightly.

The events that Yang Nai had anticipated began to deviate from their expected course the moment Wu Shen appeared alone.

"You mean an invitation? It was indeed a very warm invitation. But I prefer to be a little more independent, so I came alone." As he spoke, Wu Shen leaned against the window frame, revealing an innocent smile.

“How could that be…” Yang Nai was slightly taken aback, and only now did she vaguely understand what Yueyin meant by her father being no ordinary person.

"Can I get in the car?" Wu Shen asked, sticking his head out.

“Although I don’t know the specifics, the Yukinoshita family seems to have some kind of misunderstanding about me. I think it would be better if I went to explain it to them myself.” Wu Shen said, glancing meaningfully at Yang Nai sitting in the driver’s seat in the front row.

Normally, these vehicles are driven by a designated person, but today Yang Nai was operating them herself.

"Come on up." Yang Nai was silent for a moment, then nodded and pressed the switch.

Wu Shen heard a faint clicking sound from the car door. He tried pulling it gently, and sure enough, the door opened easily. Without hesitation, Wu Shen got into the car.

Experienced driver card, beep!

"Yo, Yukino, good morning." Sitting next to Yukino in the back seat, Wu Shen turned to the side and waved to her casually.

"Good morning, my foot. As usual, the apes are still as unserious as ever." Yukino rubbed her forehead, looking like she had a headache. But her tense shoulders had visibly relaxed a lot.

"Wu Shen, are you really ready to meet my parents? I'm telling you, they're not exactly easy people to talk to."

"You should ask them if they were prepared. If they draw conclusions without proper investigation and solid evidence, I'd love to talk to them about their life goals."

Wu Shen faced the rearview mirror, his expression no different from usual, but Yang Nai, who was full of human observation and social skills, seemed to sense an atmosphere that was completely different from usual.

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Everyone says it's too short, so starting today I'll write 8000 words a day to finish this part of the story. What do you say? =v=

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Chapter 173: Tokens of Love?

The car started moving, and as it drove on, Yukino's eyes darted around, but finally, as if making a firm decision, she spoke: "Wu Shen, about this incident..."

"I know what you're trying to say. But this incident is definitely not your fault. Right, Ms. Yang Nai, the culprit?" This was the first time Wu Shen had addressed Yang Nai by her full name.

"This is the first time Wu Shen has called me by my full name. What's wrong?" Yang Nai feigned a very surprised expression.

Are you still planning to pretend you know nothing?

"Okay. I admit I went too far this time." Yang Nai sighed softly, looking repentant. But as an Oscar-winning actress, who could know what she was really thinking?

Wu Shen knew that he absolutely could not judge Yang Nai's thoughts based solely on her words and expressions.

"I originally just planned to fabricate something to separate you two before you actually did anything indescribable. But I don't know if there was a mistake or misunderstanding when I was instructing my subordinates, but after my parents found out, things turned out like this."

Of course, Yang couldn't tell the truth about Yueyin, so he could only fabricate a relatively plausible lie.

"What kind of deviation could have caused this misunderstanding?" Wu Shen couldn't help but complain.

According to his intelligence, the Yukinoshita family considers him a heartless scumbag who deceived Yukino's feelings and then dumped her. What kind of fabricated events would it take to make Yukinoshita's parents have such a bizarre perception?

Wu Shen had no intention of taking the blame for this enormous mistake. Therefore, he needed to figure out the details.

"I don't even know what my parents investigated."

While driving, Yang Nai put on an innocent expression: "After all, in our parents' eyes now, I'm your accomplice, little sister."

"So what exactly did your parents misunderstand about the situation?" Yukino asked, puzzled. Of the three people present, Yukino was the only one who didn't know the situation.

Yang was already aware of the situation, while Wu Shen used some special methods.

"Um..." Yang Nai and Wu Shen simultaneously looked away and remained silent. It would be quite awkward to explain this to the person involved.

"What's wrong? Is there something you can't say?" Yukino pressed, her voice icy.

"Does Yukino really want to hear this? Well then, I'll tell you. Don't be too surprised." Haruno said with a nonchalant expression as she began to explain.

"Originally, I just wanted my parents to mistakenly believe that you two had a tendency to engage in inappropriate relationships with the opposite sex. But it seems that someone misunderstood my instructions and instead fabricated the incident as me taking your sister, who had been in an inappropriate relationship with the opposite sex, to get a checkup to see if she was pregnant."

The matter of Tsukine had to be kept absolutely secret, so Haruno concealed some key information and began to explain the situation.

"Huh? What did you say..." Yukino was slightly taken aback. The topic had jumped so drastically that she couldn't come to her senses for a moment.

After all, the impact of this topic was simply too strong. It's normal that Yukino couldn't understand or accept it right away.