Shen Mucheng looked at them with ice-like eyes, and the invisible pressure soaked their backs with sweat, slightly avoiding his sight, not daring to look at him.
The atmosphere in the room was oppressive for a while, and it was so quiet that it seemed that even a needle dropped on the ground could be distinguished. The people present subconsciously suppressed their breathing to the minimum, not daring to disturb Shen Mucheng.
After a while, one of the two called out "BOSS", but didn't know what to say, so he could only continue to stand stiffly.
"Shen Cong, Shen Jiang." Shen Mucheng watched them slowly spit out the two names, even though they hadn't seen each other for ten years, the two still responded reflexively. This kind of reaction was instinctive and came from orders since childhood.
Shen Mucheng sat down on the sofa, tapped the seat next to him with his chin, and said to the two, "Sit."
Although Shen Mucheng told them to sit down, Shen Cong and Shen Jiang still stood motionless. After looking at each other, they suddenly knelt down towards Shen Mucheng together.
The people present did not respond to the actions of the two, as if they had already gotten used to it. Shen Mucheng took the tea handed over by others, took a sip, and looked at the two people on the ground indifferently: "What am I doing?"
"We made a mistake!" Shen Jiang said with her head down, the baby's face was full of guilt.
"Is there something wrong?" Shen Mucheng murmured, then sneered, and said in a flat tone, "Back then in city A, you had meritorious service in protecting the lord, so what's wrong with you? If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to sit here properly now , do you think so?"
Regarding his words, Shen Cong and Shen Jiang just listened silently, neither of them dared to answer.
As if expecting their reaction, Shen Mucheng's tone slowly turned cold: "I'm just a little curious, what's going on with you who have already been killed and killed?"
"BOSS..." Shen Cong gritted his teeth, "I'm sorry, it's all our fault, we want to leave the Shen family, we don't want to live like this again..."
"Enough." Shen Mucheng interrupted him, and looked at them with cold eyes, "Shen Jiang, Shen Cong, I think I'm not mean to you, if you really want to leave the Shen family, I will never stop you. Why feign death and escape?"
There used to be four right-hand assistants beside Shen Mucheng, namely Shen Yun, Shen Yu, Shen Cong, and Shen Jiang. Back then, the two brothers Shen Yun and Shen Yu were both in the Swiss branch, and the closest people around him were Shen Jiang and Shen Cong. When the accident happened in City A, they were the two who were with him.
In that accident, the people around Shen Mucheng were almost wiped out in order to protect him. After waking up from the hospital, he learned that Shen Cong and Shen Teng were also on the list of victims.
Shen Cong and Shen Jiang are his right-hand men, and their relationship is much deeper than that of ordinary subordinates. When he learned that the two died to protect him, he was both sad and regretful. If he could have discovered something wrong earlier, It wouldn't put so many brothers in danger.
For those who were killed due to the incidents that year, he has always asked people to do their best to compensate and take care of their families, but he never thought that Shen Cong and Shen Jiang did not die that year, and left City B incognito in the same year of the accident.
As he said, if Shen Cong and Shen Jiang wanted to leave the Shen family, he would never stop him, but he did not expect that after years of friendship, the two would choose to leave in such a way.
When Shen Yu said that the two were still alive, his first reaction was to feel lucky for them. After all, after lying in the hospital bed for so many years, no one knew better than him how lucky it was to be alive, but what followed Feeling angry, a feeling of being concealed and betrayed arises spontaneously.
Moreover, after what happened to his grandfather, he couldn't help linking the two things together, and subconsciously felt that Shen Cong and Shen Teng's sudden departure must have something hidden behind them.
His words deepened the guilt on the faces of Shen Cong and Shen Jiang. They were adopted by the Shen family since they were young, and they have been by Shen Mucheng's side since they were teenagers. Shen Mucheng did not treat them with the attitude of subordinates, but regarded them as brothers. Even if they had to make such a choice, they still felt ashamed of their trust in Shen Mucheng, especially Shen Mucheng once tried to save them. over the gun.
"Boss, I know it's useless to say anything, we are willing to accept the punishment." Shen Cong bent down and said in a low voice.
"Reason." Shen Mucheng was not interested in punishing them, he just wanted to know why the two of them left, and whether it had anything to do with what he was concealing.
Shen Cong didn't speak, but pursed his lips tightly, looking like he was willing to make a wish and punish him. Shen Jiang next to him hesitated to speak, and Shen Mucheng looked at him: "Say it."
"BOSS..." Shen Jiang was about to speak, but Shen Cong said in a low voice, "Shut up."
Shen Mucheng glanced at him lightly, and gestured to the people behind him, and someone came out and tied Shen Cong's hands behind his back, pulled him up from the ground, and pushed him to the room to lock the door.
"Let's talk." Shen Mucheng said to Shen Jiang who was still kneeling on the ground.
Shen Teng looked at Shen Cong's closed door, gritted his teeth and said to Shen Mucheng: "Don't blame Brother Cong, we have no choice but to. I never thought of betraying you, and neither did he."
"Oh?" Shen Mucheng raised his eyebrows, and asked a little casually, "A last resort? You're talking about a last resort."
Shen Jiang clenched his hands hanging on both sides, closed his eyes and said, "Although we have always followed you and regarded you as our master, it was the old man who brought us back back then."
Shen Mucheng's finger tapping on the handrail stopped, and it took him only a moment to react to his words, his face changed slightly, his eyes were fixed on Shen Jiang, trying to find out some false intentions from his face.
After a while, he said slowly, "Do you know what you're talking about?"
Although his voice was soft, it was full of pressing pressure. Shen Teng only felt that his scalp was numb, and he clenched his head and took a deep breath: "This subordinate dare not speak a lie."
Shen Jiang explained in detail what happened between himself and Shen Cong after they covered Shen Mucheng's departure. Both of them also suffered a lot of injuries back then, and returned to City B after narrowly escaped death. After the Shen family dealt with the rebellious traitors, the old man's next order was to let them change their names and surnames and leave City B, and he pledged his life to keep silent about what happened back then.
After hearing what he said, Shen Mucheng's face became more and more cold, even Shen Yun beside him couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes. The disappearance of Shen Jiang and Shen Cong has something to do with the old man
Shen Mucheng also didn't understand why the old man did this. As his closest assistants, Shen Cong and Shen Jiang were also the people closest to the company among all his subordinates. If the old man had doubts about them, he would definitely get rid of them. Rather than letting the two leave, unless...
Thinking of this, Shen Mucheng suddenly understood that although Shen Cong and the others had left, their family members were in City B, and the old man did not have to worry about what they would do to the Shen family after they left.
It's just why the old man sent the people around him away
"BOSS..." Shen Jiang looked at the silent Shen Mucheng and said, "I know it's useless to say anything, but we really never thought of betraying you."
Shen Mucheng believed this sentence, and Shen Jiang and Shen Cong desperately covered him to leave when the accident happened.
"Since you and Shen Cong have left the Shen family, you have nothing to do with the Shen family from now on. Your parents have always been taken care of, and you can take them away at any time. The old man has been in poor health these years and has been out of business for a long time. You can rest assured about this." Shen Mucheng paused for a moment, looked at Shen Yun, and Shen Yun knowingly took out the two prepared cards from his pocket and put them on the table.
"This is the compensation for your devotion to me all these years." Shen Mucheng stood up on the sofa, looked down at Shen Jiang and said, "Anyway, thank you for protecting each other with your lives back then, so you can take care of yourself in the future."
Shen Jiang knelt down with hot eyes, didn't move, and didn't look at the two huge bank cards, feeling more and more ashamed.
Whether it was forced or not, both he and Shen Cong violated the oath they swore to be loyal to Shen Mucheng for the rest of their lives. Shen Mucheng said that he was grateful for their life-saving protection, but why did they not survive because of Shen Mucheng's sacrifice to protect each other? of.
Coming out of the South Garden, Shen Mucheng leaned on the back of the seat, propped his forehead with one hand, his brows were tightened tightly, the waves of pain in his head made him turn pale, and the two sides of his temples were densely oozing. sweat.
"Boss, are you okay?" Shen Yun was driving the car and noticed his discomfort from the rearview mirror, and asked worriedly, "Do you need to pass by Doctor Zhang?"
"No need." Shen Mucheng opened his eyes, no emotion could be seen in his eyes, "Go back to the main house."
Thinking of Shen Jiang's words just now, Shen Yun became more worried, but he could only obey the order, the car made a turn, changed lanes and headed towards the main house.
As soon as Shen Mucheng entered the door of the main house, he saw Shen Rongchang coming out of it. Shen Rongchang's first reaction was to shrink back when he saw him, probably because the shadow of being scared by him in the hospital last time hadn't recovered. .
Shen Mucheng didn't have time to pay attention to him, he just walked past him and walked towards the place where the old man lived in the backyard.
Shen Rongchang looked at his leaving back, cursed secretly, and walked out the door half-limping.
Shen Mucheng slowed down as he approached the backyard, and kept thinking about Shen Jiang's words just now.
He never thought that his grandfather would give such an order. Although he didn't understand why the old man wanted Shen Cong and Shen Jiang to leave, he had a premonition that all this would be related to the news he got from Xu Dezhou, because everything It's all about ten years ago, it's all about him.
The backyard and the main house are connected together, but for the sake of the old man's cleanliness, the backyard was separated into a small yard later. The old man spent most of his time recuperating in the backyard since he fell ill, with only Uncle Zhao by his side.
Standing at the gate of the yard, Shen Mucheng saw Uncle Zhao tidying up the blankets in the recliner, and the other party stopped what he was doing after seeing him: "Master Acheng."
Shen Mucheng walked over: "Uncle Zhao, is the old man asleep?"
"Just fell asleep." Uncle Zhao folded the blanket, "It's cold outside, come inside."
"No, I just stopped by to have a look." Shen Mucheng glanced at the direction of the room, "How is the old man these few days?"
"It's pretty good. I went out for a walk today, and I'm in good spirits." Uncle Zhao smiled.
"That's good." Shen Mucheng nodded, suppressing his doubts, "Then I'll go back first, and you should rest early."
"Okay." Uncle Zhao sent him to the door, watched him leave before closing the door and going back to the house.
Returning to the apartment from the main house, Shen Mucheng opened the door, the darkness inside the house made him pause, recalling the scene when Luo Shaoheng was there, he would leave a light for him many nights to wait for him to come back.
It wasn't long since Luo Shaoheng came to look for him, and he seemed to be used to it, subconsciously looking for traces of Luo Shaoheng's stay in the room.
The empty living room was exaggeratedly large, and he couldn't help but miss Luo Shaoheng's cozy cabin. Compared with it, it was more like their home.
Taking off his coat and throwing it aside casually, Shen Mucheng sank himself into the sofa, raised his hands to cover his dry eyes, feeling extremely tired all over his body.
There must be some relationship between the fake death arranged by grandfather and the order given by grandfather to Shen Jiang and the others. Even though the matter has not been confirmed, he has a strong premonition in his heart.