Chapter Fifty-One: Pruning, The Old Friend Arrives

  Shao Qi suddenly widened his eyes and looked at her with a face full of disgust, "It's really you!"

  Shao Qi couldn't help but think of the strange email with no return address from several months ago, and the pain he had inflicted on Shao Hua, which seemed to be aching again.

  "Of course, you think that by now no one would know about Shao Hua's dirty past, even though he has risen to a high position and covered it up well, but it can't change the established facts."

  The girl looked at him coolly, with a hint of sarcasm: "I'm really curious to know what it is that touched Shao Hua's reverse scales, and yet you're still alive?"

  Shao Qi snorted disdainfully and was about to turn around and leave.

  "Do you think, you can hide for how long, when the relatives around you, your proud classmates know, knowing that you are a plaything played by your own brother under you, do you think your friends will still treat you with such sincerity?"

  It was as if he had suffered some kind of blow, and Shao Qi's footwork stumbled, almost missing a step.

  "You are not Shao Hua, your personality has destined you to be a weakling. However, the master said that he can give you an opportunity to gain freedom: as long as you help him exterminate Shao Hua's forces from within and without, he will give you a large sum of money and let you and your mother leave."

  Aiya's eyes suddenly shone with a radiant light, as if they were the most beautiful temptation in the world.

  "You really think highly of me, I didn't know I had such great abilities." Shao Qi looked at her as if looking at a joke.

  "You have, and this is your best choice." The girl said solemnly, her tone involuntarily becoming more forceful.

  A dull thud echoed, not a particularly loud or pleasant sound. Shao Qi only saw Aya lying on the ground clutching her chest, where a bright red flower had bloomed.

  Looking back over Aya's shoulder, there was a slender black shadow slowly approaching.

  Under the bright and clear moonlight, he was wrapped in a layer of silver-gray aura, still smiling as before, but with a chilling coldness that captivated people's hearts.

  "Tell Er Ya that his life, I indeed have been idle and left him for too long." Without even looking at the woman who was on the verge of death, the newcomer walked directly to Shao Qi's front.

  His moving hand knew that this woman would only bleed and wouldn't die.

  Aiya covered her chest, with a mocking color in her eyes, as if she had experienced such injuries countless times and was already used to the feeling of not feeling any pain.

  She looked at Shao Hua's back and gritted her teeth, asking: "Do you really want to do this? Do you really want to let things go on like this?"

  Shao Hua ignored her and just looked at Shao Qi.

  "How did you get back?" Shao Qi looked at him, letting him pull her along, but in her heart she was a mess, having heard all those conversations.

  Fear, groundless fear, like the chill of an underground death god slowly growing vines, tightly binding his feet.

  If I had agreed to work with Aya just now, I would have been able to deal with him.

  Still the same, he clearly knows, but is coldly watching all of this, clearly knowing that you might make a mistake, yet he quietly watches you make mistakes, waiting for you to make mistakes, giving him reason to thoroughly tear you apart.

  In fact, Shao Qi wasn't unwilling to eliminate him, but he was also clear that plotting against a tiger wasn't an easy task, and Erl Ya wasn't a simple character. At present, he was too weak and didn't have the strength to outmaneuver them and retreat safely.

  The best way of self-preservation is to choose neutrality and continue maintaining a subtle balance.

  "If I don't come back, you'll be left with nothing but a pile of dust," Shao Qi trembled.

  Shao Hua grasped Shao Qi's hand, her pale and jade-like palm had thin calluses from years of doing household chores, but it didn't affect its beauty.

  It was just a palm print, but the yellowish mark with a hint of greenish grey was quite eye-catching, and Shao Hua rarely furrowed his brow.

  Shao Qi suddenly smiled, and his eyes seemed to be a deep and serene spring water in a remote mountain, full of deep feelings and warmth.

  Aiya seemed to think that the interaction between the two was really dazzling her eyes, and her voice was even louder: "He's been waiting for you, don't you really care about him anymore?"

  Shao Hua's muscles tensed up instantly, and he keenly felt the enormous oppressive force. He couldn't help but wonder who was waiting for him, and what exactly was going on.

  Shao Hua is a person who values loyalty, and the one who can make him choose between giving up and protecting must be someone of great importance. But who exactly is that person? And what does all this have to do with everything else?

  Ke Shaohua's tension was just for a moment, after blinking, he looked at him as if nothing had happened, with an unspeakable depth in his eyes.

  Aiya seemed somewhat anxious, as if deliberately reminding him: "As long as you want, now is a very good opportunity..."

  "...". Without making any sound, Shao Hua only turned his head to look at Ai Ya with a gaze that was as cold and deep as the sky, looking at her as if she were an insignificant ant.

  Aiya was shocked and knew that the other party had given her enough face considering their past relationship. If she didn't leave now, she would really be unable to part with him.

  Hesitated for a moment, she quickly left, she still can't die...

  As for Shao Qi, he had his own little nine calculations about all this, but he also knew that it was not suitable to ask about it now.

  The hand that was tightly grasped by Shao Hua, Shao Qi couldn't pull back, so he simply went along with Shao Hua, "Since we're here, let's go to the auditorium and take a look at the university's evening party?"

  After finishing speaking, he pulled Shao Hua and changed direction, but found that he couldn't pull him.

  As he turned back to meet Shao Hua's gaze, his eyes were as black as ink, brewing a storm of unknown origin, and Shao Qi was startled in his heart.

  "Go home!" Shao Hua looked at him, his body as cold and hard as a sculpture, his tone seemingly casual but with an air of evil intent.

  "Hmm." Shao Qi looked at the grand hall entrance not far away, where there was even brighter sunlight, as if inside was like heaven.

  Shao Qi did not resist and was quietly pulled by Shao Hua in front, the dark night seemed to be the background, his eyes seemed to have only one person in the whole world...

  On the campus road, a boy stood quietly there, his wide eyes filled with surprise and a hint of incredulity.

  "Shao Qi, what are you doing here?"

  Shao Qi's eyes widened and he subconsciously tried to break free from Shao Hua's grasp.

  "What's up? When did you get here?"

  "I was admitted to this school through volunteer recruitment, did you forget?" Ren Sheng looked at him, suddenly feeling a little disappointed. He was the first one to inform Shao Qi of this good news back then, but he actually knew nothing about it.

  Not bad, this guy is Shao Qi's childhood friend and part-time dead party, Ren Sheng.

  Knows that the other party is misunderstood.

  "Shao Qi spoke up: 'I know you've been admitted, I'm asking when did you arrive at school.'"

  "Ah..." Ren Sheng rubbed his hands awkwardly and replied, "I just arrived this morning, by the way, I heard there's a party tonight, why don't you go take a look?"

  Feeling the increasingly strong force in his hand, Shao Qi pointed to the person beside him and replied: "This is my brother, I have something to attend to, I'll head back home first!"

  "Oh, Shao big brother is well!" Ren Sheng greeted politely, looking at Shao Hua who didn't even bother to give him a glance, and was shocked in his heart.

  But he still smiled and looked at Shao Qi, saying: "Then you go first, we'll get together when we're free?"

  "Alright!"

  As he spoke, he walked towards the luxurious sedan beside him, and Shao Qi was about to get in with his head down.

  A whirlwind, with Shao Qi as its center, Ren Sheng appeared in front of him again like a whirlwind.

  Like a sticky panda, she grabbed his arm with one hand, her black eyes wide open, "Going home? Shao Qi, you've settled down here, they said you got rich, I didn't believe it, so you really did get rich!"

  Uh, Shao Qi was covered in black lines, and in the black car, he almost felt the cold smile that spread throughout Xiao Hua's body.

  Ren Sheng, this damned little money grubber, had a fit at the wrong time, and even Shao Qi didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

  "Wow wow wow, you can't forget about me, I'm your sworn brother, we grew up together since childhood, you should know that I'm your best buddy..."

  Not feeling the slightest bit out of place, Ren Sheng continued to pester Shao Qi with an air of "I won't rest until I've said my piece".

  Shao Qi's face had almost transitioned from black to green, and his forehead was also slowly covered with a layer of sparkling sweat.

  "Shut up, I'm going back." Shao Qi looked at Ren Sheng with a serious expression.

  "Hehe, okay okay!" Ren Sheng chuckled and laughed, spreading his arms like wings and disappearing slowly from Xiao Qi's line of sight.