Who Was His Grandpa? He Was Being Bullied

"Which one of you is his grandpa? He was being bullied, pelted nonstop with rocks. Are you going to do anything about it?" Shen Chi could still remember what he had said back then.

"You old men only know how to play chess. You don't even know your own kids are being bullied." The old master of the Shen Household had loved playing chess too, and Shen Chi had held quite a grudge over it.

Every time, Grandpa had clearly promised to take them somewhere fun, only to get drawn in by the people playing chess at the park. He would go play chess himself and leave them to play nearby. He had missed out on his amusement park every single time.

After saying that, Shen Chi felt it might not have sounded serious enough, so he lifted Su Nanxing's shirt to show those people.

He still remembered the injuries all over that child's body. Back then, he had only thought that after being hit by so many rocks, there might be red, swollen bruises, which was why he had lifted his shirt for those people to see. He had never expected there to be other injuries on his body as well.

Afterward, one old man sprang to his feet in a fury and dragged the child home.

Even as the child was being led away, he kept turning back to look at Shen Chi. At the time, Shen Chi had felt like Lei Feng, thrilled that he had done something big.

He had even waved goodbye to the child. He seemed to have blinked and mouthed, "You won't be bullied anymore."

It looked like he really had not been bullied after that. Otherwise, how could he have grown into someone like this, daring to go toe-to-toe with him?

[In any case, Su Nanxing had been grateful to Third Brother deep down, so he definitely could not let Third Brother end up being toyed with by others. He had not considered that Third Brother's fighting ability might make others unable to succeed anyway. He had simply called Third Brother out in advance.]

[Worried that he might still want to run back, he said he would invest in him. But he was afraid Third Brother would think he had ulterior motives and suspect his intentions, and he also wanted to prevent anyone from trying to harm Third Brother in the future, so he told Third Brother to stay with him.]

[After that, the people around him changed their attitudes again. Everyone went back to currying favor with him as they had before. Especially since the new film he joined was a project created specifically for him; it could be said that the entire crew was eager to please Third Brother.]

[If he had not experienced all that cold treatment before, he might have been happy. But he had experienced it. He knew he was receiving all of this only because Su Nanxing, the young master of the Su Household, was keeping him, and it disgusted him so much he wanted to throw up.]

[Because he did not allow any staff around him to mention Su Nanxing's name, and avoided every rumor about himself and Su Nanxing, as well as anything related to Su Nanxing, he actually did not know that people outside were saying Su Nanxing liked him and that they were together.]

[There was not a single rumor outside that he was being kept. Instead, people said Su Nanxing was a lovesick fool. Shen Chi had fallen so low, yet Su Nanxing still liked him—wasn't that just stupid?]

[Sleeping with him would have been one thing. Third Brother had fallen to such a state that he might not even dare refuse, but spending so much money to create a project specifically for him left everyone dumbfounded.]

Shen Yu had never expected his younger brother to end up like that, all because of him. How wonderful would it have been if he had died? If he had died, they would not have needed to think about treating him. They could have taken what little money they still had and fled abroad, somewhere no one knew them.

Perhaps he had been kept alive only to give Shen Chi and Shen Yao an even more miserable future. Without him, Shen Chi could have gone abroad, and Shen Yao could have completed his mission and returned to the army. The two of them might have been lucky enough to survive.

Yes, he did not think Shen Chi would have a good ending. Shen Chi had always been proud, and he had walked himself into a dead end. Su Nanxing might not explain things to Shen Chi, and Shen Chi himself would not listen to what people outside were saying.

The two of them seemed destined for tragedy. But then, who in the original plot was not tragic? Sigh.

[Because of Su Nanxing, the industry no longer dared give Third Brother the cold shoulder. Online, thanks to the flood of praise after the new film's release, Third Brother returned to the place that had always belonged to him.]

[At the film festival, Third Brother won another award for his performance. Everyone applauded him, but he felt they were only applauding to curry favor with Su Nanxing. He attended that awards ceremony full of anger.]

[As he was leaving, he ran into an actor he had once had conflicts with. The actor mocked him, saying, "How could we possibly compare to Shen Chi? Even after going bankrupt, he still has his looks to sell."]

[In truth, he was merely jealous and deliberately provoking him with sarcasm. But Third Brother did not know that the outside world was saying Su Nanxing liked him and that he and Third Brother were boyfriends. Naturally, he did not know the man was deliberately trying to drive a wedge between them as a couple.]

[Third Brother thought the man was mocking him for being unable to let go of the entertainment industry's fame-and-profit scene and allowing himself to be kept. The man even continued, telling Third Brother to hold on tight to Su Nanxing. Third Brother became even angrier, furious that his family just had to suffer the misfortune of bankruptcy.]

[He was also angry at himself for being the one who had agreed to it, yet still getting upset here instead of being more straightforward. Third Brother decided to resign himself to it. He had clearly agreed to be kept, yet he had been acting coy and avoiding contact with Su Nanxing. Besides, Su Nanxing had already fulfilled his promise to invest in him. He should give something in return.]

[Then Su Nanxing, who knew nothing at all, encountered Third Brother, who had been provoked into a fury. Third Brother strangely said that since they were in a kept-lover relationship, would it not be wrong for him not to fulfill some of his proper obligations? Since Su Nanxing had chosen to keep him, he probably knew what position he was in, right?]

[Su Nanxing's fighting ability could not compare to Third Brother's, so Third Brother gave him a thorough tossing-about. The next day, he was sent straight to the hospital. Third Brother even told Su Nanxing after he woke up that he would fulfill his obligations often from now on.]

Shen Chi fell silent when he heard Su Nanxing had been hospitalized. In his fury, and with no experience in that area, Su Nanxing must have been put through quite a miserable time.

He had been spotted by a director and entered the entertainment industry right after starting university. Later, he had wanted to make something of himself. By the time he truly had achieved something, he had not even had the chance to date.

If not for Shen Can, their family would certainly have run into trouble. How would he have had the mood to look for someone then? So he really had no experience in that area.

[God, if I were Su Nanxing, I would have been scared to death. Wouldn't he have to keep going to the hospital after that? Besides, Third Brother was not gentle at all in that regard.]

[Maybe he still harbored resentment in his heart. In any case, Third Brother was quite ruthless every time afterward. Su Nanxing often could not get out of bed the next day, but Third Brother would pull up his pants and leave.]

[Although anyone in that situation would inevitably have some resentment, Su Nanxing had grievances too. It was not like he had caused it. Yet Su Nanxing did not show any dissatisfaction.]

[Su Nanxing had initially done it to repay a debt of gratitude. It was just unclear what happened later—whether he ended up falling for Third Brother.]

[But they spent little time together and were often apart. And every time in bed, Third Brother did not care much about Su Nanxing's feelings. Third Brother treated it like completing a task and only cared about his own pleasure. How could any feelings develop from that?]

[If he did not like him, then why did he keep Third Brother by his side all this time? Why did he keep giving Third Brother resources? Though perhaps he simply regarded Third Brother as a bed partner.]