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When they heard Shen Can say that, they understood as well. The police's confidential mission definitely couldn't be disclosed to them.

Besides, the police had left people behind to protect them. Even if they were truly captured and used as leverage, the police would certainly do everything they could to rescue them. As for the ship's rocking, that had been an accident.

How could Shen Keke dare to complain? He could only quibble about something else. "I didn't abandon him. I just thought his fighting skills meant he wouldn't need my help. I would only have held him back if I stayed."

But no one paid any attention to him, because most of them had seen him run away without the slightest hesitation.

If that bodyguard hadn't been saved by someone else, he might very well have been badly injured by the table.

"Keke didn't do it on purpose. Protecting Keke was his duty to begin with, and he did do a good job. I'll compensate and reward that bodyguard," Zhou Jingxuan said as he stepped forward and wrapped an arm around Shen Keke.

Shen Can practically rolled his eyes into the back of his head. "Not on purpose, not on purpose again. How does he manage to have so many things he didn't do on purpose?"

"You blind Young Master Zhou, we're not you. We don't have some love filter over him. Please keep a close eye on him from now on. Better yet, make sure he never leaves your side."

"That way, he won't cause trouble for someone else again, and you won't have to come out and say he didn't do it on purpose. Aren't you tired of saying it? I'm tired just listening to it, okay?"

Zhou Jingxuan glared viciously at Shen Can. "You'd better watch that filthy mouth of yours. Be careful someone doesn't tear it apart one day."

"Are you threatening my little brother, Zhou Jingxuan?" Shen Yu demanded, stepping in front of Shen Can.

Of course Zhou Jingxuan wouldn't admit that he was threatening Shen Can. He merely said it was a warning.

Shen Yu gave a mocking laugh. "My little brother doesn't need that kind of warning. Whoever dares lay a hand on someone from the Shen Household, our Shen Household certainly won't let them off easily. I'd like to see who has the nerve."

The Shen Household was no longer like it had been in the story, with one disaster after another leaving them battered and unstable.

Zhou Jingxuan was getting embarrassed. How could Huo Zhenyun let his grandson suffer such indignity? He hurriedly said, "Young people are just hot-blooded. Why argue over such a trivial matter to this extent? Enough. Let's forget about it."

After speaking, Huo Zhenyun shot Shen Keke a fierce glare. He had caused trouble again. Huo Zhenyun was already deeply dissatisfied with him. His family background was poor, and he was stupid too. Every time he picked a fight with someone, he couldn't resolve it properly himself.

He had once thought that as long as his grandson liked him, that was enough. But the Zhou Household was only average to begin with, and now Zhou Jingxuan had chosen Shen Keke, whose background was even worse. Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

As for Father Zhou's plan to swallow up the Shen Household, he thought it was utterly unworkable.

Unless they were blessed with incredible luck, why would a perfectly fine Shen Household allow an outsider with only a little blood relation to inherit their things?

And if they wanted to fight the Shen Household directly, it could take years using legitimate methods. Who knew when they would finally bring them down?

If they used dirty methods, the other side might not be defenseless. And if they did use dirty methods, they would have to eliminate the entire family to prevent any survivors from investigating what had happened.

Just thinking about it made the difficulty obvious. Such a thing depended too much on luck. Rather than work themselves to death without knowing whether they would succeed, they might as well directly find a granddaughter-in-law from a powerful family.

As for Shen Keke, if Zhou Jingxuan still wanted to keep him around, he could just keep him in a villa.

There were plenty of people who wanted to marry into the Huo Household. As for Shen Keke, he could only blame himself for having both a poor background and a foolish mind.

The cruise ship had already been heading back by the time the matter was resolved. Huo Xi and the others only finished discussing things when they were nearing the shore.

Han Yi dealt with the flattery from the people around him, while Huo Xi found Shen Can and said, "Someone asked me to protect you on the ship. Guess who?"

"My eldest brother?" Shen Can couldn't think of anyone besides his eldest brother who could say something like that to Huo Xi and make him show that much consideration.

"It was Huo Huan. He asked me if I could protect Uncle Shen Can. I said yes."

Shen Can hadn't expected it to be Huo Huan. "It was him? I really didn't expect that. Tomorrow, I'll treat him to something delicious as thanks. You're not allowed to disagree."

"Of course I won't disagree. I just wonder if you'd mind adding me to the group? Come to think of it, I've never taken him out for a meal either."

Shen Can looked at Huo Xi when he heard that. They've been living together for a while already, haven't they? And he's never even taken him out to eat?

Shen Can found it hard to refuse, so he said they could bring Shen Zhuo along too. If it was just the two adults, he and Huo Xi might sometimes talk about other things, so it would be better to bring Shen Zhuo.

Once the cruise ship docked, everyone went their separate ways. Before leaving, the police explained that the people arrested this time posed an enormous threat to society, and that it was indeed their responsibility that everyone had been frightened. Naturally, everyone expressed their understanding.

As soon as they returned to the Shen Household, Shen Can sent all the servants away before looking at Shen Yao. "Fourth Brother, you came back because you had a mission, right? Today, you openly took part in the team's mission in front of everyone. Will that affect your future missions?"

Ever since his fourth brother had appeared in the banquet hall covered in blood alongside his teammates, Shen Can had been worrying about this. That was why he hadn't even been in the mood to deal with Shen Keke at first.

"It won't affect anything. My new plan was devised by the captain. Compared to the old plan where I was supposed to be a hard-to-change rich young master who loved to play around, this new plan is better: I clearly rendered meritorious service, yet because of my identity, I was pushed aside by higher-ups and received neither rewards nor promotions."

"If I try every possible way to blend in with them, they might not necessarily trust me. But it's different if they try every possible way to turn me."

Shen Yao told them because he didn't want his family to worry, and because he trusted that they would not allow this plan to leak.

That's true. If they see Fourth Brother personally become frustrated and unappreciated, then go to every effort to brainwash and turn him, they'll naturally trust him more.

Only after thinking it through did Shen Can finally relax. As long as it wouldn't affect Shen Yao, that was all that mattered.

The other members of the Shen Household could only repeatedly remind Shen Yao to be careful. After answering them one by one, Shen Yao went to shower and change.

Shen Can lay on the sofa resting as he thought, After dinner, I have to get a good night's sleep today. Then tomorrow, I'll go have a feast with Huo Huan and the others.

Shen Zhuo, who had just returned from the garden, suddenly rushed in front of Shen Can. He wanted to ask Shen Can to take him too, only to remember that Shen Can had said it in his heart.

His mother had said that they couldn't let his little uncle know they could hear his thoughts. His father had said the same thing, because the moment his father learned that he and his mother could hear them too, his father had immediately warned him about it.

Shen Can watched Shen Zhuo rush up to him without saying anything, then looked at the flowers in his hand. "Did you want to give flowers to your little uncle, but you're too embarrassed?"

Shen Zhuo placed the flowers in front of Shen Can and said his little uncle could pick whichever one he liked. Shen Can chose one, then remembered tomorrow's plans. "Tomorrow, Little Zhuo can come eat with your little uncle, Huo Huan, and Uncle Huo."

Shen Zhuo hadn't expected Shen Can to say on his own that he would take him along. He immediately nodded happily. Shen Can smiled as he watched Shen Zhuo run off to give flowers to Xu Qingqing, then continued lying there.