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Editor: Sai Hiroto

Cheng Lang whistled in his heart and asked the system, "I remember in the original novel, the genuine top took a long time to buy that house, right?"

The system was silent.

Cheng Lang sighed, he didn't expect that the real top was still impatient. His efficiency was so high, which lived up to his domineering CEO personality.

Seeing Cheng Lang's silence, Shen Huaiyu added, "... He took the house and helped my brother treat his illness in exchange for letting me follow him."

"I didn't agree. But I asked Mr. Lu, he bought the house from my uncle for 7.8 million." Shen Huaiyu looked at Cheng Lang, "Didn't you say before that you would go to my uncle to help me get the money back?"

Shen Huaiyu's eyes dropped slightly, "When my uncle helped our family sell the house, he kept saying that no one could come up with millions at once. At that time, my parents were in a hurry to handle the funeral, and my brother was still unconscious. I was in urgent need of money, so I sold the house to him for less than 3 million." But Shen Huaiyu never thought that his uncle would sell the house for 7.8 million.

Cheng Lang was very happy, he didn't expect Shen Huaiyu's uncle to do such a stupid thing—this is a ready-made handle.

Shen Huaiyu looked at Cheng Lang and smiled as if he wanted to cry, "That's my biological uncle."

It turned out that the blood and family ties that his parents had always cared about were only worth so much money.

Cheng Lang patted Shen Huaiyu on the shoulder, and just as he was about to comfort him, he heard Shen Huaiyu say, "... I'm going to find my uncle and get the money back."

Shen Huaiyu's dark eyes Looking straight at Cheng Lang, his obsidian eyes were covered with mist, "This is my parents' hard-earned money. It is my brother's life-saving money."

Shen Huaiyu clenched his fists tightly, and his knuckles turned white with force, "How could he do this!"

Cheng Lang sighed softly.

Shen Huaiyu was very sad. From childhood to adulthood, he has always lived in an environment where brothers are friendly and the family is harmonious. His parents have always taught him to be a kind person. They also asked him to follow his uncle's example and become an archaeological expert with profound knowledge and indifference to fame and fortune in the future. Shen Huaiyu never thought that there would be such a day... He would actually turn against his most respected uncle for money.

Shen Huaiyu blinks. Cheng Lang in front of him looked a little blurry. Just like every day after the accident, there was no hope. But this time, Shen Huaiyu couldn't retreat. He had no way out.

"My parents are gone. The house is gone. I only have Xiaojin. He must live. I must get this money back."

Shen Huaiyu looked at Cheng Lang with red eyes, as if a drowning man saw a floating wood, "You will help me, right?"

Cheng Lang looked at Shen Huaiyu. After a long time, he nodded gently and said, "I will help you."

While speaking, Cheng Lang couldn't help but sigh to the system in his heart, "I really didn't expect that a word I said on a whim would actually arouse Shen Huaiyu's bloodiness."

They should know that in the original book, Shen Huaiyu has always been submissive from the beginning to the end. No matter how much damage he suffered, he would not fight back but would only endure it silently. He never cared about material things, and his only obsession was to save his brother Shen Wujin. So Shen Wujin's words of scolding Shen Huaiyu after waking up became the last straw that crushed Shen Huaiyu.

Thinking of Shen Huaiyu's ending in the original novel, Cheng Lang felt a little sad. Putting aside the so-called protagonist, Shen Huaiyu is just a boy who has just entered college. Not long after his 18th birthday, he suffered a heavy blow from his family breakdown. When he was in the most difficult and desperate time, no one was willing to stand up and help him, and no one taught him how to face the cruel reality. The only one who was willing to help him was Lu Chengxuan, and he just wanted to sleep with him. He kept PUAing him.

Cheng Lang sighed lightly. The male protagonist of the sadomasochistic love story is also a human being. In addition to serving the path that the plot must take, he should also have a happy ending outside the plot setting.

The system was silent in Cheng Lang's mind. According to the regulations, it should now remind Cheng Lang not to make any unnecessary changes, so as to avoid causing a butterfly effect and affecting the normal development of the plot. But the system said nothing.

It was believed that Cheng Lang was so smart and cunning that he would be able to complete the task.

They didn't know that Cheng Lang and the system had a tacit understanding in an instant. Shen Huaiyu took a deep breath and asked Cheng Lang, "What do I need to do?"

"I don't need you to do anything for the time being." Cheng Lang said, "By the way, when your family held the funeral, do you still have those notes?"

Shen Huaiyu shook his head, "My uncle has full authority to handle the funeral. I am only responsible for paying."

Cheng Lang didn't say anything. This answer was what he expected.

"It doesn't matter." Cheng Lang comforted, "It doesn't matter whether you have a receipt or not. Do you still remember what you bought when your family held a funeral and what procedures were followed... There should be a detailed list, right?"

Shen Huaiyu shook his head again. He said with shame, "My parents had just passed away, and my brother was lying in the hospital unconscious. Such a big thing happened at home and I was in a daze all day. I didn't pay attention to many things. But I have a good memory. If you let me think about it, I will definitely remember it."

Shen Huaiyu asked, "...I can make a detailed list. Will it be useful?"

"It will definitely be useful!" Cheng Lang encouraged, "Hit the snake at its most vulnerable point. Since we are going to collect the debt, we must be fully prepared. We must not give your uncle a chance to quibble. List every expense you remember, and then go to the bank to get a statement. I can take the detailed list you listed to compare the market price…  Every unjust money you spend is ironclad evidence that he cheated you."

Hearing this, Shen Huaiyu immediately said, "I will go to the bank at noon today."

Cheng Lang gave Shen Huaiyu an encouraging look. Suddenly he remembered something and asked Shen Huaiyu, "...When you rejected Lu Chengxuan, how did he react? Did he force you?"

Shen Huaiyu shook his head, "No."

Cheng Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

In the original novel, when Shen Huaiyu heard that Lu Chengxuan wanted to support him, his initial reaction was also to refuse. But he didn't expect that, Lu Chengxuan said he didn't care, but turned around and played the game of force and plunder, illegally detaining him, deleting his student status, and threatening Shen Huaiyu's brother's life. Shen Huaiyu really had no choice but to accept his fate.

As for now, since Lu Chengxuan did not show the madness in the original work, it proves that there is still room for discussion on this matter, "Don't worry about Lu Chengxuan for now. Let's first find a way to spread the news that Lu Chengxuan spent 7.8 million to buy your house from your uncle. At least let your uncle's relatives and friends know."

Cheng Lang asked Shen Huaiyu, "Do you know who your uncle likes to socialize with?"

Shen Huaiyu thought for a while and said, "My uncle is the president of the calligraphy and painting association of this city. He often interacts with some literati painters in this city. Oh, by the way, Professor Tan from the archaeology department of our college is also a good friend of my uncle."

"Professor Tan?" Cheng Lang sounded familiar. After thinking for a while, he asked the system, "Is it the old-fashioned man who always makes things difficult for Shen Huaiyu in the original book?"

The system remained silent. He just silently called up a piece of original text in Cheng Lang's mind.

Cheng Lang sneered. He remembered that in the original work, the classmates and teachers around Shen Huaiyu hated Shen Huaiyu very much. Cheng Lang originally thought that this was because they knew that Shen Huaiyu was being kept by Lu Chengxuan and that this was due to the noble temperament of a scholar. After all, those who study archeology and read literature more or less all have the problem of being superficial. Now it seems that there is something else wrong with this.

Cheng Lang analyzed, "Your uncle is a man who cares about his reputation. He must be afraid that the fact that he embezzled your family's property will leak. He might say bad things about you in front of relatives and friends." For example, he would say that Shen Huaiyu was self-degrading and brought disgrace to the family.

Cheng Lang gave Shen Huaiyu an idea, "You go to class today. If you meet Professor Tan, you can tell him about the house."

The house worth less than three million was sold for seven and eight million. Even if Professor Tan is noble and has a preconceived opinion, he’s afraid he can figure out that something is wrong. Shen Huaiyu just wants to plant a seed of doubt in Professor Tan's heart, and it would be best if he could make the matter known through Professor Tan's mouth.

Professor Tan is a senior professor in the archaeology department of their school and is also a famous archaeologist in the city. His words are very important in the circle. If he was willing to speak up for justice, it would be better than the two young men, Shen Huaiyu and Cheng Lang, who were rushing forward with their big mouths.

Shen Huaiyu didn't expect so much. Blinking his eyes, he looked at Cheng Lang blankly, "Are you suspicious that my uncle said bad things about me in front of the professor?"

"Money can move people's hearts, nothing is impossible." Cheng Lang looked at Shen Huaiyu with a gloomy expression and said, "Don't think too much. Getting the money back is the most important thing."

Shen Huaiyu nodded. He actually felt that Professor Tan, who was originally friendly to him, had been very cold to him in recent days. Shen Huaiyu originally thought that Professor Tan might know that he went to White Jade Capital to work. That's why Shen Huaiyu got up early and studied late, hoping to reverse Professor Tan's bad impression of him through grades.

Shen Huaiyu never thought that Professor Tan's attitude change would be because of his uncle. Shen Huaiyu didn't dare to imagine how bad people's hearts would be if this were true.

"By the way, can you make tea?" Cheng Lang asked knowingly. He remembered that in the original novel, Shen Huaiyu was bored, and he made tea to distract himself after being illegally detained by Lu Chengxuan. After being accidentally discovered by Lu Chengxuan, he even showed off in front of his partners.

"Yes. But the tea I made is not very good." Shen Huaiyu said. He didn't understand why Cheng Lang suddenly asked this question.

"To promote the milk tea shop, we need to create a gimmick." Cheng Lang patiently explained to Shen Huaiyu. He wanted Shen Huaiyu to understand that their main task now was to make money. He was looking for money to settle accounts with his uncle. It was not to avenge his uncle's past actions. One should not put the cart before the horse.

"Never care how bad a bad person is. How bad he is has nothing to do with you. You just need to live better than him." Cheng Lang patted Shen Huaiyu on the shoulder. Looking at Shen Huaiyu, who seemed to understand, he said solemnly, "The best way to defeat a person is not to destroy him. It is to reach a height that he cannot reach so that he cannot even look up to you. He does not even have the qualifications to look up to you."

Although Shen Huaiyu did not quite understand why Cheng Lang said that. But the moment he heard this, Shen Huaiyu suddenly felt his heart surge.

Cheng Lang poured Shen Huaiyu a bowl of chicken soup. It was almost eight o'clock. He patted Shen Huaiyu on the shoulder to wake him up, "Okay, go to class first."