Winning the Male Lead - Chapter 6

Three years ago, Shen Lixing had briefly lost Shen Le Tian. At that time, Shen Le Tian had become independent and ran out to live alone. He refused to go to university, and almost cutting off communication with the Shen family.

Shen Lixing didn’t bother to deal with him. The assets of the Shen family were enough for him to raise a nephew he didn’t like. Shen Lixing thought, to leave Le Tian alone, as such as selfish, ignorant, and willful children weren’t worth his effort.

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Then, one rainy night, Shen Le Tian, who had been living outside, returned. He didn’t hold an umbrella and his thin figure was soaked through, with his hands stopping Shen Lixing’s car.

The violent headlights hit Shen Le Tian’s pale face. He looked like a lost lamb in a thunderstorm, weak and pitiful, calling out to his uncle “Uncle…”.

Since then, Shen Le Tian seemed like a different person. Every word, action, and even the slightest expression made Shen Lixing feel joy and affection. It was only then that Shen Lixing realized how adorable his nephew was.

This child is the only one connected to him by blood now and was the one speck of light left in the world for him.

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As soon as the servant finished speaking on the phone, Shen Lixing ran out like the wind. His secretary, while wearing high heels, couldn’t catch up, and all the lawyers in the room were dumbfounded.

Shen Lixing’s hands trembled as he pressed the button of elevator to down, his mind filled with the appearance of Shen Le Tian who soaked through when stopping his car that day. A huge sense of panic instantly engulfed him.

“Hurry up.” Shen Lixing said hoarsely.

The dark figure moved like a hunting leopard in the city, running several red lights on the way. Despite this, it still took Shen Lixing half an hour to return to the Shen family.

As soon as he entered the house, the servant gave Shen Lixing the suicide note.

Shen Lixing quickly glanced at it, only to feel that his vision darkens and struggle to stand.

The butler beside him hurriedly supported him.

Shen Lixing barely managed to compose himself and asked, “Where is he?”

The butler replied, “Young master went out this morning.”

The security guard also came over a long time ago and provided surveillance footage to Shen Lixing. In the footage, Le Tian was wearing thin pajamas and fluffy slippers, walking wearily and seemingly desolately.

“Go check that car,” Shen Lixing’s voice trembled, “hurry!”

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In the restaurant, Le Tian ordered another bottle of Romanée-Conti. That day, when Shen Lixing caught him, he didn’t even drink much of the wine.

The bright red liquid of wine flowed into the glass as Letian raised his glass and clinked it with Xu Tao’s, as if thanking him for paying for the meal.

The meal ticket (Xu Tao) smiled and said, “I heard you’re getting engaged soon. Congratulations, and don’t forget to invite me to the engagement ceremony.”

Le Tian didn’t like to hear about that. He was still worried about how he would maintain his “money relationship” with Yu Xiao if the title “Young Master of Shen” fell off.

The usually quiet system suddenly spoke up, “Don’t you still have money?”

Letian sighed, “It’s different now.”

When he was Shen’s young master, he had as much money as he wanted and spent it as he pleased. Now, his money was limited and would run out if he spent too much.

The system said, “Hehehe.”

Letian said, “You’re doing it on purpose.”

The system replied, “No, I’m not.”

Letian said, “Lies.”

The system fell silent, it really doesn’t know whether it has it money or not.

Xu Tao had no idea that Shen Le Tian was actually a penniless imposter. They drank several glasses together, and Le Tian, who seemed to have a high alcohol tolerance, felt clear-headed. Seeing Xu Tao getting drunk, he stopped him from pouring more wine, saying, “Don’t drink, you’re drunk.”

“It’s… fine,” Xu Tao pushed Le Tian’s hand away and unsteadily poured himself a glass, spilling most of it outside. He then stumbled and fell onto the soft carpet in the private room.

Le Tian was full of worries and said, “I am a little worried about him.”

The system was surprised by the rare trace of empathy humanity in Le Tian, and comforted him, “It’s okay, he’s just drunk.”

Le Tian asked, “Will he remember his bank card password later?”

The system speechless.

Le Tian said, “Forget it, if not, we’ll just put it on credit, hehehe.” Although his face is not useful, Xu Tao’s face can still be used.

Le Tian stood up and stretched lazily. Having drunk a lot, he needed to go to the bathroom to relieve himself.

Just as he arrived at the restroom and was about to unzip his pants, the system suddenly said, “Shen Lixing is coming.”

Le Tian was so scared that he trembled, almost getting his little beloved eggs caught in the zipper. He complained, “No way, I came out to drink on my own without spending his money, and yet he’s coming to catch me?”

The system replied, “He thought you ran out to commit suicide.”

Le Tian looked shocked.

The system told Le Tian about the maid finding the suicide note and reporting it to Shen Lixing.

Le Tian was dumbfounded, “What? A suicide note?”. He had completely forgotten about it.

The situation had changed now. He had given up on the plan to fake his death, but if Shen Lixing appeared there and he was still alive, maybe Shen Lixing would make sure he died right on the spot.

Le Tian said anxiously, “I’ve already booked my yacht to Xu Tao.”

Even in this situation, he was still preoccupied with selling the yacht.

The system heartlessly remarked, “Well, go ahead and die, Shen Lixing will arrive at the battlefield in three minutes.”

Le Tian turned in place for a few times and then directly opened the water tap at the sink.

The system asked him what he was doing.

Le Tian replied, “I’m going to let some water out to pretend to drown.”

The system responded, “Do you think Shen Lixing is a fool?”

Shen Lixing was certainly not a fool.

Le Tian ignored the system, took off his glasses, submerged his face in the basin, tilted his head back, and let the water trickle down from his smooth short hair. He quickly scooped up water and splashed it onto himself. As the system counted down from ten, he broke his glasses and aimed the thin lenses at his wrist.

Five, four, three, two, one!

Le Tian closed his eyes and pressed down with force.

The moment Shen Lixing pushed the door, his heart truly seemed to stop for a second. “Le Tian!”

His actions were faster than his thoughts. In a flash, he had grabbed Le Tian’s hand.

Le Tian, with a flushed face, was trapped in his embrace, breathing heavily. His water-drenched eyelashes fluttered laboriously, and a stark red mark was left on his snow-white wrist from the broken lens. His unfocused gaze, weakly stated, “Uncle…”

Shen Lixing seemed to be transported back to a rainy night three years ago. His hands trembled, and his voice quivered with the sound, “You’re crazy!”

Le Tian was full of water, with a tearful voice, saying, “You don’t want me anymore.”

The accusation shattered all of Shen Lixing’s anger. He trembled as he raised his hand to wipe away the water and tears on Yue Tian’s face, the ice-cold sensation seeping into his heart. He dared not imagine what would have happened if he had arrived a little later.

The manager, driver, and bodyguards stood outside in a circle, watching as Shen Lixing carried the unconscious Shen Letian out. The hotel manager shivered and said, “I thought we wouldn’t have to deal with Master Shen anymore?”

Le Tian, pretending to be unconscious, said, “Oh well, he still can’t bear to let me go.”

Shen Lixing is not a fool, but he is a human being, and as a human being, he has emotions, not to mention Le Tian was once his only beloved.

The system commented, “After raising a dog for over twenty years, one should have some feelings for it.” It didn’t expect Shen Lixing to really like Le Tian. He was so flustered in such a small situation, it’s reasonable to say that not a drop of blood was shed, and a band-aid wasn’t even needed.

Le Tian suddenly shouted to the system: “Ah!”

System: “What’s wrong??”

Le Tian: “Xu Tao!”

Forgot about this person, system: “It’s okay, the hotel staff will handle it.”

Le Tian is encircled by happiness continued, “He bought me lots of new clothes, but I haven’t picked them up yet.”

System: “…” what kind of elephant is capable of producing such a person? How could it mistake Joy for caring about people?

After being gently carried into the car by Shen Lixing, Le Tian cheered up again, “It’s okay, now I can be Young Master Shen again. Shen Lixing will definitely buy me a lot of new clothes.”

The system was already a bit numb to the shamelessness of this person.

After Shen Lixing calmed down, he felt something was off, but Le Tian was leaning heavily on his shoulder with a soaked face, breathing heavily and looking weak. Shen Lixing still couldn’t say anything harsh.

After raising the child for three years, loving and cherishing him so much, he can punish him, but still cannot bear to lose him, at least not temporarily.

Shen Lixing ordered the driver, “Go to the hospital.”

Le Tian immediately grabbed Shen Lixing’s sleeve when he heard they were going to the hospital, and muttered, “I don’t want to go to the hospital, I want to go home.”

Shen Lixing patiently said, “We’ll go to the hospital first.”

Le Tian insisted, “I don’t want to, I just want to go home.” He tightly held onto Shen Lixing’s sleeve, and Shen Lixing felt his desperate strength, thinking that he was probably really afraid that he didn’t want him anymore.

Shen Lixing sighed and compromised, “Alright, let’s go home.”

Le Tian: “Yeah! I knew it, Shen Lixing may look tough but has soft-heart, and he also can’t bear to see his adorable little nephew suffer.”

System: “…” this person attitude sure changed quickly, before he was calling him a scum and a dog this morning.

Due to attempting suicide incident by Le Tian, Shen Lixing’s company also lost it’s focus.

Le Tian was “drunk” and unconscious. Shen Lixing couldn’t rest assured and was afraid that when Le Tian woke up and couldn’t see anyone he would think something bad again, so he can only stay by Le Tian’s side.

With his eyes closed, Le Tian complained and ask Shen Lixing to change his clothes and blow-dry his hair. Le Tian feels so uncomfortable being all damp.

Shen Lixing is currently in the shadow of “suicide” incident, and even when he sitting you can see that slightly trembling back, he stares at Le Tian’s crimson drunken face, his eyes focused and resolute.

Le Tian’s hair was damp and uncomfortable, can’t do anything make a whimpering sound.

Shen Lixing: “Where are you uncomfortable?”

Le Tian: “…” Are you blind, bro?

Le Tian tried hard to open his eyes and slowly raised his left hand to touch his forehead, weakly saying, “Uncle, my head is hurts.”

“If you can’t drink, why did you drink so much? It serves you right,” Shen Lixing said harshly.

Le Tian was furious, Lil’ bro, who did you say can’t drink?

Shen Lixing spoke harshly, but still got up to get a big towel from the bathroom and wrapped it around Le Tian, helping him dry his hair.

The internal landline in the bedroom rang, and Shen Lixing let go of Le Tian to answer it, “What’s up?”

After the call, Shen Lixing’s expression visibly darkened.

Le Tian: “What did the other side of his call say? His face suddenly looked so terrible. Did our stock price plummet?”

System: “No, Xu Tao woke up from his hangover and came to bring you new clothes.”

Le Tian: “…”

Shen Lixing said to the servant on the phone in a deep voice, “Let him in.”