Shen Yichen held the file folder handed over by Si Chengyou, and did not hurry to open it.
His expression was very complicated now, but he was not too surprised by the situation Si Chengyou had described.
He had been cultivated as the heir of the Shen Family since he was a child. When he was 11 years old, he took the Shen Family's assessment. This was obviously a very important thing, but he had no impression of it at all. He did not know what content was tested, he only knew that he had passed.
That was the first time he felt that the assessment was abnormal.
It's just that he was too young and had limited abilities at that time. Even if he noticed something wrong, there was no way for him to do anything about it.
After he took over the Shen Family, he checked a lot of information about the Shen Family assessment and the rule that they must have six children.
These pieces of information all had clear sources and transmission routes, but Shen Yichen still felt that something was wrong. However, he had never talked about these things with anyone else before.
He was used to taking the children in the family under his wing, and dealing with these external dangers alone.
His parents had asked him before why he was so strict with Shen Wu, yet Shen Wu was willing to listen to him. At that time, he didn't have an answer himself, he just felt that Shen Wu was probably close to him because he lacked love.
But later, after chatting with Shen Wu one day, he learned that Shen Wu had seen all the external pressure he was under, and the only reason why Shen Wu was so obedient to him was that he wanted to reduce his psychological burden.
"Big brother, sometimes when I look at you, I feel very distressed."
From that time on, Shen Yichen realized that all this time, he had thought that he was protecting and taking care of these children in the family, but conversely speaking, had they not also saved him?
Shen Yichen thought of the little faces of everyone just now, staring eagerly as he and Si Chengyou left, and suddenly laughed out loud. He no longer hesitated and nimbly took out the documents from the file folder.
There was no verbosity on it, just dense words, but Shen Yichen read it very carefully.
While Shen Yichen was reading the documents, Si Chengyou was also observing him. Seeing Shen Yichen's appearance, he should have noticed something wrong long ago.
Being able to see the things outside while being in the midst of it all showed extraordinary judgment ability on Shen Yichen's part. In other words...Shen Yichen had a high probability that he had seen the chat records between himself and Shen Yue.
Si Chengyou thought back to the wild excitement he felt when he discovered everything had changed after regaining those memories. That impulsiveness made him blurt out four words.
[Fortunate Not To Disgrace My Mission]
Now when thinking back on it, were those words a superior should say to a child? His dignity, his authority, his image...
He could only blame himself for being too happy at the time.
Si Chengyou's heart was trembling, but his expression was still calm. He sat leisurely on the sofa in the study, waiting for Shen Yichen to finish reading the documents before discussing what to do afterwards with him.
He now had even more pressing business that needed attention, which was Shen Hui's custody issue.
As someone who could influence future changes in the world, although Shen Hui had undergone some changes now, Si Chengyou still believed she must be kept under his watchful eye before he could feel reassured.
"The Shen Family are lab rats, with each generation selecting inheritors with high IQs to give birth to enough children, and then selecting again from among the children.
The Shen Family has never had any branches, there has only ever been one Shen Family. The reason why our parents and elders believed so firmly in the so-called history of the Shen Family was because they were controlled by psychoactive drugs." Shen Yichen calmly summarized the key points from the documents. "And Shen Hui is the person they need, which is why they used their own child to make the swap...this is what was written in the documents."
Si Chengyou nodded. "That's right. Shen Hui has special capabilities, and the environment she grew up in since she was little makes it hard for her to integrate into normal life. She needs the right guidance."
Shen Yichen picked up the documents and flipped to the last page, asking, "By handing her over to those so-called professionals, can that guarantee she will receive the proper guidance?"
Si Chengyou shook his head. "I personally do not agree with this plan. Although I have only been to the Shen house twice, I am very clear that Shen Hui can only find happiness by staying with the Shen family."
"The higher-ups will not allow such a dangerous individual like Shen Hui to grow up in an uncontrolled environment. So my purpose in coming here today is not to take Shen Hui away, but to discuss an acceptable compromise."
Shen Yichen was not an unreasonable person. With Si Chengyou's explanation, he understood immediately.
Standing in different positions, the things they had to consider were naturally different, but...
"Before discussing, I still have a question."
"Please go ahead, Mr. Shen."
"I can understand the selection of the most outstanding successor from six children to nurture the next generation. But Shen Hui was taken away right after birth, and Shen Yue and Shen Hui happened to be born on the same day. Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"
Si Chengyou was not surprised that Shen Yichen would ask this question. He had been trying to ascertain one thing: whether Shen Yue had told anyone else about returning through time and space.
So he deliberately set this trap in the report to verify it. If Shen Yichen asked about it, it would mean Shen Yue hadn't told him; if Shen Yichen didn't ask, it would mean he already knew something.
As it turned out now, Shen Yue was indeed smarter than he had been back then. Without solid evidence, even if he told others, nobody would believe it and it would only cause more distress, so it was better left unsaid.
Since Shen Yue hadn't told Shen Yichen, Si Chengyou naturally wouldn't say anything either. The matter of returning through time and space was top secret information that could not be divulged casually.
"I'm afraid I can't answer that question for you, but I can assure you that those two people have been arrested and will never harm the Shen family again in the future."
