The tape recorder spun idly for a while before switching to the voice of Shen Wenhao’s mother, Xiao Jing, and an unfamiliar man’s voice.
Xiao Jing’s voice was as ever, gentle and fragile, "Ah Zhao, can you come visit me more often? Not to mention anything else, but for the sake that I bore you Wenxiu and Wenqiu and raised them to be so outstanding, can you spend more time with me, please?"
The man’s voice was very cold, "They can’t even carry on my last name, so what good is their excellence?"
"Then how about I bear you a child that can carry your last name now? We can hire a nanny to help take care of it later."
"Do you like me that much?"
"Do you even need to ask? Otherwise, why would I give you all my savings? Good Ah Zhao, I really really like you so much... We... Mmm..."
Suddenly, the recording changed to ambiguous sounds of a man and woman...
Shen Wenhao’s face turned beet red, wanting to turn off the recorder, only to find that it had switched to his own voice.
A very arrogant and proud voice, "Haha, Zhao Xingping would probably never guess that he lost all his property because of the trap I set, right? Haha, so stupid. He deserves to be tricked by me."
How did Shen Ci get hold of this recording?
What else did he record?
He couldn’t wait to listen further, but Shen Ci abruptly "click" turned off the tape recorder.
Shen Ci took out the tape from the recorder and slid it over to Shen Wenhao, saying coldly, "This tape is my gift to you. Seeing as we share the same father and your past wrongdoings towards me were not so grave, if you don’t mess with me from now on, I’ll let you off."
Shen Wenhao swallowed hard, "And Shen Wenxiu?"
Shen Wenxiu had killed Qin Weilan, Shen Ci would certainly not let him off, right?
Shen Ci sneered, "Apart from Shen Wenxiu, as long as others don’t provoke me, I can overlook past matters."
"Does that mean you’ll use this tape to report him?" Ever since finding out that Shen Wenxiu didn’t share the same father as himself, Shen Wenhao had lost all feeling for him.
Damn, not a Shen Family member yet taking his place, acting as the Shen Family’s head—it was unbearable.
Shen Ci shook his head, "With just this tape, I cannot bring him to justice. He would say he was only aware, just concerned about the matter. Shen Wenhao, let me remind you, I’m not interested in the Shen Family’s business, so don’t provoke me because of it."
Shen Wenhao bitterly laughed, "Had you said this before, I wouldn’t have believed you, but now, I do."
A college entrance exam top scorer with a vast network from top-notch tutoring classes—if he were Shen Ci, he wouldn’t covet the chaotic family business of the Shen Family either.
Pity he wasn’t Shen Ci; if he wanted to live well, holding on to the Shen Family business was his only path.
After thinking it over, he said, "I won’t provoke you, but could we be friends or partners in the future?"
Shen Wenhao now regarded Shen Ci more highly than he did Shen Wenxiu and Shen Wenqian, but he dared not claim brotherhood with Shen Ci.
"Impossible. We can only have two kinds of relationships, strangers or enemies."
Shen Wenhao hurriedly compromised, "Alright, alright, we’ll be strangers from now on."
He couldn’t afford to be enemies. Once Shen Ci released the recording of his misdeeds, he would be utterly disgraced.
"Right, you can go now."
Shen Wenhao picked up the tape and took a few steps, then turned to ask Shen Ci, "Will you make peace with Wenxi and Wenqian?"
Shen Ci scoffed, "If you listen to the tape till the end, you’ll know my answer."
So Shen Wenxi and Shen Wenqian also had incriminating recordings.
Ruthless, Shen Ci was truly ruthless.
It was just that, he wasn’t sure about the others, but how did Shen Ci manage to record him?
When a tape recorder is recording there will be noise, and if it’s placed too far the recording will be poor.
The recording Shen Ci played for him was clear and clean...
Even if he had a traitor by his side, it would be difficult to achieve this, wouldn’t it?
So what was really going on?