Attention Sir, I Have Your Heart Handcuffed!-Chapter 323 - 212: Three boys, who is the demon? (Second update)_3
His story plunged Shi Nian into deep pain. Even though she wasn’t personally involved, she could empathize and clearly see the situation each person was in during the event.
Naturally, it was all the adults’ fault, yet every one of them faced their own difficulties and struggles. Perhaps they were not bad people themselves, nor did they want to create such consequences, but through a series of unfortunate misunderstandings, the harm grew alongside the young children.
He laughed bleakly, "I am a child that doesn’t want to be seen, a child without legs to walk out the door. I was hidden away, though I lacked nothing in terms of food and clothing, I never attended school or had peers of the same age. In those boundlessly lonely times, aside from gritting my teeth to endure the pain of rehabilitation, I had nothing but endless reading."
"Though I never formally attended school, I relied on the profound family learning of my maternal grandparents. The knowledge I gained was even more than that of children who went to school regularly, yet those books and knowledge could not fill my heart’s longing for normal emotions." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Shi Nian nodded vigorously, her eyes already sore.
"...Later, the Fude Group faced a major crisis. My father’s wife’s children had no ability to turn the tide, and my father insisted that I inherit his shares, so I was brought from China to M Country. The business acumen inherited from my father’s side and the rich knowledge learned from my mother’s side both helped me. In the Western business environment, I applied Eastern philosophical thought to what I had learned. Among everyone who was in constant anxiety, I managed to find inner peace. It was this peace of mind that allowed me to remain calm in the face of danger, and after three full years, I finally helped the Ford Group weather the crisis."
At this point, he paused again, then looked up at Shi Nian.
Shi Nian understood, he had already said enough, and the answer that followed was already in front of her.
All she needed to do was reach out and uncover it.
Shi Nian lowered her head, shaking it with a cold smile: "Sir, may I ask how many half-siblings you have? Please tell me all their names!"
Huangfu Huazhang stood, walked to the desk, opened a drawer, and took out a photo frame.
He first lowered his head and looked at it for a moment.
At this moment, the colorful clouds outside the window were as red as blood, the blood-colored glow falling upon his lonely shoulders. He steadied himself for a moment before walking back to hand it to Shi Nian.
Shi Nian’s heart skipped slightly, and she hurriedly reached out to receive it.
In the photo, there were three boys standing side by side, facing the camera. Yet, two of them stood together intimately, arms around each other’s shoulders, smiling at the lens; beside them stood a solitary boy, with a cold look. Although his eyes also looked at the lens, he was full of alienation.
Looking at it this way, it seemed as if the two children were the ones truly in the group photo, while the one standing beside them was an uninvited guest who accidentally entered the frame.
The three boys looked extremely similar, all tall and slender with pale skin. However, there were obvious differences among them: the two boys with arms around each other’s shoulders had more distinct characteristics of people from M Country; while the boy standing beside them, even though his eyes were blue, clearly had more features of an Eastern person.
Shi Nian couldn’t help but point at the two boys: "But they also don’t look 100% Western."
At least from their appearances, the three boys bore a seven-to-eight-tenths resemblance.
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[There are five thousand more words to follow.]
