After Gu Yuan took office, the first problem he had to deal with was Shen Shuxiao.
Meng Xinshu took Master Mi away before, but left Shen Shuxiao behind. Gu Yuan felt a little depressed. Unexpectedly, Guanlong Mountain's solution would give Gu Yuan an even bigger headache.
"It's up to you!"
These four simple words completely stumped Gu Yuan.
It may be that the previous report he made highlighted Shen Shuxiao's "contribution" on the Snow Mountain. Therefore, although Shen Shuxiao had taken action against the people of the Demon Suppression Division, without causing a catastrophe, Guanlong Mountain did not seem to be I really want to care about it.
But if he really didn't want to care about it at all, he wouldn't let Gu Yuan "just take care of it".
Just when Gu Yuan didn't know what to do, Pang Ying, the assistant, came into play again.
"Actually, Guanlongshan's meaning is quite simple. You don't have to worry too much about it, but we can't let this matter just go by. Shen Shuxiao has to pay something."
Pang Ying had been staying at Guanlong Mountain before, so Gu Yuan would certainly take her words seriously.
"Then look, what should we do?" Gu Yuan asked.
"This..." Pang Ying pondered for a moment and said, "Since Guanlong Mountain lets you decide, then you can just make up your own mind."
"..."
Doesn’t this mean nothing?
Gu Yuan thought carefully and finally had an idea.
While waiting for lunch, Gu Yuan asked Zhang Chuan to bring Shen Shuxiao to him.
"Sit down and eat something together." Gu Yuan said with a smile.
Shen Shu looked at Gu Yuan with a smile, hesitated, and asked tentatively: "Isn't this a deprivation meal?"
"No way!" Gu Yuan waved his hand, "Sit down first and I'll chat with you."
Shen Shuxiao guessed that it was Guanlong Mountain who wanted to settle accounts with the Queen of Autumn.
Although he sat down, he only sat halfway up his buttocks, looking a little uneasy.
And Gu Yuan was very satisfied with Shen Shuxiao's current performance.
"Guanlong Mountain handed you over to me. After thinking about it, I feel that this matter really can't be let go. Let's do this. From now on, if you stay with me for half a year, you will be regarded as a crime and meritorious service."
Shen Shuxiao was stunned for a moment, then thought about it carefully and found something was wrong.
"What about half a year from now?"
"After half a year, you can do whatever you want. I still don't care about you after half a year?" Gu Yuan said angrily.
Shen Shuxiao was surprised.
"Just forget it?"
"What else do you want?" Gu Yuan smiled, "Is it possible to kill you? Shen Shuxiao, do you really want to die that much?"
Shen Shuxiao quickly shook her head: "Of course not, it's just...a little unexpected."
He had been mentally prepared before. The worst outcome was that he would be executed. If it was a little better, he would be imprisoned in Guanlong Mountain and never see the light of day.
"I just didn't expect..."
"What didn't you expect? Didn't you expect us to be so kind to you?" Gu Yuan said with a smile, "It's not a big deal to talk about. Didn't you find your way back after you lost your way? Whether it's Guanlong Mountain or the Demon Suppression Division, it's not a big deal. A place to be reasonable.”
Shen Shu smiled slightly, and his eyes became full of gratitude when he looked at Gu Yuan.
He knew that the reason why this matter could be passed lightly was because Gu Yuan helped him with his kind words at Guanlong Mountain.
"Gu Yuan..."
"Um?"
"Thank you."
Gu Yuan waved his hand and said: "You are simply helping to count the money after being sold. In the next three months, you will not get a penny of salary."
Shen Shu smiled.
What is his identity?
Still need money?
If you spread the word, you won’t be afraid of being laughed at!
After being able to escape intact, Shen Shuxiao was about to cry with excitement!
At this moment, Shen Shuxiao felt relaxed and her food tasted delicious.
"What do I need to do next?" he asked while eating.
"How do I know..." Gu Yuan said angrily.
"Ah?" Shen Shuxiao raised her head and looked at him, her eyes full of confusion.
Gu Yuan coughed slightly, and felt that it was very inappropriate for him to do this. Others would definitely think that he was unreliable, so he quickly went back to make up for it: "I mean, I don't know yet, if there is really anything I will tell you what you need to do."
"Well, then don't be polite to me. No matter what the dirty work is, as long as it is something I can do, just arrange it for me!" Shen Shuxiao was ready to give it all.
Previously on the snow mountain, he was confused by Master Mi and attacked the people of the Demon Suppression Division. This was not a joke. Even if Guanlong Mountain took his life, the Shen family could only applaud after knowing about it.
Compared to this, just staying in Star City for three months is considered punishment?
It’s just like traveling!
If he can't make some achievements in these three months, when Gu Yuan asks him to leave, he will be embarrassed to leave!
I don’t want my face anymore!
"By the way, Shen Shuxiao, can I ask you a question?"
"you."
"You and Shen Shuyang are really brothers?"
"Yeah, same father and same mother." Shen Shuxiao's expression became a little unnatural when she heard the name Shen Shuyang.
Gu Yuan smiled and said, "If that's the case, then why do you two seem to have any deep hatred?"
Shen Shuxiao suddenly fell silent and said nothing.
Gu Yuan looked at his appearance at this moment, picked up the chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Actually, I just asked casually. If it's inconvenient, forget it."
Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite, and Gu Yuan is just curious. Whether he knows about it or not will not have any impact on him.
"Actually, this matter is a bit complicated." Shen Shuxiao said helplessly, "And in these years, he has only shouted at me to beat me and kill me."
Gu Yuan nodded and waited for Shen Shuxiao to continue.
Shen Shuxiao thought for a moment, briefly organized his words, and spoke again: "The fundamental reason is that I killed his girlfriend."
"???" Gu Yuan's eyes widened with a look of disbelief on his face, "Is there such a thing?"
"Well, his girlfriend did die at my hands." Shen Shu smiled, "After this incident, he hated me to the core."
Gu Yuan pointed at Shen Shuxiao's nose and said, "Then you really deserve it. Does it bother you if someone falls in love?"
Shen Shuxiao shrugged his shoulders, still looking indifferent.
"This is how the world is. Freedom is not about doing what you want, but not doing what you don't want to do. But I don't have such freedom, and Shen Shuyang doesn't have the freedom either."
"So... you have no choice but to do so?"
"No, this is my choice."
Gu Yuan: "???"
He suddenly wanted to strangle Shen Shuxiao to death.
How do you feel that communicating with this person is very difficult?
After dinner, Gu Yuan and Shen Shuxiao found a place to sit down and drink tea, finally understanding the future.
This happened three years ago.
Although brothers Shen Shuxiao and Shen Shuyang were both members of the Shen family, their status in the Shen family was not high at that time. The fundamental reason was that their father was actually the old man of the Shen family. illegitimate child.
When they returned to the Shen family, Shen Shuxiao was already ten years old. Mr. Shen took them into the Shen family. However, foreign children were often bullied in the Shen family, also because of Shen Shuxiao's father, Shen Bo. , it is really shameful for this illegitimate child to be exposed, so he has no say in the Shen family.
When Mr. Shen was still alive, he took good care of the illegitimate son Shen Bo, probably to make up for the debt he had incurred over the years, and put more of his thoughts on the brothers Shen Shuxiao and Shen Shuyang.
And Shen Shuxiao did not disappoint the other party. Although he returned to the Shen family only when he was ten years old, he showed great talent as soon as he came into contact with martial arts.
And this also made Shen Bo's family a thorn in the side of other Shen family members.
But it was also because Mr. Shen was still there, so everything was still calm.
Under the protection of Mr. Shen, everything was peaceful, but everything changed five years ago.
Mr. Shen, who protected Shen Bo's family, passed away suddenly on a summer night when cicadas were singing.
The eldest son of the Shen family, Shen Tao, became the new head of the family.
And this also means that the good days of Shen Bo's family are coming to an end.
From then on, Shen Shuxiao and the others began to be ostracized everywhere. If they were not careful, they might be kicked out of the Shen family.
Fortunately, Shen Shuxiao was quite successful, completing impossible tasks again and again, and gradually gained some status and voice in the Shen family, allowing Shen Bo's father to gradually gain a foothold in the family.
This was Shen Shuxiao's way out.
But what Shen Shuxiao didn't expect was that at this moment, something happened at Shen Shuyang's place.
Shen Shuyang has always had a maid by his side. The two have been together for a long time and are similar in age. During this process, the boy and girl gradually developed a secret love, which in itself is a very normal thing.
Shen Shuxiao didn't care about this. Anyway, they didn't have much status in the first place. They couldn't beat each other just because of their differences. But no one expected that the identity of the maid was unusual.
Shen Shuxiao encountered the other party's sneaky behavior several times. After secret investigation, she discovered that the maid turned out to be an informant planted by the enemies of the Shen family. She had been secretly collecting the inner secrets of the Shen family and was secretly searching for the inner door of the Shen family. Martial arts.
"So, you just killed her?" Gu Yuan couldn't help but interrupt after hearing this.
Shen Shuxiao shook her head.
"At the beginning, I was thinking of sending her out first to save her life. As for Shen Shuyang, I could let him choose whether to go with us. He wouldn't be happy staying in the Shen family anyway. .”
Gu Yuan nodded slightly.
He was just thinking that there was indeed a better way to handle this matter.
"Unexpectedly, when I investigated, I discovered that the Shen family had actually noticed the maid a long time ago, and wanted to take this opportunity to drive us all out of the Shen family." Shen Shu said with a smile, "So , I had no time to make any further arrangements, so I could only act preemptively, expose the maid first, and then execute her on the spot in front of everyone in the Shen family."
Gu Yuan took a deep breath.
He looked at Shen Shuxiao and was silent for a long time, not knowing what to do.
He didn't seem to be able to question Shen Shuxiao's choice, he just felt sorry for it.
"Didn't you understand this matter with Shen Shuyang?"
"Why do you need to understand?" Shen Shu said with a smile, "It's good to be like this now. He hates staying in the Shen family in the mountain city and always wants to wander outside, and this can also make him safer.
Besides, over the years, no matter what the reason, his strength has been improving. Maybe this has become his motivation. What's wrong with that? "
Gu Yuan gave Shen Shuxiao a thumbs up.
Of course, he didn't agree that the other party was right, he just felt a little emotional.
Not everyone can have such a mentality.
Moreover, what Shen Shuxiao said gave Gu Yuan a basic understanding of their status in the Shen family. From being ostracized everywhere, to now, Shen Shuxiao has become a strong contender to be the next head of the Shen family.
Only Shen Shuxiao knew how much he had to pay.
Then, Shen Shuxiao added: "The days in the Shen family were really like walking on thin ice in the early years, but it has only been easier in recent years. Many people have chosen to stand by me. If not, I would not I don’t have the ability to challenge them.”
"Then I really don't understand. In that case, why are you so worried about bringing down the Shen family?" Gu Yuan asked doubtfully.
If it were Shen Shuxiao, and if she was going to die, she would die with the Shen family in her arms.
What else is there to worry about?
But Shen Shuxiao's previous state was that she could do whatever she wanted, but she must not involve the Shen family.
Isn't this mental illness?
But this time, Shen Shuxiao did not answer all questions, but just smiled and shook his head.
"Not important, not important."
Gu Yuan saw that he didn't want to, so he stopped asking. He changed the subject and said, "Then your losses this time were really heavy. All the people you brought to the snow mountain died."
"Those people? In fact, I deliberately let them die there." Shen Shuxiao shrugged, "If they were my people, how could I watch them die in front of me?"
"Huh?"
"Those people were arranged for me by Shen Tao to help me capture the Snow Winged Eagle. In fact, they just wanted to give me trouble at the critical moment." Shen Shuxiao sneered, "Such a hidden danger is of course a Get rid of it right from the start.”
Gu Yuan suddenly realized.
"You will stay here for the next three months. When you go back, I'm afraid everything will change in the Shen family."
"That's all we can do for the time being." Shen Shuxiao sighed and said, "But I think the progress of the others will not be too smooth. I will not be idle in these three months."
Gu Yuan scratched his head.
He suddenly began to think deeply.
Is it really necessary for me to leave Shen Shuxiao in Star City?
How do you feel, this is a trouble to stay!
But what Gu Yuan didn't expect was.
That afternoon, Gu Yuan received a call.
It was Shen Shuyang calling.
