The Sick Villain Just Want to Live

In the early morning of the weekend, some students couldn’t wait to rush to the Internet cafe, while some students were still sleeping soundly in the dormitory.

Zhu Tong has no habit of staying in bed until late, and neither did Shao Ming. 

He got up early and memorized two classical Chinese essays. At eight o’clock, under Uncle Liu’s resentful gaze, Zhu Tong sat on the backseat of Shao Ming’s bicycle. 

Although the milk tea shop in the morning was not as busy as in the afternoon, today, it was a bit deserted, especially compared to the last time he went there. 

In the Shangming milk tea shop, Shao Ming’s mother was behind the counter wiping the counter seriously.

On a high swivel chair in front of the counter, a woman was sitting with a handful of melon seeds in her hand, throwing the cracked melon seed husks on the cleaned ground.

While still chewing, the woman said righteously, “Yujie, listen to what your older sister says. This milk tea shop of yours, how much can you make all year round? The person I introduce to you is a big company’s boss, and he can earn several million a year! Isn’t it better to marry him rather than persisting in your small milk tea shop?” 

Shao Yujie looked up and said with a look of embarrassment, “Jie, don’t throw the melon seed husks on the ground, I…”

“There are no customers now. Wouldn’t it be fine if you clean it up again? Look, there are no guests who dare to come to your door.” 

“…”

Shao Yuhan looked at her little sister, feeling dissatisfied, “Did you hear what I said? You are 35 years old this year, but your son is already this old. With your age, no one would dislike you for having a child, so what else can you find fault with?”

Shao Yujie frowned and said, “He is over fifty this year, and he is still married…”

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“What’s wrong with being married? He promised me that as long as you are willing to marry him, he will immediately divorce his wife. And what’s wrong with being over fifty? Qiu Shaoping was already forty when he married you, and now he is fifty. Didn’t you marry him back then? Why are you being so pretentious now?”

“…”

Shao Yujie paused her work. Keeping her will firm, her face sank. “I won’t marry him at any cost. You can leave.” 

“Oh, you…”

Seeing her face slump, Shao Yuhan immediately stopped eating melon seeds. She softened her attitude and said, “Okay, okay, I said the wrong thing. Look at it this way – think of Shao Ming also! Now your milk tea shop is under investigation again, obviously someone is targeting you maliciously! Can you guarantee that the people targeting you will not do anything to Shao Ming?” 

Shao Yujie’s face suddenly changed. 

Seeing that her words have some impact, Shao Yuhan continued, “You are a single mother, so no matter how powerful Shao Ming is, can he compare with adults in society? Yes, he has good grades, but what’s the use of that now? You still expect him to take you to prosperity in the future? Listen to me, you marry into Boss Wu’s family for your own good. Is there anything better than being a big boss’ wife?” 

“Have you said enough?” Shao Yujie couldn’t bear it anymore. She raised her head and gave her sister an ultimatum: “Enough is enough. Please see yourself out, I still have a business to run.” 

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“…”

She made it clear that she would not take either hard or soft persuasion1, annoying SHao Yuhan. Her temper flared, she stood up and started to scold, “Shao Yujie! I’m doing it for your sake! I’m your big sister, and I’m thinking of you! You can’t keep the milk tea shop open now. What else can you do if you don’t get married? It’s good for you that Boss Wu is so rich. He is a good man that you can only meet after cashing out your previous life’s good karma. Shame on you for throwing away such an opportunity!” 

“Since he is such a good man, why doesn’t Auntie marry him herself?”

A light voice came from the door of the milk tea shop.

Shao Yuhan’s haughty expression suddenly froze. She turned her head slowly, and saw the tall youth who pushed the door open. Her expression paled in lighting speed. 

She turned around and looked at Shao Yujie who was also in a daze. Her chest heaved a few times, she frowned, and said in a low voice, “Think about what I told you. I’m leaving now.” 

After saying that, she panicked and almost fell from her high chair, intending to go out immediately. 

However, the person at the door did not let her go.

Shao Ming looked at her with weirdly kind eyes. “It’s hard for Auntie to visit us from afar. Why are you in such a hurry to leave?”

Shao Yuhan replied with a stiff face, “I have something urgent to do.” 

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“Going back in such a hurry, could it be that Uncle can’t fill in the hole of embezzlement he did on his company’s public funds? “

Shao Ming’s light words made Shao Yuhan anxious for a moment. She was breathless for a long time, but then bounced back with clear wrath in her face. “What nonsense are you talking about!”

Shao Ming smiled cheerfully, asking, “Am I talking nonsense? Does that compare to your role as that man’s lobbyist? How much did he pay you to talk to my mother today?” 

“You…”

Shao Yuhan’s expression changed several times, but when she met Shao Ming’s eyes that looked at her with a half-smile, she couldn’t say anything. 

It was hard to imagine that Shao Ming was just a high school student.

How did he know about her family affairs?

Shao Yuhan didn’t dare to ask. She lowered her head and said in a deep voice, “Get out of the way.”

Shao Ming remained motionless, clearly taunting her.

Shao Yuhan said anxiously, “Shao Ming! I am your elder!”

“Elder?” Shao Ming pretended to be surprised. He continued with an equally light tone,  “Have you forgotten what you said a few years ago? Then your memory is not very good. Why don’t you let Uncle check your brain at the hospital if you have time?” 

“You–!”

Shao Yuhan’s face turned livid.

A few years ago, when Shao Yujie was suffering from unbearable domestic violence, she took Shao Ming to find her older sister. At that time, Shao Yuhan knew what kind of life her sister was living, but she avoided him, fearing that she would be caught in the “crossfire”. Instead of helping, he called Qiu Shaoping in the bar directly and threatened him – she swore that she didn’t have such a shameless sister who gave birth out of wedlock! 

Zhu Tong, who followed Shao Ming into the store, was shocked by the scene in front of him.

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He doesn’t know what happened in the past. But he heard what he just said.

This woman should be Shao Ming’s aunt, specifically Shao Ming’s mother’s older sister. Despite that blood relation, she still wanted Shao Yujie to marry a married man in his fifties? 

‘Is this something that humans can do?’

Shao Yuhan was overthrown by Shao Ming. She couldn’t talk back, and didn’t dare to target Shao Ming. She could only turn her head to look at Shao Yujie, and said angrily, “This is the good son you taught! He has no education at all! He is talking to his elders so rudely like this? Where is his attitude?” 

“Education? Who are you to talk about education? Aren’t you just a pimp?” A slightly cold voice sounded behind Shao Ming, sarcasm clear in his tone.

Because the crux of the matter was family-related, Zhu Tong didn’t dare to mix at first. Due to this, the people inside the milk tea shop didn’t see him at all. 

He suddenly made a sound, and Shao Ming turned his head slightly.

Zhu Tong exposed his existence to the two women. He glared directly at Shao Yuhan, as if he’s judging her humanity. “Only educated people are qualified to judge others’ education, do you have one?” 

“…” 

Shao Yuhan looked at this strange boy who just came out. 

He was much slimmer and smaller compared to Shao Ming. He didn’t speak loudly, nor did he look energetic. But he had a noble temperament carved into the marrow of his bones. 

It made people feel inferior just standing in front of him.

Thinking of what he just said, Shao Yuhan said with an ugly face, “You… who are you?”

Zhu Tong replied, “Someone who is more educated than you.”

“…”

Shao Ming bursted into a muffled laughter. Even Shao Yujie, who still stood behind the counter, couldn’t hide her smile. 

Only Shao Yuhan’s face turned blue and pale, then turned red with shame and anger. She could only gritted out, “Y-you…” 

She couldn’t bear it anymore, and said angrily to Shao Ming, “Get out of the way, are you still planning to detain me illegally?”

Shao Ming was about to speak, but Shao Yujie spoke first, ” Shao Ming, let her go out.”

“…”

It’s probably because there’s an “outsider” Zhu Tong present, Shao Yujie didn’t want to show her family’s “ugliness” to him. 

Shao Ming glanced at Shao Yujie, but didn’t move. He raised his chin to Shao Yuhan and ordered her, “Clean up the melon seed husks.”

Shao Yuhan shouted coldly, “Don’t go too far!”

Shao Ming only smiled at her in return, “You still have to pay for the milk tea.”

“…”

“Auntie, if you still don’t want to go out, it’s business hours, so we can entertain you well.”

Shao Yuhan’s chest rose and fell violently, looking like she’s on the verge of having a stroke attack. But, there’s no customer in the store now, so she couldn’t raise a fuss to make trouble. 

She also couldn’t compete with brute force now that Shao Ming was her opponent. She had seen how Shao Ming fought, and that boy really had some skill. 

After weighing the pros and cons, she could only turn around and take tools to clean the melon seed husks in front of the counter.

Before going out, she cursed her sister and her nephew, saying, “When your milk tea shop closes and you have nowhere to go, don’t come crying and begging me!” 

Shao Ming didn’t take her seriously. He still had that infuriating customer service-approved smile. “Auntie, go slowly. Your memory isn’t good, so be careful not to get lost along the way.” 

Shao Yuhan: “…”

–Isn’t this just implying that she had dementia?

She’s only 37 years old2! 

Shao Yuhan gritted her teeth bitterly, opened the door and left the milk tea shop.

Luo Suo and Lu Zheyu, who were rushing to work, ran into her outside the door. As soon as Luo Suo saw Shao Yuhan, he looked unhappy, walked into the milk tea shop and said, “Why is she here again? Is that ghost so idle to bother you? Auntie, are you okay?”

Shao Yujie and Luo Suo are already very familiar with each other.

She smiled behind the counter and assured him, “I’m fine.”

Luo Suo turned his head to look at the empty milk tea shop again, wondering, “Why is there no one today?”

Shao Yujie came out from behind the counter, sighed and said, “The TV station reported that someone drank the milk tea in the shop, and her drug test showed positive. So our shop is under investigation…” 

“…”

“Under investigation again?” Luo Suo wondered incredulously, “Wasn’t  it investigated last time?”

“It has, yes,” Shao Yujie nodded before continuing, “But now, it’s under investigation once again because there’s a well-known model who claimed that her drug test showed positive after she drank milk tea from our store.” 

No one cared about the truth of the matter.

But if a public figure with social influence said that, things would inevitably go viral. If things get serious, this milk tea shop will get affected in the long-run. 

And if this milk tea shop got into this kind of accident again and again, even their most loyal customer would be wary. They wouldn’t dare to patronize them again. 

After learning what had happened, Luo Suo immediately scolded them, feeling indignant, “Who the fuck said that? Which model? She said she had a problem after drinking milk tea? We just passed the security check, and didn’t relevant departments come out to clarify for us?”

“You said that the case is still under investigation, but you never examine the inquiry?” Lu Zheyu suddenly said something.

Luo Suo frowned suddenly.

The food safety department has issued a public announcement, proving that there was no problem with the raw materials of the milk tea shop.

But the model insisted that her test result was due to drinking milk tea from here. Before the problem was figured out, the relevant department could not produce evidence to refute the model’s words, so naturally they could not clarify anything.

But because the original test showed a negative, their milk tea shop still could operate regularly. Still, that doesn’t mean that people will still buy from here. Without customers, the workers were left with nothing to do. 

Zhu Tong looked at the empty seats in the milk tea shop, but his mind was thinking about another problem. The model named Shao Ming’s milk tea shop by name, so it must not be a coincidence that she said those words. 

But the person who reported narcotics inside the ingredients last time was Yuan Shaozhou. And that person was already arrested, plus his father and uncle were too busy with their own problems to help him.

So who was the culprit this time?