Shen Xun could only say, "I wasn't lying about our oldest brother. He really does have a medical license."
Shen Yi blinked and waited a moment, but no further explanation came.
"And then?"
"...Whether he can actually cure anyone is another story."
Shen Yi's eyes widened in horror. "Could he doctor someone to death?"
"That's hard to say..." Shen Xun answered vaguely. "You don't need to worry about his profession."
"It's just a shortcut for him to achieve his goals. He could take the bar exam and get a law license in his free time, or anything else. Whatever he needs, he can go out and get it."
Shen Yi fell into deep thought.
So he was an all-powerful, overachieving older brother.
"If he's so amazing, why didn't your family's system make him the heir?"
From the image pieced together from her brothers' words, Shen Zhizhao should have been the most qualified heir in the family.
Smart, versatile, and capable of everything.
"He's always had a bit of a fragile heart since he was a kid," he recalled. "I don't know what he went through later, but it seems that after a kidnapping incident, he became like a mute—blank and with some psychological issues."
"Grandpa was afraid he would go crazy, so he stopped pushing him and instead chose our third brother, who was raised by his side since childhood."
Facts proved that Shen Wenta's ability to handle pressure was indeed much better than Shen Zhizhao's.
"After we turn eight, we are placed on an island to participate in a battle royale with many children of the same age."
Shen Yi froze. The circles she interacted with in her past life were limited to wealthy second-generation kids; she had never heard of such a system.
She was astonished. "...Hah, is it really that extreme? I thought this was only a plot in TV shows, like a mastermind villain putting a group of people on a deserted island to survive or something."
But their family actually implemented this kind of elimination system on their own children?
Thinking about it again, the world she was in was a comic book itself.
What seemed absurd was actually quite reasonable.
Shen Yi asked curiously, "Then after you turn eight, will you go too?"
"I will."
He didn't hesitate; he even looked a bit expectant.
Shen Xun didn't want to stay by his parents' side forever.
Actually, after his older brothers left home one after another, he also yearned for the outside world.
The genes in their family's bones all yearned for dangerous things; they could never be content with the status quo.
Shen Yi was different. She felt there was nothing better than home. She was a very homebody person.
But everyone's choices were different.
She liked Shen Xun, and she wanted him to be happy.
So Shen Yi slightly softened her voice, "Then, brother, after you leave, if you have time, remember to come home and visit."
"I will wait for you."
Shen Xun looked up.
The girl's eyes were soft, and her tone was so gentle it seemed weightless. She didn't try to make him stay; she merely told him to remember to come home.
His favorite little sister in the family was just looking at him quietly like this.
Shen Xun felt something quietly shatter in his heart.
He bit the corner of his mouth and solemnly said, "Okay."
...
Meanwhile, at the other end of the living room, Shen Sixing spoke up to stop the full-scale martial arts brawl that was about to unfold in the house.
"Don't be in such a rush to hit him."
Shen Sixing grabbed the back of Shen Ruxu's collar firmly and tossed him aside.
He reached out and hugged Wen Ya, resting his chin on the woman's shoulder, and whispered, "We need to move out tonight. Otherwise, the police and investigators from certain departments will be knocking on our door tomorrow."
"You hate dealing with them the most, don't you?"
"Moving tonight?" Wen Ya suppressed her soaring anger, turned around, hooked her arms around his neck, and stared at his face. "Did you kill someone at school?"
Otherwise, it wouldn't have reached the point of moving overnight.
Shen Sixing did not deny it.
"They kidnapped Little Yi, and I got a little angry."
"And then I lost control just a little bit." As he spoke, he didn't forget to pinch his thumb and index finger together to gesture, emphasizing repeatedly, "Really, just a tiny bit."
Wen Ya didn't call him impulsive. Instead, she raised her eyebrows, looking extremely pleased. "I told you a long time ago, useless colleagues should be deleted early on."
She let go of him, squatted down, and pulled the two youngest little ones into her arms.
She reached out and squeezed their arms and legs. After a careful inspection, seeing that neither child showed any signs of distress, she felt relieved. "You weren't scared silly, were you, my darlings?"
Shen Yi shook her head.
"No, I wouldn't be scared."
"Is that so?" Wen Ya smiled and praised her as always. "As expected, our Little Yi is the bravest darling in the world!"
Shen Yi immediately felt a little shy and gently buried her face in her mother's embrace.
With the exception of Shen Yi, everyone in the family had long-term experience dealing with the police.
None of them wanted to deal with SWAT teams and the various interrogations from those special departments, so they contacted a moving company that very night and relocated the whole family.
Shen Yi and Shen Xun, the two youngest children, were so exhausted that they leaned against each other and fell into a deep sleep in the car.
The new home was located in a wealthy neighborhood.
The people who could afford to live there were all businessmen with some assets or wealthy government officials.
Wen Ya stood at the door, directing people as they bustled in and out.
After waking up, Shen Yi stood blankly in the yard, looking at this house that was even bigger than their previous one, feeling a bit dazed.
"Are you new here?"
A voice called out.
Shen Yi turned her head and saw an exceptionally elegant and beautiful woman standing by the fence, smiling and waving at her.
Shen Yi nodded her head.
The wealthy lady looked her up and down a few times, then glanced at the people moving in and out of the yard. She smiled and nodded. "Little one, you can come over to Auntie's place to play when you have time. We have kids at home too, right next door to your house."
Her slender finger gently pointed toward the nearby villa area.
Showing Shen Yi the direction.
Shen Yi nodded. "Okay, I understand."
The wealthy lady gave a sweet smile and left.
...
The new house had been renovated a long time ago and left vacant, so it was ready for immediate move-in. Once the furnishings were neatly arranged, they finally finished all the moving tasks before the sun went down.
Wen Ya also finally had time to settle a score with Shen Ruxu.
In the living room.
Shen Yi was watching the show.
Wen Ya reached out and grabbed Shen Ruxu by the ear. Her face was so cold it looked like it could frost over. "I told you to go and study properly. Who told you to blow up the school? Do you know how much psychological trauma you could have caused your sister?"
"Shen Ruxu?"
Being called by his full name made Shen Ruxu even more panicked. He carefully explained, "Actually, she was super brave too. She kicked and broke the bones of our accomplices. Little Yi is practically a beautiful warrior maiden!"
"You actually dare to slander your sister?" Wen Ya's delicate eyebrows shot up, and her voice sank again. "Do you believe I'll beat you to death today?"
"Mom, hitting him with this will hurt more." Shen Wenta took the opportunity to kick him while he was down. He found a belt and handed it over, his tone sincere. "Please make sure to whip this bitch to death."
As long as he could see his second brother get brutally beaten by their mother.
Then all their past grudges could vanish into thin air.
He would wipe the slate clean with Shen Ruxu with a smile.
Shen Ruxu turned his head, his eyes widening in astonishment. Looking at the belt, he cried out in bitter anguish, "Do not commit a bad deed just because it is small, Shen Wenta!"
"If you treat me like this today, even if you get crushed to death by a tree in the future, I won't save you!"
He furiously threw down the harsh words.
The next second.
The belt in Wen Ya's hand sliced through the air with a sharp, piercing sound. With two strikes, she whipped him into a spinning top.
"Come."
After ruthlessly whipping him a few times, Wen Ya tossed the belt aside. She approached her son step by step, her expression so amiable that it was terrifying.
"I will stop whipping you for now. Let me see what you have learned out there all these years."
Shen Ruxu: "..."
You might as well just keep whipping me.
He was just about to act shameless and hug his mother's legs to fake crying, but Wen Ya was already upon him. Her right hand shot out with lightning speed, aiming straight for his collar.
Shen Ruxu's pupils shrank slightly.
Relying on instinct, the young man bent backwards with astonishing flexibility, narrowly escaping the fate of being grappled.
In the very next instant, a fierce sweeping kick brushed right past his face.
If that kick had connected, his neck would have absolutely snapped.
Shen Ruxu slowed his breathing, quickly tilting his head to dodge the side kick while simultaneously taking a step back to gracefully open up the distance.
With Wen Ya missing two consecutive moves, the living room ornaments shattered all over the floor, yet her pace remained unhurried.
Then, the woman's figure vanished for a split second.
In the blink of an eye, she closed the gap between them, her right hand forming a fist and striking straight at his face!
This time, Shen Ruxu finally had no way to dodge.
A heavy punch landed, successfully sending him flying out of the house and crashing onto the ground.
"..."
Shen Yi thought to herself.
Good thing there was a lawn at the entrance. Otherwise, under such a heavy blow, her second brother would definitely be smashed into an idiot, right?
Shen Ruxu was clearly thrown quite hard as well.
The young man sprawled pathetically on the ground, his brain buzzing. His beautiful amber eyes spun slightly, turning into comical, dazed dots.
