"..."
Sasa's lips curled into a slight smile. She thought she had seen her fair share of celebrities and handsome internet stars in her daily life.
But the looks of Shen Yi's brothers were simply a feast for the eyes, dazzling her over and over again.
Before meeting them, her impression of Shen Yi's brothers was just a bunch of idle, preachy types.
Who loved nothing more than to discipline their younger sister.
She never expected reality to give her such a massive surprise.
The woman sighed softly, "Xiao Yi, so your enemies are actually your brothers?"
Did these wealthy underworld families just pronounce 'family' as 'enemy'?
"I don't get it. Since you have this kind of background, why did you still drag me on the run..." Sasa's expression was full of confusion.
Shen Yi, who had been pulled into Shen Ruxu's arms, poked half her head out, trying to explain to Sasa:
"If I didn't run, they really would have locked me up in school, and then you wouldn't be able to see me anymore."
How could going to school be as free as being an assassin?
"Junior high students are supposed to study hard, Yiyi. Your brothers aren't wrong." Sasa felt the situation was somewhat absurd even as she said it.
A wanted professional gamer advising a teenage assassin to go back to school.
What a bizarre and nonsensical scene.
"When you told me before that your brothers were always angry, I didn't get it. But now I finally understand why they're mad every day."
Just think about it.
If she had a younger sister who skipped school all day to run around with various dangerous organizations, she wouldn't be able to stop herself from going crazy either.
Moreover, given Shen Yi's sensitive and dangerous family background, going to school was indeed the best choice.
"Did you hear that?" Shen Wenta finally gave Sasa a proper glance. "Even your friend knows that kids need to go to school."
"Wait a minute," Shen Yi frowned, tactfully interrupting their impending lecture. "We finally get to see each other, can we talk about something else? Stop trying to persuade me to go to school. I actually have another friend who was taken away by Li Jianwei."
"Big brother, do you guys know who the leader of this organization is?"
Shen Zhizhao spread his hands, his attitude casual. "No idea."
His demeanor was lukewarm, a polite facade that clearly screamed "I don't want to meddle."
Chen Yu?
Let alone someone he didn't know.
Even if an acquaintance died right in front of him, Shen Zhizhao wouldn't bat an eye.
Shen Xun was entirely indifferent to Chen Yu's safety, but he still humored Shen Yi, picking up his sister's conversational thread: "The leader of the Que organization? Not sure, why don't you tell us?"
"Li Jianwei." Shen Yi immediately seized the opening. "You guys might not have heard of him, but he's the boss behind the scenes of this organization. He took Chen Yu away."
Shen Yi hadn't been in a rush about this matter originally.
Saving Chen Yu had always been placed very far down on her 'to-do list'.
But now, these scummy brothers of hers had come with ill intentions.
If she didn't find something for herself to do, she'd be dragged back to school in the next second.
Thinking on her feet, Shen Yi quickly threw out this highly useful friend. "Chen Yu is in Li Jianwei's hands. I have to go save him."
"Li Jianwei's identity is so sensitive, he might have already been caught." Shen Yi made herself look very sincere. "Right now, I'm really worried that Chen Yu might die."
"So?" Shen Zhizhao asked in return. "Do you think your friend is still alive right now? Do you think he needs you to save him? A friend who only causes trouble is better off dead."
"Chen Yu," Shen Xun's cold and clear face showed a slight smirk, inexplicably gaining a bit of enthusiasm. "Is he completely dead? If not, I can send him on his way."
"Don't worry about this useless friend, Xiao Yi," Shen Ruxu added a verbal stab with a beaming smile. "Maybe he's already dead and reincarnated by now. Let's go home."
The other three were just using words to persuade her.
Shen Wenta directly grabbed her, wanting to drag her away from this garbage dump of a place.
"I really don't understand why you came to this rundown place. It's like a rat's nest, a place where dead rats live. Come back with me."
"As for your friend, just assume he's dead."
Shen Yi struggled against him, refusing to go with him no matter what. "Wait a minute—"
As the two tangled, the system's voice suddenly rang out in her mind:
[Unlocked current protagonist group character identity—]
[Li Jianwei, Male, 28, the behind-the-scenes leader of the Que organization. After the Que organization was destroyed, he was arrested by underground forces. After enduring various tortures, he was riddled with scars and filled with resentment. Eventually, during an outing, he was saved, healed, and reformed by the female lead, Song Yee. In the end, he abandoned the darkness for the light, running without hesitation toward the brightness he yearned for.]
Shen Yi froze for a moment.
Song Yee? She was actually involved in this too.
Shen Yi stopped and forcefully shook off her brother's hand. Staring at the profile card, she pondered, "Li Jianwei definitely has no less blood on his hands than other underground organization members, and he's the mastermind behind it all. Why can a character like this, after doing all sorts of evil, still run toward the light without a single qualm?"
How strange.
And why would such a character exist in that kind of positive-energy protagonist group?
[After all, he later turns over a new leaf. By following the protagonist group and doing good deeds, he is no longer considered a bad person.]
"Wow," Shen Yi's lips twitched. "My dad loves helping old men and women cross the street in his spare time, isn't he still a bad guy?"
[Your dad? It's a miracle if he doesn't join the old folks in a united effort to jaywalk through red lights.]
The system flipped through the script and found that Shen Sixing was a weirdo even in the villain world.
Shen Yi: "..."
Was her dad's reputation really that terrible?
Shen Yi looked up listlessly, carefully analyzing the contents of the profile card.
"So Li Jianwei will eventually be caught? Then Chen Yu is in trouble too."
[Yes. So, Shen Yi, are you going to save him?]
"No."
Shen Yi's expression was a bit gloomy. "I'm going to beat him up."
System: ...
'Beat' and 'save' might both be verbs, but their meanings were worlds apart.
What exactly did she want to do???
"I'm not going home with you guys yet. I have to go find Li Jianwei." Shen Yi took out her phone, checking the GPS location.
Li Jianwei was like an unkillable cockroach.
If he wasn't dead, then she couldn't possibly watch him be reformed by Song Yee and follow some 'villain turns over a new leaf' script.
When Shen Yi met with Li Jianwei, under the guise of delivering desserts and listening to stories, she had slipped a tracker on him.
She couldn't help it.
Professional habit.
Everyone schemed against each other, tossing trackers and bugs back and forth.
Back when Shen Yi frequently went out on missions, that psycho Shen Ruxu could plant over a dozen bugs and trackers on her.
As a result, the first thing she did every time she entered a room was to search her body for any planted bugs.
After spending so much time with her second brother, this extrajudicial fanatic, she had turned out the same way.
And the tracker on Li Jianwei was quite interesting.
Logically, with his cautious personality, he would have changed clothes, or at the very least checked himself and found it.
But he didn't.
He was even still carrying the tracker around.
His intention of waiting for her was too obvious.
Shen Yi unlocked her phone and loaded the location data.
"Can you guys help me out? Brothers? Please help me." She clasped her hands together, softening her tone, her whole body radiating a signal that screamed I am so pitiful. "This is the one and only request I will make in my entire life."
"..."
Shen Wenta spoke up coolly, "You said the exact same thing last time when you had the sudden whim of making me buy you an airplane."
Shen Ruxu was laughing uncontrollably on the side and was just about to chime in. "Last time you begged me to help you—"
"Stop right there."
Shen Yi stopped Shen Ruxu from exposing her embarrassing past.
"Help me, help me, help me."
Seeing that her begging wasn't working, Shen Yi decisively dropped to the floor and rolled around twice like a flexible rolled-up towel.
After rolling, she mischievously climbed back up, spread her arms wide, and lunged toward Shen Wenta, pretending she wanted to cuddle.
Shen Wenta reflexively shrank back half a meter, his lips pressed tightly together. A crack finally appeared on his stunningly handsome, almost aloof face.
"Stay away from me," he said in a low voice laced with disgust. "You are really dirty."
Shen Yi didn't care at all. She reached out and messed up his perfectly styled hair. "Hurry up and help me!"
Shen Wenta: "..."
Shen Ruxu leaned in with a grin, only to have his hair mercilessly ruffled by Shen Yi as well.
"Hurry up and help me, I can't believe you are still laughing."
Shen Xun also wanted his hair ruffled, so he leaned in too.
"..."
