Chapter 868: Chapter 868

The sunset cast hues of orange and red through the glass, bathing the tall and elegant man in a cold shadow on the marble floor, creating a stark visual contrast.

Jiang Wanze walked in, his fists clenched and trembling slightly, lowering his head, "Big brother."

Bo Tingshen turned around, placing the delicate Little Strawberry brooch he had been examining back into the gift box.

"I, I..." He bit his teeth tightly, as if it was extremely difficult to speak those words, "I have something to ask of you."

"Please, please spare Luo Yuwei."

After he spoke, the man who had just put away the gift box seemed to notice him, slightly raising his gaze, but Jiang Wanze dared not meet those eyes.

He could imagine what kind of look that must be.

"You know everything?"

As he spoke, his body involuntarily trembled, and then, as if finally unable to support himself or as if he had made a resolute decision, he collapsed heavily onto his knees.

"But she has a video of me, the video from that night, big brother, please... I don't want to end up like my mom, someone who is always pointed at by thousands, someone who can never see the light of day!"

He always thought he could forget his origins by not listening or thinking, could pretend to be innocent, knowing nothing, but it was only when Luo Yuwei presented him with the blood-soaked reality in front of him that he realized how weak and self-deceptive he was.

No matter how hard he tried to cover it up, pretended not to care, the fact that his mother used a disgustingly low method to trap his father into having him could never be changed.

FOR's captain, the second young master of the Bo Family, all the glories he wore that others envied were tokens of the Bo Family's charity, all credits to his mother's 'efforts'.

And he despised his mother's actions while enjoying the glory bestowed by the Bo Family,

He forgot that he was the biggest beneficiary of this sin all along.

He had no right to detest his mother, no entitlement to naturally enjoy the Bo Family's grace; he was just an illegitimate child born out of a mistake, constantly reminding everyone of that mistake, an awkward existence.

But sometimes he thought, if only this mistake had never occurred, how good it would be; he wouldn't have to bear these burdens for a lifetime.

So, no matter what, he could not walk the path his mother did, he couldn't...

A grown man, always so proud, knelt on the ground, his sturdy frame trembling as he pleaded, yet the man's eyes behind the desk remained indifferent, undisturbed.

Silence permeated the air, like a beast gripping his throat tightly, leaving Jiang Wanze barely able to breathe.

What right did he have to beg him?

If not for him, he wouldn't have stayed in the Bo Family, wouldn't have achieved what he had now.

Yet now, for his own petty issue, he was begging him to forgive someone who had hurt the person in his heart.

He could not possibly agree to it.

The vast floor-to-ceiling window was suddenly closed by a remote control, and the office fell into a darkness.

Jiang Wanze looked up in confusion only to see that the high-definition 5D screen in the office area was playing a video, the ridiculous scene of him and Luo Yuwei after he got drunk in the hallway of Songwu Manor that night, just that... this time there was a continuation!

The two figures entangled by the doorway, the door was pushed open, the video transitioned, moving indoors, and as soon as he went in, he passed out, unconscious, lying on the ground with only Luo Yuwei inside the room screaming madly, smashing his Jade Pendant, even falsifying the scene of their encounter.

How could there be such a video?

So, he hadn't been involved with Luo Yuwei, the so-called video she claimed to have was just bluffing him, so...

"That night she went up to the fifth floor, to prevent further actions below, I had someone turn on the recording system in all the rooms."

Bo Tingshen set down the remote control.

Jiang Wanze stared at the video incredulously, and until it ended, the excitement of being vindicated had barely begun to unfold in his heart before a massive sense of being played overwhelmed him.

He slowly and stiffly turned to look at the man behind the desk, so he had always known the truth and had used it to completely dissuade him from any thoughts of Ye Xian, even letting him wallow in the anguish of his mistakes?

Was it simply because he was the heir of the Bo Family, the true Crown Prince, higher than him, so he had the liberty to toy with and humiliate him at will?!

Jiang Wanze, looking up at him with eyes always filled with reverence and obedience, for the first time flickered with an anger and unwillingness.

Bo Tingshen opened the window, exposing all of Jiang Wanze's embarrassed and resentful gaze to the sunlight.

He called his full name for the first time, bringing Jiang Wanze to a momentary daze.

"Do you know why I've never let you enter the company all this time?"

The deepest desire in his heart was dragged out, laid bare, Jiang Wanze instinctively dodged, "No, I never thought about entering the company..."

That was the Bo Family's, a realm belonging solely to him, the only heir, nothing to do with him.

Bo Tingshen's lips slightly curled, "Because I wanted to see how long you could keep up that sensitive and pitiable ego."

At those words, Jiang Wanze looked at him in panic, catching a glimmer in his deep, penetrating eyes.

A shrewd light that saw through everything.

It turned out his thoughts and desires, which he believed to be well-hidden, were like blank sheets of paper before him. He indeed was like a jumping clown, living constantly in mockery and self-deception.

"BHS doesn't need anyone lacking self-confidence."

Jiang Wanze, hearing this, looked somewhat puzzled and bewildered at him, but soon, a wave of sudden realization crashed over him. Big brother meant?

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"Leave, come find me when you've thought it through."

Looking at him, Jiang Wanze was overwhelmed with guilt, embarrassment, touched and forlorn, finally unsure of what to say.

The man no longer paid him any mind, so he had to leave, fists clenched in regret.

The VIP express elevator opened, and Shangguan Yunli twiddled with a string of sakura pink car keys as he walked out and saw Jiang Wanze hurrying inside.

He was momentarily stunned, and before he could get a reply, the elevator door closed.

What was going on here?

He raised a brow, heading straight into the man's office, "Hey, here's your little darling's sakura pink supercar~"

"No, it's still in the Asian Games Village, Ye Xian hasn't even used it, and I don't dare to drive it."

Besides, if he were to drive that pink sports car through the streets, tomorrow's trending search would definitely be #ShangguanYunliFlashy#