I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

Chapter 325 Don’t Stay in Hell

The fire in the detention center was contained to a very small area. Half an hour later, firefighters, patrol police, and ambulances arrived at the scene.

The fire lit up the gloomy winter sky.

Shen Guiling stood in the watchtower, staring at the fire. The thick black smoke rolled into the sky like mushroom clouds. The cries for help were chaotic, while the calls for help were orderly. The scenes seemed familiar yet so detached.

……

"Mother!"

Shen Guiling ignored everyone's advice and rushed into the fire alone. The smoke in the house was so thick that it was almost impossible to see. He groped in the ruins and screamed at the top of his lungs, "Mom! Mom!"

Finally, he spotted a familiar figure in the corner of the living room.

"Mom! Don't be afraid, I'll take you out."

Shu Mu's face was covered in black ash, and her expression was empty. She pushed his hand away and questioned him as if he were a stranger, "Who are you?"

Shen Guiling squatted down and lifted up the corner of his relatively clean clothes. "I am your Ah Ling."

Shu Mu shook his head, tears sliding down from the corners of his eyes. Two lines of clear tears were stained with burning dust, and his face was extremely dirty.

She looked at him and corrected him seriously, "You are not A Ling, my A Ling is dead."

Shen Guiling paused, gently wiped the tears from her eyes, and whispered, "I am A Ling, I will always be your A Ling."

Shu Mu suddenly burst into tears and pushed him away, "You are not! You are not!"

She cried heartbreakingly, holding a small piece of broken bone in her arms, "They said that my Ah Ling was strangled to death. They broke his bones and threw him into the steel furnace and burned him until there was no ashes left. Ah!!!!!!"

Shen Guiling shook his head, stepped forward and hugged Shu Mu, "No, they lied to you, let's leave here first, okay?"

Shu Mu shook his head, his expression dazed, "I can't leave, I can't leave."

The fire was getting more and more intense. If they continued like this, they would only die in the sea of fire. Shen Guiling had almost no hesitation and directly carried Shu Mu on his back.

He had lived in this house for fifteen years and could find the escape elevator even with his eyes closed, but the temperature in the house was getting higher and higher, and the thick smoke invaded his five senses. He even had difficulty breathing, and this escape route was extremely difficult for him.

Shu Mu suddenly became quiet, and leaned her face against Shen Guiling's back. Even though the boy's shoulders were still as thin as paper, she felt particularly relieved as a mother at this moment.

The escape door in the house was specially designed by Shen Qian to prevent such accidents. Shen Guiling found the escape door with his extraordinary memory and hid inside the door before the two were engulfed by the flames.

The warehouse door blocked the fire and the thick smoke, and they were finally able to breathe.

But soon, Shen Guiling discovered another crisis. The warehouse door leading to the outside was locked. If this continued and no one discovered them, the warehouse door would sooner or later be burned through by the flames, and they would still not escape death.

"Boom-boom-"

"Is there anyone out there? Is there anyone?"

Shen Guiling kicked and slammed the warehouse door, trying to make as much noise as possible to attract attention.

Shu Mu fell down in the dim corridor. She stared at Shen Guiling, not knowing what she was thinking.

The young man gritted his teeth and kept swinging his fists at the steel door. His hands were bleeding, but he still had no intention of stopping.

Finally, there was movement outside, and the warehouse door could be heard banging resonantly.

"Is there anyone in there?"

At that moment, Shen Guiling's eyes sparkled with dazzling light, "Someone! Open the door! There's someone inside!!"

"Is it Master A Ling?"

Shen Guiling looked back at Shu Mu and responded with the loudest voice in his life, "Yes, get us out!"

"Master A Ling, is that woman with you now?"

Shen Guiling was stunned, and the expression on his face froze instantly.

"My lady asked me to tell you that the game is over. As long as you send this bitch to hell yourself, you will be completely free."

Shen Guiling lowered his eyes, and his distinct black and white eyes were instantly stained with scarlet. He turned around and looked at Shu Mu cautiously, his voice trembling, "Don't believe them, okay?"

The voice outside continued, "Madam said that as long as this matter is settled, you will have a new life. But if you can't do it, you can only go to hell with the bitch."

Shen Guiling felt that his only belief in his life collapsed at this moment. He suddenly lost all his strength and knelt down in front of Shu Mu.

He didn't know what to do, so he could only beg her, "Please don't believe them, okay? Even if I beg you, Mom."

Shu Mu looked at him across the long and narrow passage. She wanted to hug him, but she couldn't.

"A Ling." Her eyes were filled with sorrow. "Do you love your mother?"

Shen Guiling lowered her head, tears flowing silently.

He loves it.

Although he knew that he was not Shu Mu's biological son when he was six years old, he never hid his true feelings.

When he was six years old, Yao Ge suddenly appeared in front of him.

She told him that he was not Shu Mu's biological son, but a bastard that no one wanted, and that she had secretly given him a different life.

From that day on, Yao Ge monitored his life. She kept instilling evil thoughts in him, trying to train him to become a minion to tear Shu Mu apart.

He tried to ask for help, but Shen Qian had no love for him. Yao Ge was all-powerful in Nanwan, and he was too small and too weak to escape Yao Ge's control.

He lived like a puppet for nine years. If he showed any resistance, he would be beaten and abused. In order to control him, Yao Ge would even feed him psychotropic drugs regularly until he saw that he was as obedient as a dog.

Later, he gradually understood that Yao Ge's hatred for Shu Mu was deep in her bones. She had spent fifteen years weaving a hellish nightmare just to completely destroy Shu Mu and make her restless even after her death.

For this reason, Shen Guiling secretly made up his mind that he would grow up quickly and take Shu Mu away from the nightmare.

However, he was still a step too slow, and fell into the abyss before he grew up.

Shu Mu now knows all the truth. Her biological son is dead, and the child she raised and cared for with all her heart is actually a lackey of someone who wants to kill her. Her belief in being a mother has completely collapsed.

Shen Guiling didn't know how to explain to Shu Mu? Yao Ge must have a lot of evidence to prove that he had bad intentions, and he had deceived her after all.

"A Ling." Shu Mu looked at the boy with a bent back in front of him, her heart aching. "Remember, Mom loves you."

She smiled at him, opened the door of the escape cabin and rushed into the sea of fire without hesitation.

Everything happened so fast that Shen Guiling had no time to react.

When he came to his senses, his mother was no longer in the narrow corridor.

He ran up the stairs like a madman and pulled the door hard, but this time no matter how hard he pulled, the door remained motionless.

"Mom!! Open the door! Open the door!!!"

Shen Guiling suddenly realized what he was about to lose, and banged on the door, crying, "I'll take you away! Let me take you away! Please! Please!!!"

"Xiao Ling, go away! Go away! Leave me alone, just go away!"

Shu Mu leaned against the door, looked at the flames and knelt down, screaming, "I was wrong, I was wrong! Please don't hurt my child, my child... I want to go find my child..."

My Aling, please go away quickly and don’t stay in hell.

*

As night fell quietly, the flames in the sky were finally extinguished. The brave firefighters broke open the iron gate and forcefully opened a way for escape.

Shen Guiling blinked and broke free from the memory.

Perhaps the final outcome of the fire completely pleased Yao Ge. She showed mercy and gave him some money and told him to get out of here as far as possible.

Seeing that he was unwilling to give in, she sneaked into Shen Qian's residence and wanted to tell him the truth.

That day, he saw with his own eyes that Shen Qian and Yao Ge had a big quarrel over Shu Mu's death. From beginning to end, Shen Qian just blamed Yao Ge for implicating himself and did not mention a word about Shu Mu's death.

Realizing this, he completely gave up.

He had long known that Shen Qian did not love Shu Mu, he was just greedy for Shu Mu's beauty, but he never expected Shen Qian to be so despicable. He took Shu Mu away by force, ruined her life, and kept her in a cage like a canary. Even if there was no love, he enjoyed the physical pleasure that this woman brought him, and even let her give birth to a child. It was reasonable for him to at least protect Shu Mu.

The biggest figure in Nanwan is not Yao Ge, but Shen Qian. It was he who pushed Shu Mu to the forefront but did not protect her, which led to her being swallowed by evil spirits and dragged into hell.

Yao Ge used him to restrain Shu Mu, and so did Shen Qian?

From a very young age, he knew that his mother was unhappy. He once asked Shu Mu why she didn't run away if she was so unhappy?

Shu Mu touched his head and gave the same answer every time, "Wait until A Ling grows up a little bit."

However, she never waited until he grew up.

He is a bastard, but he has a mother. His mother was dragged into hell by evil spirits. How can he run away and stay safe?

If he died, he would never be able to stand up straight again in his life.

So, he buried his hatred in his heart and appeared in front of Shen Qian with a pure and harmless appearance. Before, he had no feelings for Shen Qian, and their father-son relationship was only slightly better than strangers, but after approaching him with a purpose, his mentality changed completely. He used Shen Qian's remaining compassion to win his initial trust.

Yao Ge was furious about this and tried to kill him to silence him many times, so he seized the opportunity and asked Shen Qian to live in Shen Garden.

Shen Qian is the king in Nanwan. If he wants to rebel against the king, he must rely on greater power, and this power that dominates the world lies in Shen Garden.

Shen Qian did not agree at first, but he was well aware of Shen Qian's ambition and proposed three major benefits.

1: You can enter Shen Garden and act as an insider.

2: Bring the eldest wife and the old man closer together.

3. Prepare for Shen Nian’s return to China.

After some calculations, Shen Qian was finally moved, which led to the scene of entering Shen Garden to recognize his relatives.

Up to now, every step he takes is like walking on thin ice, and his future is as bleak as that fire three years ago.

"Master." Lei Xing looked at the extinguished fire and reminded quietly, "It's getting dark, and Miss Jiang is waiting for you to come home for dinner."

Shen Guiling's mind was suddenly drawn out. He took one last look at the dissipating dust and smoke, then turned and walked down the observation deck.

Street lights lit up along the harbor, the warm orange glow guiding the way home, and the speeding car windows reflected the chaos of the city like a kaleidoscope.

After an afternoon of cold wind, Shen Guiling felt a slight headache. He checked the time and asked nonchalantly, "What did Jiang Huashan do all afternoon?"

Lei Xing glanced at the young man in the rearview mirror and replied in a serious tone, "Assistant Mo said that after you left, Miss Jiang locked herself in the house and hasn't come out since."

Shen Guiling's hand, which was pinching his brow, suddenly stopped. "Is she feeling unwell?"

Lei Xing, "I don't think so. Assistant Mo said Miss Jiang even asked her to buy a lot of food. If she wasn't feeling well, how could she have the appetite to eat?"

Hearing this, Shen Guiling did not say anything else and closed his eyes to rest.

The black car sped through the neon lights and soon arrived at the underground parking lot.

"No need to follow me." Shen Guiling gave an order, pushed the door and got out of the car. As soon as he entered the lobby, he saw a group of people coming out of the elevator.

"This is really weird. First there was a fire in the basement garage, and now there's smoke coming out of the top floor. I don't dare stay at home today."

Shen Guiling suddenly felt a pang of nerve pain and grabbed the man who was speaking. "What did you just say? Smoke coming out of the top floor?"

The man was stunned for a moment, "Yeah, the fire alarm has been triggered. The police have been called. Let's wait for someone to come and deal with it."

Shen Guiling's face changed drastically. She turned and entered the elevator. The man kindly shouted, "Don't go. You don't know what's going on..."

"Ding--"

The elevator doors closed tightly.

*

In the kitchen, Jiang Huashan was jumping around in a panic.

Originally, she just wanted to elegantly fry a steak and then arrange a romantic candlelight dinner, so that Shen Guiling could feel the warmth of home and the company of her family as soon as she returned home after a day of work.

But she overestimated her ability to do things, and she didn't know what went wrong. The frying pan suddenly burst into flames with a bang, and the whole pot was on fire.

"How could this be?"

Jiang Huashan turned around, picked up the pot lid, and slowly approached it as if holding a shield in front of her.

If an oil pan catches fire, there is no need to pour water. The best way is to cover the fire with a lid to cut off the air.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the steak was about to be burned into charcoal. Jiang Huashan aimed at the iron pan with one eye, ready to throw it.

Just then, someone walked up to her, took the pot lid from her hand, forcefully suppressed the flames, and turned off the gas valve.

Jiang Huashan was stunned. Shen Guiling's eyes were particularly sharp in the thick smoke, like a blade drawn from its sheath.

Before she could respond, Shen Guiling grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the kitchen.

Jiang Huashan looked back at the extinguished fire. Is Shen Guiling no longer afraid of fire?

Just as she was about to wonder, her eyes froze as she looked at the red back of his hand, "Are you hurt?"

Shen Guiling glanced down and didn't care.

At this moment, Mo Ran rushed in from outside. Seeing that Shen Guiling and Jiang Huashan were safe and sound, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, "Master, Miss Jiang, are you all right?"

Shen Guiling's face was gloomy. "Where have you been?"

Mo Ran had never seen Shen Guiling look so serious before. He immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and bowed his head to apologize, "I'm sorry, Master A Ling. I failed in my duty."

Jiang Huashan gently pulled Shen Guiling's little finger and said, "Don't blame her. I asked her to help me buy things."

Shen Guiling turned to look at her, his eyes filled with unclear emotions.

Jiang Huashan immediately let go of his hand and took a step back. "You don't want to scold me too?"

Shen Guiling closed her eyes and turned to go into the room.

"..."

Jiang Huashan looked at his back, then looked at the burnt iron pot in the kitchen, and slapped his forehead in frustration.

Were she and Shen Guiling born to clash? Why did the scripts she designed always differ?

*

After returning to the room, Shen Guiling pulled off his tie and threw it on the ground.

"Knock Knock Knock-"

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Shen Guiling's expression changed slightly. He quickly walked to the end of the bed and sat down. He glanced at the tie on the ground in a hurry. He hesitated for a moment and was about to get up when the door was pushed open a crack. He sat back down without thinking too much.

Jiang Huashan first stuck his head in, then slowly walked into the room carrying the medicine box. He had just taken two steps when he stepped on his tie on the ground.

"..." She glanced at him, then pretended not to see him and walked straight to Shen Guiling.

"Your hand is injured. Let me apply medicine to you."

Shen Guiling lowered his brows and did not respond.

Jiang Huashan nodded and said, "Okay." Then he turned and left.

Shen Guiling grabbed her pigtail and said in a tired voice, "Didn't you say to apply medicine?"

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