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When Cyril returned from training, the surrounding environment was no different from usual.As usual, he took out the key from his pocket and opened the door, the light in the living room was turned on brightly, Shen Wei was sitting on the sofa, and looked up at the sound.

"It's just right to come back." Shen Wei sat upright, with a serious expression: "Cyril, I have something to tell you."

***

When Cyril woke up from sleep, it was already the next morning.

He changed into his training clothes and walked out of the room in a daze. He subconsciously looked for Shen Wei's trace, but the empty space in front of him made him immediately recall the conversation with Shen Wei last night and the time when the other party was in a hurry. The fact that should have boarded the plane to China.

Cyril has always vaguely known that besides himself and Shen Wei, there are other relatives in the family.

The reason why it is faint is because when Shen Wei was still in touch with the Shen family, Cyril was still very young.Children's memory is not enough to remember those complex and profound things, but they will always be unforgettable about certain negative images.

As is often the case in every tragic story: Cyril also had a harmonious and beautiful family at first, with a strict father and a gentle mother.It can't be called rich, but it can fully guarantee the basic needs of life and certain enjoyment.

It wasn't until Cyril was five years old that his father, Damian Slade, was diagnosed with leukemia.

In that era, leukemia was still a completely incurable disease, but proper treatment could delay the death of patients to a certain extent.With this in mind, the two finally decided to do their best to heal.

However, with repeated chemotherapy, Damian Slade's condition did not improve. At the same time, most of the family savings were exhausted. Cyril was still ignorant at that time, I don't understand a lot of things, but I only remember the embarrassed figure of Shen Wei who came back after disappearing for a week on a certain rainy night, and the scene of being held by Shen Wei and watching his father being pushed into the operating room for the last time.

It was only when he got older that Cyril vaguely realized that during those disappearing days, Shen Wei should have gone to someone for help, and judging from the results, the Shen family at that time obviously rejected Shen Wei. request.

Then comes the funeral.

After the simple funeral, perhaps in order to completely sever contact with the Shen family and prevent the possibility of being found again, Shen Wei left the United States with Cyril and the last little savings, and settled in a sparsely populated alley in Porto, Portugal. Once lived, it was a full 11 years.

Until the final of the European Youth Championship a few months ago, the familiar surname "Slade" once again entered the eyes of the Shen family who happened to be in Porto.

Then just last night, Shen Wei told him everything.

In ordinary families, this is probably a very strange thing—but in Cyril's family, it is a relatively common situation.In fact, ever since Cyril became governor, he and Shen Wei have maintained a relationship similar to "high degree of autonomy".

To put it simply, Shen Wei will not interfere with any choices made by Cyril independently under the condition that she has the absolute right to know and that Cyril is safe, and vice versa.

This is also the reason why Shen Wei did not raise any objection when Cyril chose to enter the Porto youth training camp and chose Jorge Mendes as his agent.

It's just that in many cases, Shen Wei didn't choose to hide from Cyril, but revealed everything about the matter. It has to be said that apart from this agreement, she also took into account the fact that it was impossible to hide from Cyril.

Instead of worrying Cyril with ambiguity, it is better to just say everything.

"Do you still remember the tutor you invited earlier?" Cyril can still clearly recall Shen Wei sitting on the sofa last night, talking about these old things, and the tiredness on his mother's face, " His name is Shen Xianze, and he is your uncle in terms of blood relationship. If you still have a chance to meet him, don't talk to him no matter what he says."

When saying these words, Shen Wei did not hide her dislike for Shen Xianxuan at all.

In China, the Shen family is a relatively well-established family. The ancestors have been a famous scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River hundreds of years ago. With the development of the times, while stubbornly maintaining the old obsession with reading, It has also begun to gradually move towards commercial development, and has achieved quite good results.

Although the Shen family is not a big family, there are still many blood-related clan members in the family. The problem is that among the younger generation of the Shen family, many are interested in reading, but they are interested in business and other things. Only Shen Wei's elder brother, Shen Xianlin, is left with talent.

It stands to reason that this is actually not a problem. After all, it is a blessing to have one, and it just happens to be a matter of course. There is no need for any drama-style conflicts over the issue of company inheritance. It’s just that all this is calm. When marrying the daughter of another senior official, she was completely broken.

"...Could it be that China still pays attention to being well-off, right?" When Shen Wei said this, Cyril couldn't understand it. For him who grew up in Europe, this kind of marriage bondage can be said to be Incredible.

Not wanting to, Shen Wei shook her head, "No, the reason why your grandfather made this request at the beginning was because..." She hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "Brother Lin's lover back then was a man."

As a scholarly family for hundreds of years, the Shen family has some spiritual wealth that ordinary people do not have, but it also inevitably retains the pedantic thinking of the past scholars. Therefore, when Mr. Shen found that his most promising son , When you actually like a man, you can imagine the resistance and anger in your heart.

At that time, Shen Xianlin was no longer the kind of ordinary person who couldn't live a normal life because his family cut off his financial resources. His talent in business allowed him to leave the Shen family and start his own business from scratch.

Until Mr. Shen gave Shen Xianlin an ultimatum: Do you want to marry?Okay, let Shen Wei marry.

At that time, Shen Wei actually did not resist the family marriage. From the time she was sensible, she was already ready to fulfill her obligations as a member of the family, even if the candidate selected by Mr. Besides, the idiots in it are ruined.

But Shen Xianlin was unwilling.

On one side is the younger sister who loves blood thicker than water since childhood, and on the other side is the lover who has a lifetime promise. Shen Xianlin finally chose the former.He obeyed Mr. Shen's request and married the daughter of an executive, completely breaking with everything in the past.

On the surface, what he showed to everyone, including Shen Wei and his original lover, was that he had given up on love for the inheritance of the Shen family.

"From that time on, I knew that as long as I stayed in the Shen family, I would be a tool used by my father to blackmail my brother. After graduating from university, I left the Shen family and went to study in the United States alone. Your father, you should know what happened later."

Maybe it's because of the distance, or maybe it's because of Shen Wei's overly calm attitude, but Cyril doesn't have any big mood swings about these things. What he cares more about right now is that Shen Wei chooses to keep all these old events in his heart. Tell him why. "So, mom, are you going to..."

"I want to go back to the Shen family for a while."

"But..." Cyril still wanted to say something, but Shen Wei's attitude was obviously very firm.

"Just for a while," she said emphatically when she said the word "for a while."

Shen Wei has always known that Cyril is not as well-behaved and innocent as many people seem.

Because of this, she felt a little hesitant about how to tell him what she thought.

Ten years is enough to change many things, such as the attitude of Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen towards Shen Wei.

For the elderly, the older they may be, the more they hope that their sons and daughters, Sun Chenghuan, will live happily ever after.Ten years of no news is enough to turn the old man's anger towards his daughter into longing and guilt.

Guilt, on the other hand, often means the beginning of compensation.

Shen Wei has never intended to forgive her parents—the indifference she received when she begged for help ten years ago, and the rough life in the past ten years have made Shen Wei completely tired of the Shen family who are only looking for profit, and can only wish to stay away from them of.

She doesn't care for the emotional compensation from Mr. Shen, but if pretending to forgive and be filial can bring her substantial compensation, she is willing to go back to that place that disgusted her, just to get back what should belong to her.

Cyril seemed to understand what she meant, but he didn't.The young man frowned, didn't think about it any more, but seriously determined the question he was concerned about: "Just for a while?"

"At most half a year."

"Will no one make you do things you don't want to?"

Shen Wei shook her head: "Up to now, they won't force me, and they can't use anything to force me anymore." Seeing that Cyril didn't seem to believe it, she thought for a while, and added: "In other words, the people they can use to threaten me are already so powerful that they can no longer be controlled by them."

For Shen Wei now, the most important people are undoubtedly only Cyril and Shen Xianlin. The former has almost no connection with the Shen family and has the ability to live independently, while the latter has already controlled nearly half of the Shen family. that power.

"When are you leaving?"

"tomorrow morning."

Cyril was silent for a long time, the night outside the window had completely darkened, and the lights of Wanjia gradually lit up.

Finally he stood up and planted a soft kiss on his mother's cheek, as she always did.

"Bon voyage," he said.