Chapter 254: Chapter 254 - Two-Hundred and Fifty-Four: Tailed

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“Mom, stop scaring her! Shi Xiu, that being said, you can’t avoid things just because of fear. That’s just throwing the baby out with the bath water. You can’t approach things too cautiously just because you care about other people’s comments; that’ll only handicap you,” Shi Ke stated.

“When you’re outstanding enough, even if you don’t do anything, people will still be jealous and spread ugly rumors about you. You have to know what your goal is and ignore the rest. You got that?” Shi Ke looked at Shi Xiu as he spoke, but he patted Xiang Yang’s shoulder. Xiang Yang glanced at him gratefully. Shi Xiu nodded vigorously, and her gaze firmed. “Yeah!”

Shi Ke looked towards Shi Nian and asked, “I heard the Gu family’s two elders are going to hand over all their assets to you and Yun Nan?”

Shi Nian could feel a headache coming on. “Grandpa Gu Bei was seriously ill previously, so I helped him manage his business with his assistant. They transferred all their feelings for their deceased daughter to Yun Nan and wanted to give us their assets, but Yun Nan and I didn’t want to accept them. However, if we were to reject them directly, we’re afraid the two elders would think too much. They may seem normal, but deep down, they still can’t let go of their daughter.”

Yun Nan nodded in agreement. “They are old and have some problems with their health. We shouldn’t upset them for the time being. We’ll try to dissuade them once they’ve slowly moved on.”

Shi Ke wryly said, “The entire Gu family is probably quite anxious about this. Shi Nian, you better be careful.”

Shi Yun glared at his eldest son. “Don’t just sit there and make irresponsible and sarcastic remarks. Your younger brother wouldn’t have to deal with such things if you hadn’t dumped your responsibilities on him!”

Shi Ke retorted, “Dad! Look at how old Grandpa Gu Bei is, but he still manages his businesses himself. And here you are, throwing all the heavy responsibilities to Shi Nian despite your young age. Aren’t you being unreasonable?”

“Oh, you little brat! You’re asking for it! Clearly, no one has dared to teach you manners in the army, but no one in our family cares what rank you have! Xiang Yang, bring me the discipline cane; I’ll spank him!” So saying, Shi Yun stood up and made as if to strike Shi Ke, but Shi Ke had already gotten to his feet and dodged the attack.

“Dad, Dad!” Xiang Yang quickly called out. “Don’t stoop to his level. Don’t ruin your health by being angry with him; it’s not worth it! Why don’t you punish him with a monetary penalty instead? Make him pay you money, and you and

Mom can split it equally!”

Shi Yun couldn’t stop himself from laughing at that, and everyone did, too. Thus, the family meeting that started seriously ended with laughter.

Shi Nian handed his car keys to Yun Nan. “You drive. I have a headache.”

“What’s wrong? Is it serious? Do you want to go to the hospital first?” Yun Nan asked, concerned.

Shi Nian shook his head. “No need. It’s probably because I haven’t slept enough recently.”

He opened the car door on the passenger side and got in. Yun Nan started the car and turned to look at Shi Nian. She thought he didn’t look too good, so she reached out to touch his forehead. “Oh, good, you don’t have a fever. Let’s go home. I’ll make you a bowl of wonton noodles. You should have a rest in the meantime.”

“Hmm, okay,” Shi Nian mumbled, closing his eyes and leaning back in his chair.

The Shi family mansion wasn’t too far from their house, and it was a smooth route, so usually there weren’t many traffic jams. However, there was a traffic jam today due to a traffic accident on their usual route. Yun Nan glanced at the navigation system and then at the drowsy Shi Nian before deciding to take a slightly longer route to avoid the traffic jam so they could reach home earlier.

There were very few people and cars on this road, so Yun Nan increased her speed a little. Suddenly, from the rearview mirror, she noticed the car behind them had also increased its speed. Her heart jolted. Yun Nan gently stepped on the brakes, slowing down, and the car behind her slowed down instead of overtaking them.

Yun Nan had a bad feeling about this. “Shi Nian! Shi Nian!” she softly called out to Shi Nian.

“Hmm?” Shi Nian opened his eyes and glanced at her before he looked out the window. He closed his eyes again and casually asked, “Why are we taking this path?” He wasn’t too curious about it; he also took this route occasionally when there was a traffic jam on the main road. There was nothing special about it.

“Shi Nian, I think the car behind us is following us,” Yun Nan whispered, feeling as if the car behind them would hear her if she spoke too loudly.

Shi Nian woke up with a start. He checked the back through the side mirror on his side and saw that a car was following closely behind them. There weren’t many cars on this road, and Yun Nan wasn’t driving all that fast. The car behind them could have overtaken them, but it didn’t, following them closely instead. It was indeed unusual.

“How long has that car been following us?” Shi Nian asked a little tightly.

Yun Nan kept her eyes on their surroundings as she replied, “I just noticed it. There was a traffic jam on the main road, so I turned onto this road. It seems to have been behind us from the moment I turned in here. I’ve already checked; if I speed up, the other car speeds up, and if I slow down, that car slows down, too.”

Shi Nian knew something was wrong and took out his phone to call Chang Yuan. However, just as the phone rang, a loud bang came from the back of their car. The car behind them had rear-ended them.

Shi Nian was caught off guard, and his phone flew out of his hands. Yun Nan screamed..