Father is a villainous Buddhist disciple? He'll just be beaten into the light of the righteous

After Su Luo and her son Su Qi left in a panic, Shen Ji looked at Shen Jiyuan curiously, "Didn't she switch the samples?"

Shen Jiyuan looked at him in surprise, "You knew she changed the sample?"

Shen Ji crossed his arms and said proudly, "Those little tricks are transparent to me. What's there to not see through?"

Shen Jiyuan scoffed, "If you can see through this little trick, how could Old Tang not?"

Shen Ji thought about it and agreed. Who was Shen Jiyuan? He was the aloof Buddhist monk in the book, but after turning evil, he became the ruthless Yama of Jincheng. How many people could pull any tricks under his nose?

A man like him naturally has friends who are not ordinary people either; how could he not see through Su Luo's tricks?

"Alright," Shen Ji yawned, "Then why did you let them go?"

Shen Jiyuan ignored him and instead said to Uncle Zhong, "Go and prepare a room for him, and have someone replace all the furniture and bedding in the room with children's sizes."

Uncle Zhong happily agreed and went off to work with a beaming smile.

Shen Ji frowned and said, "Are you planning to acknowledge me as your father?"

Shen Jiyuan raised an eyebrow with amusement. "What, you're not willing?"

"That's not entirely true." Shen Ji sighed, scrambled onto the sofa, and sat down next to him with his arms crossed. "But didn't I hear you're pursuing your white moonlight?"

"You've already remained chaste and practiced vegetarianism and Buddhist chanting for your 'white moonlight,' won't my appearance make it harder for you to pursue her?"

Shen Jiyuan narrowed his eyes. "How did you know?"

Shen Ji blinked. "Everyone outside is saying that you've become frigid because of your white moonlight, and you've rejected all marriage proposals... Pah, the women who come to propose to you have even become monks and become disciples of Master Kong. People outside call you a Buddhist disciple."

Shen Jiyuan: "..."

He turned his head away indifferently, "Those things are none of your business. Since you are my son, I won't let you wander outside. I will have someone transfer your household registration back, and you can stay in this house from now on."

Shen Ji raised his small hand and patted his thigh. Actually, he wanted to pat his shoulder, but given the height difference, he could only pat his thigh.

The two brothers said, "You're such a loser! You're rich, good-looking, and have a great physique—you're top-notch in every way—and you can't even get a girlfriend. How could I have such a disgraceful father like you!"

Shen Jiyuan: "..."

Shen Ji lectured earnestly, "Do you know why you can't win over my stepmother?"

Shen Jiyuan, clearly bored, actually responded, "Why?"

"Because you're too soft-hearted."

"Oh?"

Shen Ji simply climbed up from the sofa, struck a very cool pose, and leaned on Shen Jiyuan's shoulder. "If, I mean if, our world right now is a novel."

"If your white moonlight is the female lead of this book, then you must be the villain."

"The villains..." Shen Ji shrugged. "They definitely can't beat the protagonists."

Shen Jiyuan chuckled at his analogy. "I'm the villain? Then who's the protagonist?"

Shen Jidao said, "That must be the person the female lead likes."

Shen Jiyuan's smile froze.

Shen Ji clicked his tongue and said, "Don't get all defensive. Don't you understand what I'm trying to say?"

Shen Jiyuan sneered, "Understand what?"

Shen Ji said with exasperation, "Why should a grown man be tied down by love and romance for the rest of his life? Look at you, you're only twenty-seven this year. You've already achieved success at such a young age, and you have a son. What's wrong with that?"

"We are all successors to socialism, upright and honorable men!"

"One should be full of vigor and talk about imperial ambitions and great achievements, not about personal feelings."

"In life, you have to do something spectacular to bring honor to your ancestors and make a name for yourself in history."

「你说你这天天拿着祖宗基业当舔狗，你就不怕咱们沈家祖宗诈尸回来揍你这个不孝子孙幺？」

"Have some self-respect, will you?"

Shen Jiyuan: "..."

His gaze paused, and he narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Shen Ji, a hint of inquiry hidden in his deep eyes.

Is this kid really a three-year-old?

Even an adult might not be able to say such things, yet he spoke them eloquently. What was even more surprising was the calm and composed demeanor between his brows, which was not something a child could display.

Shen Jiyuan asked in a deep voice, "Who taught you to say these things?"

Shen Ji frankly replied, "It's just me."

"You yourself?"

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't drink the Meng Po soup when I crossed the Bridge of Helplessness, and that I still remember my past life?"

"..."

Shen Ji patted him on the shoulder and said, "Old Deng, now you only have two paths in front of you."

Shen Jiyuan raised an eyebrow. "Which two?"

Shen Ji held up one finger. "First, give up on love. Let's focus on our careers and live our lives to the fullest. You raise the child, and I'll take care of you in your old age."

"I'll definitely be very diligent in taking care of your bodily functions from now on, and I won't mind if you have dementia and drool."

Shen Jiyuan: "..."

He couldn't help but twitch his lips. "And the second one?"

Shen Ji clapped his hands and said, "Then let's be the villains, kill off Feng Xiao, the protagonist, and snatch the female lead back to be your wife and my stepmother."

"However, this means you'll have to go through all sorts of melodramatic plots. According to the typical development in novels, you'll most likely become the villain and die a horrible death, which will also drag me down with you."

Shen Jiyuan: "..."

"But with me here, you don't need to worry," Shen Ji said, patting his chest. "I'll help you avoid all sorts of traps."

Just as Shen Jiyuan was about to speak, his phone rang.

It was even a special ringtone, its tender melody sending a shiver down Shen Ji's spine.

Shen Jiyuan glanced at the caller ID, his eyes lit up, and he answered without thinking, "Qingqing?"

Oh.

This Qingqing is the female protagonist of this book, Yun Qingqing.

She was adopted by the Shen family from an old kinship buddy. Yun Qingqing's father and Shen Jiyuan's father were old comrades-in-arms and had a deep friendship.

Twenty years ago, the Yun couple died in a car accident, leaving behind their five-year-old daughter, Yun Qingqing.

So Shen Guanshan took her back and adopted her, so Yun Qingqing was nominally his adoptive father's sister.

The two grew up together as childhood sweethearts, but unknowingly, Shen Jiyuan, that beast, developed different feelings for Yun Qingqing.

However, due to their relationship, he has been suppressing his feelings and restraining himself.

It wasn't until Yun Qingqing got a boyfriend that Shen Jiyuan finally couldn't hold back anymore. He started targeting her boyfriend, Feng Xiao, in various ways, which made his relationship with Yun Qingqing increasingly strained. In the end, he turned into a villain and met a terrible end.

Shen Ji sighed as he looked at his cheap father's cold face and his undisguised sycophantic expression.

No.

He couldn't let that old bastard Shen Jiyuan rush to become a mistress.

Isn't he a detached Buddhist monk who abstains from worldly desires?

Since you are a Buddhist, you should wholeheartedly devote yourself to Buddhism.

Shen Ji narrowed his eyes and decided to pull off a big heist tonight!