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Chapter 405: The Secret of Shang Lvxing

Chapter 405: Chapter 405: The Secret of Shang Lvxing

The man on the other end of the receiver knew Xining had already hung up, but he hadn’t spoken for a long time.

He asked with some concern, "Yi?"

"Brother, I’m fine. I promised you I wouldn’t go back on my word."

Haozi said it seriously, as if he were reminding himself, telling himself he couldn’t waver anymore.

Shang Lvxing sighed, deliberated for a while before deciding to talk it out with him, "Yi, that’s not what I mean."

When they were children, tragedy struck the family, and his younger brother, still very young, was sent away by their parents. Although he later managed to find him, his brother had already endured so many hardships, changing from a bright and confident boy to someone timid and withdrawn, even terrified of communicating with anyone—always preferring to stay in the dark.

At that time, their parents had already been killed by their rivals within the circle. Other relatives scrambled to divide the remaining family assets, and no one stepped forward to protect them. Shang Lvxing had to shoulder the burden for himself and his brother.

Under the care of an old servant at home, the two of them relied on each other for two years. After the servant passed away, the only option before them was to be handed over to the authorities and placed in a welfare home, waiting to be adopted.

Later, a friend of their father from abroad returned to China to find them. But since he was a hacker who led a life of constant evasion and hiding, he could only take one child away to care for due to his circumstances.

Compared to the younger brother, who was more emotionally sensitive, introverted, and resistant to social interaction, the man’s preference leaned toward Shang Lvxing.

But to protect his brother, Shang Lvxing gave up the only chance to leave the country, letting him follow their father’s friend to Country C.

Since then, they hadn’t seen each other again, losing all prior contact. However, they had agreed upon a location and a secret code, promising to meet at their secret base as adults. If they missed one year, they’d wait for the next year, repeating the cycle until they reunited.

After his younger brother left, Shang Lvxing was sent to a welfare home.

Later, thanks to Chu Yan’s goodwill, Shang Lvxing was eventually adopted by the Beicheng Family. He was strictly trained to fulfill the role of a family son-in-law. Until adulthood, his life was filled with elite education, every hour meticulously planned, leaving no time to think about his brother.

On the day he officially came of age, Shang Lvxing saw an international news piece: The world’s greatest hacker, "Dark Glow," had been arrested in Country C! While fleeing in a car, he drove off a cliff and crashed into the ocean. When the car was salvaged, only his corpse was found.

Shang Lvxing became deeply worried about his brother. He couldn’t directly ask Shang Qing for help, as Shang Qing was in a particularly sensitive position climbing to power. Even searching for the missing Chu Yan had been temporarily shelved to avoid giving his opponents any leverage.

Of course, he couldn’t involve himself in anything risky either, so he began secretly searching for clues about his brother.

Yet no matter how hard he tried, he found nothing.

This made Shang Lvxing increasingly concerned about his brother’s safety while solidifying his resolve to build his own network of power.

It was around that time that he devised a plan: leveraging his covert search for Chu Yan and her daughter as an excuse, he covertly cultivated his own forces. As he sent people to trace her mother and daughter, he also searched for his brother.

But days turned into years.

He uncovered evidence of Chu Yan’s transformation and disguise but found no traces of his brother’s whereabouts.

The matter was left unresolved.

Until... Xining’s grandmother went to great lengths to send him a jade bracelet, leading him to discover Xining’s existence.

Looking at how much she resembled Chu Yan as a young woman, he almost instantly confirmed Xining’s identity.

But at the time, he wasn’t sure whether she was Chu Yan’s daughter with Shang Qing or the child Chu Yan had later birthed after remarrying, as the timeline was very close.

From the candid photos he saw, her cold demeanor seemed as though she couldn’t care less about anything in the world. Moreover, the information his appointed investigators gathered revealed Xining harbored a peculiar hatred toward the Beicheng Family.

In that moment, Shang Lvxing, astute as ever, quickly pieced things together. Perhaps she already knew the connection between herself and the Beicheng Family.

Thinking about Aunt Chu Yan’s care during his childhood, Shang Lvxing chose not to expose Xining but instead secretly had her hair obtained from her hotel. He conducted a DNA test with Shang Qing’s sample. The results confirmed that she was Shang Qing’s biological daughter.

Shang Lvxing then arranged for someone bearing a slight resemblance to Aunt Chu Yan to impersonate her daughter. Using the results of the paternity test, he successfully established her as a daughter of the Beicheng Family.

To give Xining a chance to change her mind, Shang Lvxing deliberately suggested that the Beicheng Family publicly announce this daughter’s existence, essentially offering her the chance to reclaim her rightful identity. If Xining decided to return to the Beicheng Family, she could easily prove Shang Yueling’s identity to be false.

And as he predicted.

Xining had no desire for the status of Shang Qing’s daughter.

Now that Shang Qing had firmly established himself, no longer needing to remain vigilant or suspicious, Shang Lvxing still harbored some concerns.

To make Shang Qing genuinely believe in Shang Yueling’s identity, he instructed her to feign a heart condition, which indeed earned her noticeably more care from Shang Qing.

Meanwhile, Shang Lvxing intended to travel to Country C to search for his brother without arousing suspicion from Shang Qing, using Shang Yueling’s illness as the reason for the trip. Unexpectedly, Shang Yueling volunteered to accompany him.

Various factors left him no choice but to take Shang Yueling along. However, he deliberately complicated the matter, instructing her to find an opportunity to access the ZN Lab via the country. Who could have guessed such a simple task could result in a mess?

Shang Lvxing personally went to the Underground Dark City in Country C, where not only clandestine affairs happened but also a one-stop service for locating people.

By coincidence, he encountered someone who recognized him from photos connected to Xining. For that reason, he intervened to save this person, hoping it would earn Xining’s gratitude one day.

But he didn’t expect to meet her so soon.

At that moment, he felt it was fate—as if it was all predestined, especially given her mother had once arranged their engagement as children.

During the Port City rescue mission for Nuonuo, he saw Haozi, who had been hiding in the shadows by Xining’s side, and recognized him by his eyes.

Haozi was his biological brother!

"...Yi, brother told you all this not to put pressure on you but to make you understand that it’s all my fault—it has nothing to do with you. Brother just hopes you can live a happy, carefree life."

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