??Chapter 115: Chapter 114 When I bullied you as a child
Chapter 115: Chapter 114 When I bullied you as a child
“Speaking of, do you really not rember anything from the past?”
Even though he had accepted the fact, Shen Jingchuan still found it miraculous every ti he thought about it.
“You really don’t rember anything at all?”
“Umm… how should I put this?” Wenyan said while skewering lamb at, explaining, “I have a vague overall mory. Like, I know how many people we have in the family, everyone’s nas, what they do for work, their general personalities. But specific events, I just can’t recall. Actually…”
As she ntioned this, even Wenyan’s own facial expression seed to twist.
“It’s puzzling to
as well, but my mind is just blank about certain fragnts. However, if you ask
about a specific event, maybe I just might rember it.”
“Alright.” Shen Jingchuan nodded, “Then do you rember the first ti we t at ho?”
“Umm… unfortunately, I’ve forgotten.”
Shen Jingchuan snorted coldly, “I asked unnecessarily. How could you forget this! But it doesn’t matter, I still rember.”
“Then please do tell! This is to bribe you.” Wenyan said, picking the largest scallop from the take-out box and handing it to Shen Jingchuan.
Shen Jingchuan pushed it back to her, “Eat it yourself, isn’t this what you like? I’ll just have sothing else.”
Wenyan didn’t stand on ceremony with him one bit, “You rejected it yourself, eh. Even though my bribe failed, you still have to tell the story.”
Shen Jingchuan glanced at her and chuckled, “You’re still the sa as when you were little, always so chatty.”
“The first ti I t you was actually out of curiosity. I rember at that ti Zhirou had already been missing for three years, her fate unknown. Mom nearly went crazy over Zhirou’s disappearance.
“Grandfather was getting old at that ti, so he started delegating the company’s business to the old man at ho. Due to this, our parents were too occupied to tend to us, leaving Grandfather in charge of us.
“Anyway, I didn’t like Grandfather. Later, Grandfather passed away, and Mom’s condition didn’t improve, so the old man brought you ho.
“At first, I couldn’t understand it. With so many children already in the family, why did the old man have to bring another one ho, declaring from then on you were our sister!
“But I had a sister already, just not knowing where she went, so what made you think you could take my real sister’s place? That’s why, taking advantage of the adults’ absence, I maliciously bullied you.”
“… What?!” Even though Wenyan listened attentively, she couldn’t help interrupting Shen Jingchuan’s recollection, “How could you do that when you were a kid! How did you bully , you didn’t leave any scars from your childhood, right?”
“Of course not! Actually, I didn’t do much to you back then. I just said so jerk things. Like you were… forget it, I can’t even repeat them now. Anyway, I was wrong to make you cry back then.
“And then when you cried, the old man got angry and ca to scold . Of course, I wouldn’t accept it, so I argued with him, and then he smashed my toy car model.
“I was irresponsible back then. Technically it should have been the old man’s responsibility for breaking my car model, and I should have gone after him for it. But I wasn’t man enough back then, so I took my anger out on you.
“I thought you would cry like before, and I figured I wouldn’t be so angry if you cried. But unexpectedly, you didn’t cry.
“Not only that, but you also brought so glue and fixed my car model. It was hideously fixed, you know? Because you used the wrong glue, which not only left marks but also put the headlights in wrong.
“Yet, I could tell you really tried hard. The housekeepers said you accidentally glued two of your fingers together while using the glue and had to soak them in warm water for a long ti before they ca apart, skin peeled off and all.
“Honestly…” Shen Jingchuan gazed at the blurred riverscape in the distance, a slow smile curling on his lips, “At that mont, I suddenly felt like this new kid in the house was from my own country. I suddenly stopped hating you.
“You must have been happy too, because soone your age in the family started to accept you. But my rebellious phase ca too early, my grades were too bad, and then I was sent abroad to study.
“I would only co back once or twice a year, and I was too rebellious then, not speaking to anyone at ho, even ignoring Mom’s calls. Our communication also beca much less than before.
“But even though we seldom talked, you were still the one who communicated with
the most. We kept in touch online, using what seed to be Skype, it wasn’t even WeChat yet. It’s a pity you don’t rember any of it, not a single bit.”
This was the first ti Shen Jingchuan shared this experience with anyone; as he spoke of these mories, he felt as if they were from another lifeti.
He paused for a mont before continuing.
“Until one day, you called
sobbing in a video, asking to borrow ten million, and then I lent it to you.”
Wenyan was still imrsed in the past between Shen Jingchuan and her original self, she had been thinking of sothing to say but couldn’t co up with the right words.
Before she could even open her mouth, Shen Jingchuan had moved on to the next topic.
But he put it way too simply.
Wenyan imdiately asked, “Why did I ask you for ten million at that ti? How old were we, and what did I need so much money for?”
“You must have been in university then, and I probably had just graduated. You said you broke a pair of jade bracelets that belonged to a friend’s mother, so you needed to compensate ten million.”
“!!! What kind of bracelets were that expensive?”
“Made of jade. The value of jade is not easy to determine. I’m not very knowledgeable about it, but so types with good water and rare colors indeed fetch very high prices.”
“!!! Shen Jingchuan? Fourth Brother! You weren’t taking advantage of my amnesia to trick , were you? Do you know the na of that friend of mine?”
Shen Jingchuan flicked Wenyan lightly on the head.
“You really are heartless. When you ca to
to borrow ten million, I didn’t hesitate at all, I just transferred it to you, and now you dare to doubt my integrity?!!”
“It’s not that I doubt you, I just need to make sure you’re not joking with , right?”
Shen Jingchuan scoffed, “Anyway, I wouldn’t make that kind of joke with you.”
“But for real, didn’t I tell you back then what that friend of mine’s na was? Do you still rember?”
“I must have said it, it was Qiao sothing, but I can’t rember exactly. In any case, she’s not an important person at all, definitely not worth using my brain capacity to rember her na.”
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