Chapter 21

Chapter 21

"So, those rumors are all false?"

Shu Yao was sitting in the corner of the bedroom sofa, hugging a pillow. The curtains were drawn, and the room was no different from night. The dim light shone on her face, making her look even more weak, helpless and pitiful.

Shen Ye sat next to her and poured her a cup of hot milk.

"What rumors?"

"That is, your parents are partial to you, and you and your brother have a bad relationship."

Chen Ye handed her the milk, still looking relaxed and contented: "For example?"

Shu Yao took a sip of milk. The warm feeling in her throat made her thoughts clearer. "For example, when you were in high school, you went to school by yourself, but your brother went to an international school and had a private car."

"Well, he's been in poor health since he was little and can't do strenuous exercise, and I don't like being watched."

"You can't do strenuous exercise?" Shu Yao asked confusedly, "But didn't he just go out for a morning run?"

I don’t know if last night’s conversation brought them closer together, but this time, Chen Ye naturally reached out and held her wrist, leading her to the floor-to-ceiling window.

Shu Yao glanced down and suddenly remembered that during the high school basketball game, Zhou Beichuan had also held her wrist in order to keep her there. The force was so strong that she only felt confinement.

But his movements were so gentle that he could pull his hand back as long as she moved slightly.

Shu Yao was still hesitating, but Chen Ye let go first.

She looked out into the distance, and within her sight was the beach not far away. Shen Yang was lying on a lounge chair, swaying leisurely.

Shu Yao's mouth twitched: "Is it necessary to wear sportswear when sunbathing on the beach?"

"He said we can't do sports, but we can focus on creating an atmosphere."

"..." Shu Yao asked hurriedly, "And what about that? They said your family was photographed by paparazzi and they never take you with them on trips."

"I don't like going with them. They're too noisy."

Shu Yao: “…”

Shu Yao began to understand a little bit. It turned out that Chen Ye was not isolated by the three people in the family.

Instead, he isolated the other three with his own strength.

Shu Yao returned to the sofa and sat down, drinking a sip of milk to calm his nerves. "What about yesterday? Why did he snatch your mango?"

“I don’t eat mangoes.”

Shu Yao was stunned for a moment: "Sorry, I don't know."

"What's there to apologize for? It's not that I can't eat it, it's just..." Chen Ye paused and said, "I didn't like it before, I can try it next time."

"Yeah." Shu Yao responded.

Shen Ye glanced at her, took a tissue from the table and handed it to her.

She took the tissue without any idea of ​​Shen Ye's intention, so she just held it in her hand without making any move.

After a while, the tissue in his hand was taken back.

Gently wiping the corner of her lips, a corner of the tissue was wet with milk.

His movements were extremely smooth and his expression was so calm that it seemed like he was just doing a casual favor. Shu Yao pursed his lips and said nothing.

After knowing that everything was a misunderstanding, she no longer felt any psychological pressure, so she started to talk more: "Actually, just now, your brother came to the bathroom to find me and said something to me."

Shu Yao's focus is on those words.

However, Shen Ye's focus was different. He frowned and asked, "He went to the bathroom to find you?"

"Well, at first I thought he had no sense of boundaries, but then I thought about it. When he was talking to me, his eyes were fixed on himself in the mirror and he didn't look at me at all."

"What did he tell you?"

"Just some... words to get me away from you."

Shen Ye's expression darkened, and the leisurely look just now was gone.

Shu Yao asked curiously, "Since you and your brother have a good relationship, is he doing this to test whether I am sincere to you?"

"No, he just has some opinions about you." Chen Ye sighed silently, "So it doesn't matter whether you are sincere or not. His ultimate goal is just to make you leave."

"Opinion?"

“It’s okay.” Shen Ye smiled and comforted, “I will take care of it, and he won’t look for you again.”

"Okay." Shu Yao has never been one to get to the bottom of things. When he said he would solve it, she didn't ask any more questions, thinking that there was a 90% chance that the disagreement was caused by the difference in family background or something like that.

She drank the milk silently. After a while, she suddenly seemed to remember something and looked up again, with a puzzled look on her face:

"But when he asked me to leave you just now, he was scolding you."

If you have a problem with her, shouldn't you scold her?

Shen Ye:?

*

Shen Ye actually didn't care about Shen Yang scolding him.

The only thing he cared about was that Chen Yang had actually contacted Shu Yao in private.

She was already nervous about meeting his family, and she didn't know how she felt when she was asked to leave.

"Bang——"

Shen Ye kicked open the bedroom door which was not closed tightly.

Shen Yang was lying on the sofa playing games when the sound of gunfire echoed throughout the room.

He was used to Shen Ye's uncivilized behavior. After glancing at him, he looked at the phone screen again: "Did I complain to you?"

Shen Ye kicked the door shut.

Sitting on the sofa at the side, he took out a cigarette from the box on the coffee table. He wanted to light it, but then he remembered something and threw the cigarette back.

"Paranoia and jealousy, yet you can't break free or escape." Chen Ye sneered, "Where did you hear all this nonsense?"

Shen Yang's game finally ended. He was already in a bad mood after encountering a rookie who was holding him back, and he was even more upset when he saw Shen Ye looking like he was settling a score.

Thinking back on this period of time, because of Chen Ye’s marriage certificate, the two of them had a cold war for about a month, and their unhappiness reached its peak.

He rolled his eyes. "There's a book downstairs called 'Mr. Fu's 99 Days to Chase His Wife'. I don't know which idiot threw it there. I just flipped through a few pages."

“…” Shen Ye’s expression froze for a moment.

Shen Yang understood immediately: "Fuck, you are that idiot? Where did you get the book?"

Chen Ye pressed his eyebrows and said, "My mother stuffed it in my suitcase. It's a long story. You tell your story first."

Shen Yang was frank: "I just couldn't think of a reason. I just happened to see the words in the book, so I copied them. I think my acting is pretty good. I thought I could scare her off, but I didn't expect this little girl... to be quite eloquent."

"You want to discredit me, and you have to pick a time when I just got out of the shower?"

"I did it on purpose. I wanted her to realize from this little thing that our family has no manners, and that it would be best if we could just run away tomorrow." Shen Yang sighed, "No matter what kind of person she is, I can't just scold a little girl, right? So I can only reluctantly sacrifice the two of us and persuade her to retreat."

If this happened to someone else, Chen Ye might have made a joke about it, saying that his train of thought was so fresh, unconventional and unconventional.

But now, he was obviously not in the mood to joke.

He looked at Shen Yang with a stern look in his eyes: "Brother, I'm telling you this seriously, don't look for her again, don't tell her anything about the past."

"Why not?" Shen Yang raised his voice and spoke without any politeness. "Have you forgotten how you looked like a drowned dog back then? What's so good about her?"

Shen Ye might be able to forget, but Shen Yang would never forget that night seven years ago.

It's raining heavily.

The sky was completely covered with dark clouds, occasionally split by flashes of lightning.

When Chen Ye walked in, his clothes were wet, his hair was hanging down in front of his forehead, and even water droplets were dripping down.

The little wolf printed on the chest of the black T-shirt looks exactly like a miserable dog in trouble.

His usual high-spirited demeanor was completely gone. His face was pale and his pride seemed to have been shattered by lightning.

Shen Yang didn't dare to speak out, fearing that he would wake up his parents in the bedroom.

It was not until I followed him into the bedroom that I couldn't help but ask what was going on.

Shen Ye threw down his phone and took off his black T-shirt, revealing his thin upper body and faint bruises on his arms.

Shen Yang was horrified: "Did you fight with someone?"

"Yeah." Shen Ye did not deny it.

Although Chen Ye had a reputation for being a fighter, Chen Yang actually knew that most of the rumors were exaggerated. He was wild but also lazy. Unless his bottom line was touched, he would often be too lazy to fight, and he would rarely go home injured.

The phone thrown on the bed was still on, and there was a sent WeChat message on the screen. Shen Yang took a look at it. The message briefly explained why he beat someone tonight, but the other party had not replied for more than an hour.

Shen Yang understood instantly: "Is it because of that girl again? Her boyfriend is a jerk, she knows it but she doesn't leave him. That's her own choice. Respect other people's fate, understand?"

Shen Ye stood by the window and took out a cigarette box from his pocket.

The smoking posture seemed a little unfamiliar. In Shen Yang's memory, this seemed to be the first time.

But Shen Yang did not stop him.

He put his hands on his hips and said helplessly, "No, you should go abroad and go to the same university with that girl. Watching her and her boyfriend being affectionate all day long, I don't think you will be able to recover in four years of college."

Rarely, this time Shen Ye did not directly refuse, as if he had taken his words to heart.

The bedroom was quiet for a long, long time.

It wasn't until Shen Yang stood up and prepared to leave the room and walked to the door that he finally heard his answer.

He said, "Okay."

So that night, Shen Yang helped him cancel his application to Fuchuan University before the deadline of midnight and sent him abroad.

I thought he had completely recovered in the past seven years.

But I didn't expect that love brain is really incurable. As soon as I returned to Fuchuan, I fell back into love.

Not only did he fail, but he also had a flash marriage.

God knows how speechless Shen Yang was when he saw the name on the marriage certificate.

Shen Ye didn't smoke, so Shen Yang couldn't help but light a cigarette.

Time seemed to have returned to that night seven years ago. In the silence, Shen Ye spoke seriously: "Brother, your description may be correct in one respect. I am paranoid. In this life, she is the only one I can have. I have never bowed my head in front of you. If you want me to beg you, then I can beg you now."

Shen Yang was shocked by the word "please". This was the first time he saw Shen Ye put down all his posture and say this word.

With his face hidden behind the curling smoke, Shen Yang remained silent for a long time.

Finally, he compromised and waved his hand: "Forget it, respect the fate of others, including your own brother, do whatever you want."

"Thank you."

"Thanks for nothing." Chen Yang was still disappointed. "I didn't know how to scold you before, but now there's a particularly appropriate word: you're just a bootlicker!"

"What's wrong with being a licker?" Chen Ye's mood improved. He leaned back and said leisurely, "What do they say on the Internet? If you want to lick, lick. If you don't want to lick, take a few days off. The initiative is in your own hands. How free."

"You..." Shen Yang pressed against his temples, feeling that he was only one step away from a cerebral hemorrhage. "Don't tell me your last name is Shen when you go out. I'm embarrassed."

"Brother." Chen Ye laughed instead of getting angry, "The men of the Chen family, Dad is like this, I am like this too, but you are not like this. Haven't you thought about a problem?"

Shen Yang's right hand, which was holding the cigarette, suddenly stopped.

He frowned, and after thinking for a moment, he questioned from the bottom of his heart: "Could it be that I am not my parents' biological child?"

Shen Ye: "..."

*

Shu Yao didn't know whether Chen Yang was his parents' biological son.

However, he and Grandma Shen must be related by blood.

Even the way they sing happily is exactly the same.

In the afternoon, the sun shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows onto the carpet in the living room. The sea outside the window looks like a ground covered with gold, sparkling with light.

Shu Yao sat in the corner, took a cherry from the table and ate it quietly.

When grandma finished singing, they applauded again.

Shen Yang glanced at it and suddenly remembered the last words Shen Ye said before leaving his bedroom last night -

"Why should the person being secretly admired be responsible for their feelings? You said I was very pitiful seven years ago, but what was wrong with her being targeted by you because of my unauthorized affection, even though she didn't do anything wrong?"

He pretended to look at her casually again. Her fair and small face looked as gentle as a peeled egg, but he didn't expect that her words were quite harsh.

Is it just this face that can make his brother so obsessed that he still can't wake up after several years?

It's just so-so.

He still prefers enchanting beauties with strong complexions.

Suddenly, he was kicked on his calf. Shen Yang came back to his senses and found that it was Shen Ye who kicked him.

Tsk.

What a vicious dog protecting its cub.

He curled his lips, turned to the other side to fiddle with his phone, and thought, forget it, it's not like he has nothing to do. He also has a relationship to be in, so he doesn't have so much time to meddle in other people's affairs.

Noticing his gaze shift, Shu Yao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She took another cherry and was about to put it in her mouth when she suddenly realized that her grandmother seemed to be looking at her. Her hand paused and she suddenly turned to Shen Ye: "Cherry, do you want to eat it?"

Shen Ye was helping his grandmother repair an old bracelet, “Wait a moment, your hands are dirty.”

"good."

Shu Yao was about to eat it by herself when she saw Chen Yang turning around and teasing, "Aren't you married? Why are you so unfamiliar with each other? Do you have to eat a cherry by yourself?"

“…”

Stimulated by the look of anticipation on his face, Shu Yao held the cherries, not daring to feed them, yet unwilling to put them down.

Just frozen in mid-air.

At this moment, Shen Ye suddenly lowered his head, gently rubbed his lips against her fingertips, and held the cherry in his mouth.

Shu Yao felt itchy on his fingertips and rubbed them with the tip of his thumb.

He acted as if nothing had happened and answered Shen Yang as a matter of course: "I just don't want to show off my affection in front of a single guy like you."

"Heh." Chen Yang rolled his eyes. "Do I even want to watch it? Who told you I'm single?"

Grandma Shen finished singing another song. Hearing this, she put down the microphone and explained for Shen Yang with a smile: "Yang Yang is not a single dog. He has a girlfriend, the one who sings Kunqu Opera."

Shen Ye suddenly let out a muffled laugh.

Shu Yao didn't understand, and she heard Shen Yang say speechlessly: "Grandma, the kid who sang Kunqu Opera can barely make a cameo appearance."

"Ah? They broke up? Then who is it now?" Grandma Shen took a sip of water and thought for a while, "Could it be the one who sang on Xyin?"

"That one got a share too."

"Why?"

"She played a song for me and asked me if it was good. I said it was really good and the best song she had ever released. Then we broke up."

Shu Yao felt like she had just heard a big news story, and her curiosity was piqued: "Didn't you praise me so much? Why is there a split?"

Chen Ye added: "Because that song is not hers, it belongs to her competitor."

Shu Yao: “…”

Grandma Shen glared at him and said, "You are not serious at all. Look at your brother. I just urged him a little bit and he got me such a good granddaughter-in-law. Don't end up living alone and no one will know when you die."

Shen Yang shook his legs and said nonchalantly, "I don't even know if I can live to old age, why rush?"

“Pooh, pooh, pooh.” Grandma Shen reached out and patted him lightly a few times.

The phone screen on the coffee table lit up.

Shen Yang took one look and immediately became smug: "Grandma, what you just said won't happen to me. Look, it's only been two days since we last met, and I miss you so much."

He crossed his legs and pressed the answer button.

It's still open to the public.

A charming female voice came from the other end: "Husband, when will you come back?"

"Next month, what's wrong?"

"It's been too long, hasn't it? Long-distance love is like a pile of loose sand. Once the Pacific wind blows, everything is gone."

"Speak human language."

"Let's break up, bye."

beep.

The call was cut off.

The living room fell into dead silence.

One didn't care at all, two were surprised and confused.

Only the person who had just been dumped acted as if nothing had happened. He put away his phone and glanced at the coffee table: "Hey? You two are such gluttons. The cherries are gone so quickly!"

Shu Yao:?