Chapter 68 Going Home with Him

Shen Qinghuan deliberately rubbed his forehead with his hand, smiled awkwardly, and said helplessly: "I don't remember anything. Maybe it's what you said. I was really too young at that time, so I don't remember a lot of things."

Perhaps he had guessed this outcome from the beginning, so Zhou Sinian didn't feel disappointed. Instead, he comforted her, "It doesn't matter if you can't remember. You have to know that I am your brother Sinian. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to me directly. You don't have to be polite with me. I don't need to feel embarrassed."

Shen Qinghuan pursed her lips and said "hmm" softly.

It's not that she didn't want to say it, she just felt embarrassed. Although it was just a joke between her parents at the time, every time she went to Zhou Sinian's house to play, Zhou's mother would cook a lot of delicious food for her, and even treated her better than her own mother.

"By the way, Dr. Zhou, do your parents live with you?" After hesitating for a moment, Shen Qinghuan asked curiously.

Zhou Sinian raised an eyebrow. He had just called him Brother Sinian, but now he was Doctor Zhou again...

After collecting his thoughts, he smiled and said, "My mom hasn't been in good health in recent years. She retired last year and is currently recuperating in a villa in the suburbs. My dad has always been very busy, but no matter how busy he is these past few years, he always makes time to spend time with my mom."

Shen Qinghuan smiled gently, with a hint of envy in her eyes. She said, "Your parents have a really good relationship."

Zhou Sinian smiled and said, "Yes! Their relationship has remained the same for decades, so good that sometimes even I envy them."

Shen Qinghuan hesitated for a moment and moved her mouth slightly, but in the end she remained silent.

She walked aimlessly. The street scenes on both sides of the path were extremely familiar to her. Those long-held memories came flooding back like snowflakes, and she gradually fell into those memories that she dared not look back.

"Dad, will you stay with me forever?"

"Dad, I want to play the horse riding game. Can you be my horse?"

"Dad, I don't want to eat at home today. I want to go out for a hamburger. Can you take me out secretly? We won't let Mom know."

"Dad, when you get old, I'll hold your hand and walk with you every evening, okay?"

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In fact, Shen Qinghuan did not have a very good relationship with her mother, but her father doted on her and always granted her requests.

Later, she often wondered, if she hadn't asked for Pizza Hut, if her father hadn't agreed, would the car accident have happened? Would her father be alive and well?

Zhou Sinian walked quietly beside Shen Qinghuan.

He didn't know what she was thinking about, but he could clearly feel the strong sadness emanating from her.

He opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something to break the depressing atmosphere.

Just as Zhou Sinian was hesitating whether to speak, Shen Qinghuan suddenly turned his head to look at him. The sadness on his face had long since disappeared, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "If I remember correctly, Building 12 is over there!"

Zhou Sinian smiled and said, "Yes, it's over there!"

Shen Qinghuan thought about it, and her eyes suddenly brightened unexpectedly, like twinkling stars in the night sky. She said, "Well, should we go over and take a look?"

As if worried that Zhou Sinian might misunderstand something, she quickly added, "What I meant was, I'm just taking a look downstairs, not going upstairs."

When she was sent to her grandfather's house by that woman, she had already sold the house. At noon, the weather was so good, and she saw with her own eyes that the woman brought someone else to see the house. The other party was also a family of three. Later, she begged her not to sell the house, but she refused.

Zhou Sinian smiled gently, "If you want to go up, it's not impossible."

Shen Qinghuan quickly shook his head and said, "No need, I'll just take a look from below. After all, the owner of the house changed more than ten years ago."

More than ten years ago?

Zhou Sinian narrowed his eyes slightly, keenly catching these words. After hesitating for a moment, he asked calmly, "Did your family move away from here more than ten years ago?"

Shen Qinghuan lowered her eyes, smiled bitterly, and said softly, "My father died in a car accident more than ten years ago. Not long after he was buried, my mother sold the house here, and she sent me to live with my grandfather."

“Uncle Shen passed away?!”

Zhou Sinian looked surprised and could hardly believe his ears.

Shen Qinghuan hummed softly again, her eyes lowered, and she said nothing more. Zhou Sinian also fell silent. Although he knew that things in the world are impermanent and he acknowledged this, he still found it difficult to accept.

In his memory, Father Shen was a very gentle man who loved his wife and daughter very much. He was also a very good cook, and every time his family cooked something delicious, he would have a share.

How could such a good person suddenly disappear?

Suddenly remembering something, Zhou Sinian hesitated for a moment and asked again, "Have you been living with your grandfather all these years?"

Shen Qinghuan shook his head and said softly, "No, I lived with my grandfather for two years, and then he passed away. Before he passed away, he handed me over to Grandpa Jiang, and I have been living in the Jiang family ever since. Grandpa Jiang and my grandfather were comrades-in-arms for many years, and my grandfather even saved Grandpa Jiang's life."

Zhou Sinian naturally knew who Grandpa Jiang Shen Qinghuan was talking about. He was one of his patients, whose full name was Jiang Tianye. It was in his ward that day that he met Shen Qinghuan, whom he hadn't seen for more than ten years.

At that time, he was still wondering when Shen Qinghuan had a grandfather with the surname Jiang. After all, the director of Jiang Tianye's background department had told him that the Jiang family was one of the most prominent families in South City.

Although the Shen family was also well-off back then, it was nothing compared to the Jiang family.

"You, why have you never contacted our family?"

Zhou Sinian did not tell Shen Qinghuan that he had secretly come here alone on the first day he returned to China. The current owner of the house said that she bought this house from a woman more than ten years ago.

Shen Qinghuan did not answer his question. She didn't know how to answer, so she could only lower her head and remain silent.

She knew that Zhou Sinian's parents liked her, but the woman told her that other people's liking for her was based on the existence of her father. Now that her father was gone, no one would like her unconditionally.

They might even avoid her like the plague.

At first, she didn't believe it, but later... she had to believe it! Even that woman thought she was a burden, let alone others? Others would only dislike her even more.

After a while, Shen Qinghuan collected his thoughts and said with a smile, "I don't have the contact information of my uncle and aunt."

She was clearly smiling, her brows slightly curved, but he felt that her eyes were filled with sadness and bitterness. Zhou Sinian unconsciously raised his hand and gently touched her head, just like he did when they were children.

But just as he reached out his hand, he retracted it. He suppressed the bitterness in his heart and said with a smile: "Huanhuan, you have my contact information now. Don't always handle things by yourself in the future."

"I understand, Brother Si Nian, thank you."

Shen Qinghuan tilted her little head, and a smile slowly spread across her slightly curved brows.

The warm afternoon sun poured down through the intricate branches, falling all over her head and face.

Hearing the name "Brother Si Nian", Zhou Si Nian no longer hesitated. He raised his hand, gently rubbed her head, and said softly: "Since you know that I am your Brother Si Nian, you can't be polite to me in the future."

Shen Qinghuan shrank back subconsciously, but soon calmed down.

After a pause, Zhou Sinian smiled and asked, "Don't you have to go to work this afternoon?"

Shen Qinghuan nodded seriously, and then deliberately said jokingly: "I skipped work and don't plan to go to the company this afternoon."

She has worked diligently at Jiang's company over the past few years and has never taken a single day off. Since she is destined to leave, she might as well take all of this year's annual leave before resigning, otherwise it would be a big waste!

Zhou Sinian: "Since you're not going to the company this afternoon, come home with me. I'll take you to meet my parents. They'll be very happy to see you."

Shen Qinghuan was stunned and subconsciously wanted to refuse.