Chapter 273 Internal Injuries Almost Caused by the Beating

Ren Qinan was already watching the show on stage. Occasionally, he would glance at Shen Xuewei, who was making Xu Yue run around in circles, shake his head with a smile, and then turn his attention back to the stage.

The New Year's Eve party came to a close amidst the occasional fireworks displays in the nearby villages.

The next day after school, Shen Xuewei took her notes from all her subjects, got on Xu Yue's bicycle, and arrived at Chen Fanglan's building.

She handed the bag of notebooks to Xu Yue, saying, "Here, copy them carefully. Remember to return them to me when you come back for New Year's Day."

When Xu Yue saw so many notes for her to copy, she immediately felt a chill run down her spine.

"So much... I probably won't be able to finish copying it all in just three days..."

"Copy as much as you can. If there's anything left to copy, copy it every night. I'll see how things go for each subject and make the necessary arrangements."

Xu Yue couldn't refuse Shen Xuewei's kindness and accepted the notes with a bitter smile.

Back home, looking at these notes, I sighed and found a new notebook to start copying them down.

Grandma Xu walked over with her cane. She originally wanted to ask Xu Yue to do something, but when she saw Xu Yue writing furiously through the window, she paused.

She didn't speak, but stood quietly outside watching Xu Yue's serious profile.

She looked at it for a long time, and finally a hint of a smile appeared in her eyes.

...

Shen Xuewei and Chen Fanglan returned to Xiaoli Village together before 2008 arrived.

When the two returned, Grandma Xi happily greeted them.

"Oh, you just called earlier, and you're back so soon."

Shen Xuewei smiled and said, "Grandma, are you unhappy that we came back early?"

Grandma Xi walked in the middle of them, with one arm around each of them, gently pushing them towards home.

“Happy? Of course I’m happy. Your grandfather went to town to buy fish, but he already prepared the chicken early this morning. I’ll cook it right away. When your grandfather and your second uncle come back, we’ll prepare the fish and we can eat it soon.”

She touched Shen Xuewei's face, her eyes filled with heartache.

"Oh my, look how thin you are! You haven't been eating at school. Hey, did you get your teeth fixed?"

"I just heard you speak with a slight lisp?"

When Chen Fanglan heard Grandma Xi refer to Shen Xuewei's braces as "architecture," she burst out laughing.

"Mom, what do you mean by 'buildings on teeth'? That's called braces, okay?"

"She had been wearing braces for almost two years, and they can be removed now. The doctor said she will need to wear a retainer for a while longer."

"Now that I'm wearing that retainer again, my speech is a bit slurred."

Grandma Xi touched the wire in Shen Xuewei's teeth. "Even if you take it off, you still have to wear it. How long will you have to wear this?"

It took so much effort to get all my teeth straight, but they do look straight now.

But she thought things were fine before, at least she wasn't suffering.

As soon as she pulled her hand away, Shen Xuewei quickly covered her mouth before speaking.

"I guess I'll have to wear it for another year or two. Anyway, I can take it off when I'm eating, so it's fine."

"That took quite a while; getting these teeth fixed can take several years. But they definitely look straight now..."

As they talked, they entered the house.

Shen Xuewei and Chen Fanglan's laughter and chatter stopped abruptly when they saw Chen Fangqiu in the living room.

Chen Fanglan was scolded by Chen Fangqiu for not lending him money last time, which caused them to break up and they haven't spoken a word to each other for nearly half a year.

When she saw Chen Fangqiu at home, she only paused briefly before acting as if Chen Fangqiu didn't exist. She continued talking to Grandma Xi and Shen Xuewei, leaving Chen Fangqiu to the side.

Seeing how she treated Chen Fangqiu, Grandma Xi wanted to say a good word for Chen Fangqiu.

But remembering all the good things Chen Fangqiu had done in the past few years, he sighed and ultimately ignored the matter between the two siblings.

About half an hour later, Grandpa Chen rode in Chen Fangyang's car, and the two of them returned from the town together.

Hearing the commotion, Chen Fanglan went to the door and saw the two of them getting out of the car at the same time.

"Ah Yang is back too?"

When Chen Fangyang saw Chen Fanglan, he leaned against the car, straightened his hair, and gave a provocative smile.

"What? You can come back, but I can't?"

Chen Fanglan first pretended to be very friendly and leaned against the door, looking at Chen Fangyang.

"I never said I wouldn't let you come back."

"Of course, if that's what you think, then there's nothing I can do about it."

Seeing out of the corner of her eye that Chen Fangyang had relaxed and lost his initial wariness, she suddenly rushed over and yelled:

"Chen Fangyang, you fucking deleted that photo of me! How dare you take a picture of me without my consent, and make me look like that! I'll beat you to death!"

Grandma Xi, who had followed them out, saw Chen Fanglan chasing and hitting Chen Fangyang, and loudly tried to stop the fight.

"Hey, what are you two doing? Ah Yang, what did you do to upset your third sister again?"

"And Alan, you too, you're already in your thirties, can't you be a little more mature?"

Shen Xuewei walked over and glanced at it. She was about to leave, but then thought that since there was something to see, she might as well watch, so she simply squatted down at the door to watch the commotion. Little Yellow, born from Big Yellow, wagged its tail and came over to lick her hand.

Shen Xuewei pressed it down at her feet, her eyes still fixed on Chen Fangyang, who was being beaten.

Little Huang whimpered twice in grievance, but finally resigned itself to its fate and lay down on the ground.

A few days ago, Shen Xuewei heard from her aunt that when she went to her second uncle's house for dinner last time, her second uncle secretly took a very ugly picture of her with his phone, making her look like an ape...

The kind of thing that I've said hundreds of times but still won't delete.

If he dares to come back this time, his aunt will definitely teach him a lesson.

Chen Fangyang had a five-finger mark branded on his face by Chen Fanglan, and his once carefully styled hair was now a mess. He tearfully handed over his phone to Chen Fanglan.

"Here, delete it yourself, okay? Don't slap me in the face, I have to go back tomorrow!"

Chen Fanglan snorted in anger, slapped his arm again, and snatched the phone away.

She opened her phone's photo album, flipped to that terribly ugly picture of herself, and couldn't help but glare at Chen Fangyang again.

Angrily, she pressed the delete key, clicked confirm to delete, and then cursed:

"If this happens again, I'll make sure you regret it!"

As twins, they are quite similar in some ways.

For example, loving beauty and paying attention to one's image...

The photos were deleted, and the lawsuit between the two came to an end. They walked into the house one after the other.

Chen Fangyang pulled up a chair, looked at the seats, and sat to Shen Xuewei's left, while Chen Fanglan sat to Shen Xuewei's right.

Shen Xuewei glanced at the two of them and, seeing that they were doing alright, relaxed and started playing the mini-game on her phone.

After playing for less than ten minutes, she suddenly sighed, got up and went outside to get some fresh air and clear her head.

The two appeared to be at peace, but behind her back, they were actually fighting back and forth.

Shen Xuewei, who was accidentally injured by them, felt as if her internal injuries had been brought out.