Chapter 182 Being a younger brother
Niuniu stood on tiptoe, patted his shoulder and said, "You are inexperienced. You will definitely not suffer such a loss next time. If you encounter something you don't know in the future, you can ask me. Although I am only six years old, I already understand a lot of principles."
Brother Shen nodded vigorously, as if he had received some extraordinary life advice: “You are right, I will ask you for advice in the future.”
Gu Mingda and the other two people standing aside, one dared to speak and the other dared to believe. He couldn't help but have a thought in his heart that this young man didn't seem to be smarter than a six-year-old child.
Brother Shen even said sincerely: “If I were as smart as you, Dad would not dislike me. I am too stupid and don’t know how to please him.”
Niuniu asked in surprise: "Why do you want to please daddy? Doesn't your daddy like you?"
Perhaps because he was facing Niuniu, Brother Shen opened his heart easily and said, "Daddy actually concealed it very well, but I know that he doesn't like me."
Niuniu looked at Brother Shen, whose expression was visibly depressed, and patted his shoulder again, saying, "Do you care about his liking?"
Brother Shen nodded vigorously.
Niuniu asked again: "What kind of person does he like?"
Brother Shen said: “My father likes people who are good at studying, and likes those children who are very, very motivated.”
Niuniu asked, "Is that you?"
Brother Shen shook his head: "I also want to make progress, but I am really not smart. Every time I read a few pages of a book, I start to feel sleepy. I am afraid that I can't be a child that Daddy is satisfied with."
Niuniu pondered for a moment and said, "Although you are not very smart and don't want to make progress, I still like you very much. I think you are a very good person."
Brother Shen sighed and said, “Niuniu, you are so nice, thank you for comforting me.”
Niuniu shook her head: "I'm not comforting you, I'm telling the truth."
Brother Shen was even happier when he heard Niuniu say that.
But Niuniu said in the next sentence: “Brother Shen, I think your father has some problems.”
Brother Shen's first reaction when he heard this was: "What's wrong? My father is not ill, he is in good health."
Niuniu pointed to her heart and said, "There is something wrong with him."
Brother Shen was a little angry and said, “Niuniu, although I treat you as a friend, you can’t say bad things about my dad.”
Niuniu continued, "I'm not saying bad things. I'm telling the truth. How can a father not like his children? My father really likes me and my brothers. Dad, am I right?"
Gu Mingda, who was standing by, didn't expect that he would suddenly become the referee. He smiled and said, "Yes, of course Daddy likes you, because you are all Daddy's children."
When Niuniu heard this, she looked at Brother Shen and said, “Look, my dad is like this!”
Brother Shen looked disappointed: “Maybe it’s because I’m too disappointing…that’s why I don’t please my father.”
Niuniu put her hands on her hips and said, "Daddy likes his own children. What does it matter if he competes with me or not? Even if I don't compete, my dad will still like me!"
Brother Shen looked at Gu Mingda after hearing this.
Gu Mingda nodded and said, "I like Niuniu because she is my daughter. Even if she is not as smart as she is now, even if she is just an ordinary child, she is very important in my heart."
Brother Shen suddenly looked dejected, like a puppy abandoned by the whole world.
Gu Mingda couldn't help but want to comfort him when he saw this.
Niuniu suddenly patted his shoulder again: "Brother, why do you look like you have made a big mistake?"
Brother Shen: “Ah?”
Niuniu continued, "It's not your fault. It's your father who has a mental problem."
The confusion in Brother Shen’s eyes became even more serious.
"He doesn't like me, so how come it's his problem?" Brother Shen didn't understand.
Niuniu said: "Maybe he doesn't know how to love his own child. Does he like other children?"
Gu Mingda wanted to say that the Shen family's house was obviously a large mansion, and it was difficult to speculate what was going on there using common sense.
But when he heard his daughter say this, he suddenly felt that Niuniu might not be wrong.
After thinking for a while, Brother Shen said: “My father only has two children, my sister and I. Dad said that he likes my sister very much, but I don’t think he likes my sister very much.”
"Why do you say that?" Niu Niu asked.
Brother Shen said: "My sister once wanted to ask Dad for advice, but Dad was very impatient. I always feel that this should not be love."
Niuniu nodded and said, "Then your father really doesn't like your sister. My father will never be impatient with me."
Brother Shen looked at Gu Mingda with envy again. He wished he could become Gu Mingda's son.
"Is your sister successful?" Niu Niu asked again.
When Brother Shen mentioned his sister, his face was immediately filled with pride: "My sister is very smart, she is as smart as you, she is only thirteen years old, and she is already proficient in everything from music, chess, calligraphy and painting."
When Niuniu heard this, she said, "Look, your father doesn't like your sister very much even though she's successful. This shows that it's your father's fault, not because you're unlovable or because you've done anything wrong."
Brother Shen actually thought that Niuniu's logic was very coherent, but he vaguely felt that something seemed to be wrong. Isn't it a bit rebellious to think this way?
"But I still hope my dad will like me." Brother Shen said.
Niuniu couldn’t remember how many times she had patted Brother Shen’s shoulder and said, “Only if you cure the problem in your father’s heart will he like you.”
Brother Shen humbly asked: "How can I cure my father's mental illness? Niuniu, do you know?"
Niuniu shook her head and said, "I don't know."
Brother Shen sighed.
Niuniu patted his shoulder again and said, "When we get to the capital, I will help you find a solution. There will always be a way out. There will definitely be a way."
Brother Shen's eyes lit up again: "Niuniu, you are so nice. What would I do without you?"
Gu Mingda was watching the two, one big and one small, and had an illusion that even though Brother Shen was almost a generation older than Niu Niu, he looked like Niu Niu's younger brother.
In the evening, Li heard about Brother Shen's situation and asked someone to send a set of Sun Jiaxing's old clothes over.
Gu Mingda asked the boatman to bring hot water. Brother Shen took a hot bath, changed into clean clothes, and ran to formally meet the two families.
After washing his face, Gu Mingda could finally confirm that this was the young man in brocade clothes with picturesque features at the dock.
Gu Mingda thought of Brother Shen's naive personality, which happened to match his appearance. If there hadn't been dirt blocking his face before, who knows what would have happened to him.
Gu Mingda also deeply understood what Brother Shen said. He really regarded Niuniu as his life mentor and would always ask Niuniu what to do if there was something.
"Niuniu, do we throw dirty clothes directly into the river? Usually the servants take care of it. I don't know what to do." Brother Shen asked Niuniu.
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