"Seriously, do you really not remember anything from before?"
Although he had accepted the fact, Shen Jingchuan still felt a sense of wonder whenever he thought about it.
"You really don't remember anything at all?"
"Um... how should I put it?" Wen Yan explained while eating lamb skewers, "I can only vaguely remember the general outline. For example, I know how many people are in my family, what their names are, what they do for a living, and what their general personalities are like. But I can't recall the specific events. Actually..."
Mentioning this, Wen Yan's expression became somewhat distorted.
"I'm puzzled too, but there's nothing I can do. My mind is completely blank when it comes to certain parts. But you can ask me when it comes to a specific thing, and maybe I'll remember it."
"Alright." Shen Jingchuan nodded. "Do you remember the first time we met at home?"
"Um... I'm sorry, I forgot."
Shen Jingchuan snorted coldly: "I didn't need to ask you. You can forget this! But it's okay, I still remember."
"Then please tell me! This is to bribe you." Wen Yan said, picking out the largest scallop from the takeout box and handing it to Shen Jingchuan.
Shen Jingchuan pushed it back to her: "You eat it yourself, isn't this what you like to eat? I'll eat something else."
Wen Yan didn't stand on ceremony with him at all: "You refused yourself. Even though my bribery failed, you still have to say what you should say."
Shen Jingchuan turned his head and glanced at her, chuckling softly, "You're still the same as when you were a kid, always chattering away."
"The first time I saw you was actually out of curiosity. I remember that Zhirou had been missing for three years at that time, and her fate was unknown. My mother almost went insane because of Zhirou."
"Grandpa was getting old at the time, and he gradually delegated the company's affairs to the old men in the family. So during that period, my parents had no time to take care of us, and it was Grandpa who took care of us."
"Anyway, I didn't like Grandpa. Later, Grandpa passed away, and Mom's condition didn't improve, so the old man brought you back."
"At first I couldn't understand why the old man would bring another one back when there were already so many children in the family, and even said that from now on she would be our little sister!"
"But I have a younger sister, I just don't know where she went. Who do you think you are to take my sister's place? So when the adults in the family weren't home, I went and bullied you."
“…Huh?!” Even though she was listening intently, Wen Yan couldn’t help but interrupt Shen Jingchuan’s recollection. “How could you be like this when you were a child! How did you bully me? Did it leave me with any childhood trauma?”
"Of course not! Actually, I didn't do anything to you back then. I just said some jerk things. Like you were... never mind, I can't bring myself to repeat it now. Anyway, it was my fault back then, I made you cry."
“When you cry, the old man gets angry and comes to scold me. Of course, I’m not convinced, so I argue with him, and then he smashes my toy car.”
"I was irresponsible back then. Logically, since the old man broke my model car, I should have confronted him. But I wasn't manly enough then, so I went and took my anger out on you instead."
"I thought you would cry like before. I thought if you cried, I wouldn't be so angry. But to my surprise, you didn't cry."
"Not only that, you even used glue to fix my car model. Actually, you know how ugly it looks because you used the wrong glue, leaving marks and installing the wrong headlights."
"But I can tell you really put in a lot of effort. The maid said you accidentally glued two of your fingers together while using glue, and you had to soak them in warm water for a long time to separate them, even tearing off the skin."
“To be honest…” Shen Jingchuan gazed at the blurry river view in the distance, a smile slowly curving his lips, “At that moment, I suddenly felt that this new kid in the family was on my side. Suddenly, I didn’t dislike you anymore.”
"You should be quite happy, because there's someone your age in this family starting to accept you. But my rebellious phase came too early, my grades were terrible, and then I was sent abroad to study."
"I only come back once or twice a year. I was really rebellious back then. I didn't talk to anyone in my family, and I wouldn't even answer my mom's calls. I also communicated with you much less than before."
"Even though we didn't communicate much, you were probably the one I talked to the most. We kept in touch online, I think we used Skype, not WeChat. It's a pity you don't remember any of it, not even a little bit."
This was the first time Shen Jingchuan had shared this experience with someone else, and when he talked about it, he felt as if it were a lifetime ago.
After a brief pause, he continued.
“Until one day you called me in tears and said you wanted to borrow 10 million from me, and then I lent it to you.”
Wen Yan was still immersed in the past between Shen Jingchuan and the original owner of the body. She wanted to say something but couldn't think of the right words.
Before she could even open her mouth, Shen Jingchuan moved on to the next topic.
But what he said was far too simplistic.
Wen Yan immediately asked, "Then why did I borrow 10 million from you back then? How old were I and how old were you? What would I need so much money for?"
"You were probably still in college back then, and I should have graduated not long ago. They said you broke a friend's mother's pair of jade bracelets, so you had to pay 10 million in compensation."
"!!! What kind of bracelet is so expensive?"
"It's jade. The value of jade is hard to say. I don't know much about it, but some pieces with good texture and rare color are indeed being driven up in price."
"!!! Shen Jingchuan? Fourth Brother! You're not trying to trick me because I have amnesia, are you? Do you even know my friend's name?"
Shen Jingchuan raised his hand and gently flicked Wen Yan's head.
"You really have no conscience. When you asked me to borrow 10 million, I transferred it to you without hesitation. And now you're questioning my character?!"
"It's not that I doubt you, but I need to make sure you're not joking with me, right?"
Shen Jingchuan scoffed: "I'm not going to joke with you like that."
"Seriously, did I not tell you my friend's name back then? Do you remember?"
"She probably did say something, something like Qiao, but I can't remember exactly. Anyway, she's not an important person, not worth me wasting my brainpower to remember her name."
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