Chapter 188 The abandoned girl finally grew up

Since leaving the Song family, Shuang Xu has been silent.

She couldn't figure out Song Mianzhi's purpose in framing Shen Changyuan. The Zheng family did this for Zheng Zuye, and what was Song Mianzhi's purpose? What good would it be for him if the Shen family lost power?

She closed her eyes and leaned against the car window. In her messy mind, a sentence that Song Leyan had said casually at that time suddenly popped up.

Song Mianzhi will be promoted to minister next year...

Even as a deputy minister, his promotion speed was too fast. Master Song did not have the ability to help him rise to the top, unless there was help from the Zheng family.

The Zheng family promised him a shortcut, so he betrayed the Shen family, who had raised his daughter for ten years.

Guilt weighed on her like a mountain. The feud between the Shen and Zheng families was caused by her, and her biological father even aided and abetted them. The goddaughter they raised with kindness almost killed him.

Does Shen Changyuan know about this?

Does Shen Yu know?

Suddenly, something fell on her lap, interrupting her thoughts. She opened her eyes and saw He Tingzhou's cell phone on her lap, ringing.

"Take it."

It was Yue Zifeng calling. Shuang Xu picked up the phone and said, "Brother Zifeng."

"Hey, sister."

Shuang Xu explained: "He is driving."

"Flying the plane doesn't prevent him from answering the phone." Yue Zifeng said, "Let him be lazy. His hands have degenerated after having a girlfriend, right?"

Zuo Zhong's voice came from the side: "You dare to drive in front of my sister, be careful or they will kill you."

Yue Zifeng turned around and said, "What kind of car am I driving? You have a dirty mind!"

Shuang Xu hadn't noticed it at first, but now that they had made a fuss, his thoughts became more diverse.

Her ears felt a little hot, and she silently handed the phone back to He Tingzhou: "You answer it yourself."

He Tingzhou's eyes swept across her earlobe: "What did you say? Your face is so red."

"Nothing."

He Tingzhou was so lazy that he didn't even raise his hands. He called her, "Turn on speakerphone."

Shuang Xu turned on the speakerphone and held it up for him to listen.

"Zuo Zhong and I are drinking, and Zhao Zhao is here too." Yue Zifeng called out, "Would you two like to come over and play?"

He Tingzhou asked Shuang Xu: "Do you want to go?"

Shuang Xu asked Yue Zifeng: "Is my brother here?"

"Your brother has a party tonight, come over after it's over."

Shuang Xu said, "Then let's go there too."

She hung up the phone, put He Tingzhou's phone on her lap, and heard him say, "Lend me your hand."

So what?

She didn't understand but reached out her hand cooperatively: "What?"

He Tingzhou held the steering wheel without even turning his head: "See if I'm still breathing. How come my girlfriend can't wait to see another man just because I'm still alive?"

“…”

Shuang Xu withdrew his hand and ignored him.

When Shuang Xu was little, Shen Yu and his friends often took her with them when they had gatherings. They had become accustomed to the "children's playground" and even prepared a children's meal of freshly squeezed juice and fruit yogurt for Yue Zizhao.

Shen Yu arrived very late, and when he arrived, the box was bustling with activity.

The men were drinking and chatting, Yue Zizhao and Lu Manman were lying next to Shuang Xu, watching the video of Wansui on her mobile phone.

After hearing what happened today, Lu Manman asked her, "Why don't you register your household registration under your godmother's name? That way you will be a legitimate daughter of the Shen family. How wonderful! Your brother and your godfather and godmother love you so much, not to mention dowry, they will probably give you a share of the property."

"That's why I don't want it." said Shuang Xu.

Lu Manman: "You are stupid."

Shuang Xu: "You are stupid."

Yue Zizhao gave them both a look of contempt: "You two are so childish. Even first graders don't swear like that."

“…”

Shen Yu walked in at this time, and Yue Zifeng shouted: "You are finally here!"

He lost so much money playing cards that the white stripes on his face had become like a door curtain, blocking his face so completely that no one could tell who it was unless they made a sound.

Seeing Shen Yu was like seeing a savior: "Come on, help me play two games to change my luck."

His savior refused to help him: "Is there any point in changing your bad luck?"

Shen Yu put his coat down and walked to the bar to pour drinks. Shuang Xu glanced over there, stood up and was about to go over, but halfway through his step, someone grabbed his wrist and pulled him.

She fell onto He Tingzhou's lap and turned to look at him: "What are you doing?"

He Tingzhou grabbed her waist, leaned against the sofa and squinted at her: "What do you want to do?"

"I want to talk to my brother."

"I've been waiting for him all night. What do you want to say?"

Shuang Xu was now able to coax him skillfully but in a perfunctory manner. He went over to kiss him, pulled his hand away, and stood up and walked towards the bar.

"elder brother."

Shen Yu turned around and asked her, "Have you been to the Song family today?"

Shuang Xu nodded: "We have already discussed the household registration issue with them. They agreed."

Everyone in the Song family is a shrewd person. One wants to use her to pave roads, and the other wants to exchange her for land. They won't give in so easily.

"Did Tingzhou go with you?"

"Yeah." Shuang Xu said with the guilt surging in his chest, "I know Aunt Cui asked you for the land. I'm sorry to cause trouble to you and your godfather again."

Shen Yu said in a gentle voice: "Why are you being so distant with me again? You will never be a problem to me."

The better he was, the more ashamed Shuang Xu felt: "The previous frame-up of my father was also the work of the Song family."

Shen Yu paused and put down his glass: "Xiaojiu, don't take the blame on yourself. Song Mianzhi did these things for himself. It has nothing to do with you."

"It is still related." Shuang Xu said, "If you hadn't helped me teach Zheng Zuye a lesson, you wouldn't have offended the Zheng family."

"If I just stand by and watch him bully you, I'd be wasting my time as your brother." Shen Yu said, "Don't think too much, understand."

Shuang Xu nodded.

Shen Yu asked again: "I heard from mom that you want to set up a separate household?"

"Um."

"Don't you want to end up in our house?"

Frost Sequence certainly considered this option.

Compared to the Song family, the Shen family treated her more like their own daughter.

For her, settling down in the Shen family was like dropping out of a very good university and being accepted by another better university. She lost the Song family but gained a bigger backer.

Lu Manman was right. Now they were all so nice to her. When she was really registered in the Shen family's household register and became the glorious daughter of the Shen family, anyone who was not stupid would know which choice would be more advantageous.

"I think the way things are now is good." Shuang Xu said, "My godfather, godmother and you all love me very much. You love me not because of blood relationship or a piece of paper in the household registration book. I love you not because this is in my best interest."

The family members listed in your household registration book may not necessarily love you, and strangers with no blood relationship can also become your closest relatives.

After going through those complicated calculations and entanglements, she hopes that her relationship with the Shen family will be simple and pure.

Besides, she is old enough to no longer need a guardian or to be kicked around like an unwanted ball.

She is neither Song Shuangxu nor Shen Shuangxu. From now on, she is just Shuangxu.

Her words made Shen Yu's expression softer. He smiled and rubbed her head, his eyes on her being gentle.

"I know. This piece of paper won't change anything. My parents and I are looking forward to your settlement here."

Shuang Xu answered confidently: "Brother, I have already thought about it."

Shen Yu wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he thought it was unnecessary.

She is very brave.

The higher up the social circle, the more they value origin and background. In Yancheng, a city where power grows and is nurtured by power, it is much easier to be a daughter of the Shen family than to be "Shuang Xu".

He has been troubled by this matter all this time. He doesn't want to be trapped in his identity as a brother and lose the qualification to like her forever, but he also doesn't want to leave her alone.

The Song family is no longer her home. She hopes that the Shen family can fill the void in her heart and that she can legitimately regard the Shen family as her home.

But she was braver than he thought.

This also means that she no longer needs his protection.

In the garden behind the fence, the abandoned girl finally grew up.

Shen Yu's heart was filled with indescribable emotions.