Chapter 53 Brother, I wish you happiness
A few days after returning from Dongyu Mountain, when Shuang Xu went back to Shen's house for dinner in the evening, Fu Yun was persuading Shen Yu.
"Don't you know what kind of person Manman is? She can't do such a thing. You wronged her, she must feel wronged. Shuang Xu can believe her, why don't you believe her?"
"She is jointly responsible for the friends she brought with her who offended Xiaojiu. If this is considered an injustice to her, then I am wronging her."
Shen Yu replied to the email on his phone, without even looking up, "I took Xiaojiu out when she was a kid. If she knocked over someone else's vase, I would have to compensate her."
As long as it wasn't a big issue of principle, Shen Changyuan never went against Fu Yun, but this time he said, "Ayu and I have the same opinion on this matter. The quality of your friends can reflect your character. Look at Ayu and Shuangxu, they never hang out with those questionable people."
Fu Yun said: "Manman has lived in Lincheng since she was a child. She didn't have many friends in Yancheng, so she got closer to them. Although the friends she made were not very good, she had a good heart."
Shen Changyuan: "This is a good opportunity to see their character clearly. You should think twice before continuing to associate with them. She often stays with Le Yan. They are a group of troublemakers."
This is indeed the truth. Fu Yun sighed: "Manman is a girl after all. What can you do if you apologize and coax her first?"
Shen Yuxian noticed Shuang Xu at the door and put down his phone: "I'm back."
Shuang Xu walked in with cakes in her hands: "Mom, I made some osmanthus cakes for you."
She bought the ingredients specially and spent the whole afternoon preparing them. She mixed sticky rice flour and glutinous rice flour with water, sifted them and spread them into the mold layer by layer. She covered them with gauze and steamed them for half an hour.
The rice cakes are soft, sweet and fragrant when they come out of the oven. They are cut into small cubes and sprinkled with dried osmanthus flowers, making them very beautiful.
"I didn't add sugar, I added a cup of osmanthus honey, you can try it."
Fu Yun's smile was a bit forced: "How can I eat this? Your brother has been heartbroken because of you. They have been in a cold war for several days."
Shuangxu put down the osmanthus cake that he had picked up.
"Is Mom blaming me?"
"That's not what she meant. Damn it, she just likes to worry. It's inevitable for young people not to quarrel." Shen Changyuan reached out and took it, "Let me try it."
He took a bite of the osmanthus cake and praised it flatteringly: "It tastes really good. Shuang Xu's craftsmanship is better than that of other cake shops."
Changing the subject, Shuang Xu went to the pond to try his luck and see if Gui Gui had come back, but he was not surprised.
When she came back, the three of them were no longer in the living room.
Dinner was ready, and she went upstairs to call Fu Yun and Shen Changyuan to come for dinner.
I walked to the door of the master bedroom and was about to knock when I heard voices talking inside.
Fu Yun said in a heavy tone: "Before Ayu and Manman get married, it's better not to let Shuangxu meet him. I'm not blaming her, but this matter was caused by her. If she hadn't gone, Manman wouldn't have been so upset with Ayu. Ayu was too supportive of her, and Manman was wronged. Who can stand this?"
"Is it necessary to be so wary of the child?" Shen Changyuan disagreed. "Shuang Xu was raised by Ayu. If he is bullied, who else will protect him? If he gets married and doesn't even care about his sister, then he is no longer Ayu."
"If we let him continue to protect him, his marriage to Manman will probably be ruined by Shuang Xu!"
"The child didn't do anything, how can you make such assumptions about her? This time it was Manman who was at fault first, you are making a big fuss out of nothing!"
"Am I making a big deal out of nothing?" Fu Yun was a little emotional. "She likes Ah Yu. Am I wrongly accusing her?"
Shen Changyuan said: "Those are all rumors spread by Le Yan, don't listen to them."
"I've read her diary!"
As Fu Yun's voice fell, Shuang Xu felt as if someone had punched him hard in the heart.
There was no sound, but the pain was paralyzing.
Shen Changyuan was so shocked that he fell silent.
"Hasn't she done enough to harm Ah Yu? Ah Yu raised her, but she had other intentions, letting others poke at Ah Yu's spine and call him a pedophile and a pervert."
As Fu Yun spoke, her voice dropped and she began to sob: "Don't I love her? She is the child I watched grow up. Do I want to force her to leave and send her to such a far place? Who am I doing this for?!"
Shuang Xu didn't know how he walked downstairs. He came to his senses when he heard Wang Sao's voice.
When Mrs. Wang saw her, her face was all smiles, and she showed her the medicinal food that was cooking in the pot as if she were presenting a treasure.
"My wife called you two days ago. She heard you were having stomach pain during your period, so she learned how to make this Four Substances Soup from someone else. It uses Chinese Angelica, Chuanxiong, White Peony Root, and Rehmannia Glutinosa. It is the best for nourishing and replenishing blood. My wife also asked me to send some to your senior sister after it is cooked. She needs blood tonic the most for her illness."
Perhaps it was the heat from the medicinal food that made Shuang Xu's eyes a little hot.
"Thank Mom for me," she said.
"Why don't you tell her yourself? Why do you need me to convey it?" Mrs. Wang said with a smile.
"My company has something urgent, so I have to work overtime."
Mrs. Wang looked surprised and said, "We're going to have dinner soon, are you going out now?"
"I don't want to eat anymore. Please tell my godmother for me."
Frost Preface walked away in her strange eyes.
When I went out, I saw Shen Yu sitting on a chair in the outdoor pavilion.
It was already dark, smoke was dispersing from between his fingers, and his back seemed a little lonely in the summer night breeze.
Shuang Xu stood far away for a moment and walked towards him.
"elder brother."
Shen Yu thought about it, put out his cigarette, turned around, and said in his usual gentle voice: "What's wrong?"
The night breeze was cool, gently brushing through Frost's long hair like a gentle hand.
She said, "It's really not Miss Lu's fault. She was looking forward to you proposing to her that night, but because of the rain, the surprise she wanted was gone. She also followed you to look for me and ran around all night. She must have felt bad."
Shen Yu asked: "Did Mom ask you to persuade me?"
Frost shook his head.
"Miss Lu is a very good person, cheerful and lively, enthusiastic and straightforward." Shuang Xu envied her and was jealous of her, but he never hated her.
"She really likes you."
The orange light from the garden lamp fell into Shen Yu's eyes. He was silent for a while and asked her, "Why are you telling me this?"
Shuang Xu smiled and said, "Brother, I wish you happiness."