Cloud Girl Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chen Nanyi believes in self-deprecation and bias.
Although she really didn't want to assume that Chen Yiwen was malicious, when Chen Nanyi returned to the Lu Corporation headquarters in the neighboring city and couldn't find Chen Yiwen anywhere, she asked around and found out Chen Yiwen's address. After a series of searches, she finally found the place where she and the missing Lu Bo had lived together.
Ignoring everything, Chen Nanyi forced the door open and saw Chen Yijing sitting amidst a mess of dirt. When Chen Yijing rushed over and hugged her tightly, crying loudly, tears streamed down Chen Nanyi's face.
She never imagined that Chen Yiwen could be so ruthless!
How could she abandon her humanity and the kinship she had shared with her sisters for so many years just for a man and for that kind of emotion that can never be fully understood?
If a person's life consists only of love, how can she expect kinship or other extended emotions from her descendants?
How can you shamelessly demand something from others that you don't even have yourself?
What would have happened to Chen Yijing if she hadn't come? She didn't even dare to think about it!
The landlord, who came up to open the door, was also taken aback by the scene.
Nuonuo said that after Chen Yiwen brought Chen Yijing back, apart from occasionally bringing food over for the first period of time, they never appeared again... Chen Nanyi just felt dizzy.
The two sisters were both pale and looked unwell. Perhaps fearing that Chen Nanyi, who had just undergone major surgery, might faint and cause him to fall ill as well, the landlord helped them take Chen Yijing to the station when Chen Nanyi wanted to take her away.
Even as she boarded the car to depart, Chen Nanyi still couldn't quite accept the reality, even though the truth was undeniable—she and Chen Yiwen were beyond repair after she had almost starved Chen Yijing to death.
The soft and cuddly Chen Yijing, whom she had just tidied up, lay on her body, seemingly having just had a good sleep. Chen Nanyi gently smoothed the messy hair on her face, strand by strand.
She simply couldn't imagine that Yi Jing, who, despite her limited intelligence, had always been treated well by her, the Yi Jing whom she had taken care of every day and who occupied an important place in her entire life, had been living a life worse than that of a human being for half a month, completely ignored by everyone!
Should she accuse Chen Yiwen of being heartless or cold-blooded?
Chen Nanyi, who had just returned to Tulo City with Chen Yijing, pawned the things that had been moved out and put in the community warehouse, sorted out her parents' belongings, and moved into the abandoned room in the community provided by the kind stationmaster. Her life finally settled down.
The free house was naturally not very good. When Chen Nanyi entered the dirty and dusty room, she was shocked.
But since she and Chen Yijing had no home to return to, they had no choice but to continue living like this.
However, perhaps because of the "scare" Chen Yiwen gave her, Chen Yijing was still very well-behaved, even though she was not very comfortable in this old and dilapidated room that was almost drafty. She did not make a fuss when she was uncomfortable, as she used to.
This made Chen Nanyi feel both gratified and heartbroken, as it seemed that Chen Yijing was also someone who had grown up alongside her.
Chen Nanyi had previously used the living expenses Chen Yiwen had given her at the hospital, and with the small amount of savings she accidentally found in her mother's bookshelf while tidying up, they were still able to support themselves.
Her health wasn't quite good after the major surgery, so she didn't plan to force herself to look for work, lest it be counterproductive—after all, the last thing they could do right now was to get sick.
The conversation is divided into two parts.
Since Xu Xiaomeng returned to the Lu family, the Lu family academy, which has benefited greatly from her, has been promoting her new policies on education and social welfare every day.
It is said that because Xu Xiaomeng was determined to continue, and even go further, Lu Ai's charitable work to the extreme, she was once jokingly called "the landlord's silly son" by a media outlet.
Fortunately, his actions earned him a wealth of connections, which further boosted the Lu family's legitimate business, leaving Lu Bo and his associates, who still wanted to try and turn the tables, completely helpless.
In fact, Xu Xiaomeng is not as foolish or noble as they say.
It was only years later, after hearing the truth from Qin Se and learning that Lu's Academy was specially established by Lu Ai for his mother and him, that Xu Xiaomeng felt even more grateful for the academy that was originally very meaningful to him, and thus gave even more support to Lu's Academy.
What's more, there's someone in this academy he's always considered very important!
Following a series of support policies for Lu's Academy, Xu Xiaomeng, as a representative of Lu's Enterprise, personally visited Lu's Academy and renamed it Luran Academy.
Lu Jukefan, passionate and devoted.
Let his father's deep and subtle love for his mother be passed down to him in the same way!
Xu Xiaomeng thought to himself, but it seemed that he really couldn't treat Chen Nanyi as someone he could ignore.
So it was just torture.
But in Chen Nanyi's eyes, all of this didn't feel so wonderful.
The image projected on the giant screen on campus showed him and Liu Shixi standing side by side cutting the ribbon, looking radiant and unattainable.
Even though they seemed to have started from similar points, now one of them has achieved a fulfilling life, while the other is still struggling to make ends meet—this is the thought that Chen Nanyi has every day when she passes under those huge banners.
Although she tried her best not to think about it too much, Chen Nanyi clearly knew that she should learn to relax and not live such a tense life, like before, pushing herself into a corner.
Moreover, she should take advantage of this free time to cherish her time with Chen Yijing and truly enjoy life so as not to fall into that kind of crazy trap.
Therefore, Chen Nanyi didn't care who the house was eventually sold to, nor did she care about Chen Yiwen or Xu Xiaomeng's situation.
Every day, he would take Chen Yijing out to gather inspiration, and he would insist on sending photos to magazines for submission. Sometimes he would even go to remote places to buy fresh vegetables and dabble in things like food culture that she used to disdain except for books.
Every day when she woke up, she was burdened and busy with trivial matters. Although she did not truly let go of herself or identify with anything else, she had no mind to think about other things, which actually made her feel more energetic.
Occasionally, Chen Nanyi would recall those gloomy days when her frail mother would force herself to prepare meals for her father, only to endure hurtful words and spend her days alone in sorrow.
Chen Nanyi had so wished she could say no, that this wasn't the kind of life she wanted.
But she didn't. She just stayed like that until her father printed out the divorce papers, at which point she resigned herself to death and gave up all her obsessions.
The reason she rejected Xu Xiaomeng was probably because they were too similar!
Xu Xiaomeng's personality is too weak, so weak that she only hurts herself. On the one hand, she keeps saying that she hates her father the most, but because she hates him so much, she keeps paying attention to him. Unconsciously, she has learned that kind of bad personality and cold heart - she attaches great importance to things she is obsessed with, but is extremely desolate to people who are irrelevant to her. This is the most undesirable thing in life.
Chen Nanyi wondered, if her parents truly loved each other, how could they completely change just because they were ridiculed for having no children? Did they think their three daughters were dead?
No, Chen's father also has a daughter and a son, who are the children of Chen Yiwen and that woman, but so what?
After his death, the woman married someone else, thus preventing the child from living as an illegitimate child.
The ever-clever Chen Yiwen eagerly awaited Lu Bo's marriage to her, but instead of her loving father taking her hand and handing her over to her husband, she forgot to visit his grave. She even sold the last place where their family held their memories—though even if she hadn't sold it, it would have eventually become a target for Lu's company…
Chen Yijing has intellectual disabilities, which will not be discussed for now.
The only person who could still remember him was Chen Nanyi, who had once looked at his past with mockery and hatred.
Now, that once surging hatred has gradually faded away as Chen Nanyi's state of mind has changed over the years... Perhaps in a few more years, she will completely forget about him.
In this respect, she is completely different from her mother.
Although Chen Nanyi is good at remembering the warmth others give her and also holds grudges, she is essentially better at remembering kindness.
Therefore, because of the few times that she received attention different from Chen Yijing, Chen Nanyi carefully hid her mother's affection in her heart.
Admittedly, the long-term repressed life of more than a decade had made Chen Nanyi's reactions somewhat sluggish.
Although she wanted to change things, she knew perfectly well that she had no way to change them.
She avoids everything like the plague, and only moves when pushed around; her intricate thoughts are difficult for others to understand.
Sometimes Chen Nanyi really wanted to become Chen Yijing. She didn't even know why she longed for it. She just thought that it would be better if she didn't know anything and wouldn't have to suffer the fact that her older sister didn't greet her because she was afraid of losing face. Perhaps it would be more normal if Chen Yiwen got married and had to cut off her relationship with them.
But Chen Nanyi didn't want to live like Chen Yijing, spending her whole life in ignorance and dullness.
Sometimes, whenever Chen Nanyi thought about Chen Yijing, who knew nothing, and how bad things might happen to her alone outside, just imagining that she might be sold to the mountains, sent to beg, or starving on deserted streets, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
There are too many places in this world that cannot be illuminated by sunlight, which is why so much darkness has arisen.
Even if she was unwilling to admit it, Chen Nanyi could not deny the fact.
She simply couldn't imagine how miserable Chen Yijing would be without her, so she had no choice but to try her best to cheer herself up.
Fortunately, her persistence finally paid off, and some of her photographic works earned her a considerable sum of money, enough for her to return to school and continue her studies.
Although she looked more lively when she returned to school, she also exuded an air of otherworldly elegance and asceticism.
To be honest, although she used to live in a wealthy family, she never had that proper demeanor. But now, even though she is poor, she still maintains a refined and elegant appearance.
Because she was restrained, calm, and patient, she didn't seem like someone her age should be like.
Since she had suffered endless mental torment from childhood and survived that difficult period of survival, she had become increasingly profound.
However, compared to the suffering of many others, her suffering was self-inflicted, and she was not an outstanding or brilliant person, so the idea of change was not worth mentioning.
She still walked alone in the college, looking hurried, and also brought along a junior student to teach her research.
Every day was a mess of random, rambling things, but she never showed any particular attitude. She maintained her usual calm and composed demeanor, a balance of three parts intimacy and seven parts distance, managing to shield herself from all tension perfectly.
However, in private, she is more down-to-earth.
Whether it's with Chen Yijing or her few close friends, she always carries very sincere and pure thoughts.
She even anonymously attacked a friend who came to rely on her because that person had trampled on her feelings and then ungratefully took her efforts for granted—so Chen Nanyi used strong and vivid language to utterly humiliate that person.
Although it felt like a catharsis, Chen Nanyi finally felt like she was a real member of society.
Because a sage would not speak ill of someone behind their back.
She had wanted to do it before, but she held back.
But today, she finally did it.
If you could live like that, you would be no different from any other normal person, right?
Chen Nanyi thought to herself that although she had given up all her lifelong cultivation, she did not regret being able to do such a life.
Small Theater
Chen Nanyi read fairy tales to the little buns with a blank expression, while Xu Xiaomeng, who had just finished taking a shower, rushed into the room with great interest.
Little Bun Number One: "Daddy, did you think that only when Mommy is around do we wear so little?"
Little Bun #2, "Daddy's blushing face~"
The little girl pointed at Xu Xiaomeng's bulging waist and asked, "Mommy, what's that under Daddy's belly?"
Chen Nanyi, "Ask Daddy yourself!"
Xu Xiaomeng (⊙x⊙;), “Hmm? It’s…it’s a red envelope that Grandma gave your mom before.”
The little steamed bun said, "Isn't it already Chinese New Year?"
Xu Xiaomeng: "That's right, look how pitiful Mom is. She didn't even have time to open the red envelopes for the New Year because of you all. So, let Mom open the red envelopes!"
...
From then on, every night, Xu Xiaomeng would sneak into the kitchen and silently hug Chen Nanyi from behind as she cooked.
Chen Nanyi frowned. "What?"
Xu Xiaomeng (*￣з￣), "Shall we open the red envelope?"
Chen Nanyi: "If you keep doing this, I'm breaking off all ties with you!"
Xu Xiaomeng (▽), "What kind of pose is that?"
Chen Nanyi (＞д＜), “Xu Xiaomeng, do you deserve a beating?!”
Xu Xiaomeng: "Spare the rod and spoil the child, come on, ah~"
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