Chen's past

The two of them were affectionate for a moment, and Zou Weichen was about to go back, but Shan Yun pulled him back.

"It's so cold, I need someone to warm my bed."

Zou Weichen lay down again and covered Shan Yun with the quilt. "I can warm your bed, but you have to be honest with your hands."

"Why are you not being honest?"

"What do you think?"

Zou Weichen glanced at him. Shan Yun was a man of courage but timid. He was fine with minor touches in normal times, but he would get scared when it came to doing something serious.

I really only dare to try it briefly.

Maybe there really was someone sleeping nearby and it was warm, so Shan Yun fell asleep soon.

In the middle of the night, there seemed to be sounds of quarreling outside the window.

Shan Yun felt the bed move, but he didn't wake up. He turned over and fell asleep again. In a daze, he kept hearing the sounds of a man and a woman arguing and smashing things. He even heard Zou Weichen's voice.

Zou Weichen was yelling, and there was also the voice of a woman trying to persuade him.

Confused and not very clear.

Shan Yun frowned, thinking that his dream was too vague. He couldn't see anyone but could only hear sounds.

But after a while, the sound died down and everything became quiet again.

Shan Yun sighed in his mind, the dream finally ended, and he fell asleep peacefully again.

In the early morning, Shan Yun turned over again and reached out to hug his baby, but he didn't touch anyone.

He closed his eyes and looked around several times but couldn't find it, so he suddenly opened his eyes.

"Achen?"

"Hmm?" The person who answered him didn't turn around.

"Happy New Year!"

The first day of the new year should be the first day to say it to the person you like.

"Why are you sitting on the floor?" Shan Yun lifted a corner of the quilt and saw Zou Weichen sitting on the edge of the bed with his back to him, still wearing thin pajamas.

"Nothing, I woke up and I'm just about to go back." Zou Weichen stood up and turned around and smiled, "Happy New Year."

"No." Shan Yun pulled him, knelt on the bed, and pulled Zou Weichen towards him.

Zou Weichen turned his head away, avoiding Shan Yun's gaze.

"What's wrong with your face?"

There was a bruise at the corner of Zou Weichen's eye. When Shan Yun touched it, he frowned and made a "hiss" sound, and also touched the bruise.

"Swelling?"

Shan Yun nodded.

"If I had known I was swollen, I wouldn't have come here, but you still found me."

"Do you still want to hide this from me?" Shan Yun pulled him onto the bed and forced him to sit down, then covered him with a quilt. "Just sit there and wait."

After saying this, Shan Yun jumped off the bed, put on his coat and left the room.

When he came back, he was holding a medicine box in his hand. He went to the bedside, opened it, and searched for a long time before he took a cotton swab, dipped it in medicine, and applied it to him bit by bit.

"I vaguely heard the sound of a quarrel last night, and I also heard your voice. I thought I was dreaming, but it turned out to be real."

Shan Yun applied the medicine and blew on it gently. Zou Weichen just quietly let him apply the medicine.

"Is your brother-in-law back?"

Zou Weichen grabbed Shan Yun's arm with both hands, leaned forward with his head tilted, and nodded.

Shan Yun only heard Aunt Ji and the others mention that Zou Weichen's brother-in-law was not a good person and liked to drink and beat people, but he didn't know the details.

The other thing is the occasional noise of people quarreling and smashing things.

But it rarely happened, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

He put down the medicine bottle and sat on the bed next to Zou Weichen.

This time it concerns Zou Weichen, and it is rare to see Zou Weichen like this. The last time was the week when they made the bet on the results.

“Sometimes I feel incompetent.”

It's hard to believe that someone who is excellent in all aspects would say such things.

“No one can be perfect at everything.”

Zou Weichen looked at Shan Yun, grabbed his hand, and smiled softly, "Do you want to hear my story?"

After asking this question, Zou Weichen sighed, raised his head, and seemed to return to his memory.

Zou Weichen's mother passed away when she was a child. Her father worked abroad all year round and rarely came home. Zou Weichen and her brother lived with their grandfather.

His grandfather also passed away when Zou Weichen was in junior high school, and his father didn’t even come back for the funeral.

Zou Weichen didn't know what his father did for a living, and he even had to go abroad. The death of his grandfather made him feel resentful towards his father, so he came back in a hurry and left him and his sister to live alone.

From then on, Zou Weichen began his rebellious junior high school life.

It was not until the Zhang Wei incident that Zou Weichen took a year off from school. It was during that year that he received the tragic news about his father from abroad.

He didn't even get to see his father for the last time, and his body wasn't even brought back. Instead, a group of people suddenly came to his house, greeted them, told them the bad news, and offered them honors and subsidies.

Zou Weichen only then learned that his father had been working in a foreign peacekeeping force, that there was a war in his city, and that he and three other teammates had lost their lives during a rescue operation.

Zou Weichen repented and decided to start studying again and start living a good life.

After discussing with Zou Yue, Zou Yue resolutely moved to the city and let Zou Weichen study in the city.

They rented a house at Grandma Xu's. Zou Yue worked in Aunt Ji's store, and Zou Weichen went to school nearby to prepare for the high school entrance examination.

Because of her beautiful appearance, Zou Yue also brought a wave of customers to Aunt Ji, and Zou Weichen’s brother-in-law Jiang Qi was one of them.

Jiang Qi's home is nearby, but he drives long distances and seldom comes back. Every time he comes back, he comes to eat barbecue and brings local specialties to Zou Yue, pursuing a romantic way.

Soon Zou Yue was moved by his romance and sincerity and agreed to his proposal. From then on, Zou Yue brought Zou Weichen to live in her husband's home.

Zou Yue was also not idle. Although Zou Weichen had enough money left by his family for schooling, Zou Yue could not bear to see his younger brother living frugally, so he used the money he saved to convert the first floor of his house into a snack bar to supplement Zou Weichen's pocket money.

Zou Weichen has always had excellent grades in school and has no problem getting into a key university.

But when Zou Weichen was in his third year of high school, Jiang Qi began to suspect that Zou Yue was using her own money to give to Zou Weichen and was supporting a man who had nothing to do with her at home. Moreover, Zou Weichen grew rapidly in those two years, and Jiang Qi became increasingly dissatisfied.

But Jiang Qi was not a real man. He didn't dare to say it in front of Zou Weichen. He only dared to threaten Zou Yue. If he said too much, they would quarrel and fight.

It takes Jiang Qi a while to get back from his trip, so Zou Yue kept the beating a secret and Zou Weichen knew nothing about it.

Zou Weichen spent a peaceful and quiet high school life, and was admitted to the envied Q University as he wished.

It was not until he returned from the New Year's Day holiday that Zou Weichen wanted to give his sister Zou Yue a surprise, but he did not expect that Jiang Qi would give him a surprise.

It was already evening when Zou Weichen got home by train that day. He hurried home, but saw Zou Yue, with a bruised face and swollen skin, sitting on a stool and crying.

Jiang Qi was lying on the bed, drunk and snoring.

Zou Weichen was furious and wanted to rush up to question Jiang Qi, but was stopped by Zou Yue.

"Sister, it's wrong for him to hit people."

Zou Yue cried and shook her head, and told Zou Weichen that she was pregnant. She had not had time to tell Jiang Qi. If she had told him, he would not have done it.

Zou Weichen had no choice but to obey Zou Yue.

After Jiang Qi knew he was going to be a father, he was surprised and happy, and he apologized. He took good care of Zou Yue during the New Year's Day days. Zou Weichen really believed his nonsense about turning over a new leaf and returned to school with peace of mind.

It was during the days when Zou Weichen had her final exams that Jiang Qi beat Zou Yue again, causing her to have a miscarriage. Zou Yue only found out about this when she returned from vacation.

In order to protect Zou Yue, Zou Weichen dropped out of school and came back to repeat his studies. Because Zou Weichen was at home, Jiang Qi did not dare to act arrogantly and hit anyone when he came back.

After Zou Weichen thought that everything was going in a good direction, Jiang Qi once again beat Zou Yue on the pretext of drinking.

One year, exactly one year, Jiang Qi seemed to regard this as an anniversary. Zou Weichen appeared in time, but when he was about to take action, Zou Yue stopped him.

The last time it was for the child, but in the end it was lost. This time it was for Zou Weichen.

Zou Yue cried and hugged Zou Weichen, shouting: "You can't be impulsive. If you are impulsive, your future will be ruined."

After Zou Weichen heard what Zou Yue said, Jiang Qi also searched the house, took all the cash, and then went out cursing.

After Zou Weichen comforted Zou Yue, he didn't know why he was alive for a moment. He couldn't protect his own sister, and now he had to rely on her for comfort.

He returned to Shan Yun's room and looked at the sleeping person, and his heart calmed down a little.

"Am I so incompetent that I can't even protect my own sister?"

Shan Yun held Zou Weichen with both hands.

He knew Zou Weichen's pain and wanted to protect him but was unable to do so with his own ability. That feeling of powerlessness was the most corrosive to one's character.

He also understood Zou Yue's painstaking efforts. She was considering Zou Weichen's future. Once she took action and something went wrong, all that Zou Weichen had worked hard for would be lost.

They all want to protect each other.

The fault lies only with the perpetrator.

"How can you be useless? You dropped out of school to repeat your studies and switched to law. Wasn't it because you wanted to stand up for your sister and for all the people like Yue Jie?"

Zou Weichen leaned on Shan Yun. He didn't know whether his sister could wait until that day.

The next day, Zou Weichen took Zou Yue to report to the police. Jiang Qi was willing to write an agreement and stop beating people. He also went out for a drive that day.

After getting Zou Yue's repeated assurances that Jiang Qi would tell him immediately after his return, Zou Weichen went back to school with Shan Yun to prepare for the final exam.

On the way back to school, seeing Zou Weichen's silence, Shan Yun leaned against him, took his arm and said, "What's the matter? Are you still worried?"

"I couldn't help my sister at all because of the suffering she was going through. I always feel sorry for her."

"Think about it, Sister Yue did this for you. If you are really worried, come back from winter vacation and think of a solution."

"The police and the community alone cannot solve the problem. The source is still my sister. I want to persuade her to divorce."

This is the best solution Zou Weichen can think of at the moment, but how to persuade Zou Yue and why Zou Yue is unwilling, he needs to figure it out first.

"Come back from vacation and have a good chat with Sister Yue. Maybe the cause is you. As long as you let her know that you are able to be independent and still take care of her, I think she will let go."

Zou Weichen tapped Shan Yun's nose and said, "You are quite good at comforting people."

"Of course. My girlfriend is sad, and I feel sad too." Shan Yun smiled, tugged at Zou Weichen's arm, and said, "If Sister Yue agrees to divorce, she can come and live with you, and rent a house outside the school. Not only can we be together, but we can also eat the meals Sister Yue cooks."

"I think you are jealous of her cooking skills."

Shan Yun curled his lips, "Or let Sister Yue go to my mother's company. Sister Yue is so beautiful, she can be a fashion model or do other things in the company, there will be no problem."

This was one of Shan Yun’s goals. He actually had some thoughts that Zou Weichen didn’t know about.

He hadn't planned to tell Zou Weichen yet.

Because he felt the time was not right.