"Is that so..." Yang Ying's eyes showed a hint of joy, "Why didn't you get together earlier? Zhuzhu, you too, should have brought her back earlier."
Yang Ying's attitude changed so quickly that no one expected it.
Shen Pan was actually mentally prepared.
"Do you agree?" Shen Pan asked.
"As long as you feel it's suitable, your father and I won't interfere." Yang Ying turned her gaze and glanced at the gentle Lu Zhishu next to Chen Pan. "Don't you often say that Xiao Lu is very good? I think he is quite good too."
"Then can you give me your household registration booklet now?" Shen Pan asked tentatively.
Yang Ying glanced outside the store and said, "It's getting late today. Marriage is a complicated matter. We need to discuss it slowly. We'll talk about it tomorrow. You came all the way to Yu'an today. You must have wasted a lot of time on the road. Are you tired? Take a day off first?"
The words were beautifully spoken and sounded very considerate.
But Shen Pan sensed a strong delaying tactic in it.
Shen Hongjian, who had been silent the whole time, reminded, “There’s no room at home.”
"That's right," Yang Ying pulled Chen Pan over and said, "Zhuzhu, take Xiao Lu to find a hotel to stay in first. We can talk about it tomorrow if there's anything else."
Shen Pan glanced at Lu Zhishu and had no choice but to nod.
It’s not that Shen Hongjian is really stingy, but the situation at home really doesn’t allow for one more person to live there.
Including Shen Pan.
Shen Hongjian and Yang Ying have always rented a house.
When Shen Pan was in college, he asked them why they didn’t consider buying a house?
Yang Ying half-jokingly said, "Wait until you grow up and buy it for us."
After hearing this, Shen Pan couldn't laugh anymore, and she never asked about it again.
She could almost guess what her adoptive parents were planning.
Most likely he wanted to exchange her for a huge betrothal gift, buy a house, and then give the house to Shen Zhu.
At that time, they will use the excuse that how can a boy get married without a house? You are my sister, and we have raised you for so many years, so you should be grateful.
If Shen Pan showed any displeasure, they might even mobilize the people around her to point fingers at her, poke her in the spine, and call her an ungrateful person.
This is indeed moral kidnapping taken to the extreme.
In terms of scheming, Shen Pan really couldn't beat them, so she stayed away and simply didn't come back.
Because of this calculation, the Shen couple has always rented a house, and it is always a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment.
In the past, when Shen Pan and Shen Zhu were young, they always lived in the same room. Later, when they got older, Yang Ying never considered renting a bigger house, but instead let Shen Zhu sleep with them.
Chen Pan was very grateful to the couple and felt that her adoptive parents were very good to her.
Until one day Shen Zhu asked her if she wanted some snacks.
Shen Pan said she had no money.
But Shen Zhu said, no need to buy, there are some in parents' room.
Shen Pan felt so lost at that moment, but she kept comforting herself that her brother had no place to live and her parents gave him compensation to comfort him.
Her brother had been wronged and deserved compensation, she kept telling herself...
But when I think about it now, I can’t help but feel sad.
Shen Zhu was wronged and there was compensation.
What about her?
What about compensation?
Shen Pan was in a bad mood, so she and Lu Zhishu found a hotel nearby and she took the initiative to pay for the room.
Lu Zhishu didn't say anything and accompanied her into the house. After closing the door, he grabbed Chen Pan, brought her into his arms and hugged her.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?" Lu Zhishu asked, "Because your parents didn't give you the household registration booklet directly?"
Shen Pan shook his head, "Thinking of some past events."
"Don't think about it," Lu Zhishu patted her back. "When you came here, didn't you say you would listen to me? Tomorrow, just do as I tell you to do."
"But……"
"No buts," Lu Zhishu hugged Chen Pan tightly: "You don't want to get married?"
"think."
"If you want, just do as I say," Lu Zhishu tilted his head and kissed Chen Pan's temple.
Feeling Lu Zhishu's immense love for her, Shen Pan felt an unprecedented sense of security deep in her heart.
The reason I fell in love with Lu Zhishu was because he was a very responsible and reliable person.
Lu Zhishu could even cleverly resolve the issue of Shen Zhu being bullied, let alone his meticulous plan to marry her?
Shen Pan raised his head from Lu Zhishu's arms and looked at him curiously: "Shen Zhu was bullied by his classmates before. It seems that you reacted strongly to the bullying incident at school. Have you encountered similar things?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Lu Zhishu's eyes, and he had to admire Chen Pan's attentiveness.
"Yeah," Lu Zhishu responded simply.
"Can you tell me about it?"
Lu Zhishu smiled bitterly, "It's not a good thing."
"Does it bring back sad memories? If the memories are painful, I won't talk about them."
Lu Zhishu's heart melted after hearing Shen Pan's words.
How can there be such a warm and understanding girl?
"It's not that I can't recall the past. The past is over. No matter what happens, it won't have any impact on my current life." Lu Zhishu looked at Chen Pan and said with a smile: "Besides, I'm living a good life now."
Shen Pan hugged his waist and said, "Then I want to listen."
Lu Zhishu thought for a moment and said, "I don't remember the past very clearly. I just remember that when I was a child, I didn't grow tall and was always the shortest in the class. I was thin and small, which made it inevitable that people thought I was easy to bully. I was in a very good private school at the time, and most of the children there had similar family backgrounds to mine. I also encountered school bullying similar to your brother's. I was blocked in the bathroom and beaten all over. After returning home, I was scolded by my parents and accused of causing trouble. Later... I met a very good classmate, a boy. With him around, I didn't feel isolated. But... one day, the student who bullied me came to my class to warn me, saying that they would meet me at the school gate. I knew they still wanted to beat me up, and I was very upset. I couldn't find any suitable tools, so I took off the legs of the chairs in the classroom and planned to meet those people head-on. At worst, I would fight them to death. But the result..."
"What happened?"
"I was waiting at the East Gate, but no one showed up. But I heard from classmates that a murder had occurred at the West Gate," Lu Zhishu's throat choked. "The people who were looking for trouble with me were waiting for me at the West Gate, and we just happened to miss each other. But my classmate, who was very close to me, heard that they were going to beat me up, so he went to the West Gate. My friend stabbed one of them in the heart with a knife, hitting an artery. He couldn't be saved, and he was also sent to the juvenile detention center."
After hearing this story, Shen Pan felt a chill on his back.
"I didn't kill Boren, but he died because of me—that feeling was truly agonizing. During that time, overwhelmed with guilt, I locked myself in my room, skipped school, and refused to speak to my family," Lu Zhishu said. "I couldn't sleep all night, and I developed severe delirium and self-harming behaviors."
Chen Pan felt distressed and hugged Lu Zhishu even tighter.
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