Chapter 111 Stomach Ailments
Wen Zhou's gaze was slightly cold, revealing a hint of fleeting danger.
He was waiting for Yan Xu to say those words tonight.
Wen Zhou put down his wine, his smile fading slightly. "According to you, anyone with money has a good life."
Yan Xu stubbornly replied, "That's exactly right."
Wen Zhou glanced at him coldly: "So it seems that Young Master Yan is living a good life now?"
Yan Xu's face flushed red instantly.
He intuitively knew that Wen Zhou could tell from his eyes that this was how the injury on his face came about!
Wen Zhou's words were a sarcastic jab at the injury on his face.
That makes sense when you think about it.
Wenxi doesn't like him, so she'll definitely tell her brother about it and see him make a fool of himself.
Wen Zhou wasn't going to let Yan Xu off the hook, and added, "In your opinion, Yan Zhao's life must also be very happy?"
Yan Xu: "...How can you compare these?"
"Can't be compared?" Wen Zhou: "Are you applying double standards?"
"It was because Yan Zhao ran out of money after getting married that her marriage became unsuccessful."
Yan Xu's face turned red with anger.
Zhou Ruo's attention was entirely focused on Wen Zhou's words, "Wen Xi suffered a lot."
She found Yan Xu noisy and didn't want to hear him go crazy over Yan Zhao again, so she pinched Yan Xu hard.
Yan Xu immediately put on a mask of pain and turned to stare at his mother.
Zhou Ruo looked intently at Wen Zhou: "You said Xixi suffered a lot, and I actually have quite a few doubts as well."
She tried to speak softly, afraid that Wen Zhou would misunderstand that she was questioning him.
When did Xixi develop her stomach problems?
"I thought she got sick from work like her dad, but she said no. It couldn't be that she had stomach problems since she was a child, could it?"
Zhou Ruo had actually suspected it for a long time, and today she took the opportunity to ask.
Wenxi doesn't like to talk about her past, and Zhou Ruo has no way of finding out about her private matters from the wives' circle.
To find out the truth about many things, you can only ask Wenzhou.
Wen Zhou's eyes darkened, and his face also became somewhat serious.
He sighed before saying, "The stomach is an emotional organ, and stomach problems are often emotional problems."
“Before Xixi was six years old, my parents always argued at the dinner table. She was young and often got scared, so she couldn’t eat well.”
“After she turned six, my dad stopped coming home often, and my mom would always scold her at the dinner table. When she was ten, she stopped eating and lost a lot of weight. I noticed something was wrong and took her to see a doctor, where she was diagnosed with a stomach problem.”
Wen Haichuan stopped coming home after Wenxi turned six. This was because Ning Jin jumped off a building with Wenxi in her arms, making his extramarital affair public knowledge and causing the two to completely break off their relationship.
Shang Chen, who was peeling shrimp for Wen Xi, paused and subconsciously looked at Wen Xi beside him.
He thought of the day Wenxi took Shang Ze out of the police station.
When Wenxi invited Shang Ze to dinner, he learned about the situation and called her.
He wanted to ask Shang Ze if he had gotten into any trouble.
Wenxi said at the time, "Even if it's a big deal, we can talk about it after we finish eating. Don't disturb the child's meal."
So, is it because she experienced not being able to eat properly as a child that she subconsciously protected Shang Ze?
After hearing this, Zhou Ruo turned her head to the side and quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Ten years old!
Her daughter, Xixi, was only ten years old when Ning Jin forced her to develop a stomach ailment!
Ning Jin and Wen Haichuan always argue whenever they eat. Wen Xi is so young; she must have been living in fear since she was little.
Later, Ning Jin always scolded her during meals... Did she never have a peaceful meal?
Zhou Ruo would unconsciously compare herself to Yan Zhao, who was the same age as her.
What kind of life did Yan Zhao lead when he was ten years old?
She doesn't like to eat meals, but always prefers snacks, and her nanny often has to chase after her to urge her to eat.
There is one thing that Zhou Ruo remembers vividly.
At that time, Zhou Ruo's mother was still alive and doted on her granddaughter.
Once, when Zhou Ruo was away on a business trip, she sent Yan Zhao to the Zhou family to be taken care of. When she returned to the Zhou family to pick her up, she saw her mother carrying a bowl of rice, chasing after Yan Zhao and feeding her, calling her "good girl" at every turn.
If only Wenxi had just been lost instead of being switched at birth.
When she hears about the grievances she suffered, she will probably only feel sorry for her and think about making it up to her in the future.
But when the affections misplaced on Yan Zhao stand in stark contrast to the suffering her daughter endures, every single event feels like a knife slowly tearing Zhou Ruo apart.
The one who should have been pampered by the whole family was Xixi!
She had been waiting for her child for six years, and the child was born after she had been in labor for eleven hours.
Her parents, in-laws, and husband... several families were all looking forward to her arrival and wanted to give her all their patience and love.
As a result, her biological child suffered greatly because of the mix-up at birth.
Their patience and affection... were all given to other people's children.
Zhou Ruo could no longer hold back her tears.
Yan Huai'an quickly handed her a tissue and comforted her, "It's all in the past now. We'll take good care of Xixi from now on and help her recover from her stomach problems."
"We will make it up to Xixi in the future and never let her suffer any more grievances."
Upon hearing this, Yan Xu finally fell silent.
He didn't realize that Wenxi's childhood was indeed quite miserable.
Wen Zhou's expression was calm, taking in everyone's emotions and reactions.
He smiled and tried to start by saying something happy to set the stage for what he would say next.
"My mom is very concerned about her image."
“When she first started arguing with my dad, she was always afraid that the servants would see it and gossip, and she was also afraid that the servants would spread the word outside. So she would give the servants a day or half a day before she was going to argue with my dad.”
“They would argue fiercely, and Xixi would often cry because of their arguments, so I would take Xixi to the kitchen and cook for her.”
Wen Zhou smiled faintly: "I didn't have anyone to teach me, I just relied on my memory to figure it out, and I often burned it or put sugar in instead of salt."
"But no matter how bad my cooking is, Xixi always eats it with relish and never stops praising me."
"I've always been curious about who she took after, that she's so good at sweet-talking and flattering people."
Zhou Ruo wiped away her tears, laughing and crying at the same time, "She probably inherited this from her father; she was born with the ability to say nice things and coax people."
Yan Huai'an wanted to be happy, but in this situation, he couldn't be happy; he felt more heartbroken.
Wenxi listened quietly for a long time before saying calmly, "I'm not just praising you; your cooking is indeed very delicious."
Over the years, Wenzhou has developed excellent cooking skills in order to cook for Wenxi.
Because of her upbringing and personality, Wenxi doesn't like to talk about her private affairs with people, whether it's Yan Huai'an and his wife or Shang Chen.
Wenxi intended to keep those memories of her brother locked away in her heart and would never speak of them.
But Wenxi also knew that her brother had brought these things up specifically today.
Wen Zhou did this to evoke a sense of guilt in Yan Huai'an and his wife, and to let the Yan family know what she had gone through all these years, so they could make amends to her.
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