Chapter 116 is not my problem, but my brother's.
The study was well-heated, and Wenxi leaned back in her chair, her porcelain-white face serene.
“My brother is convinced that she was feeling guilty at the time because she was the one who made me sick, which is why she was so nice to me.”
Shang Chen asked gently, "What do you think?"
"Perhaps both are true."
"She's not bad, she just doesn't understand life, she lives too foolishly."
Wenxi said calmly, "My brother is still resentful about her jumping off the building with me in her arms, but he doesn't know that before that, my adoptive mother had attempted suicide several times."
Shang Chen frowned deeply: "In front of you?"
Wenxi shook her head: "No, I just had a vague idea."
"My brother said it sounds like I have a bad relationship with my adoptive mother... but actually I was very clingy when I was little. I was either clinging to my brother or my adoptive mother and couldn't be separated from anyone."
“Before each suicide attempt, she would try her best to get her aunt to take me out to play.”
When Wenxi was a child, she was very sensitive to people's emotions. She would feel uneasy whenever she sensed something was wrong, and she would only feel at ease if she was with Wenzhou or Ningjin.
"She has swallowed sleeping pills, cut her wrists... probably many times."
“Once, I was coaxed by my aunt to go buy candied hawthorns. As soon as I stepped out, I suddenly became very scared. I ran back and knocked on the door, but she didn’t open it. I kept crying until I couldn’t breathe. My aunt was so anxious that she wanted to call 120. Only then did she come out, soaking wet, with a handkerchief wrapped around her wrist.”
"She must have just cut her wrists."
"When I grew up, I asked the aunt who took care of me back then. She said that when the door opened, she saw that the bathtub was full of blood. When my adoptive mother came out, her face was pale and she was staggering as she walked..."
Wen Zhou said Ning Jin didn't love her, but Wen Xi had felt Ning Jin's love.
Although this love is like sugar in shards of glass, leaving one scarred, it is still real.
Shang Chen asked quietly, "You don't hate her?"
Wenxi: "I used to hate, but where does hate come from if there's no love?"
These are things Wenxi gradually came to understand as she grew up.
"As I grew older and saw through many things, my love and hate for her gradually faded."
Wen Xi suddenly raised her eyes and stared intently at Shang Chen.
“Today my brother said that it’s not that she doesn’t love me, it’s just that she doesn’t love the child from back then…” Wenxi said blankly, “I just suddenly realized something.”
Shang Chen's gaze was calm: "What is it?"
Wenxi felt a little downcast. "These things aren't my problems, but my brother's."
Wenxi herself had forgotten many things, but when her brother brought them up, they left a deep impression and harbored a deep resentment.
Wenxi then realized that what she had let go of, her brother had never let go of.
Shang Chen suddenly remembered something from the past: "My parents also had conflicts when they were young."
“Once, my mom was angry, and my dad went to coax her. But when he pulled her hand, he pulled too hard, causing my mom to bump into the wall. Shang Mu happened to see this.”
“Until she graduated from university, she still believed that my father had hit my mother and held a grudge about it.”
"If she hadn't mentioned it by chance, none of our family would have known about it."
Shang Chen: "Shang Mu said that she was very scared during those years and always dreamed that my parents were fighting. So she was exceptionally obedient."
Wenxi suddenly felt a little unwell.
“I used to think my adoptive mother had a hard life, but she suffered because of herself and didn’t deserve pity.”
"But I've only just realized that my brother has also been tormenting himself all along..."
Wenxi raised her hand to cover her face, trying to calm herself down, but her heart remained heavy.
Her voice choked with emotion: "No wonder he couldn't get over it."
Wenxi fainted on the balcony, but it was Wenzhou who was actually frostbitten.
On Lunar New Year's Eve, Wenxi got up early to go for a run.
After finishing his run, Shang Chen had already made breakfast.
Two beautifully presented heart-shaped fried eggs are arranged in the center of the plate, accompanied by grilled sausage and broccoli. The plating is lovely.
Wenxi looked at the heart-shaped fried egg, then at Shang Chen's stern and serious face, and it just didn't match up.
Wenxi couldn't help but ask curiously, "Did you go and learn from your aunt? You've improved so much in just one night?"
I used to be unable to fry a perfectly round egg, but how did I suddenly improve overnight and now I can fry heart-shaped eggs?
Shang Chen looked at Wen Xi quietly for a moment, making sure he didn't see any sadness on her face, before slowly saying, "With the help of tools, it's not difficult."
It turns out she was just making a fuss over nothing.
Wen Xi calmly replied, "...I thought you deliberately fried the eggs like this to make me happy."
Shang Chen said in a serious tone, "I just wanted to make you happy."
"I was originally going to learn by watching videos, but I found a special egg-frying pan while rummaging through the cabinet."
Wenxi silently cut off a piece of fried egg and fed it to Shang Chen: "Alright, no more talking!"
Shang Chen ate the fried egg that Wen Xi fed him, but he didn't shut up.
He asked very seriously, "Have you been appeased?"
Wen Xi smiled and said, "...You've coaxed him."
Shang Chen then looked away, satisfied.
Wenxi: "..."
Honest people are no longer honest.
Wenxi was bored and was about to build a snowman in the yard when she suddenly received a call from Zhou Ruo.
Her voice was hoarse, but still calm: "Xixi, you left in a hurry last night, and there's something I forgot to tell you."
"Shang Chen's birthday is on the first day of the Lunar New Year. I guess you probably don't know, so I wanted to remind you."
Wenxi was stunned.
She really didn't know.
She gave Shang Chen a resume, but he didn't send her one back.
Wenxi: "I understand, thank you, Mom."
Zhou Ruo then told Wen Xi a few more words about Shang Chen's favorite things and habits.
However, Wenxi had a general understanding of all of these things.
The two had a fairly harmonious conversation.
After hanging up the phone, Wenxi went upstairs to the study to find Shang Chen.
Shang Shen was staring at the messages on his phone.
Hearing the knock on the door, his gaze finally fell on Wenxi: "Why don't you come in?"
Wen Xi remained calm and spoke directly: "Are you busy this morning?"
Shang Chen hesitated for two seconds before saying, "It's nothing."
Wenxi, unsuspecting, said, "Then get me a resume."
Shang Chen: "?"
Wenxi was afraid he wouldn't understand, so she specifically reminded him: "Just write the same as the one I gave you before, and write down your hobbies and habits in more detail."
Shang Chen: "What do you need my resume for?"
Wenxi said earnestly, "To understand you more thoroughly."
Shang Chen: "..."
Was Wenxi genuinely trying to understand him, or was she just saying nice things to coax him?
After Wenxi left, Shang Chen looked down at his phone, at the message he had sent to Shang Mu.
I want to cheer up your sister-in-law, do you have any good suggestions?
Shang Mu replied to the message quickly.
[Brother, did you make my sister-in-law angry? Otherwise, why are you asking me how to make her happy?]
Shang Chen stared at the message for a moment and suddenly realized that his family members were all good, except that they were a bit too gossipy.
Even through the phone screen, he could feel Shang Mu's amused tone.
【No. 】
Really? I'm afraid I might make things worse if I don't understand the situation clearly.
[This is about something that happened to your sister-in-law.]
Shang Mu immediately became serious and started typing rapidly.
Bro, a man's greatest charm lies in solving problems.
To make your sister-in-law happy, the best approach is to resolve all her unhappiness; a better approach is to share her burdens; and simply trying to cheer her up is the worst approach.
Shang Chen stared at Shang Mu's answer, lost in thought.
Shang Mu then sent another message.
Of course, if the situation is difficult to resolve or share, then we can prioritize using this less ideal approach.
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