Chapter 192 The Picture Frame Incident
She turned to look at Shang Chen: "Shang Chen, what did you look like when you were little?"
"You can ask your mom; she has a lot of photos of me."
"OK."
Wenxi kept it in mind and planned to look for photos of Shang Chen when she went to the store next time.
Shang Chen then asked, "Did you grow up with Lu Jinghuai, Song Hezhou, and others?"
Wenxi sensed something amiss and calmly replied, "Yes, childhood sweethearts."
Shang Chen asked in a calm and deliberate tone: "Are there many more videos like this?"
"If you're asking about the video, I don't know," Wen Xi said calmly. "But there are indeed many such scenes."
Shang Chen: "..."
Wenxi sat sideways in Shang Chen's lap to make it easier to talk to him, but her fingertips unconsciously rubbed Shang Chen's earlobe.
“I’ve always been my brother’s shadow since I was little. He would always take me with him when he played with his friends.”
Shang Chen grasped Wen Xi's fidgeting hand, his eyes darkening, his expression serious and composed: "You called Song Hezhou... Brother Hezhou?"
Wenxi: "That's what we called him when we were little, but we changed it when we grew up."
Is that what we used to call him when we were kids?
Shang Chen felt a bittersweet feeling in his heart.
Wenxi could tell from his expression that Shang Chen had started automatically intercepting 'valid information' again.
Wenxi pulled her hand away and hooked her arm around Shang Chen's neck. "Jealous?"
Shang Chen replied reservedly, "No."
Wen Xi smiled faintly: "Then how about I call you that too?"
"Brother Shang Chen?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Chen froze.
Wenxi shouted it out, and even she felt a little embarrassed by her own cheesy tone.
However, noticing Shang Chen's stiffness, her playful interest grew even stronger, and her eyes shone with a bright smile: "Never mind, let's just call him baby instead?"
"Is it too formal to call him Brother Shang Chen?"
Shang Chen's deep, magnetic voice has a unique allure.
“Xixi…”
As the two drew closer, Wenxi inevitably succumbed to the allure of his beauty.
She responded softly, "Hmm?"
Shang Chen moved closer, his hot breath brushing against her cheek. Their posture was very ambiguous, yet they deliberately kept their distance.
Shang Chen said matter-of-factly, "You and Lu Jinghuai really aren't close."
Wenxi: "..."
Seeing the smile in Shang Chen's eyes, Wen Xi immediately realized that he was also deliberately teasing her.
"I thought that after you were jealous of Brother Song, you were going to start settling scores with Lu Jinghuai."
Shang Chen remained calm and composed: "I never argue with those who have failed."
Wenxi snorted: "But I'll argue with your wife."
Shang Chen led her by the hand to her, his dark eyes deep and unfathomable.
Wenxi thought Shang Chen wanted to kiss the back of her hand and do something intimate.
The next second, she felt a tingling sensation in her fingertips.
Wenxi opened her eyes slightly, a look of astonishment in them.
Shang Chen bit her fingertip, his dark eyes like the deep sea, "Xi Xi, I only argue with my wife."
Wenxi: "..."
This time, she really couldn't handle it.
The next morning, Wenxi had some back pain when she got up.
As I was going downstairs, I ran into the cleaning lady.
The aunt smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I've seen Madam running?"
Wenxi smiled and said, "The weather isn't very good, so we'll postpone the run for now."
The aunt remembered that Wenxi was still running outside after the New Year. Although she didn't understand, she nodded.
"It's really cold, don't catch a cold."
After Shang Chen returned from his business trip, the two were just about to invite Wen Zhou to dinner when Shang Jia called.
It was Mrs. Shang's birthday, so they were invited home for dinner.
Wenxi thought of her brother.
Shang Chen also mentioned, "My mother doesn't plan to have a big celebration. She only invited family members and sent a message to my eldest brother."
Wenxi: "Then let's make an appointment with my brother and go together?"
"good."
On the day of Shang's mother's birthday, Wenxi and Shang Chen both left work early and took a car together to Shang's house.
Wenzhou arrived around the same time.
Upon entering, I noticed that the store was quite lively.
Besides the Shang family, there was also Shang Zhe, the eldest son of the second wife, and Shang's mother's niece who had just returned from abroad.
The woman was warm-hearted and very considerate.
After exchanging greetings, she asked Shang Chen to accompany Wen Xi, and then took the initiative to chat with Wen Zhou.
The atmosphere was harmonious throughout, and no one was left out.
After dinner, Wenxi chatted with Shang Mu: "Do you have any old photos of your brother?"
Wenxi was originally going to ask Shang's mother, but she was chatting with her niece at the moment.
The other party will only be back in China for two days, and will be going abroad again soon.
Wenxi casually asked Shang Mu a question.
"photo?"
Wenxi: "Hmm, I'd like to see."
Shang Mu: "I don't have any, but my mom has quite a few in her room."
"Sister-in-law, if you want to see it, I'll take you upstairs!"
Wenxi: "Should we tell Mom?"
Shang Mu stood up: "I'll go tell them."
With the consent of the mother, the two went upstairs together.
After entering the room, Shang Mu first rummaged through the drawers.
With her back to Wenxi, she said, "My mom was overflowing with maternal love for a while and loved taking pictures of me and my brother, so there are quite a few photos of me and my brother when we were little."
Wenxi followed behind: "What about Shang Ze?"
"After Aze was born, the camera was covered in dust," Shang Mu said with a smile. "That's why Aze has the fewest photos among the three of us siblings."
She happened to find a photo album, turned around and handed it to Wenxi: "That's how my mom is, her interests come and go."
Wenxi took the photo album and was about to sit down on the chair by the dressing table to look at it slowly.
With a casual glance, her gaze fell upon the photo frame on the dressing table.
The picture frame was probably dropped; it has several cracks and is likely being replaced.
The frame contained not a photograph, but a torn and pieced-together piece of paper.
Wenxi picked it up and scanned it carefully.
My brother is going to write a love letter to my sister-in-law!
The three large exclamation marks on the last line are truly eye-catching.
Wenxi's eyelids twitched, and she calmly turned the photo frame upside down on the table.
Shang Chen, are you aware that word has spread that you're going to write a love letter?
Wenxi didn't recognize Shang Ze's handwriting, but she could guess it was written by Shang Ze just by looking at that excited emoji.
She hadn't even seen a single one of Shang Chen's love letters, yet they had already spread throughout the whole family.
He probably doesn't even know it himself.
Wen Xi acted as if nothing had happened, turned around and walked towards Shang Mu: "Do you need my help to look for it?"
Shang Mu took out two more photo albums: "The others are locked in a safe by my mom. These are all I have for now."
Wenxi: "Let's go downstairs and take a look."
Shang Mu smiled and said, "Okay."
Having just seen her niece off, Mrs. Shang glanced at the living room and asked, "Where are Xixi and Mumu?"
Only a few men were drinking tea and chatting.
Shang Ze: "My sister-in-law said she wanted to see photos of my brother when he was little. Didn't you ask my sister to take my sister-in-law to your room to look for them?"
"oh."
After Shang Ze reminded her, Shang's mother also remembered this matter.
She realized what was happening after taking only two steps.
A photo frame on the dressing table!
Suddenly, the merchant's mother started jogging.
Shang Ze was still shouting, "Mom, why are you running so fast?"
I'll save you, you stupid son!
She had just reached the stairs when she ran into Wenxi and Shangmu coming downstairs.
In an instant, Mrs. Shang's heart leaped into her throat.
Mrs. Shang chuckled, "Xixi, did you get the photo album?"
Wenxi: "I got it."
Shang Mu held up the photo frame and showed it to her: "Mom, I've got all the ones you mentioned. Are these the ones you're looking for?"
Mrs. Shang: "That's all."
Shang Mu: "Then shall my sister-in-law and I go down and take a look first?"
Seeing that Wenxi and Shang Mu's expressions were completely normal, Shang's mother was slightly relieved.
"You guys go ahead and check. I just remembered I left something upstairs. I'll go get it first."
Shang Mu readily agreed, "Okay, call me if you need help."
"knew."
When Mrs. Shang went upstairs and saw the photo frame that had been placed upside down on the dressing table, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She was planning to put the photo frame in the safe, but she accidentally dropped it and is now preparing to replace it with a new one.
Normally, Xixi would never enter her bedroom.
But what a coincidence! It's her birthday today, and Wenxi wants to see photos of Shang Chen when he was little...
If Wen Xi sees this, Shang Chen's surprise will be ruined.
After a thrilling experience, the mother was about to put the photo frame away.
But just as she got the photo frame, she suddenly remembered something.
The photo frame was there when she left the room in the afternoon, wasn't it?
When did she turn the picture frame upside down?
Wen Zhou and Shang Chen both drank some wine.
The merchant had the driver take Wenzhou back, and Wenxi sat in the back seat with Shang Chen.
As soon as they got in the car, Wenxi handed Shang Chen a thermos.
Shang Chen rubbed his temples: "What is this?"
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