Chapter 114 Subconscious Behavior
After leaving the Yan family, Wenxi offered to drive.
Shang Chen sat in the passenger seat, his gaze sweeping over Wen Xi's calm face.
Wenxi spoke first: "Don't overthink it, I'm fine."
Shang Chen didn't speak, but glanced at the car in front of him.
Are you really okay?
After driving for fifteen minutes, Wenzhou's car stopped, and Wenxi also stepped on the brakes.
She seemed to just realize what had happened, exclaiming, "How did I end up on this road?!"
Wenxi turned her head and met Shang Chen's silent expression.
Wenxi was also a little embarrassed: "I was a bit distracted just now and didn't pay much attention. Why didn't you remind me?"
Shang Chen: "You said you were fine."
Wen Xi: "...Don't expose me."
Shang Chen said seriously, "I didn't expose him."
Wenxi: "..."
Shang Chen didn't expose her; he just watched her leave in Wen Zhou's car without saying a word.
Their way home was in another direction.
Shang Chen: "Let's go downstairs and talk."
The brother and sister didn't have a chance to talk after leaving the Yan family, but Shang Chen could tell that Wen Xi had something to say.
Wenxi took a deep breath and unbuckled her seatbelt.
Shang Chen also unbuckled his seatbelt, got out of the car, and wrapped a scarf around Wen Xi's neck.
"It's too cold, let's not chat for too long."
Wenxi lowered her head and let Shang Chen wrap a scarf around her neck, her voice a little indifferent, "It won't be long."
Wen Zhou got out of the car early.
He leaned against the window, watching Shang Chen take care of Wen Xi; the two seemed quite familiar with each other.
When Wen Xi approached, Wen Zhou said, "I'm not stopping the car. Are you planning to follow me all the way to the door?"
Wenxi: "You're daydreaming."
"You were distracted, how dare he let you drive?"
"I'm afraid if I tell you, you'll get jealous and deduct points from his score."
"If you show favoritism towards him now, I won't lose points?"
The older brother told everything at the dinner party.
Wenxi smiled faintly: "He's been watching me the whole time, nothing will happen to him."
Wen Zhou: "..."
Okay, hearing his sister showing off her relationship in front of him, he did want to deduct points from Shang Chen's score.
To suppress his urge to lose points, Wen Zhou changed the subject: "You have something to say to me?"
"Brother, you said so much at the banquet today, not just to make them feel guilty towards me, right?"
"Xixi, whether you forgive them or not is your own business." Wen Zhou spoke coldly: "Your brother just gave you a way out, and they took it and have been wholeheartedly good to you ever since."
Clear up the misunderstandings and estrangement, give Yan Huai'an and Zhou Ruo a reasonable excuse to treat Wenxi well, arouse their sense of guilt, and make them wholeheartedly devote themselves to Wenxi.
This is Wenzhou's true purpose.
Wenxi: "Brother, they didn't do anything seriously wrong in the matter of exchanging the children. It's not a question of whether to forgive them or not."
“If they had abandoned Yan Zhao and chosen me the moment they found out about the baby swap, then such parents would be frightening.”
Wen Zhou pointed out incisively, "You don't think they're wrong, but you're unwilling to get close to them, and you secretly swallow your grievances alone."
"Xixi, how did your brother teach you before?"
Wenxi fell silent for a moment before saying, "If you do five parts of a task, you should say it's ten parts; if you suffer five parts of injustice, you should also speak out about it. You can't suffer any injustice for nothing."
"You remember it so clearly." Wen Zhou's tone was indulgent. "How come when it comes to yourself, you don't understand at all?"
Wenxi: "..."
"Suppressing your grievances and isolating yourself is the most foolish thing to do."
"If you are wronged, you should make amends; if you are bullied, you should fight back."
Wen Zhou raised his hand and patted Wen Xi's head: "Perfect, they are willing to compensate you as well."
"That's enough."
No matter how many nice words Yan Huai'an and Zhou Ruo say, it's all empty talk. Only when they genuinely want to be good to Wen Xi and make amends and take care of her with their actions and deeds will it be real.
Whether to forgive or not is just a matter of words.
If a single sentence could bring tangible benefits, Wen Zhou wouldn't mind being Wen Xi's vanguard and paving the way.
Wen Zhou withdrew his hand: "Go back quickly, get a good night's sleep, and have a good New Year."
Wenxi stared at Wenzhou and suddenly said, "Brother, I want a big red envelope for the New Year."
A slight smile appeared on Wen Zhou's indifferent face. "Okay, I'll give you Shang Chen's share too."
Wenxi: "..."
So her brother was planning to give Shang Chen a red envelope?
Back in the car, Wenxi found Shang Shen looking at his phone messages in the driver's seat.
"Still working this late?"
Shang Chen raised his head and said quietly, "It's not a work message, it's a message from my older brother."
Wenxi was taken aback and asked curiously, "What did my brother send you?"
Shang Chen put down his phone, his expression serious: "Let me go back and make you a bowl of brown sugar ginger water, with plenty of brown sugar and ginger."
"If you have red dates at home, add a couple more to help dispel cold and replenish blood."
"You also said you didn't eat much tonight, and asked me to make you a midnight snack when I got back, and to keep an eye on you while you eat."
Wenxi: "My brother... he is a bit of a nag when it comes to my affairs."
Shang Chen glanced at Wen Xi and said, "I was planning to go home and cook you a late-night snack."
Now that Wen Zhou has reminded him, it seems he only noticed that Wen Xi hadn't eaten well after being reminded.
Wenxi sensed the grievance in Shang Chen's words.
Just as she was about to say something nice, she heard Shang Chen seriously reflect: "But I really didn't think about making brown sugar ginger water. I should learn from my older brother."
Wenxi: "Shang Chen."
"?"
"You're fine the way you are; you don't need to learn from my brother."
Shang Chen said matter-of-factly, "It's not good enough."
This time it was Wenxi's turn to be puzzled.
In the past, when she praised Shang Chen, he would happily accept it. Why is the situation different this time?
Wenxi, the person involved, expressed her dissatisfaction: "How is it not good enough?"
Shang Chen: "It'll be good when you feel wronged and subconsciously go home to find me."
Wen Xi's eyes widened in surprise.
He figured it out.
Wenxi had been driving alongside Wenzhou the whole way, which was due to her being distracted, but it also showed that she subconsciously trusted Wenzhou the most.
This shows that when she feels wronged, she will immediately choose to rely on Wen Zhou.
"This is a habit I developed from childhood."
"After we've been married for a while, you'll become a habit for me."
Shang Chen looked straight ahead, his tone calm: "I look forward to this day."
Back home, Shang Chen urged Wen Xi to go upstairs to take a shower, while he boiled brown sugar ginger water downstairs.
When Wenxi came downstairs after taking a shower, she found that he had even cooked a midnight snack.
Wenxi was wearing pajamas, her hair was tied up, and her delicate face was free of makeup, exuding a cool and serene aura.
She picked up the brown sugar ginger tea, took a sip, and couldn't help but frown: "How much ginger did you put in?"
It's so spicy it tastes bitter.
Shang Chen said earnestly, "My elder brother told me to add more ginger."
How much did you put in?
Wenxi has been drinking brown sugar ginger tea since she was a child, but she has never had such a strong flavor before.
Shang Chen was silent for a moment, then said, "I put all the ginger in the refrigerator."
Wenxi: "..."
If Shang Chen weren't such an 'honest man,' Wen Xi would have thought he was retaliating against her.
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