Shen Qian shook her head: "I am the only child in my family. My mother passed away from illness when I was 10 years old, and my father remarried. My stepmother and her daughter were both very good to me."
"And I hardly ever offended anyone in the city."
"You have an older sister? Then why were you the one who ended up going to the countryside as an educated youth?" Shen Qianqian asked her, seizing on the key point.
Shen Qianqian's words instantly pulled Shen Qian back to her distant memories, and she spoke to Shen Qianqian as she recalled them.
"My stepmother's daughter is named Shen Li. Ever since my stepmother married into the Shen family, her daughter has changed her surname to Shen. They have always been very good to me."
In Shen Qian's memory, her stepmother would always give her whatever she wanted, even if it meant hurting her own daughter.
Shen Li herself also dotes on Shen Qian like a younger sister, secretly giving her her own pocket money and helping her with things she doesn't want to do.
In the words of her stepmother and older sister, "Qianqian was born to be a princess. You don't need to worry about anything in this world; you just need to live happily!"
Therefore, even though the Shen family was a blended family, Shen Qian always regarded her stepmother and Shen Li as her own mother and older sister.
Shen Qian always thought she would live happily ever after like a princess in a fairy tale, but things took a turn when she was 18.
When Shen Qian turned 18, her father threw her a birthday party, inviting all their relatives and friends.
She was carefully dressing herself in her room when Shen Li suddenly knocked on the door. Shen Qian opened the door, and Shen Li knelt directly in front of her.
"Qianqian, you're the only one who can help me now." Shen Li burst into tears.
This was the first time Shen Qing had ever seen her bright and elegant older sister cry like this, so she quickly helped her up and then pulled her into her room.
"Sister, just tell me what's wrong. I'll definitely help if it's something I can do," Shen Qian said, holding Shen Li's hand tightly to comfort her.
“I…” Shen Li hesitated, but finally pulled her hand out and took out a small folded piece of paper from her pocket: “I’m pregnant.”
A single sentence struck like a bolt from the blue.
Shen Qian took the paper in disbelief. After unfolding it, she saw that the test report clearly stated that Shen Li was pregnant.
"But...you don't even have a boyfriend!" Shen Qian said, exasperated. "How did this child come about?"
Shen Li was already sobbing uncontrollably: "He's a petty thug. We've been seeing each other for three months, but I didn't dare tell my family..."
Shen Qian sighed deeply: "Then... there's nothing I can do to help!"
“You can help!” Shen Li grabbed Shen Qian’s hand. “You know, Dad wants me to go to the countryside as an educated youth, but then I won’t be able to be with him, and this child…”
Shen Li gently placed her right hand on her lower abdomen, her expression filled with endless sorrow: "Qianqian, if you could go to the countryside in my place, I could be with him, and this child could be born legitimately. Qianqian, you will definitely help me with this small favor, right?"
Shen Li stared at Shen Qian with her eyes filled with tears, and for a moment, Shen Qian seemed to be dragged into a whirlpool.
Shen Qian, still somewhat bewildered, managed to squeeze out a single word: "Okay."
At the time, she thought it was just a job as an educated youth sent to the countryside, and that there would be plenty of opportunities to return later.
city.
Besides, her stepmother and sister took care of her since she was little, so it's only right that she help them out now.
After Shen Qian finished speaking, Shen Li, as if afraid that she would regret it, pulled her and hurriedly went to Shen's father.
explain:
“Dad, Qianqian said that if someone in the family has to go to the countryside, she is willing to be that person and go voluntarily.”
Shen Li emphasized the word "voluntary" and winked at Shen Qian.
"Qianqian, are you really willing?" Shen's father asked Shen Qian. Shen Qian lowered her head, not daring to look directly at her father: "Yes."
She couldn't believe that the Shen family had spent so much time and energy raising her, yet she had willingly gone to...
How disappointed my father must have been when we went to the countryside…
At her 18th birthday party, everyone except the main character was smiling.
18-year-old Shen Qian felt that the world was colorful, but she was the only one whose world was gray.
The day after her birthday party, Shen Qian took a train alone across the city to Cuishui Village. Faced with a completely unfamiliar environment, she simply chose to remain silent and taciturn, not opening her heart to anyone, in order to protect herself.
But how did this still happen later?
At this point, tears welled up in Shen Qian's eyes again.
She has now been cut off from her family and will probably have to live a miserable life in Cuishui Village with someone who doesn't love her.
After listening to Shen Qian's story, Shen Qianqian felt that something was wrong with everything.
Why did Shen Li happen to get pregnant at the exact time of the selection process for sending people to rural areas?
Why did Shen's father so casually agree to his daughter's decision to go to the countryside?
Shen Qianqian still remembered how her father tried so hard to dissuade her from going to the countryside when she wanted to.
They wore her out, and finally, unable to do anything about it, they personally sent her to the countryside.
The Shen family, both Shen Li and her father, are too strange.
As dusk fell, Shen Qianqian and Shen Qian discussed returning to the Lu family. The current situation was too chaotic, and if they had to find a breakthrough, they could only look to Qi Ran.
"Sister-in-law, come out for a moment." Shen Qianqian called out to Qi Ran from outside the main room, a rare occurrence for her.
Qi Ran felt that Shen Qianqian was up to no good, like a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken, so she simply pretended not to hear and continued to rest in bed.
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