Chapter 38 Big Brother
Shi Chengyu was stunned. Under Shen Chutang's gaze, he made a childish wish and then blew out the candle.
At this time, neither of them knew that they had made the same wish without knowing it.
"Tangtang, I——"
"Brother Chengyu." Shen Chutang interrupted him and asked, "How many birthdays have we celebrated together?"
"Sixteen."
Shi Chengyu answered, looking at her steadily.
"Sixteen... that's sixteen years. It's been a long, long time." Shen Chutang whispered, and then asked him, "Brother Chengyu, don't you want to know what wish I made last time?"
The last time was on Shi Chengyu’s birthday.
Shi Chengyu placed a piece of cut cake in front of her, and his heartbeat suddenly jolted, as if he had a premonition and accelerated uncontrollably.
"Tangtang, do you want to tell me?" Shi Chengyu took a bite of cake to hide the slight trembling of his fingers.
Shen Chutang nodded and said seriously, "The wish I made that day was that I wanted to be with Shi Chengyu."
"Together forever."
The fork in Shi Chengyu's hand fell on the table with a crisp clang. Even though he had imagined it in his mind, it was nothing compared to the impact of hearing Shen Chutang say it with his own ears. It made him lose the ability to think.
"I like you, but not in the way a sister likes her brother."
"I don't want to be with you as your sister."
"Brother Chengyu, I just call you that, but I don't really think of you as my brother."
"I have a brother. I don't lack a brother."
The cake had already melted in his mouth, and the sweet milky aroma filled his mouth and went all the way to his heart.
Shi Chengyu was surprised, and felt that it was supposed to be this way, that his Tangtang was supposed to like him.
But he was also afraid, thinking that he was not as frank and straightforward as Shen Chutang. Just when he was about to say something, he heard Shen Chutang speak again.
"But I'm not telling you this because I want you to help me realize my wish." Shen Chutang lowered her head, her ears slightly red, "I want to realize my wish myself."
"Brother Chengyu, I like you, but I don't want to cause you trouble. Maybe I can't stand with you now, but I will try my best."
At this point, Shen Chutang's cheeks had already turned red, but she didn't know how gentle Shi Chengyu's eyes were at this moment.
She didn't realize that with Shi Chengyu here, she didn't have to do anything to occupy his mind.
Shi Chengyu now really understood that Shen Chutang really thought he didn't like her. Seeing her say these words foolishly and bravely, his heart seemed to melt.
"Tangtang." Shi Chengyu swallowed the sweetness in his mouth and called her slowly, "When I said you were still young that day, it wasn't because I treated you as my sister."
"I never thought of you as a sister."
There are some things he doesn't want her to know. If she forgets those painful memories, then she should never think about them again in her life. He finds her and stays by her side, just wanting her to be happy all her life.
"It's my honor that Tangtang likes me, but you are not old enough to fall in love too early. Many things are not as simple as you think, but..." Shi Chengyu said, lowering his head, "It's just that Tangtang will meet many people in the future, maybe even better people. Tangtang still has a long life ahead of him."
Shen Chutang wanted to open her mouth to refute, but Shi Chengyu spoke before her, "So Tangtang, don't rush to make a decision, and don't rush to set a path for your life. Let everything take its course. Some things are not appropriate to say now. Wait until Tangtang is older. If Tangtang is still willing to like me by then, I will give Tangtang an answer."
Shi Chengyu chuckled. What he said was three-tenths true and seven-tenths false.
In this capital city, no one can compare to Shi Chengyu in terms of status or family background, not to mention his care and companionship for Shen Chutang over the past decade, which has already become an inseparable part of each other's lives.
With him by Shen Chutang's side, there is no one better than him.
All the knots in her heart were untied, and Shen Chutang relaxed instantly. It was great that Shi Chengyu didn't treat her as a sister. It was great that she still had a chance.
Her thoughts, which had been stuck in a dead end, suddenly became clear. Shi Chengyu found her again and brought her out of the dead end.
If you love someone but give up because you meet someone better, that's not love, Shen Chutang thought secretly.
The cake was not big and was shared by two people.
School was about to start in less than a week, so after Xie Tong came back in the afternoon, we arranged to return to Beijing.
After arriving at the airport, Shi Chengyu led her men to the plane. It was obviously the same action as before, but because some things were talked about, Shen Chutang felt something strange and her palms seemed to be hot.
After sending the people home, Shi Chengyu originally planned to go back to the company to deal with the things that had happened in the past few days, but Shen Chutang expressly forbade him to stay at home to adjust to the jet lag.
It was not until the afternoon that the two of them got up. Uncle Shang had just asked someone to prepare dinner when Shen Chutang received a call from Shen Yanheng, who asked him to send someone to pick her up for dinner.
Shen Chutang asked him, and then brought Shi Chengyu along.
They originally thought they were going to eat in a restaurant, but unexpectedly the driver took them directly to Shen Yanheng's house.
Shen Yanheng moved out after he started working. Except for the few days during their marriage, this was the second time Shen Chutang came to his house. The house was not bigger than the Shen family's, and they only hired a nanny.
The door opened from the inside, and Shen Yanheng was seen wearing home clothes, without the intimidating feeling he usually gave people.
"Tangtang, Chengyu, come in quickly."
Zhao Wenxian also stood up from the sofa, "Tangtang, you are here."
Shen Yanheng walked over quickly and helped the person sit down. "Just sit down. We as a family don't need to follow so many rules."
Shen Chutang and Shi Chengyu looked at each other subconsciously. They felt that there seemed to be something different about their elder brother, but they couldn't tell what it was.
Zhao Wenxian smiled shyly, "It's no problem."
"Brother, sister-in-law, we are still standing at the door." Shen Chutang reminded.
Zhao Wenxian's face instantly turned red. "Come in quickly, it's all your brother's fault."
Shi Chengyu handed the things he brought to the nanny and followed Shen Chutang in to say hello.
Zhao Wenxian said, "Why did Tangtang suddenly want to go out and play? And he ran so far. His parents and Yanheng were so worried."
Shen Chutang sat next to her, "I just suddenly wanted to go, sister-in-law, and then I went out to take a look."
"Just have fun." Zhao Wenxian's eyes were full of envy, and her hands were on her belly. "I'm a little jealous of you. Unlike me, I can't go anywhere freely."
Shen Yanheng is very busy, and when he goes out it is usually for official business. The approval process for going abroad is even more complicated.
Shen Chutang said, "Sister-in-law doesn't have to go with Big Brother. You can go alone, or you can ask your friends to come along."
But Zhao Wenxian had never thought about it this way. She had been well-behaved and obedient all her life, and followed the rules all her life. Liking Shen Yanheng was probably the most courageous and extraordinary thing she had ever done.
She had never thought about leaving her hometown to travel alone, but it sounded like a good idea.
She smiled softly, "It was okay before, but now it's not convenient to go.
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