Chapter 13 Chapter 13 The Shen Family's Past
Liu Mianmian turned around and found Shen Weizhuo leaning against the glass cabinet, coughing softly with his head down.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but his face seemed to have turned even paler, and he looked so weak that he seemed like he would collapse at any moment.
Aside from being a little thinner and paler, Shen Weizhou didn't look like someone who was terminally ill. Liu Mianmian was used to it and often forgot about it. Besides, she hadn't seen him in any particular discomfort since she traveled through time.
Suddenly seeing him like this, Liu Mianmian was a little flustered. She subconsciously went forward to help him and asked repeatedly: "Where do you feel uncomfortable? Do you want to go to the hospital? Do you have any medicine with you? Do you want to take some medicine first?"
When she held his wrist, Shen Weizhou froze and almost slapped her away reflexively. His eyes lingered on her hand for a moment and he said, "No, I'm fine. I just need to rest for a while."
He doesn't look like he's alright.
Liu Mianmian asked suspiciously, "Are you really okay?"
Seeing him nod, he turned around and said to the salesperson who had rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction because Shen Weizhou was leaning against the counter and was a little confused when he saw Shen Weizhou like this, "Do you have any water here? Please pour me a glass of warm water."
The salesperson was probably also frightened. He hurriedly took out a thermos from under the cabinet, asked for an enamel cup on sale at the counter next door, and quickly poured a cup of hot water and handed it over.
Liu Mianmian frowned: "You didn't wash this cup."
The salesperson's eyebrows were raised and she was about to curse. She looked at Shen Weizhuo, but still suppressed her anger and shook the enamel cup, pouring out the water in the cup and pouring a new cup.
Liu Mianmian took it and stuffed it into Shen Weizhou's hand: "Drink it."
Shen Weizhou: "..."
"How about we take brother to the hospital together and check what happened?" The young man with silver-framed glasses and Liu Jinshi walked over.
"He was fine just now, but he became ill as soon as you came." Liu Mianmian looked at them with disdain, "Don't come over here, stand far away first, so as not to affect the air circulation."
The young man's face looked unhappy: "Sister-in-law, please don't talk nonsense. This is a relapse of my brother's old illness. It has nothing to do with other people."
"You should stop calling people random. Who are you calling sister-in-law?" Liu Mianmian retorted subconsciously, as he called her old for no reason.
Liu Jinshi interrupted, "He's Shen Weihong, your husband's cousin. He should call you sister-in-law. Liu Mianmian, it's okay for you to be unreasonable at home and hurt your parents, but don't do it outside."
Liu Mianmian narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Liu Jinshi.
On the day of her return, she made a scene at the Liu family and took back the 2,000 yuan betrothal gift. At that time, no matter how they made a scene, Liu Jinshi just kept aloof and did not get involved at all. But today she was acting out of character.
Wait a moment.
Shen Weihong, isn’t Shen Weihong the scientific research giant in the original book?
In the original book, Shen Weihong was deeply infatuated with the heroine. He provided all kinds of help to her in her career. When the heroine lost her love, he silently stayed by her side. Finally, he moved the heroine and won her heart. From then on, the two of them lived a happy life with success in both career and love.
Oh, right.
Shen Weizhuo is the "love" that the heroine lost. He suddenly got married when the heroine went south for her career, and then suddenly died. When the heroine came back from the south, the grass on his grave was almost grown.
As the male protagonist, Shen Weihong naturally has many female confidantes who are secretly in love with him. However, he loves the female protagonist to death, and only takes one scoop from the vast ocean. He always consciously keeps a distance from other women.
And Liu Jinshi is one of his confidantes.
Wow, what a multi-angled and melodramatic love story of "I love you, you love him, he loves her".
Liu Mianmian looked back and forth between Shen Weihong and Liu Jinshi several times, making them both feel a little uncomfortable. She then dragged out an "oh" and said, "When you say you want to hurt my parents' hearts, do you mean that they hid the 2,000 yuan betrothal gift and I found out and asked for it back? Losing 2,000 yuan is really heartbreaking, huh."
Without waiting for Liu Jinshi's response, she quickly continued, "As for whether he is my husband's cousin, can't he introduce himself? Why are you meddling in other people's business? Ah, I see. Could he be the college student from Nancheng University that you like? Tsk tsk tsk tsk, never mind. Considering your infatuation, I won't mind your nonsense and meddling." She acted as if to say, "I'm tolerant and generous enough, right?"
"you!"
Liu Jinshi was both embarrassed and annoyed. She secretly glanced at Shen Weihong and saw that he was frowning and obviously unhappy. Her face turned pale, she stomped her feet, turned around and ran away.
"Jinshi!" Shen Weihong called out to Liu Jinshi, accusing Liu Mianmian, "Sister-in-law, how could you humiliate Jinshi in public like this?"
Liu Mianmian looked puzzled: "Saying that she likes you is actually humiliating her. Then what's the point of telling me? Can't you just tell her not to like you?"
"Puchi." The salesperson who was secretly eating watermelon on the side couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Shen Weihong's face turned red. He knew that if he continued to follow Liu Mianmian's twisted logic, he would be the only one to be embarrassed, so he turned around and chased after Liu Jinshi.
It seems that he doesn’t seem to be very aware of keeping a distance as a friend, Liu Mianmian muttered.
After the verbal fight, she turned around and asked Shen Weizhou: "Are you feeling better?"
Shen Weizhou shook his head and said he was fine. She sighed and said, "Your cousin didn't care about you much. He even said he would take you to the hospital, but he ran away."
“…”
Shen Weizhuo shook off her hand, stood up straight, and said to the salesperson, "Please take that blue skirt. We also bought this cup." As he spoke, he took out a black wallet from his pocket, pulled out a few banknotes and handed them over.
Liu Mianmian looked at him suspiciously. It was already healed. How could his illness be cured as if by magic?
She narrowed her eyes. Could this guy be pretending?
Although she suspected that Shen Weizhuo was pretending, Liu Mianmian felt that there must be a motive for pretending to be sick. He was his cousin, not his enemy.
The salesperson handed the wrapped clothes to Shen Weizhuo, who then stuffed them into Liu Mianmian's hands. It looked as if he was holding a bomb instead of a skirt.
Liu Mianmian felt it was inappropriate to charge him such an expensive skirt for no reason, so she asked the salesperson to get a dozen men's socks and said with a smile, "It's a matter of reciprocity."
Shen Weizhuo was speechless. Her exchange of gifts was really worthwhile. She traded a sesame seed for a watermelon.
There was nothing else to buy, so the two of them walked out carrying their things. When they reached the outside of the department store, Shen Weihong appeared out of nowhere.
He asked Shen Weizhou if he was feeling better, and said that he had chased Liu Jinshi out because he was worried something might happen to her. The implication was that he still cared deeply about his cousin Shen Weizhou.
Then he added, "Brother, you've been married for several days now. It's time for you to come back to the military compound for a meal, right? Grandpa may not say it, but he's definitely thinking about you, and Grandma is also looking forward to you coming back often."
Shen Weizhou coughed lightly, looked at him indifferently, and laughed mockingly: "Really?"
Shen Weihong felt very uncomfortable being stared at by him. He felt that Shen Weizhuo was a little strange today. His eyes were particularly cold, which made him inexplicably have the illusion that he was being stared at coldly by a wild beast.
I forced myself to laugh dryly: "Of course."
Shen Weizhou remained noncommittal: "Let's talk about it later."
When Liu Mianmian and the others returned to Qiuzhi Lane, Aunt Liu had already returned and was cooking busily in the kitchen, humming a line from an opera from time to time. It seemed that she was very satisfied with the afternoon's opera.
"Oh, you must be satisfied. Fan Wenfang, you never see her when you buy tickets normally," Aunt Liu happily shared with Liu Mianmian. "Mr. Fan sings really well, and his acting is beautiful too. Jiangbei Village is also very lucky. That big boss Lin who invested in the Zhijiang Bridge is from their village. Oh, he donated so much money to their village in recent years. The stage is even better than the People's Theater!"
He lowered his voice and asked Liu Mianmian: "Weizhou accompanied you to the department store. Did he pay? Oh, let him pay. He has money."
Perhaps because she felt that marriage meant family, Aunt Liu didn't hide anything when she talked about the Shen family: "His grandmother left him a lot of things. When the old lady was alive, she loved him the most."
Liu Mianmian felt strange. The grandmother that Shen Weihong mentioned was still looking forward to Shen Weizhuo returning to the military compound to visit, but how come Aunt Liu said it was as if the old lady was no longer around?
In broad daylight, it sounds a bit creepy.
Aunt Liu patted her gently: "Oh, you child!"
Explain to her: "Fang Meiyun in the military compound is the one Weizhou's grandfather, Shen Zhibang, married after meeting him on the battlefield. Weizhou's grandmother is Xu Huilan, the eldest daughter of the Xu family in Nancheng. There were wars everywhere back then, and Shen Zhibang thought Weizhou's grandmother was dead, so he married someone else. After liberation, the two sides met again, and Weizhou's grandmother divorced Shen Zhibang."
Speaking of Xu Huilan, Aunt Liu felt a little sad. When she heard Liu Mianmian say that she met Shen Weihong in the department store, her expression suddenly turned full of disgust: "That kid is just a smiling tiger, sweet on the outside but bitter on the inside. His mouth is as sweet as honey, but in his heart he just wants Weizhou to get into trouble. He keeps trying to sow discord in front of Shen Zhibang all day long."
Liu Mianmian took a big bite of the melon.
In other words, Professor Shen and Shen Weihong's father are actually half-brothers, and the relationship between Shen Weizhuo and Shen Weihong is even more distant.
No wonder, when talking about Shen Weizhuo's wealth, Shen Weihong looked sarcastic. It turned out that the money all belonged to Shen Weizhuo's grandmother and had nothing to do with him.
He even said that grandma is looking forward to you going back often. Whose grandma is that?
Shen Weizhuo didn't vomit due to nausea, which meant that his physical condition was pretty good.
It’s really hard to describe the male protagonist Shen Weihong... No, Liu Mianmian suddenly realized, there is no such content in the original book!
When the original book mentioned Shen Weizhuo, it only said that his identity was the heroine Bai Yueguang, and he was also the cousin of the hero.
The book also mentioned that Shen Weizhuo was researching an important military project before his death. Later, Shen Weihong inherited his will and spent several years to complete this research, which promoted a leapfrog development in a certain field of China's military industry.
When I didn’t know their true relationship, it was quite touching. But after I found out, it’s really... damn!
Who wrote this book? In order to create a great and glorious image of the male protagonist, they even sacrificed family relationships, right?
So angry.
But there is not much time to be angry with Liu Mianmian because it is almost time to go to work.
"You're going to work after eating early?!" Aunt Liu was so surprised that her voice almost split. "Oh my, when did you find this job? What kind of job? Where is it located? Why do you have to go to work at this time?"
Outside the door, Shen Weizhuo suddenly stopped and looked towards the kitchen.
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