Chapter 11 Are you pretending to be a ghost?!
The night before the physical test, Yan Buyu went to Shen Yunqi's room again.
As Shen Yunqi spread the blankets on the floor, he scolded her, "You're so petty. So what if you fail the exam? You can either retake it or have Lao Shen put in a good word for you. Why do you have to make yourself so nervous?"
Yan Buyu tossed and turned happily on the bed, which smelled of her brother.
Upon hearing this, she sat up with her messy hair and said, "I don't want to embarrass Uncle Chen. If others know that the child he adopted is such a good-for-nothing, he'll feel very ashamed."
Shen Yunqi paused, then threw down the pillow and sat cross-legged, looking at the person on the bed.
"So you put so much pressure on yourself, and you get nervous every time you take a test because you're afraid that people will find out you're the third young lady of the Shen family and then laugh at you and your family?"
He remained silent.
Shen Yunqi understood.
He really wanted to drag Yan Buyu down and beat him up. He said with exasperation, "Look around Beijing, how many families have children who are top students? Which family's child took the national college entrance examination? Aren't they all going to send their kids abroad to get a degree and then come back to inherit the family business?"
She remained silent, head down, fiddling with the hem of her pajamas.
Once Shen Yunqi's temper subsided a little, he couldn't stand Yan's pitiful look when she was silent and didn't say anything.
His tone became somewhat lower.
"Besides, what's shameful about a child not doing well in school? What's shameful is not making money. How badly must Shen Zhiye be doing that someone has to point out his child's poor grades to his face? Don't you even use your brain?"
I really hadn't thought about it.
She rarely went to those so-called gatherings with Shen Zhiye and her mother.
These are all lessons she learned from her previous life.
When friends and family gather for a meal, the most talked-about topic is the children.
Academic performance has also become a focus of everyone's attention.
In her previous life, she followed Yan Qihang and didn't have the energy to study properly, nor did she achieve outstanding results.
At the dinner table, everyone would first praise her for being pretty, but she still remembers the disdain and mockery in their eyes when they learned about her grades.
She was terrified, terrified that Shen Zhiye and her mother would be looked at that way because of her grades.
Shen Yunqi regretted it as soon as she finished disciplining the child; that's just her personality.
People only share their innermost thoughts with those they are close to.
Otherwise, she would keep everything to herself and process it silently.
"Alright, it's good that you're a good student, better than me, and you're a source of pride for the family," Shen Yunqi gestured for her to turn off the light. "Go to sleep quickly, I'll take you to school tomorrow."
"Brother," Yan Buyu called out to him.
"Um?"
"Tomorrow, please drop me off at the street next to the school gate, and don't show up during my exam, okay?"
Shen Yunqi: ...
Yan Buyu, who usually falls asleep quickly, tossed and turned this time, unable to sleep.
Shen Yunqi, who was on the ground, was also awake, constantly tapping on his phone.
In the darkness, Yan Buyu poked half his head out of the bed and called out softly, "Brother."
"Holy crap!" Shen Yunqi was engrossed in his phone when a long-haired head suddenly appeared above him, startling him. "Yan Buyu, are you pretending to be a ghost?! You're trying to scare me to death?!?!"
Yan Buyu turned on the light with a pitiful look on her face. "I can't sleep. Are you chatting with that girl? Let me see."
Shen Yunqi slammed the phone screen shut. How could his sister see the lewd things he said to the girls?
"Go to sleep now, what if you fall asleep while running? Aren't you going to have a physical test tomorrow?" Shen Yunqi urged, "Hurry up!"
Just as Yan Buyu was about to grumble with a pout, there was a knock on Shen Yunqi's door.
"Who is it in the middle of the night?" Shen Yunqi got up to open the door and saw Shen Yanzhou in his pajamas.
"What?" Shen Yunqi asked irritably.
"Buyu isn't in her room. Do you know where she went?" Shen Yanzhou passed by Yan Buyu's room and noticed that her door wasn't closed properly.
Out of concern for his younger sister, he specially asked Aunt Jiang to go in and take a look.
Aunt Jiang said there was no one in the house.
"I know, she's in my room." Shen Yunqi said frankly, not finding anything wrong with it at all.
Shen Yanzhou's brows furrowed tightly.
"Make her come out and go back to her room!" This was the first time Shen Yanzhou had lost his temper since returning to Beijing.
His tone was harsh, and Shen Yunqi got angry.
Who on earth came along and started taking care of the two of them?
"So what if you want to control us? Old Shen told you to come back, and now you're acting like a parent, trying to control us?" Shen Yunqi stood with his hands on his hips, looking rather cocky, showing no intention of letting Yan Buyu leave.
Shen Yanzhou couldn't care less about any of that at the moment.
The younger brother is twenty-four and the younger sister is twenty. Even if they were related by blood, they would still have to avoid suspicion.
What kind of behavior is this?
He shoved Shen Yunqi aside and went into the house with a sullen face.
Yan Buyu was wearing his long-sleeved pajamas properly, sitting on the bed with a blank look on his face, with a quilt and pillow spread on the floor next to him.
Shen Yanzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't say a word, go back to your room," he said to the person in bed.
He's frowning, has a stern face, and speaks in a fierce tone.
He remained silent, feeling uneasy.
Just as he was about to move, Shen Yunqi came over.
"Don't speak, don't leave. Sleep with your brother. Why be afraid of this guy who suddenly appeared out of nowhere? Lie down!"
"Go back to your room!"
Silent: ...What exactly is it?
Suppressing his anger, Shen Yanzhou glared at Shen Yunqi, "Shen Yunqi, have you lost your mind?!"
Shen Yunqi has never been afraid of anyone in an argument, "I'll make you eat my brain!"
"Brother!" Yan Buyu shouted, interrupting Shen Yunqi's nonsense, and then said to Shen Yanzhou, "Big brother, I'm going back to my room to sleep, please stop arguing."
Shen Yunqi wanted to yell a few more words, but shook his head at him without saying a word.
Since we're all under the same roof, it's best not to offend Shen Yanzhou.
She carried a small blanket in her left hand and a small pillow between her right, walking barefoot outside.
His back view was lonely and pitiful.
Shen Yunqi was heartbroken.
"Brother Shen, are you sick? Did you eat too much salt tonight and have nothing better to do?"
Suppressing his anger, Shen Yanzhou said, "Shen Yunqi, I always thought you were just an incompetent good-for-nothing, but now I see you don't even have a brain."
Shen Yunqi glared at him, "What nonsense are you spouting?"
Shen Yanzhou continued, "Yan Buyu is twenty years old. She's an adult, a young woman. You're a man who has no blood relation to her! She's staying in your room in the middle of the night. What will people think of her if word gets out?!"
Shen Yunqi lowered his voice a little, "What's wrong with that? I'm her brother."
"You think that way, but what about others? You're shameless and don't care, but what about her? People will say she's willing to offer herself to you just to stay in the Shen family!"
"You son of a bitch!" Shen Yunqi cursed as soon as he opened his mouth, but Shen Yanzhou turned around and left.
He scratched his head in frustration.
What the hell is going on?
He never thought about any of that; all he knew was that he wanted to protect his sister.
No wonder my mom found out before; she said it had a bad influence.
That makes sense, I suppose.
He and Yan Buyu were completely innocent, and neither of them had any doubts about it.
Now that Boss Shen has spoken out, I feel conflicted and upset.
He truly doesn't care about the rumors circulating outside.
But remaining silent won't do.
She wouldn't even let her take her to school herself, afraid that others would find out that she was the child adopted by the Shen family.
Hold.
This damn rumor.
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