Chapter 141 Can I Hug You?
"Silent, we've found the owner of that number."
He is a soon-to-be college student who has just finished the college entrance examination.
When Gu Feng and his men found him, he was having a good time at an internet cafe.
"He admitted that he sent the message, but he didn't just send it to you."
"A prank?" Yan Buyu asked.
"More or less," Shen Yanzhou nodded. "He was playing a game with a group chat. They were having a competition that day, and the losers had to be punished."
The boy's group happened to lose, and his punishment was to send 'Happy Death Anniversary' messages to fifty unknown numbers.
Among them was a number that remained silent.
"Brother, I'm a little skeptical. My sixth sense tells me it's not that simple," Yan Buyu said, expressing his unease.
She couldn't be sure if Yan Qihang had really been reborn.
If it really were him, given Yan Qihang's personality, he would have come knocking on his door long ago.
But she didn't know why she hadn't heard from him at all in the past ten years.
If she hadn't experienced this in her past life, she wouldn't have believed such a text message. How could she possibly persuade her older brother to continue?
I'm torn.
Shen Yanzhou smiled gently and patted her head. "I don't believe it either, so we're continuing our investigation. I'm just telling you what we've found so far."
Yan Buyu looked at his elder brother with confusion in his eyes, "Brother, why do you believe me? You've never met Yan Qihang, and you're willing to spend manpower and resources to help me just because of a dream I mentioned?"
“Because we are family.” Shen Yanzhou’s gaze was gentle yet firm. “We don’t need to talk. Family is family. We don’t need to consider interests or conflicts, or think about whether the other party’s actions have ulterior motives. If you tell me, I will believe you.”
The silent heart suffered an unprecedented shock.
She stared blankly at her older brother's smile.
The fear Yan Qihang instilled in her was forgotten; now she had only one thought in her mind.
She's absolutely inhuman!
Her older brother was completely devoted to her, but she kept her relationship a secret from him.
Shen Yanzhou touched his sister's face and smiled reassuringly, "Don't be afraid, your brothers are here, nothing will happen to you. Go back to sleep, don't stay up all night chatting with your friends about gossip, just relax."
He opened his mouth but no sound came out.
Shen Yanzhou assumed she was just worried, so he whispered a few more words of comfort before turning and leaving.
Watching his receding figure, Yan Buyu's throat tightened. "Brother, I have something to tell you!"
Half an hour later.
The brother and sister sat in the two pavilions in the courtyard.
Without saying a word, he placed his hands on his lap, fiddling with his right hand with his left, and glanced furtively at his older brother's expression before quickly lowering his head again.
Shen Yanzhou clenched his fists and placed them on his knees.
The smile on her face couldn't hold up, and a crack gradually appeared.
He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.
"So," he heard his own voice sound a little intimidating, adjusted it, and tried to sound as gentle and mild as possible, "So, you're dating Jingxu now?"
"Mmm." Yan Buyu said softly, carefully holding up three fingers. "Three days."
Shen Yanzhou clenched his fists even tighter, gritting his teeth as he asked, "He... he took advantage of your kindness to make you stay with him?"
“No, no,” Yan Buyu quickly explained, “He said he started liking me four years ago, and the day he got injured was just the right opportunity to confess.”
Shen Yanzhou slowly turned his head, his voice trembling slightly, "Four...years... ago?"
He swallowed silently.
The older brother looks a bit scary now.
No wonder he was able to support the entire group at such a young age, and was respected and feared by everyone outside.
There is a certain sense of oppression.
Four years ago, Bu Yu was only sixteen years old.
Shen Yanzhou looked down at his younger sister.
It's not that big now.
The little one was there, head down, picking at his hands, like a child who had made a mistake and was waiting for an adult to scold him.
But what does all of this have to do with her?
After picking at all ten fingers without saying a word, he decided to start over from the beginning.
She wanted to see her older brother's expression, but dared not look up.
Suddenly, a large hand gently stroked her head. It was her older brother's usual gentle voice, "Why don't you dare look at your older brother? We're young ladies now, it's perfectly normal for us to date. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Without saying a word, her nose tingled, and she looked up.
Shen Yanzhou's expression returned to normal. "It's just dating, Bu Yu. You've grown up, that's good. Sooner or later you'll have to learn to build close relationships with people outside your family."
“But I don’t think I’m good enough,” Yan Buyu said, her eyes red. “I always said I wouldn’t date before graduation, but I ended up dating someone, and it was your friend.”
“I’ve always said I don’t need family,” Shen Yanzhou said, his voice choked with emotion. “But now that I’m back, I realize I still crave family.”
So, what I said before was simply because I hadn't met the right person.
He met Yan Buyu, and his lonely heart was gradually awakened. He also wanted to have a younger sister whose smile was like a little sun.
"When you meet someone you like, it only takes a moment to change your mind. This is normal. Don't lock yourself in a self-imposed framework. Life without that is not perfect."
His sister's life should be free and unrestrained.
All our hopes for you are that you live a happy life. Just follow your heart and do what makes you happy.
After Shen Yanzhou finished speaking, he was already sobbing uncontrollably.
She thought her older brother would blame her.
He had prepared a draft of over a thousand words of apology in his mind, but not a single word of it was used.
How fortunate she was that such a good person was her older brother.
"Waaah, big brother, can I hug you?" Yan Buyu sobbed, pitifully stretching out her arms to Shen Yanzhou.
Shen Yanzhou's eyes welled up with tears. He got up, walked to his sister's side, and hugged her.
He gently patted her back and said, "It's alright, don't cry. You're an adult now, it's a good thing to be in a relationship."
Yan Buyu raised her hand to wipe away her tears. "Big brother, aren't you angry that I'm with your friend?"
When Si Jingxu was mentioned, Shen Yanzhou closed his eyes briefly.
“Jingxu… Jingxu…” Shen Yanzhou took a deep breath. Even though he was dissatisfied, his evaluation was still fair. “He is not the kind of person who would do anything reckless. I have known him for so many years. He is clean and has never had a woman in his life. This is very rare.”
Even though Si Jingxu wasn't the heir, the Si family's status meant that many people still flocked to him.
But he never did it.
In recent years, the old master of the Si family has introduced him to many girls from similar family backgrounds and who are beautiful, but he has never met any of them.
Perhaps he was also trying to keep his sister chaste?
Hearing this, Shen Yanzhou felt a little better.
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