As soon as Shi Qian spoke, the scene fell into an eerie silence, but it only lasted for a few seconds.
What kind of attitude is this?!
"I've spoiled you, haven't I? You've become so disrespectful and arrogant!"
"Can't you speak properly? I knew I was right when I said you were petty. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You're just jealous of Xiaoyan!"
"Is it Xiaoyan's fault that he plays the violin better than you? When I said I never favored Xiaoyan, that was a lie! Just comforting words! Have you forgotten how much I favored you when we were kids?"
"Just because you're my own son, I bought you the most expensive piano, while Xiaoyan uses a regular one. But look what? Your talents are just different. I can teach Xiaoyan once or twice and he'll get it, but what about you? I've given you so much private tutoring, but you just won't get it!"
"If you don't want to practice, fine, but you're also making a fuss and preventing Xiaoyan from practicing. I smashed his piano!"
“I don’t blame you for any of this, because you are my son. It’s one thing that you didn’t inherit my artistic talent, but how can you be so petty!”
“What did Xiaoyan do to wrong you? I was afraid you would be lonely, so I brought Xiaoyan from the countryside to keep you company. Xiaoyan has been so accommodating and tolerant towards you. I have seen all of this.”
"You were fine when you were little, why are you getting more and more temperamental as you get older? You always fight with Xiaoyan over this and that. I already bought two of each, and you're still not satisfied!"
"You always have to take everything from others! Why don't you strive to be number one in your studies or in practicing the piano?"
"Intelligence and artistic talent are things you either have or you don't. You can't just steal them by being a scoundrel!"
"Xiao Yan has participated in so many competitions and won so many awards; it's all the result of his own hard work!"
"Take this time for example. Xiaoyan just told me that he was going to practice the piano hard because the president of the Beijing Musicians Association was coming to the arts festival and he wanted to do his best. The next thing you knew, you stole his sheet music and even hurt his hand!"
"Mom is really disappointed in you. Sometimes I even doubt if you're really my biological child!"
Su Kaiyue's words were harsh, but Shi Qian remained unmoved. He had long since lost all expectations of this so-called mother, so he was not disappointed.
He couldn't explain it before, and now he doesn't want to explain it.
When they were children, Shi Yan practiced the piano with him. It was Shi Yan who changed his sheet music and deliberately made him play the wrong notes.
How could Shi Yan have smashed the piano? It was clearly Shi Yan who broke it himself and was afraid of being blamed, so he asked Shi Qian to say that he did it, saying that Su Kaiyue was his biological mother and wouldn't blame him. He was afraid that if Su Kaiyue knew that he broke it, she would send him back to the countryside.
Besides, didn't Su Kaiyue give his zither directly to Shi Yan after that? She even said that he didn't need to use such a good zither, and that it would be a waste to use it.
Shi Qian then recalled the so-called competitions Shi Yan participated in. Which original song that won an award wasn't stolen from him? Wasn't it just because he couldn't say it?
In public, she always appears tolerant and submissive, but behind his back, she relentlessly exploits him.
When Shi Qian was still vaguely conscious before, he still had some expectations for Su Kaiyue, but now he has none at all.
He recalled a past event intermittently: when he was 12 years old, he had a high fever and was delirious. Su Kaiyue insisted on accompanying Shi Yan to the competition and shook off his hand that tried to stop him.
She directly rebuked him for threatening people with his illness, saying he was sick every day and that every time he went to the doctor, they couldn't find anything wrong. Su Kaiyue said he was faking illness and not learning anything good.
At that time, Qian's voice was hoarse from the fever, and his body temperature was frighteningly high. He asked Su Kaiyue for help, but Su Kaiyue ignored him.
They also said that this illness has been going on for more than a day or two, and that he should go back to his room, cover himself with a blanket, and get some sleep, and stop pretending.
He even instructed the housekeeper and other servants not to pay attention to him, saying that he wanted to teach him a lesson about his spoiled nature and his bad habit of threatening people with illness at the drop of a hat.
So Shi Qian lay alone on the bed in the room, burning with fever for a whole day. Luckily, he survived and his brain wasn't damaged.
Two days later, when Su Kaiyue returned, she acted as if she knew Shi Qian was faking his illness, and said sarcastically, "Isn't everything fine? He's been sick for so many years and nothing has really happened."
They even attributed Shi Qian's previous extreme distress and near-death experiences to a kind of "morbid performance" to gain the attention of adults.
Shi Qian was not clear-headed at that time and could not explain it. He always forgot the pain after the wound healed and was always full of expectations for Su Kaiyue.
He was encouraged by Shi Yan to do many ridiculous and absurd things because Shi Yan told him that this would win the favor of adults.
Shi Qian has always trusted Shi Yan completely. He has never done anything to harm Shi Yan. Most of the injuries Shi Yan suffered over the years were self-inflicted, and he blamed them all on Shi Qian.
That's really ruthless.
Shi Qian stared expressionlessly at the two people sitting in the living room. He neither explained nor refuted Su Kaiyue's words; he simply watched them.
Shi Yan felt a little flustered under Shi Qian's gaze. He was somewhat guilty, and for a second when their eyes met, he wondered if Shi Qian had remembered something.
But in the end, Shi Qian didn't say anything and went upstairs directly.
He knew it was useless to say anything. Su Kaiyue regarded Shi Yan as the successor of her artistic talent and devoted so much effort to him. She also kept Shi Yan's relationship with the outside world vague, and most outsiders thought that Shi Yan was her biological son.
He was the relative from the countryside who was kindly taken home by the Shi family to receive medical treatment.
Some people are born not to love their children. Perhaps they once did love them, but as the children grow up, their love is covered by worldly interests and values, and they develop their own set of standards for judgment.
For a mother like Su Kaiyue who values her reputation, having a good-for-nothing son is extremely shameful.
Su Kaiyue doesn't want a child who isn't good enough.
Su Kaiyue was incredulous to see that Shi Qian had no response and had gone upstairs without saying anything. No matter how harsh her words were before, Shi Qian had never reacted this way.
Sometimes Shi Qian would soften and beg her to say nice things about him, and sometimes he would get angry and say that he was her child.
But now, Shi Qian hasn't given her any response.
Su Kaiyue was about to go up and take a look when Shi Yan grabbed her arm.
“Aunt, I think Shi Qian has been in a bad mood lately, so let’s just let it go. He really didn’t mean it. I hurt my hand by accident. Even though Shi Qian was standing next door, he wouldn’t have pushed me.”
"Maybe I'm just unlucky and destined to miss this arts festival performance. It's okay, Auntie. I can still go to Beijing in the future and take the exam. I believe that even without this arts festival, I can still get into the Beijing Musicians Association."
Su Kaiyue felt even more sympathy for Shi Yan, and she sighed.
"Xiaoyan, you're so kind-hearted. I wish you were my child."
Su Kaiyue gently patted Shi Yan's head and told him to drink the ginseng water while it was still hot.
Then he turned to look in the direction of the stairs, and a strange feeling came over him.
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