Chapter 235 Shen Chuoying's Difficulties
The Shen family invited an opera troupe to their home today. Once everyone arrived, they moved to the spacious garden, where a stage had already been set up.
Until the opera troupe started performing, and the actors took to the stage and sang their hearts out, Shen Zhaolin tried several times but failed to snatch the boy he had invited back from the group of women.
He had no choice but to sit back down with regret, listening to the cheerful laughter coming from the other side.
Mao Mao was already surrounded by the women of the Shen family.
The older sister fed her snacks, and the aunt wiped her little mouth.
She licked her lips, savoring the taste of the pastries she had eaten for a while, and didn't forget to thank her aunt.
Mother Shen looked lovingly at the little baby in front of her. Seeing that the baby was eating happily, she picked up another pastry from the table: "Would you like some more?"
Mao Mao shook her head and pushed the snack to her with her little hand: "Grandma, eat this."
"Okay, sure."
Mother Shen's face showed even deeper affection: "What a good little baby."
“Exactly.” Sister-in-law Shen leaned over: “When Zhuoxian and Zhuoying were as young as her, they weren’t this obedient, and they weren’t this cute either.”
Her daughter, Shen Zhuoxian, was standing nearby: "Mom!"
Sister-in-law Shen covered her mouth and laughed: "What are you doing? I didn't say anything bad about you. You and Zhuoying are both mischievous monkeys, you can't even sit still. Especially Zhuoying, she's always climbing on the roof and tearing off tiles if you don't discipline her for three days. She just broke your father's vase last month."
Shen Chuoxian looked at the little girl in front of her. She was a small, fair-skinned girl with an endearing appearance. When she looked over and met the eyes of those big, dark eyes, the little girl immediately gave her a big, sweet smile.
It's absolutely adorable.
It's hard for anyone to resist cute and pretty things. Shen Chuoxian clutched her chest and nodded, "I can't compare, I really can't compare."
Her brother isn't that cute!
She picked up the snacks next to her and enthusiastically fed them to Mao Mao, saying, "Mao Mao, eat this, it's delicious."
"Thank you, sister."
You're welcome~
Shen Chuoxian's heart itched with curiosity: "Where did Third Uncle find such a young child? When he walked in just now, I thought I was seeing things."
“She said she’s a child of the Lou family,” Sister-in-law Shen replied. “Your third uncle said that she helped him find his wallet, and that’s how they met.”
Shen Chuoxian exclaimed in surprise, "You've been such a great help!"
Others may not know, but the Shen family does.
Shen Zhaolin keeps a photo of his deceased wife in his wallet, which he carries with him every day; losing it would be a huge loss.
Mother Shen patted the little baby's head beside her and sighed softly.
“No wonder. I heard she’s from the Lou family. I was wondering when my third uncle and Commander Lou became so close.” Shen Zhuoxian shook his head as he spoke: “I never imagined that the Lou family would have such a cute child.”
Mao Mao raised her head: "Huh?"
Shen Zhuoxian quickly said, "Mao Mao, I wasn't saying anything bad about your father."
Mao Mao glanced at her blankly, but soon her attention was drawn back to the stage.
She sat next to Chen's mother, her small body seemingly boneless, leaning softly against her, a warm, round ball, swaying back and forth with the emotions of the performance on stage. Chen's mother half-embraced her, her heart feeling as if it were being nudged again and again by a fluffy little puppy.
Shen Zhaolin is her youngest son. She is quite old, with gray hair. Among her grandchildren, the youngest is Shen Zhuoying, who is already a high school student. It has been a long time since such a young child has come to be close to her.
What's most surprising is that this child isn't shy at all and can be friendly with anyone. As she gets older, she has even less resistance to such little children.
If the third son's wife hadn't passed away and had a child, would the child be this age now?
Mother Shen shook her head and refocused her attention on the stage.
Not far away, Lou Yansui was also looking in the direction of her younger sister.
He didn't expect that Mao Mao would be taken away shortly after he entered the room.
Seeing her younger sister thriving among the women of the Shen family, completely oblivious to the fact that she had a brother, Lou Yansui had no choice but to focus her attention on the stage.
The Shen family is not part of the Green Gang, so there is no danger for them.
Moreover, although Mao Mao was taken away, he was still within his field of vision. Everyone came to the garden to watch the show, and while watching the show, he kept an eye on the commotion out of the corner of his eye.
The women sat together, and the men sat together too.
Sitting next to Lou Yansui was Shen Zhaolin, the birthday boy of the day, and next to Shen Zhaolin was Shen Zhuoying, who had spoken to him just moments before.
While Lou Yansui was engrossed in watching the play and looking at her younger sister, Shen Zhaolin and her nephew were chatting quietly nearby.
As they chatted, Shen Chuoying glanced over and looked in their direction several times.
After the daughter of the warlord Lou left, only the son of the warlord Lou remained.
He stared at Lou Yansui for a long time, and suddenly, he mumbled something.
Lou Yansui glanced sideways.
Shen Zhaolin's expression changed immediately, and he said sternly, "Zhuoying! You can't be so rude."
Shen Zhuoying said with a smile, "Third Uncle, I was just communicating with him."
But when communicating with others, would you deliberately use a language that they don't understand?
He just spoke a sentence in French, not his native language. Most people these days can't even write, let alone speak a foreign language; only a very small minority are proficient. Although high schools offer foreign language classes, they primarily focus on English.
Among students, only a minority are proficient in English, and even fewer know second foreign languages such as French and German.
Shen Zhuoying took his third uncle as his role model from a young age. His third uncle was a genius. Although he was not as talented as his third uncle, he studied hard. In addition to his mother tongue, he was also proficient in English and French.
Now, he deliberately communicates in French, which is intentionally making things difficult for him, and his words are not very polite.
He bet that Yan Sui couldn't understand.
Lou Yansui remained unfazed and replied in French, "If what you mean by communication is speaking ill of my father, I don't think that's polite. It just makes your Shen family seem ill-mannered."
Shen Chuoying's expression changed slightly.
Even his friends rarely mastered a second foreign language, but unexpectedly, Lou Dashuai's son understood it!
Shen Zhaolin glared sternly at his nephew, then turned back apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Lou Yansui, I apologize to you on behalf of Zhuoying."
Lou Yansui shook her head: "Teacher Shen, he's right here, it's not your place to apologize."
Shen Zhaolin looked sternly at his nephew: "Zhuoying, apologize!"
Shen Zhuoying said reluctantly, "Third Uncle..."
Apologize to Lou Wenshan's son?
Although he was impolite first...
“It’s alright.” Lou Yansui changed her language again and said calmly, “Teacher Shen, I am your guest. His rudeness to me is simply because he doesn’t respect you.”
Shen Zhuoying: "..."
That's it, he doesn't understand.
Receiving no response, Lou Yansui looked at him curiously, and this time, she spoke in Mandarin that everyone could understand: "You don't understand German?"
Shen Zhuoying: "..."
Lou Yansui was somewhat disappointed: "I thought you were very capable, but it turns out you're just like this."
Shen Zhuoying: "..."
Shen Zhaolin sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation.
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