Lin Wanxing likes it here. Here, she feels free. Marrying Shen Huai'an is truly a very happy thing.
He stood by the window, looking at the azure sky and the high-hanging sun. His dark eyes sparkled in the sunlight, and his long eyelashes fluttered.
He left the little attic, but his friend was still there. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel sad.
"What are you doing?"
A gentle voice came from behind, and Shen Huai'an walked over, leaning on his cane.
Lin Wanxing quickly turned around, still holding the cookie plate in his hands, blinking his watery eyes and staring straight at Shen Huai'an.
Shen Huai'an's right leg seemed unable to exert force, so his foot could not fully touch the ground and he could not walk normally. Therefore, his walking posture was somewhat awkward and he had to put his weight on the folded cane in his hand to walk with difficulty.
Seeing him struggling to walk towards her, Lin Wanxing quickly put down the biscuits in her hand and went to help him.
“That’s how I walk; I can easily fall if I’m not careful, so I’ve become a burden to the Shen family.”
The once-proud business tycoon has fallen to this state; he's now just a figurehead president of the group, with no real power.
The Shen family is about to abandon him, and he's falling from the highest point into the abyss. Who would feel at peace with that?
"Now that I've become like this, all my former friends have scattered. The Chen family is also opportunistic; seeing that I've lost power, they immediately changed the engagement, bringing you into my life."
Shen Huai'an laughed self-deprecatingly. Changing people time and time again, what did Chen Shuhua take him for? When he was in power, they pushed Chen Xueping forward, but when he fell on hard times, they immediately pushed the little fool back to him.
However, even if Shen Huai'an is down on his luck, he is still the second Shen, whom everyone can only look up to. He can have better development after leaving the Shen family, so many businessmen still have cooperative relationships with the second Shen behind the scenes.
Lin Wanxing helped him slowly walk to the large sofa. Shen Huai'an felt that in the past few years, he had used his leg ailment to see the true colors of those people.
"No, sister, the person you're going to marry is me, and has always been mine."
As she spoke, Lin Wanxing hurriedly rolled up her shirt sleeves, "This...this..."
He was so excited that he stammered a little, and held up his wrist to show Shen Huai'an.
The gold-engraved bracelet on his wrist was a gift from Old Master Shen when they were betrothed as children.
Shen Huai'an understood immediately, because he also had the other bracelet.
"The engagement was originally mine, not my sister's." Lin Wanxing's eyes were a little red. When he was anxious, tears would involuntarily well up in his eyes, as if he was about to cry.
However, Chen Huai'an's gaze lingered on the bracelet for only a few seconds before being drawn to the bruises on his wrist.
"Isn't Xu Feng good to you?"
Lin Wanxing rolled her eyes but didn't say a word.
Silence is the best answer.
Anyone with eyes could see that Xu Feng not only treated him badly, but also frequently beat him, leaving him covered in bruises.
Shen Huai'an reached out and pulled him to his side. "Don't be afraid. As long as you stay by my side and behave, you won't get beaten anymore."
Lin Wanxing felt incredibly safe standing in front of Shen Huai'an, especially with those gentle hands holding his own; he felt a warmth he had never experienced before.
"Why aren't you speaking? Don't you trust me?" Shen Huai'an asked Lin Wanxing gently, his eyes filled with tenderness, like the warm sun in winter, gradually warming Lin Wanxing's heart.
"My aunt says I'm not very bright and often say the wrong thing without thinking, so I should keep my mouth shut when I should and not say anything carelessly."
Shen Huai'an smiled. This little fool always talks so incoherently. "This is my home, not the Chen family's. You don't need to be so careful in the future. Say whatever you want. No one here will hit you."
Lin Wanxing lowered his head and fiddled with his fingers. He whispered to Shen Huai'an, "Auntie is actually very good to me. I was able to marry you because of Auntie. She helped me find this good marriage."
Shen Huai'an couldn't help but smile. He laughed at the little fool for being so naive and for not being able to see the true colors of certain people.
Now, everyone in Jiangcheng knows that Shen Er has fallen from grace due to his disability and become known as the "cripple."
Only this silly girl is so foolish as to think that marrying him is such a wonderful and happy thing.
Shen Huai'an smiled and pushed up her glasses, asking him, "Do you really think marrying me is a good thing?"
Lin Wanxing nodded emphatically and said, "Very good!"
"Because I get to eat little cakes, lie on a soft bed, and you're so beautiful. I'm so lucky to be with someone as beautiful as you."
The little fool always speaks very frankly because he's straightforward and has a strong ability to express himself verbally; he doesn't hide anything.
"Come here, come to my side."
Shen Huai'an waved to him, and Lin Wanxing walked over with a smile.
"What's wrong?"
Shen Huai'an suddenly asked him, "Do you still remember your biological mother?"
This question immediately made Lin Wanxing feel terrible, and his smile gradually disappeared.
His real mother passed away when he was six years old. He doesn't remember what his mother looks like. His father even threw away his mother's photos and forbade him to mention his mother.
He missed his mother a lot when he was little, but as he grew up, he didn't miss her as much.
"I remember a little bit. When I was little, my mother often cried. The two of them argued every day. My aunt moved here with my sister around that time."
Chen Shuhua had always maintained close ties with his elder brother, and he had also done a lot of dirty work behind the scenes regarding the Lin family.
Shen Huai'an felt that starting with Chen Shuhua would be a good option.
Lin Wanxing sighed, his face full of sorrow, and said, "I don't remember what my mother looks like very much. I remember that on my sixth birthday, she gave me a strawberry bear doll. That strawberry bear doll was the last birthday present she ever gave me."
"So now that she's gone, I'll treat that bear as my only friend."
"May I bring it back?" he asked Shen Huai'an earnestly.
Shen Huai'an smiled gently at him: "Okay, I'll go back with you tomorrow and bring it back. I'll also pack your things and bring them all over. You'll be living here from now on."
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