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Chapter 114: I Bully You When We Were Young
"By the way, do you really not remember anything from the past?"
Although Shen Jingchuan had already accepted this fact, he still found it amazing.
"Do you really not remember anything at all?"
"Well... how should I put it?" Wen Yan explained while roasting lamb skewers, "I remember some things vaguely. For example, I know how many people are in the family, what their names are, what they do for a living, and roughly what their personalities are like. But I can't recall specific events. Actually..."
When Wen Yan mentioned this, her expression twisted.
"I'm also very curious, but there's nothing I can do. For some parts, my mind is completely blank. But if you ask me about a specific thing, maybe I'll remember."
"Okay." Shen Jingchuan nodded. "Do you remember the first time we met at home?"
"Um... unfortunately, I forgot."
Shen Jingchuan snorted. "I shouldn't have asked. You even forgot about that! But it's okay, I remember."
"In that case, please tell me! This is a bribe for you." Wen Yan said and picked out the biggest scallop from the take-out box and handed it to Shen Jingchuan.
Shen Jingchuan pushed it back to her. "You can eat it yourself. It's your favorite, right? I'll eat something else."
Wen Yan didn't bother to be polite. "You refused it yourself, so even though my bribery failed, you still have to tell me."
Shen Jingchuan glanced at her and chuckled. "You're still the same as when you were a child, chattering away."
"The first time I saw you was out of curiosity, actually. I remember that by then, Zhirou had been missing for three years, and her life or death was unknown. Mom almost went insane because of Zhirou's case.
"At that time, Grandpa was getting old, so he gradually delegated the company's affairs to the old man at home. So during that time, our parents were too busy to take care of us, and it was Grandpa who took care of us.
"I didn't like Grandpa at all, but then he passed away, and Mom's condition didn't improve. So the old man brought you back.
"At first, I couldn't understand. We already had so many children at home, why did the old man have to bring another one back and say that she would be our younger sister from now on!
"But I had a younger sister, I just didn't know where she went. Who do you think you are to take my sister's place? So when the adults weren't home, I would bully you."
"...Ah?!" Although Wen Yan listened attentively, she couldn't help but interrupt Shen Jingchuan's recollection. "Why were you like that as a child? How did you bully me? Did it leave any childhood trauma on me?"
"Of course not! Actually, I didn't do anything to harm you. I just said some nasty things. Like... well, I can't say it now. Anyway, it was my fault, and I made you cry."
"When you cried, the old man got angry and came to scold me. Of course, I didn't accept it, so I argued with him, and then he threw and broke my model car.
"I was also irresponsible at that time. Logically speaking, the old man broke my model car, so I should've held him accountable. But I wasn't mature enough back then, so I got angry with you instead.
"I thought you would cry like you did before, and I thought if you cried, I wouldn't be so angry. But to my surprise, you didn't cry.
"Not only that, you brought some glue and fixed my model car. Actually, it looked hideous after you fixed it, you know? Because you used the wrong glue, it left marks and the headlights were wrong too.
"But I could tell that you really put effort into it. The house servants said that you accidentally glued two of your fingers together and soaked them in warm water for a long time to separate them, and the skin was torn off."
"To be honest..." Shen Jingchuan gazed at the blurry and distant river view, a smile slowly forming on his lips. "At that time, I suddenly felt that the new child in this house was the same as me. I suddenly didn't dislike you anymore.
"You should have been happy too, because there was someone of the same age in this house who accepted you. But my rebellious period came too early, my grades were terrible, and I was sent abroad to study.
"I only came back once or twice a year. At that time, I was rebellious, I didn't talk to anyone in the family, not even responding to my mom's phone calls. I also communicated much less with you compared to before.
"But even though we communicated less, you were the one I talked to the most. We always kept in touch online, using something like Skype, not even WeChat. Unfortunately, you don't remember it at all."
This was the first time Shen Jingchuan had shared this experience with someone else. When he spoke about it, he felt like it was a lifetime ago.
After a brief pause, he continued.
"Until one day, you tearfully called me on video and asked to borrow 10 million yuan from me, and I lent it to you without hesitation."
Wen Yan had been immersed in Shen Jingchuan's recollection of the past with the original host, and she had been thinking about what to say but couldn't find the right words.
But before she could even open her mouth, Shen Jingchuan brought up another topic.
However, he spoke about it too lightly.
Wen Yan immediately asked, "Why did I ask you for 10 million yuan back then? How old was I compared to you? Why did I need so much money?"
"Back then, you were probably still in college, and I had just graduated not long ago. Apparently, you broke a pair of jade bracelets belonging to a friend's mother, so you had to compensate with 10 million yuan."
"!!! Why were the bracelets so expensive?"
"They were made of jade. The value of jade is hard to determine. I don't know much about it, but some types of high-quality and rare colored jade can be quite pricey."
"!!! Shen Jingchuan? Fourth brother! You wouldn't be playing a trick on me because of my amnesia, right? Do you know what my friend's name is?"
Shen Jingchuan raised his hand and gently flicked Wen Yan's head.
"You really have no conscience. When you asked me to borrow 10 million, I didn't hesitate and transferred it to you. And now you suspect my character?!!"
"I'm not really suspecting, I just need to confirm if you were joking with me or not."
Shen Jingchuan sneered: "I would never play such a joke with you."
"Well, seriously, didn't I tell you the name of my friend at that time? Do you still remember?"
"Probably said it, it seems to be something like Qiao... I can't recall it anymore. Anyway, she's not an important person, so she's not worth my brain capacity to remember her name.”
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