Chapter 34 - 34 33 Too Proud to See

Chapter 34: Chapter 33: Too Proud to See Chapter 34: Chapter 33: Too Proud to See “You like it, that’s good. I’m not thirsty, no need for you to prepare anything for me.”

Shen Jingxiu’s voice was as cold as it had always been, but Wenyan felt that he automatically became more humane the moment he gave her the gift.

Su Yang also said to Wenyan with a smile, “Auntie Zhang is here, you don’t need to.”

Wenyan giggled, “Okay then, I’ll happily accept.”

“You sure have a way with words.” Su Yang realized she never tired of seeing how happy Wenyan was when receiving gifts.

The same had been true previously when she gave this child clothes and jewelry. Not only did she show her happiness on her face, but her heart was also incredibly excited.

As the person giving the gift, seeing the other party appreciate your sentiment so much was truly more blissful than being the one receiving gifts.

However…, Su Yang quickly became concerned for her other daughter.

Even though this box of lipsticks was for Yanyan as an apology from the eldest. Since Zhirou came back, everything prepared for the two daughters was the same.

And when she was young, Zhirou had a particularly good relationship with the eldest, so Su Yang wondered if that child would feel upset.

As a responsible older brother, Shen Jingxiu certainly did not forget his own little sister.

He hadn’t forgotten the little girl who used to follow him around the house when they were young.

“Zhirou, this is for you.”

Only then did Su Yang realize that the eldest had brought back two boxes. He had prepared everything beforehand, and she had worried for nothing.

Shen Zhirou was somewhat surprised, but she quickly smiled happily, “I have one too? Thank you, big brother, I really like it.”

“Hmm, good that you like it.”

Seeing this harmonious brother-sister moment, both Su Yang and Shen Yuan felt very comforted.

Wenyan also silently praised in her mind, “As expected of the big brother, he’s responsible. Even though he seems cold on the outside, he has a caring heart inside. But does Shen Zhirou really deserve it?”

?? Shen Jingxiu looked towards Wenyan, because of the last sentence in her thoughts.

At that very moment, Wenyan was also looking at Shen Jingxiu.

Locking eyes, Wenyan felt a bit puzzled.

“Why is he suddenly looking at me? And with such a stern expression! ”

Shen Jingxiu frowned slightly—he admitted he might naturally look a bit stern, but had it reached the degree of ‘particularly’ so?

“He’s even frowning! I haven’t done anything or said a word!”

“Ahaha,” Wenyan decided to break this awkward silence first, “I’ll take the stuff to my room first, and come down for dinner later.”

Saying that, she picked up the box of lipsticks.

Then Shen Zhirou also spoke up, “Mom, I’ll go too.”

Su Yang nodded, “Go on, I’ll ask the kitchen to add two more dishes. I’ll call you when they’re ready.”

They headed to the elevator, one after the other.

Once the elevator started moving, Wenyan deliberately provoked, “Zhirou, did you see the cat Mom was holding? That’s second brother’s cat. He’s on a business trip, so I brought it home to take care of for a few days. Do you like it?”

As she said these words, Wenyan kept staring at Shen Zhirou, trying to infuriate her.

And Shen Zhirou, took two steps closer to Wenyan.

“Wenyan,” Shen Zhirou squeezed out two words with a cold laugh through clenched teeth.

But just at that moment, the elevator ‘dinged’.

The third floor was reached.

Shen Zhirou swallowed back what she wanted to say and stepped out of the elevator first.

Watching her leave, Wenyan decided to wait for another opportunity.

Once back in her room, Wenyan could not help taking a beautiful set of photos of the lipsticks.

After taking the photos, she suddenly felt the urge to post them on social media.

In fact, when she had first arrived, she had checked the original host’s social media, who was someone who liked to post statuses, especially when receiving various gifts.

After her arrival, even though she had received quite a few gifts from Su Yang, because those items were too valuable, she felt embarrassed to post about them.

But lipsticks, it seems, don’t count as luxury goods.

Post!

‘Lose a lipstick, no big deal, just sit at home and wait, and the next day you’ll get a whole box, achieving lipstick freedom! (〃’▽’〃)’

Meanwhile, in another room on the same floor.

Shen Zhirou kicked over a box on the floor with one foot.

“Trashy stuff!”

She despised the gift from the bottom of her heart.

As the eldest brother in the family, Shen Jingxiu tried to treat his two sisters equally. But to Shen Zhirou, this was nothing more than an afterthought.

This was just something he had picked up while compensating Wenyan, not a sincere desire to give her a present.

So this box of brand-new lipsticks was as distasteful to her as second-hand goods, no, even worse than second-hand goods—it was just trash.

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In the living room on the first floor.

Su Yang, who was browsing through her social media feed, suddenly came across Wenyan’s latest post.

Reading those playful words, Su Yang could almost see Wenyan’s smiling face in front of her.

She couldn’t help but say to her eldest son, “Jingxiu, have you seen the latest post that Yanyan posted? It seems she really likes the gift you gave her.”

Shen Jingxiu’s voice was indifferent, “No, I haven’t.”

“You might want to take a look,” she suggested.

“I don’t have her WeChat.”

“……….You guys,” Su Yang sighed.

“It’s also because your dad and I have been too busy with work and never taught you siblings how to get along properly. Check your phone, I’ll send Yanyan’s contact to you. Do you have Zhirou’s?”

“I have it.”

“Then I won’t send Zhirou’s to you,” she said.

No sooner had Su Yang finished speaking than Shen Jingxiu’s mobile phone beeped.

He opened Yanyan’s contact card and wrote “Shen Jingxiu” in the remarks section of the friend request.

Just as he was about to hit send, Su Yang cleared her throat twice.

Then she asked with a smile, “Jingxiu, I’ve noticed you’re usually not good at giving gifts and such. What made you suddenly think of giving your sisters lipsticks today?”

Shen Jingxiu found Su Yang’s question a bit strange.

“I accidentally damaged Wenyan’s lipstick, so naturally, I had to compensate her,” he explained.

Su Yang nodded, “That’s the right thing to do, but did no one suggest it to you?”

As she looked at Shen Jingxiu, there was a hint of excitement in her gaze, which made him frown slightly.

“Mom, just say what you want to say directly. There’s no need to beat around the bush,” he said.

“Alright,” Su Yang broke into a smile, “I heard you brought a female friend to your office today, and it seemed like you had a good time.”

Shen Jingxiu: “………Had a good time?”

The phrase sounded oddly strange to him.

He quickly came to a conclusion, “It couldn’t have been Uncle Tang who mentioned this, could it?”

Su Yang’s excitement grew: “So it’s true, then?”

“It’s not. Uncle Tang misunderstood, and he wouldn’t listen when I tried to explain. Wenyan’s lipstick was accidentally dropped on the floor by me, then stepped on and damaged by him. He saw that lipstick and jumped to the wrong conclusion.”

“So that’s how it was…” Su Yang couldn’t hide her disappointment, “Ah, I thought you’d finally gotten a girlfriend.”