Chapter 115 - 115 114 When I bullied you as a child

Chapter 115: Chapter 114 When I bullied you as a child Chapter 115: Chapter 114 When I bullied you as a child “Speaking of, do you really not remember anything from the past?”

Even though he had accepted the fact, Shen Jingchuan still found it miraculous every time he thought about it.

“You really don’t remember anything at all?”

“Umm… how should I put this?” Wenyan said while skewering lamb meat, explaining, “I have a vague overall memory. Like, I know how many people we have in the family, everyone’s names, what they do for work, their general personalities. But specific events, I just can’t recall. Actually…”

As she mentioned this, even Wenyan’s own facial expression seemed to twist.

“It’s puzzling to me as well, but my mind is just blank about certain fragments. However, if you ask me about a specific event, maybe I just might remember it.”

“Alright.” Shen Jingchuan nodded, “Then do you remember the first time we met at home?”

“Umm… unfortunately, I’ve forgotten.”

Shen Jingchuan snorted coldly, “I asked unnecessarily. How could you forget this! But it doesn’t matter, I still remember.”

“Then please do tell! This is to bribe you.” Wenyan said, picking the largest scallop from the take-out box and handing it to Shen Jingchuan.

Shen Jingchuan pushed it back to her, “Eat it yourself, isn’t this what you like? I’ll just have something else.”

Wenyan didn’t stand on ceremony with him one bit, “You rejected it yourself, eh. Even though my bribe failed, you still have to tell the story.”

Shen Jingchuan glanced at her and chuckled, “You’re still the same as when you were little, always so chatty.”

“The first time I met you was actually out of curiosity. I remember at that time Zhirou had already been missing for three years, her fate unknown. Mom nearly went crazy over Zhirou’s disappearance.

“Grandfather was getting old at that time, so he started delegating the company’s business to the old man at home. Due to this, our parents were too occupied to tend to us, leaving Grandfather in charge of us.

“Anyway, I didn’t like Grandfather. Later, Grandfather passed away, and Mom’s condition didn’t improve, so the old man brought you home.

“At first, I couldn’t understand it. With so many children already in the family, why did the old man have to bring another one home, declaring from then on you were our sister!

“But I had a sister already, just not knowing where she went, so what made you think you could take my real sister’s place? That’s why, taking advantage of the adults’ absence, I maliciously bullied you.”

“… What?!” Even though Wenyan listened attentively, she couldn’t help interrupting Shen Jingchuan’s recollection, “How could you do that when you were a kid! How did you bully me, you didn’t leave any scars from your childhood, right?”

“Of course not! Actually, I didn’t do much to you back then. I just said some jerk things. Like you were… forget it, I can’t even repeat them now. Anyway, I was wrong to make you cry back then.

“And then when you cried, the old man got angry and came to scold me. Of course, I wouldn’t accept it, so I argued with him, and then he smashed my toy car model.

“I was irresponsible back then. Technically it should have been the old man’s responsibility for breaking my car model, and I should have gone after him for it. But I wasn’t man enough back then, so I took my anger out on you.

“I thought you would cry like before, and I figured I wouldn’t be so angry if you cried. But unexpectedly, you didn’t cry.

“Not only that, but you also brought some glue and fixed my car model. It was hideously fixed, you know? Because you used the wrong glue, which not only left marks but also put the headlights in wrong.

“Yet, I could tell you really tried hard. The housekeepers said you accidentally glued two of your fingers together while using the glue and had to soak them in warm water for a long time before they came apart, skin peeled off and all.

“Honestly…” Shen Jingchuan gazed at the blurred riverscape in the distance, a slow smile curling on his lips, “At that moment, I suddenly felt like this new kid in the house was from my own country. I suddenly stopped hating you.

“You must have been happy too, because someone your age in the family started to accept you. But my rebellious phase came too early, my grades were too bad, and then I was sent abroad to study.

“I would only come back once or twice a year, and I was too rebellious then, not speaking to anyone at home, even ignoring Mom’s calls. Our communication also became much less than before.

“But even though we seldom talked, you were still the one who communicated with me the most. We kept in touch online, using what seemed to be Skype, it wasn’t even WeChat yet. It’s a pity you don’t remember any of it, not a single bit.”

This was the first time Shen Jingchuan shared this experience with anyone; as he spoke of these memories, he felt as if they were from another lifetime.

He paused for a moment before continuing.

“Until one day, you called me sobbing in a video, asking to borrow ten million, and then I lent it to you.”

Wenyan was still immersed in the past between Shen Jingchuan and her original self, she had been thinking of something to say but couldn’t come up with the right words.

Before she could even open her mouth, Shen Jingchuan had moved on to the next topic.

But he put it way too simply.

Wenyan immediately asked, “Why did I ask you for ten million at that time? How old were we, and what did I need so much money for?”

“You must have been in university then, and I probably had just graduated. You said you broke a pair of jade bracelets that belonged to a friend’s mother, so you needed to compensate ten million.”

“!!! What kind of bracelets were that expensive?”

“Made of jade. The value of jade is not easy to determine. I’m not very knowledgeable about it, but some types with good water and rare colors indeed fetch very high prices.”

“!!! Shen Jingchuan? Fourth Brother! You weren’t taking advantage of my amnesia to trick me, were you? Do you know the name of that friend of mine?”

Shen Jingchuan flicked Wenyan lightly on the head.

“You really are heartless. When you came to me to borrow ten million, I didn’t hesitate at all, I just transferred it to you, and now you dare to doubt my integrity?!!”

“It’s not that I doubt you, I just need to make sure you’re not joking with me, right?”

Shen Jingchuan scoffed, “Anyway, I wouldn’t make that kind of joke with you.”

“But for real, didn’t I tell you back then what that friend of mine’s name was? Do you still remember?”

“I must have said it, it was Qiao something, but I can’t remember exactly. In any case, she’s not an important person at all, definitely not worth using my brain capacity to remember her name.”