Chapter 153 - 153 140 Were You Scared

Chapter 153: Chapter 140: Were You Scared? Chapter 153: Chapter 140: Were You Scared? “Fourth Brother,” Wenyan circled the sofa, chasing after Shen Jingchuan’s footsteps.

Shen Yuan, who was still fuming, stopped her, “Yanyan, don’t bother with him, let him go!”

Shen Jingchuan hadn’t gone far.

He heard everything.

Indeed, as a father, he could say that phrase now.

‘Don’t bother with him, let him go’

‘He won’t realize until he hits rock bottom, then he’ll understand’

But why couldn’t he try to understand his own son and the field his son was fond of?

Was it really that difficult?

However, Wenyan didn’t heed Shen Yuan’s words.

“Dad, Fourth Brother is angry right now. I’m going to talk to him. I’m worried it’s not safe for him to drive in this state.”

Shen Jingchuan paused again.

Damn it, he was moved!

He knew that in this family, only Wenyan and he were the closest!

He hadn’t made much fuss about feeling wronged just now, but now, as Wenyan chased after him, he was directly brought to tears.

To prevent Wenyan from seeing his tear-filled eyes, he hurried outside.

The light outside was dim; his car was parked not far ahead.

Wenyan quickly caught up to him and grabbed his arm.

“Don’t walk so fast, for goodness’ sake. You like to drive fast as it is, and in this condition, it’s really worrying!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine. I wouldn’t mess with my own life even if I’m angry. You go back inside; it’s freezing out here.”

“I won’t go back! You won’t even look at me when you speak. How can I be at ease? Maybe I should pull a funny face for you!”

“Make a funny face? Get inside, will you?”

“No way!” Wenyan stood her ground against Shen Jingchuan, “Just look at me, just one glance!”

Shen Jingchuan had no choice but to turn his head toward her.

But before Wenyan could pull a funny face, he was the one who made a pig-snout face first.

Wenyan laughed at his antics, “What are you doing? Why do it before me?”

Shen Jingchuan gently rubbed Wenyan’s cheeks with both hands and finally showed a smile.

“Why make a funny face when you’re so pretty? I’d rather make a pig face for you to see. It’s alright, I’m really fine. Think about it, I begged high and low to bring in all that investment; would I be foolish enough to crash and die driving now?”

“You wouldn’t,” Wenyan shook her head and smiled along, “It seems your mood is a lot better now.”

“Yeah, but I feel guilty for ruining your discharge celebration.”

“No need! Didn’t you give me a gift? I’ll open it and see in a bit.”

“Good, if you don’t like it, you can ask me to exchange it for something else. I’m going now; you should go inside.”

With that, Shen Jingchuan opened the car door and got in.

Wenyan waved at him and watched as he drove away.

With Shen Jingchuan’s departure, the atmosphere in the house instantly turned icy.

Yet Shen Yuan still announced that it was time to eat.

But the meal was as tasteless as wax to everyone.

Shen Yuan even left the table halfway through, and Su Yang lost her appetite as well.

The remaining three, Wenyan and Shen Jingxiu and Shen Jinghe, also had no desire to eat.

Shen Jingxiu and Shen Jinghe seemed busy, continuously talking on the phone.

Wenyan simply returned to her own room as well.

Only then did she have time to open the small black box Shen Jingchuan had given her.

It was a jade pendant carved into the shape of a Buddha.

Looking at the smiling, pot-bellied Buddha in her palm, Wenyan couldn’t help but smile as well.

No wonder Shen Jingchuan said that giving her this was for warding off disasters.

She had indeed heard many claims about jade warding off misfortune, including one that said men should wear Guanyin pendants and women should wear Buddha pendants.

He really did put thought into it.

Soon, Wenyan put on the pendant around her neck and sent a ‘buyer show’ picture to Shen Jingchuan.

Shen Jingchuan replied promptly.

‘Looks good’

Wenyan shot back at him immediately, ‘Drive carefully, don’t text me back.’

–

Wenyan had intended to take a hot bath to relax.

But to her surprise, her first feeling after the bath was hunger, intense hunger.

She had just dressed and was about to go downstairs to find something to eat when someone knocked on her door.

When she opened the door, it turned out to be Shen Jinghe.

“Second brother? What a rare visitor, coming all the way up to the third floor to find me? May I ask what brings you here?”

Shen Jinghe gave her a look: “Can’t I come see you without a reason?”

“Of course not.”

“Going downstairs?”

“Yep, you can tell!”

“Isn’t that obvious? I have eyes, you know. You’re dressed to go downstairs. What were you doing just now?”

“Nothing much, just took off my makeup and had a bath.”

“Did you open your present? The one from Shen Jingchuan.”

“Yeah! I did.”

“Like it?”

“I do. What’s up with you? You’re acting strange, asking all these questions and in such detail.”

“A boar can’t eat fine chaff, can’t handle a little brotherly concern?”

Wenyan: [Sarcastic man]

“I may not be as thoughtful as Shen Jingchuan to prepare you a gift, but if you happen to be hungry, I can offer you something to eat.”

Wenyan’s eyes lit up: “Perfect! I am indeed just hungry, and I was about to go downstairs to find something to eat.”

“Come with me.”

There was a small living room on the third floor too.

Shen Jinghe took Wenyan there.

It turned out he had already set up two self-heating hotpots on the coffee table.

Wenyan could smell the aroma before she even got close.

“Not bad, second brother. Where did you get these? I had no idea we had such convenient food at home.”

As she spoke, Wenyan couldn’t wait to sit down on the carpet next to the coffee table.

Shen Jinghe followed closely: “As far as I know, we shouldn’t have this sort of thing at home; everything is usually made fresh in the kitchen. I found these in my suitcase.”

“……” Wenyan paused with her chopsticks in hand.

“Your suitcase? When from your suitcase? It’s not several years old, is it? This stuff hasn’t expired, right?”

“…… Then I’ll swap with you.”

“That’s not the issue of swapping or not. If they were purchased in the same batch, then they’re likely to expire together.”

“Really?” Shen Jinghe leaned in seriously to check the packaging on the hotpot, “Oh no, this was produced last year.”

“Ah?” Wenyan swallowed hard and lamented, “Then we definitely can’t eat it, but it’s strange that I smell fragrance, not a bad odor, which suggests they must have added a lot of preservatives. Better throw them away.”

Shen Jinghe laughed: “I’m kidding you! These were bought just a few days ago. What do you take me for? Would I really offer you expired food?”

Wenyan glared at Shen Jinghe: “You’re really so boring, teasing me like that.”

“It’s fun teasing you. Otherwise, how could we bear staying in this house tonight with this kind of atmosphere? Did I scare you just now?”

Wenyan was silent for a few seconds: “Scared? Not really, but the atmosphere is quite oppressive. It’s pretty uncomfortable.”