Chapter 288 - 288 206 More than Twenty Years Ago_2

Chapter 288: Chapter 206: More than Twenty Years Ago_2 Chapter 288: Chapter 206: More than Twenty Years Ago_2 Third Brother seemed to be in a daze for a moment, but he quickly gave his response.

“No, I didn’t really look at her.”

“Oh, I see.” Wen Chengcai also knew that ever since Third Brother’s face was disfigured, he rarely made eye contact with people, as he feared scaring them.

“Let’s not talk about this then. By the way, when you were off to the restroom or somewhere else, she asked me for your contact information. She said she plans to formally thank us when she’s free. I didn’t give her your number, though—just gave her mine.”

“Yours is enough.”

“Speaking of which, what exactly is the relationship between that young guy who was with the female celebrity?”

“Don’t know.” Third Brother didn’t like to gossip about others, “You should get some rest, aren’t you tired?”

After saying that, Third Brother closed his eyes.

Wen Chengcai glanced over at him then immediately looked away.

Although he had worked with Third Brother for a long time, Wen Chengcai still found it somewhat difficult to look directly at his face.

He wasn’t sleepy because his mind was preoccupied with thoughts.

Thinking about that female celebrity named Wenyan and the birthmark on her lower back.

After returning to the dilapidated tin house in the old park, Wen Chengcai immediately lay flat on the bed.

Seeing that Third Brother hadn’t come, he propped up his upper body, “Brother, are you not going to nap for a while? Where are you heading off to so early in the morning? The police took all the stuff left by those two thugs last night; I’m gonna check it out over there and turn off the electricity. You sleep; don’t mind me.”

“Oh, I’ll just stay here if you’re okay on your own.”

“Go to sleep.”

“Alright, just make sure to close the door for me; I don’t feel like getting up.”

It was quite some time after Third Brother had closed the door and left the tin house before Wen Chengcai clambered out of bed in a hurry.

He peered out the window for a good while, waiting until he could no longer see Third Brother’s retreating figure, and then he bolted the door from the inside.

Then, Wen Chengcai opened Third Brother’s box.

He knew that inside this box, Third Brother had a treasured little box containing some letters and a photograph.

They were all sent to him by his past love over twenty years ago.

Back then, he hadn’t faced the accident yet; he was still a young and handsome fellow, freely dating a beautiful girl, the kind where they were discussing marriage.

Because the girl shared his surname, Wen Chengcai remembered her particularly clearly; her name was Wenrou, a very pleasant-sounding name.

However, the girl was born in a single-parent family, and she was also a migrant worker from another place. Her mother had a particularly bad temper and was opposed to the relationship, so the two were eventually forced to part.

Furthermore, with Third Brother’s job being so unique, after they were split apart, he disappeared for several years, leading their relationship to a silent end.

This was the ending that they had between them, at least that’s what Third Brother had always believed.

But the information Wen Chengcai had wasn’t like that at all!

He and Third Brother were neighbors, both from the same small town. In his early twenties, he picked up the bad habit of gambling, losing day after day, with money being what he lacked the most.

Later, when Third Brother’s father fell ill, and somehow the girl named Wenrou got wind of it, she sent a letter to Third Brother’s family.

At that time, since Third Brother’s parents were both at the hospital, Wen Chengcai, as a neighbor, received Third Brother’s letter on his behalf.

Initially, he had no intention of opening Third Brother’s letter, but since the envelope was a bit thick and Wen Chengcai was a person particularly sensitive to money, he could smell the scent of banknotes even through the envelope.

Ultimately, he couldn’t resist the temptation and opened the letter privately.

As expected, there was money inside the envelope!

Although it wasn’t enough to pay off all of his gambling debts, it was sufficient to address his urgent needs.

Having taken the money, he also read the letter.

In addition to the two full pages of writing, there was also a photograph of a baby tucked inside.

Turns out, a few months earlier, Wenrou had given birth to a daughter for Third Brother.

In the letter, she said that the baby girl’s eyes and eyebrows looked very much like Third Brother, and there was a small red birthmark on her lower back.

She mentioned that it was fortunate that the birthmark wasn’t on the face, and though it wasn’t very large, shaped like a small bird, it looked rather cute at first glance.

This should have been good news for Third Brother’s family, and after taking the money, Wen Chengcai was ready to reseal the envelope and deliver it to Third Brother’s house.

Although Third Brother was working out of town at the time, he would return someday, and who knows, he might have seen that letter.