Chapter 348: Chapter 245: Do You Want to Leave Evidence of Your Shamelessness?
She had a high fever when she was little and couldn’t talk normally, only able to make coarse and unpleasant sounds. When she spoke, other children would laugh at her, so she began to feel inferior and dared not interact with people, gradually becoming a loner.
That year when she was seven, the thirteen-year-old boy was brought to this town by a beautiful aunty.
From that moment on, she began to pay attention to this boy.
She thought he was like her, a pitiable person, with no children to play with, always alone.
At that time, she always silently followed behind him, too self-conscious due to her inability to speak to get closer.
She thought that such protection could go on forever.
But it was only until two years later that a woman returned to this small town with a little girl.
That girl named Zhang Xiaoni, without a father, was spoiled like a princess by her mom, arrogant and confident.
The man she had not dared to approach for two years, Zhang Xiaoni stuck to him on her second day in town and nearly every day after that.
She was jealous and hated the unfairness of fate.
Why were all the good things given to Zhang Xiaoni, while she could only shrink back in her corner full of inferiority?
She was jealous of Han Zisheng being with her, and of the indifferent Han Zisheng, who would only show a faint smile when facing Zhang Xiaoni, letting her act recklessly.
She envied everything and wanted it all for herself.
But the good times didn’t last, as the next year Han Zisheng was taken away by a group of men in black.
She began to feel secretly relieved, thinking it was her chance.
And finally, not long after, with the doctor’s help, her voice was healed.
So she left this small town, relying on the few clues she had, to go to the city.
Dreaming of meeting Han Zisheng, to show him her perfect self, and to make him her man.
But she could not cope with city life, too young to find a job, and Han Zisheng was already the high and mighty Third Young Master of the Shen Family, her longing was out of reach.
She had waited outside his house but was never able to see him and was chased away by the butler of his household, treated like a beggar.
When she thought she was about to starve to death, she met Tang Shaosheng.
She went home with him and later learned that he had a certain status in Mai City. In order to be closer to Han Zisheng, she stayed in his home, like a prostitute[情][妇].
She had her first time with him at fourteen, an abortion at fifteen, and then almost annually until the doctor said she could no longer conceive.
When she pretended to be in a car accident and reconnected with Shen Hanxiu, she thought about leaving, but how could Tang Shaosheng be so easily reasoned with?
One wrong step meant continuing to make more wrong steps.
Fortunately, Shen Hanxiu wasn’t completely heartless. Although pretending to be a handicap was hard, at least he was willing to take care of her.
Whenever she was sick and hospitalized, a phone call would bring him over.
But she never expected that at this time, Su Nian would come out and cause trouble…
Ye Jiayao took out a cigarette case from her pocket, drew a ladies’ cigarette, lit it, took a sharp drag to calm her emotions, then turned and left the pier.
Su Nian came out of the restroom and saw that there was no one in the room.
He thought that Shen Hanxiu was angry and pouted, not wanting to deal with him now because his stomach was bloated and painful.
He sat by the bed, lifted the blanket, and was about to lie down when the door was opened.
There he was, with a stern face, carrying a bowl of something and forcefully handed it over: “Drink this.”
Su Nian held the steaming bowl and looked at him and smiled: “You’re not angry anymore?”
Shen Hanxiu didn’t speak, went to sit on the sofa, and turned on the television.
Su Nian gulped down the hot brown sugar water, instantly warming his stomach, put the bowl down, ran over, pulled one of his arms and wriggled directly into his embrace.
Without saying a word, he just quietly watched television with him.
Shen Hanxiu’s expression slowly softened, and his arm hooked her closer into his embrace: “Does your stomach not hurt anymore?”
Su Nian told the truth: “A little bit.”
Shen Hanxiu picked up the remote and turned off the TV, lifted her up and moved to the side of the bed: “Then why aren’t you going to sleep right now!”
After tossing her onto the bed, he turned to search through a cupboard, soon retrieving a fuzzy hot water bottle and plugged it in.
Su Nian’s heart melted, he had been so thoughtful to prepare for her even when he was out.
With a frown, Shen Hanxiu placed the warm water bottle on her lower abdomen, then took his clothes to go take a shower.