Chapter 53: Brother, I wish you happiness

A few days after returning from Dongyu Mountain, when Shuangxu went back to the Shen family for dinner in the evening, Fu Yun was trying to persuade Shen Yu.

“Don’t you know what kind of person Manman is? She wouldn’t do something like that. You wronged her, she must be feeling wronged, even Shuangxu believes her, why don’t you believe her?”

“Her friends offended Xiao Jiu, she is responsible for it. If this is called wronging her, then I’ll wrong her.”

Shen Yu was replying to emails on his phone, and said without looking up, “When I took Xiao Jiu out when she was young, if she knocked over a vase in someone else’s house, I would still apologize.”

As long as it wasn’t a matter of principle, Shen Changyuan never went against Fu Yun. This time, he said, “On this matter, I agree with Ayu. The kind of friends you have reflects your character. Look at Ayu and Shuangxu, they never associate with those who are not decent.”

Fu Yun said, “Manman has been living in Lincheng since she was a child, she doesn’t have many friends in Yancheng, that’s why she gets close to them. Although her friends are not good, she has a good heart.”

Shen Changyuan: “Then this is a good opportunity to see their true character, whether to continue associating with them or not, you have to weigh it carefully. She often hangs out with Leyan, their group of people, none of them are good.”

That’s indeed the truth, Fu Yun sighed: “Manman is a girl after all, why don’t you apologize first and coax her?”

Shen Yu noticed Shuangxu at the door first, put down his phone and said, “You’re back.”

Shuangxu walked in, carrying pastries in her hand: “Mom, I made some osmanthus cake for you.”

She specially bought the ingredients and spent the whole afternoon making it. She mixed glutinous rice flour and rice flour with water, sieved it, and then layered it into the mold, covered it with a fine gauze, and steamed it for half an hour.

The steamed rice cake was soft and fragrant, she cut it into small squares and sprinkled with dried osmanthus flowers, making it very beautiful.

“I didn’t add sugar, I made a bowl of osmanthus honey to go with it, try it.”

Fu Yun’s smile was a little forced: “I can’t eat it. Your brother hurt Manman’s feelings for your sake, they have been cold war for several days now.”

Shuangxu put down the osmanthus cake she had picked up.

“Mom, are you blaming me?”

“She doesn’t mean that, your mom just loves to worry, young people, who doesn’t fight?” Shen Changyuan reached out to take it, “Let me try it.”

He took a bite of the osmanthus cake and praised it with a smile: “It tastes really good, Shuangxu’s skills are better than the pastry shops outside.”

The topic changed, Shuangxu went to the pond to try her luck and see if Gui Gui had come back, but there was no surprise.

When she came back, the three of them were no longer in the living room.

Dinner was already prepared, she went upstairs to call Fu Yun and Shen Changyuan for dinner.

When she reached the door of the master bedroom, she raised her hand to knock, but she heard the voices inside.

Fu Yun’s tone was heavy: “Before Ayu and Manman get married, it’s best not to let Shuangxu meet him. I’m not blaming her, but this happened because of her, if she hadn’t gone, Manman wouldn’t have quarreled with Ayu. Ayu is too protective of her, and it made Manman feel wronged, who can stand that?”

“Is it necessary to be so wary of a child?” Shen Changyuan disagreed, “Shuangxu was raised by Ayu, if she was bullied, who would protect her if not him? If he gets married and doesn’t even care about his sister, then he wouldn’t be Ayu.”

“If you let him protect her any further, I’m afraid his marriage to Manman will be ruined by Shuangxu!”

“The child hasn’t done anything, how can you speculate about her like that? This time, it was Manman’s fault first, you’re making a fuss over nothing!”

“I’m making a fuss over nothing?” Fu Yun was a little agitated, “Does she like Ayu or not, is it me who is wronging her?”

Shen Changyuan said: “That’s all Leyan’s rumors, don’t listen to their nonsense.”

“I’ve seen her diary!”

With Fu Yun’s words, Shuangxu felt as if someone had punched her heart hard.

There was no sound, but it made her numb with pain.

Shen Changyuan was stunned into silence.

“Isn’t she causing enough trouble for Ayu? Ayu raised her, but she has other thoughts, making people point fingers at Ayu’s back and call him a pedophile, a pervert.”

As Fu Yun spoke, her voice lowered and she began to sob: “Don’t I love her? She’s the child I’ve watched grow up, would I want to force her to leave and send her to such a far place? Who am I doing this for?!”

Shuangxu didn’t know how she got downstairs, she only came to her senses when she heard Mrs. Wang’s voice.

Mrs. Wang was beaming when she saw her, showing her the medicinal soup that was simmering in the pot.

“Your mom called you the other day, she heard you say your period was painful, she specially learned this Siwu soup from someone, it’s made with angelica, Chuanxiong, white peony and rehmannia glutinosa, it’s the best for nourishing blood. Your mom also told me to send some to your sister, she needs to nourish blood the most.”

Perhaps it was the heat of the medicinal soup that warmed her, Shuangxu’s eyes felt a little hot.

“Thank my mom for me.” She said.

“Why do you need me to tell her, just tell her yourself.” Mrs. Wang smiled.

“I have something urgent at the company, I have to go to work overtime.”

Mrs. Wang looked surprised: “It’s almost time for dinner, are you going out now?”

“I’m not eating, tell my mom for me.”

Shuangxu left under her strange gaze.

As she went out, she saw Shen Yu sitting on a chair in the outdoor pavilion.

The sky was already dark, there was smoke rising from his fingers, his back looked a little lonely in the summer night breeze.

Shuangxu stood there for a while, then walked towards him.

“Brother.”

Shen Yu’s thoughts returned, he put out the cigarette and turned his head, his voice as gentle as ever: “What’s wrong?”

The night wind was cool, gently brushing against Shuangxu’s long hair, like a gentle hand.

She said: “It’s really not Lu Miss Lu’s fault. She was really looking forward to you proposing to her that night, because of the rain, the surprise she wanted was gone, and she even followed you to find me, running all night, she must have felt bad too–>>

“I’m not here to persuade you, Brother,” Shuangxu said, her voice soft.

“Ms. Lu is a very kind person. She’s cheerful, lively, enthusiastic, and straightforward.” Shuangxu had envied her, been jealous of her, but never disliked her.

“She truly likes you.”

The orange glow of the courtyard lamp fell upon Shen Yu’s eyes. He remained silent for a moment before asking, “Why are you telling me all this?”

Shuangxu smiled and said, “Brother, I wish you happiness.”