Chapter 1: The Day Does Not Understand the Darkness of the Night 07
The two of them went out together on Saturday, which made An Cenxi very unhappy and he made a scene at home all day. But neither of them had a mobile phone, so Li Qiuhe couldn't contact them at all. After finally coaxing her little daughter into a good mood, the two of them came in with books.
An Cenxi noticed that Shen Chuxue was smiling, and a flash of surprise flashed across his eyes. Then he asked, "Why didn't you take me with you when you went to the library?" She pouted, with a look of dissatisfaction on her face.
Shen Chuxue glanced at her, not knowing what to say. Instead, An Yannan said, "You don't like going to the library. You can't sit still."
Shen Chuxue has always felt that An Cenxi should have some place in An Yannan's heart, even if she is just a younger sister.
When they were having dinner, An Wei came back. He seemed to have drunk some wine and was full of alcohol. He fell on the sofa and couldn't get up. Li Qiuhe sighed, put down the bowl and chopsticks to prepare sobering tea. Shen Chuxue just watched quietly. An Yannan and An Cenxi seemed to be used to it. One called him uncle and the other called him dad, and there was no more words.
After dinner, the nanny started to clean up the dishes.
An Cenxi and An Yannan were chatting and laughing on the side. Shen Chuxue rarely did not go upstairs. She sat at the dining table, holding a glass of orange juice and looking at Li Qiuhuo.
An Wei drank a lot of wine and vomited several times. Li Qiuhe kept cleaning him up, stroking his back and serving him tea and water.
Shen Chuxue couldn't figure it out. Could such a life really make Li Qiuhe happy? To Li Qiuhe, was such a rich and powerful man really more important than her three-year-old daughter? Was it worth it for her to follow him regardless of anything and never look back?
It’s not that Shen Chuxue didn’t notice the wrinkles at the corners of Li Qiuhuo’s eyes—even with the best and most expensive cosmetics, Li Qiuhuo still couldn’t hide her old age.
Tired of watching the interaction between the two, Shen Chuxue put down the cup and went upstairs.
At night, there were sounds of quarreling and smashing things. She heard Li Qiuhe crying and her so-called mother crying and saying, "What can I do? She is my daughter..."
Daughter? Oh, so you are talking about me.
Shen Chuxue sat on the floor with her legs hugged, her head leaning against the bed, staring at the darkness outside the window, and began another round of daze.
Boom boom boom.
There was a knock on the door. Shen Chuxue looked over and saw the quarrel was still going on. It shouldn't be Li Qiuhe who came.
"Come in." Her voice was weak.
An Yannan stood at the door with a cold face, but holding a glass of milk in his hand. He shook the cup towards Shen Chuxue and said, "Here, drink it and go to bed quickly, you still have to review tomorrow."
Shen Chuxue wanted to laugh. After opening the door, a louder quarrel came in. The "daughter" that woman was crying about was actually her, but An Yannan actually let her drink the milk and go to sleep without changing his expression? I really don't know how to describe this person...
Shen Chuxue nodded, but waved her hand and said, "Brother An Yannan, my legs are numb, could you please bring them in for me?"
If An Cenxi said this, he would definitely be acting coquettishly, but Shen Chuxue said this only because she really couldn't stand up.
Suddenly there was a sound of glass breaking, and then there was silence all around.
Shen Chuxue was drinking milk and was stunned for a moment. Before she could speak, she heard An Yannan say, "Drink yours. They used to do this."
Do you often quarrel?
In Shen Chuxue's sporadic memories, her father and Li Qiuhe never quarreled. Because Li Qiuhe was very beautiful and her father loved her very much, he basically responded to her requests and always coaxed her. He rarely quarreled with her. Most of the time, it was Li Qiuhe who was angry, and then her father would start to find ways to make her happy.
Are days like this really better than before?
After drinking the milk, Shen Chuxue felt a little sleepy, so she simply went to bed and crawled into the quilt.
The Lin family is not much different from the current An family. They are rich and powerful, but lack a lot of human touch.
Because of this, Shen Chuxue couldn't control her hatred. She still remembered that before Grandpa Lin passed away, he was too sick to speak, but he held her and grandma's hands and kept crying. He really loved her, and he knew how his children would treat her and grandma after he left.
But there is nothing I can do...
The night was very long for Shen Chuxue.
Come to think of it, she was once favored, but she seemed so weak to outsiders.
"Why are you daydreaming again?" An Yannan said, patting Shen Chuxue's head.
She came back to her senses, turned her head and looked at An Yannan in a daze, then quickly lowered her head to look at the question she had just gotten wrong, muttering , "It hurts to hit someone on the head..."
An Yannan heard it, but just smiled and said nothing.
Today, An Cenxi insisted on coming along, so she picked up a book and read it opposite the two of them, but her eyes always fell on An Yannan inadvertently, and occasionally glanced at Shen Chuxue.
She really didn't like An Yannan's attitude towards Shen Chuxue.
My cousin and I have been childhood sweethearts , and have lived together for so many years, and our relationship has only just eased a little. You know, when my cousin first came, I hardly heard him say a few words for almost a week.
An Cenxi felt that he liked his cousin very much and was afraid that someone else would take him away.
"This is wrong." An Yannan said, pointing to a question.
Shen Chuxue felt so stupid when she was with An Yannan. She used to be ranked in the top ten in school, but now she was criticized by An Yannan. This made her feel helpless.
"How do I not notice……"
"Would you be wrong if you found out?"
…
"Okay, okay, do you two want something to drink?" An Cenxi interrupted them.
An Yannan was a little unhappy.
I knew that if I brought An Cenxi here, she would definitely not behave herself, but my uncle and aunt loved An Cenxi, so whatever she said was what she meant, and I would not refute the opinions of my elders, so I simply brought her here today, and the driver even sent her here...
"It's up to you, just buy whatever you want, and don't go too far." An Yannan said, but his eyes never left Shen Chuxue's book.
"Okay." An Cenxi was angry and stomped his feet and left.
Watching An Cenxi leaving, Shen Chuxue said lightly: "Aren't you tired, Brother An Yannan?" There was some ridicule in her voice when she called him brother.
"You have to be patient with some things and some people, just like this world. Shen Chuxue, you don't like this world so much, but don't you still have to be assimilated? You are helpless, and others will be at a loss too."
Yes, this world has taken away too many things from Shen Chuxue, but even so, she still has to rely on this world. She can't live in the daytime, so the night is fine.
