Edited by Cazhe
“Lan Lan, do you want to go home?” Shen Junyu looked at Shen Qinglan.
“Take us back to school.”
“All right.”
He sent the three girls to the school gate, and watched them go in. Shen Junyu drove away.
“Qinglan, do you want to explain it to us?” Yu Xiaoxuan"s faint voice came from behind, and Shen Qinglan stopped.
“Let"s go for a walk on campus?” Shen Qinglan asked.
The two had no problem, and the three sat down on the "Qing Ren" slope of the campus.
“I am really a Shen family member, the Shen family which you know of." Shen Qinglan opened her mouth and her voice was calm.
“When I was five years old, I was abducted by traffickers and adopted by a couple. But then the couple had their own children and sent me to the orphanage. I grew up in an orphanage. When I was fifteen years old, suddenly a couple came to me and said that I was actually their daughter who had been separated for many years. They found me and for ten years, I lived with the Shen family.
When I went back to the Shen family, I knew that there was another brother, the one you saw just now. I also have a sister who is adopted. In the year I was lost, my mother almost died from her severe depression because she could not find me. My father adopted a girl from the orphanage for her sake, and then my mother slowly recovered.”
Shen Qinglan said her life story calmly as if she were telling a story about an unimportant person.
“Qinglan, your childhood was really miserable.” Yu Xiaoxuan was in tears.
Fang Tong"s face was also sad, and felt sorry for Shen Qinglan.
“It"s not as sad as you think. I don"t rememeber much from before I was fifteen, so I"m glad. After fifteen, I returned to the Shen family and lived a life without worries about food and clothing. My family felt that they owed me and were very kind to me.”
“But this kind of good can"t make up for the lack of family affection for ten years.” Said Yu Xiaoxuan.
She knew that although some orphanages were welfare inst.i.tutions, the conditions were not good. Many children could only have enough food and clothing to not starve and freeze to death. Now she finally understood how Shen Qinglan"s cold personality formed. She must have been bullied frequently when she was a child, so she didn"t like to communicate with others, much less have any physical contact.
Yu Xiaoxuan even formed a picture in her mind of a Shen Qinglan who was too young to beat the people who bullied her and had no one to help her, which made her feel even more sad.
Although Fang Tong didn"t react as much as Yu Xiaoxuan, she was also very sad.
“Qinglan, is your family actually good to you?” Yu Xiaoxuan said, “Why have I never heard of them from you?”
Everyone knew that the Eldest Miss of the Shen family was Shen Xitong. She was a talented and beautiful lady. She hadn"t heard that there was also a Young Miss called Shen Qinglan.
Fang Tong knew that there was a Second Miss in the Shen family, but she didn"t know her name or what she looked like.
She didn"t expect that the mysterious second Miss Shen family was her cla.s.smate; Shen Qinglan. They lived in the same dormitory for three years. No one would believe it.
“Qinglan, is it that so-called elder sister whos bullying you? That"s why you are so……” Yu Xiaoxuan had a hole in her brain.
Fang Tong looked at her contemptuously. “Is Qinglan so easy to bully?”
Yu Xiaoxuan was stunned. “Also, if anyone dared to bully Qinglan, I will never let her go.”
“I asked the Shen family not to disclose my information. I just wanted to live a normal life. It didn"t matter to me whether I was the Shen family"s Miss or not. But it"s really my fault that I kept it from you for so long. I"m sorry.” Shen Qinglan sincerely apologized. She cherished these two friends very much. She didn"t want them to have a knot in their hearts.
Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan looked at each other, and Yu Xiaoxuan said with a smile: “Oh, Qinglan, we are not angry at all, it"s just an accident. We have known each other for three years. Don"t tell me that we still don"t understand you?”
Fang Tong understood her well. After all, she also concealed her ident.i.ty from Ding Minghui.
The three people smiled at each other, and some words were understood in their hearts; there was no need to explain too clearly.
Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan suddenly remembered of the death of the old lady of the Shen family a few months ago. At that time, Qinglan also said that her grandmother had pa.s.sed away. The same surname Shen and the same grandmother had died. In fact, Shen Qinglan never deliberately concealed her past from them. If they were smart enough, they would have definitely linked the two events together.
“Qinglan, do you really live in that courtyard? Is there really a soldier standing guard there?” Yu Xiaoxuan suddenly looked at Shen Qinglan curiously.
“Well, there"s a guard at the door. Outsiders need to be authenticated and checked when they enter. My grandfather also has a guard.”
Yu Xiaoxuan"s eyes were bright. “Are those soldiers handsome? Do you also see people who have shown up on TV?”
Yu Xiaoxuan asked one question after another. Although Fang Tong didn"t ask, she also listened carefully.
“If you are curious, please, come to my house this weekend, and lookl around for yourself.” Shen Qinglan said.
Yu Xiaoxuan waved her hand. “Well, forget it. I heard that some of the soldiers are armed with real guns. Just in case….”
“Do you really think it"s a battlefield where you can shoot at will.” Fang Tong complained.
Yu Xiaoxuan: ……I really want to split this d.a.m.ned woman who is always tearing me down.
“Will our going cause you any trouble?” Fang Tong asked because she knew that outsiders could not just go in casually.
“No. Let my brother pick us up on Sat.u.r.day.”
That was how it was settled. Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan had no objections either. Shen Qinglan called Shen Junyu directly and told him to pick them up on Sat.u.r.day.
Before returning to the dormitory, Fang Tong went to a night stand outside the school and bought Wu Qian a bowl of vegetable porridge.
When the three returned to the dormitory, Wu Qian had fallen asleep. Fang Tong called her few times without any response and didn"t disturb her anymore. She looked at the food on the table that had not been touched and threw it into the garbage can.
The three took turns to wash and go to bed, and they slept very well that night.
The next morning, Shen Qinglan came back from running and bought them breakfast, this time there was also Wu Qian"s.
Before when Shen Qinglan bought them breakfast, Fang Tong and Yu Xiaoxuan would give her money, or buy her lunch and dinner. Although Shen Qinglan always said that she didn"t need the money, they just thought it was polite. Last night, they learned about her situation and knew that she actually really didn"t care about the money. Today, they ate without the niceties.
Wu Qian also got up. Although she was still pale, she was much better than yesterday"s white color.
“Wu Qian, I bought you breakfast. Have some.”
Wu Qian didn"t eat all day yesterday. This time, she didn"t say thanks to Shen Qinglan again. She drank the porridge and vegetables that Shen Qinglan bought in silence.