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Chapter 5 – Shen XiTong
Just as Shen QingLan arrived at the door, she could hear a laughing voice from the living room right away, it was the laughter of her mother, Chu YunRong. Her footstep stopped slightly, but still with indifferent expression in her face.
“What are you doing at the doorway?” There was a gentle male voice coming from behind her.
Shen QingLan turned around and saw her brother Shen JunYu was looking at her with a smile on his face. He stepped forward and reached out to rub her hair. “So you already know whether your brother is coming home or not, aren"t you, so you"re waiting here for me?”
Shen QingLan"s lips raised slightly, and there was a hint of warmth in her eyes.
Shen JunYu took her sister in by the shoulder and walked in.
“Mom, we"re back.”
In the living room, the laughter of the mother-daughter pair stopped for a while.
“Oh, JunYu and QingLan are already back. You don"t know how funny your sister was just a moment ago. I laughed until my stomach hurt.” Chu YunRong"s face was full of smile.
She QingLan looked at the woman who was full smile beside her mother. She had a long curly chestnut hair, an oval face, with delicate face, in a green long dress. Graceful and beautiful. This was the adopted daughter of the Shen Family, Shen XiTong.
Shen JunYu opened his lips. “What jokes that are so funny, let me hear it.”
Shen XiTong smiled slightly. “My joke is not that funny, mom is just flattering me. Brother, QingLan, I brought some gift for you, I"ll give it a moment after dinner.”
Shen JunYu nodded, but his manner was remained indifferent, and Shen QingLan just faintly said. “Thank you.”
Seeing the cold att.i.tude of the two siblings made Shen XiTong a little awkward, there was a sliver of grievance in her eyes, but she also had nothing else to say. But on the contrary Chu YunRong couldn"t stand it.
“JunYu, QingLan, What"s going on with you? TongTong just come back from a very far away place, but still remember to bring you gifts. And you"re giving this att.i.tude?”
“Mom.” Shen XiTong pulled Chu YunRong"s sleeve and shook her head gently.
Shen JunYu took a glance at Shen QingLan, seeing her lack of emotion, he started to pat her shoulder and comforted her.
Shen QingLan somewhat felt helpless, did she seem really that frail?
“I"ll go up and see grandpa first.” Shen QingLan didn"t pay attention to Chu YunRong"s words. And after saying this, she went straight upstairs.
Chu YuRong looked at her daughter"s cold back and opened he mouth, but there wasn"t any words came out from her mouth.
Shen QingLan went straight to the study room, there she found an old man was practicing writing some chinese calligraphy.
“Grandpa, you"re doing some calligraphy?”
Grandpa Shen saw the person who was coming, a smile bloomed on his face, he put down his pen and waved his hand. “Come, come, see the word Grandpa just wrote.”
Shen QingLan walked over. On the table there was a word “Tranquility yields transcendence” that Grandpa Shen had just finished, the strokes filled with so much power.
“Grandpa"s handwriting are getting better and better.” Shen QingLan praised.
The Shen family was a military and political family that had pa.s.sed on for centuries. From when Qing Dynasty had risen up, the family already occupied the military area. Although not every generation had joined the military, but after so many years, their infuence in the military still could be seen.
When Grandpa Shen was young, he inherited the legacy and joined the army right away. He spent a lifetime in the army. Later on, in the old age when he already retired, he leisurely spent his time at home, doing his hobby that was doing some chinese calligraphy and growing some flowers, as he said before, after staying in the army for so long, doing some calligraphy and growing flowers might help oneself in a self-cultivation.
“You just sweet talked me.” Grandpa Shen laughed, every time he saw this beautiful but cold granddaughter of his, his mood would become exceptionally good.
“Did you go to see your grandma today at the hospital?”
“Un, I accompanied her to talk for a moment.”
“Grandpa, mom said we can eat now.” As the pair of grandpa and granddaughter was talking, Shen XiTong"s voice came from outside the door.
“Ok.” Grandpa Shen answered, and the footsteps outside gradually left.
Shen QingLan stepped forward to support Grandpa Shen"s hand. “Grandpa is not that old, no need to support me.”
Although Grandpa Shen said this, but his eyes lit up with smile. His granddaughter kind feelings, even if it wasn"t needed but he still would hate to refuse it.
Downstairs, Shen XiTong was helping Chu YunRong serving the dishes. From time to time, she talked and told a joke to Chu YunRong, making her face filled with smile, anyone would see how close this mother-daughter pair.
“Grandpa, sits here.” Shen XiTong saw that Grandpa Shen had came down, quickly pulled out a chair and asked him to sit down.
When the family was all seated, Chu YunRong gave Shen XiTong a bowl of soup. “Drink this soup first, mom made your favorite stew for several hours.”
Shen XiTong took the soup. “Thank you mom, mother really cares me the most.” In short, after hearing those words, Chu YunRong was so excited that she picked up her chopsticks and gave Shen XiTong a lot of dishes she loved.
“You surely haven"t eaten well enough abroad. I think you"re so thin. You have to eat more today, I already made all your favorite.”
“Well, it"s not only XiTong who is here, I also want to eat what I want.” Grandpa Shen frown his eyebrows and finally opened his mouth.
Chu YunRong"s hand that was holding the chopsticks was stiffen, and her face filled with embarra.s.sed. “What your grandpa said is, you need to eat what you want.”
Shen XiTong looked at her plate in front of her that piled up like a mountain, and compared with Shen QingLan"s barren plate. She also somewhat felt embarra.s.sed.
Chu YunRong apparently realized this and gave Shen QingLan an eggplant with her chopsticks. “QingLan, this eggplant tastes good, you have to taste it.”
“Thank you mom.” Shen QingLan thanked her, but didn"t touch it. She wasn"t a picky eater, but eggplant was one of the food that she was really hate, the family knew this, well except Chu YunRong.
Shen JunYu stretched out his chopsticks, and took the eggplant from Shen QingLan"s plate, and ate it to his mouth. “Mom, you"re biased, ahh. Only giving the two sisters a dish l, but not me.”
Chu YubRong smiled and glance at her son. “If you want to eat, you can grab it yourself. But you still have to eat from your sister"s plate. What kind of brother are you.”
Although she said this, she still gave her son a dish that he loved with her chopsticks.
“Grandpa, tonight"s ribs are very good, you have to taste it.” Aware that Grandpa Shen were being left out, Shen QingLan gave Grandpa Shen A piece of the ribs, and explained softly.
Grandpa Shen had a smile on his face, but his eyes filled with pain and regret.
“TongTong, did you come back from school for holiday this time?” Shen XiTong was studying in Vienna for piano, and studied in the most well-known music academy in Vienna.
This time, Shen XiTong smiled, her voice was soft but there was a concealed pride in it. “This time our orchestra will partic.i.p.ate in a world tour, and our next stop is the capital, also this time I"m the piano player.”
Shen XiTong talent in piano was high. Her piano was taught by Chu YunRong. And in order to let Shen XiTong to learn better she also invited many famous teachers to teach her.
“Really, that"s great, my daughter is awesome!” Chu YunRong was very happy. She spent so much effort in this daughter of her. So when Shen XiTong achieved a good results that was what made her so proud of.
“Well, who let me to have such a good mother.” Shen XiTong said sweetly.
Chu YunRong herself was also a famous pianist, so he was very fond of Shen XiTong who was inherited her legacy.
Translator Note:
Shen XiTong starts to showing her true color of green tea white lotus bish.
And let"s hope that the mother will not be as bad as Ning Xi"s mother in Hidden Marriage.
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