Chapter 447
She Is From The Countryside
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447 Going to the gym to look for someone
qu xuan probably knew that it wasnât a good idea to sneak into her sonâs crew like this, so she coughed in embarrassment and said, â Chen, you know that I havenât seen your second brother for many years. Heâs my only son. I want to know how he has been through all these years and if he has suffered.
âdonât worry, i didnât disturb your second brotherâs work. i didnât even tell the staff about my relationship with your second brother. i also completed my work seriously. donât say, this really isnât a job that ordinary people can do. when i first came, i was so miserable.â
forget it, letâs not talk about the past. Iâm fully capable of doing this job now. Iâm even a little impressed with my learning ability and adaptability.
âalthough the conditions here are tough, your second brother didnât suffer much. other than the director of the production team, your second brotherâs treatment in the production team is the best. but yingluo, i know that your second brother didnât get such good treatment right from the start when he was in this industry. iâve clearly seen how hard it was for those small-time actors in the crew, yingluo.â
âyanyan, i canât believe that your second brother once lived the same hard life as these small actors,â qu xuan said, choking. when your second brother left home, he was at least seventeen years old and was still a boy. i really donât dare to think about how you lived after you left home and how much suffering youâve suffered, yingluo.â
âyanyan, itâs second aunt who has let you down. iâm yingluo.â
âsecond aunt,â Shi Yan interrupted her.
â i lived with fourth grandmother. i didnât suffer much. â
when shi bochen, who was eating, heard this, he realized that something was wrong.
He put down his chopsticks and looked at Shi Yan.
âYouâve been sensible since young. Second aunt knows that youâre afraid that Iâll blame myself. I believe that you didnât suffer much when your fourth grandmother was still alive, but your fourth grandmother passed away when you were thirteen years old. Since then, youâve been alone. youâre a child living alone in the countryside. how can you not suffer?â
Yueyue, Iâm not alone. Thereâs still Brother Su chen.
you donât have to coax second aunt. Su chen is always out and about. He rarely comes back even once a year.
as she said that, she choked again.
Yanyan, I know itâs too late to say anything now. Nothing can be changed, but I still want to apologize to you.
âSecond aunt, Wanwan.â
âalright, letâs not talk about this. if you have time, you should ask your second brother whatâs going on between him and that ju yanya girl. if you ask, your second brother will definitely tell you the truth, and if thereâs any result, you have to tell me. yingluo wonât talk to you anymore, second aunt has to go to work, you can continue eating.â
He hung up the phone after he finished speaking. Shi Yan didnât even have time to speak.
âa call from second aunt?â Shi Bochen asked.
âYes.â Shi Yan returned to her senses and put her phone back into her bag.
Thatâs right. After running away from home, second brother had cut off all contact with his family and friends. When he first entered the complicated entertainment industry, he must have suffered a lot.
and second brother originally did not need to go through such hardships.
It was all because of her.
She lived a peaceful life in a corner, but others suffered a lot because of her.
Seeing that her situation seemed a little off, Shi Bochen was a little anxious. âWhat did second aunt say? What happened?â
shi yanâs emotions were suppressed very quickly. when shi bochen spoke, she returned to her usual calm appearance and said with a smile, â itâs nothing. Itâs just that second aunt went to second brotherâs filming set and found out that second brother seems to be in a relationship, so she called me to confirm it.
That was true, but Shi Bochen knew that this was not the only thing that had happened. Otherwise, she would not have mentioned fourth grandmother and said that she had not suffered.
Seeing that he was staring at her without saying anything, Shi Yan did not explain further.âLetâs eat.â
shi bochen was only 70% full, but he did not have much of an appetite.
the people he had sent found out that crescent bay was a very remote village. the villagers had to walk for more than two hours to get to the market. the road had been repaired in the past two years and could be used, but it had not been in the earlier years. She had to go to the county to attend junior high and senior high School, so she had to walk to town before she could get a car.
how could he not have suffered?
And this was only a small part of it.
it was said that there were still people burning firewood to cook in the crescent moon bay.
in recent years, electrical appliances had become more popular and more convenient. four or five years ago, the power supply in crescent bay was insufficient. it was said that an electric rice cooker could not be carried, so they had to use a firewood rack to cook rice. At that time, fourth grandmother was no longer around, and she lived alone.
âwhy arenât you eating? Are you full?â
seeing that he had not moved his chopsticks, shi yan spoke.
âyingluo, yes, iâm full.â
shi yan put down her chopsticks and took out a tissue to wipe her lips and hands. she took a sip of water and said,âLetâs go after weâre full.â
âYouâre not eating?â shi bochen finally reacted.
âIâm done.â She had really eaten well, and she was not accommodating anyone. She had thought that she would only accompany Shi Bochen if he wanted to eat more.
âiâm going back to the apartment. youâre going back to school?â shi yan stopped outside the restaurant.
Shi Bochen returned to his senses when he heard her voice.âokay, iâll go back to school.â
âthen iâll take my leave first.â Shi Yan said.
âOkay, sis, send me a WeChat message when you arrive.â the sky was already dark, and there were few people in the direction she left. he wanted to send her back first, but he knew she didnât need it.
âAlright,â he said.
After a few steps, Shi Yan stopped and turned around. Shi Bochen was still standing at the same spot, watching her leave.
âbo chen.â
âeh? Ah?â
Shi Bochen did not react for a moment when he heard her suddenly call him â Bochen.
âdonât think too much. iâve had a good time these years.â
Without waiting for Shi Bochenâs reply, she turned around and left.
shi bochen stood rooted to the ground for a long time, his eyes starting to sting.
she was clearly the one who was not doing well, so why was she comforting him instead? what was there to comfort him about? he didnât suffer any hardships. he just felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but she had to take care of such a small matter.
After taking a few deep breaths, his eyes no longer felt so sore. He then walked in the direction of the school.
The apartment was more than a 20-minute walk from the restaurant where they had their meal. Shi Yan did not walk very fast, and it took about 30 minutes to reach.
However, she received a message from Jiang che ten minutes after she left.
Jiang che was at the gym outside the estate and told her to go find him directly after she had eaten.
they had just moved to the neighborhood a few days ago when jiang che applied for a membership card at this gym. if he was not too busy, he would take one or two hours out of his day to exercise when shi yan went to school.
He had eaten dinner earlier today because he knew that Shi Yan had an appointment. He had been busy the whole day and didnât have time to go to the gym, so he went over at this time.
About three hundred meters away from the gym, Shi Yan could already see the gymâs Billboard. Just then, someone called out to her.
âyounger cousin shi yan.â
It was Gu Yi.
He was holding a business bag in his hand and was dressed in a suit and leather shoes. He seemed to have just finished a business meeting.
Shi Yan stopped.
itâs really you! Gu Yi quickly walked towards her. I thought I was mistaken.
âmaster gu.â
âI already said that your cousin and I are friends. You donât have to treat me like an outsider. You can call me whatever you like.â
âWhat are you doing here alone? itâs getting dark, itâs not safe for you to be here alone. Where were they going? iâll send you there, my car is parked there, itâs just a few steps away.â