Chapter 22 The Second Death 15

"You were all fine yesterday. Why did you suddenly have dark circles today?" Song Jinxi's eyes looked on his face. "Did you not sleep well last night?"

The girl's worried eyes were so sincere that Shen Liuchen's heart was warmed slightly.

Shen Liuchen looked away, squinted a little, and watched the sunset not far away.

"Is it because something bad had happened?" Song Jinxi asked.

Shen Liuchen shook his head, "I had a nightmare last night."

"...Have a nightmare?"

Song Jinxi was originally agitated, thinking that Zhang Meimei had finally taken action,if that's the case she can take advantage of the situation and attack Zhang Meimei.

Unexpectedly, it was just a nightmare.

She was rather disappointed.

It's just... what a terrible nightmare could it be? To the point it can affects the quality of sleep and causes him to grow dark circles.

"What's your nightmare?" she asked.

The young man was silent for a long time before slowly speaking, "I dreamed that she... died in my arms." The voice was low and his tone was a bit desolate.

Shen Liuchen never thought that he actually had the talent to lie.

The girl on the opposite side was really silent.

"But... didn't you say that she didn't die, but was saved by someone else?" She bit her lip and comforted: "Since you believe she is fine now, don't scare yourself because of a nightmare."

"I just feel a little uncomfortable when I think of that scene." He said, glanced at her legs, and changed the subject: "Your feet seem to be better."

Song Jinxi followed his gaze and raised her feet. Moved, turned around, nodded and said, "It's almost better, and I should be able to go to class tomorrow. It's boring to stay at home alone, and I have nothing to do."

Shen Liuchen: "Don't you want to take a day off?"



Song Jinxi shook her head, "Study is the most important."

"The body is also important." Shen Liuchen pursed his lips slightly.

"It's okay, relax," Song Jinxi smiled, "I will massage it again before going to bed tonight, and tomorrow it should be almost cured."

Seeing that she was determined, Shen Liuchen did not persuade her, and knew that the weight of her body was basically supported by one foot and didn't want her to stand for too long, Shen Liuchen quickly said goodbye to her and left under her gaze.

When he got home, he saw Zhang Meimei and Zheng Yanyu downstairs.

Zheng Yanyu was still talking to Zhang Meimei, Yanyu saw him, quickly glanced at him, said a word to Zhang Meimei, turned around and went upstairs.

Zhang Meimei followed Zheng Yanyu's gaze and saw him, but instead of waiting for him to go upstairs with him, she followed Zheng Yanyu.

Shen Liuchen had a vaguely bad premonition in his heart.

Their family lives on the fifth floor and there is no elevator, so they can only climb the stairs.

When he climbed upstairs, the door of the house was open. A bag of vegetables was randomly placed on the shoe rack in the hallway. In the living room, Zhang Meimei was sitting on the sofa with her arms around her chest, as if she wanted to ask questions.

"What did you do after school today?" Zhang Meimei asked.

Shen Liuchen lowered his head, a trace of impatience flashed under his eyes. "Visiting my deskmate."

"What kind of friendship should she have with you? She has a broken ankle but do she needs you to see her at home to recuperate? Why didn't other classmates visit her?"

Shen Liuchen was silent.

Zhang Meimei became more and more angry as she said, "Who vowed to me yesterday that he would not fall in love early? She just sprained her foot, you have to run to her house like this and go visit her? Shen Liuchen, I never thought you would lie to me...you actually learned to lie!"

Shen Liuchen frowned and retorted, "I didn't lie."

He put the shoes on the shoe rack, walked into the room and closed the door.

"I didn't said I wouldn’t fall in love, but I said I wouldn’t fall in love early, but it doesn’t prevent me from liking someone."

"Huh?!" Zhang Meimei smiled angrily, "What did you say?"

"I like her, but I won’t be together with her now , I will wait until we are both in the university to talk about feelings." Shen Liuchen looked at her seriously and conveyed his attitude to her.

It’s just that the more serious he is, the more angry Zhang Meimei, pointing to him and reprimanding loudly, “You’re only in the second year of high school, and you started telling me what will going to happen after the college entrance examination? If you don’t study hard now, how can there be any good university for you to go to? And you want to go to university just to chase people!"

"I think it as my future plans."

Zhang Meimei asked, "Can you guarantee that you will not be distracted even if you like someone now, and it will not affect your grades?"

"It won't affect my studies."Shen Liuchen said.

Zhang Meimei: "You said it won't affect it? How can it not affect your grades if you like someone?"

Shen Liuchen: "Her grades are as good as mine. We can help each other."

"There are so many reasons..." He was very determined and Zhang Meimei was anxious, "I will put the words here today. You must keep a distance from her and take care of your own heart. The most important thing now is to study and to graduate first."

Compared to her,Shen Liuchen seemed very calm. He said in a deep voice, "But every time I take the exam, I am the first in our grade, and I have never let you down."

Zhang Meimei opened her mouth but couldn't refute it, because Shen Liuchen said was true and his grades has always been very good.

However, no matter what, she couldn't let Shen Liuchen be with other girls at school, and she would never tolerate Shen Liuchen with other women in her heart.

This little piece of fresh meat was first seen by her, and no one could snatch him away from her.

She stood up, folded her arms around her chest, and paced back and forth a few times.

"You must be against me, right?" she asked.

"I didn't want to fight you," Shen Liuchen remained calm as usual, "It's just that I also have the right to pursue people I like. I promise you that I won't delay my grades."

"It won't affect grades, and won't delay studying..." Zhang Meimei whispered a few words, sneered, and objected: "No matter what guarantee you give me, my attitude is here. You can't be tempted now."

"I can't control it."

"Ha! Can't control it." "?" Zhang Meimei laughed angrily again, "You have a big idea now, and you can't control your own heart, and I can't control you..."

She said, stopped and stood in front of the sofa, watching Shen Luchen.

"In this case, after finishing this semester, whether you want to continue studying next semester, you can figure it out by yourself." She even threatened him with this.

Shen Liuchen's hands hanging on both sides slowly clenched tightly, resisting the unhappiness in his heart.

"Do you understand, Shen Liuchen?" Zhang Meimei walked slowly to him, "If you have to fight against me, then stop studying, go back to your room tonight, think about it, and give me an answer tomorrow. "

After that, without waiting for Shen Liuchen's answer, she went to the hallway to pick up food and walked to the kitchen.

Shen Luchen returned to his room in silence, pulled the chair away, and sat down at the desk.

He propped his elbows on the table and squeezed his hair with both hands.

He did nothing wrong in the matter just now.

He must let Zhang Meimei know that he has begun to govern, and with this awareness, let her stop harassing him.

Although the time he really got along with Song Jinxi was not long, she was a ray of light in his gloomy life, and he would never let her go in his life. Therefore, in any case, Zhang Meimei must accept Song Jinxi's existence in addition to restraining her behavior.

If she converges this time and continues to raise him as an ordinary elder, then, when he grows up, he will "forget" the unpleasantness he once had, and provide for the two elders with Song Jinxi.

If she insisted on using money to force him...

He squinted his eyes and realized for the first time that he might have to make other plans.

At dinner that night, Zhang Meimei kept talking to Shen Liuchen about what their husband and wife had done for him over the years, saying that the two of them worked hard to make money and provide him with food, clothing and housing...

If Shen Liuchen insisted on opposing her, she would punish him.

Shen Liuchen never said a word.

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Time flies quickly, and it's the next day in a blink of an eye.

Song Jinxi got up early and limped downstairs to buy breakfast. Even if he moved one step at a time, she arrived in the class before seven o'clock.

After waiting for a while, the sound of playing basketball gradually approached, and it was Shao Feipeng who came.

Seeing Song Jinxi, Shao Feipeng's cheeks faintly hurt.

After school last night, Shen Liuchen called him and Hong Siyuan to a remote corner and gave them both a punch. It happened that they were wrong first and couldn't fight back. Even if they fight back, they might not have beaten Shen Liuchen, so they had to bear it.

Fortunately, Shen Liuchen didn't act hard. There was no color on his face, but the teeth in his mouth was aching. He got up hot and feverish this morning, and he can't eat a pear early in the morning to reduce the fire.

Seeing Song Jinxi now, thinking that the girl didn't come to school yesterday because of the stupid things he did, he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of guilt in his heart.

Shao Feipeng walked to Song Jinxi's table with an apologetic expression and apologized to her.

Song Jinxi originally thought she was accidentally smashed by someone else. At that time, she was smashed and she didn’t see the person who smashed her. Later, she was taken away by Shen Liuchen and she didn’t see the person who smashed her. It turned out to be Shao Feipeng.



Although the boy’s approach to strike-up a conversation is very unfavourable, she didn’t care too much about it. She smiled and said to him: “Don’t hit others with basketball anymore, your strength was too big. You almost got me into a concussion."

"I'm really sorry!" Shao Feipeng bowed deeply to her, "I won't do it again."

Song Jinxi nodded. Did not say much to him, and make an excuses that she have to get up too early and now she's a little tired, lying on the table and starting to listen to music.

Shen Liuchen came very early today. Song Jinxi only noticed that he was coming when he pulled the chair away. She took off his earphones and greeted him.

"Are your foot okay?" Shen Liuchen's first concern was her feet.

Early in the morning, Song Jinxi was in a good mood. She smiled and shook her head and said, "It's not very painful anymore."

At noon, Song Jinxi received more intimate care from the male god.

Shen Liuchen actually offered to help her with lunch.

Song Jinxi originally wanted Chen Wenwen and the others to bring her food, because she is not suitable for walking around like this. Unexpectedly, Shen Liuchen would offer to help, she was about to cry by the thoughtfulness of the male god.

As soon as school was over at noon, Shen Liuchen took the two meal cards and rushed out. In less than ten minutes, he brought back two more meals.

Song Jinxi blinked, holding chopsticks in one hand and spoon in the other, looking at Shen Liuchen with happiness.

Shen Liuchen was a little overwhelmed by such lovely gaze, and sat stiffly in his seat, afraid to look at her.

Song Jinxi also retracted her eyes and sighed in her heart while preparing to eat.

How come such a good boy doesn't exist in reality?

If she used to have such a good male classmate when she was studying...that was very considerate and smart, the key is he is also so handsome!

She will definitely fall in love with him early!

If the male god has no memory, she may continue to take the initiative to seduce the male god and enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by his gentleness.

What a pity, what a pity...

She opened the vegetable box with happiness and regret, and found that the staple food in it turned out to be duck meat that she didn't like.

Song Jinxi is more picky eater. She doesn't eat duck or mutton, and she doesn't eat any animal's internal organs. There are very few types of things she like to eat.

But today, Shen Liuchen's staple food for her is duck, which she least likes to eat, and another dish is scrambled eggs with leeks.

She doesn't like to eat leeks, she can only eat the eggs inside.

Shen Liuchen had just opened the vegetable box, he noticed the movement on her side, and saw that she was holding the chopsticks and spoon while looking at the vegetable box without speaking, and he hesitated.

"Do you not like this dish?" he asked.

Song Jinxi smiled awkwardly, "I don't like eating duck very much...or else you can eat this duck!"

The lunch box and the vegetable box are packed separately, and Shen Liuchen glanced at his vegetable box. Inside is Mapo Tofu and an egg.

"Then...Is this fried egg okay for you?" He asked hesitantly.

Song Jinxi smiled and said, "I like to eat tofu. Can you give me your tofu?"

Shen Liuchen didn't hear her double-meaning words, and was slightly silent. "But yours are more expensive."

"It doesn't matter at all. It's only a few dollars more expensive, but if this duck meat is placed with me, I won't eat a bite. It's too wasteful...otherwise we will eat it together. Let's share our food.”

Song Jinxi said, and took the initiative to move her vegetable box to his table, and swallowed her saliva and bring his vegetable box over.

"I don't eat this leek either. Do you eat leek?"

Shen Liuchen shook his head, he was not picky.

"That's right, I'll give you all of this dish." Song Jinxi said with a smile.

Song Jinxi used to eat alone, and cooking at home would only make what she liked. When going out to eat, she will only order the dishes she likes, but if the restaurant fries the dishes she likes with the dishes she doesn’t like, she usually only picks out the dishes she likes and eats them, and puts the ones she doesn’t like. Actually speaking, It's a bit wasteful.



Now that Shen Liuchen is next to her, it gives her a very novel feeling, that is- she doesn't have to waste food anymore!

"Are you not a picky eaters?" she asked.

Shen Liuchen shook his head.

"Do you eat offal?"

Shen Liuchen nodded.

"Then do you eat animal internal organs?"

Shen Liuchen nodded hesitantly.

"...You can eat anything!" Song Jinxi was surprised.

This sentence is a bit ambiguous, and Shen Liuchen coughed and said nothing.

Song Jinxi sighed, "I think you are very good like this and will not be wasteful. Unlike me, some things really can't be eaten."

She has a lot to say about this.

"For example, eating the large intestines and small intestines that many people love to eat. I always feel that it tastes weird. I think they haven't cleaned it up, but I can't make it myself. Another example is pig liver. When mom and dad weren't divorced before, it always tasted weird. But they forced me to eat pork liver, saying that it is nutritious."

She said , she was bitter and dejected.

"Every time I take a bite of pig liver, I have to then drink a sip of water and swallow it... I cried while eating, and when I finally finished eating, I got nauseated easily. I had to eat a lot of food immediately to suppress the feeling of vomiting." After speaking, she shook her head, "It's so pitiful."

"Later they divorced, and no one forced me to eat that anymore. I felt a lot more relaxed. I have never eaten pork liver again."

"There are other internal organs, and I don't like to eat it either. For example, make it into a spicy soup, or make it into a barbecue, and use a lot of seasonings to cover up their original taste. I may only take a bite or two, but I don’t eat too much. If I eat too much, I feel sick... …"

"Later in college, some students like to eat foie gras, saying it is delicious, every time they go to the buffet, they must order it, and they are crazy about it so I tried it, but I can't eat it, I just vomited after a bite. " She kept chatting, and even accidentally leaked many information . She didn't realize that she had made a fatal low-level mistake. However, Shen Liuchen just listened to her and did not reveal her. So she never noticed it. After she finished her long speech, Shen Liuchen had already eaten half of his meal, and she began to use her chopsticks. When she was halfway through her meal, Shen Liuchen had already finished his meal. Seeing him starting to clean up the table, Song Jinxi looked at the white rice left in the lunch box, suddenly a little bit of no desire to eat, and put down the chopsticks.

"Why don't you eat it?" Shen Liuchen asked.

Song Jinxi touched her stomach, and she was indeed satisfied, so she smiled and said to Shen Liuchen, "I'm full."

" I have eaten all the food." Shen Liuchen said. A smile flashed across Shen Liuchen's eyes and said, "I don't have much food for you, so you must eat just a little bit because you will be hungry in the afternoon."

"But I won't go to the physical education class in the afternoon, nor will I run around. So I won't be hungry." Song Jinxi found a reason for herself.

"You have to finish it" Shen Liuchen stopped and looked at her.



The eyes of the male god are too beautiful, and the serious eyes of the male god are too charming. Song Jinxi was killed in a second, and silently picked up the spoon again, scooped up the food and stuffed it into her mouth one bite at a time.

Suddenly , she felt that the food seemed to have become a lot more delicious... When she had only the last bite left, she felt too full, but Shen Liuchen sat next to her as if supervising her, so she had to close her eyes and ate the meal.

There was only a little bit of food left, and Shen Liuchen didn't force her to finish it.

After school in the afternoon, Shi Yahui drove her home again. To Song Jinxi's comfort, Shen Liuchen also only helped her open the car door this time, and didn't mean to send her upstairs.

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When Shen Liuchen got home, he saw Zheng Yanyu downstairs.

Zheng Yanyu seemed to be waiting for him. Seeing him coming, she quickly stood up and greeted him.

"Brother Chenchen." She hesitated and stopped.

Shen Liuchen didn't look at her, "I said, don't call me like that again."

Zheng Yanyu looked aggrieved: "But when I called you that way when I was a child, you didn't refuse me, why are you suddenly not letting me call you?"

Listen to Zheng Yanyu words, Shen Liuchen was somewhat silent.

When he was a child, he had just been picked up by Zhang Meimei when he saw Zheng Yanyu from his neighbor's house. Zheng Yanyu called "Brother Chenchen" for the first time after knowing his name.

At that time, he was the only person in the world who remembered Song Jinxi's existence. When he heard Zheng Yanyu call him "Brother Chenchen", he thought it was his little girl who had returned.

Later, he has not stopped her.

He did tutor Zheng Yanyu for her homework, but it was only a matter of effort, and a large part of the reason was to please Zhang Meimei and Cai Xiaohao.

He thought that Zhang Meimei would like a good kid who was willing to help others.

Later, Zhang Meimei stopped him helping Zheng Yanyu, but he felt relieved. She called him "Brother Chenchen" much less often. Once or twice, he did not emphasize not to let her call.

It was not until Song Jinxi appeared that he thought that this name was called only by Song Jinxi.

Except Song Jinxi, he didn't want to hear this name from anyone.

Even though he was not sure if Song Jinxi was the little girl from when he was a child, he stopped Zheng Yanyu and told her not to call him that in the future.

"Tell me, Brother Chenchen, why do you suddenly dislike me?" Zheng Yanyu's voice was full of grievances, and her eyes were full of tears. She looked at him pitifully, as if he had done a bad thing.

Shen Liuchen only glanced at her, then looked away.

"I have never liked you," he said, "I have always regarded you as the little sister of my neighbor's house, and I didn't seem to do anything that would make you misunderstood, so please keep your distance from me in the future."

Zheng Yanyu's eyes widened in disbelief, and she didn't expect that Shen Liuchen would say such straightforward and hurtful words to her in such a cold and ruthless manner.

She took a step back a little, and for a moment she felt that Shen Liuchen in front of her seemed a bit strange. Although he was a little alienated from her in the past, he would not directly reject her thousands of miles away like he is now.

There was a possibility in her mind, and she took a step forward and explained anxiously: "Brother Chenchen, are you angry with me? Blame me for telling about her to Aunt Zhang?"

Shen Liuchen was silent.

"Sorry, I care too much about you too. I'm very afraid that you will be taken away by that senior sister. She had started to use makeup eventhough she was only in her second year of high school, and I knew that she was not a good girl..."

"Shut up."

Zheng Yanyu was shocked by Shen Liuchen's scolding. She was stunned, Shen Liuchen's eyes were like a cold ice cave, so cold that she couldn't stop shaking.

She never dared to think that Shen Liuchen would care about a girl so much, but she just said a few bad things about her... and it was not a bad thing but was a fact, he was so angry, looking at herself with this kind of eyes...

She felt that Shen Liuchen in front of her was even more unfamiliar. , As if she had never really known him.

"What I said is true, otherwise how could her skin be so good? Don't be fooled by her appearance!"

"She looks a hundred times better than you." Shen Liuchen's voice was cold and impatient.

"Brother Chenchen ... how can you say that?"

Shen Liuchen didn't say a word, and walked away from her.

Zheng Yanyu ran up to him and stopped him with open hands.

"Brother Chenchen, don't be obsessed with her. After I told Aunt Zhang about you and that senior sister, Aunt Zhang was also very angry. You should study hard now, and you shouldn't be with the kind of girls who are not inconsistent... …"

Before she finished speaking, Shen Liuchen stretched out his hand and pushed her aside, she was staggering back several steps before stabilizing her figure.

Shen Liuchen straightened his back and looked at her sideways.

"You love to make a small report, I can't control it, but in the future, don't let me hear you say bad things about her, don't force me to do bad thing to you." After speaking, he turned and left.

When he got home, Zhang Meimei had finished her meal.

Seeing him coming back so late again, Zhang Meimei held back the anger in her heart and said: "You are back."

Putting down the remote control in her hand and walking to the door, she took his schoolbag from his shoulder.

This was the first time she helped him take the bag. Shen Liuchen hesitated for a moment, but let go and watched her put the bag on the sofa.

"Before we eat, let's talk first." Zhang Meimei said, patting the sofa on one side.

Shen Liuchen walked over in silence.

But Zhang Meimei hadn't spoken before the door was knocked suddenly. Shen Liuchen got up to open the door, and Zheng Yanyu stood outside the door.

"Who is it?" Zhang Meimei asked, poking her head.

Shen Liuchen was about to close the door without saying a word, and was violently held back by Zheng Yanyu.

She was stuck between the door and the door frame, and shouted into the living room: "Aunt Zhang, Brother Chenchen still had trouble with that girl today. He helped her with lunh at noon and sent her home at night. He was in love with that girl!"

"What she said is true?" Zhang Meimeui got up and walked to the door, frowning, her eyes wandering between Zheng Yanyu and Shen Liuchen.

"It's true auntie, I saw it with my own eyes!" Zheng Yanyu said.

"Okay, I see," Zhang Meimei waved her hand impatiently, "You go home first."

"Auntie, you must persuade him to not be distracted at this time, and he will soon be in his third year of high school... …"

"I know what happened to him. But what does it have to do with you? All you know was how to make a small report every day. Are your grades very good?" Zhang Meimei couldn't find any advantage in Shen Liuchen, so she sprinkled her anger on Zheng Yanyu and stretched out her hand. "Bang" closed the door.

Zheng Yanyu almost smashed her nose on the door. After being pushed by Shen Liuchen, she was pushed by Zhang Meimei again, making her teeth itchy with anger.

But she was unwilling to let it go like this.

She listened to the door for a while, and found that the door was very quiet, and she could not hear anything, so she stomped her foot and turned back home.

In the living room, Shen Liuchen stood aside, and Zhang Meimei stood opposite him with her arms folded.

"I thought I could have a good chat with you today, persuade you, and let you understand." Zhang Meimei looked bitterly, "I know that you are now in adolescence and tend to be rebellious. The more we don't let you do it, the more tou want to do it. So I want to calm down and analyze it with you. But what about you?" You tell me now, did you fall in love with that girl?"

Shen Liuchen: "No."

" I hope you don't lied to me."

"No."

He answered so surely, without hesitation at all, Zhang Meimei was faintly relieved.

But Shen Liuchen said: "But we will definitely be together in the future."

"What did you say?" Zhang Meimei frowned and looked at him.

"I will chase her after entering college, and we will get married after college." He didn't hesitate at all, and seemed to have made up his mind.

Zhang Meimei was dizzy with anger and didn't want to say anything. She cast her gaze on the dining table on one side and looked at the sumptuous food on the table. She was so angry that she walked over to the trash can and throw all the foods in there.

While saying: "Okay! If you are like this, don't eat dinner tonight."

"I won't affect my studies, and I won't fall in love early, but you can't stop me from liking someone." Shen Liuchen said, carrying his schoolbag and leaving. Go back to the room and slam the door firmly.

He seemed to hear Zhang Meimei breaking a plate in the living room.

In this matter, he will not lie to Zhang Meimei.

Zhang Meimei has acted abnormally towards him. He must take the opportunity to tell her that he is no longer the seven-year-old kid before, and will no longer listen to her lies, naively thinking that she and the wild man are behind closed doors. In the house, it is really to handle work.

She can no longer do anything overly intimate with him.

He threw his schoolbag aside and sat down slowly against the wall.

There was a trace of decadence in his eyes.

His desire for his family is stronger than he thought.

When he was young, just because the old beggar would occasionally share his leftover buns, he wanted to treat the old beggar as a grandfather. Even if he was later sold by an old beggar, he did not lose his desire for family affection, but continued to yearn for a perfect family.

When Cai Xiaohao and his wife adopted him, because he was a half-year-old child, they decided to adopt him as an uncle and aunt instead of an adoptive parent.

He was actually a little sad at the time, he wanted to call them parents...

but later called uncle and aunt and have become accustomed.

Cai Xiaohao is away all year round, and Zhang Meimei has always taken care of him.

He once regarded Zhang Meimei as his biological mother with respect and love, but he did not expect that she was such a disgusting person.

As for Cai Xiaohao...

Cai Xiaohao has a bad temper. Every time he goes home, he either hangs out with Zhang Meimei in the room, or punchs and kicks him.

In Cai Xiaohao, he has never felt the love of a father.

And Zhang Meimei, from the elder who once gave him warmth, turned into such a disgusting existence...

He wanted to leave this home and this filthy place. He is afraid that if he stays here any longer, he will be psychopathic.

Unconsciously, Song Jinxi's face appeared before his eyes. The girl smiled brightly in the sun, like light, shining into his heart that had already begun to decay, giving him new hope.

Did she know that he was in trouble, so she came to help him specially?

She said that she went to a university, so... Is she from the future?

he does not know.

He don't know how long it took before he wiped his face, got up slowly, and turned on the light.

Footsteps approached at the door.

He heard Zhang Meimei knock on the door.

"If you have to be rebellious, I won't condone it. From today, I won't pay you any more living expenses. If I don't let you suffer, you may not know how to bow in this home."

Bowing to this home...

Shen Liuchen chuckled.

How could this be a home... ......