A Crazy Love Proposal-Chapter 35 - 29 Past Events
Chapter 35: Chapter 29 Past Events
Chapter 35 -29 Past Events
Yun Yuwan, utterly speechless, said, “… Shut up, Oriole, I’m here to ask about my brother, not to have you ogle wild men.”
Lin Chu finally realized she had gone too far and sat up straight, coughing twice, “Your brother, this, ‘that’s about enough’, such a strange attitude, he sends flowers to show he loves you, yet also indicates his patience has run out.”
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Yun Yuwan looked eagerly at her, waiting for her to expound.
Lin Chu, feeling embarrassed, admitted, “This time I really don’t know.”
Yun Yuwan was in despair.
If even the resourceful Sister Lin didn’t know, then who else could make sense of it.
Even Lin Chu found it strange, “What happened to the bursting confidence you had before, why do you always hesitate when it comes to Wen Yangzhi?”
Yun Yuwan stuttered for a moment, subconsciously finding an excuse, “Isn’t it all because of Chen Zhu?”
Lin Chu had an epiphany.
Chen Zhu was a Chinese person Yun Yuwan had met in Belgium.
He came from a very ordinary family, but was clean-cut and gentle.
Lin Chu had heard about Chen Zhu before.
Yun Yuwan lowered her eyelids.
In Europe, it wasn’t that she hadn’t tried to find a boyfriend.
Because men, aren’t they all the same?
If it wasn’t Wen Yangzhi, there would be no difference with anyone else.
She wanted to try and walk out of the affection she had for Wen Yangzhi.
But ninety-nine percent of the time, if she had a meal with a man, there wouldn’t be a second meeting.
The finance guys who always brought up their Ivy League schools and funding projects.
The ABCs who deliberately spoke unstandardized Chinese, showing off that they were surrounded by Caucasians, apologizing for not speaking Mandarin well.
The handsome Italian playboys who made her feel like she was slipping on the floor.
In a word, they were all jerks.
Moreover, as soon as they found out she came from a wealthy family or had a huge inheritance, they would pretend to be casual and bring it up before long.
So in this context, Chen Zhu seemed exceptionally refreshing and unaffected, never asking about money, not rushing things, starting as friends, gentle and warm.
But in the end, it was also for her money.
He seemed calm and collected on the surface, but in reality, he contrived a car accident to win her heart as quickly as possible, hoping for a true display of love through caring for her without rest.
Unfortunately for him, a sudden letter from Wen Yangzhi made her turn around and take a taxi back to retrieve his letter.
She had never received a letter from her brother before, and no matter what it said, she had to go back the moment the butler told her on the phone.
In order not to delay her companions’ trip, she had her driver take her female friends who were in the same car to the dinner location first.
But just as she got the letter, she received a call saying the car had been hit, and her friend was seriously injured.
She rushed to the scene, not having had the time to read the letter.
But there was Chen Zhu, at the scene.
When asked why, he said he thought she was the one who was injured.
Without being notified, how did he know her car had an accident?
His question, “Why weren’t you in the car?” immediately raised her suspicions, and she had a detective agency investigate.
It was discovered that Chen Zhu had used this trick on other women and swindled all their fortunes.
The self-confidence that had inflated Yun Yuwan for over twenty years finally entered a period of fatigue, plummeting downwards like a faltering stock in a bear market.
It seemed that all men who approached her after she became an adult only did so for her money.
What kind of person Yun Yuwan was didn’t seem to matter at all.
Only from her brother did she ever get attention and compassion for being herself, Yun Yuwan.
But her brother only saw her as a sister, unaware of her secretly burgeoning affection and possessiveness.
She wasn’t content to just be his sister.
It wasn’t until she heard from the butler that Wen Yangzhi had been sending her love letters.
Only then did she finally stop selling herself short.
Wen Yangzhi, she didn’t even dare to think about him, fearing that she might dream of him and lose him again upon waking.
He had sent her love letters.
When she asked the butler, the butler said she couldn’t remember clearly, but it was probably something like missing you, written on very special paper.
But what her brother wrote wasn’t important; even if it were just a simple ‘I miss you,’ it was enough for her to brave any fire to find him.
Seeing that she didn’t respond, Lin Chu was genuinely curious, “Why do you like your brother so much? I’ve never heard you talk about liking him before. The moment you did, it was as if it had to be him, and you were determined to have him.”
Yun Yuwan looked down at the cushion in her arms.
Because a long time ago, that kind of thought had already begun to grow unrestrainedly.
There are no sudden outbursts of emotion in this world.
Before her parents’ sudden death when she was sixteen, she had never heard of a “Uncle Wen” among her parents’ friends, nor had she ever seen Wen Yangzhi.
It was only after her mother died in the line of duty and her father perished shortly after in an accidental fire at his company.
Uncle Wen suddenly appeared before her, asking if she would like to join the Wen Family.
Her parents had passed away so abruptly, and the relatives on her father’s side were already eyeing her parents’ inheritance greedily, shamelessly discussing how to divide it right in front of her.
She was highly guarded against this man who appeared out of nowhere.
But before she had even agreed, Wen Wei had already hired a lawyer for her, dealt with the tangled interests, and managed the entire inheritance procedures, including notarization, pledging that the Wen Family would absolutely not touch a penny of the inheritance; they only wished to adopt her due to their affection for her parents.
He was so sincere that Yun Yuwan couldn’t help but tentatively nod her head.
It was only later that she learned her mother had a favor to repay to Uncle Wen, and he couldn’t stand idly by.
Although she wasn’t clear about the specifics of that favor.
But back then, she hadn’t expected that she would meet the person whom she would silently adore for seven years.
Wen Wei had told her quite early on that there was a twenty-year-old brother in the family, who was studying at university abroad and would only return during the long holidays.
She knew, but she never thought about what her brother might be like.
It was simply one more person to call brother.
It was two months after moving into the Wen Family home that she finally met Wen Yangzhi, who had come home for the holiday.
The long summer break of Yale University, from the early summer at the end of May to the intense heat of the late summer in September.
At that time, Uncle Wen took her to meet her brother, who was facing away from her, absorbed in looking at the maple tree he had planted, with branches stretching out and tiers of palmate leaves with five lobes, resembling a profoundly shaded oil painting, and tiny flowers studding the branches.
She only saw that her brother was very tall.
Wen Wei called out a strange name by her side, “Hong Sheng.”
Her brother let go of the maple flower he was lightly twirling and turned around, his gaze settling on her.
The maple tree swayed behind him with the wind, its light green buds trembling lightly on the branches.
She would always remember the maple tree, its bloom in May.
The fierce sunlight wove through the layers of green maple leaves, casting a mottled play of light and shadow on Wen Yangzhi’s face. His features were too profound; squinting in the bright sun, his eyes were indistinct, the colors in his gaze flickering unstably. Shadowy leaf patterns danced on his strong nose, creating an impression of near yet distant space.
Her brother.
Her mind went blank with a bang.
He was born in the year Hong Kong was returned, and so he was named Hong Sheng.
Everyone revered him as the destined eldest son of the Wen Family, but Hong Sheng was the first nickname she ever remembered.
Later, when she was angry, she wrote in her diary that Wen Yangzhi was terribly mean, and when she missed him terribly, she would write with tearful eyes how much she longed for Brother Hong Sheng, really longed for Brother Hong Sheng to come back.
