As soon as Nanny Wu finished speaking, Zhou Chenyu immediately added:
"Yeah, Lin Wanyi, you don't know my mom yet, do you?
"She can be considered the person Renzhi trusts the most in his life.
"If you have anything to say, just say it here.
"Renzhi won't mind."
Lin Wanyi stayed silent; this concerned Liu Siyue's innocence.
She couldn't just speak about it carelessly.
Hearing Zhou Chenyu's words, Liu Renzhi also frowned, and he pulled Lin Wanyi away.
Zhou Chenyu still followed behind:
"Renzhi, Renzhi, where are you going?"
Su Jing blocked her just in time:
"Chenyu, it's getting late. Take your mom and go back."
Zhou Chenyu didn't leave, but instead said:
"Auntie Su, it's rare for my mom to come out.
"We don't plan on going back tonight. My mom said she wants to stay here and accompany Renzhi for a few more days."
Su Jing's expression darkened a bit.
They were just a nanny and a servant. Su Jing had been kind before, but now she felt that the mother and daughter were crossing the line.
It was as if she really considered herself a part of this family, as if she were Liu Renzhi's mother.
She raised her voice slightly:
"Go back, it's not convenient for my family.
"Also..."
She paused and looked at Nanny Wu:
"Nanny Wu, that villa Renzhi bought for you was very expensive.
"Most people couldn't afford it in a lifetime. You should be content living there.
"If you don't like it there, you can move out and return the house to Renzhi."
Nanny Wu was startled.
She knew Su Jing was angry.
She knew Zhou Chenyu's words had gone too far.
She finally remembered her status as a nanny.
So she immediately stood up:
"I'm sorry, ma'am, we overstepped.
"I was just too concerned about Renzhi. I'll leave right now, right away."
She pulled Zhou Chenyu and left.
Outside the gate, Zhou Chenyu was still indignant:
"Mom, what do they mean?
"Before, when Liu Renzhi needed you and relied on you, they said they treated us like family.
"And now?
"He's grown up, his wings are strong, and Su Jing is coming to steal the credit?
"Mom, I really feel it's unfair to you."
Nanny Wu waved her hand:
"Forget it, it's not about being fair or not. We are just servants and nannies.
"They are the masters; they look at us like we're dogs.
"Xiaoyu, you must remember, in the future, you can only be a master, never a servant.
"Otherwise, no matter how well you do, they won't treat you as a human being.
"We will always be inferior."
Zhou Chenyu looked back at the Liu family's gate and said sourly:
"Hmph, sooner or later, I will be the master here. I don't believe I'll lose to that divorced old woman, Lin Wanyi."
Liu Renzhi led Lin Wanyi into his room.
He casually closed the door.
Looking at the several missed calls on his phone, he felt very guilty:
"What exactly happened? Why were you looking for me in such a hurry?"
Lin Wanyi asked him:
"Is Siyue at home?"
"Yes."
Liu Renzhi immediately said, "Are you looking for her?"
"No."
Lin Wanyi thought about it again and again, and finally spoke up:
"Siyue, is she... is she..."
Liu Renzhi was anxious:
"What's wrong? What exactly happened to Siyue?"
Lin Wanyi closed her eyes and opened them again. She took a deep breath:
"Is she pregnant?"
"Pregnant?"
Liu Renzhi raised his voice in shock, then immediately realized it, held Lin Wanyi's shoulders, and asked in a low voice:
"What do you mean by that? What do you know?
"How could she be pregnant?"
Lin Wanyi told Liu Renzhi exactly what she had heard at the hospital:
"From what Qin Chao said, he took advantage of Siyue, and he is certain that Siyue is already pregnant with his child.
"But Siyue probably doesn't know it herself yet.
"Renzhi, I told you before that I felt something was wrong with Siyue.
"Do you think it could be because of this?"
Liu Renzhi's mind was a mess.
He unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt.
It couldn't be like this, absolutely not.
Liu Siyue had already been hurt once in Wang Family Village; that time, she almost died.
This time, he absolutely could not let Liu Siyue suffer the slightest harm again.
But he didn't know what to do.
Ask Liu Siyue rashly?
That would only make her more embarrassed.
But if he didn't ask, he wouldn't know the real situation.
He stood by the window thinking back and forth. Finally, Lin Wanyi said:
"How about you don't ask Siyue for now and investigate quietly.
"Then have someone follow Siyue all the time to prevent her from meeting Qin Chao alone.
"Is that okay?"
Liu Renzhi didn't have a better idea either.
But he also made a phone call:
"Keep an eye on Qin Chao for me, watch him constantly.
"Follow him wherever he goes."
After making this call, Liu Renzhi's heart was in turmoil.
He looked at Lin Wanyi with some frustration:
"I still failed to protect her. Wanyi, I'm not a good older brother.
"She has been hurt twice in such a short time, and I couldn't protect her either time.
"I'm really a failure."
Lin Wanyi felt terrible too.
She was the person who knew best what Liu Siyue had suffered in Wang Family Village.
She knew best how much Siyue had been hurt.
She also couldn't accept that such a good girl had escaped one fire pit only to jump into another.
Seeing Liu Renzhi's remorseful and hurt look, for the first time, she proactively hugged his waist.
She rested her head on his shoulder.
She comforted him:
"This isn't your fault, and it certainly isn't Siyue's fault.
"It's the fault of those bad people.
"Renzhi, what you need to do now is protect Siyue well. She can't handle any more shocks."
Liu Renzhi hugged Lin Wanyi tightly in return.
Time ticked by, and the bedroom was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
After a long, long time, Liu Renzhi finally released Lin Wanyi's body.
He sat on a chair and pulled Lin Wanyi onto his lap.
Lin Wanyi felt this posture was too intimate and ambiguous.
She wanted to break free from Liu Renzhi's arms.
But Liu Renzhi hugged her even tighter.
His lips rested against her neck as he breathed:
"Don't move, Wanyi. I won't do anything to you.
"I just want to hold you and tell you about my childhood."
His voice was very sad, a sadness Lin Wanyi had never heard before.
Lin Wanyi stopped moving and stopped struggling.
She just sat quietly on his lap, letting him hold her:
"Okay, I'm listening. Tell me."
After another few minutes of silence, Liu Renzhi continued:
"Before coming to this family, I never believed in so-called love or family affection.
"Even my own biological mother didn't love me. Who else in this world could love me?
"But when I arrived at this house, I realized there were many people who loved me.
"Dad loved me, Mom loved me.
"Even the little sister who was born later loved me so much.
"At her third birthday party, some ill-intentioned people deliberately teased her, saying I wasn't her brother and that I was picked up from the streets.
"I thought she didn't understand anything, but she hugged my thigh and argued with that person.
"She said: He is my real brother, my real brother for life.
"When she was six, someone else said I would steal her inheritance.
"But she said again: My inheritance all belongs to my brother. Our whole family belongs to my brother."
