Shu Yu got the wine the next day. She examined it carefully and noticed a line of small text at the bottom of the bottle.
—wenyu2007.3.18
Shu Yu said, "This wine seems to have been born on the exact same day as me."
She tried to spell out the letters, "Is it Wen Yu?"
Iron Egg was also studying the words with her, [It feels like a commemorative wine. Do you think the 'Yu' here is the same character as the 'Yu' in your name?]
Just then, Shu Yu saw another message from Ye Ning.
Golden Corn: Baby, have you tried the wine yet? It's seriously so good.
LittleFishSwimming: I'm waiting for our brother to come home so I can share some with him.
Ye Ning could perfectly picture Shu Yu waiting obediently for Si Yiheng. Her precious Yu was just too cute, always wanting to share whenever she had something good.
Si Yiheng was so lucky.
Golden Corn: You taste it first and tell me how it is. Our brother will be more than happy to drink whatever you leave behind.
What Ye Ning actually wanted to say was that he would gladly drink it right from Shu Yu's mouth, but she figured she needed to hold back a little.
Shu Yu opened the wine, grabbed a glass, and poured herself a small half-glass.
The wine had a hint of sweetness, but not a cloying one. It was soft and mellow.
LittleFishSwimming: It's delicious. Not the harsh kind, but really smooth, and the sweetness is just right.
Golden Corn: Right, right? I feel like this is a wine brewed with love, which is why it's so gentle. Speaking of which, let me tell you some gossip.
LittleFishSwimming: [Cat looking forward to it.jpg]
Ye Ning told Shu Yu everything she knew about Song Wenyu.
Shu Yu felt a bit melancholy listening to it. A child who should have grown up surrounded by love was unexpectedly separated from her family.
Her family had been searching for her for a very long time. As expected, human traffickers were the absolute worst.
LittleFishSwimming: Are they still looking for Song Wenyu?
Golden Corn: Of course! Let me tell you, Song Wenzhao, Song Wenyu's older brother, had a complete personality change after she went missing. He went from being sunny and cheerful to silent and reserved. Song Wenzhao is a pretty formidable guy.
Shu Yu did not know why, but she was quite curious about the Song family's affairs.
So, she listened earnestly as Ye Ning continued.
LittleFishSwimming: Is Song Wenzhao more formidable, or is our brother?
Golden Corn: Song Wenzhao has been navigating the business world for over a decade, while our brother has only been at it for four or five years. The Song family and the current Si family are about on par.
Golden Corn: But you have to cut Song Wenzhao's ten years in the business world in half, because he spent half his time looking for his sister.
Golden Corn: Looking at it that way, I guess it is a tie.
LittleFishSwimming: Our brother is pretty great too. He's only twenty-two and already has five years of work experience.
Golden Corn: Si Yiheng really did not have a choice.
LittleFishSwimming: What do you mean?
Golden Corn: I probably haven't told you this, but Si Yiheng's parents are incredibly sinister. They used all their dirty tricks on him.
Golden Corn: You know his parents had a business marriage, right? Actually, no one forced them into it, but they were both stupid and wicked. They both wanted the family's power and resources and wanted to inherit the company.
Golden Corn: After getting married, they realized the family's resources still were not tilting in their favor, and they also ended up having Si Yiheng. So neither of them cared much about him. When Si Yiheng was little, going hungry was a common occurrence.
Golden Corn: Until one time, Si Yiheng was so hungry he tried to cook for himself and got his arm severely burned by boiling oil. The elders on both sides were heartbroken for him. For the first time, they gave the couple a little bit of what they wanted, hoping they would pay more attention to Si Yiheng.
Golden Corn: Having tasted the benefits, the two started physically abusing Si Yiheng at the drop of a hat. The worst incident happened when he was five. Those two psychos held him over the second-floor balcony, threatening Grandpa Si for shares, saying they would drop Si Yiheng if he did not comply.
Golden Corn: Si Yiheng bit their hands and jumped from the second floor himself. It was only after this that he was taken in and raised by Grandpa Si.
Golden Corn: If Si Yiheng hadn't acted so tough, he would have been eaten alive by the people in the Si family, with not even his bones left.
Shu Yu had heard from Iron Egg before that Si Yiheng actually did not have a good life, but she never imagined it was this bad.
To be treated like that by his own biological parents.
LittleFishSwimming: That is so awful.
LittleFishSwimming: Neither of them deserves to be parents.
Shu Yu had believed for a long time that not all parents are fit to be parents. They completely lack an understanding of the meaning of life, nor do they understand love.
Si Yiheng himself probably wished he had never been brought into this world.
Because she used to think the exact same way.
Si Yiheng finished his tasks for the day and returned home. The moment he opened the door, a sweet orange scent mixed with a faint aroma of wine plunged into his arms.
Shu Yu hugged him tightly, burying her face in his chest. Her voice was muffled, "Si Yiheng, what took you so long to get back?"
