Chapter 26
The old man was so tired that he had to go to bed.
Chen Huaimeng didn't know how she left Jiang Yi's damp and dark room.
She felt like she had a nightmare.
She couldn't believe that Jiang Yi had lived in such a place for the past three years.
But their Chen family clearly had an empty room.
Even if there was no empty room, they could still clean up a room.
Chen Xingwen occupied three rooms alone, a bedroom, a study, and a cloakroom.
So, why did Jiang Yi have to live in the basement?
Chen Huaimeng thought about it, and suddenly felt her face moist. She reached out and touched it, only to find that she didn't know when she had already burst into tears.
She felt distressed for Jiang Yi.
But more of it was self-blame and regret.
No wonder Jiang Yi looked at her with such hatred before.
No wonder Jiang Yi hated the Chen family so much, not only unwilling to recognize them, but even hated them to the core.
Now that she knew how Jiang Yi had spent the past few years in the Chen family, she realized that all this was what they deserved.
The family had everything, and every child in the family had it, even the housekeeper's children.
But the family just didn't give him anything.
Not even one person was given to him.
Everyone either ignored him, or despised him, and bullied him.
Yes.
Aunt Tian asked a really good question. If you were going to treat him like this, why did you take him back in the first place?
Living on 400 yuan a month, no clothes or shoes for him.
Living in the basement of a spacious and luxurious villa.
No car was arranged to pick him up at school.
Beating, scolding, confinement, and not allowing him to eat.
......
But this is not the cruelest thing for a person who longs for love and family affection.
The cruelest thing is that he has to watch another person who has no blood relationship with this family replace his position and be loved by everyone.
For him, this is probably the cruelest thing in the world.
No wonder he has never liked Chen Xingwen.
If she were Jiang Yi, I am afraid he would hate Wenwen to the core.
But even so, he never gave up treating them as family.
He has been silently contributing to everyone and loving everyone in this family in his own way.
When he wanted to go home on a whim, he would worry that he was not loved by everyone and was disliked by everyone, so he specially cooked a bowl of hot soup noodles for her in the name of Aunt Tian.
But how did he do it?
At first, when she learned that her biological brother who had been separated for many years was finally found, she was also happy in her heart.
But later, she heard from her parents that Wenwen was in a bad state recently, and asked her sisters to be careful not to let Wenwen think that Jiang Yi was back and that he would be abandoned.
So during that time, she simply didn't go home, and bought Wenwen a lot of gifts to make him happy.
She didn't realize at the time that Jiang Yi was just a child.
He waited for so many years before he finally got his real family. Although he was happy at that time, he was more insecure, right?
Especially since there was already someone who replaced him in this family.
This person replaced his name, used his room, and occupied the love of his parents and sisters.
In the end, he should have been the saddest person at the time, right?
But he never complained, but only silently paid for them, praying that one day they could really see him and give him some warmth of family affection.
Later, perhaps he became jealous of Wenwen's love, so he targeted Wenwen everywhere and bullied her secretly.
But after she learned about these things, she immediately became like the other sisters, thinking that he had a problem with his character and was spoiled by being raised in the countryside.
So she became dissatisfied with him and didn't want to see him at all.
In all these years, she mostly lived in the hospital and rarely returned home.
She felt that the family was no longer peaceful because of Jiang Yi, and most of the gatherings with her sisters and brothers were outside.
But why didn't she think that when the eight of them were having a happy gathering, eating and drinking together, Jiang Yi was alone at home, what was he doing and thinking?
He should be very sad...
Thinking of this, Chen Huaimeng's resentment towards Jiang Yi for making such a mess in the Chen family completely dissipated.
The only thing she was thankful for now was that in the past few years, because she had little contact with Jiang Yi, she didn't beat or scold him.
Of course, she also knew that she was a very negligent sister.
She didn't notice that her brother had suffered so much.
It won't be like this in the future.
She must make up for it all.
She wants Jiang Yi to return to the Chen family and enjoy the love and resources that the children of the Chen family still have.
Thinking of this, she opened WeChat and wanted to send a WeChat message to Jiang Yi to chat with him.
But she found that Jiang Yi had deleted her.
She felt a little sad and didn't know what to do.
The chat box was full of messages from Jiang Yi, and the last one was a year ago.
[Second sister, the temperature is going to drop recently. Remember to put on more clothes when you go to and from get off work, and be careful not to catch a cold. ]
Chen Huaimeng looked at this WeChat message, and her mind suddenly went blank.
Her fingers swiped subconsciously, and more chat records appeared in front of her.
In fact, it is not appropriate to call it a chat record, because the message boxes in it are all white.
Her fingers swiped until they were sore, and she didn't see a single reply from her.
Chen Huaimeng suddenly felt like she was about to suffocate.
It was as if a big hand was tightly grasping her heart.
She simply stopped sliding her fingers and jumped directly to the day when they added each other on WeChat, and read from the beginning.
[Second sister, hello, I am your younger brother, my name is Jiang Yi, but I think you will call me Chen Yi soon, hehe! I finally went home today, but you are busy with work and have no time to come back. I heard that you are a very good doctor. I am proud to have a sister like you, and look forward to the day when you and your brother recognize each other! ]
[Second sister, I have been back for almost a week, and now only you and third sister have not seen each other. Hehe, I don’t know when you will be free to come back. I searched your name on the Internet and found that you are a very famous and powerful doctor. I really didn’t expect that I would have such a powerful sister who can save so many people! ]
[Second sister, I heard from my mother that when you perform surgery on patients, you often don’t have time to eat. If necessary, I can cook for you. My cooking is delicious! ]
[Second sister, I am so upset. I finally met you today, but because I am too timid, I dare not talk to you too much. Can you please stop hating me? ]
[Second sister, are you usually very busy at work? I sent you WeChat but you didn't reply much. You should take care of your health! ]
[Second sister, today is your birthday. I don't have much money now and can't buy you an expensive gift, so I baked a birthday cake for you. This is my first time baking a cake. Auntie Tian taught me. Although it doesn't look very good, I tasted it and it tastes good. I hope you will like the birthday cake I baked for you and the flowers I gave you. Auntie Tian also taught me to bake cookies today. When I bake better, I will send them to you in the hospital, so that you will no longer be afraid of having nothing to eat when you come out of the operating room! ]
[Second sister, I baked cookies today and asked your colleagues to bring them to you. Did you eat them? Are they delicious? If you don't like this flavor, I will bake your favorite flavor next time. What flavor do you like? ]
[Second sister, I think being a doctor is so cool. I want to be a doctor, too. But I went to the bookstore today and read some medical books. They are so difficult. They are like heavenly books. I can't understand them at all... It seems that my brain is still too stupid. Second sister, you are really amazing! ]
[Second sister, do you think I am annoying? ]
[Second sister, Seventh sister said that you are angry and will ignore me in the future, but I didn't push my brother. I really didn't. I don't know why my brother said that! Second sister, can I go to your hospital and explain this to you in person? ]
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Chen Huaimeng read them one by one, and her big tears fell on the screen one by one.
She just felt like her heart was broken.
These messages... These messages, except for the first few, she didn't read any of them.
When she received Jiang Yi's first WeChat message, she was worried that she and Jiang Yi were too close so quickly, and Wenwen would feel uncomfortable, so she didn't reply.
Later, Jiang Yi sent her WeChat messages every now and then, and even secretly came to the hospital to see her, which made her feel annoyed.
She simply set Jiang Yi's WeChat to do not disturb. She received more work WeChat messages every day, and soon forgot about Jiang Yi completely.
She thought Jiang Yi had stopped bothering her.
But now she knew that Jiang Yi had been talking to himself in a corner where she couldn't see for so long.
Couldn't he see that she didn't want to pay attention to him?
No, he could see it.
He just didn't want to give up, and he didn't understand.
Why did his biological sister ignore him like this...
Chen Huaimeng felt that his heart was broken at this moment.
Full of regret.
So many WeChat messages.
So many WeChat messages, she could have replied to just one!
But she hadn't even opened this dialog box!
Chen Huaimeng couldn't imagine how upset Jiang Yi was when she hadn't received a reply after sending those WeChat messages.
She couldn't imagine how Jiang Yi felt when she baked cookies, cakes, and cooked noodles for her sister who had always ignored her...