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Chapter 104 Their lives were supposed to be different.
"What did you say?"
Chu Li frowned, her eyes looking at Shen Lu who sat indifferently, her tone somewhat incredulous.
The doctor in the white coat, who was cleaning Shen Lu's wound and performing debridement surgery, couldn't help but tremble. His face, hidden behind his mask, looked a bit messed up.
He applied a slight pressure with the cotton swab in his hand.
"Hiss." Shen Lu gasped in pain, her eyes flashing slightly as she regretted her impulsive words.
"Mom, I'm sorry, I was in pain and didn't think before I spoke."
Shen Lu lowered her head and apologized softly, her long hair obscuring her face, making it difficult for Chu Li to see her expression.
But the doctor who was squatting down to clean it could see it clearly.
What is this girl playing?!
Who apologizes with a completely expressionless face and a mocking smile?!
The doctor felt that the girl was heartless. The mother came in and immediately looked at her wound. What she said was really hurtful.
Chu Li listened to Shen Lu's clumsy and poorly delivered apology, suppressing her worry. She then looked at Shen Lu calmly, her face expressionless.
She said, "You're going to have debridement surgery soon, we'll wait for you outside."
After Chu Li finished speaking, he didn't look at her again, turned around and left.
Shen Lu turned her head in disbelief.
Mom really left? Didn't she even try to comfort her? So, there wasn't even the last shred of mother-daughter affection left?!
She closed her eyes listlessly, inwardly seething with resentment.
Ha, so without blood ties there's no one, right?!
Nobody loved her, nobody.
With a thud,
Chu Li walked out with a calm expression, but she staggered slightly and almost fell to the ground as she closed the door.
The man strode over and caught the woman who was about to fall.
Shen Qi's heart sank to the bottom, his eyes instantly turned sinister, and his dark pupils swept over the white door as if scanning garbage.
The situation was worse than he had imagined.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Shen Ke rushed over and caught his mother as she nearly fell. His heart was in his throat.
Chu Li gently pushed Shen Qi away, got out of his arms, rubbed her temples, shook her head, and said...
"I wasn't looking where I was going and almost tripped."
Shen Qi's violent emotions were impossible to suppress. Veins bulged on his forehead, and his eyes seemed to be like a tornado, leaving nothing but desolation in his wake.
He took Chu Li's hand without hesitation and led her to sit down.
What did she say?
Shen Qi's tone was cold and hard; he could no longer suppress his somewhat explosive anger.
Shen Ke understood now; it was Shen Lu inside who had said or done something outrageous.
He stood to the side, lips pursed, eyes downcast, wanting to hear what his mother had to say.
Chu Li sat on the cold iron chair, her thoughts racing. A chill ran through her heart, and for a moment, her heart felt colder than the iron chair itself. The man slowly and forcefully pried open her tightly clenched fists, and her already thin palms, which were now bony, were scratched with red marks by her fingernails.
She asked herself honestly, from the moment she found Shen Lu, she treated Shen Lu like her own daughter and never wronged her in any way. Even when Shen Lu was really trying to kill herself and marry into the Yuan family, she even discussed with Shen Qi about investigating the Yuan family's situation.
During the days she ran away from home, her illness relapsed, and she couldn't sleep for nights on end.
Yes, she admitted that over the years, because of her lost child, she had rarely truly regarded her as her own flesh and blood.
She truly couldn't do it, because Shen Lu wasn't her daughter. But if even she had to try to forget that poor child, who else would remember?
However, as long as Shen Lu is in the Shen family, she carries the title of the Shen family's young lady and acts like one. When she goes out, everyone respectfully calls her Miss Shen!
Shen Lu is living such a glamorous life; she should be content!
Unlike her daughter, who was stolen and abandoned outside, possibly without a decent meal in the freezing cold, her hands covered in calluses and frostbite as she struggled to survive, she didn't have to endure such hardship.
But they were supposed to have different lives!
Chu Li's heart pounded, and she almost couldn't breathe. She was quite sad; after raising her for so long, it turned out that he was really so cold and hurtful.
"Shen Qi, prepare a betrothal gift, a property, and some funds so that Shen Lu can leave in the future."
After catching her breath, Chu Li said this as soon as she did so.
"Okay, I'll handle this personally."
Shen Qi readily agreed, his slender fingers gently combing her back, trying to calm her down.
"Dad, Mom, what happened?"
Shen Ke, who had been silent all along, finally couldn't help but speak up.
"Get lost!!"
Shen Qi roared, his sharp eyes fixed coldly on Shen Ke. He hadn't lost his temper like this in a long time.
If it weren't for the need to keep Chu Li alive, this child shouldn't exist at all!!!
Damn it!!
Shen Qi only had eyes for the vulnerable Chu Li, and didn't even glance at the pale and stunned Shen Ke.
He doesn't care.
Chu Li was also startled, and tugged at his hand.
"Why blame him? He doesn't know anything."
Shen Ke was somewhat at a loss. He weakly leaned against the white wall with one hand, staring in astonishment at his father, who had no emotion in his eyes. This father was so unfamiliar, as if he were meeting him for the first time.
"dad……"
Chu Li's expression softened, and he beckoned to Shen Ke, "Xiao Ke, come here."
“Ali…”
Shen Ke had never felt so dejected and self-pitying. He walked over in a daze and seemed to sit down.
He heard his mother's voice, still calm and gentle.
"I know you two have a close sibling relationship since childhood, but if your own sister came back, where would you place her?"
Shen Ke suddenly snapped out of her daze and asked incredulously with surprise, "You found my sister?"
Chu Li did not give a clear answer, but remained persistent in addressing the question she had asked, insisting, "Answer me first."
Shen Qi narrowed his eyes, his gaze dangerous.
Shen Ke deliberately avoided his father's gaze. His feelings were still somewhat complicated, but his answer was clear and logical.
"Since she's my own sister, then we should hold a grand banquet for all the noble families in the capital, the best feast in the world, and announce to the whole world with fanfare that she is the daughter of the Shen family!!"
Chu Li nodded, smiled, and continued to ask.
"So, where should Shen Lu be placed?"
Shen Ke remained silent. He opened his mouth, hesitated for a long, long time, and then didn't say anything.
Chu Li continued to smile and patiently waited for his answer.
Shen Ke hesitated, "Can't we all stay at the Shen family? After all, Shen Lu... is also my sister."
Shen Qi spoke up this time, glancing at Shen Ke with a chilling look.
"Shen Ke, you run your own entertainment company. Are you blinded by greed and unable to judge people properly? Don't you know the saying 'two tigers cannot share one mountain'?"
He scoffed, his tone dismissive.
"Besides, what kind of daughter is she to me?"