The Male Protagonist's Daughter - Chapter 39.1

Shen Qingruo stayed up all night, recalling bits and pieces of the past, and recalling all the setbacks and difficulties she had encountered in raising Shen Yan alone during the past seven years.

She had cried several times when she was extremely sad.

In the past, when she was suffering, it was common for her to trap herself in the room all day and night, but after becoming a mother, she was a thousand times stronger than before.

Before dawn, remembering that the children still had to have breakfast in the morning, she got up. However, she almost fell to the ground because she didn’t rest well.

After forcing herself to drink a cup of hot milk, she regained her energy and came to the kitchen to make some noodles.

Shen Yan and Luo Shuyan were both noodle lovers.

In the beginning, Shen Qingruo would go out to buy noodles. Last year, she tried to make hand noodles. The two children liked them very much and ate a lot. So, she started to make handmade noodles for them in the morning.

Luo Shuyan got out of bed and went to wash up. She was still sleepy, but when she smelt the mouth watering smell from the kitchen, her eyes lit up. Her tiredness instantly went away and she walked quickly to the kitchen, took a deep breath, and said in a very exaggerated tone, ” Aunty Shen, I could smell the food from the entrance, are you making us handmade noodles again today? Is today a special day?”

Shen Qingruo turned her head and said with a warm smile, “Seeing that you have worked so hard in school, I decided to make you something delicious.”

However, Luo Shuyan noticed that something was wrong with Shen Qingruo’s voice. There was a strong nasal undertone when she spoke.

Taking a closer look, she saw that Shen Qingruo’s eyes were red and swollen, as if she had cried.

Shen Qingruo didn’t want the children to see her like this, so she hurriedly avoided their gaze and lowered her head to cover herself.

Luo Shuyan was very surprised. It had been more than two years since Aunty Shen and Shen Yan moved here. In her impression, Aunty Shen had always been gentle and elegant, she never argued with others, and she spoke softly. She made people feel like they were talking to a spring breeze, she dealt with people perfectly, and no one has ever seen her lose her composure.

In terms of crying, Luo Shuyan had seen her eyes getting red, but only when she was watching extremely sensational plots on TV.

Luo Shuyan pursed her lips, and asked her in a low voice, “Aunty Shen, is there something bothering you?”

There were some things that Shen Qingruo could tell Luo Tianyuan, but she didn’t want to tell her children. Children didn’t need to know about adult issues, it would be too difficult for them to bear.

Shen Qingruo lied for the first time. “Yesterday I read this touching novel, and this morning I chopped onions. Don’t worry, nothing happened.”

Luo Shuyan looked at her suspiciously.

However, she didn’t ask any more questions. Shen Yan heard the commotion and arrived at the kitchen. She turned around and ran to the gas stove.”Take out the small pot and fill it with water. Let’s cook some more eggs.”

Shen Qingruo’s back was turned to Shen Yan, so Shen Yan didn’t know what happened.

Shen Yan heard Luo Shuyan’s command and laughed at her, “Even a bowl of noodles is not enough for you, you still need to eat boiled eggs. That’s so much food, it will kill you. ”

Luo Shuyan snorted.”Then you don’t need to eat it after I’ve cooked it.”

Luo Shuyan only dared to operate the gas stove when Shen Qingruo was around.

……

“You all should eat first, I’ll clean up the kitchen.”

Shen Qingruo said this and went back to the kitchen.

At the dinner table, Luo Shuyan and Shen Yan looked at each other. In the end, Luo Shuyan took two hot eggs from the plate and went to the kitchen again.

In the not-so-spacious kitchen, Shen Qingruo was wiping the counter with a rag.

Luo Shuyan walked over and tugged on her clothes, Shen Qingruo turned her head and saw Luo Shuyan putting two eggs into her apron pocket before she raised her head and said with a smile, “Aunty Shen, someone on TV said that if the eyes are swollen, you can help reduce the swelling by applying eggs on them.”

Shen Qingruo was startled, and almost burst into tears again.

The memories of the past came back to her after Luo Tianyuan mentioned them. Now when she thought about it, it felt like a lifetime ago, but the suffering she went through still hurt.

In the past twenty years, she was pampered and spoiled, but few people treated her sincerely. Now that she has fallen from the clouds, she has felt so much sincerity in her life.

She squatted down, stretched out her arms and hugged Luo Shuyan. She sniffed the child, and she felt extremely at ease.

She didn’t say anything, and Luo Shuyan didn’t ask anything. She just raised her little hand, hesitated for a while, and finally touched Shen Qingruo’s shoulder. She patted her shoulder in attempts to comfort her.

Shen Yan, who came from the dining room, stood at the door of the kitchen. He looked at the scene in front of him and looked downwards, but decided not to approach them.

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While the two children were on the way to school, Shen Yan was unexpectedly silent. Luo Shuyan was still worried about Shen Qingruo, and she didn’t talk as much as she usually did.

When they were about to reach the school gates, Shen Yan finally couldn’t take it any longer. He gritted his teeth and asked, “What happened to my mother?”

Luo Shuyan was still immersed in her own world. When she heard this, she stopped and said, “I don’t know either.”

She felt that she and Shen Yan were best friends and there should be no secrets between them.

The last time Shen Yan found out that something was wrong with her father, he had told her immediately. Now, she couldn’t hide the truth from him.

“Aunty Shen seems to be crying. Her eyes were swollen, and her voice didn’t sound right.” Luo Shuyan looked at Shen Yan, “She said she read a touching novel and then chopped onions, but I don’t think that’s the case. ”

Shen Yan remained silent. His eyebrows were furrowed, it seemed like he was also thinking.

Yesterday before he went to bed, his mother was still reading English books enthusiastically.

What happened after he fell asleep?

Could something bad have happened during this time?

Shen Yan knew his mother better than Luo Shuyan. His mother gritted her teeth and survived even through the most difficult times. Other than the time when she cried after being rescued by Uncle Luo, he has basically never seen her in tears.

His mother was the bravest and strongest person he has ever met.

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