Mixed in 1980

Chapter 418 Searching for Relatives
Zhou Jingshu peeled a tiger prawn, dipped it in vinegar, and put it in Chen Yanche's bowl: "Why didn't you go to your sister-in-law's house with your second brother?"

"Chen Lao Er won't allow it."

Chen Yanche picked up a shrimp, put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it: "He's going to propose marriage and coax his father-in-law and mother-in-law. He's afraid I'll laugh at him."

Zhou Jingshu continued peeling shrimp shells, teasingly saying, "You only dare to badmouth Second Brother behind his back. If you're so capable, why don't you criticize him to his face?"

Chen Yanche curled his lip: "Don't you know how cunning Chen Lao Er is? I just don't understand how such a kind person as his second mother could give birth to such a ruthless person."

puff...

Zhou Jingshu laughed: "That's about right. Second Brother treats Third Brother and Fourth Sister very well. You, on the other hand, are just asking for trouble."

She put the peeled shrimp in his bowl and then said, "New students are enrolling again? Didn't you say last semester that the freshmen were yours? Go check them out later?"

"Please don't hurt me."

Chen Yanche shuddered and shook his head repeatedly: "If I were to date again, do you believe that Chen Lao Er would treat me like a Japanese soldier?"

He couldn't help but sigh, "I'm doomed to be with my junior, what a waste of my youth!"

Zhou Jingshu raised the corners of her mouth slightly: "Stop talking nonsense. If you're aiming for marriage, find someone to date in a down-to-earth way. Do you think your second brother would object?"

"You just want to play around, ugh, you scumbag!"

Chen Yanche put down his chopsticks: "Sis, I'm only 19. I'm still three years away from the legal marriage age. Asking me to think about marriage is just nonsense."

“I’m not like my second brother, who wanted to get married at such a young age. And my third brother, tsk tsk… used to shout ‘Long live being single!’ but he ended up falling for it too.”

"I won't consider it before I'm thirty."

After hearing his words, Zhou Jingshu curled her lip in disdain: "You talk like you can make your own decisions? Just wait, after graduation, see if your family will start pressuring you."

As she spoke, she peeled another shrimp and put it into Chen Yanche's bowl: "There is no such thing as late marriage in our family. If my eldest sister hadn't been pursuing a doctorate, she would have gotten her marriage certificate with her husband long ago."

"makes sense."

Helpless, Chen Yanche picked up a shrimp and put it in his mouth, then changed the subject: "You registered your information on the Baby Come Home website before, have you heard anything?"

Zhou Jingshu paused, her expression stiffening.

After a while, he picked up a shrimp and continued peeling it: "No, there's too little information. There's only a bell bracelet, which is hard to find."

"What are you thinking?" Chen Yanche asked again.

Zhou Jingshu remained silent, unsure how to respond.

My family has never hidden my background from me. From the time I can remember, I knew that I was not my parents' biological child and that I was rescued from human traffickers.

Sometimes I've thought that it doesn't really matter whether I look for someone or not. I'm fine as I am now. My parents have given me meticulous care, and my uncle's family also loves me very much.

There's no need to change!
Her mother's words touched her deeply: "Your biological parents may have been looking for you all along, searching aimlessly everywhere."

"A search could take twenty years."

"It could take even longer. Before they are found, they may be living in guilt, regret, and longing, feeling like sinners."

Zhou Jingshu went to register because of this sentence.

She also wanted to know where she was from, who her family members were, and how she was abducted by human traffickers.

I even wondered if it had been abandoned.

Pulling herself back to reality, Zhou Jingshu shook her head slightly: "It depends on fate. If we can find it, we will; if not, then it's just that fate wasn't on our side."

……

The following day, Chen Yanjin took Ye Wan out.

My cousin Chen Xiaoran from my hometown is an employee of my great-uncle's appliance store chain, which has several stores. Since I rarely come here, I definitely have to visit her.

In addition, there is Chen Jianye.

My father's roommate, a prominent figure back then, although he emerged from that crisis, inevitably had to step down to the second line.

The current work situation is almost like retirement.

Chen Jianye was quite satisfied with this kind of life. When he saw Chen Yanjin off, he left him with a remark: "Kid, let me tell you a principle: in this life, you don't have to accomplish everything."

Sometimes, it's best to let things go.

"Taking a step back isn't out of the question!"

As Ye Wan left Chen Jianye's house, she said with some curiosity, "Uncle Chen's words sound a bit strange, as if he has experienced a lot of hardships."

Chen Yanjin shook his head slightly and sighed: "When my dad was in college, there were five people in his dormitory, and Uncle Chen was actually the most promising one."

"He worked his way up to the head of the department in his thirties."

"If nothing unexpected happens, it's at least a ministry-level enterprise now, and if we're lucky, it's not impossible for it to become a national-level enterprise in the future."

"Pity!"

"What exactly happened?" Ye Wan asked curiously.

Chen Yanjin couldn't help but curl his lips: "You know the biggest case in Minxia, ​​right? Uncle Chen was drugged and made drunk back then, then thrown on the bed and filmed, and got implicated."

“When my aunt got married, Uncle Chen took the opportunity to go to Beijing to attend the wedding, then went to his superiors to confess and clear his name. After that, he stepped down to the second line and has been there ever since.”

"No wonder!" Ye Wan sighed.

After leaving the residential area, the young couple hailed a taxi and went to Xiamen University to meet Zhou Jingshu and Chen Yanche, and they had a meal together.

Chen Lao Er showed no kindness to Xiao Wu, but doted on Zhou Jing Shu. The little girl had grown up at home since she was a child, and was not much different from his own sister.

Xiao Wu was extremely upset about this. After his brother and sister-in-law left, he couldn't help but mutter, "That scoundrel Chen Lao Er acts like I'm his enemy. Just wait, I'll find a chance to screw him over."

Zhou Jingshu smiled and said, "Just think about it!"

Chen Yanche said dejectedly, "It's really just wishful thinking. Chen Lao Er is ruthless and petty. I can't beat him in this lifetime."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but get angry: "The old man was so generous, and the second aunt was so kind, how could they have given birth to such a thing? Hey... it must be a genetic mutation."

"All you've got is a stubborn mouth," Zhou Jingshu shook her head.

Turning back to her dorm, she had just turned on her computer when a pretty girl with wavy hair approached her: "Jing Shu, going to see your brother again?"

Zhou Jingshu looked at the other person with a mocking expression: "Lin Wanyu, what are you up to by asking about my brother?"

Lin Wanyu chuckled and put her arm around Zhou Jingshu's shoulder: "Your brother is single again, so let me introduce you. We can develop a sister-in-law relationship."

Zhou Jingshu shook her head slightly and held up two fingers: "Two words, no chance!"

"Jing Shu, are you good sisters?"

Zhou Jingshu smiled wryly: "I'm not lying to you. When Chen Yanche came home for summer vacation, my older sister and second brother gave him a good beating. He has decided not to date anymore."

"That's because you haven't met the right person yet. Jing Shu, please introduce her."

“Okay, let’s have lunch together tomorrow. Whether you can win him over is up to you. I won’t interfere.” Zhou Jingshu smiled slightly.

It's obvious there's no chance.

Lin Wanyu isn't pretty enough. Xiao Wu is a typical looks-obsessed person; if someone's appearance doesn't meet his aesthetic standards, he won't be interested.

Secondly, Lin Wanyu is too realistic.

Does she really like Chen Yanche as a person? She only likes Chen Yanche's status as a rich second-generation and wants to marry into a wealthy family, nothing more.

Chen Yanche would definitely not like this.

If she were prettier, Chen Yanche might have dated her for a few months and then given her a bank card.

I also told her, "We're not a good match. You deserve better."

After pacifying Lin Wanyu, Zhou Jingshu opened her laptop, logged into the Baby Come Home website, and clicked on her own post, but found no useful information.

I closed the thread, then opened another thread posted by someone else.

Browsing aimlessly, seemingly hoping to find useful information, yet also feeling that it's okay if I don't, my heart is filled with contradictions.

It feels pretty boring!
After a long while, Zhou Jingshu took out her headphones, put them on, and opened the "Waiting for Me" program. Watching other people search for their relatives, some found them, and some didn't, she felt quite bitter.

Occasionally, she would wonder what she would say if she found her biological parents on this show's stage.
When you meet, will you be indifferent, or will you burst into tears like those people on the show?
"Maybe we'll never find it!"

With a soft sigh, Zhou Jingshu heard a muffled voice in her mind: "Yaya, little brother, protect your little brother..."

Perhaps, I have a younger brother.

My uncle once said that he probably had a younger brother in his family of origin, and that his family had told him to take good care of his brother, which is why he has such a strong attachment to this.

What would it be like to have a younger brother?

Zhou Jingshu was very curious whether Xiao Wu was also a mischievous troublemaker.

Unfortunately, I have no memory of my younger brother, nor of any other images, only a vague and indistinct voice.

It's also possible that the sounds are all wrong.

Overwhelmed with sorrow, Zhou Jingshu turned off her computer to calm herself down. The next day, Lin Wanyu kept pestering her to have dinner with Xiao Wu.

Just as I guessed, Xiao Wu was a typical looks-obsessed person and wasn't interested in Lin Wanyu. Even after adding her on WeChat, he barely responded.

Undeterred, Lin Wanyu pestered Zhou Jingshu, asking her to help her find out the reason.

Zhou Jingshu didn't refuse, but unexpectedly Chen Yanche replied with a message: "I've turned over a new leaf and I'm going to study hard. No one can stop me from striving for improvement."

puff...

Zhou Jingshu couldn't help but laugh and showed the message to Lin Wanyu: "I'm not lying to you, am I? He was really badly beaten by my second brother, so he won't be dating for the time being."

"Your second brother is really awful!" Lin Wanyu said angrily.

Zhou Jingshu smiled, but did not deny it.

My second brother is very protective of his own and spoils me a lot, but he can also be quite awful at times. I've been tricked by him countless times since I was a child, and it's impossible to guard against it.

Second Brother digs holes without discriminating between people.

When she gets really mean, she'll even cheat her older sister, even though she always gets beaten up by her older sister and screams in pain.

Today is Saturday, my second brother should be back in Beijing by now, right?

Chen Yanjin and Ye Wan had just returned to Ya'er Hutong when they ran into Lao Si, Ye Ling, as soon as they entered the door.

Looking at his sister-in-law, Chen Yanjin was very surprised: "Sister-in-law, what happened to you? Tsk tsk... You look so haggard, anyone who didn't know better would think you went to work as a laborer on a construction site."

Ye Ling glared at him: "Do you think graduate school is so easy? Every day you're either researching theories or doing experiments, often working until midnight, and then you have to go back to school to work overtime the next day."

Chen Yanjin raised an eyebrow: "Isn't graduate school easy?"

"You..." Ye Ling was furious, only then remembering that this guy had two master's degrees, which he had apparently passed with ease.

Chen Yanjin laughed and said smugly, "But you look great like this, all weathered up. I won't have to worry about mistaking you for someone else in the future."

PS: The first update is here~
(End of this chapter)