Shocking! The school heartthrob who was adopted by a wealthy family is actually a heiress!

Chapter 355 Do you think Qin Zhao is sick?
"Isn't she like this because of you?" Lin Shi doesn't care about fairness. He just knows that Shen Yanci is a scoundrel who harmed his sister behind his back.

As a result, the more care she received, the worse she became; she started taking sleeping pills and doubting herself.

Lin Shih made his stance clear: "If it weren't for you, would she have done this?"

Shen Yanci's throat felt dry, and he pursed his lips to suppress the surging bitterness.

"Don't you know how you bullied Qin Zhao?" Lin Shi snorted, not caring about the truth, but confident in his own speculation. "You've been giving him the silent treatment, haven't you? He's been the same since he was a child."

"It was my sister who pursued you, but she doesn't owe you anything, and she didn't force you to be with her. Besides, didn't you say you fell in love first?"

“I’ve said it before, if you’re with Qin Zhao, you have to treat her like royalty. If you can’t do that, what’s the point of being with her?” Lin Shi continued to bombard her with questions, one after another. “She’s already insecure. What kind of boyfriend are you? Have you taken good care of her? Have you made her feel at ease?”

"Don't say she didn't sign up. Even if she really wanted to go to America, so what? Who says you have to give up your future just because you're in a relationship?"

"And Shen Yanci, you're really sick in the head, you know that? You're doubting that she doesn't like you. Forget being carefree, don't you have any self-confidence at all? Are you even yourself?" Lin Shi was both puzzled and angry. "You weren't like this before."

"You even let Qin Zhao coax you." Lin Shi was speechless. He scoffed, "Anyone who didn't know better would think you were the one with PTSD and psychological problems."

Shen Yanci's mouth moved, then closed again. He looked up, his eyes fixed on the blurry halo above the pool, and took a difficult breath.

The huge swimming pool was now only filled with the hollow echo of the water rippling slightly.

The water shimmered for a few moments before Shen Yanci suppressed the emotions in his eyes, his voice dry and rough like sandpaper: "Yes, it was my fault for not taking good care of her."

He struggled to breathe: "Dr. Lin said that breaking up now would be even more hurtful to her."

Lin Shi paused for two seconds, then let out a cryptic chuckle: "You really thought about it?"

He could scold Shen Yanci, but if Shen Yanci actually considered breaking up, he would explode.

He nodded a few times, then touched the back of his cheek with the tip of his tongue.

A surge of anger rushed to the top of his head, even more so than when Shen Yanci and Qin Zhao first got together.

He reached out to grab Shen Yanci by the collar, but when his hand reached the side, he realized that Shen Yanci's upper body was bare.

"..."

Seeing that his hand was about to turn into a fist, Shen Yanci frowned and raised her hand to block his wrist: "I just don't want to make things difficult for her."

He shifted his gaze to the side, his voice becoming detached: "I don't want her to pretend to be nonchalant in front of me when she's clearly unhappy."

I don't want her to cater to him out of some so-called sense of compensation.

"I don't want to become a source of pressure for her."

I didn't want to be a source of her pain.

"I don't want to become a hurdle that she has to force herself to overcome."

So he asked Lin Jianwei if it would be better for her if they started over as friends.

Seeing his suppressed and pained expression, Lin Shi snorted with satisfaction, "I knew you wouldn't dare."

Shen Yanci: "Please help me."

His voice was not loud, and his brows were unconsciously furrowed, giving him a more submissive and obedient air.

In short, it was an expression Lin Shi had never seen before.

His emotions were mixed for a moment: "Are you begging me?"

"Ah."

Lin Shi quickly adapted to the situation. It wasn't his style to be reserved and not show off. He propped himself up with his arm and said, "My throat is a little dry."

"..."

He took a sip of water, clicked his tongue, and moved his neck: "My neck hurts too."

Shen Yanci remained remarkably calm: "I'll call a physical therapist." Lin Shi tilted his chin up, somewhat dissatisfied: "You didn't even offer any attitude."

Shen Yanci realized what he meant, glanced at Lin Shi's bare shoulders, exhaled, and tied the bathrobe next to him.

Lin Shi glanced at him sideways.

Noticing Shen Yanci's expression of resistance yet forced to endure, she felt even more pleased: "What, is there something you're unhappy about?"

"No."

Lin Shi, without a care in the world, bossed people around like a boss: "To the left, to the right, too light, haven't you eaten? Put some effort into it, damn it—"

His screams echoed through the pool as he arched his back in pain: "Murder!"

He clutched his shoulder, gasping for breath, clearly dissatisfied.

But seeing Shen Yanci's dark face, he felt relieved.

Feeling mischievous, he picked up his phone to take a picture: "Smile."

"..."

Shen Yanci said expressionlessly, "You're not afraid of being misunderstood, but I am."

"..."

Lin Shipu had had his fill of rambling. He lay back in his recliner, chewing on a straw, and got down to business: "Do you think Qin Zhao is sick?"

Shen Yanci didn't speak, but Lin Shi read the answer in his eyes: "You're sick, aren't you? Do you want her to get better?"

"nonsense."

“Yes, that’s the problem.” Lin Shi spread his hands, his voice exceptionally clear. “You think it’s bad that she’s sick, and you want her to recover. She also knows that you think it’s bad that she’s sick, and she knows that you want her to recover.”

"But she can't do it now, so what can she do? She can only pretend nothing's wrong."

"She's not really okay, so of course she's on edge."

Shen Yanci looked up at him, her eyes showing shock.

Lin Shi: "She was like this when she first started treatment, always faking a smile. It's the same in our family."

He didn't really want to recall that period.

“She had no one to rely on when she was little, so she was afraid of being a burden to others, you know?” Lin Shi sighed. “She’s really quite naive. My parents dote on her too much. She doesn’t even know how to take the opportunity to ask her parents for something. She just suffers in silence.”

Shen Yanci could almost imagine how uncomfortable she looked. She had always been like that; even when she was wronged or in pain, she would still force a smile.

He felt an indescribable tightness in his chest, a dull and painful sensation as if he were being pounded.

“My parents turned down all the work they could and took good care of her for more than a year before she learned to throw tantrums.”

Lin Shi still spoke with a disdainful tone: "It's really embarrassing for her to throw a tantrum. It's not even as big as one of my mistakes, yet she feels guilty about it. With her mentality, I should have apologized eight hundred times over."

"What kind of spineless personality do you think she has?"

"You can't blame her. It's all the human traffickers' fault! It's all those bastards' fault! If I had protected her since she was little, she would be as awesome as me by now!"

"..."

Shen Yanci, who was immersed in suppressed emotions, was pulled back to reality by his words: "Is that bastard the family that adopted her?"

"He's not human, he's a beast!" Lin Shi was furious, his expression turning angry. "The grandmother who adopted her was poor, so she dragged Qin Zhao to collect garbage when she was little. She would beat her if Qin Zhao didn't look like a boy convincingly. Her son is a beast, he does nothing but eat, drink, gamble, and whore, and he even stole the money Qin Zhao earned from collecting garbage!"

"Qin Zhao never had enough to eat when he was a child." Lin Shi said, then burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)