Oh no! My yandere school beauty is so clingy!

Shen Yu took a deep breath and held the little one in her arms even more securely.

He took a half step forward, getting closer to Zhang Shuyu, his gaze fixed on her eyes, which were filled with fear and deep wariness.

"When you were little...were you abandoned at the Sunshine Orphanage?" he asked, his voice low.

Xiangyang Orphanage.

The name was like a fine needle, gently pricking Zhang Shuyu.

She bit her lip, thinking of that place, she missed it and felt sad... She nodded, the movement was very slight, but the confusion in her eyes did not lessen, but rather she became more vigilant.

How did she know?

"Do you remember why you left the orphanage in the first place?" Shen Yu continued to ask, his voice filled with a tense patience.

For what?

Zhang Shuyu's thoughts were suddenly jolted by those words.

Looking for family...

A thought, almost extinguished by reality, surfaced, carrying with it a stale bitterness.

She left the orphanage without saying goodbye because she wanted to find her family.

But then came everything that followed after she left: the man's false warmth, the fear during her pregnancy, and the helplessness after giving birth.

And the heart-wrenching coldness of finally having to send the child back to the orphanage... these painful memories quickly overwhelmed her.

She had long forgotten, or rather, forced herself to forget, that naive reason she had initially given.

"...I don't remember..."

She shook her head, her voice hoarse, but her gaze was uncontrollably drawn to the swaddled baby in Shen Yu's arms, the child she longed for but dared not think about.

As for family... it doesn't matter anymore, this child is her only family.

"What does this have to do with my child? Who...who are you? Why is she here with you?"

Her voice was choked with sobs, a mixture of fear, urgency, and deep confusion.

Looking at her like this, Shen Yu couldn't bring himself to say what he wanted to say.

Brother? Family?

These words are too heavy and too unreal for them at this moment.

Aside from that...unconfirmed blood relation, there might be nothing between them.

Without shared memories or the warmth of their time together, he didn't even know how to tell a girl who was such a stranger and had clearly suffered great harm, "I am your brother."

He paused for a moment, then murmured softly:

"I..."

"I only recently found out... I might have a younger sister..."

"She's my twin...she was born two hours after me, but...I heard that her family was poor at the time, and they...abandoned her at the gate of an orphanage..."

Zhang Shuyu was stunned.

Every word Shen Yu said hit her ears like a hammer blow.

Twins...their family was poor...abandoned at the gate of an orphanage...

She heard each word clearly, but when put together, they were like a tangled mess, making them completely incomprehensible to her.

My mind went blank, with only these sentences buzzing in my head.

What does that mean? What's the point of telling her all this?

The girl abandoned at the gate of the orphanage... Xiangyang Orphanage... wasn't she the one abandoned at the gate of the orphanage?

She has no memory of anything earlier; she's been there since she can remember.

She looked at Shen Yu, this young man who was both unfamiliar and yet vaguely familiar.

He held her child and told her the story of an abandoned girl.

Could it be...?

That girl... was... me?

This thought struck her like a bolt of lightning, suddenly cleaving through the chaos in her mind.

But what followed was not a sudden realization, but an even more intense dizziness and a sense of absurdity.

But she couldn't take her eyes off Shen Yu's face, trying to find traces of lying on his face, or... something else.

My heart was pounding wildly in my chest, and I could barely breathe.

Shen Yu looked at her suddenly pale face and her unsteady appearance, and his heart tightened. He knew how much his words had affected her.

He spoke with difficulty, looking into Zhang Shuyu's eyes, which were filled with turbulent emotions, knowing that he had to finish what he was saying:

"I've been to the orphanage and found out. You should be... that girl, and you've gained their approval. Otherwise, they wouldn't have entrusted the child to me..."

"Don't worry, I only took care of the child for two days. I didn't expect to find you so easily..."

Zhang Shuyu stood motionless. She opened her mouth, and a short, broken breath came out of her throat, but she couldn't say anything.

My brain completely failed me; I couldn't think, I couldn't judge, only Shen Yu's words echoed repeatedly...

Just as Shen Yu finished speaking, Zhang Shuyu fell into a blank and chaotic silence.

The male waiter, who had been standing there dumbfounded, seemed to suddenly come to his senses.

He strode forward and stood between Zhang Shuyu and Shen Yu, his face showing urgency and a hint of wariness towards them.

He glanced at Zhang Shuyu, whose face was pale and eyes were glazed over, then at Shen Yu, who was holding the child and had a grave expression, and stammered as he spoke:

"I don't know what you're talking about... but... stop trying to lie to her, she's been lied to enough..."

His words made Zhang Shuyu, who had been keeping her head down, tremble. She lowered her head even further, biting her lips until they turned white...

Shen Yu shifted his gaze from Zhang Shuyu to the face of the young male waiter who had suddenly rushed out, and was slightly taken aback.

He immediately shook his head, his voice low but clear:

"I didn't lie to her."

After saying that, he stopped looking at the male waiter and turned his gaze back to Zhang Shuyu, who was being blocked behind him.

Although she had her head down and her shoulders were trembling slightly, she didn't seem to have any more intense breakdowns.

Shen Yu took a deep breath, stepped forward, and carefully handed the quiet baby in her arms to Zhang Shuyu.

This time, Zhang Shuyu did not lunge at her as fiercely as before to snatch it.

As if drawn by an invisible thread, she hesitantly raised her head, her gaze first falling on Shen Yu's face, lingering for a moment,

Then, her arm stiffly rose...

Shen Yu held her breath and placed the child in her arms.

As soon as the tiny baby fell into that familiar yet unfamiliar embrace, it seemed to sense something and squirmed slightly.

Then, those big, dark eyes met Zhang Shuyu's tearful eyes.

Then, the little one opened its toothless mouth and made a soft humming sound. Its little hands also wriggled out of the swaddling clothes a little and waved haphazardly toward Zhang Shuyu's cheek.

At that moment, the tears that had been welling up in Zhang Shuyu's eyes finally rolled down in large drops.

She didn't make a sound, but simply lowered her head, looking at her smiling daughter in her arms, tears streaming silently down her face...

The waiter looked at Zhang Shuyu holding the child; her eyes and expression were something that couldn't be faked. He whispered in disbelief:

"Is this really your child?"