bookpower Chapter 97: The Second piece of Defense I wrote Today
Chapter 97: The Second piece of Defense I wrote Today
Chapter 97
Shen Wu began to observe his fourth brother Shen Jize, who, like himself, did not have much of a presence at home.
He found that Shen Jize cried very easily - if he bumped into something, if someone spoke to him loudly, or even when he was alone, he would cry inexplicably.
This seemed very similar to emotional incontinence, but Shen Wu also felt it was not exactly the same.
Compared to the descriptions of the condition in books, his fourth brother was clearly able to control himself, he just didn't want to.
Shen Wu started following Shen Jize around, recording the various triggers that made him cry, and looking for related case studies in books. He found his fourth brother very interesting - not his personality, but his body.
The rest of the family did not seem to have noticed yet that Shen Jize's wounds could not heal on their own.
In the past, to better understand Shen Jize's body, Shen Wu might have directly cut Shen Jize with a knife to test and experiment.
But after his elder brother's education last time, he understood that he could not do that.
So he just continued to follow Shen Jize, waiting for Shen Jize to hurt himself.
However, after a month passed, Shen Jize did not get injured. When he was alone, he seemed to be extra careful.
Until that day, when other guests came to the house and the parents were busy hosting them, Shen Jize was insensitively pestered and bothered by a child younger than him, and finally,
Shen Jize was cut by the child's toy.
Familiar tears fell, but all he got was a light apology. Shen Wu watched as Shen Jize ran to where the family kept the first aid kit, crying as he prepared to dress his wound.
But this time the injury was on his arm, and Shen Jize seemed to have trouble treating it alone.
Shen Wu thought this was a good opportunity for close observation, so he took the initiative to offer to help Shen Jize treat the wound.
Of course Shen Jize agreed, he had no reason to refuse.
As Shen Wu cleaned and observed, a careless movement caused the small notebook he had casually put in his pocket to fall out, right in front of Shen Jize.
The page that fell open just so happened to have Shen Jize's name written on it.
Shen Jize Observation Diary:
1. Crying hiding under the windowsill.
2. Crying while reading in the study.
3. Crying hiding in his room...
Basically all records of Shen Jize crying in various places. Visitt for the latest updates
A normal person might feel somewhat awkward in this situation, but Shen Wu was not only not embarrassed, he even held up the notebook and asked directly, "Why were you crying under the windowsill yesterday?"
Shen Jize was stunned for a moment, and explained blankly, "I was craving some food yesterday but didn't get to eat it, and suddenly felt upset."
"Good morning, Little Five."
"Good morning, Big Brother."
Shen Yichen shook the certain sleepy little bug in his hand again, trying to wake her up. "Shen Yue, wake up a bit more."
Shen Yue opened her eyes then closed them again. "Good morning, Big Brother. Good morning, Fifth Brother."
Shen Wu looked away. He really didn't understand how Shen Yue could like sleeping so much. Sleeping was just a means to replenish energy. Being overly addicted to it was just wasting life away, wasn't it?
So Shen Wu went up and started shaking Shen Yue with several times more force than Big Brother, successfully shaking Shen Yue awake.
Shen Yue looked at Shen Wu, her eyes conveying a few words - You'd better have something important.
Shen Wu's mouth quirked up. "Good morning, Shen Yue."
Shen Yue: ...
Woke me up for half the morning just to say that? Does he have a cat disease?
Just as she was about to say something, Shen Yue suddenly heard another familiar footsteps behind her. She immediately changed her expression, looking at Shen Wu with softened brows and eyes, even seeming a bit pitiful. "Why did you shake me... it really hurt..."
The summoning password was used successfully. The footsteps behind her suddenly quickened, and a gust of wind blew past as Shen Jize shielded Shen Yue, looking at Shen Wu, perfectly demonstrating what it means to be both resilient and afraid at the same time.
"Little Wu, don't shake your sister."
Shen Wu: ...
Shen Yichen carrying Shen Yue: ...
This was the first time the Shen family eldest felt a little sympathy for a certain psychopathic fifth brother.
"Alright, stop messing around. Shen Yue, hurry up and eat then go to school. I have some things tonight, your second brother will go pick you up."
Before Shen Yue could respond, Shen Jize was already protesting. "Big Brother, I can go pick up Yueyue, there's no need to trouble Second Brother."
One day when Shen Jize was bored at home, he had watched the show Shen Yue participated in at the time. Being highly sensitive to emotions as always, he naturally sensed Second Brother's malice towards Shen Yue.
Even though later on Second Brother started protecting Shen Yue for some unknown reason, to Shen Jize, Second Brother was still not to be trusted.
If Second Brother went to pick her up, who would know if Sister was scolded?
"I'll go with Fourth Brother to pick her up." Shen Wu also chimed in on the side.
Shen Yue opened her mouth. "I can..." go back myself.
Before she could finish speaking, Shen Yichen had already made the final decision. "Then the three of you go pick her up together."
Shen Yue: ?