Chen Ping'an was carrying a small cake and ran to Shen Li in a few steps. He was stunned when he saw her for the first time.

He knew that Shen Li was beautiful, even without makeup, but he didn't expect her to be so stunning when she dressed up seriously.

Under the dim light, her peach blossom eyes were clear, her nose was small and straight, her facial features were still deep and three-dimensional, with a hint of hazy beauty, and her outfit matched her temperament, making him feel that the person in front of him was so beautiful that it seemed unreal.

Chen Pingan smiled and asked, "What are you doing here, Shen Li?"

Shen Li had to stand on tiptoe to barely knock Chen Ping'an's head, "You're rude. I've told you so many times to call me sister."

Her strength was like brushing off dust. Chen Pingan touched his head with a smile, "I know, sister, sister, sister, are you satisfied? You are not much older than me."

"Two years old. Two years old. Do you know what that means? Little brat."

"I'm not a brat. Have you ever seen a brat this tall?"

As Chen Pingan spoke, he gestured on Shen Li's head with his hands and deliberately stood on tiptoe.

With a height of 185cm and standing on tiptoe, Shen Li's neck felt sore from tilting his head to talk to her.

After the demonstration, Chen Pingan did not stop for a second and ran forward, because he knew that Shen Li would beat him up in the next second.

Sure enough, "You deserve a beating, you little brat!" Shen Li raised his hand but missed.

The two of them went home playing and laughing all the way.

Chen Pingan arrived home first, opened the cake and put it on the table, "Come and eat the cake."

Shen Li saw the packaging of the cake clearly and was a little angry. It was the shop where Chen Pingan had been working. In the past, the boss would give them the cakes that were not sold out by the evening to take home.

"You're going to work again? Didn't I tell you not to go? What's wrong with you?"

Chen Pingan, however, smiled and disagreed.

"It's okay, don't get so excited. It's just selling cakes and collecting cash. It's not tiring. The boss said that business has improved a lot when I was in the store, and he even gave me a raise."

He said it with a relaxed look on his face, but Shen Li couldn't laugh. He knew that Chen Pingan said these words to make her happy.

Chen Pingan scooped out a piece of cake and fed it to Shen Li without saying a word.

Shen Li took it and ate it himself. The sweet cream melted in his mouth. It seemed that the sweetness in his mouth made his heart less bitter.

While eating, Chen Pingan suddenly said something.

"Sister, if I don't treat it, I don't know if I will live to get a kidney." His tone was normal as if he was discussing today's weather with her.

Shen Li paused while eating the cake. This time she was really angry.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

"I'm serious. I don't want you to work so hard."

Shen Li put the cake down, smiled, and pretended to be relaxed: "Stinky boy, you are so sweet today, are you up to something bad again?"

Chen Ping'an's serious expression was quickly covered up by a heartless smile, "How could I? I haven't asked you yet, why are you dressing up so beautifully today?"

Shen Li's head buzzed and she was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat. She forgot about it and was thinking about how to find a reasonable excuse.

"I heard from Sister Xiaoqin that their company is preparing for a new audition for a new drama. Did you go there secretly without telling me?"

Chen Ping'an's words were like a life-saving straw, and Shen Li breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, you found out. I wanted to tell you when I had good news."

"Why are you worried? If you weren't chosen, it's because they had a problem with their vision. You should have told me earlier and I would have gone to cheer you on."

If he said more, he would be exposed. Shen Li changed the subject, "Okay, I won't hold you accountable for secretly working part-time. Remember, the doctor told you to rest. Look at the time now."

That night, both of them had their own thoughts and lay in bed for a long time without falling asleep.

The three words Chen Pingan said kept appearing in Shen Li’s mind: "Incurable"!

To her, Chen Pingan has long been her inseparable relative and her only relative in this world.

She couldn't imagine how devastated she would be if Chen Ping'an gave up treatment and left one day.

Even though they were not related by blood, Chen Ping'an satisfied all her fantasies about family. No one mentioned it, and she even forgot that they were not related by blood.

But so what? The emotions between people are hard to explain and are not maintained by unselectable blood ties.

Shen Li was lying on the bed. In the dark room, it was so quiet that the only sound he could hear was his own breathing.

The screen of the phone beside the pillow lit up and a message came in.

Shen Li took it and took a look. It was the bank information, and the money that Gu Jingcheng promised had arrived.

She sat up, the dim light from the phone screen shining on her face, and she looked at the string of numbers on the phone over and over again.

Then, the phone received another message.

【have you slept? 】

Shen Li hesitated whether to reply or not. It was so late, why would Gu Jingcheng still send her a message?

【not yet. 】

Just a few seconds after the message was sent, Gu Jingcheng called.

Shen Li was startled by the ringing of the phone, but after thinking it over he picked it up.

"Mr. Gu, is there anything going on so late?"

"Ah."

Shen Li waited for Gu Jingcheng on the other end of the phone to talk about something, but he didn't hear a word from him for a long time. He only heard a few helpless sighs.

You are so frugal with words, is there something wrong?

"Mr. Gu? Are you still there?"

"Well, you may need to go to the hospital with me early tomorrow morning. Grandpa fell down last night and broke his bones."

"Broken bone! Is it serious?"

"It's okay. I just came back from the hospital. The doctor said it's nothing serious. Grandpa and I said it was too late and you were asleep, so we didn't call you."

"Got it. Give me your address and I'll go there early tomorrow morning."

Shen Liming understood Gu Jingcheng's meaning. At this time, it would be unacceptable for her, the nominal granddaughter-in-law, not to show up.

"Thank you."

Gu Jingcheng was somewhat surprised that Shen Li agreed so readily. Originally, he wanted to use threats and inducements as before.

After receiving the call, Shen Li found it even more difficult to fall asleep, and even began to regret agreeing to the call.

It was originally a simple transaction, but things seemed to be developing in an uncontrollable direction.

Early the next morning, the car to pick up Shen Li was already downstairs.

The elderly men and women who got up early to buy groceries who passed by started talking about how there could be such a nice car in this small place, and they didn't know who it was here to pick up.

Shen Li didn't dare to go over there openly. He covered his face with his hair. After seeing the old man and woman walk away, he rolled into the car, looking like a guilty thief.

Gu Jingcheng looked at Shen Li in confusion as he got into the car with a nervous look on his face.

"Are you ashamed to be seen?" I didn't see her so exaggerated last time.

Only after the car drove away did Shen Li relax.

"You don't understand the power of uncles and aunts. Last time at that time, they were all in the park, so I didn't run into them."

Gu Jingcheng shook his head helplessly. He could not understand a word Shen Li said. He could only choose to respect silently and then handed breakfast to Shen Li.

"While it's hot."

Gu Jingcheng asked Chen Lingdong to bring breakfast when he came.

Chen Lingdong, who was driving at the time, glanced at the rearview mirror, then shifted his gaze back to the front and concentrated on driving.

Shen Li took it with some surprise: "Thank you."

She came out in such a hurry that she really had no time to eat breakfast.

Shen Li took a sip of soy milk and quietly turned his head to look at Gu Jingcheng who was concentrating on looking at his iPad.

Are you so busy? You don’t need to worry about motion sickness when watching iPad like this.

Shen Li just thought about this, and when he looked at Gu Jingcheng's profile again, his eyes became uncontrollable and he couldn't retract them.

When she thought about being on the same marriage certificate with such a handsome and wealthy man, her face turned red unconsciously.

Soon her passionate gaze was noticed by Gu Jingcheng. Shen Li was very embarrassed when she was bumped into. She turned her head hurriedly, sat down, and kept stuffing breakfast into her mouth.

"No one is competing with you."

Gu Jingcheng said in a cold voice, and casually took out a tissue and handed it to Shen Li.

"Thank you." Shen Li thanked him, and when he looked at him again, it was as if nothing had happened. Gu Jingcheng was still looking down at the iPad.

We walked in silence all the way and soon arrived at the hospital.

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