Just because she looks weak doesn't mean she's easy to bully.

In the morning, Cheng Jinchu met a strange person, who, judging from her clothes, should be a young lady.

There are indeed quite a lot of young ladies in the Shen Mansion. Even when she went to the old lady's place last time, she didn't stay there for long...

Mainly, she didn't care too much about these unimportant people with whom she would have no interactions.

Today is the Lantern Festival. Bai Siyao came over early in the morning to invite her to go watch the lantern festival together in the evening.

There was a festival recently, so the three rooms had dinner together. After dinner, Cheng Jinchu took a walk in the house to digest the food.

Since she came out, I have been following her. There is only one person following her, and I thought I was following her secretly enough.

Cheng Jinchu gestured to Yunzhi to follow the woman, pretended to tell Yunzhi to go back and get something, and then Yunzhi left.

Afterwards, Cheng Jinchu deliberately took a few detours and came to the shabby courtyard where she lived when she first came to the Shen Mansion. Unexpectedly, the man dared to lie at the door and look at her when she entered the shabby courtyard.

This broken yard only has a wall separating it from other yards, and the gate was built very well. Since Cheng Jinchu moved out of the broken yard, the gate has been locked.

Some simple lock picking was not difficult for Cheng Jinchu, so she opened the lock smoothly and walked into the yard.

Cheng Jinchu entered the yard. Yunzhi followed the man all the time. When Cheng Jinchu entered the yard, she caught the man and threw him in front of Cheng Jinchu. Then she turned around and left the yard, closed the gate from the outside, and stood guard nearby. She did it all in one smooth move.

Cheng Jinchu looked indifferently at the woman who got up from the ground. She was brushing the dirt off her body.

"Who are you? Why have you been following me?"

The woman stood up, holding her handkerchief nervously, not daring to look up at Cheng Jinchu.

"I, I am, I am Shen Yuning."

Your surname is Shen?

"Which room are you from?"

The woman pursed her lips.

"In the eldest house, I am the third child."

Cheng Jinchu looked at the woman.

"You, why are you following me?"

The woman bit her lip and didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, she looked up at Cheng Jinchu as if she had made up her mind.

"I, I, I can tell you why, and you don't have to believe it, but I swear everything I said is true!"

Cheng Jinchu raised his chin and motioned the woman to continue.

"I, I...I'm thinking of you because you look exactly like a friend of mine, um...a friend in my dream, so..."

The young ladies of the Shen family seldom go out. In some occasions, they cannot go at all if their mistress does not bring them with her.

Shen Yuning didn't want to say such nonsense as it was a dream, but there was no way. With her identity, it was impossible for Zhou to take her out. The only time she went out was this time with the old lady. How could she be so successful that she needed to follow other people's friends.

Cheng Jinchu narrowed his eyes and stared at the woman in front of him, and the woman took a deep breath.

"it is true!"

"So? You followed me because you dreamed about me?"

Shen Yuning choked. She had no choice. She was never good at making excuses. She just said that in a moment of desperation.

When she saw her while eating just now, she couldn't help but keep looking at her.

"I, I really dreamed about you. I'm not a bad person. Really, I don't want to do anything bad to you. Of course, I will never do anything bad to you!"

After hearing what Shen Yuning said, Cheng Jinchu chuckled. This woman, it would be as easy to kill her as to crush an ant. How could she give her the chance to do anything to her.

She walked to the door of the shabby house, sat on the stone steps, and waved to Shen Yuning.

"Come sit here and tell me what you dreamed about."

Shen Yuning walked over and sat down next to Cheng Jinchu. She lowered her head, as if she was lost in some bad memories, and her expression was very sad.

"In the dream, I, or we, were not in this place, nor were we in our current identities. We were in a place like that, a place that took in children without parents..."

Shen Yuning lowered his head and spoke attentively, and did not notice Cheng Jinchu who was staring at him in surprise.

"I was timid and cried a lot when I first got there. But you always accompanied me and played with me your favorite bunny doll. Oh, it was a bunny-shaped thing filled with cotton, just like the stuffed tigers that children play with, but in the shape of a bunny.

I was seven years old when I went there, and you and another friend of yours, it was said, were thrown at the gate of that place one after the other when you were infants.

In my dream, when I was eighteen, I found my parents and returned home. We were still best friends. I was about to get married, and you, and that person, were…"

Shen Yuning thought about it and realized that there was no such thing as bridesmaids in this era, so she simply didn't mention it and jumped directly to the next story.

"It was about a month before my wedding. You and that other friend died together. When I arrived at the scene, both of you were lying in a pool of blood..."

When she said this, Shen Yuning couldn't control herself and cried with her hands covering her eyes. She cried for a long time before she looked up at Cheng Jinchu. She was a little surprised to see that Cheng Jinchu's eyes were also red.

"You're crying like this because of something that happened in your dream? Things in dreams aren't real!"

After hearing what Cheng Jinchu said, Shen Yuning shook her head and pointed to the location of her heart.

"No, I felt that kind of sadness. Can you imagine it? When I saw that scene, I wasn't the first to get scared. The people who followed me in were scared and screamed loudly. Some of them crawled out of the house with weak legs. I stood there, as if I was acupunctured. I couldn't move. I just cried. Not loudly, but tears fell in big drops.

I was finally able to move after the police came to handle the scene and moved the people away. At that time, I was so convinced that it was a murder case that killed two of my friends at once, and later..."

Shen Yuning shook her head and forced a smile at Cheng Jinchu.

"You're right. It was a dream. A dream that I stood aside and watched. Although it felt very real, it wasn't true. I'm sorry that I didn't give you a good ending in the dream. I chased you and told you such an unlucky dream."

Cheng Jinchu shook her head and didn't care. After listening to Shen Yuning's story, she fell silent, lowered her eyes, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Shen Yuning stood up, patted his butt, looked down at Cheng Jinchu and smiled.

"Well...can I come and play with you more often in the future? I am older than you in age, so you should call me cousin."

Cheng Jinchu looked up at Shen Yuning and nodded slightly.

"Oh, there's one more thing. I heard about it. Of course, I also saw it when I came back this time. I felt uncomfortable for several days after I came back. I just came out today and saw your father's new second wife. Um... Anyway, judging from her face, she doesn't look very good. Um... Maybe I'm overthinking it. Anyway, second wives usually don't treat the original wife's children well. So, don't be silly. Just because she treats you well, you think she is a good person. Who can say for sure whether she is a good person or a bad person?"

After saying that, Shen Yuning turned and left. She had just taken a few steps when she heard Cheng Jinchu's voice behind her. Then, she could no longer move, and tears kept falling uncontrollably.

She heard Cheng Jinchu say.

"Shen Xiaoxue or Ma Yixian, which name should I call you?"