My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn-Chapter 221 - 35 Fulfilling One’s Wish

Shen Chi was in a great mood, humming military songs while watering the vegetable garden with Lin Xiaoguai.

Lin Xiaoguai felt a bit embarrassed, wondering if it was a bit off to associate military songs with such a lighthearted tune?

Lin Xiaoguai lowered her head to sprinkle the extraterrestrial natural fertilizer, which had already been repackaged, into the vegetable garden. After she finished, she saw Shen Chi still happily watering, but he was about to drown the cabbage at his feet. Angrily, she said, "Shen Chi!"

"Huh?" Shen Chi snapped out of it and noticed the innocent cabbage, quickly moving the sprinkler away, and appeased Lin Xiaoguai with, "Wanwan, I was wrong!" ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

"I just don’t get it, what are you so happy about?" Lin Xiaoguai was very puzzled. As far as she knew, Shen Chi was not someone whose feelings were easily seen on his face, and Liu Yuzhi wasn’t that formidable of a figure. Could dealing with her make him so happy?

"There are some things I find hard to say." Shen Chi frowned in thought for a moment before continuing, "You see, when I was first told that I was not my dad and mom’s biological son, I hadn’t had the chance to feel sad before I was hit by another piece of news. A bastard..."

His smile was indescribably sarcastic, "At that moment, I felt as if the sky had collapsed. You know, if the label ’bastard’ was proven true, my whole life would be ruined. At that time, I aspired to make something of myself in the army, and such news struck like a bolt from the blue, almost shattering my composure."

"That’s why, all these years, as Liu Yuzhi kept suppressing and persecuting me, I could only passively defend myself and dare not fight back, swallowing down my broken teeth and blood, all because I was afraid Liu Yuzhi would publicize the fact that I was a bastard. At that time, I always thought that my whole life would be constantly fraught with dangers until I reached a high enough position to counterattack without compromising myself."

"But then I met Big Brother."

Only in private would Shen Chi call Han Shouxin his big brother.

He smiled softly, "Wanwan, you have no idea how I felt when I learned about my true background. It was an ecstatic relief, like seeing the light of day after a heavy burden was lifted."

"I couldn’t spare a bit of my heart to resent anyone, regardless of whether it was General Han Kuang or Liu Yuzhi. My whole heart was filled with the thought, ’I am not a bastard.’"

"For me, what mattered was not how I had been neglected due to Han Kuang’s oversight, nor the disparity between the son of a leader and the son of a civilian, but that I no longer had to worry that my past efforts, as a bastard, would all be in vain."

Seeing the unprecedentedly relaxed smile on Shen Chi’s face, Lin Xiaoguai understood his feelings a bit. For the mentally strong Shen Chi, those suppressions and persecutions could not scare him or make him shrink back; what truly hurt him was the hopeless future that came with the identity of a bastard.

With Shen Chi’s pride, how could he possibly accept a lifetime of mediocrity and incompetence, living only under the contempt and disdainful gaze of others?

Thinking that in her past life Shen Chi must have always thought he was a bastard, passively enduring Liu Yuzhi’s persecution, and never having set foot in the Capital until his death, Lin Xiaoguai’s heart was filled with a profound sense of sympathy.

She reached out to wrap her arms around Shen Chi’s waist, pressed her cheek against his chest, and tenderly said, "It’s all in the past."

In a place Lin Xiaoguai couldn’t see, Shen Chi’s eyes shone astonishingly bright, his deep black eyes darkening further, and in a breathy, wistful voice he slowly said, "Yes, it’s all in the past."

—The yearning for you that went unfulfilled has now become the past.

After their tender moment passed, both of them calmed down. Lin Xiaoguai, while rinsing the sprinkler, asked, "So, what exactly are your plans concerning General Han Kuang?"

The things Han Shouxin told Shen Chi would naturally not be kept from Lin Xiaoguai. In her view, it was all a cruel twist of fate. Liu Yuzhi was at fault, and so was Han Kuang; he was not entirely blameless. He didn’t truly betray Gu Fangwei, but did that even matter now?

Gu Fangwei bore the real pain of betrayal, and no matter how innocent Han Kuang might be, the one who paid the price was still only Gu Fangwei.

Moreover, he made mistakes repeatedly, and the three siblings Han Shouxin, Han Shouzhen, and Shen Chi all suffered immense pain because of him.

The agony of losing a son for Han Shouxin, the pain of losing a father for Han Shouzhen, and the schemes and psychological pressures Shen Chi had faced all these years—could any of these be glossed over lightly?

Maybe Han Kuang’s heart was in great pain now, but still, he did not deserve forgiveness.

"Him?" Shen Chi raised an eyebrow, his expression extremely indifferent, "To be honest, I still don’t feel that he is my father."