Chapter 5: Being Misunderstood

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation  Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

The brothers thought about it again as they listened.

Shen Nan felt that all these were excuses, to him it was simple — Emily did something wrong and refused to admit it.

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The adults in the family were simply covering up for their youngest sister.

Sister Shen Xue was so pitiful. She was bullied by Emily for no reason. Yet up until now, Emily still hadn’t come to apologize.

In the future, he must protect Sister Shen Xue so that she wouldn’t be bullied again.

Emily also had to be taught proper manners and behavior. How could she be bullying others at such a young age?

But Brother Shen Yu was so protective of Emily. How could he let Shen Yu see his younger sister’s true colors?

“Brother Shen Nan, thank you for protecting me. It’s just that I really don’t understand what’s so spectacular about Emily. Brother Shen Yu has never been close to anyone. How could he like this younger sister for no reason?” Shen Xue asked.

Yes, Shen Nan also knew that Fifth Brother had always been a concern of the adults in the family. He was clearly isolating himself from others, yet it was like he suddenly fell in love with Emily, to the extent of asking Grandpa Shen Yan to bring her home.

The granddaughter of the head of the Shen family, it was such a noble status to them. Even Shen Xue, who was such a marvelous person, didn’t have it.

Hmm? Could it be that Emily was jealous of Shen Xue and pushed her on impulse?

The more he pictured the drama between the two girls, the more Shen Nan felt that this was the truth.

Fifth Brother Shen Yu’s words had already been tossed to the back of his head.

His mind was filled with thoughts of his little sister Emily being dishonest and deceiving everyone.

Shen Nan was even a little dissatisfied with Shen Yu. If Fifth Brother had not brought Emily back to the Shen family, there wouldn’t be such a conflict in the first place.

Shen Nan was Third Aunt’s youngest son. When he told Third Aunt about the incident, the whole of Third Aunt’s household formed a bad impression of Emily.

This Emily may be able to cure Shen Yu. No one could be sure of that. But right this moment, they could see her end up ruining the harmony of the Shen family.

That would absolutely not be worth it.

Third Aunt thought further ahead than that. Now that Emily has entered into the Shen family, she would be a rightful heir to the Shen’s property. This way, all the other households, including theirs, would get a smaller share.

As she thought about it, she disliked Emily even more.

In Shen Yu’s room, Emily wept for a long time. She sobbed and said, “Brother… Brother, I didn’t. I didn’t push anyone. Please don’t abandon me.”

“Brother knows. Brother has explained to them. We can put this behind us. Don’t cry anymore, okay?”

Shen Yu’s pressed his forehead against Emily’s, comforting his young sister.

Shen Yu was still too careless in this matter.

He did not expect Shen Xue to use such underhanded schemes right under his nose, and succeed in doing so.

Once this matter was known by others in the family, it would definitely affect the Shen family’s impression of Emily, especially with Third Aunt’s household.

Third Aunt had always had an antiquated preference for sons over daughters, so she did not like Emily as much as the others to begin with. Now, she would surely dislike her even more.

Even Shen Xue couldn’t get along well with Third Aunt, and she was liked by almost everyone in the Shen family.

As for this silly girl sobbing away in his arms right now, she stood no chance in gaining Third Aunt’s favor.

At night, Shen Yu was worried about Emily, so he went up to Emily’s room.

When he opened the door, he heard Emily sobbing again.

“No, no, Brother, save me!”

When Shen Yu heard Emily’s cries, he immediately shoved the door open and entered. He saw Emily lying on the bed, the tears on her face reflected the moonlight that shone through the window.

Shen Yu’s heart ached as he saw his sister was having a bad nightmare.

Shen Yu tiptoed over. Although he had only been with his sister for a few days, he already had so much care and love for her.

Emily seemed to have sensed Shen Yu coming in and opened her hazy eyes. Just now, she dreamt about an accident in the past where she was chased by a big wolfdog. Back then, she was terrified, and had to scramble up a tall tree to flee from being bitten.

“What’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare?” Shen Yu’s calm tone could not hide the concern in his voice.

Emily rubbed her eyes. She knew that her brother was being concerned for her, and she did not want him to worry.

“It’s just a small nightmare. It’s okay.”

Emily’s big eyes looked at Shen Yu, the tears in her eyes still not dry yet. Shen Yu’s heart melted at this sight. He didn’t know why he would feel so sorry for this girl whom he had only just met a few hours ago.

“Is it related to what happened before we met?” Shen Yu asked carefully. He knew that since his grandfather had decided to adopt the child, Grandpa Shen Yan would have already done a background check.

Emily paused. After all, she was only a seven-year-old child and didn’t know how to mask her emotions, emotions which William just happened to capture.

It seemed that this was related to her past. Shen Yu felt that he should accompany Emily to visit the countryside so that he could better understand this girl.

“Shall we go back and take a look?”

“Go back? To where?” Emily asked, puzzled.

“To the countryside and visit your hometown.”

Upon hearing this suggestion, Emily’s eyes immediately lit up. She’d always wanted to go back and see her hometown again. Although the people there were so mean to her, she had grown up eating from the tables of nearly every household there. She knew that she should be grateful to them because this was the kind of person her parents had raised her to be.

One look at her little face and Shen Yu knew that Emily wanted to go back to visit. So the very next day, he told Shen Yan about it, and Grandpa Shen Yan brought the children back to the countryside.