The Mind-Read Heiress: From Impostor to Family Favorite-Chapter 623 - 355

As she was reviewing, a thunderclap suddenly erupted across the sky, startling Wenyan so much that she sat bolt upright in bed.

Immediately after, the sound of rain began pouring down outside.

The heavy rain had finally started.

Wenyan simply flopped back down onto her bed, muttering to herself, "It should be cooler now, right?"

She had planned to continue the thoughts she was reviewing, but she found it tedious and anxiety-inducing, so she decided to play with her phone instead.

Caught between anxiety and playing with her phone, Wenyan chose to play with her phone anxiously.

Playing on her phone didn’t require much thought, but as she did, Wenyan suddenly stopped swiping through short videos—she felt like she had forgotten something.

But what it was, she couldn’t remember at all.

Not until the night sky was slashed again by lightning, revealing a soaking wet face behind the glass door of Wenyan’s room.

At this sight, Wenyan’s heart nearly leaped out of her chest.

However, as another flash of lightning lit up, Wenyan could see clearly.

Good Lord, it was Shen Jinghe...

Wenyan hurried over to open the glass door, "Come in, come in quick, hold on, hold on, you’re soaking wet, my handmade carpet!"

Shen Jinghe, with one leg already inside, said, "...So, am I coming in or not?"

"In, come in. What on earth are you doing, not sleeping in the middle of the night and standing in the rain on my balcony?"

Shen Jinghe said, "You forgot?"

Wenyan: ???

Shen Jinghe gritted his teeth: "It seems you really did forget."

"Ah!" Wenyan finally remembered, "No way, were you really waiting for me on the terrace? I didn’t even agree."

"Didn’t you? During dinner."

"Yes, during dinner, but I didn’t actually agree. I was complaining about you. You should go back to your room and take a shower, change your clothes; you’re going to catch a cold like this."

Shen Jinghe simply cocked his head, "I’m not going."

Wenyan, speechless, said, "Are you trying to kill yourself?"

Shen Jinghe snorted, "A little rain won’t kill me."

Seeing that Shen Jinghe was being stubborn again, Wenyan didn’t press further, instead she asked, "What’s so important that you had to talk on the terrace?"

"I have something to tell you."

"Why couldn’t it be said anywhere else? You had to go to the terrace and now you’re drenched like a drowned rat."

"Can we not mention that?" After saying this, Shen Jinghe sneezed.

Wenyan quickly handed him a tissue, "Alright, spit it out and go take a shower."

"Okay." Shen Jinghe suddenly looked at Wenyan, "Do you know about eldest brother being pressured to marry?"

Wenyan nodded, "I’ve heard a bit about it."

"He has never compromised."

"Hmm, I’ve heard a bit about that too."

"That’s because he has someone in his heart."

"..."

"What I wanted to tell you is, I’m the same. If I were in the same situation, I wouldn’t compromise either. Whatever big brother can do, I can do too."

"... Are you still comparing yourself with big brother?"

"Wenyan, why do you always think I’m competing with big brother? What I am trying to tell you is, I feel the same way."

Wenyan blinked, then blinked again, "Look at me, do you think my head isn’t big enough right now?

Second brother, my dear second brother, didn’t I tell you last time? I still think,"

"I know." Shen Jinghe interrupted Wenyan abruptly, "I don’t mean to cut you off, but I really don’t want to hear what you’re about to say. Let’s just do as you said, no one chooses anyone, no one dates anyone, no one marries anyone, and we just stay as a family forever."

Wenyan fell silent, at a loss for words.

However, Shen Jinghe sneezed inappropriately again.

He sniffed, "I soiled your carpet, I’ll replace it for you tomorrow, I’m going home now."

Wenyan quickly waved her hand, "No need, I was just kidding, a quick wipe will do."

"Alright, then I won’t pretend to be polite with you anymore. Bye, go to sleep early."

After speaking, Shen Jinghe turned around, opened the glass door, and walked away in the rain through the balcony.

Wenyan watched in astonishment, "Are you crazy? Just walk through the room."

Shen Jinghe turned his head back quietly and closed the glass door, "I am crazy, don’t worry about me."

His action silenced Wenyan again.

Crazy, truly crazy.

Wenyan felt that she might suffer from insomnia tonight.

So, she decided to go downstairs and grab a bottle of wine to sip.

As she was headed to the dining room, she heard the sound of the front door closing in the living room.

She looked in that direction and just saw Shen Jingxiu entering.

He was carrying a small black paper bag, his shoulder slightly wet from the rain, and thin strands of damp hair stuck to his forehead.

Seeing Wenyan, his dark eyes visibly brightened, but soon, the turbulent emotions in his eyes settled down.

"I went to the car to grab some stuff," Shen Jingxiu took the initiative to explain.

Wenyan quickly responded, "I’m also looking for something."

Shen Jingxiu hummed in acknowledgment, his lips curling slightly at Wenyan.

Wenyan smiled back at him and then stepped into the dining room.

The drooping strands of black wet hair, his suddenly dimmed eyes, and that lovely yet somewhat sad smile.

For some reason, Wenyan always felt that in that moment, Shen Jingxiu seemed about to shatter.

Her heart suddenly felt very heavy.

Initially, she had only planned to have a small drink.

In the end, Wenyan downed half a bottle of wine before she returned to her room, warm and tipsy. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

That night, she slept very restlessly.

Because she had an extremely realistic dream.

So realistic that it didn’t seem like a dream, but as if she was actually there.

In the dream.

It was an endless, dark night.

She was driving, and a man she didn’t recognize, an overweight man, was yawning constantly in the passenger seat.

On the back seat was a young girl leaning back, who seemed uncomfortable, constantly holding her stomach, her complexion looking very bad.

As the driver, she was anxious; she wanted to escape the boundless darkness and take the girl in the back seat to the hospital.

Suddenly, for some reason, the car became uncontrollable, no matter how she turned the steering wheel or pressed the brakes.

She tried desperately to call for help, but could not make a sound,

Finally, the car suddenly flipped over, and everyone was trapped under the vehicle.

She still couldn’t make any sound, but she could hear the painful moans of the fat man and the young girl.

All night long, Wenyan kept reliving this dream.

Each time the ending was a car accident, each time it started with her driving, and each time she was screaming hoarsely.

So much so that when she woke up, her throat felt almost hoarse. Even her hands felt so heavy that she could barely lift them, as if she really had been turning the steering wheel all night.

And this was just the beginning.

From that day on, Wenyan would occasionally dream of this scene, endlessly repeating the same content, to the point where she could recite every detail of the dream.