Chapter 228 228. Why should I choose to let you down?
Although Shen Yuanlin did not often attend banquets, she knew most of her peers in the circle. In her memory, there was no trace of these two people.

"I met an acquaintance, so we chatted." Chen Yan still had some good feelings towards Shen Yuanlin, so she spoke in a good tone.

"So you know each other? Since she's my cousin's friend, she's also my friend." Shen Yuanlin is an extrovert and a social person, otherwise she wouldn't have stepped forward without hesitation to pull Chen Yan away when she suspected that she was a member of the Shen family.

The reason why she said this at this time was that, on the one hand, she felt that these two girls were the same age as her, and they were both beautiful girls, and she really wanted to get to know them. On the other hand, her father and mother had assigned her a task, asking her to take the initiative to get close to her cousin and make her cousin feel a sense of belonging to the Shen family.

After all, in Shen Yuanlin's generation, there are only three people: Chen Yan, Shen Yuan, and Shen Yuanlin.

Shen Yuan was sent to another place for training. He had important matters on hand and could not come back in a short time, so the task of bringing Chen Yan into the Shen family fell on Shen Yuanlin.

Shen Yuanlin also gladly accepted the task.

"This..." Chen Yan looked at Jinjiu hesitantly.

Because Jinjiu was not seen at the beginning, and it was Jinjiu who greeted her, and then two people... to be precise, three people, because there was also Jinci.

Then the three of them came to the empty lounge.

Chen Yan always felt that Jin Jiu seemed to have something to say to her, but before Jin Jiu could say anything, Shen Yuanlin came.

"Why don't you go back first? She and I have something to talk about." Chen Yan always felt that what Jinjiu wanted to tell her should not be simple.

Thinking about what Aunt Jiang had said to her, that Jinjiu's identity was not ordinary, Chen Yan thought it would be better not to let other people know what she was going to say next.

Shen Yuanlin was a little hesitant, but she was not the kind of person who would refuse to give in. It was obvious that others didn't welcome her, but she still wanted to stay.

"Okay, cousin, I'll go inside and rest first. If you have nothing to do later, you can come find me and I'll tell you something about my family."

Chen Yan nodded slightly.

Although she was only planning to acknowledge her relatives and not move into the Shen family afterwards, since she had already acknowledged her relatives, she certainly couldn't be completely unfamiliar with her family.

Chen Yan didn't expect to know other more in-depth things, and she didn't want to get involved anyway, but she had to recognize the person, otherwise she wouldn't be able to call out the person in the future, which would be embarrassing.

After Shen Yuanlin entered a lounge room not far away, Chen Yan also followed Jin Jiu and Jin Ci into the nearest lounge.

"Are you planning to live in the Shen family in the future?" After the three of them sat down, Jin Jiu asked a question without hesitation.

Chen Yan did not hide it and answered decisively: "No, I plan to live outside."

Jin Jiu nodded slightly, and then asked: "How did the Shen family deal with the adopted daughter?"

Chen Yan hesitated, but answered truthfully: "Mr. Shen told her not to come to the Shen family no matter if she has something to do or not. She doesn't need to return the things the Shen family gave her in the past few decades."

Jin Jiu raised his eyebrows slightly, thought for a moment and said, "You are still too tolerant." When these words came out, Chen Yan and Jin Ci were both stunned.

Although Chen Yan felt that Shen Fang was framing her, she did not use any overly cruel means after all. Moreover, she had no intention of snatching the Shen family's things. Moreover, Shen Fang was indeed the daughter raised by the Shen family for so many years. Given the relationship between the two, it was normal for her not to take the things back.

Now Ci thinks even more.

She felt that based on her understanding of Jinjiu, there must be other problems with the adopted daughter of the Shen family, otherwise Jinjiu would not have intervened in this matter.

as predicted.

But after a while, Jin Jiu said, "There is a reason why the Shen family is so tolerant of Shen Fang. Your mother was in a car accident ten years ago. At that time, the blood bank was short of the blood she needed. It happened that Shen Fang and your mother had the same blood type, so she chose to donate blood to save your mother. For this, she injured her body."

The amount of blood required for heavy bleeding in a car accident is so huge that it is obvious that not one person can supply it. In fact, it is indeed impossible for Shen Fang to supply it alone. There were several people at the time. Shen Fang was not the one who donated the most blood, but he was the one who moved the Shen family the most.

After all, the other people have no relationship with the Shen family, and they were all hired by the Shen family at a great price.

Shen Fang is the adopted daughter of the Shen family and has close ties with the Shen family. Her efforts are remembered by everyone in the Shen family, especially D herself. She always remembers that it was Shen Fang who saved her, so she dotes on Shen Fang so much, and she is biased towards Shen Fang in today's incident.

"...I understand." Chen Yan now really understood why D chose to believe Shen Fang.

Rather than saying that she trusts Shen Fang, it would be more accurate to say that she is more biased towards Shen Fang because of the life-saving favor.

Chen Yan felt that if it were her, she would probably do the same. First, there were decades of family affection, and then there was the other party's unreserved devotion.

But even though she understood it, she felt that it would be difficult for her to feel the same emotions towards D as she did for her mother.

As I said, she has lived a very tiring life, so she doesn't want to put herself in a difficult position anymore. They are strangers who she hasn't seen for decades, and now her impression of D is probably just the label of 'biological mother'.

"Mrs. Shen was wrong." Jin Ci didn't like to comment on other people's affairs, but she saw that Chen Yan was in a bad mood. In addition, she felt that Jin Jiu and Chen Yan knew each other. She felt that since Jin Jiu came to care about Chen Yan's affairs, she also wanted to say something.

"I can understand her behavior." Chen Yan thought Jin Ci wanted to comfort her, so she smiled indifferently, indicating that she really understood and didn't care.

"No, what I mean is, Shen Fang saved her, not you, so why would she express her preference by making you suffer?" Jin Ci's thinking was completely different from Chen Yan's.

Chen Yan was also stunned after hearing Jin Ci's words, and then she actually felt that there was some truth in it.

Jin Ci didn't care what other people thought, and continued, "If we really want to sort out the grievances and hatreds, it should be that she accidentally lost you first, causing you to suffer for more than 30 years. This is what she owes you. Secondly, Shen Fang saved her, so she also owes Shen Fang. She should feel guilty towards both of you, but why did she choose to wrong you?"

To put it bluntly, it's just selfish... Jin Ci didn't say this out loud.

Upon hearing this, Jin Jiu couldn't help but look at Jin Ci again, and Chen Yan lowered her head and fell into silence.