Chapter 116: Si Rong's Soft Heart

"No."

Shen Chi refused point-blank.

Having set up a street stall for some time, enduring the wind and sun, and gradually growing accustomed to the cold stares of others, he finally understood how difficult it must have been for Si Yan, whom he had once aspired to become.

If Si Rong were his mother, then given the doting affection of his eldest and second uncles from the Si Family toward Si Rong, he certainly wouldn't have to suffer like this.

But unfortunately, he had crawled out of the belly of such a disappointing woman.

Not only could she not help him, but she also tried every possible way to hold him back.

Setting up a stall now was far from as easy as it had been ten years ago; how much had he earned after all this time?

How could she have the nerve to ask him for a thousand?

"I don't have a thousand yuan, go home!"

Shen Chi got a headache just thinking about that group of monsters and demons at home.

"Is Xiao Yuan home alone?"

Li Xuan knew he loathed her maiden family, and her heart skipped a beat at his words, "The others are there too, but I brought the key to your little sister's lock out with me."

"What use is such a thin chain?" Shen Chi began to pack up his stall.

As soon as Li Xuan associated this with Mother Li previously setting her sights on her daughter, she couldn't care about anything else and turned to run home, with Shen Chi following closely behind.

He didn't want his little sister to be humiliated, but he didn't want her to die either.

He vaguely remembered that when he was young, someone at school bullied his little sister, and he had knocked that child's front teeth out.

At the time, the teacher and his father, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, both blamed him and made him apologize to the child to smooth things over.

Only Si Rong, in a place where no one else was around, affirmed him, saying he had done well, and that a real man should prioritize protecting his own kin.

It was just that he should be mindful of his methods in the future.

Knocking out the front teeth was indeed a bit much, so Si Rong accompanied that child to see a doctor.

He didn't know why he would think of those trivial matters that should have been forgotten at a time like this.

In any case, by the time Shen Chi realized it, he was already sprinting on the road home.

Perhaps upbringing is something that cannot be clearly explained; those things Si Rong had taught him had long since been integrated into his very bones and blood.

The door was open.

Opening the door, the room was in a state of chaos.

Shen Chi thought to himself, this is bad.

Pushing the door open and entering, he indeed found that Shen Yuan was no longer in the room, and the small iron chain was broken on the ground.

"Why did you leave her at home alone?"

Shen Chi couldn't help but lose his temper at Li Xuan, "She is a fool now; what if that group of animals finds someone to bully her?"

"How exactly are you a mother?"

Tears slid from the corners of her eyes, and Li Xuan wiped them away with her hand.

She whispered in defense, "I didn't know it would turn out like this, really, I really didn't mean to..."

She was just too afraid of being with those people, too afraid of those persistent, inescapable taunts of "Li Jianmei."

Xiao Yuan was her daughter, and she absolutely did not want Xiao Yuan to be harmed.

Shen Chi held his head and squatted on the ground.

"Whether you meant to or not, right now, we must go and find Xiao Yuan immediately!"

They hadn't left long ago; everything could still be remedied.

Li Xuan, however, was hesitant and evasive.

"Don't go yet,"

She was truly terrified of that place; during the last year of university, she had once softened her heart and gone back, and she had almost not made it out.

Shen Chi:...

"Go immediately! Otherwise, I will call the police and tell them you colluded with your maiden family to traffic my little sister!"

This was also something he had learned from Si Rong.

Sometimes, using external forces makes solving problems much simpler.

Li Xuan:...

Hearing Shen Chi say he would call the police to have her arrested, she felt in a daze that Shen Chi didn't look like her son at all, but rather like a son born to Si Rong, just as fond of calling the police as she was.

"I will go, of course, but you know that group of people; it won't work if only the two of us go."

"Then let's call my dad."

Li Xuan shook her head, "Calling him is useless."

Shen Lan was very frail now, and he was no longer the Deputy County Magistrate to whom everyone gave face; he was just a handyman, completely useless.

"We'll go find Si Rong."

Right! Back then, Si Rong had a way to make those people in her family stop pestering her; she must have a way now to save Xiao Yuan from that group of people.

Shen Chi looked at her as if she were a fool.

"Si Rong won't help us now."

She was a cold-hearted woman who had already remarried and started her own happy new life; why would she still care about them, a group of people still stuck in the mire?

What's more, if she had been willing to persuade Shen Yuan back then, how could his little sister have fallen into such a state now?

"No! She must care!" Li Xuan widened her eyes, "Xiao Yuan was raised by her; she has a responsibility for her becoming like this! And this is different from before; if she doesn't care, Xiao Yuan's whole life will be ruined. I will kneel to her and beg her; she will definitely be willing."

Si Rong was soft-hearted.

There were always many people with missing arms or legs begging near the train station, and anyone with eyes knew those people were scammers.

But every time Si Rong encountered them, she would always give those little beggars some money.

She said that even if the little beggar was a swindler, if they didn't swindle any money, they would still get beaten upon returning.

Back then, Li Xuan would always mock her in her heart, laughing at her for being stupid, and thus deserving to be led around in circles by her and Shen Lan.

Now, however, she was glad that Si Rong had a soft heart.

Si Rong would even give alms to those strange little beggars; now that the child she had raised with her own hands was trapped in a predicament, surely she wouldn't stand by and watch her die?

Li Xuan and her son traveled all the way to the Jiang Family.

During the day, only Wu Shen and Old Madam Jiang were at home at the Jiang Family.

"Is Si Rong here?" Li Xuan shouted from across the iron gate.

Old Madam Jiang, who was basking in the sun, rolled her eyes after hearing the familiar name, "What?"

"Is Si Rong here?" Li Xuan had no choice but to raise her volume.

"What did you say?" Old Madam Jiang leaned on her cane, calm and composed.

This person might have something important to discuss with Si Rong, so she wouldn't pass the message along and ruin their business.

After a long and meaningless conversation like this, Wu Shen came downstairs.

Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm here to find Si Rong."

"I'm sorry, Miss Si Rong is not at home."

"Where did she go?"

On the way to the Jiang Family, she had already stopped by the dance studio, but it was locked.

"The young couple went on a honeymoon trip after their wedding."

Li Xuan was furious upon hearing this; with Xiao Yuan currently in danger, how could Si Rong still be in the mood to go on a honeymoon?

A heartless thing.

After her maiden family came looking for her, she thought it over and over, and the only person who could have possibly summoned them was Si Rong.

It could be said that Xiao Yuan's disaster today was all brought about by Si Rong!

"We'll go ourselves!" Shen Chi really didn't want to wait anymore.

He had never heard Li Xuan talk about her maiden family and was worried the journey would be too far.

"No," Li Xuan absolutely lacked the courage to return to her maiden family without any help; otherwise, not only would she fail to rescue Xiao Yuan, but she would also get herself trapped there.

She thought of another person.

After Ming Zi heard all of this:...

She was completely speechless.

"So, you aren't going to save your own daughter, and you came to me for what?"

"I beg you," Li Xuan knelt down directly, and the people in the company all looked over, "help me."

Ming Zi had also watched Shen Yuan grow up, and Si Rong was currently not in Huaiyang.

Ming Zi thought for a moment, "Then I'll take a few people and go with you!"

"Li Xuan, remember this: in this lifetime, I will only help you this once, never again."

Li Xuan nodded repeatedly.

"Let's go!" Ming Zi found a few strong men in the company, "You lead the way."

Li Xuan, however, was still hesitating, "Ming Zi, I really don't want to go back there. You take them! I believe you will definitely be able to help me bring my daughter back!"