Chapter 407: Just Bad Luck

"Daniu, it's me, Li Xuan. Open the door; I even brought you something delicious today!"

Brought something delicious? If it were before, Daniu would have been very happy, but now, someone had already told her Li Xuan's true colors, so she would naturally teach Li Xuan a lesson.

She gave birth to a child and dumped him at the Fuliyuan, and now that she regretted it, she wanted to snatch the son away from her.

Did she think that by coming over to deliver some food now and then, she could just let her, Wang Daniu, raise the child for nothing?

Ever since Wang Daniu had a son, she had become a bit easier to talk to, but back in the day, everyone in the village called her "Koni."

"What delicious food did you bring? Come closer and let me see," Daniu did not open the door, only asking from behind the door crack.

Li Xuan felt deep disdain for this kind of useless country woman, but she still held up the few boxes of five-nut mooncakes she had brought this time into the door crack to let her see.

Now that their family's life was better, a few boxes of mooncakes were nothing to her.

Wang Daniu saw those good things she didn't usually get to see, and her eyes lit up instantly.

She had originally wanted to pour a basin of boiling water on this woman's head to vent her anger, but thinking of what her husband had instructed, she still kept her cool, opened the door, and let Pannan go into the village to call her husband back.

"Come in and sit!"

What caught Wang Daniu's attention was the girl Li Xuan was holding in her arms.

A pair of round, rolling eyes darted back and forth, giving people the impression that she was very cunning.

"This is my daughter!" As soon as Li Xuan sat down, she began to show off her Child Prodigy daughter.

"You don't know, she is so smart!"

"Now she is a household name in Huaiyang. Xiao Yuan, come, recite a poem for this auntie!"

"One, two, three miles away, four or five houses in the misty village, six or seven pavilions..."

Wang Daniu's eyes widened slowly.

You have to know, this little girl looked about the same age as her own precious son, not even a year old yet.

Her own son could still only call out 'Dad' and 'Mom'.

How could someone else's daughter already be reciting poems and doing math problems?

Remembering what that person had told her, Wang Daniu guessed in her heart, could it be that this woman gave birth to twins and then gave all the intelligence to only one of them?

Her reaction was well within Li Xuan's expectations.

Being able to adopt such a smart child was Li Xuan's good fortune.

Who wouldn't be envious?

She reckoned that even Si Rong was envious of her in every way, just too embarrassed to say it out loud.

"It's okay, we two sisters get along well. In the future, I'll bring my daughter over more often to play with your son; maybe your son will be this smart in the future too!"

Wang Daniu wasn't very bright to begin with, and soon, she was led around by Li Xuan's few words.

Yes, if her son could also be as smart as this little girl and know how to recite poems in the future, how much face that would give her!

Especially to those people in her maiden family who said she was brainless for not raising her own biological daughter well but spending money and effort to raise someone else's son.

"Alright, then let your daughter teach my son now! My son is very smart now; he can pee really high!"

Wang Daniu patted her son on the bottom, "Come! Xiao Chi, perform a pee for Auntie!"

Shen Chi gave a silly smile and, gathering all his strength, began his performance.

He did indeed pee very high.

Shen Yuan:...

She couldn't help but roll her eyes again.

What an idiot, peeing just because he was told to, without a single thought of his own.

Li Xuan was also a bit embarrassed, but she quickly smiled and flattered Wang Daniu, "Smart! It's smart! I've heard that the higher a boy pees, the smarter he will be when he grows up!"

Who doesn't like hearing others praise their son for being smart?

Soon, the two were chatting more and more congenially.

Just as Wang Daniu decided to let Li Xuan stay for lunch, Shen Dazhuang returned.

The first thing he did upon returning was to lock the main gate from the inside.

Then he smiled and went into the kitchen.

When he came back out, he was brandishing a kitchen knife, his eyes splitting with rage as he glared at Li Xuan, "You little slut! Are you trying to snatch my son? It was your business if you didn't want him after giving birth, but now that I, Shen Dazhuang, have bought him, this son is my family's!"

"What do you mean by running over here time after time? Do you regret it and want to steal the son back?"

"I'm telling you! My son is my, Shen Dazhuang's, life! If you dare to have designs on my son, I'll chop you to death today!"

"Ahhh!" Li Xuan was terrified by this sudden scene and fled in a panic while holding her daughter.

"You misunderstood, misunderstood..."

She was extremely puzzled; how did Shen Dazhuang and Wang Daniu know?

This couple didn't look that smart either.

Shen Yuan, in her arms, was almost shaken to the point of vomiting.

What is all this, Li Xuan is really too unreliable.

"Quick, say you'll never come again," she didn't want to be hacked to death here with Li Xuan for no reason today.

Li Xuan didn't have much of a mind of her own, so she could only listen to her daughter at this moment.

"Big Brother, don't be impulsive; I won't dare to come again in the future!"

Seeing Shen Dazhuang stop his steps, she added, "Killing people is against the law!"

"Against the law? I'm not afraid of anything!" Shen Dazhuang was a man who cared deeply about his pride; feeling threatened by this woman Li Xuan, he became even more恼羞成怒 (angry from embarrassment) and raised the kitchen knife to continue hacking at her.

Li Xuan fled again while holding her daughter.

Shen Yuan:...

If you want to die, don't drag me into it, okay?

She had only managed to achieve Rebirth with great difficulty.

"Ahhhhh! I was wrong." Li Xuan had just nearly been struck by the kitchen knife and burst into tears from fright.

"Wuu wuu, I didn't mean to fight you for your son; although I gave birth to him, you have seen for yourselves that my own daughter is both smart and capable, so I really won't fight you for your son! Big Brother, please just spare me!"

Li Xuan pleaded pitifully.

She truly could not run anymore.

Shen Yuan rolled her eyes again; she had seen it just now, this man had no intention of actually killing them.

"Since you've kowtowed, I'm not an unreasonable person," Shen Dazhuang said, pointing the kitchen knife at Li Xuan, "the child is ours; if you dare to come to our house to cause trouble again, I will definitely slaughter you next time!"

"Yes, yes, I won't dare to again."

Holding her daughter, Li Xuan could only slink away from Xuyang.

"Xiao Yuan, your brother having such a foster father, how pitiful!"

So impulsive, pulling out a kitchen knife at every turn; if Xiao Chi doesn't listen in the future, will he be chopped too?

Shen Yuan:...

Having biological parents like you is already unlucky enough, okay?

"Mom, don't, cry," she could only comfort Li Xuan first, "go, home."

"Right, let's go home first."

Li Xuan thought it through; she should go home now and live her life well.

That way, when her son grows up and sees their success, he will surely acknowledge them.

"Xiao Yuan, it's so good to have you with Mom." Li Xuan said with deep feeling; today had truly scared her to death.

Shen Yuan:...

Nothing else, just bad luck.