Chapter 1019: Your Kindness Must Have a Bottom Line 2

Shi Youxuan was extremely angry.

She sternly reprimanded her son, telling him that this was not called helping, and it certainly could not be called helping others for pleasure; it was forcing someone to do something difficult, and it was moral kidnapping.

His situation was different from Grandfather's situation.

That kind of favor for Grandfather could be done, but his kind could not!

It looked simple and easy, but in reality, it was not simple at all.

Shi Youxuan did not relax her education of the children just because they were young.

This kind of thing was the first time now, but it would absolutely not be the last.

Litian stood beside Zichen and pleaded for him: "Mom, please don't be angry. You can't blame only Brother for this matter; if you want to punish, punish me along with him."

"You knew too?"

"Yes."

He nodded honestly: "I knew."

"Go stand in the corner together; you can eat when you've figured it out."

The parents-in-law heard the commotion and came out, but seeing the situation, they shook their heads, sighed, and went back to their room.

Over the years, the family had reached a consensus, tacitly understood by all.

When the daughter-in-law was disciplining the children, the old couple would always hide away.

Because if they watched at home, they would surely not have the heart to see it, and if they intervened, it would be wrong, so it was better to just hide away—out of sight, out of mind.

Shi Ran said to her mother: "Mom, will we be a bit too heartless doing this? Younger brother is still small, there is still time to teach him the principles later. How about I help out this time, and he just won't do it again in the future?"

Shi Youxuan sternly refused: "No, this precedent must absolutely not be set. If there is a first time, there will be a second. If personal favors are greater than rules, there will be problems sooner or later."

After this incident, none of the children in the Sheng Family made such a mistake again, but Sheng Zichen did indeed lose face among his classmates for a period of time.

That "good friend" also turned against him, bad-mouthing Sheng Zichen everywhere and inciting other classmates not to play with him.

Fortunately, Litian was still there to accompany him and back him up, which prevented any shadows from being left on Sheng Zichen's young heart.

But not long after, that classmate's mother got into trouble.

She was reported for selling counterfeit goods and was arrested by the police station!

Zichen was very excited and happily announced the news to his parents: "Mom and Dad, I have good news to tell you: Guan Yuheng's mother has been locked up in the police station."

"A classmate's mother being locked up in the police station—that counts as good news, hmm?"

His parents' expressions were grave, and they did not show the slightest bit of happiness.

Zichen thought his parents had forgotten about that incident and reminded them: "Mom and Dad, do you remember the classmate who asked my sister to help him advertise last time? It's his mother who was arrested."

Litian explained: "You don't know how excessive Guan Yuheng was. When he first told my brother to let Sister help him advertise, he acted so pitifully, saying that his family was so poor they were about to go hungry, his father was sick and couldn't earn money, and everything depended on his mother to support the family."

"He said that if this favor wasn't done, his family would starve to death immediately, and that it was just a small favor that wouldn't take much effort, so Sister would definitely agree. These were all things he said; he kept saying these things in front of my brother, so my brother agreed."

"Later, when it didn't work out, my brother gave all his pocket money to Guan Yuheng to help his family get through the crisis. He took my brother's money and still bad-mouthed my brother everywhere; what happened to him today is what he deserves!"

Only then did Shi Youxuan realize there was such a maneuver involved.

Her son had clearly suffered a grievance but did not argue; instead, he bore the consequences of not following the principles himself, without explaining or defending himself.

She felt very heartbroken, but also gratified.

But gloating over others' misfortunes was equally wrong.

That day, Shi Youxuan gave the two children another lesson.

She told them that not all kindness would be rewarded, but that it didn't matter.

This kind of thing was a trial and a lesson in life.

Being misunderstood or wronged—as long as it didn't cause too much actual harm—could be forgiven!

Forgiving and being tolerant of others is actually treating oneself kindly.

If you are tolerant, even if you don't get the understanding of the person involved, the eyes of bystanders are sharp.

People are willing to associate with kind and tolerant people, so why shouldn't you be such a person yourself?

You cannot throw away kindness just because of one setback.

But kindness must also have an edge and principles.

This passage from Shi Youxuan took deep root in the two children's hearts and had a profound influence on their personalities when they grew up.

Of course, these were all things that happened later.

Shi Ran had lived at home for half a month and was about to go back!

Grandma was reluctant to let her go: "You've only been back for a few days, and you're leaving? Isn't the summer vacation a month and a half long?"

Shi Ran explained: "The one that's a month and a half long is the primary school here in Jiangzhou, but the longest vacation in A Country is only ten days."

Being able to come back and stay for half a month was already the limit; it couldn't be any longer.

For the last two days before returning, Shi Ran didn't go anywhere; she turned down all activities to stay at home and accompany her family.

Happy times always flash by, and in the blink of an eye, the time for parting arrived.

Shi Ran didn't let anyone see her off; she extremely disliked scenes of parting.

Especially with her grandparents looking on with teary eyes, which made one feel sour and particularly uncomfortable inside.

Finally, her parents took Shi Ran to the airport. They were fine and didn't show a very sad look in front of the child, but the moment Shi Ran boarded the plane, the look in Shi Youxuan's eyes changed.

She watched longingly as the plane took off and soon flew out of sight, leaving only a long white line.

Shi Youxuan felt a bit sad: "No wonder people say not to hope for children to have great success; those who have great success all go far away. Once their wings are hardened, they fly off, and you can't pull them back even if you try."

Her husband put his arm around her shoulder and comforted her: "It's okay, whenever you miss Ranran, we'll just fly over to see her."

"I miss her right now."

Sheng Hanyu:...

He said: "We'll take the private jet over; we'll arrive in A Country at about the same time as Ranran. How about we give her a surprise?"

Shi Youxuan:...

Of course, these were just things said casually.

But her mood felt much better.

Sheng Hanyu added: "When these little ones at home grow up, I will retire, and the two of us will go on a trip around the world, just like Uncle and Auntie Jian."

Shi Youxuan felt a sense of longing: "By then, we'll go into the big mountains, find a cave to live in, put a fence around the cave entrance, clear some land to grow melons, fruits, pears, and peaches, plant some flowers, and go fishing when we have nothing to do. How peaceful."

Before the couple's eyes, a beautiful pastoral scene seemed to appear.

But he thought of a practical problem: "Who will cook?"

Shi Youxuan: "You."

"Of course, if you're not willing, I can do it too, as long as you can swallow it."

Sheng Hanyu:...

He couldn't swallow it.

They had been a married couple for so many years, and he could tolerate everything about his wife, except for her terrible cooking, which was getting worse and worse.

This question was redundant to ask.

But he thought of another point: "You're not good at farming either, right?"

Shi Youxuan:...

She thought for a moment, then realized it was true.

She only longed for a life of seclusion, but lacked the ability to live in seclusion.

"Isn't there still you?"

Her husband disagreed: "That's not right. You proposed the plan, and then you can't do this and you can't do that, so wouldn't I be the only one doing all the hard work?"

"Yes, do you have an objection?" Shi Youxuan glared at him.