Chapter 1107: Children Grow Up and Don't Listen to Their Elders

Qi Heng firmly refused to separate from Shi Ran, so the Vice President forcibly took his son away!

And upon returning to the country, he was not allowed to contact Shi Ran again.

Qi Heng made a request to his father: "I can stop contacting Shi Ran, but I have already obtained the secret recipe I promised to help Zichen get, and I must give it to him."

"If you don't trust me, you can send it yourself."

The Vice President: "You can give it to him yourself, but I must inspect it."

Qi Heng agreed: "Fine, no problem."

The secret recipe was very complex, densely packed into two long pages; there was also a thin cookbook booklet, which was also a gift for Sheng Zichen.

"Please inspect it."

Qi Heng placed the items openly in front of his father: "You know the address; after you're done inspecting, please have someone mail it out. I can't go out anyway."

He really did inspect it, very seriously and very carefully.

No problems.

After reading through everything and confirming there were indeed no issues, he had someone mail it out.

The mail arrived at the Sheng Family.

It was first taken by Shi Ran, who used a Morgan code to find a sentence hidden in the booklet that looked like a cookbook: I will definitely come back, wait for me!

Sheng Zichen received the secret recipe and said in surprise: "Brother A Heng is really a stand-up guy; even in this situation, he still managed to get the secret recipe for me? Don't worry, Sister, I will definitely help you two..."

Shi Ran hurriedly interrupted: "Stop right there. I don't need your help; nothing good ever comes from your help." Spot on, one hundred percent accuracy.

Shi Youxuan agreed with her daughter's words and said to her son: "Your sister is right. You staying put and doing nothing is the best help you can give them."

Ever since Qi Heng returned to the country, Yun Qitian had stopped coming over as well.

Ma Ling'er felt this was a rare opportunity to wedge himself in and told him to seize the chance, but her son just smiled and said nothing.

Qi Heng kept his word; within a few days, he escaped from L Country, returned, and stood before Shi Ran: "Surprised? Unexpected?"

Shi Ran: "Not surprised, it was just as I expected."

He was a little disappointed: "You're just too smart. If you were a little dumber, it would be better. If you were dumber, there would be surprises, instead of being so calm in every situation."

Shi Ran: "Your mother said she wanted to find a dumb, obedient girl to keep you company. Why aren't you listening to her? Why did you come running back here?"

Qi Heng: "Because I like you. No matter how good others are, it's useless; I only see you as good."

Several boys from the Sheng Family popped their heads out from behind the sofa, jeering and vividly imitating his speech.

"Yo! So cheesy."

"I only like you, no matter how good others are, it's useless."

"I like you too."

"I like you too."

Shi Ran blushed deeply. Qi Heng rarely said such things to her, and his hard-won confession of sweet nothings had been overheard by these few brats.

"You lot, just you wait."

Shi Ran chased after them, and the boys scattered in all directions.

Once Qi Heng returned, Yun Qitian started coming over again.

The reason he gave was: school was starting soon, so he needed to seize the time to improve his grades so the pressure wouldn't be as great after school started.

L Country.

Lady Qi was the first to discover that her son was missing.

A letter was left in the room.

In the letter, he admitted that he had gone to Jiangzhou to find Shi Ran, and he told his mother that if he couldn't be with Shi Ran in the future, he would go become a monk.

Not only did he state his stance, but he also asked his mother to help him hide the fact that he had returned to Jiangzhou from his father.

Qi Heng: I don't care what method you use, I believe in your ability, Mom. Love you!

With that one "Love you," any lingering dissatisfaction vanished into thin air.

Lady Qi really did help her son hide it from her husband. The Vice President was very busy; under normal circumstances, he might not even see his son once every ten days or half a month, let alone now, when the conflict between father and son was intensifying, making it even less necessary to meet.

Thus, the matter of Qi Heng running away to Jiangzhou to attend school was suppressed just like that.

Lady Qi shamelessly called Shi Youxuan to apologize and admit her faults. In reality, there was only one core idea: she hoped Shi Youxuan would not blame her son for her own dissatisfaction with her, and would take better care of her son.

Shi Youxuan was not a petty person, but she didn't give her a pleasant look either: "If you're worried, just take him back." She hung up the phone after saying that.

Soon, Lady Qi called again.

This time her attitude was a bit better, and she kept saying nice things.

She had a quick temper; her anger came and went quickly, and her attitude was flexible, but no matter how much personality one had, one could not repeatedly challenge another person's bottom line.

Shi Youxuan hung up the phone again, her attitude firm!

She wasn't actually angry; she just wanted to make Lady Qi have some reservations.

But her mother-in-law was worried.

Wang Yinghao handed her daughter-in-law a bowl of bird's nest soup and asked: "Was Lady Qi calling to hold you accountable?"

"No, Mom, don't worry, nothing is wrong."

She took the bird's nest and was just about to eat when she saw that her mother-in-law's complexion didn't look good!

"Mom, your complexion is bad. Are you feeling unwell? Let me take you to the hospital for a check-up."

"No need. It's easy to have ailments when you're old; it's all minor stuff, it doesn't matter." Wang Yinghao didn't care.

Shi Youxuan's attitude was firm: "No, you must get checked. We'll go after lunch, I'll go with you."

"Fine, I'll listen to you, we'll go after lunch."

However, before they could even eat lunch, something happened.

Wang Yinghao chatted with her daughter-in-law for a while and was about to go to the kitchen to take a look, but as soon as she stood up, she felt the world spinning.

"Mom, what's wrong? Mom..."

Hospital.

Emergency room.

The doctor was inside performing emergency resuscitation, and the family members were all waiting outside.

The expression on everyone's face was much the same: anxious, worried, regretful, and self-reproachful.

Several children were shedding tears non-stop, but they didn't dare to cry out loud.

The adults didn't want them to come, but the children insisted, so they all followed along; at first, Sheng Zihan cried out in worry and was sternly reprimanded by his parents, who forbade him from crying.

While the parents were usually strict with the children, they were not harsh, and they had certainly never used such a fierce tone with the children before.

But now they were so fierce, their gazes looking as if they wanted to eat someone!

The older children understood; the older ones comforted the younger ones, and the older sister told Sheng Zihan that he couldn't cry now, as it was bad luck.

Although it sounded absurd, there was nothing anyone could do now but pray with the most devout hearts that Grandma would be fine and turn danger into safety.

Wang Yinghao usually didn't have a strong presence in the house; everyone went to Mom for important matters, but for little things like being hungry, cold, or unable to find something, they always went to Grandma, and every time, they were satisfied.

She was like the air; one didn't think of her usually, but she was by everyone's side every single moment, the most important relative in their lives.

She must be alright.

Time passed minute by minute, and it grew dark.

Not a single person complained of hunger, and no one wanted to go home.

Sheng Jiang raised his head: "Xuanxuan, you take the children back. Hanyu and I will stay here and keep watch. The children are still young, go back and eat."

"I'm not going back. Lao Qi, you take them back," Shi Youxuan said.

The older ones all shook their heads in unison; no one wanted to leave.

The younger children followed suit; although they were hungry and tired, they didn't want to leave either.