Chapter 1145: For Your Own Good, Whether You Appreciate It or Not

"If you aren't finished, what can you do? Jian Yixin, do you think I was scared into growing up? Go ahead and call the police; if you call the police, we can settle the accounts from the very beginning, from the root up!"

Shi Youxuan's words had a double meaning.

Others might not understand, but the Sheng Hanyu brothers could.

This secret was kept very well; apart from a few involved parties, no one else knew.

Wang Yinghao felt her daughter-in-law was being too excessive.

Her daughter-in-law was usually very reasonable, but this time she was acting extremely heartless.

She came over to plead for Jian Yixin: "Xuanxuan, you've gone too far with this matter. If you think something is wrong, you can talk about it slowly; being this forceful is not right."

"Mom, don't worry about it. You go upstairs. I am doing this for their own good. She can't accept it now, but sooner or later she will thank me."

"Shi Youxuan, I'm thanking you right now. I thank your whole family! Please, give Moli back to me. He has been traumatized before and cannot go through it again. This will leave a shadow on Moli's young heart..."

She interrupted without ceremony: "His biggest shadow is you. Do you want him to turn into the person you hate the most?"

Jian Yixin trembled all over.

She admitted that what Shi Youxuan said was correct.

She didn't want that, not even a little bit.

In the past, her husband had said the same thing to her, but he only mentioned it briefly and left it at that, speaking lightly because he was afraid she would be sad if she remembered unpleasant things.

But the woman in front of her would not.

She understood Shi Youxuan too well; when she was kind, she was like a Bodhisattva, tolerant and magnanimous to an inhuman degree.

But if she truly became serious, she would be heartless and recognize no family ties.

She said what she meant and did what she said. Jian Yixin weighed the pros and cons slightly and decided it was better not to take the risk.

"Don't say it, let's go outside and talk."

"Fine."

The two women went outside. Moli was crying his heart out in the room, and Jian Yixin felt as if her heart were being cut by a knife, but she dared not insist on taking her son away, because playing hardball here—was not a wise choice!

"Be good, son. You wait a moment, Mommy will come to pick you up in a little while."

"Okay, Mommy, don't be too long, okay?"

"Mm, it won't be long."

The two of them arrived in the courtyard.

Jian Yixin: "What exactly do you want to do?"

Shi Youxuan: "I want to help you, can't you see that?"

Jian Yixin: "Of course I can see that, I'm not stupid. But our family's situation is different from yours. My son has had issues every time he's left my side since he was small, so he has to be with me to be safe."

Shi Youxuan: "Will you protect him for his whole life? You could before, when Moli was still small, and you can barely manage it now, but what will you do later on?"

"Children will grow up eventually. He will have his own life, and sooner or later he will have to leave his mother's side..."

Jian Yixin interrupted her: "The ones you're talking about are girls, who have to marry into other families when they grow up. But our Moli is a boy; he can just marry a wife and bring her home. He doesn't need to leave me."

Shi Youxuan was very blunt: "Everything you're saying is old news, things from a past life. Who is willing to stay with their parents when they get married nowadays? A young couple should have their own life; they need to go live their sweet life as a duo. What's the point of them always being by your side?"

Jian Yixin's complexion suddenly turned very ugly.

From a realistic perspective, she knew everything Shi Youxuan said was right, and that she was doing it for her own good.

But emotionally, she could not accept it!

She could not accept that in the future, some woman would take her son away from her side.

That wouldn't do. Let alone taking him away, she couldn't even accept her son having a place in his heart for someone else!

She did not hide her inner thoughts; they were all written on her face, and Shi Youxuan saw them.

"You need to see a psychologist. You can't go on like this; you will ruin the child."

"I won't go."

She refused flatly: "I let you see my thoughts because I trust you, yet you want me to reveal my heart to an outsider? That won't do, absolutely not."

The psychologist Yu Qingya was Jian Yixin's classmate. Although their relationship wasn't as close as the one between her and Shi Youxuan, they were actually on good terms.

However, Jian Yixin refused to confide in a classmate; she was afraid of being laughed at!

At least she had something she was afraid of.

Shi Youxuan was pleased.

Having something she was afraid of meant she also knew that doing this was wrong and shameful. As long as she could realize it was wrong, there was hope for her to change.

In the past, Shi Youxuan had hoped that one day she would just figure it out on her own.

But looking at it now, the possibility of her figuring it out on her own was slim to none, which was why Shi Youxuan had to intervene forcefully.

"If you don't go, that's fine, but then you must do as I say. If you don't agree, I will leak this matter, spread it online as gossip, and let everyone in Jiangzhou know."

Jian Yixin:...

How vicious!

Before she could protest, Shi Youxuan spoke again: "And the fact that Moli isn't your biological son, I will leak that too. You decide what to do."

"No, you can't say that! If you dare to say it, I'll kill you!"

Shi Youxuan: "Do you think I'm afraid of you? I am not Shi Yuke. Back then, she didn't have a single person supporting her, and she wasn't in the right, which is why that matter was suppressed."

"I am Shi Youxuan. Standing behind me are my husband and the entire Ji Family, as well as my children who haven't come of age yet. If you dare to harbor twisted intentions toward me, then you'll be in for a miserable time. Not just you, but your son Moli... will be even more miserable."

Jian Yixin:...

For the first time, she felt a sense of powerlessness.

She believed everything Shi Youxuan said was true; she truly had that kind of strength.

"Shi Youxuan, don't go too far either. I wasn't scared into growing up..." Jian Yixin flipped back and forth, but it was just those two sentences; there were no new tricks.

She was purely bluffing, refusing to lose her composure even if she lost the argument.

Shi Youxuan did not let her off the hook because of this, but instead pressed her step by step: "I am being excessive, so what can you do to me?"

"I don't care if you were scared growing up, but from today on, Moli will live in my house. I will allow you and your son to have a video call for half an hour every day, you can meet once a week, and have lunch together once every half month, but it must be at my house, and I won't charge you for food."

Jian Yixin naturally disagreed and strongly opposed it, but the opposition was ineffective and completely useless.

In the end, Jian Yixin was still driven away.

Sheng Zerong coaxed his wife: "Wife, don't be anxious. Let's go back first, and once we go back, we will find a way to rescue Moli..."

It sounded as if he was on the same side as his wife, but he was smiling so handsomely that the smile from the bottom of his heart could not be hidden at all!

"Ah Ah Ah..."

"Wuu wuu wuu wuu..."

"I want to go home, I want to find Mommy, let me out, bad people, you are all bad people!"

Sheng Moli cried until his face was a mess, sobbing and gasping for air.

He was so desperate now, looking forward to his mother coming to pick him up.

A child who lacked a mother's embrace and careful nurturing had no sense of security at all.

He was very panicked, and besides crying, he did not know what else to do!