Chapter 1153: Well-Intentioned Deception 2

"No, don't play dumb. I'm asking why I slept for three days?"

Jian Yixin is no fool; Sheng Zerong's methods were not very sophisticated, and she soon figured out what was going on.

"Sheng Zerong, if you drugged me, I will divorce you!" Jian Yixin gritted her teeth, enunciating every word, her gaze wishing she could devour him.

"No, I promise I didn't."

Sheng Zerong denied it repeatedly; he had to deny it, he couldn't admit it even if it killed him.

"Stop the car."

She had the driver stop the car, kicked her husband out, and went to the hospital for a checkup herself.

Three days had passed, and the test results showed absolutely no problems.

Even if there had been a slight issue, after all that tossing and turning this morning, there wouldn't be a trace of it left.

After coming out of the hospital checkup, Jian Yixin already believed that her husband was on her side, and that the long sleep was just because she had been too tired and wild that night.

There is no other way now; she can only wait for them to return.

Tianya Haijiao.

A tourist destination.

While the north is covered in white snow, it is as warm as summer here.

On the clean, white sandy beach, a row of lounge chairs is lined up neatly.

But there are few people on the chairs; the children are all playing by the shore or swimming in the sea.

The clear, bright sky is as blue as if washed, the beach is as white as snow, and the seawater is emerald and transparent.

It is as beautiful as a painting here, yet cleaner and more transparent than any painting.

Shi Youxuan, wearing a swimsuit and large sunglasses, lazily called out to her husband: "Water."

So Sheng Hanyu got up from another lounge chair, poured a glass of ice water, and handed it over: "Madam, your water."

She caught a glimpse of the ice water from the corner of her eye and didn't take it, dissatisfied: "Why are you getting dumber as you get older? When I say water, does it have to be actual water? I want to drink coconut juice."

"Bottled, or one just chopped open?"

It wasn't that Sheng Hanyu was doing something unnecessary, but he had truly been worn out by his wife over the past two days.

Coming to Tianya Haijiao, everyone likes the local fruit and seafood, especially the coconuts.

Inserting a straw into a freshly chopped coconut to drink the juice inside, then stewing chicken with the coconut meat—it's wonderful.

But Shi Youxuan isn't used to it, saying that the raw, natural coconut juice has a strange taste and isn't as good as the processed kind.

Yet, when the processed bottled coconut juice is placed in front of her, she can find other faults, such as it not being pure due to added sugar, or containing additives, and so on.

There are many such nitpicking incidents, and thus, without exception, she was despised by the whole family.

Shi Ran noticed her mother was acting abnormally and quietly asked for the reason.

Shi Youxuan told her daughter that she was doing it on purpose, deliberately letting Moli and Qi Heng see.

Letting Moli see is to let him know that the position of "mother" is not high and mighty, nor is it sacrosanct.

If a mother does the right thing, she deserves respect; if she does the wrong thing, she should be questioned and despised.

This is all very normal.

The point of letting Qi Heng see is relatively simple—a mother-in-law is troublesome and not to be trifled with; in the future, if you dare to treat my daughter poorly, you'd better think twice!

Sheng Hanyu brought over a freshly chopped coconut and handed it to his wife.

She took it this time, but frowned as soon as it was in her hand: "Why is it iced?"

Sheng Hanyu:......

"Don't go too far. Didn't you say you don't drink room-temperature coconut juice and that it tastes better iced? Why has it changed again now? The children aren't here, you don't need to put on a show for others, that's enough."

"Sigh!"

She looked distressed, sighed deeply, held the coconut in both hands but didn't drink it, and said aggrievedly: "After being an old married couple for so long, it's easy to develop visual fatigue; aesthetic fatigue is also understandable."

"I know I'm old and faded now, and when beauty fades, love wanes; naturally, your patience with me isn't as good as it used to be..."

Sheng Hanyu:......

Who could stand this?

It was just a coconut, yet she had to make such a big deal out of it.

"Wife, I didn't mean that, don't be angry, I'll go change it for you."

"No need to change it, I've caused you trouble during this time, I'm really sorry."

The words were very polite, but the expression on her face didn't have the slightest hint of being "sorry"; it was just affectation, done on purpose.

"It's no trouble, I'll go change it immediately."

Unable to snatch the one in her hand, Sheng Hanyu turned and left; he had figured it out.

It was just a coconut, it wasn't worth making his wife unhappy.

But when he returned with a new coconut, his wife was no longer on the lounge chair, but the coconut was!

She had finished it; she had complained about it being cold just a moment ago, but while he went to get one that wasn't cold, she had drunk the cold one completely dry.

This woman!

He had no choice.

Clearly no longer young, she was now running and playing wildly among a group of children, even more restless than the children themselves.

But isn't it very cute?

Her cuteness has nothing to do with age.

It's not affectation, not pretending to be young, but the kind of personality charm that naturally radiates from a pure heart!

By the sea.

On the beach.

The children wanted to have a sandcastle-building competition; Shi Youxuan was very interested and applied to join, and she wanted to be in a group with Moli!

There were no objections to such a pairing; everyone agreed.

There were four groups in total, with two people in each group.

Sheng Zichen and Litian were group one.

Sheng Zirui and Zihan were group two.

Shi Ran and Qi Heng were group three.

Shi Youxuan and Moli were group four.

The competition began.

Shi Youxuan asked Moli, "What kind of Castle should we build?"

Moli replied, "I have no opinion; I'll listen to you."

Shi Youxuan said, "Alright, then let's build a Castle from a fairy tale, with a princess living inside."

Moli didn't say a word.

But it was clear he didn't quite approve.

"You don't like it?"

He still didn't make a sound.

He had just said he had no opinion, so would it be bad to say he didn't like it now?

Shi Youxuan said, "I also feel a Castle for a princess isn't very suitable for you, but since you don't have any opinions, I don't know how to build anything else."

Moli spoke up now: "I want to build a Castle for a prince to live in, but I'm not sure if I can build it well."

"I'll help you; don't forget we're a team, and that means helping each other, doesn't it?"

"Okay."

Moli was happy now, and he became even happier afterward.

Because he discovered that his aunt was a very good person.

She wouldn't directly order him on what to do, and even less would she judge his preferences based on her own.

She would discover Moli's strengths and guide him to make his own decisions.

The two of them worked together with great chemistry and built the Castle just as Moli had imagined it!

Even though they were the last group to finish.

Group one built the fastest, but there was no aesthetic to speak of.

Although they were a group, they ended up building two separate piles.

Sheng Zichen built a spacious kitchen, and Litian built an even more spacious Playground!

That's right, a Playground.

Originally, he had wanted to build a gym, but Sheng Zichen kept giving him bad ideas, saying things like a gym wasn't as good as a swimming pool, the water was already right there, blah blah blah...

And so he actually believed it.

It was just that there was a gap between reality and the ideal—a gap as wide as the ocean!

Building a swimming pool on the beach didn't succeed; the water was indeed right there, but it couldn't be channeled over.

No matter how much he brought over, it would dry up, and if he was too close to the sea, the sand wouldn't hold its shape.

In the end, there was no other way, so the swimming pool was changed into a Playground.