Chapter 1158: A Precious Gift

Although Jian Yixin did not admit it with her mouth, she knew very clearly in her heart that Shi Youxuan was right.

She had taken in what she said, and Shi Youxuan could feel it.

She struck while the iron was hot and spoke of many things regarding Lady Jian from the past.

Every single one was excessive, and the paranoid streak Jian Yixin currently had was very much like her mother's.

Jian Yixin knew all of this, but she felt her own situation was different from her mother's and could not be compared together.

She was unconvinced and retorted, "I know you all think I am doing the wrong thing, that I am too doting on the child, but what can I do? Xuanxuan, you have not experienced what I have experienced, so you cannot feel what I feel. You have five children, while I only have one."

"Moli has had a rough life since he was small, full of disasters and hardships. How dare I not be a little better to him? Last time, just a tiny bit of negligence almost caused a huge mistake..."

Jian Yixin spoke with conviction, defending her own mistakes.

Shi Youxuan did not think she could change her mind in a few words; such matters could not be rushed, especially with a stubborn woman like Jian Yixin!

"Wait there, I have a gift for you."

She turned and returned to the room, coming out again very quickly with an exquisite box in her hands.

It was square, a sandalwood carved antique-style wooden box. The body of the box was carved with rich peonies, and two lifelike dragons were coiled on the lid. Between the two dragon heads was embedded a large, round gemstone; it was very high-end.

"What is it?"

Shi Youxuan handed it over: "Be careful, it's very heavy."

She went to take it with one hand but almost dropped it to the ground; it was indeed very heavy.

"Careful, you woman are always stubborn, you only recognize your own ideas and never listen to what others say. This box contains something I brought back for you specifically from Tianya Haijiao. If you spill it, I will fight you to the death..."

Shi Youxuan was unforgiving and kept on chattering.

Jian Yixin knew she was in the wrong: "Don't be like that, you stingy woman. I was just negligent, it's not that I don't care about your intentions. Can you not blow things out of proportion just because you caught a mistake of mine?"

This time, she did not dare to be careless.

This woman Shi Youxuan was not to be trifled with at all; she could not offend her.

She took the box with both hands. It was really heavy; she wondered what was inside.

But judging by the value of the box, even if the gift inside was not priceless, it must be very expensive.

Jian Yixin held the box and prepared to go back to her room.

But she was stopped by Shi Youxuan: "Don't go, open it right here."

Jian Yixin:...

So she stood still.

The box was placed on the coffee table, and she was dissatisfied: "You woman are really pretentious. You give someone a gift and still manage this and that, controlling where I open it. It's truly baffling."

"Less nonsense, open it right here. Go wash your hands."

Jian Yixin:...

She was speechless once again.

Fine, go wash hands!

Although she did as told, her mouth could not be forgiving: "Shi Youxuan, you just love to torment me. I want to see what kind of treasure is inside! If it isn't priceless, I won't let you off easily!"

Shi Youxuan: "You really underestimate me. Can the gift I give be estimated by price? Hurry up, less nonsense."

Very soon, Jian Yixin returned after washing her hands.

Shi Youxuan demanded an inspection: "Let me see if you washed them clean?"

Jian Yixin: "I don't want it anymore, you take it back. It's the middle of the night, I'm not playing with you, I'm going back to sleep."

"No need to check, you open it."

So she turned back, sat down, and solemnly untied the colorful ribbon on top.

A sandalwood box with a ribbon on top, although it looked very grand, still seemed incongruous.

The ribbon was tied very complexly, layer upon layer. After much difficulty, she untied it, but the box still wouldn't open—there was a lock!

"Here is the key." Shi Youxuan did not make things difficult for her this time and handed the key over directly.

Jian Yixin now believed one hundred percent that the thing inside was extremely precious and of great value!

She took the key, gently inserted it into the keyhole, turned it, and the lock opened.

She slowly lifted the lid, and the thing inside came into view. Jian Yixin was so angry her nose almost went crooked—a box full of sand!

The quality of the sand was very good, each grain crystalline and white, but no matter how good the quality was, it was still sand!

"Shi Youxuan, are you playing me?"

She glared in anger.

If this were someone else, Jian Yixin would definitely have thrown the box at them without hesitation to make them lose face.

But the person in front of her was Shi Youxuan, so she could not do that.

She only glared at her a few times to vent her dissatisfaction.

"Don't glare at me, grab a handful," Shi Youxuan said.

Jian Yixin:...

"What do you mean?"

She thought, could it be that she misjudged Shi Youxuan, and there was something else inside the sand?

So she really went to grab a handful—there was nothing!

"Are you playing me?"

Jian Yixin was furious.

She didn't care about the gift; what she cared about was falling for Shi Youxuan's trick once again.

"I'm not playing you. Try grabbing a handful of sand hard and see if you can hold onto it?"

Jian Yixin:...

She felt her intelligence had been insulted.

Was the woman in front of her trying to educate her by grabbing sand?

She had known this principle since she was a child, so she said disdainfully, "I won't grab it. Do you think I'm stupid? Or do you think I've never seen the world? I've known since I was little that you can't hold onto sand."

Shi Youxuan was not annoyed, and asked with a smile, "Since you've known this principle since you were a child, why do you still do foolish things when it comes to yourself?"

"A knife cannot carve its own handle. There is still a gap between theory and practice. If you know a lot but don't put it into practice, it's better not to know at all. The knowledge a teacher gives you is to teach you how to conduct yourself, not to become a qualification for your arrogance."

Jian Yixin had nothing to say.

She had a postgraduate degree and had read countless books since she was a child.

Strictly speaking, Shi Youxuan hadn't even graduated from elementary school, but she had also read countless books and was self-taught.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and grab a handful, and see how much sand you can hold in your hand?"

Jian Yixin had no choice but to be pestered by her, so she went up and grabbed a handful, very perfunctorily.

"See, I can't hold it. I know that without you telling me."

"Grab it again, be serious!"

"Shi Youxuan, that's enough, don't go too far."

"I am going too far, what can you do about it? Be quick, why so much talk?"

Jian Yixin...

"Hmph! It's only because it's you; if it were anyone else, would I put up with your nonsense?" There were only two people for whom Jian Yixin would give unconditionally.

One was, of course, Moli, and the other was Shi Youxuan.

She doted on Moli because of love.

She was unconditionally good to Shi Youxuan because of guilt.

Although she complained in her mouth, she still did as she was told.

"One more time."

"One more time."

Shi Youxuan asked her to grab it again and again; from her initial resistance, Jian Yixin later felt a touch of emotion in her heart!

That's right, love is like the sand in one's hand; the tighter you hold it, the faster it slips away.

Understanding it in theory and understanding it in practice are not the same thing.

This was not the first time her heart had been touched, but it only lasted a little longer before this touch of emotion disappeared.