Chapter 1191: Be a Kind Father, Not a Strict One

"Ouch, you little rascal, I was giving you all ideas, why are you coming at me?" Shi Youxuan said with a smile, tickling her son's waist.

His waist used to be chubby, but in this month and a half, the boy had become much thinner.

She felt a pang of heartache, so her movements became a bit gentler.

But Zihan didn't hold back at all; he pinched his mother's face hard with his two chubby little hands, crying as he pinched: "Why did you only just come back? Where have you been all this time? Why didn't you call to let us know before coming back?"

"We missed you so much, sob sob sob, bad mommy, bad daddy, Zihan missed you..."

The little guy was too good at tugging at heartstrings.

It should have been a joyous family reunion, but instead, everyone was hugging and crying in a heap.

It started with Zihan hugging his mother and crying, but soon this "sad" emotion spread to the other three; four boys, hugging their parents and crying.

They cried while pouring out their grievances.

Don't look at how strong the children were when they weren't at home; the moment the adults returned, they instantly turned back into children.

The Sheng Family's dinner was very sumptuous.

Sheng Hanyu entered the kitchen for the first time ever, helping his son Sheng Zichen and his mother, picking vegetables, handing over bowls and plates, and so on.

Through this incident, his relationship with the children became much closer in an instant.

During dinner, the family was happy and harmonious, picking food for each other and talking about how hard everyone had worked!

The family members were bound to ask about what the couple had been through outside, and they didn't hide anything from their family, telling them everything.

The story was already quite bizarre, and with Shi Youxuan's vivid storytelling, it became even more interesting and strange!

The children widened their eyes, unable to help but ask: "And then?"

"What did it look like inside the tunnel?"

"Why can you dig a secret tunnel in the ocean? Mommy must be fooling us."

They guessed wrong this time; everything Mommy said was true.

As for why a secret tunnel could be dug in the ocean?

Shi Youxuan guessed that it must be because the area under Shark Island was full of reefs, which made the feat of digging a tunnel in the ocean possible!

Because when the two of them were in the tunnel, they discovered that the tunnel was winding and also had steep sections going up and down.

That sea area was very unique, with many peculiar features; the reefs were not made of hard rock, but had a high lime content.

The material was relatively soft and had good adhesion, making it a natural place for digging secret tunnels!

The children thought the story of what happened in the secret tunnel was especially exciting, so they listened to it over and over again, never getting enough.

Shi Youxuan felt that she had neglected the children these days, so since they liked it, she told it several times without getting tired of it.

Suddenly, she stopped.

The couple looked at each other and simultaneously discovered a key issue—the secret tunnel on Shark Island was somewhat similar to the Underground Palace in the Marsh belonging to the Ji Family.

"Let Daddy tell you the story of the secret tunnel; Mommy has something very important to do now."

Shi Youxuan left the dining room and called Nianyin.

"I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is powered off..." A cold, mechanical female voice came from the phone.

Shi Youxuan felt something was wrong, so she dialed Lao Qi's number, but Lao Qi's phone was also powered off. Both of them powered off at the same time?

Under normal circumstances, this was impossible.

She called her daughter into the room and asked: "When was the last time you were in contact with Aunt Nianyin and Uncle Lao Qi?"

Shi Ran: "I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. They left three days after you and Daddy had the accident, and then I haven't been able to contact them since."

Nianyin and Lao Qi had closed the company at that time, saying they were going to save their sister.

And they contacted the Ji Family at the first opportunity, but unfortunately, they couldn't get through.

So Nianyin and Lao Qi set off; since they couldn't reach them, they were going to go there in person.

The Ji Family was not far from L Country, so it was convenient to do anything.

As a result, once the two of them left, it was as if they had disappeared, and they could no longer be contacted.

Shi Ran felt a bit guilty: "I'm sorry, Mommy. I was so happy to see you back that I forgot such an important thing."

Shi Youxuan comforted her daughter: "You don't need to blame yourself. You have already done well enough. When Mommy was your age, I couldn't have handled things as thoroughly as you did."

It was true, she hadn't.

Let alone back then, even now, she couldn't!

The family banquet ended.

The day after Sheng Hanyu and his wife returned to Jiangzhou, their friends gathered on the top floor of Ginza.

"You guys are really something, handing the company over to your daughter while you go out to fish for sharks?" Jian Yining teased on purpose.

Although he was teasing, it didn't hinder the affectionate greetings between friends.

He punched Sheng Hanyu in the chest, not too hard and not too soft.

Then he gave Shi Youxuan a bear hug.

Sheng Hanyu:...

What was wrong with these people?

He didn't hesitate at all, stepping forward to separate the two: "Let go, let go."

Once they were separated, Jian Yining said deliberately: "You've grown in age, but your heart hasn't grown at all; still the same."

Sheng Hanyu ignored him.

Jian Yining's sister slapped her brother on the forehead and scolded: "Don't look at the occasion when you're joking; there are others here today."

Only then did Jian Yining notice two extra people at the door and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't notice."

They were used to joking around with each other, and they were all old friends, so it was fine; everyone knew each other, but the problem was there were newcomers today!

Shi Ran and Yun Qitian had also come along.

Jian Yining knew his old friends had returned and was so happy that he hadn't noticed just now.

With the younger generation present, the elders naturally had to act like elders; Jian Yining was uncharacteristically dignified, sitting upright on the sofa.

Once this small interlude passed, everyone went straight to the main topic.

Sheng Hanyu: "I suspect that the person who kidnapped us didn't act alone; Zhu Qingrui doesn't have that much power." Although this was the first time everyone had met since the couple went missing.

But Yun Zhehao had already told their friends about the pair's experiences once.

This meeting was mainly focused on discussing what to do, striving to come up with the most perfect plan in the shortest amount of time!

Jian Yining: "Who do you think would cooperate with Zhu Qingrui?"

Sheng Hanyu: "I don't know."

Jian Yixin: "Could it be a bitter-meat scheme played by Qi Heng's parents?" She believed this was the most likely possibility; otherwise, there was no way to explain why they had suddenly died on their own island.

The two died too suddenly, so suddenly that it was farcical, and it didn't seem real at all.

Although Qi Heng held a very grand funeral for his parents, no one saw the bodies, so who knew if it was real or fake!

Shi Youxuan shook her head: "It wouldn't be them, because they have no reason to do such a thing."

In fact, the people Sheng Hanyu and Shi Youxuan suspected at the very beginning were the couple themselves.

In recent years, the Qi Family couple had become increasingly unreasonable.

They were capable of doing all sorts of unimaginable things, so at first glance, it wouldn't be strange if it were said that they did this.

But soon, Shi Youxuan and her husband dismissed this idea.

The reason was simple—they had no reason to do such a thing!