Chapter 1455: Shi Ran is Pregnant

This is not taking advantage of someone.

Such a matter—perhaps if this chance is missed, there will not be a second opportunity in this lifetime.

But the Gu family still did not go along with the flow; it was only after the Sheng family clearly expressed the value of those books in the guest room and insisted on gifting them that they agreed to accept!

Principal Gu was very moved, waving his hand: "Great kindness needs no thanks. Not to mention that words are too light, even if we were to bankrupt our family, we could not trade for these books. How about this: let these rare books serve as the betrothal gift, and from now on, our Yuxin will be a member of your family."

With one sentence, the old man sold his granddaughter.

The grandmother felt that just using her granddaughter as an exchange seemed a bit too light, so she wiped a jadeite bracelet with excellent luster from her wrist and gave it to Shi Youxuan, calling it a gift for their first meeting!

"No, I cannot have this. I cannot accept such a precious gift from you." Shi Youxuan declined, refusing to take it no matter what.

Although she was not particularly fond of jewelry, having been a wealthy wife for many years, she understood quite a bit about such things; the bracelet on Gu Laofuren's wrist was an old item, and it might even have been part of her dowry.

Generally, such jewelry is kept as a family heirloom; how could she accept it?

"Please just keep it, otherwise we would feel too embarrassed to take these books away." Shi Youxuan was forced to accept it.

The Gu family said their goodbyes and returned.

As soon as the family left, Sheng Jiang began making arrangements to return to the countryside.

It made it seem as if the countryside was their home, and they were not returning home, but had just come to visit as guests.

Shi Youxuan tried to persuade them to stay: "You and Mom should not be in such a rush to go back; stay at home for a few more days."

But the persuasion had no effect; the parents-in-law were determined to leave, so they left.

On the road.

The Gu family was very satisfied with the Sheng family; they were neither arrogant nor impetuous, and did not look down on others just because they were wealthy—this point was rare and commendable.

They had seen this from the Sheng family's attitude toward Gu Zhihao.

Sheng Hanyu and Gu Zhihao were brothers-in-law, and although the two families had vastly different statuses, they got along just like one family; this point was especially rare.

Because Gu Zhihao was nervous, he ended up saying the wrong thing, and his words were quite unrefined, yet Sheng Hanyu and his wife did not show the slightest bit of disgust or dissatisfaction, which put the Gu family at ease.

If they were a family that fawned on the powerful or were arrogant, they would certainly not have such a demeanor; this family's character was completely trustworthy, and they could be fully at ease if their granddaughter married into it in the future.

This visit was very successful, and both sides had a very good impression of each other.

Hospital.

By the time Sheng Hanyu and his wife arrived at the hospital to see their daughter, it was already dark.

The examination results were all out, and just as the doctor had judged, the fetus was developing normally, but the situation was not very good; she had to lie in bed to protect the pregnancy and would need to lie down for a month.

Shi Ran pouted and complained to her mother: "The doctor said I'm not allowed to touch electronic products. Do they even have any common sense? The radiation from mobile phones and laptops has no effect on the body at all, okay?"

Shi Youxuan cleared up the confusion for her daughter: "You think the doctor won't let you use electronic products because of radiation?"

"It is correct not to let you use electronic products. Think about it: every time you start playing, do you put them down in less than a few hours?"

"Being too focused will tire you out; it is precisely because you are in contact with these things year-round that the fetus is unstable..."

Her mother-in-law had been persuading her all afternoon, but she hadn't hit the nail on the head; it was her mother who hit the mark with one sentence, leaving Shi Ran speechless.

"Mom, let's talk about something else..."

Shi Ran mentioned her son, Shi Yuan.

She was pregnant and would have no time to take care of the child for at least a month, and her mother-in-law had also expressed that she wanted to take care of her personally, so Shi Yuan, who was only a year old, would have no one to look after him.

The child was much more lively and cheerful than before, and it had always been the nanny taking care of him, so Shi Ran did not feel at ease handing Shi Yuan back over to the nanny completely, so she wanted to put Shi Yuan back at her maiden home!

Shi Youxuan refused decisively: "No way, I'm telling you, I'm not doing it."

Shi Ran acted like a spoiled child: "Mom, don't be like this. Shi Yuan also has the surname Shi; although he is your grandson-in-law in name, he is no different from a real grandson. Please just help me take care of him for a month, I beg you."

She refused again: "Don't beg me, it won't work. I told you back then that raising that child would be a burden and that he would be an ungrateful wretch, but you didn't believe me and insisted on raising him. Solve the things you took on yourself; don't think about pushing them onto others."

Her mother was very firm, and Shi Ran could not persuade her, so she could only hope that her mother-in-law would take more care of Shi Yuan, saying that she could take care of herself.

Her mother-in-law was easy to talk to and agreed readily.

But she still ran over every day, wishing she could be in the hospital ward twenty-four hours a day to take care of her daughter-in-law!

A mother-in-law is not a mother, and since she was taking such good care of her, Shi Ran could do nothing even if she missed Shi Yuan.

After all, Shi Yuan was not of the Yun family's bloodline; before there was a biological child, Ma Ling'er treated Shi Yuan quite well, but now that the Yun family's own bloodline had a continuation, Shi Yuan was no longer precious!

When Jian Yixin came to see Shi Ran, Shi Ran mentioned it inadvertently!

Jian Yixin took the initiative to ask to take the child to her own home, saying she would watch him.

"Is that really okay?" Shi Ran hesitated, because she knew her godmother was also very busy every day.

"It's okay, of course it's okay. Ranran, do you still need to be polite with me? Like this, I won't talk to you anymore; I'm going to your in-laws' house to pick up the child."

Jian Yixin was swift and decisive, getting up and leaving immediately.

She went to the Yun family, picked up Shi Yuan, and took him away along with the nanny.

Ma Ling'er was overjoyed, saying repeatedly that Jian Yixin had done her a huge favor; with Shi Yuan not at home, she could wholeheartedly take care of her daughter-in-law, although she had been doing that even when Shi Yuan was at home.

On the boundless sea stood a small island of a few square kilometers.

"Sheng Litian, Litian!"

"Litian, come back quickly!"

"Litian won't be in trouble, will he?" someone said with a sobbing tone.

They had been on this island for duty for half a month; in that half month, the comrades-in-arms had gone through several different stages, from the initial freshness to excitement, to feeling monotonous.

Only Sheng Litian had maintained a high-spirited energy throughout.

He liked it here; there were not many people, and it was all water.

The sea had a natural attraction for Litian; every day after his training ended, he would go into the sea to dive.

While others can hold their breath in seawater for ten minutes at most, he can stay in the seawater for two hours without coming out!

But three hours have passed now, and even his comrades-in-arms have gone down into the sea to search several times and haven't found him; could something have gone wrong?

The comrades-in-arms are very worried.

"Search again! Put on diving suits and go to the deep-sea area to search; you must bring Litian back!" the Class Monitor ordered.

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Yes."

Everyone answered loudly, then prepared to go change their equipment.

At this moment, there was a faint movement under the sea surface, and without needing an order, everyone stopped in their tracks in unison.

There are not many people stationed on the island, but these people are all elites transferred from various units, special operations team members, possessing abilities different from ordinary people!

"Splash—"

Litian emerged from the water, holding a large fish up with both hands!