Chapter 1467: The Black Widow Has Returned for Her Child

"Who planned it? You forgot how your father treated Zichen when he was little? It was useless, wasn't it? He couldn't be changed!"

Shi Youxuan wouldn't truly be angry at her daughter.

It was fine for her daughter to apologize; besides, what her daughter said was indeed a fact. Among all the parents in the world, probably few would hope their own child is a glutton!

But what could be done once it happened?

Just endure it.

Shi Ran returned from her maiden home, looking troubled.

Yun Qitian leaned over and asked with concern, "What's wrong, wifey? Who made my dear wife unhappy? Tell me, and I'll deal with them!"

Shi Ran: "Your mother-in-law, go deal with her."

Yun Qitian:...

He immediately changed his tune: "Mother-in-law is also doing this for your own good; Mother-in-law's words must be right..."

"My mom said our child is like Zichen, afraid that they'll be a glutton!"

Yun Qitian:...

The expression on his face was similar to his wife's, equally distressed.

But soon he beamed with joy: "It's fine, there's nothing bad about being like Zichen. A nephew resembles his uncle, after all. In this life, of all the necessities—food, clothing, housing, and transportation—food comes first. If our child becomes a chef in the future, they will never have to worry about food or clothing..."

But his wife asked again: "What if it's a girl?"

It's fine for a boy to love eating, but if a girl is a little glutton, a chubby little girl... Shi Ran got a headache just thinking about it.

Being chubby when young is cute, but if she's still chubby when she grows up, she'll be mocked. If her precious daughter is mocked, will she become insecure?

Will she become depressed?

Will she blindly believe those weight-loss advertisements and give herself an eating disorder or develop health problems...

Shi Ran thought of so, so many things, but not one of them was a positive thought.

Yun Qitian felt his wife was making a mountain out of a molehill and worrying needlessly.

But after trying to persuade her for a long time without seeing her improve, he told his mother.

Ma Ling'er said: "Is Ranran suffering from prenatal anxiety? In this situation, she needs to see a psychologist and get timely guidance."

But when she and her daughter-in-law suggested seeing a psychologist, Shi Ran refused point-blank, insisting she had no problems and didn't need to see one.

So Ma Ling'er provided the guidance herself.

She told Shi Ran: "When I was pregnant with Yun Qitian, I also craved whatever I saw. In reality, this is a very common phenomenon; it doesn't mean the children born will all be little gluttons."

"Taking a step back, even if you give birth to a little glutton, there's nothing bad about it. Zichen has been well-liked since he was little; he is warm, kind, and polite to others."

"If the Yun Family's child can be like Zichen, she and her husband would wake up laughing in their dreams..."

The mother-in-law's guidance was very effective, and Shi Ran's mood improved quite a bit.

Although she persisted in controlling her appetite for two days, she failed after two days, and it was even a rebound effect.

She puffed up as if she were being inflated; every day when she looked in the mirror, she could see her round figure and round face.

"No, I have to lose weight, I must lose weight." Shi Ran made up her mind.

But before the weight loss could even begin, the house welcomed an uninvited guest—Black Widow!

"Tsk tsk, Shi Ran, how did you get so fat? Even when I was pregnant, I maintained a beautiful figure." Black Widow was smug; seeing Shi Ran's figure deformed by fat, she was very happy.

"What are you doing in Jiangzhou again?" Shi Ran was vigilant, completely ignoring Black Widow's sarcasm.

"I'm here to see my son, to see if you've been treating my son well during the days I've been away."

The way she said this, it was as if she had forgotten that Shi Yuan had already been adopted by Shi Ran, and that she had been the one begging Shi Ran to take her son in back then.

Shi Ran corrected her: "Miss Yuan, I don't have your son here, only my son."

Black Widow grew anxious: "Shi Ran, don't play dumb with me. Shi Yuan is my son; your son is still in your belly and hasn't been born yet. Hurry up and return Shi Yuan to me; I have urgent use for him."

Shi Ran's expression turned colder: "Shi Yuan is a lovely child, a living person, not an object, and not something you can summon at will and discard when you please. If you leave now, I can pretend I didn't see you and let bygones be bygones. You had better not push your luck."

"You don't agree?"

Black Widow shrieked loudly: "The child is mine, what right do you have to disagree? Shi Ran, I'm talking to you nicely right now; I don't want to tear off the mask!"

Shi Ran wouldn't be scared off by a single threat. She asked: "And what if you do tear off the mask? Back then, you left Shi Yuan abroad and ignored him. Later, when you dumped him on me, you also said you would never want this child again. You even have an agreement with me for that; have you forgotten?"

Black Widow: "I haven't forgotten. At that time, I didn't have the means to take good care of him. Now I have the means, so I want to take him back. He is the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to with such hardship; I don't want to be separated from my own flesh and blood again."

"Shi Ran, you are also pregnant now and will be a mother in a few months. You should be able to understand me, right? During the days Shi Yuan wasn't by my side, I thought of him every day, couldn't eat, and couldn't sleep..."

Shi Ran said coldly: "Yuan Li, I haven't been dealing with you for just a day or two. You had better not play tricks on me. Tell me directly what you are actually trying to do. Don't think that just because you don't say it, I can't investigate it!"

Shi Ran was not easy to deal with, and Black Widow knew it. It seemed she couldn't avoid telling the truth now.

Her eyes instantly filled with tears, and she said pitifully to Shi Ran: "I had no choice but to come to Jiangzhou to find you. I got married, and my husband is now seriously ill and lying in the hospital. The people in his Clan are all eyeing his assets; I can't let so much money go to outsiders..."

"Are you saying you want to use Shi Yuan as a tool for you to fight for assets?" Shi Ran's face showed anger, and she refused flatly: "No. You had better give up this idea early. I won't let him get involved in such filthy matters at such a young age."

"If you really care about him, let me take him away. Would I harm my own biological son? You are about to have a biological child yourself. If you miss this inheritance, who knows when the next time will be..."

Black Widow's heart was full of calculations about other people's money. Shi Ran found her impossible to talk to, and in the end, Shi Ran had her kicked out. A mother like that couldn't be allowed to have the child with her; it would be no good.

The next day.

Another uninvited guest arrived. This time it was a lawyer, the attorney hired by Black Widow, demanding that Shi Ran hand over the child, or else they would see each other in court!

See each other in court, then.

Shi Ran's attitude was very firm. She told the lawyer to go back and tell Black Widow that she would accompany her to the end. As long as she didn't feel embarrassed, it didn't matter where she sued!

After the lawyer left, her mother-in-law brought her a glass of water and persuaded her, why bother arguing with that woman?

She was about to have her own child soon, so she should just return Shi Yuan. If they really went to court, the judge would certainly award Shi Yuan to his biological mother!