Chapter 1493: Estrangement Appears

"She smiled at me, she actually smiled at me, Ranran, did you see it? Did you see it?"

Yun Qitian was dancing with excitement, but his wife did not want to pay him any mind.

She also did not want to pay any mind to the heartless little thing in the swaddling clothes.

It was she who had risked half her life to give birth to this daughter, but the daughter did not seem to appreciate it at all.

She rolled her eyes the first time she saw her mother, yet gave her father a brilliant smile; the contrast was too sharp, and Shi Ran was unhappy.

After his joy subsided, Yun Qitian noticed his wife's long face and wanted to make amends.

He comforted his wife: "Ranran, don't be unhappy. Our daughter was just teasing you. Take another look at her, she will definitely smile at you too."

"Mom is the greatest person in this world, bar none; Dad can't compare at all..."

It had to be said, Yun Qitian was very good at coaxing people into a good mood.

Consequently, Shi Ran tried to tease her daughter again, only to be angered once more—the daughter had fallen asleep!

Jian Yixin walked in carrying a thermal bucket: "Ranran, I've prepared some hen soup for you. Drink a little, then have a sleep after you finish, and get some good rest." Jian Yixin was indeed more attentive, having prepared food for Shi Ran.

"Thank you, Godmother."

Having just given birth, it felt like she had fought a fierce battle, and she was starving.

She hadn't felt it just now, but seeing her godmother walk in with the thermal bucket, she immediately felt hungry, hungry to the point of feeling faint.

Shi Ran drank two bowls of chicken soup in a row before her stomach felt a bit settled.

Zhang Ma also arrived, bringing a postpartum meal, a kelp and pork rib soup cooked by Fang Jie.

During the postpartum period, one needs to eat soups and broths to have nutrition, and it is also easier to produce milk.

Shi Ran ate another bowl of pork rib and kelp, and felt drowsy after being full.

But before falling asleep, she suddenly remembered one person—Shi Yuan!

The whole family was at the hospital, so was her son home alone?

"What about Shi Yuan? Is he home alone?"

Ma Ling'er was indifferent and told her daughter-in-law: "Don't you worry, he has a nanny looking after him at home, he won't have any trouble."

Fearing her daughter-in-law would be unhappy, she added: "Isn't Yueyue also home alone, with a nanny and servants watching her? It's fine, the children are older now."

Shi Ran didn't say anything more, but her sleepiness vanished, replaced entirely by worry.

Shi Yuan and Yueyue's situations were different.

Shi Yuan had been abused by a nanny when he was very young; although it was said that small children have no memory, it had still left a shadow on his young heart.

Shi Yuan couldn't really speak yet, but he knew how to read people's expressions.

He could distinguish between those who were truly good to him and those who were just perfunctory in their care.

If his family wasn't around, he would feel uneasy and would cry and fuss endlessly!

Now, everyone he trusted was not by his side; there was no telling how much the child would cry at home.

Jian Yixin saw that Shi Ran was worried, so she said to Ma Ling'er: "I'm alone at home anyway and have nothing to do, and you need to take care of your daughter-in-law, so would it be alright to let Shi Yuan come stay at my place for a few days?"

Jian Yixin truly liked children; Shi Yuan had stayed at her house for a period before, and the two got along well. Shi Yuan would definitely not cry or fuss at her place, and Shi Ran was one hundred percent at ease.

Actually, she had wanted to send Shi Yuan to her parents' home, but unfortunately, her mother hadn't responded.

"Oh my, that would be too much trouble for you. You have to manage such a large company, and you have to take care of children—can you handle it?" Ma Ling'er was happy in her heart and really wanted to agree.

But she also knew that Jian Yixin was very busy.

"Oh, why are you being so polite with me? I love children to death when I see them. It's settled then; you come back with me, and I'll take Shi Yuan away."

Ma Ling'er and Jian Yixin left. Shi Ran set down her burden and fell asleep very quickly.

Seeing that she was fast asleep, everyone walked on tiptoe to the outer room.

Shi Youxuan told the Yun family father and son to go back first, saying she would stay to look after her, and would let her son-in-law come tomorrow.

The father-in-law staying was of no use, so he readily agreed.

Qi Tian refused to leave: "Mom, let me stay to take care of Ranran."

"There's no need for everyone to be here, having too many people is no use. Ranran has to do her postpartum month for a whole month, so everyone should take turns. You go back and rest first, and come tomorrow to relieve me."

"It's fine, I'm not tired." Qi Tian was unwilling to leave.

Go back and rest; even a person made of iron couldn't hold out for a month, and there was still a long way to go.

"Alright then, let me go in and take another look." Qi Tian went in softly and watched for a long time, reluctant to leave, looking at his wife and looking at the child.

He gently kissed his wife on the forehead and the child on her sleeping little face, then walked out of the inner room, looking back every three steps.

"Mom, Dad, you've worked hard."

"It's no trouble, hurry back and sleep." Yun Qitian was reluctant to leave, and again looked back every three steps as he left.

The door to the inner room was closed so that talking wouldn't disturb the people inside.

Shi Youxuan said to her husband: "You should go back and rest too."

Sheng Hanyu shook his head: "No, I want to stay and keep you company; you'll be very tired by yourself here."

Shi Youxuan glared at him reproachfully: "There are nurses and nursing assistants here, and the confinement nanny and nutritionist I hired will be here soon, so how could I get tired?"

Sheng Hanyu said: "Even if there are people to help with the work, they are just assistants. No one can be as attentive to Ranran as you; no one can compare to a birth mother's heart for her own child."

Mentioning blood relations, Shi Youxuan sighed: "Ranran just won't listen to me; she'll have her own headaches later."

"I was against her adopting Shi Yuan from the start, but she insisted. Now is just the beginning; when the two children have some conflict later on, her mother-in-law will definitely favor her own biological grandchild."

Sheng Hanyu said: "You can't blame our daughter entirely; it's because your own example was so powerful. You treat Litian and the other children the same, so she thought she could do it too."

Shi Youxuan glared at him: "Can I be the same? I was a full-time housewife, I spent half my life at home taking care of the children without working. Can a woman like her, who is a workaholic, not work?"

"It's not easy to balance career and family. When the time comes, both children will have to be taken care of by Ma Ling'er. Do you guess her mother-in-law will be better to her own grandchild or to Shi Yuan, who has no blood relation at all?"

This was an easy question; one knew the answer without even guessing.

Sheng Hanyu sighed with emotion: "Admittedly, even if Ma Ling'er is biased, it's understandable and normal. There aren't many women who can treat a child who isn't their own as equally as you do."

"That's right, you must have accumulated virtue in your past life to marry a wife like me." Shi Youxuan was not the least bit modest.

"Yes, yes, you are good in every way, except for one thing: you aren't humble."

"I don't need to be humble; I am good to begin with." Shi Youxuan said with haughty charm.

She had already become a grandmother, yet she still maintained the innocence of a young girl; she was very romantic and a little bit willful.

The reason Shi Youxuan was able to remain this way was thanks to having a good husband who doted on her and loved her.

It had originally been decided that Shi Youxuan would be on duty at the hospital during the day, and Yun Qitian would come over at night to relieve her.

But only two hours later, Ma Ling'er and her son came again.

Ma Ling'er had stewed soft-shelled turtle and black-bone chicken soup at home to nourish the body, and since Yun Qitian couldn't sleep at home, he came over with his mother.