Chapter 1519: Something's Not Right

Sheng Hanyu said he would send someone to investigate.

It was soon clarified that the old director of the orphanage where Qi Shishi was staying had suddenly passed away from a sudden illness, and the new director was unwilling to do such thankless work, so he was very perfunctory toward the children.

It wasn't just perfunctory; he even embezzled money donated by kind-hearted people from all walks of life, making the children's lives very difficult.

But at that time, although life was difficult, they could still barely get by.

Later, the matter was exposed and caused a huge uproar in society, so various charitable donations stopped, and since theirs was a privately run orphanage, charitable donations were their main source of income.

With the donations cut off, the children's lives immediately ran into problems.

No matter what, they still had to survive!

Some of the older children in the orphanage would go out to find work, attending school for half the day and working for half the day.

They supported themselves and also supported the younger brothers and sisters in the orphanage.

After hearing this, Shi Youxuan felt very uneasy.

She asked, "Are there no suitable candidates for the director? They can't just rely on the children to support the orphanage; they aren't even adults yet."

Sheng Hanyu said, "The current director has a very good heart and is very good to the children, but even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice, so the children at the orphanage still need to work for a while."

Because the previous incident caused such a bad stir, there were almost no donors left.

"Let's donate some money to make the children's lives a little easier."

Donating money was no problem, but the question was whether or not to have Qi Shishi come over to work.

Shi Youxuan was in a dilemma.

If she let her come, it would count as child labor, and hiring child labor was illegal.

But if she replaced her with someone else, there really wasn't a more suitable candidate!

Finally, Sheng Hanyu made the executive decision: "Let Qi Shishi come. Both children are quite pitiful, and these are the only two seedlings left of the Qi Family."

"Alright, I'll listen to you."

Thus, Qi Shishi started working at the Sheng Family, and her job was very simple: just playing with the two children.

Yueyue also liked her and was very attached to Qi Shishi.

Qi Shishi was very diligent and didn't talk much; she knew the relationship between the Sheng Family and her own family, but she never pointed it out.

Since she didn't point it out, Shi Youxuan wouldn't say anything either.

As time went on, Shi Youxuan noticed that Sheng Zirui was spending more time with the children.

Shi Youxuan knew exactly what kind of personality each of her children had.

Zirui didn't like small children; he didn't even always accompany his sister Yueyue, who was so cute, so why was he suddenly willing to accompany Yueyue and Shi Yuan now?

I'm afraid his intentions were not in the wine.

This day, when he was preparing to go to the children's room again, his mother called out to him: "Where are you going?"

"Nowhere, I'm looking for a Hallucinogenic Pen I can't find..." Zirui started rummaging through the living room.

But how could there be a pen in the living room?

The pen would be in the Study or in his room.

Zirui had never been so uncomposed; it wasn't normal.

Shi Youxuan didn't expose him and walked away without saying anything, but she kept a secret watch and discovered that Zirui's gaze was always intentionally or unintentionally turning toward Qi Shishi.

Zirui never took the initiative to pay attention to little girls; otherwise, Zihan wouldn't have mistaken him for being gay.

But now, Zirui's attitude toward Qi Shishi made Shi Youxuan have to be vigilant; he must have fallen for her, as he wouldn't be like this if he hadn't.

In the prime of youth, liking a girl wasn't a problem, but the problem was that liking Qi Shishi was not allowed—absolutely not.

Shi Youxuan decided to nip the affection between the young couple in the bud.

From that day on, every time Qi Shishi came to the house, Shi Youxuan would be by their side.

Zirui's personality wouldn't allow him to deliberately crowd in; no matter how much he liked her, he wouldn't.

Shi Youxuan wanted to deliberately keep them from meeting, rather than firing Qi Shishi, so she believed that over time, Zirui would slowly lose interest.

How long could a child's affection last?

It would be fine once school started.

This vacation would pass very quickly, and school was starting in a few days; when that time came, everyone would go to school, and Zirui and the others would have to live on campus and could only come home on Sundays.

Shi Youxuan's plan was well-conceived and meticulous, but she didn't expect that there would still be a slip-up.

It was time for Qi Shishi to start work, but she hadn't come; Qi Shishi was never late, so what was wrong today?

She didn't have a phone, and there was no way to contact her; perhaps there was a traffic jam on the road, so Shi Youxuan didn't pay too much attention to it.

"Mom, let's go out and play, let's go out and play," Yueyue requested.

Shi Yuan didn't say anything, but there was some longing in his big eyes.

"Do you want to go out and play too?" He nodded.

"Alright, let's go out."

The weather was nice today, not so hot.

There were quite a few children playing outside in the residential area; Yueyue was a wild child who could be ignored, but it would be good for Shi Yuan's personality to have more contact with other children.

Shi Youxuan prepared to take the two children to the Square in the center of the residential area, where there was a fountain, a pavilion, and an abandoned airplane placed there; the children all liked to go there to play.

Before they even reached the place, Shi Youxuan spotted two figures in the residential area that looked very familiar. When she walked closer, they were indeed familiar; one was her son Zirui, and the other was Qi Shishi.

The two were sitting on a bench in the residential area, not knowing what they were looking at, giggling as they looked.

Shi Youxuan was furious, and she led the two children over.

"Brother, brother, Sange, sister, sister."

Yueyue shouted happily; with her shouting like that, anyone who wasn't deaf could hear her.

The two turned their heads, and Qi Shishi's face was as red as a piece of red cloth.

She hurriedly explained: "Mrs. Sheng, I saw the Third Young Master here, and he asked me to watch a very funny video... No, I will go to work immediately."

Shi Youxuan did not lose her temper outside, but after arriving home, she called Qi Shishi over, settled her wages, and said: "Go back, you don't need to come again in the future."

Qi Shishi seemed to have something to say, but in the end, she said nothing and turned to leave.

As soon as she left, Zirui rushed in from outside: "Mom, this matter is not her fault, it's mine. If you are angry, take it out on me."

Consequently, Shi Youxuan became even angrier.

If Zihan had said such things, she would not have been surprised at all, but for Zirui to be so impulsive was something she absolutely could not tolerate.

"It has nothing to do with you, go back to your room."

"Of course it has to do with me. I know what you are thinking; you dismissed her because of me, and I want to talk to you."

"What do you want to talk about?" Shi Youxuan's tone was unkind.

"Are you trying to say that there are many young girls Zihan plays with, and I don't interfere, so why am I interfering with you, right?"

"And that you haven't done anything inappropriate, that it's just normal socializing, so I shouldn't interfere, is that it?"

Zirui nodded: "Yes."

"Fine, then I will tell you: you can socialize, chat, play games, and go out with any young girl. I am not an unreasonable parent, and I will not affect your normal interpersonal relationships."

"But it can be anyone, except for Qi Shishi!"