Chapter 183: Wanting to Occupy the Magpie's Nest

"Alright." He placed the boiled egg in front of him in front of Jian Yixin.

She made another request: "You peel it for me."

He glanced at his wife, but still obediently peeled the egg and placed it on the plate in front of Jian Yixin.

So, for the sake of fairness, he peeled a second egg and handed it to his wife.

Jian Yixin was dissatisfied: "Hanyu, you are too good to the housekeeper. She is a servant; she cannot sit with us."

Shi Youxuan didn't make a sound, nor did she move, staring at Sheng Hanyu while thinking, I want to see how you explain this?

"Yixin, eat. Our family is fine with it; we don't stand on such ceremony." Sheng Hanyu didn't even look into her eyes, just brushed it off like that.

Jian Yixin picked up a sandwich, took a bite, and then spat it out!

"Pah!"

"Pah, pah!"

"What is this? It's way too salty."

She reached out and picked up the porridge bowl in front of Sheng Hanyu, took two big gulps, put it back naturally, and said to Shi Youxuan: "How do you do your job as a housekeeper? You can't even make a sandwich without it tasting this terrible. What else can you do? You're fired. Take three months' salary and leave."

"Miss Jian, I'm afraid that's not for you to decide."

Shi Youxuan calmly picked up the porridge bowl in front of her, took a sip, and then glanced at Sheng Hanyu.

He hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Yixin, don't worry about these trivial matters. After we finish eating, we'll go to the hospital."

"Hanyu, you will always stay with me, won't you?" Jian Yixin stared at Sheng Hanyu with watery eyes, while Shi Youxuan also stared at him, glaring fiercely.

Although she didn't speak, he understood the meaning in her gaze: Sheng Hanyu, you'd better be careful how you answer; think it through before you speak!

Sheng Hanyu had never been in such a difficult spot; the two women were attacking from both inside and out, which was harder than dealing with any difficult problem.

He dodged Shi Youxuan's gaze, pretended not to see it, and said to Jian Yixin: "Yes, I will go to the hospital with you. Let's go once we're full."

The breakfast was a scene of chaos. After the meal, Sheng Hanyu let Jian Yixin get in the car first, while he made an excuse to go upstairs to get his briefcase. Upon returning, he hugged Shi Youxuan and kissed her hard: "I'm sorry, wife, for letting you suffer a grievance. I will definitely make it up to you later."

"She won't come back today, that's what you said!" Shi Youxuan grabbed his collar with her hand: "Sheng Hanyu, you have to keep your word. If she comes back, I'm leaving."

"Xuanxuan, don't be like this. Yixin is a patient..."

Shi Youxuan thought to herself, she is a patient, but I am a pregnant woman. I am carrying your child in my belly; shouldn't you be treating me better?

But she didn't say it.

She didn't want to use the child to tie him down. If Sheng Hanyu chose her, it could only be because he loved her, not for any other reason.

Using schemes or any additional conditions was not something Shi Youxuan wanted to do.

"I don't care, you promised me!" She feigned willfulness, but in reality, only she knew how bitter her heart was.

Sheng Hanyu took Jian Yixin to the hospital.

Just as the two left, Jian Yining's call came through, asking her why Jian Yixin was with Sheng Hanyu, how they found her, and what on earth was going on?

Shi Youxuan wanted to know what was going on even more than he did, but from the moment Sheng Hanyu brought her back yesterday until now, Jian Yixin had been with him the whole time; she had neither the time nor the opportunity to ask.

She said irritably: "I don't know either. You should ask Sheng Hanyu."

"He isn't answering my calls."

When Jian Yining said this, Shi Youxuan remembered that he had turned off his phone so as not to disturb Jian Yixin's rest.

"He took your sister to see a doctor. I don't know which hospital. Don't say I told you." Shi Youxuan still revealed their whereabouts to him.

Jian Yining wasn't an outsider, and Jian Yixin was his sister; letting him know was his right.

After hanging up, Shi Youxuan lay on the bed for a nap. She hadn't slept all night yesterday, and plus she was pregnant now, so she was easily exhausted.

Just as she fell asleep, she had a dream where Jian Yixin threw all her things out and drove her away!

She shouted for Sheng Hanyu, asking if it was his idea or Jian Yixin's. Sheng Hanyu sat on the sofa ignoring her; no matter how much she shouted, she got no response.

She went to pull him, but her hand passed right through his arm; she couldn't grab him at all!

How could this be?

Shi Youxuan was puzzled. Jian Yixin sneered at the door: "Get out now. This house is mine and the man is mine too. You've occupied him for so long, you've already taken enough advantage..."

Jian Yixin was the opposite of her usual weak self; she was incredibly strong, pulling her hard and pushing her out the door. That wasn't all; she even dragged her toward the artificial lake, intending to drown her!

"No, let go of me!"

Shi Youxuan waved her hands in the air, screaming "No" desperately, then suddenly sat up from the bed, only to realize it was a daydream.

This dream was not good at all; she was covered in cold sweat.

She went to the bathroom to shower and change into dry clothes, then waited for Sheng Hanyu to come home.

When he left, he promised he wouldn't bring Jian Yixin back. Shi Youxuan had been worried he wouldn't keep his word, but once it was completely dark, she realized he had indeed kept it.

He hadn't brought Jian Yixin back, but he hadn't come home either!

His phone wouldn't go through; it had been turned off the whole time.

And it wasn't just Sheng Hanyu; even the driver's phone was turned off.

Shi Youxuan could pretend to be calm in front of the housekeeper and servants, but inside her room, she was restless. She was afraid Jian Yixin had lured Sheng Hanyu away.

This woman had arrived with such momentum; on the surface, she looked very weak, but she just felt that wasn't the case.

The hands of the wall clock pointed to twelve. Finally, there was movement downstairs—they were back!

Shi Youxuan went to greet them, and her face immediately fell.

Sheng Hanyu hadn't kept his word after all; Jian Yixin had come back with him again.

"Xuanxuan, can I explain after I get Yixin settled?" He spoke before his wife could reproach him.

"Fine, I'll wait for you in the room." Shi Youxuan didn't give him a pleasant look and returned to the bedroom by herself.

After waiting for nearly an hour, Sheng Hanyu finally returned to the room, exhausted, and threw himself onto the bed to sleep!

He didn't even take off his coat before falling asleep just like that.

The explanation he had promised had once again been broken.

He must be very tired, as his snoring was thunderous; even if Shi Youxuan had many complaints and grievances, she could not settle the score now, so she took off his coat and socks, covered him with a quilt to let him sleep on the bed, and slept on the sofa herself.

Early the next morning, the sky was just beginning to brighten.

Shi Youxuan was woken up by a piercing scream; it was the voice of Jian Yixin, who was loudly calling out the name of Sheng Hanyu, her sharp voice carrying especially far in the silent morning.

Sheng Hanyu jumped up from the bed and rushed out barefoot; soon it was quiet outside, and then the sound of the guest room door closing could be heard.

Tears slid down Shi Youxuan's cheeks; when would days like these ever end?

Jian Yixin had returned, and it was destined that their home would have no peace.

Sheng Hanyu appeared in the room again, and Shi Youxuan had already finished washing up and was looking up information on her computer.

Seeing him enter, she closed the computer: "Do you have time to talk now?"

"Mm."

Sheng Hanyu nodded and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Xuanxuan, I know you've been wronged these past two days, but I really have no choice... I cannot just watch Yixin be like this and do nothing."

Shi Youxuan liked to speak directly, so she got straight to the point: "Sheng Hanyu, I would like to ask you to search your conscience and tell me very responsibly, do you love me or Jian Yixin? If it is me, I hope you will keep your distance from Jian Yixin; she is ill, so we can all think of a way together, and her family even runs a hospital—her parents and younger brother are in a better position than you to take care of her."

"If you love Jian Yixin and still cannot let her go in your heart, I will grant your wish; I will leave and will never pester you."