Chapter 237: The Daughter is a Divine Assist

Sheng Hanyu caught a glimpse of Shi Youxuan out of the corner of his eye and discovered her staring at him with suspicion; he immediately felt guilty, twisting his head this way and that, refusing to meet her gaze.

"Alisha, look into my eyes, I have something to ask you." Shi Youxuan finally snapped.

He nodded, his eyes fixed on the ceiling.

Shi Youxuan flared up, stood up, and reached him, using both hands to straighten his face: "Am I on the ceiling? Look into my eyes."

The steady Ferris Wheel suddenly swayed—"Ah!" Shi Youxuan lost her footing and cried out in alarm, nearly falling over.

Fortunately, Alisha was quick-witted and agile, pulling her into her arms, which prevented her from falling.

Shi Ran was also pulled into the embrace at the same time; the mother and daughter were just startled, but both were fine.

He pulled his daughter to his side and sat her down properly.

Then he helped Shi Youxuan sit in the seat opposite, using gestures to tell them that even though it was steady here, they couldn't let their guard down; after all, they were in the air, so they shouldn't stand up casually.

Shi Youxuan patted her chest, her heart thumping with fright.

She was somewhat afraid of heights, and having been badly scared just now, she forgot what she wanted to say.

The three of them got off the Ferris Wheel, with Shi Ran skipping along in front and Alisha supporting Shi Youxuan, whose face was a bit pale.

Jian Yining handed the ice cream he was holding to the little girl and hurriedly went over to support Shi Youxuan on the other side, asking with concern: "Xuanxuan, what's wrong? You don't look well."

"It's nothing, just a bit of vertigo; I'll be fine after resting for a while."

Jian Yining blamed Alisha: "It's all her fault. I said I wouldn't let you go up, but she insisted on you going, even saying something about how Shi Ran likes being with Mommy..."

He got angry just mentioning it.

This Alisha was such an eyesore; every time he worked hard to create an opportunity to be alone with Shi Youxuan, it would be ruined by Alisha.

When he let her take Shi Ran to the Ferris Wheel, she insisted on bringing Shi Youxuan along too.

Xuanxuan wanted to go herself, but Alisha used the excuse of being overweight to stubbornly refuse to let him on.

Now that Shi Youxuan was feeling unwell, he had caught the perfect opportunity to blame Alisha on the spot.

"Slap!"

The ice cream was thrown to his feet; Shi Ran put her hands on her hips, pouting angrily: "You are not allowed to bully Auntie."

Jian Yining immediately realized his mistake.

He wanted to marry Shi Youxuan in the future, and Shi Ran would be his daughter; he couldn't let Shi Ran have a bad impression of him now.

Jian Yining reacted quickly and immediately explained to the little girl: "I wasn't bullying your Auntie; it was her who made your Mommy get on the Ferris Wheel, which is why Mommy is feeling unwell. If she hadn't gone up, wouldn't Mommy be feeling fine?"

"No, no, you don't understand anything." The little girl covered her ears, refusing to listen, and her impression of Jian Yining became even worse; she didn't even call him Godfather anymore.

In fact, Shi Youxuan also felt that Jian Yining was being a bit excessive; how could he blame Alisha?

Alisha didn't know she was afraid of heights, and it was thanks to Alisha while they were up there that she and her daughter hadn't fallen.

But since Xiaozhu had just lost her temper at Jian Yining, she couldn't continue to do the same.

She couldn't leave him unable to save face, and she understood Jian Yining's feelings; he was so impatient only because of her.

So she scolded her daughter: "Xiaozhu, how are you talking to your Godfather? You little girl, you don't have any manners. How does Mommy usually teach you? Apologize to your Godfather."

She meant well.

She wanted to give Jian Yining a way out, but she didn't expect it to have the opposite effect!

Shi Youxuan had only ever disciplined Shi Ran when she was being naughty or causing trouble; this was the first time she had scolded her for the sake of someone else!

The little girl felt wronged and burst into loud tears with a "Wah—".

She cried while saying: "Mommy doesn't love Xiaozhu, Mommy is biased. What kind of Godfather is he? He's not a good person. I have a Daddy, I don't want a Godfather, make him leave, don't let him live in my house..."

Shi Youxuan was furious and told her to be quiet, but the little girl wouldn't listen.

"Slap!"

She pulled the little girl onto her lap and spanked her: "Shut up! You are not allowed to say any more!"

"Wah wah wah—"

The little girl cried even louder.

Sheng Hanyu's heart was breaking; he snatched the child away, held her, and walked off.

Shi Youxuan was furious: "Stop! Every time I discipline the child, you protect her; you're going to spoil her rotten."

The retreating figure shook his head vigorously, but he didn't stop, nor did he look back.

Now that they were finally left alone, the things Jian Yining wanted to say could no longer be said—the timing was wrong.

"Xiaozhu is still a child, why did you hit her?" Jian Yining said.

Shi Youxuan huffed angrily: "It's all because of you, otherwise would I have hit the child?"

Jian Yining had high emotional intelligence; he didn't say "It's all my fault," nor did he blame Shi Ran for being unreasonable.

Although he felt a bit uncomfortable inside, he still put on a cheeky smile: "That's true, now you know how to protect me; that's worth praising. But in the future, be more biased toward Xiaozhu and less toward me. I'm an adult with thick skin, I'm not afraid of being hit."

"Get lost, you're annoying."

Half of Shi Youxuan's anger dissipated.

Jian Yining always had a way to coax her into being happy; after only a few sentences, Shi Youxuan began to cheer up.

The two were talking and laughing; although Sheng Hanyu and Shi Ran in the distance couldn't hear them, they found the sight of the two chatting and laughing to be completely intolerable.

Big hand holding small hand, they stood in the shade of a tree.

Both the big one and the small one were frowning, staring at Jian Yining while their minds raced...

Shi Ran: "Auntie, Godfather seems to be here to snatch Mommy away from me; you have to help me."

Sheng Hanyu couldn't speak, so he nodded heavily.

But in his heart, he said: "He isn't snatching Mommy away from you, he's snatching your Mommy away from me. I definitely won't let him succeed."

The father and daughter were of one mind; Jian Yining didn't yet know that he was about to be in trouble soon.

One big and one small, holding hands, came back bouncing and beaming, as if nothing had just happened.

The little girl went up to Jian Yining and bowed ninety degrees: "Godfather, I'm sorry. It was my fault just now. I shouldn't have thrown a tantrum. Will you forgive me?"

Shi Ran took the initiative to apologize, and Jian Yining was pleasantly surprised.

There was no such thing as forgiveness or lack thereof; he had just been thinking about how to coax Shi Ran back, so now that the little girl was apologizing on her own, he naturally agreed immediately.

"Good, good, good. Godfather wasn't angry with you at all. Our Xiaozhu is the best, the most sensible child..." He also gave Alisha a grateful look and thanked her.

Even Shi Youxuan believed that it was Alisha who had persuaded Xiaozhu to change her attitude.

It was just that they were happy a little too early.

"Godfather, let's go. Come play with me."

The little girl let go of Alisha and dragged Jian Yining away.

He followed, pleasantly surprised, while Shi Youxuan watched from behind, but she had an ominous premonition!

She said to Alisha, "You two aren't hiding something from me, are you?"

Alisha shook her head like a rattle-drum, firmly denying it.

Shi Youxuan was still uneasy and prepared to follow them to take a look, but her arm was grabbed by Alisha, who pointed to a bench under the shade of a tree, meaning to go rest for a while because her complexion was poor.

Her poor complexion now was from being angered just a moment ago; her fear of heights had already passed.

"No, I'm worried. I just feel like you two are acting strange."

She shook off Alisha and strode over to chase after the people in front.

However, she was still a step too late; by the time Shi Youxuan arrived, Shi Ran was pulling Jian Yining and preparing to ride the Roller Coaster!

"Godfather, come here. Why are you hiding?" With two small hands pulling him tightly, the little girl was using all her might to set a trap.