Chapter 295: Shi Youxuan Takes the Child Back to the Country

Shi Youxuan was worried the child would suffer from the change of environment, so she placed her hand on the little girl's forehead.

Shi Ran suddenly threw herself into her arms, her two small hands wrapping around her waist, holding on tight.

Her fluffy little head pressed against Mommy's chest, and she said sweetly, "Mommy, did you sleep with me last night? Can you sleep with me every day from now on?"

So that was it.

Shi Youxuan's tears were almost falling; the child's happiness was actually this simple.

Just by being with her, she could smile so brightly!

"Okay, Mommy promises you." Shi Youxuan's voice choked up a little.

"Pinky swear."

"Mm, pinky swear."

The mother and daughter extended their little fingers and said in unison, "Pinky swear, a hundred years no changing, whoever changes is a little puppy!"

"Ding-dong—"

"Ding-dong, ding-dong—"

The doorbell rang.

Aside from Jian Yining, it couldn't be anyone else who would come over this early.

Shi Youxuan went to open the door, and sure enough, it was him.

"Quick, quick, move aside."

Jian Yining placed the bag in his hand onto the entryway cabinet, then flexed his stiff fingers before changing into slippers to come inside.

"Buying so much stuff again? Why didn't you call me? I would have gone down to pick you up. Look at you, covered in sweat." She handed him a whole box of tissues.

To prevent Zhu Yiwen's people from finding them, only a few people knew about this place, and Jian Yining didn't use anyone else to deliver things; he always carried them up himself.

"Is Ranran up yet? Go wash up; I'll set out breakfast for you two, eat while it's hot." He wiped his head casually with a tissue, then sorted the items he brought.

Yogurt, milk, and fruit went into the refrigerator.

He ended up finding potato chips, spicy strips, and jelly bought yesterday inside the refrigerator.

This must have been Shi Youxuan's doing; her life skills had always been low, and she didn't even know what should be put in the refrigerator and what should be left outside.

Jian Yining put everything in its proper place.

Then he went to the kitchen to heat the milk, and for the packed wontons, millet and pumpkin porridge, and soup dumplings... he poured what needed to be in bowls into bowls, and placed what should be on plates onto plates.

After getting everything ready and setting it on the dining table, the mother and daughter had finished washing up and came out.

"Good morning, Godfather." Shi Ran greeted Jian Yining obediently.

In truth, she had hoped it was the uncle who brought breakfast; Godfather said yesterday that the uncle was also from Jiangzhou, which had made her happy for a long time.

It was just a pity that the uncle wasn't in Jiangzhou, so she couldn't see him for the time being.

"Morning, Ranran. Come and try the Jiangzhou breakfast and see if it suits your taste." He picked the little girl up and sat her in her seat.

The table was full of various Jiangzhou specialties, and the little girl found it fresh and interesting.

Especially the soup dumplings, which required using a straw to suck out the broth inside before eating the skin and filling; Shi Ran had never seen such a way of eating, nor had she ever eaten such delicious breakfast, and as a result, she ate until she was stuffed.

She walked back and forth in the living room with a bitter face to digest the food, frowning in worry: "Mommy, is all the food in Jiangzhou this delicious? This won't do, I'll become a fatty like Bitichong."

Shi Youxuan had only been afraid she wouldn't adapt, so feeling it was good was of course for the best.

She laughed: "If you move around more after eating, as long as you don't just lie there, you won't become a little fatty."

"Mm-hmm."

The little girl nodded repeatedly, then pestered her to go out and play.

She said she heard from the kids at kindergarten that Jiangzhou is very big, and she wanted to hurry out to play and see more places, so she wouldn't have regrets after leaving later...

Shi Ran didn't know yet that this time was different from the last trip.

Coming to Jiangzhou wasn't for a trip, but to stay and not leave.

Shi Youxuan hadn't told her about this yet; she hadn't figured out how to say it, so she decided to just take it one step at a time.

Like performing magic, Jian Yining took a set of small building blocks from his person and handed them to Shi Ran, letting her play by herself for a while so the adults could discuss matters.

Shi Ran agreed readily and set up the blocks in the living room, while Shi Youxuan and Jian Yining went to the Study to talk.

Closing the door, he took a file folder out of his bag and handed it over: "Sheng Hanyu was right, it is indeed true."

Shi Youxuan opened it and poured out two photos and a few documents from inside.

The photos showed two boys, with a beautiful small island in L Country as the background; the older boy was about ten, and the younger one looked a bit smaller than Shi Ran.

Both children looked exactly like Zhu Yiwen; their features and their eyes were just like his!

The documents were also about the situation of the two children; their surname was Zhu, and their biological mother was unknown.

They were in good health and their intelligence was higher than children of the same age; they didn't go to school but had specialized teachers come to the house to teach them lessons, cultural courses, etiquette courses, as well as equestrianism, shooting... the two children were fully scheduled every day.

"The children have no childhood!" Shi Youxuan sighed.

Jian Yining was puzzled: "You aren't angry at all?"

The two children in the photos were Zhu Yiwen's illegitimate children from outside.

Their biological mother was unknown, and even Zhu Yiwen didn't know who they were.

"I was angry at the beginning, but later I wasn't." Shi Youxuan laughed heartlessly.

She really wasn't angry; this was actually quite good, at least she had no burden when she left.

However, Zhu Yiwen had illegitimate children outside, and she hadn't known even after living with him for five years; she hadn't even noticed the slightest trace of the younger one later on—she really was too oblivious.

Even if Shi Youxuan was angry, she was angry at herself!

Angry at herself for being a fool.

She had been used by Zhu Yiwen for five years, yet she had always been grateful to him and willing to earn money for him.

"Xuanxuan, do you know?"

Jian Yining looked at her affectionately: "Your greatest strengths are not your intelligence or your talent for speculation, but your open-mindedness and kindness; no matter how unfair the things you encounter, you can always just laugh them off..."

Shi Youxuan smiled, and it was an exceptionally beautiful smile.

She put her hands on her hips and questioned him: "Hey, can you not be like this? Can't you just seriously praise me alone? Why do you have to beat around the bush and include yourself? When did you develop this good quality of praising yourself in disguise?"

"Hehe..."

Reminded by her, Jian Yining finally realized.

The strengths he had just used to praise her were ones he possessed as well!

The two of them were truly best friends for many years; many of their personality traits were the same.

At first he was still laughing, but as he laughed, his smile gradually turned bitter.

Being too similar is not necessarily a good thing...

Having personalities that are too similar and having too many things in common is the standard configuration for good friends!

But it is very difficult to become lovers.

"By the way, what are your plans for today? Do you need a driver? There is a free driver and bodyguard here, willing to serve you." Jian Yining changed the subject without leaving a trace.

Best friends are best friends; as long as he can often see her smile and make her happy, it doesn't matter whether they are lovers or not.

He was open-minded about it!

"I do, I do. I'm taking Shi Ran to see Dad today, but I can't find the way," Shi Youxuan said.

The three of them set off, and along the way, Shi Ran chattered incessantly: "Mommy, is Grandpa your daddy? Will he like me?"

Shi Youxuan: "That's right, Grandpa is Mommy's daddy."

This form of address didn't feel like anything when used in L Country, but in Jiangzhou, calling someone "daddy" and "mommy" felt strange.

So she corrected her: "Grandpa is Mommy's father."

"Ranran, don't call me Mommy from now on, call me Mom."

Shi Ran: "Why do I have to change how I address you? 'Mommy' sounds very nice." The child couldn't understand.

Jian Yining explained to her: "Calling you 'Mommy' is very nice, but here in Jiangzhou, everyone calls their parents 'Mom' and 'Dad'. If Ranran still uses the way of addressing people from L Country, others will think you are very strange."

Shi Ran nodded, as if she understood: "Oh, is it just like how Mommy... Mom suddenly stopped calling me Xiaozhu and started calling me Ranran, is it like that?"