Chapter 296: These Years, Dad Has Been Cared For By Jian Yixin

"Yes, that's exactly how it is." Jian Yining mumbled, brushing past the question.

When the car arrived at the nursing home, Shi Youxuan gripped Shi Ran's hand tightly without realizing it.

She was a little nervous, afraid that if her father saw her, he wouldn't be able to hold back his tears.

She was even more afraid that her father would reproach her and ask where she had been for so many years, and why there hadn't been a single word from her; if that happened, how was she supposed to answer?

"Mom, you're hurting me."

Children accept new things quickly; this time, she didn't get the name wrong.

"I'm sorry, baby, Mommy is a little nervous." Shi Youxuan took the little girl's hand, hurriedly rubbing it and blowing on it.

"Don't be nervous. When Uncle sees you, he will definitely be very happy. He won't ask you questions that put you on the spot," Jian Yining comforted her.

"Mm."

The car parked in a parking space, Jian Yining carried the gifts, Shi Youxuan led Shi Ran, and the three of them walked inward along the tree-lined path.

"The environment here is quite nice!"

Shi Youxuan looked around at the surroundings as she walked; this place seemed different from the nursing home she had originally looked for, and it was much better.

When she first learned that her father had suffered a stroke and needed someone to care for him, she had wanted to find him a nursing home with a better environment. At the time, Zhu Yiwen had shown her the information for the nursing home, and it hadn't been this good!

Jian Yining stopped and asked in disbelief, "No one told you that this place was built by Hanyu Ge specifically for Uncle?"

"No."

Shi Youxuan shook her head, and now she understood.

No wonder it looked so new; it turned out it really was new.

"Hanyu Ge did a beautiful job with this; he does good deeds without seeking credit, content to be the man behind you," Jian Yining said.

"The child is right here, don't talk nonsense," Shi Youxuan chided him.

Shi Ran: "Mom, why did you say Uncle is the man behind you?"

Shi Youxuan didn't answer, but glared at Jian Yining, blaming him for speaking without thinking.

Jian Yining stuck out his tongue, then pointed ahead: "Ranran, look, there are butterflies over there!"

"Wow—"

"So pretty!"

The little girl let go of Shi Youxuan's hand and trotted off to chase the butterflies!

"Slow down, don't fall."

Jian Yining, carrying several large bags in his hands, was still able to nimbly chase after her.

Arriving in front of the small Villa where Shi Yucheng lived, the environment here was simply too good.

Before even walking inside, Shi Youxuan was already incredibly satisfied with the place.

This didn't look like a nursing home; it looked more like a Resort.

The Villa had two floors, white walls and blue tiles, and there was a small courtyard outside.

The courtyard wasn't large, but there were flowers planted in the front yard, vegetables in the back, and a small grape trellis in the corner.

An old man wearing a white undershirt and a bamboo hat was hunched over watering the flowers; Shi Youxuan only glanced at him and assumed he was the gardener, so she didn't pay him any mind, standing at the gate hesitating and not daring to ring the doorbell!

She wanted to see her father, yet she didn't dare.

"I'll do it."

Jian Yining pressed the doorbell: "Ding-dong—"

"Hey, why are your hands so fast? I wasn't ready yet," Shi Youxuan complained.

Then she smoothed her appearance... and saw Shi Ran.

Shi Youxuan crouched down and said to her daughter: "In a moment, if Grandpa asks who you are, just say you're the neighbor's child, okay?"

"Huh?"

Not only Shi Ran, but even Jian Yining was stunned.

What was going on?

"Mom, are you not planning on wanting me anymore?" Shi Ran pouted, feeling wronged.

"I want you, of course I do, you silly child, how could Mommy not want you? Just say that for now, be a good girl!"

The "gardener" suddenly spoke up: "Come, neighbor's child, come over to Grandpa, let Grandpa have a look."

"Dad?"

Now it was Shi Youxuan's turn to be dumbfounded.

Something wasn't right.

She looked at Jian Yining, asking with her eyes what was going on.

Wasn't it said that her father's stroke was very serious, that he couldn't take care of his daily life and was unable to look after himself?

But there was more surprise than anything else.

"Dad, you're okay? It's good that you're okay, it's good that you're okay, Dad, I missed you so much."

Shi Youxuan arrived in front of Shi Yucheng, instantly turning into a little child, throwing herself into Shi Yucheng's arms and crying loudly: "Dad, I was so worried about you, do you know that? How could you scare me like that? Why would you say you were sick when you're fine? I was so worried..."

Shi Yucheng was moved, gently stroking his daughter's hair, tears streaming down his old face.

"You brat, you haven't come back for so many years, and the moment you return you blame me; when did you become so unreasonable? You brat!"

Shi Yucheng's speech was not yet very articulate, and his movements were also slower than a normal person's.

But if you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell.

Father and daughter met, and they began to hug and cry in the courtyard.

They cried for quite a while before separating; Shi Youxuan wiped away her tears, preparing to call her daughter over to recognize her grandfather, only to discover that Jian Yining and Shi Ran were nowhere to be seen.

The front door was open, and the two of them had already gone inside.

"Come, let's go back, I want to introduce someone to you."

Shi Yucheng happily grabbed his daughter's hand.

He rambled on about how, after he fell ill, he was lucky to have his goddaughter take care of him; otherwise, his old life would have been lost, and it would have been impossible for him to recover so well.

However, when Shi Youxuan saw the "goddaughter" Shi Yucheng had adopted, her expression turned sour: "Why is it you?"

"I didn't know you were coming today. Well, I have things to do, I'll be going first."

Jian Yixin untied her apron and walked out; Shi Yucheng tried to get her to stay for a meal, but he couldn't keep her.

During the meal, Shi Yucheng kept singing Jian Yixin's praises, lamenting what good deeds he must have done or what virtue he must have accumulated in his past life.

In this life, although he couldn't count on his biological daughter, he had two good children in his adopted daughter and goddaughter; if it weren't for them, he feared the grass on his grave would already be growing quite tall...

Because Jian Yining was present, Shi Youxuan didn't say much.

But her expression remained unpleasant.

She hadn't expected the person who took her place in caring for her father to be Jian Yixin, but she didn't care for it either.

She still couldn't let go of what Jian Yixin had done to her in the past.

After leaving the nursing home, Shi Youxuan was still feeling unhappy.

She wanted to go out to clear her head, so she said to Jian Yining: "You go back first, I'm taking Ranran to the mall."

"I'll go with you two." Jian Yining was worried.

There were people from Zhu Yiwen in Jiangzhou, and now that Zhu Yiwen knew Shi Youxuan had returned to Jiangzhou, what if he sent someone to harm her?

He had to stay by her side to feel at ease.

"Fine."

The three of them were at the mall.

Shi Youxuan walked in front very quickly, and the little girl trotting behind couldn't keep up; she didn't understand why her mother was in a bad mood after seeing her grandfather, but she knew her feet hurt.

"Mom, wait for me."

Shi Youxuan didn't hear her.

Her mind was full of the words Shi Yucheng had just used to praise Jian Yixin, and she wondered whether she was being sincere or fake.

Actually, there was nothing worth thinking about.

Jian Yixin was doing this out of guilt, she knew that.

But Shi Youxuan would rather she not do it.

Just as she didn't want to forgive Sheng Hanyu, she didn't want to forgive Jian Yixin either.

These two people were like a bone stuck in her throat, making her very uncomfortable.

Yet these two people just happened to haunt her, constantly appearing in her life, making it so she couldn't refuse even if she wanted to.

They did the good deeds first, and then she found out.

How was she supposed to refuse that?

"Come, Ranran, Godfather will carry you."

Seeing the little girl was truly pitiful, Jian Yining simply picked her up and followed behind Shi Youxuan.

Her mind was in turmoil, so she walked quickly, and as she reached a corner, she suddenly bumped into an elderly woman!

"I'm sorry, are you alright?" Shi Youxuan apologized.

The woman started cursing immediately: "Are you blind? Not looking where you're going, in such a rush to reincarnate..."

Halfway through the curse, she suddenly stopped, her eyes widening in shock, and she stumbled back several steps in disbelief.

Then she screamed in terror: "A ghost!"

After screaming, she turned and scrambled away, crawling and stumbling.