Chapter 307: A Family of Three Spends the Mid-Autumn Festival

"Mommy, who are you calling a liar? Auntie is not a liar, and Uncle is not a liar either; they are both good people."

Shi Youxuan thought to herself that they were the same person, and a big liar at that!

But she didn't say it out loud; Shi Youxuan felt this was a good opportunity to educate her child, and she should let her know that society is treacherous.

She put down the crab in her hand and spoke earnestly to the child: "Ranran, sometimes the good people you see aren't necessarily good people; they could also be bad people. They only get close to you to deceive you, so don't easily assume that everyone is a good person, you know?"

"Mm."

The little one nodded, but quickly shook her head: "I don't know."

To Shi Ran, what her mother said was too profound.

A good person is a good person, a bad person is a bad person, not necessarily who? What thing? Is it edible?

"You don't understand, right?" Shi Youxuan asked.

Shi Ran nodded: "Yes, Mommy, I don't understand what you mean!"

Shi Youxuan pointed at "Alisha" and said to her daughter: "Ranran, turn around and look at this person; he is not your auntie, he is a big liar."

During this time, Sheng Hanyu kept winking at Shi Youxuan, meaning for her not to expose him, to leave the child with a beautiful memory; as long as she didn't expose him, anything would do, and she could name her conditions.

But Shi Youxuan was unmoved and said it anyway.

Shi Ran disagreed and even got angry, putting her hands on her hips and talking back: "That's not true, Auntie is a good person, Auntie is not a big liar at all. Mommy is annoying, I don't want to like you anymore!"

Shi Youxuan pulled a few tissues from the dispenser to wipe her hands, then stood up and walked toward the two of them step by step.

"You, what are you doing?" Alisha suddenly spoke.

Shi Ran was pleasantly surprised: "Auntie, you can talk? That's great, now that Auntie can talk, you can tell me stories."

"Dummy, he is not an auntie, I already told you he is a liar." After Shi Youxuan finished speaking, she stepped forward to grab Alisha's hair...

He turned and ran, but ran to the door and couldn't get out!

"Hmph, I already locked it from the inside with the key. Let's see where you can run to, stop right there..."

Sheng Hanyu turned and ran back to the dining room, circling the table. He wasn't stupid; would he just stop because he was told to?

Shi Youxuan was full of fighting spirit, chasing him while saying: "Sheng Hanyu, you stop right there! Playing tricks and fooling my daughter, are you going to keep this up endlessly?"

Sheng Hanyu: "I didn't mean to fool her, I just wanted to play with Ranran. It's because you wouldn't let me see the child that I had no choice but to do this."

Shi Youxuan: "Pah!"

"What right do you have to see my daughter?"

After saying that, she felt it was inappropriate and immediately sealed the conversation: "Sheng Hanyu, if you dare to say anything else today, I will hack you to death!"

"I won't say it, I won't say it, I won't say it."

Sheng Hanyu wasn't afraid of being "hacked to death," he was afraid that she would really be angry.

From the moment he knew Shi Youxuan was still alive, Sheng Hanyu had sworn that in this life, he would never make her angry again, nor let her suffer the slightest grievance.

As long as she was unwilling, he would rather never acknowledge his daughter for the rest of his life, and would be content just being the child's uncle.

Otherwise, doing a paternity test wouldn't be a difficult task; if he had wanted to do it, he would have done it long ago.

Shi Youxuan ran until she was panting, with fine beads of sweat on her nose, but she still hadn't caught him.

"Alisha" even kindly pushed the tissue box toward her and suggested: "Why don't you rest for a while before chasing?"

"Who cares about chasing you, hmph, big liar!" Shi Youxuan sat down to rest: "Ranran, go to the washroom and get Mommy a towel."

Because the tissue box had been touched by Sheng Hanyu, she didn't care to use it.

"Mommy, use this."

The little girl picked up the tissue box and shoved it into her mother's arms, then went to pester Sheng Hanyu: "Auntie, are you an uncle?"

Sheng Hanyu nodded: "Mm, it's me."

He was wondering how to explain it to the little girl so he wouldn't be treated as a liar.

If his daughter listened to Shi Youxuan and really treated him as a liar and didn't want to pay attention to him anymore, then the trouble would be huge.

Shi Youxuan raised her eyebrows triumphantly, thinking to herself, Sheng Hanyu, you big liar, let's see how you're going to wrap this up.

However...

Things seemed to have deviated.

"That's great!"

Shi Ran suddenly cheered, her two little hands clapping happily: "Auntie is Uncle, Uncle is Auntie, that's great!"

Uh...

The little girl was very happy; not only did she not cry or make a scene, but she looked as if she had found a treasure, incredibly happy.

What neither of them expected was for Shi Ran to ask: "Uncle, why did your hair get longer, and why do you look different? Can you tell me why?"

She didn't ask why he lied to her, and even less did she treat Sheng Hanyu as a liar.

He was pleasantly surprised and hurriedly took off the wig and removed the mask, so Sheng Hanyu appeared before the mother and daughter wearing a floral dress.

"The big liar is really ugly." Shi Youxuan turned her head away.

Shi Ran hugged Sheng Hanyu and stuck her tongue out at her mother, making a funny face: "Not ugly, Uncle looks good in anything, and Uncle is not a liar either. This is hide-and-seek, playing house."

"Right, Ranran is right."

Sheng Hanyu's smile was very bright; Shi Youxuan saw it in her eyes, and no matter how she looked at it, it was an eyesore.

He still stayed to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The food on the table was all reheated, but Shi Youxuan didn't eat much.

She had no appetite; from now on, Shi Ran wouldn't want an auntie anymore, but she had become closer to Sheng Hanyu.

The two of them couldn't go a day without seeing each other now; if this continued, his daughter would be snatched away by him sooner or later!

Even though Sheng Hanyu had promised, she was still worried that he would fight her for their daughter.

"Xuanxuan, come over and look at the moon. Look at how round the moon is today!" Sheng Hanyu had set the balcony up as a viewing deck, with the round glass tea table covered in fruits and mooncakes, along with a plate of peeled crab meat and a side of fragrant vinegar with ginger strips.

"Why haven't you left yet?" Shi Youxuan did not appreciate the gesture, and she certainly didn't give him a pleasant look.

From just a moment ago until now, look at how capable he thinks he is!

He was acting as if he were the master of this house, arranging everything without the slightest bit of reserve.

The smile on Sheng Hanyu's face froze; he had been busy for a long time, and although Shi Youxuan had looked displeased, she hadn't said anything, so he had mistakenly assumed she was tacitly allowing him to stay and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival together.

But after preparing everything, just as it was time to admire the moon, she suddenly spoke up to drive him away—killing the donkey the moment it leaves the mill!

"Mommy, can't we let Uncle stay? I want Uncle to stay and watch the moon with me and tell me the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl." Shi Ran hugged Sheng Hanyu and wouldn't let him leave.

This infuriated Shi Youxuan, and she darkened her face: "Shi Ran, come here right now."

"I won't."

"Fine, if you won't come over, then go with him. From today on, you won't have a mother anymore; go live with Uncle, you little turncoat, you ungrateful thing, I raised you for nothing."

"Waa..."

The little girl burst into loud sobs, feeling very wronged.

Her crying made Sheng Hanyu's heart feel as if it were being twisted by a knife; he hurriedly wiped Shi Ran's tears with his large hand and told her: "Ranran, don't cry. Mommy is just saying things in anger; she loves our Ranran the most and wouldn't really not want you."

Shi Youxuan had originally intended to coax the child, but all the words she wanted to say had been spoken by him; she rolled her eyes and muttered: "Shameless, fake kindness."

Sheng Hanyu whispered something else in Shi Ran's ear, and the little one immediately stopped crying, blinking her big eyes: "Really?"

"Really, Uncle keeps his word."

"Then let's pinky swear."

"Okay."

A large hand held a small one, and after the pinky swear, Shi Ran let go of him: "Goodbye, Uncle."

"Goodbye, Ranran."

Uh...

Shi Youxuan sat up straight on the sofa; was Sheng Hanyu really leaving?

She had just said so many harsh things, yet he had been thick-skinned enough not to leave, even saying he would stay to watch the moon, eat mooncakes, and tell stories with Shi Ran.

Now, without doing any of that, he was just leaving?