Chapter 308: Clouds Gathering

What kind of mischief is he up to now?

But Sheng Hanyu had indeed left.

He went to the main door, put on his Spring Shoes, and went out, even reminding Shi Youxuan to lock the door and so on.

"I don't need you to worry about it, don't come back tomorrow."

"Bang!"

The door closed, and her mood instantly improved.

She even took the initiative to apologize to her daughter, saying that her attitude just now was poor, but the Mid-Autumn Festival moon-viewing could only be for family, and there could be no outsiders, so the uncle had to go home to be with his family.

With Sheng Hanyu gone, Shi Ran was very, very well-behaved; no matter what she said, she didn't talk back, agreed to everything obediently, and even pursed her lips and smiled lightly.

Although when she smiled, she looked exactly like that annoying person.

But Shi Youxuan still felt very gratified, gratified that at a critical moment, her daughter was still on her side.

Since Sheng Hanyu had already prepared everything, it would be a waste not to enjoy it!

Shi Youxuan hugged Shi Ran and sat on a chair on the balcony; a full moon hung high in the sky, very bright.

Shi Ran picked up a grape and put it in her mother's mouth: "Is it sweet?"

"Mm, very sweet, you eat some too."

Shi Youxuan also fed Shi Ran one.

When she went to get another grape, she noticed that the mooncake on the plate was missing a piece.

The custom for the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiangzhou is like this: in the evening, the whole family gathers together, prepares a large mooncake, cuts it into several pieces, and arranges them in a circle on a plate.

The whole family must eat it, and the mooncake on the plate must be eaten until nothing is left, symbolizing a happy reunion!

The mooncake Sheng Hanyu prepared today was not large, because there were few people; if the mooncake were large and couldn't be finished, it would be inauspicious.

However, it was still very obvious that a piece was missing, so she asked Shi Ran: "How come there is a piece of mooncake missing?"

Shi Ran: "I just ate one."

"Oh."

So she also picked up a piece and put it in her mouth.

After eating a piece of mooncake, she felt even hungrier; she hadn't eaten dinner at all, as she had been full of anger just looking at Sheng Hanyu, but now that Sheng Hanyu was gone, she was hungry.

On the table was a plate of crab meat that Sheng Hanyu had shelled for her.

Originally she didn't want to eat it, but then she thought it would be a waste not to, and wasting things is never good, so she would just taste it.

As it turned out, once she started tasting, she couldn't stop, and the whole plate of crab meat and crab roe was eaten clean.

"Mom, there is more in the kitchen; I'll go put it in the microwave and 'ding' it for you, then you can eat it."

Before she even finished speaking, the little one had already trotted off to the kitchen to heat up food for her.

"Ranran, don't mess with the microwave, I'll do it myself." Shi Youxuan was worried about such a small child going into the kitchen; she wasn't even as tall as the stove.

When she got to the kitchen, she saw that all the food was sorted and stored in different boxes, and there were notes on the boxes writing the names of the food, which ones to put in the microwave, which ones were suitable for the steamer, and even the times were written in great detail.

"Hmph!"

Shi Youxuan scoffed and muttered to herself: "It's a pity to be a CEO when you're this capable; why don't you go be a nanny instead?"

"Mom, what did you say?"

"Nothing, Mom was just talking to herself."

Shi Youxuan didn't dare say everything in front of the child, so she quickly shut her mouth, but she still heated up two items according to the notes he had written; they were both seafood, which she liked to eat.

Besides, seafood couldn't be kept; it wouldn't be fresh by the next day.

After heating them up, she opened the food containers; the shrimp were all shelled, ready to eat as soon as she picked them up.

Scenes of the time they were together in the past surfaced in her mind; when she had first married him, Shi Youxuan was still a "fool."

Sheng Hanyu discovered she liked to eat seafood, so he ordered the kitchen to make seafood for her every day.

He was clearly allergic to seafood himself, but he still accompanied her to eat it; he would break out in red rashes, and she would apply medicine for him!

Later on, she stopped forcing him to accompany her to eat seafood, but he would always shell shrimp, crabs, and the like and place them in the dish in front of her, so she could eat delicious food without having to lift a finger...

Shi Youxuan shook her head to shake those things out of her mind.

She told herself: Hasn't Sheng Hanyu screwed you over badly enough? You are not allowed to think of his good points; that man is just a jerk.

She threw a box of shrimp into the trash can; she didn't touch a single bite of the dishes Sheng Hanyu had prepared, took milk out of the refrigerator to heat up, and filled her stomach haphazardly with bread.

"Wow—"

"Wow! How beautiful, it's so pretty, Mom come look... come quickly, come quickly!" Shi Ran shouted loudly in the living room.

"Coming, this child is always so jumpy..."

Shi Youxuan complained as she walked out, and just as she reached the living room, she saw a burst of fireworks soar into the sky, blooming into a brilliant bouquet in mid-air—"Wow!"

"So pretty!"

Shi Youxuan also exclaimed in surprise, her expression and actions exactly the same as her daughter's, only she didn't notice it herself.

The fireworks bloomed incessantly outside the window, one after another, so beautiful they couldn't be described.

L Country had very strict controls on things like gunpowder, and the country did not allow the production of fireworks, so it was the little one's first time seeing them.

The child was incredibly happy and full of joy, and Shi Youxuan was also incredibly happy and equally full of joy.

Since she was little, she had liked watching fireworks; there probably wasn't a girl who didn't like something as romantic as fireworks.

She hadn't seen them for many years, so she was jumping up and down with joy just like a child, but happy as she was, she was also puzzled in her heart.

Wasn't it said that Jiangzhou didn't allow fireworks anymore?

Who had the guts to set them off in the residential complex?

It was probably because it was a holiday today, so they were making an exception, Shi Youxuan thought to herself.

But she soon found out who the person setting off the fireworks was.

"Uncle, Uncle—"

Shi Ranran to the balcony to look; she looked at the sky and then at the ground, and upon seeing the person setting off fireworks, she immediately waved her little hands and shouted!

Sheng Hanyu waved back at her: "Do you like them?"

"I like them."

The little girl cupped her hands into the shape of a trumpet and shouted loudly toward the floor below.

Sheng Hanyu made the same gesture and shouted loudly toward the floor above: "Does Mommy like them too?"

"Mommy likes them too, she likes them very much."

"Come back, stop looking."

Shi Youxuan looked down and was instantly furious.

This man must be doing this on purpose.

It wasn't enough for him to set off fireworks downstairs in the residential complex; he even set up a folding table, and on the table were the same fruits and mooncakes as theirs.

So, even though Shi Youxuan had kicked him out, he had actually been eating mooncakes and admiring the moon with them just now?

A reunion in the clouds?

"Tell me the truth, did you eat the mooncakes that were on the plate just now, or did that man take them away?"

Shi Ran had never seen her mother so fierce, and in her anxiety, she told the truth: "Uncle took them, he didn't let me tell you." Although Shi Ran was a child, she didn't hoard food.

She also didn't understand why her mother would be so angry over a mooncake.

She even kept calling Uncle a liar and went so far as to pull the balcony curtains shut.

Now Shi Ran wouldn't have it: "Don't pull the curtains, open them, open them!"

"Why won't you let me watch? You're being so unreasonable. Uncle set off the fireworks for me, I want to watch."

"You are not allowed to watch."

"No, I want to watch... Waa!"

The little one burst into tears, feeling very heartbroken.

Shi Youxuan couldn't bear it, so she carried the child to the bedroom and let her hide behind the window to watch, but she herself refused to look even once.

Downstairs, Sheng Hanyu saw the balcony curtains on the floor above being pulled shut, and his heart turned cold.

For today's fireworks, he had sought special approval from the relevant departments to be allowed to set them off for half an hour.

He had spent a lot of effort and used many connections, but after only a few minutes, he was "refused an audience."

Since he had started, he had to see it through to the end; even if there were no audience, he would finish setting them all off. This was what Sheng Hanyu had promised Shi Ran, and he had to keep his word on things he promised.