Chapter 319: Waking Up After Being Called Daddy

Sheng Hanyu woke up on the last day of the week.

At the time, Shi Ran was telling him a fairy tale by his hospital bed; the rabbit father was Sheng Hanyu, the rabbit mother was Shi Youxuan, and Shi Ran was that little rabbit.

The rabbit father was sick, the rabbit mother went into the Forest to pull radishes to make soup for the family to drink, and the little rabbit stayed home to take care of the rabbit father.

The rabbit father loved to sleep too much, no matter how she called him, he wouldn't wake up...

At this moment, Sheng Hanyu opened his eyes and said weakly, "Ranran."

"Daddy, you're awake? That's great, Daddy has woken up!"

Once Sheng Hanyu woke up, he was moved to a general Hospital Ward, and Shi Ran wouldn't even go home, staying at the hospital to accompany him.

He wanted the child to go home; the hospital wasn't a good place, with invisible germs everywhere, and he was afraid the child would get sick.

However, the little one insisted on not leaving, and even pouted aggrievedly: "Mommy isn't here, and I don't like having Aunt Yixin accompany me. If you don't let me stay here, I'll go find Mommy."

Shi Ran and Shi Youxuan were the same; they were incompatible with Jian Yixin, their elements clashed, and they didn't like each other.

Jian Yixin was actually quite good to Shi Ran, buying her dolls and playing games with her.

But Shi Ran didn't like dolls, nor did she like games where she had to play a princess.

She liked Lego bricks, she liked leveling up and fighting monsters... in any case, Jian Yixin didn't like anything she liked!

When Shi Ran didn't like something, she would cry and make a scene wanting her mommy; when Jian Yixin couldn't find her mommy, she would tell her to find her daddy. On this point, the two could reach a consensus, so Shi Ran just lingered in Sheng Hanyu's Hospital Ward and refused to leave.

Sheng Hanyu had always granted his daughter's every request, so he agreed.

Shi Ran called him Daddy, and Sheng Hanyu was naturally happy.

But he was still worried, worried that after Shi Youxuan returned, she would think he had instigated the child to call him that.

After thinking it over, he felt that without Shi Youxuan's permission, he should still have the child change the address back, and call him Uncle instead.

"Ranran, Daddy has something to tell you."

Shi Ran came over: "Uncle, what is it?" Now she had changed it back again.

Shi Ran had been calling him things randomly these past few days, one moment "Uncle," the next "Daddy," with no consistency.

"I wanted to ask you what you want to eat for lunch?" The words reached his lips and he changed his mind again, feeling it was better not to correct her.

Just now when Shi Ran called him "Uncle," he was so disappointed, that kind of feeling where his heart turned cold halfway through.

But every time she called him "Daddy," it was like drinking honey, sweet enough to reach his heart from his throat!

He wouldn't correct her; he couldn't bear to.

"I want to eat pork ribs." After the little girl said this, she went off to play by herself.

So Sheng Hanyu called his aunt, wanting her to add sweet and sour pork ribs when she delivered the meal at noon.

The phone rang only once before it was hung up.

She was probably busy, so he didn't think much of it.

Lunchtime arrived, and the person who brought the meal was neither his aunt nor the housekeeper, but the family's cook.

There was old hen soup, sweet and sour pork ribs, stewed squab, and scallion-braised sea cucumber.

It was both nutritious and nourishing; the little girl ate happily, but Sheng Hanyu didn't eat more than a few bites.

After the little girl finished eating, he had the caregiver take the child to the nursing suite to play. Only after sending the child away did he ask: "What happened at home? Tell me the truth, don't try to hide it from me."

"No, nothing happened." The cook stammered, not daring to look him in the eye while speaking to him.

The cook was also an old servant of the family, always very honest, usually didn't talk much, and simply wouldn't know how to lie.

"I'll ask you one last time, what happened at home?" Sheng Hanyu was imposing without being angry.

The cook told the truth: "Old Madam came to the house to make a scene, and the aunt and the housekeeper were both beaten by the people she brought..."

It was Wang Yingzhi stirring up trouble again.

Sheng Hanyu was furious; he told her to be more detailed about what exactly was going on.

The cook told the Eldest Young Master that in the morning, Wang Yingzhi had brought people to the house aggressively, grabbed the aunt and started hitting her, beating her while cursing her for having a black heart, saying that occupying her son wasn't enough, and now she even wanted to occupy her son's inheritance!

The aunt was very angry, not knowing where she had heard such rumors and run over here to spout nonsense.

Sheng Hanyu was still alive, so how could there be talk of an inheritance?

But no matter how she explained, Wang Yingzhi wouldn't listen at all.

She insisted that Sheng Hanyu was dead, and that Wang Yinghao just wanted to occupy the inheritance alone, so she was hiding the news and not releasing it.

She didn't mention Sheng Hanyu much, just kept harping on the inheritance and wouldn't let go.

The aunt was so angry she couldn't speak, and when the housekeeper tried to drive her out, he was beaten by the people Wang Yingzhi brought.

In the chaos, everyone in the house had been injured to varying degrees.

The aunt didn't want him to worry, so she instructed the cook not to mention the family's affairs when delivering the meal, and not to reveal a single word.

Sheng Hanyu told the cook to go back and had the caregiver take the child outside to play; he estimated that Wang Yingzhi would arrive soon.

His calculation was very precise, but he was still one step too late.

Just as the caregiver was leading Shi Ran out, before they had even left, Wang Yingzhi arrived!

"Oh my, aren't you Shi Youxuan's daughter? You little brat, why are you here?"

Shi Ran stepped on her foot: "You old hag." She ran off after stepping on her, and the caregiver hurriedly followed.

"Stinking brat, same dead behavior as her mother, can't take even the slightest loss..." Wang Yingzhi cursed loudly, then saw Sheng Hanyu and sheepishly fell silent.

A moment later, she lunged toward Sheng Hanyu: "Hanyu, my son—"

"You scared your mother to death; it's all the fault of those gossips outside talking nonsense... I thought you were dead."

Wang Yingzhi loved listening to those hearsay rumors, or things that didn't even have a shadow of truth.

She believed them every time she heard them, and afterward, she would debunk the rumors and curse the people who started them, never tiring of it.

"Are you disappointed that I'm not dead? That way you can't inherit the estate," Sheng Hanyu said coldly.

Wang Yingzhi wore an awkward smile on her face and hurriedly denied it: "No, no, don't listen to other people's nonsense. You are my son, the flesh that fell from my own body. If anything were to happen to you, I, as your mother, wouldn't want to live either. As for inheriting any estate, I have never even thought about it."

She was just selfish, not stupid.

She could not mention inheriting an "estate" in front of Sheng Hanyu; he was right there in front of her, alive and well, and there was no estate for her to inherit, so mentioning it was useless.

Sheng Hanyu did not expose her, saying to her: "There is one thing I must remind you of: many years ago I already severed the mother-son relationship with you. Even if I were to die, my family assets would have nothing to do with you."

Upon hearing this, Wang Yingzhi became anxious: "That was how many years ago? Why do you still bring it up? That matter doesn't count. I am your mother, you were born of me; this is a fact that no agreement can change."

"In any case, you have to take care of me; you can't just ignore me."

Wang Yingzhi's eyes rolled around twice, likely feeling that her words just now were truly blunt and not conducive to easing the mother-son relationship.

So she turned the topic back to Shi Ran: "Hanyu, I just saw Shi Youxuan's daughter here. Where is Shi Youxuan? Have you two reconciled? How did I hear that this child is yours..."

"That is none of your business. Someone, come here!"

Lao Qi had been guarding the door with his ears pricked up listening to the movement inside, and upon hearing Sheng Hanyu call, he immediately entered: "Chairman."

"Find a few people to go to the old master's house to 'serve' the old madam; watch her and don't let her run around."

"Yes. Old madam, please."

Lao Qi's words were polite, but he grabbed her arm and hauled her out.

He was a bodyguard, not a servant, and the people he found were not the same as the ones from last time; they would not be easily dismissed by Wang Yingzhi. As long as she was watched and did not come out to cause trouble, Sheng Hanyu could avoid a lot of trouble in Jiangzhou.