Chapter 380: Days Without Him Are a Mess

First of all, Shi Ran was hungry.

Shi Youxuan told the child to take a shower first while she ordered takeout.

Before she had even finished ordering the takeout, Shi Ran let out a startled cry in the bathroom, followed by a loud wail.

She hurried over to check, only to find that the little one had fallen in the bathroom, and the reason for the fall was that she was wearing her Spring Shoes.

The Spring Shoes were too big, so her left foot accidentally stepped on her right foot, causing her to lose her balance and hit her head right against the wall, raising a large bump.

Shi Youxuan wiped the little one off casually with a bath towel and led her out, then took out the medical kit and dug out some ointment to apply to her.

She also applied the ointment to the redness and swelling on her cheek, blaming Shi Ran as she applied it for not being supposed to wear her Spring Shoes.

Shi Ran felt very wronged: "I couldn't find my shoes, so I wore yours."

Shi Youxuan:...

Right, she remembered now.

She had put her daughter's Spring Shoes on the balcony to dry and disinfect, and had forgotten to bring them back in for her.

Why had she forgotten?

Because Sheng Hanyu had been the one to bring them in during this time, so she had gotten used to it, which led to the child falling today.

Another damn "habit."

Just as the ointment was applied, the child pulled a bitter little face and urged her pitifully: "Mom, when can we eat?"

Right, she hadn't ordered the takeout yet.

So she picked up her phone again to prepare to order takeout.

"Ranran, what topping do you want on your pizza?" Shi Ran loved eating pizza, so the first thing she asked was what topping she wanted.

Shi Ran: "I don't want pizza."

She continued scrolling down: "How about beef rice?"

"No." The answer was very prompt.

Shi Youxuan scrolled down one by one, offering many choices: pork intestine noodles, Tomato Chicken Noodle Soup, Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles, braised pork rice, chicken cutlet rice, barbecue rice, chicken pot, boiled fish, steamed buns, dumplings, wontons...

Sushi, burgers, and even the iced cola that Shi Ran had always liked but she had always refused were all read out, but all of them were rejected by the brat.

The little one shook her head like a rattle-drum: "I won't eat it, I won't eat it, I won't eat it. These are all junk food; I'd rather starve to death than eat these things."

Shi Youxuan asked: "How about I cook for you?"

She was very unconfident when she asked; she knew her own cooking level well enough—it couldn't get any worse, only the worst!

The little one immediately shrank back, her big eyes looking at her in terror, with an expression even more exaggerated than when she had received that slap: "Mom, please don't joke. I've already had a miserable day; can you not give me any more bad news?"

Shi Youxuan:...

Although she knew her own cooking was terrible, it was one thing for her to know it, but another thing entirely for her daughter to say it out loud.

Especially since it was said so blatantly and without any concealment, which made her lose a lot of face.

Shi Ran: "Don't like hearing it? I'm just telling the truth, and your expression is already so hurt. You slapped me in front of so many people, and I'm very hurt too; it hurts here." The little one pointed to her heart.

She also said to Shi Youxuan: "And it was clearly you who didn't keep your word. You promised to marry Dad and then went back on it. Why?"

"Mom has already apologized to you, are you going to keep going on and on? Children shouldn't meddle in adult affairs, order your own takeout." Shi Youxuan simply shoved the phone into the little one's arms.

She pretended to close her eyes to rest, but in reality, she was thinking about yesterday, when she had suddenly gone back on her word in front of everyone!

Sheng Hanyu had lost a lot of face, too.

Why hadn't she thought of so much at the time?

Oh, at the time, she had only thought of herself.

She only thought that since her daughter's "illness" was a misunderstanding, there was naturally no need for the wedding, and she hadn't yet considered whether she wanted to make up with Sheng Hanyu...

Yet she hadn't thought at all that the "misunderstanding" was caused by her.

And the wedding was also decided by her; originally, Sheng Hanyu thought it was too rushed and didn't want to hold the wedding so soon, probably because he was afraid she would regret it?

As it turned out, she really did regret it, and the speed of her regret was so fast.

Shi Youxuan began to blame herself... but she hadn't been blaming herself for long before she was interrupted by Shi Ran.

The little one shoved the phone back—she hadn't ordered the takeout.

Instead, she started acting unreasonably spoiled, shouting: "I'm hungry, I'm going to starve to death! I don't want takeout, and I don't want to eat Mom's cooking, I want to eat what Dad makes..."

Shi Youxuan:...

"Stop making a scene, he's still at the cocktail party right now. If you wait for him to cook for you, you'll really be starved to death!"

Shi Ran wouldn't have it, still pestering her half-truthfully and half-falsely: "I don't care, I don't care, Ranran is so pitiful, Mom slapped me and won't even give me food to eat..."

Shi Youxuan put on a stern face: "One, two, three..."

Shi Ran immediately fell silent.

The little one was very clever and knew how to read the room; just now, she had been using her mother's guilt to be unreasonable and act cute.

And seeing that Shi Youxuan was truly angry, she immediately stopped while she was ahead!

Even if she couldn't get ahead, she had to stop, otherwise the one who would suffer would only be herself.

She casually ordered two portions of rice with toppings online, then went to the bathroom to shower.

Halfway through washing, she hit another tragedy—the water was cut off!

Shi Youxuan was covered in body wash, and the water cut off right then? Truly, when a person is down on their luck, everything goes wrong.

She could only dry herself off with a bath towel, becoming a "dry clean."

It was still very uncomfortable; no, it was even more uncomfortable.

But there was no other way, she could only wait for the water to come back on to rinse off again.

Shi Youxuan put on her clothes and came out of the bathroom, and just as she came out, she saw Shi Ran holding her phone, acting sneakily, not knowing who she was calling!

"Right, the house is a mess, she can't do anything right..."

Shi Youxuan asked, "Who are you calling?"

The little one shivered all over, hurriedly hung up the phone, and didn't even forget to delete the call log.

Only then did she look up and smile at her: "I wasn't calling anyone, I was playing a game."

If Shi Youxuan believed her, she would be a ghost.

She was just about to press for an answer when the doorbell rang—"Ding-dong!"

"It arrived so fast?" Shi Youxuan thought it was the food delivery, but when she opened the door, it was Sheng Hanyu standing outside.

"Daddy, you came so fast!" The little one pounced over happily and gave Sheng Hanyu a big hug.

Shi Youxuan stepped away from the doorway and turned back.

Sheng Hanyu didn't enter the room, but stood at the door and asked, "May I come in?"

Shi Youxuan:...

She said crossly, "Come in then." But in her heart, she was complaining incessantly.

What is he acting all polite for?

During this period of time, when has he not been shamelessly squeezing his way through this front door?

Now he has suddenly become polite.

Sheng Hanyu came in, carrying a food container in his hand along with two large bags of various snacks and daily necessities; she had to be ungrateful: "Actually, you didn't need to bring food, I already ordered delivery."

"Mm, if you don't want to eat it, you can throw it away."

Shi Youxuan:...

That's not the right line.

Normally, shouldn't he say that outside food isn't clean or hygienic, and it's better to eat what he made because it's nutritious and healthy?

He actually told her to throw it away?

Hmph!

Shi Youxuan said, "Just because you say throw it away, I have to? Why should I listen to you!"

She opened the food container and took the dishes out one by one to set them on the dining table; it was easy to see that this wasn't made by Sheng Hanyu.

It was made by the chef in the Villa, equally delicious and appetizing, clean and hygienic, but it always felt like it was missing something.

Shi Ran didn't care about that; anyway, she was happy as long as her daddy was there, and she pestered Sheng Hanyu while eating, talking to him about this and that; the father and daughter were chatting very well.

Sheng Hanyu was still the same toward his daughter, his attitude unchanged.

His gaze toward his daughter was full of doting, and he was always smiling.

He chatted with his daughter in a kind and pleasant manner, peeling large shrimp and placing them in his daughter's bowl.