Chapter 390: Surprise Turns into Scare

Shi Youxuan was also curious; what could possibly be inside? It was actually in such a huge box.

"Rrrrip, rrrrip—"

The box was large, so it took a long time; it took quite a while of cutting to open two sides.

Shi Youxuan complained: "Your father is a lunatic. There's nothing you can't get in this country, yet he mailed such a huge box from abroad. He doesn't mind the trouble."

Shi Ran retorted: "Daddy isn't a lunatic. You're just jealous of me, jealous that Daddy gave me a gift and not you."

"I don't care for it at all. I can buy whatever I want myself; I don't need to use what he sends."

This was the mother and daughter's daily bickering; they felt uncomfortable if they didn't bicker for a day.

Shi Ran was not at all polite when retorting to her mother: "Even if you cared for it, Daddy wouldn't give it to you. Daddy doesn't even pay much attention to you now. It's useless to be sad; you brought this all on yourself."

"You have money to buy gifts yourself, but you can't buy surprises, and you can't buy love."

Shi Youxuan:...

"Snap!"

She threw the plastic blade used for cutting the express box onto the floor—she was washing her hands of it!

"Mom, you haven't opened it yet?" Shi Ran reminded her.

Shi Youxuan crossed her arms over her chest, crossed her legs, and announced angrily: "I'm on strike. I help you and still have to be mocked by you? Hmph, I don't care anymore."

"Mom, I'm scared!"

Shi Ran suddenly ran over and buried her head in Shi Youxuan's arms, her voice trembling with fear: "Mom, Mom, the, the box is shaking!"

"Nonsense, how could the box shake?"

She didn't believe it and went to the side of the box to examine it carefully; the box stood perfectly still in the middle of the living room, without a single movement.

So she kicked it twice.

Hehehe.

From the outside, the box looked like a cardboard box, but after this kick, she realized it wasn't; it was quite sturdy, and she couldn't tell what material it was made of, but it wasn't normal.

The reason was simple: when she kicked it, she could feel that the inside was soft.

There was someone inside!

Shi Youxuan became alert and gestured to Shi Ran to go out and find the property management.

Very unfortunately, Shi Liu and Fang Jie had gone out to buy groceries.

Fang Jie couldn't drive, and there was no farmers' market nearby; the vegetables and fruits in the supermarket weren't as fresh and crisp as those at the market.

So Shi Youxuan had let Shi Liu drive to buy groceries with Fang Jie, which resulted in having no one available when they encountered "danger."

Shi Ran wanted to pull her mother along with her; the little girl was still young, and this was her first time encountering such a thing, so she was scared.

Go quickly, be a good girl!

Shi Youxuan urged her daughter with her eyes, so Shi Ran quietly opened the front door and went out. After going out, she didn't close the door, so that her mother could run away at any time if she encountered danger.

With her daughter out, her heart finally settled a little.

Shi Youxuan went to the kitchen, took out the largest and sharpest kitchen knife, and stood with both hands gripping it, confronting the box!

Now, all that was left was to wait.

Wait for the property management to arrive; when there were many people, she would open the box. With many people, one's courage would be greater, and then there would be nothing to fear.

The size of the box should be able to hold two people!

What she was most worried about now was that the person inside would realize something was wrong outside and suddenly spring out to hijack her.

However, Shi Ran had already run out, and she had a kitchen knife in her hand, so her courage grew quite a bit.

There started to be movement inside.

The box shook slightly.

Although it was only a very slight shake, Shi Youxuan's little heart was already "thumping" fast, as if it were about to jump out of her chest.

She also started to shake—her hands were shaking!

It was completely uncontrollable, and cold sweat broke out.

Movement came from outside; it was the sound of the property management and the Security Guard talking.

Just listening to the footsteps, quite a few people had come.

The property management and the Security Team rushed in, at least twenty people. People acted as if they were facing a formidable enemy, holding sticks in their hands, and surrounded the box tightly.

"Listen up, person inside, you have been surrounded by us." The captain of the Security Team held a megaphone and roared at the box.

The room was only so big; there was no need for a megaphone, as the voice was loud enough. If this shout went down, wouldn't the person inside be deafened?

More than twenty people swarmed into the room, surrounding the box tightly, blocking it completely. No matter what was inside, even if it were a bird—it would be impossible to fly out of this room.

Shi Ran came in last, snuggling in her mother's arms. Even though the little one was also very scared herself, she still comforted her: "Mom, don't be afraid, I'm here!"

Shi Youxuan was so moved by her daughter that she almost cried.

She nodded vigorously: "Good child, Mom isn't afraid, and Ranran isn't afraid either."

The mother and daughter were comforting each other over here, while there was still no movement from the box side.

The Security Guard gathered his courage to tear off the remaining packaging, and just as he was about to lift the lid, the lid was suddenly pushed open—a person stood up from inside, face cold, expression displeased!

The Security Guards were stunned the moment they saw this person.

"Chairman Sheng? Why are you here?"

Those with quick reactions hurriedly explained: "It was Miss Shi who asked us to come."

There were even quicker ones who had already run out.

Sheng Hanyu's face was as black as ink, but he couldn't say these people were wrong!

Protecting Shi Youxuan and her daughter was certainly not wrong; if there was any fault, it was that he shouldn't have thought of some damn "surprise!"

"Get out—" he said softly.

Consequently, the remaining Security Guards scattered like birds and beasts, vanishing completely in an instant.

"Daddy—"

Shi Ran went from shock to pleasant surprise.

At first, she couldn't believe her eyes; was the person in the box really Daddy?

But it was true, absolutely certain, Daddy had returned!

Shi Ran sprinted over, and just as Sheng Hanyu emerged from the box, his daughter crashed into his arms, hugging him and refusing to let go.

"Daddy, I missed you. When did you come back?"

Sheng Hanyu stroked his daughter's hair; the trace of frustration from just a moment ago was now gone, replaced by pure happiness.

"I just got back. I originally wanted to give you a surprise, but I ended up scaring you, didn't I?" Sheng Hanyu pulled his daughter into his arms affectionately, his gaze as gentle as water.

"Daddy, now that you're back, don't leave again, okay?"

Sheng Hanyu: "I won't leave before the New Year; we'll talk about it after the Spring Festival." He gave an ambiguous answer.

Although Shi Youxuan didn't say a word, she had been listening intently; tomorrow was Christmas, and the Spring Festival was still more than half a month away, so he would be staying in the country for quite a long time.

The level of joy in her heart was no less than Shi Ran's, but she couldn't express it the way Shi Ran did.

The little girl smiled very sweetly and asked in a sugary voice: "When is the Spring Festival?"

Sheng Hanyu: "Eighteen days."

"Okay."

Shi Ran was especially happy; although she didn't know what was so special about the "Spring Festival," as long as she could be with her mom and dad, any holiday was fine, it didn't matter.

Although Sheng Hanyu's "surprise" this time almost turned into a fright, it didn't affect the joy of their reunion!

Everyone had originally agreed to meet at a hotel tonight to celebrate Christmas Eve.

Now that Sheng Hanyu was back, it worked out perfectly to go together.

The box, which could fit two grown men, was stuffed with all sorts of gifts in the remaining space besides Sheng Hanyu hiding inside.

There were cards and small gifts written for Shi Ran by Qi Heng and "Bitichong" and the others, as well as a Christmas gift for Shi Ran from the kindergarten principal, Grandma.

Additionally, he had recorded a video at the kindergarten to show her.

Shi Ran had left L Country for a year; she had grown up, and the other children had grown up too, all looking quite a bit taller.

The children all envied Shi Ran for being able to go to Jiangzhou, and they all expressed that when they grew up, they would also go to Jiangzhou for college, to work, and to study, so they could all play together again then.