Chapter 401: Shi Ran Eats Hot Pot for the First Time

Sheng Hanyu took the menu and handed it to his daughter, but Shi Ran found everything novel.

"Daddy, why aren't the cooking instructions written here?"

Sheng Hanyu:...

He looked at Shi Youxuan, and Shi Youxuan spread her hands: "That's right, it's her first time at a hot pot restaurant."

So he handed the menu to Shi Youxuan again, but she didn't take it: "You order, you know our tastes anyway."

So he ordered a dual-flavor hot pot base, then hand-cut lamb, fatty beef, premium pork belly, seafood, fish balls, shrimp balls, osmanthus pork balls, beef tripe, duck blood, egg dumplings, vegetables, fried tofu, enoki mushrooms... and ordered some of each.

For the staple food, there were hand-pulled noodles gifted by the restaurant.

Sheng Hanyu ordered half-portions of everything, small in quantity but varied in selection.

He took his daughter to the condiment area to self-serve three bowls of dipping sauce that suited their respective tastes, and then picked up a few appetizers and snacks from the snack area, all of which were flavors Shi Youxuan liked.

Shi Ran hadn't eaten hot pot since returning to Jiangzhou, and she was very curious about this way of eating where a pot is placed in the middle of the table, and then raw food is put in to cook it yourself!

The dishes were all served.

The soup in the pot began to boil, and Sheng Hanyu picked up a slice of hand-cut lamb, swished it in the bright red spicy broth, and once the first slice was cooked, he prepared to put it in Shi Youxuan's bowl...

She pointed her finger toward her daughter's side.

The little one had been staring at that piece of meat, craving it intensely.

Usually, the first bite was Shi Youxuan's "privilege," but Shi Ran's expression was too funny and very cute, so the chopsticks changed direction, and Sheng Hanyu placed the meat in his daughter's bowl.

He told her how to eat it: "Dip it in the sauce dish, be careful it's hot."

Shi Ran held the meat to her mouth to blow off the heat, and after putting it in her mouth, she said indistinctly: "Delicious, it's so delicious."

She mimicked her parents' actions, swishing the food herself, not needing the two of them to take care of her at all.

So Sheng Hanyu only took care of Shi Youxuan.

Halfway through the meal, the waiter brought over the hand-pulled noodles and performed at the table.

The dough in the waiter's hands changed into various shapes as if by magic, and in a moment, it became thin and long, stretched into several strips and placed on a plate.

"Daddy, can I cook them?" Shi Ran was eager to try.

"Of course."

So Shi Ran cooked the noodles herself, putting a handful of the snow-white noodles into both the red chili oil base and the clear broth, using chopsticks to gently stir them apart to prevent sticking; she looked quite professional.

Sheng Hanyu glanced at Shi Youxuan; although he didn't speak, his eyes already told her: look at our daughter, look at you.

Shi Youxuan didn't meet his gaze, pretending not to see.

To her, the more you can do, the better; it's more advantageous for me.

She seemed to have already seen her future happy life: her husband can cook, her daughter can cook, there is someone to do everything—life is truly wonderful!

"After the meal, we'll go look at houses." Sheng Hanyu announced the answer with a smile.

Dingsheng was developing a new residential project, which was the new Earth King Project in Jiangzhou, and last night Sheng Hanyu suddenly decided to buy a house there.

Charity begins at home; since they had to buy a new house anyway, it was better to buy their own than someone else's.

"Look at houses? Where?" Shi Youxuan was a bit pleasantly surprised.

The man in front of her could always give her surprises; she had just thought of it yesterday, and today he had already arranged it.

"It's nearby, we'll go after we finish eating."

When he said nearby, Shi Youxuan understood; there was only one new residential project nearby preparing for handover, and it was touted as being the best residential complex in Jiangzhou!

"Eat quickly, eat quickly, let's go once we're full." Shi Youxuan urged Shi Ran.

She had a quick temper; once she thought of something, she had to do it immediately, unable to wait even a moment, sometimes acting more like a child than Shi Ran.

"Don't rush me..." Before Sheng Hanyu finished speaking, his phone rang.

It was Jian Yixin calling, and after he answered, her first sentence was: "Hanyu, are the two of them with you?" Her voice on the phone was very urgent.

"We are together, what's wrong?"

Jian Yixin: "Make them come home quickly, Shi Yucheng and I are on the way, we'll be there soon."

Sheng Hanyu:...

"Okay."

He hung up the phone and said to Shi Youxuan: "Xuanxuan, we can't look at houses today."

"Why?"

Sheng Hanyu: "Your father is going to your place, he's already on the way." After saying this, he hurried to the counter to pay the bill.

Shi Youxuan:...

"Ranran, let's go quickly, Grandpa is coming."

The family of three hurried home.

Arriving downstairs at the apartment building, the three did not go up together; instead, the mother and daughter went up, and Sheng Hanyu drove away, with the three having agreed to stay in touch by phone.

Shi Yucheng could not be allowed to see Sheng Hanyu; her father did not approve of the two of them getting back together.

Shi Youxuan had already instructed her daughter several times on the way, telling her not to let anything slip!

"Ding!"

The mother and daughter stepped out of the elevator, and Shi Yucheng and Jian Yixin were already waiting at the door.

It was just that they looked rather unhappy.

"Grandpa, Godmother!"

Shi Ran went over to greet them with a smile: "Grandpa, if you had called Mom before you came, we wouldn't have gone out, we would have just stayed home waiting for you and Godmother to arrive."

The little one was very good with words, and Shi Yucheng's originally stern face broke into a smile after hearing this.

"Don't stand at the door, come in and talk." Shi Youxuan opened the door, and Shi Yucheng entered.

It was his first time coming to his daughter's place, and it looked quite nice.

It is clean and tidy, the space is bright, it's just a bit small.

"Ranran, take Grandpa around to every room and have a look." Shi Youxuan knew her father was worried about her, so she let the child take Grandpa to tour the Apartment.

The grandmother and granddaughter looked at the rooms one by one, with Shi Ran acting as a temporary little tour guide.

Shi Youxuan leaned close to Jian Yixin and asked in a low voice, "What is going on here? Why did my dad suddenly come to my house, and why did he come with you?"

Jian Yixin also lowered her voice, "I don't have time to explain in detail, but you'd better be careful; he knows you two have reconciled."

Shi Youxuan:...

Her father lived a life of seclusion in the nursing home, so how could he have known?

Her first reaction was that Jian Yixin had told him, but she looked innocent, indicating that this matter had nothing to do with her.

Jian Yixin said she had received a call from her godfather, who demanded Shi Youxuan's address, and his tone was unfriendly.

She felt something was wrong, so she was cautious and didn't give him the address directly, instead using the excuse of bad weather to go pick him up and probe the situation.

As it turned out, the old man had already left and was already downstairs at her company, catching her off guard.

Jian Yixin knew that Shi Youxuan's family of three was together, so she wanted to stall the old man and tip them off!

However, before she could even make the call, the old man had arrived.

He didn't even drink a sip of tea when he got to her office, demanding to go to his daughter's Apartment immediately.

She hurriedly called Shi Youxuan to inform her while she was getting the car, and then they met!

Jian Yixin and Shi Youxuan were both confused, not understanding how Shi Yucheng knew the news of the two of them reconciling.

With the person delivered safely, Jian Yixin said goodbye and left!

Shi Youxuan returned after seeing Jian Yixin off; Shi Yucheng was sitting on the sofa, playing with a gold pin in his hand.

Oh no, this pin was on Sheng Hanyu's tie; it was lost yesterday and couldn't be found, but somehow it had been found by her father.

"Whose is this?"

Shi Yucheng held up the pin.

Her eyes darted, and she said off the cuff, "I don't know, I picked it up; if you like it, Dad, take it and play with it."

Shi Ran wanted to refute, wanting to say it wasn't picked up but was dropped by her father, but she was stopped by a sharp glare from her mother and didn't dare to speak.

"Clack!"

Shi Yucheng threw the pin onto the coffee table and pointed his finger at Shi Youxuan: "You, your ability to lie through your teeth is getting better and better; a pin that is a global limited edition of only three, and you can just pick it up casually? Pick up another one for me to see."