Chapter 412: Shi Ran Lets It Slip

Since they were already preparing for discharge, transferring hospitals really didn't have much meaning.

So Jian Yixin hurried out again, going to find the doctor to understand Shi Yucheng's condition.

Sheng Zerong watched his wife's hurried back and smiled: "She wasn't like this before; she used to do everything slowly, and she spoke very gently."

"But now she is becoming less and less steady."

He used a tone of reproach, yet the tenderness and doting in his eyes could not be concealed.

Shi Youxuan teased: "Then do you like the old her, or the current her?"

Sheng Zerong affirmed: "I like both."

Seeing the couple so loving and happy, Shi Yucheng looked at his own daughter and felt troubled again—they were all equally good children, and others were getting married one after another and had emotional support, so why couldn't his daughter?

With something on his mind, he appeared unhappy.

Shi Ran was precocious; seeing her grandfather unhappy, she took the initiative to go over and coax him.

She called him "Grandpa" in a sweet, sticky voice, brought him fruit, and asked him to peel it for her...

Children don't hold grudges, and the previous unhappiness had long been forgotten.

Naturally, Shi Yucheng wouldn't lower himself to a child's level; seeing his granddaughter take the initiative to be close to him, he temporarily threw all his unhappiness to the back of his mind and smiled as he peeled fruit for her.

The grandfather and granddaughter reconciled and returned to good terms.

Shi Yucheng hadn't seen his granddaughter for so many days, so he naturally asked her how she had been living at her uncle and aunt's house during this time.

Had she been naughty and caused them any trouble?

Shi Ran: "No, I wasn't naughty, I was very well-behaved!"

No one believed these words.

Her uncle exposed her: "Yes, you were very well-behaved; I wonder who almost set the house on fire."

Shi Ran hurriedly covered her uncle's mouth, not letting him speak.

She still quibbled: "I didn't burn the house, I just burned the tent."

"What's going on? You have a tent at your house?" Shi Yucheng was curious, so he asked one more question.

The matter was like this: Sheng Hanyu had built a firewood stove outside the Villa, and he used that stove every day to boil porridge and cook for Shi Yucheng.

Shi Ran had never seen it before, so she found it novel.

Then, after her father left, she went to try it too!

It just happened to be a windy day; sparks didn't go out, jumped out, and splashed onto the wind-blocking tent, and it caught fire.

Fortunately, the servant discovered it in time, and Shi Ranran fast.

Only the tent was burned, and she wasn't hurt at all.

But Sheng Hanyu was also scared to death; in order to prevent his daughter from causing bigger trouble in the future, he had to punish her.

To hit her, he couldn't bear it.

To scold her, he couldn't bear it either!

But this little rascal had to be punished, so Sheng Hanyu came up with an idea—make her write a profound self-criticism, then choose five people to call and read it to them.

At first, when Shi Ran heard this punishment, she didn't care at all.

She felt it was simply too childish, nothing compared to her mother's punishments.

So she quickly wrote an apology letter, with causes and promises, but when she was ready to make the calls, she backed out.

She was embarrassed.

Even though Shi Ran was a child not yet six years old, she knew this was an embarrassing thing, so she proposed changing the punishment method to being hit or scolded instead.

Sheng Hanyu did not agree; he wouldn't hit or scold her, and he told his daughter seriously that what was promised could not be changed, and one must keep their word!

Trustworthiness must be cultivated from a young age.

Shi Ran acted spoiled and tried to get away with it, but it didn't work!

Sheng Hanyu had always been loving and compliant with the child, but this time he was very firm.

In the end, Shi Ran had no choice, so she chose five people and started calling to apologize; Sheng Zerong was one of the five people apologized to.

Originally, she had thought it out well; she thought her uncle was easy to talk to and the most easygoing, but she didn't expect this matter to become a weakness held in her uncle's hand, which he would bring up to tease her whenever he had nothing to do.

Just like now, he thought of it and mentioned it again.

When Shi Yucheng asked about the tent, Shi Ran blurted out: "The tent wasn't at their house; it was a kitchen Dad set up outside the house to boil soup for you, Grandpa, and I accidentally burned it..."

The little girl didn't understand the affairs between adults and accidentally let it slip, revealing that she had actually been living at Sheng Hanyu's house all these days, not Jian Yixin's house.

It was too late to cover her mouth now.

Seeing that things were going wrong, Sheng Zerong immediately found an excuse to leave: "Why has Yixin been gone so long looking for the doctor? I'll go over and take a look."

After he went out, Shi Youxuan thought her father might question her and "settle accounts" with her.

However, he didn't; Shi Yucheng just looked unhappy, but didn't say a single word of questioning, turning instead to chat with Shi Ran about other things.

Did she eat well?

Did she live well?

Did she play well?

Had she done her homework?

Did she miss her mother...

These were all very ordinary questions; the little girl answered them one by one, and the grandfather and granddaughter got along harmoniously.

Shi Youxuan felt uneasy; the calmer her father appeared on the surface, the more uneasy she felt!

"Beep beep," the WeChat notification sounded; Jian Yixin sent her a message from outside, asking if she was okay inside and if she had been questioned.

She put away her phone and said to her father: "Dad, I'm going out for a bit too."

"Go ahead," Shi Yucheng agreed.

……

Shi Youxuan walked out of the Hospital Ward, and was suddenly pulled over by Jian Yixin, who asked nervously, "How was it, how was it? Was Uncle very angry?"

"No." She shook her head.

"Whew—"

Jian Yixin leaned against the wall, patting her chest with her hand, looking relieved: "It's good that he wasn't angry, it's good that he wasn't angry. If Uncle had been triggered again because of Ze Rong, my sins would be even heavier."

"What wicked thing have you done again?" Shi Youxuan glanced at her with disdain.

"Get lost—"

"Those are all things from the past, they have always weighed on my heart like a big stone. Do more? The things from back then are enough for me to regret for a lifetime."

Everything Jian Yixin said was the truth.

This woman is not bad by nature; for so many years, she has been trying to make amends, working tirelessly to atone for her past self.

The reason Shi Youxuan and Sheng Hanyu would later forgive her was because they were moved by the things she did afterward.

"Alright, stop blaming yourself. The current situation has nothing to do with you. It's my dad—he says it's impossible for him to accept Sheng Hanyu from the bottom of his heart, but he seems prepared to be forced to accept it. What should I do, what should I do, ah?"

Shi Youxuan had a headache.

It would be better if Dad just told her "No" and "I don't agree with you two being together" instead of bottling up his dissatisfaction inside.

Him being like this made Shi Youxuan feel even worse.

……

Jian Yixin was silent.

She was struggling.

After struggling for a while, she finally made up her mind: "I'll go talk to Uncle."

It was time to confess everything; the crux of the matter lay with her, so it could only be untied by her.

Jian Yixin walked into the Hospital Ward, asked Shi Ran to go out, and told Shi Ran to go outside and stay with her mother for a while, as she had something to say to Grandfather.

Shi Yucheng was very familiar with Jian Yixin, but this was the first time he had seen her with such a serious and solemn face.

After the child went out, only the two of them were left in the Hospital Ward.

Just as Shi Yucheng was about to speak, Jian Yixin suddenly knelt down before him with a "thud," saying nothing, but instantly bursting into tears.

Her action gave Shi Yucheng a big fright.

"Good child, what are you doing? Get up, get up quickly..." He got down from the hospital bed, intending to help Jian Yixin up.

But she refused.

She remained kneeling and did not ask for forgiveness.

She just cried, starting with sobs, and later covering her face and weeping bitterly!