Chapter 414: Father Finally Agrees to Let the Two Be Together

Shi Yucheng did not speak for a long time, and he had skipped two meals.

By evening, he finally called his daughter over: "I no longer oppose the matter between you and Sheng Hanyu."

Shi Youxuan knew her father would say this to her; it was an expected answer, yet she felt none of the expected joy!

She thanked her father: "Thank you, Dad."

Shi Yucheng: "You shouldn't say thank you to me; it is I who should say I'm sorry to you."

"Dad, please don't say that. You are my father, and everything you have done was for my own good. I know that..."

Although Shi Yucheng had been soft-hearted and muddle-headed his whole life, his heart toward Shi Youxuan had never changed—it was one hundred percent for her good, and in most cases, he was even better to her than to his own biological daughter.

When Shi Youxuan was a child, the only warmth she ever felt was what her father gave her.

She did not look at the results, only the starting point.

Hearing his daughter say this made Shi Yucheng's tormented heart feel a little better.

The next day, Shi Yucheng arranged to be discharged from the hospital.

He wanted to return to the nursing home to live.

The reason he gave was quite sufficient: "My illness is already cured, there is absolutely no need to continue staying here; even a healthy person will grow moldy if they stay in a hospital for too long."

Shi Youxuan suggested that her father return to live at her home, as it would be more convenient to look after one another.

Shi Yucheng shook his head and objected: "What 'looking after one another'? You just know how to coax your father into being happy. If I live with you, I'll just be a burden..."

No matter what his daughter said, he insisted on returning to the nursing home.

He said that after living there for so long, he had already gotten used to it.

Furthermore, the nursing home had doctors, nurses, and caregivers; if you just picked anyone at random, they would all take better care of him than Shi Youxuan!

Shi Youxuan:...

Could Dad not be a little more tactful?

He had openly shown his disdain for her, not leaving her a shred of face.

But Shi Youxuan was still quite happy in her heart that Shi Yucheng asked to return to the nursing home!

He already knew the nursing home was built for him by Sheng Hanyu, and yet he still asked to go back, which showed that he had already let go of his prejudices against him from the bottom of his heart.

If he hadn't let them go, given Shi Yucheng's temper, he wouldn't have gone back even if he had to beg for food outside or sleep on the streets.

On the day Shi Yucheng was discharged, the procession was quite large.

Five or six cars came to take him.

Sheng Hanyu, the couple Jian Yixin, and the couple Yun Zhehao all came.

Although Shi Yucheng was not as good to Jian Yixin as he used to be, he did not drive her away when he saw her come; he just pretended not to see her.

He chatted and laughed with others as normal, but the moment he saw her, his expression would droop!

Everyone could understand; forgiveness also takes time!

It was normal for the old man to be unable to turn the corner for a while; he would think it through slowly... perhaps, maybe, not necessarily, who knows.

Shi Liu drove the car personally to take Shi Yucheng back to the nursing home, and from then on, Shi Liu would no longer follow Shi Youxuan, but would follow Shi Yucheng.

The two were not father and son by blood, but they were closer than if they were!

After spending a few short days together in the hospital, Shi Youxuan was surprised to discover that Shi Liu was actually quite talkative?

He could chat with her father, and her father was not like typical elderly people who could not accept Shi Liu's sexual orientation.

Shi Yucheng was quite open-minded in this regard; he believed that such things were private matters, unrelated to others, and even less related to morality or character.

With Shi Liu by her father's side from now on, taking care of him like a biological son, Shi Youxuan felt at ease.

For this reason, she even specifically hosted a few tables of banquet to hold a small Ganqin ceremony.

After sending Shi Yucheng to the nursing home, just as everyone was about to leave, Shi Yucheng suddenly called Sheng Hanyu over alone, and the two talked for half an hour!

No one knew what they had said during those thirty minutes.

But when Sheng Hanyu came out, there was a smile on his face!

It was rare for this guy to smile, so without needing to say much, everyone started to tease him, clamoring for Sheng Hanyu to treat them, as something good must be near.

They guessed correctly.

Shi Yucheng had pulled him aside to talk specifically to tell him that he was prepared to trust him one more time and entrust his daughter to him!

But he also repeatedly exhorted: "You must be good to Xuanxuan, you must be good to Xuanxuan, you must be good to Xuanxuan!" Important things must be said three times.

Sheng Hanyu swore: "Please rest assured, from today on I will not let Xuanxuan suffer even the slightest grievance. I swear to you, if I break this oath, let me die a horrible death and live in hell forever."

He made the most vicious of oaths.

Sheng Hanyu never made promises to others; he would just do it and be done with it.

But today, he promised very earnestly.

New Year's Eve.

Fang Jie was preparing the New Year's meal in the kitchen, while Sheng Hanyu and Shi Ran were hanging lanterns on the balcony.

"Dad, a little to the left, it's crooked. Now a little to the right. Good, that's just right."

Once the lanterns were hung, Shi Ran couldn't wait for it to get dark; she wanted the lanterns to light up right away.

So Sheng Hanyu connected the lanterns to power; he would certainly satisfy this little request of his daughter's. As long as it wasn't a matter of principle, he basically granted every request.

"So beautiful, so beautiful!" Shi Ran clapped her hands happily.

This was the little one's first time celebrating the Spring Festival; everything she saw was fresh and fun, and she was incredibly curious.

After hanging the lanterns, the father and daughter placed candies, dried fruits, and fresh fruits onto plates one by one, arranged them into a pattern, and then set them neatly on the coffee table.

The snacks prepared for the Lunar New Year are different from what we eat on ordinary days.

Usually, Shi Youxuan doesn't let Shi Ran eat candy for fear of cavities, and they rarely keep any in the house.

But the New Year is different; colorful candies appear openly on the plates, and Shi Ran eats until she is sick of them.

There is no difference in the dried fruits, but the fresh fruits are chosen mainly for their appearance and auspicious meanings.

Bright red apples are printed with the characters for "Fortune," "Prosperity," and "Longevity"; you don't even need to eat them, just looking at them is festive.

Shi Ran follows behind her father like a little tail, going wherever he goes.

After setting out the food, it is time to put up the spring couplets.

The spring couplets are not printed products bought on the street, but were written by Sheng Hanyu himself, who ground the ink and wielded the brush.

First line: Spring radiance gathers a thousand blessings in the noble house.

Second line: Auspiciousness surrounds the heavy gates, increasing a hundred fortunes.

Horizontal scroll: May everything go as you wish.

The calligraphy is bold and vigorous, completed in one breath!

"Wow—"

Shi Ran's big eyes are wide round, looking at her father with admiration.

"Daddy, you are my idol. I admire you so much; how can you do everything?"

Sheng Hanyu proudly tells his daughter that his beautiful calligraphy was passed down from his grandfather, who is Shi Ran's great-grandfather, Sheng Laoyezi.

In the Sheng Family, only he knows how to write it; no one else does.

Consequently, the daughter admires her father even more and asks if he can teach her.

Of course he can; it is exactly what he hoped for.

Sheng Hanyu agrees, but not right now; they have to wait until after New Year's Eve, as there is still so much to do today!

The father and daughter are very busy, and Fang Jie, who is cooking in the kitchen, is also very busy; she has to prepare many dishes today.

But Shi Youxuan acts as if she has nothing to do, hiding in her room video-chatting with Jian Yining, bickering and trading barbs.

Jian Yixin's girlfriend is kept very well hidden; everyone has known he has had a girlfriend for a long time, but no one has ever seen her.

Even if it is inconvenient to bring her home, how easy would it be to just look at a photo?

Yet, even that cannot be done.

Jian Yining simply refuses to send photos of his girlfriend, and every time everyone presses him, he has a different excuse to brush them off.

So much so that later, everyone began to doubt whether his claim of having a girlfriend was true or false.

What Shi Youxuan is doing now is trying to prove the truth.

"A Ning, I'll make a bet with you. I bet ten thousand yuan that you don't have a girlfriend and you're just bragging."