Chapter 520: The Man Caught Between Mother and Daughter-in-Law Has the Hardest Time

Yun Zhehao spoke quite firmly.

But while speaking, he grabbed his bag and coat, and didn't forget to urge Sheng Hanyu not to go back too early.

Sheng Hanyu was left alone in the office.

He stopped drinking and left the office to go home.

He didn't bring a driver when he came out, because he couldn't drive back after drinking.

So he waved to hail a taxi on the side of the road.

After getting in the car, the driver asked him where he was going.

"Just drive around the ring road for a bit, I'll tell you when I've made up my mind." He suddenly changed his mind; he didn't want to go straight back.

It was still early, and he hadn't figured out how to talk to Shi Youxuan when he got back, so he decided not to return yet.

The driver saw him looking troubled in the rearview mirror and asked, "What's wrong, buddy? Running into some troublesome business?"

"Yeah." He responded faintly, and that was all.

Sheng Hanyu was not good at communicating with strangers, and even less good at telling strangers about his family affairs.

However, the driver was very talkative. Seeing the passenger wasn't talking, he guessed for himself: "Buddy, don't blame me for being blunt, is it the woman outside forcing your hand? Let me tell you, don't be a fool. Women outside are just for fun; you can't swap your wife. Once you swap, you'll know—women are all the same. They all want to grab your money and control you at the same time, holding you tight so you have no freedom at all..."

Sheng Hanyu: "Shut up, I don't have a woman outside."

The driver chuckled and didn't shut up: "Who would believe that! Looking at your bearing, you must be a big boss, a rich man. How many rich men don't have women outside?"

Sheng Hanyu couldn't explain it to him, nor was he prepared to argue.

He took cash out of his wallet and asked the driver to pull over.

After getting out of the car, he realized, how did he end up here?

In front of him was an amusement park.

He and Shi Youxuan had brought their daughter here before, and Shi Ran had a great time.

Just as he thought of Shi Ran, Shi Ran called him.

Sheng Hanyu answered, and his daughter's soft, sweet voice came through: "Daddy, where are you?"

"I'm working overtime at the company, is something the matter, sweetheart?" He told a lie.

Shi Ran giggled on the other end and mercilessly exposed his lie: "Daddy, you aren't telling the truth. You aren't at the company; you're outside or on the street. There's a wonton stall nearby, I can even hear the hawking."

Sheng Hanyu:...

It really was true.

Reminded by his daughter, he realized there was indeed a roadside stall not far to his left.

A woman in her fifties was setting up a stall selling wontons.

A loudspeaker hung on the tree trunk next to the wonton stall, and the sound of hawking came from it from time to time.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have missed such an obvious detail, but today his focus was scattered, and he hadn't even noticed such an obvious oversight.

Shi Ran said: "Pack two bowls of wontons and bring them back. Mom and Grandma haven't eaten much for dinner; the two of them are in a cold war."

"Okay."

Sheng Hanyu really did pack two bowls of wontons and took a taxi home.

Just as he entered the courtyard gate, someone suddenly popped out from a corner and rushed in front of him, giving him a start.

"Hanyu, it's terrible. Your mother and your wife haven't spoken all day. What should we do, what should we do? Should I go out and hide?" The person speaking was Sheng Jiang.

Sheng Hanyu said: "Haven't you been hiding all day already? Where else do you want to hide?"

He was exposed, his old face flushed, he stammered and couldn't say anything, then sighed and went out.

He went into hiding again.

Sheng Hanyu watched his father's retreating back, didn't call out to him, and shook his head helplessly.

When there was nothing going on, Sheng Jiang would come out to find something to do, just to make his presence felt!

But the moment there was the slightest bit of trouble, he would immediately disappear, running faster than anyone.

Just as his father went out, his daughter came to his side: "Daddy, did you buy the wontons?"

The little girl's big eyes were sparkling, shining with a brilliant light.

She seemed very excited; it was unclear what she was so excited about regarding the conflict between her mother and grandmother.

"I bought them."

Sheng Hanyu said: "Did you not eat anything either?" He had been so distracted earlier that he only bought two bowls of wontons, and now seeing the sparkle in his daughter's eyes, he suddenly realized he hadn't bought enough.

But the little girl shook her head: "I'm full."

She asked her father to squat down and whispered a few words in his ear.

Sheng Hanyu's expression gradually improved, and in the end, his thin lips pressed together and the corners of his mouth turned up.

The father and daughter split up to take action.

Shi Youxuan's bedroom.

Shi Ran carried the wontons inside; Shi Youxuan was standing by the window without even turning her head.

"I'm not eating, I have no appetite."

"Mom, come and take this quickly, it's very hot."

Only then did she realize the person who entered was Shi Ran. She hurriedly took them and placed them on the table. Shi Ran rubbed her two little hands on her ears: "So hot, so hot."

"Why did you bring them up? Where is Fang Jie?" Shi Youxuan checked her daughter's little hands with concern, finding they weren't red at all.

But she still blew on them: "Does it hurt? Don't carry them next time; let the servants do this kind of thing."

Shi Youxuan didn't coddle Shi Ran, but if her daughter got burned, she still felt heartache.

Shi Ran: "I have to practice. In the future, when Grandma doesn't live with us anymore, and Daddy is so busy with work, I'll be the only one who can take care of you more."

They say a daughter is her parents' little padded jacket.

Shi Ran's words were truly heartwarming.

But the warmth lasted only a moment; the next instant, it was heart-wrenching.

The little girl sighed with feigned maturity: "Sigh, in the future, I won't just have to take care of you, but also my younger brother. Right now it's just serving meals, but I'm afraid that later on, I'll have to cook all three meals a day."

Shi Youxuan found it amusing: "Stop worrying about nothing; it will never be your turn to take care of me..."

Something was wrong.

She asked her daughter if what she said about no one taking care of her in the future was something Grandma had told her.

Because she had only spoken to Sheng Hanyu about wanting to live separately from her parents-in-law, and had not told her daughter.

For her daughter to suddenly say such things could only mean one thing—her mother-in-law had said something to her.

It didn't surprise her that her mother-in-law also had the idea of not living together.

It would be ridiculous if her mother-in-law thought she couldn't take care of herself and her children, and to say it to the child made Shi Youxuan feel even more displeased.

But Shi Ran said: "No, it's because I eavesdropped on you and Dad talking outside the door, and you said it yourself."

Since it wasn't said by her mother-in-law, Shi Youxuan felt a bit better.

She scolded her daughter, telling her not to eavesdrop on adults' conversations in the future.

If she wanted to listen, she could just knock on the door and come in to listen openly and aboveboard!

Shi Ran agreed readily, then told her mother to eat, saying that even if she had no appetite, she had to think of Sheng Zichen; right now, what she ate alone was the rations for two people.

Shi Youxuan:...

She suddenly felt that her daughter and her mother-in-law had merged into one, because these were the very words her mother-in-law usually kept on her lips.

Hearing the same words too often makes them feel like nagging, but if someone else says them, they can actually be taken to heart.

Shi Youxuan scooped up a wonton, and before eating it, she knew it wasn't made at home.

"Did you order takeout?"

Shi Ran: "No, it was takeout Grandma ordered for you. She told me not to tell you, saying it was to let you change your palate."

She scooped up a wonton and tasted it—the flavor was good.

Even though the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were having a disagreement, her mother-in-law was still thinking about whether she had eaten; although it was highly likely for the sake of Xiao Erbao, Shi Youxuan was still moved, and her anger dissipated even more.

Shi Youxuan asked: "Has Grandma had dinner yet?"

Shi Ran shook her head: "No, she also said she had no appetite."

"Go to the kitchen and see if there's anything to eat, then take some to Grandma, but don't say it was my idea."