Chapter 583: Not Worry-Free

After school, Shi Ran returned.

She acted as if nothing had happened when she got home, greeting Shi Youxuan: "Mom, I'm back. I'm going to my room to do my homework; call me when it's time to eat." It was no different from usual.

Half a day had already passed since the events of the morning.

In such a long time, with Shi Ran's brain, she had long since come up with several ways to deal with her mother, so she was confident upon returning home.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother.

Shi Youxuan could guess what Shi Ran was thinking and what excuses she would use to cover up her mistakes, even without listening.

Just like her daughter, she hadn't done anything else all afternoon but think about how to deal with Shi Ran.

"Stop right there. Don't you have anything you want to say to me?" Shi Youxuan deliberately darkened her face.

Shi Ran turned back, stood before her mother, and bowed in apology: "I'm sorry, Mom. It was my fault for sleeping in class without telling you beforehand, but shouldn't you also reflect on whether you haven't cared enough about me?"

"If you hadn't suddenly gone to the school, wouldn't you still have failed to discover such a big bug? Officially, it's your negligence in management; personally, you haven't cared enough for me."

"No matter how you look at it, it was your oversight, so I suggest you don't just hold a title and ignore everything at the school. The Principal and teachers are under pressure to discipline me because of your status..."

Shi Ran spoke eloquently, and it seemed quite reasonable.

Yet, she was completely avoiding the important points and shifting the focus of the conflict!

If she were allowed to continue, the final result would be Shi Youxuan apologizing and writing a self-criticism in tears.

"Shut up!"

Shi Youxuan slapped the coffee table, her expression cold enough to freeze someone.

The little girl couldn't help but shiver—she hadn't gotten away with it!

Shi Youxuan stood up and paced twice in front of her daughter, very angry.

She was indeed very angry, not because Shi Ran slept in class, but because she dared not take responsibility and could shift the focus of the conflict so perfectly at such a young age.

If this problem wasn't corrected, it would easily lead to issues when she grew up.

After all, shirking responsibility has far more visible surface benefits than taking it on.

Shi Ran felt uneasy, and her mother had already begun to lecture: "Shi Ran, don't try to be clever in front of me. That act of yours might fool others, but try fooling me?"

"You've really done it now, haven't you? You've grown quite capable! I haven't seen you improve in other skills, but you've become quite adept at sophistry and avoiding the important points, haven't you? Sleeping in class is wrong. You gloss over your own problem with a single sentence, yet you prepared a long-winded speech to prove that sleeping in class isn't your fault?"

"I didn't send you to school to learn these crooked ways..."

Shi Ran was in the wrong; she lowered her head and listened to her mother's lecture, not saying a word.

She didn't speak because everything her mother said was right. It was true; that was exactly how she had thought.

And although she had thought her reasoning was flawless, after being lectured by her mother, she realized that she was indeed wrong.

Being clever was not the right thing to do. If she had honestly admitted her mistake and told the real reason when she got home after school, perhaps this wouldn't have happened.

Shi Youxuan noticed the look of shame on her daughter's face and softened her tone: "Shi Ran, I'll give you one more chance. Tell me the real reason you were sleeping in class."

This time, Shi Ran didn't make excuses and said honestly: "I already know everything the teacher is teaching. If I don't sleep, I can't help but interrupt, and interrupting disturbs my classmates, so I can only sleep or read other books during math class..."

Shi Ran's voice grew quieter and quieter; by the end, it was as soft as a mosquito's hum.

It was mainly because she felt guilty.

Her mother had only caught her sleeping in class, but out of guilt, she had confessed to other problems as well!

But this time, Shi Youxuan didn't lose her temper; she even let her daughter sit beside her and had a servant juice some fruit for her to drink.

"Ranran, if the school set up a special class for you, let the other students come to your class, and you act as the teacher, would you be willing?"

Shi Ran stared at her mother, not answering immediately, but earnestly trying to discern the truth in her gaze.

"I'm not joking with you; it's real." Shi Youxuan gave a precise answer.

The little girl's face showed surprise, and she nodded repeatedly: "I'm willing, I'm willing, Mom, I'm willing."

She had thought she would be lectured when she got home, but she hadn't expected to turn a misfortune into a blessing.

Shi Youxuan struck while the iron was hot and gave her daughter some precautions, but halfway through, Sheng Zichen came over, clamoring for his sister to play with him, so the two of them went off to play.

After washing up at night.

The couple returned to the bedroom, and Sheng Hanyu said to his wife: "Aren't you being too strict with Ranran? She's still young; children should be taught slowly, you can't be too eager for success."

Shi Youxuan was very dissatisfied with his behavior of usually not caring but often pointing fingers.

She immediately countered: "Oh really? I am teaching her slowly. Where am I being eager for success? You tell me."

If he wanted to tell her, he would.

Sheng Hanyu told his wife: "It's not good to let Shi Ran be a teacher now. Even if Ranran sleeps in class, so what? It's our own school; if she wants to sleep in class, she can sleep, and if she wants to talk, she can talk. It doesn't matter at all. Don't make the child live so stifled!"

Shi Youxuan:...

She was so shocked by her husband's bizarre viewpoint that she couldn't speak.

Sheng Hanyu had no self-awareness that he had said the wrong thing and even started lecturing his wife: "Don't be so strict with the children in the future, and don't always talk about what will happen later. Forget about a small matter like sleeping in class; even if she causes big trouble, it's nothing to fear. I'll cover for her."

"You... get out!"

Shi Youxuan really couldn't listen anymore; she pulled her husband up from the bed and pushed him toward the door: "Get out, go sleep in the guest room. Don't let me see you, or I might lose my temper."

If she let him continue spouting nonsense, Shi Youxuan really wouldn't be able to stop herself from hitting him!

The key was that after hitting him, Sheng Hanyu would be fine, but she would only be left with a sore hand, which would make her even angrier.

"Don't push me, I'm not going out."

Sheng Hanyu lingered in the bedroom and wouldn't leave.

He stood on the floor, but his feet seemed to have taken root. Shi Youxuan used all her strength to pull, tug, push, and shove, but it was useless.

Not only did she fail to drive him out, but she also exhausted herself.

Shi Youxuan gave up; she went back, grabbed the teddy bear Zai Zai from the bed, and walked out angrily.

"Where are you going?" The doorway was blocked.

Sheng Hanyu spread his arms to block the way, watching his wife vigilantly.

She was angry; even an idiot could see it.

Shi Youxuan said huffily, "Move aside, I don't want to talk to you."

Sheng Hanyu: "I won't!"

"You are my wife, if you don't talk to me, who are you going to talk to?"

"That's none of your business, move aside!" Shi Youxuan was hot-tempered, and as she spoke, she had already struck out with Zai Zai.

This man's body was as solid as a steel plate; it really wouldn't do without using some "weapon."

He didn't dodge or evade, and even "kindly" reminded her: "Wife, take it easy, Zai Zai is old too, be careful that its old arms and legs get hurt from hitting me."

Shi Youxuan:...

Zai Zai was a birthday gift her father gave her when she was sixteen.

After so many years, it could be considered to have "been through trials and hardships," and now it shed fur just from being tossed around a couple of times; it was indeed old.