Chapter 605: Incompetent at Everything, Most Proficient at Ruining Things

Now that things have reached this point, Sheng Jiang only has the ability to stir up trouble, but lacks the skill to settle it.

As for expecting her to clean up his mess, Wang Yinghao was confident she couldn't do that either.

She spoke the truth: "I'm afraid it's too late; the two of them haven't returned yet, so they are likely together."

"Ah?"

Sheng Jiang was dumbfounded.

He collapsed onto the floor, his face full of despair, and muttered: "It's over, it's all over now..."

Speak of the devil, and the devil appears.

The sound of the front door echoed from downstairs, and Zhang Ma greeted the two: "Sir, Madam, you're back."

"No, I have to hide."

Sheng Jiang was in a panic, pacing the room anxiously; after two laps, he knelt down and crawled under the bed...

"That place won't hide anyone." Wang Yinghao held her forehead, truly helpless, not knowing what to say to him.

So Sheng Jiang crawled back out, preparing to dive into the wardrobe!

His wife grabbed him by the back of his collar: "You don't need to hide inside; they will be calling for us outside very soon."

Sure enough, Zhang Ma said from outside: "Old Master, Old Madam, dinner is served."

"You go out and say I'm not home." Sheng Jiang had a flash of inspiration and came up with a plan that wasn't really a plan.

"Look at the things you've done."

Wang Yinghao was helpless, but she had no choice but to take it on.

She went out to the dining room, where the young couple and the two children were all present.

The words she had planned to say were stuck in her throat the moment she saw Shi Youxuan!

Zhang Ma was her son's confidante; she knew they had returned in the afternoon, so how could she hide it?

It was impossible to hide.

Now she could only hope that none of them would ask.

But...

Sheng Hanyu: "Mom, why didn't Dad come to eat?"

Shi Youxuan: "Mom, is Dad not feeling well?"

She had just wanted to answer "Yes!"

But a sentence from her granddaughter Shi Ran blocked what she wanted to say: "I'll go check on Grandpa."

Sheng Zichen slid off his chair: "Sister, wait for me, wait for me!"

Shi Ran: "You run too slowly, I'd better carry you."

And so, the chubby, soft, and sweet Sheng Zichen was carried in his sister's arms; she walked a few steps and put him down—he was too heavy to carry.

She switched to piggybacking him, walked a few more steps, and gave up again!

Piggybacking was also heavy; she decided to just lead him by the hand.

Regardless, the two children went to call him.

Shi Youxuan looked at her mother-in-law with a smile, and her mother-in-law lowered her head, feeling guilty.

Having left with a suitcase so defiantly, only to return sheepishly with the same suitcase not long after—no matter who this happened to, it would be very difficult to act as if nothing had happened with a clear conscience.

But Shi Youxuan did not make things difficult for her mother-in-law, nor did she let her off the hook.

"Mom, do you know about what happened this afternoon? It's almost spread all over Jiangzhou now."

Wang Yinghao certainly knew what it was about, but she bit the bullet and pretended not to: "What thing? I don't know."

Sheng Hanyu retorted to his wife with dissatisfaction: "Enough, what's so good about this that you're so pleased with yourself? I find it disgusting."

Shi Youxuan: "Although that woman called your name, it has nothing to do with you. You were with me all afternoon; I believe in you, so why are you afraid of what others might say?"

Sheng Hanyu: "I'm not afraid of what others say, but she... acting like that on the street, why couldn't she call anyone else's name? She just had to call mine! How can I not feel disgusted?"

Wang Yinghao's heart skipped a beat.

She was terrified that her son would ask why she called his name.

But what she feared most came to pass.

Sheng Hanyu: "That woman is mentally ill. You say, it's been so many years, why would she think of me while going crazy on the street? Hey! Xuanxuan, do you think someone is behind this, instructing her to do so?"

Shi Youxuan didn't make a sound, just looked at her mother-in-law with a smile.

Wang Yinghao lowered her head.

She now regretted coming down to the dining room, and she even regretted coming back at all!

If she had stayed at the company, she might have avoided such an embarrassing face-to-face encounter.

"I'm talking to you? Why are you ignoring me and looking at Mom..."

The couple was putting on a double act.

Sheng Hanyu pretended not to know that Wang Bingbing had come at noon, and Shi Youxuan just smiled without explaining, waiting to see if her mother-in-law would admit it voluntarily.

When her father-in-law brought Wang Bingbing back at noon to humiliate her, her mother-in-law had only blindly favored those two and hadn't said a fair word for her.

Wang Yinghao's lips trembled a few times; after struggling, she still didn't say it.

She stood up and covered by saying: "Um, I'll go see if the soup is ready."

Wang Yinghao turned and went to the kitchen, ignoring the fact that she hadn't made any soup at all.

Shi Youxuan's heart turned cold in an instant.

At this moment, she thought of Lady Jian!

Lady Jian's menopause syndrome was very severe; her personality had changed drastically, and she was becoming increasingly unreasonable.

But her feelings for her own children had never changed.

Shi Youxuan wondered, if the person needing her mother-in-law to testify today were her husband instead of herself, would she still be like this?

She would not.

A son and a daughter-in-law are different.

Flesh that did not fall from one's own body cannot be stuck to one's own body.

Everything is fine in ordinary times, but you can tell the difference at critical moments; it is not even a life-or-death moment yet, and her mother-in-law's attitude is already like this...

Besides feeling uncomfortable, Shi Youxuan also felt regret.

"Grandpa, hurry up, walk faster, why are you dawdling?" Shi Ran and Sheng Zichen each took one side and forcibly dragged their grandfather down.

"You, you two are back?"

Sheng Jiang's face was full of obsequiousness.

Seeing that the water glass in front of Shi Youxuan was empty, he actually took the initiative to refill it for her!

Shi Youxuan smiled and refused: "You don't have to do this; there are servants for such things, I cannot afford such treatment."

"No, it's nothing, we are all one family, no need to be so particular, no need to be particular about these things."

Sheng Jiang was no longer putting on the airs of an elder.

Not only did he take the initiative to pour water for his daughter-in-law, but when the servant brought out the dishes, he directed: "Put the prawns in front of Xuanxuan, she likes to eat seafood, you should eat more, it's good for the brain."

Sheng Jiang's goal was very obvious: he was trying to curry favor with his daughter-in-law, hoping she would not pursue the matter from noon.

But Shi Youxuan did not let him get his wish.

"Father, please sit; I have kept in mind the words you said in front of Wang Bingbing at noon about me being inferior to her and disrespectful to my elders. Rest assured, I will definitely respect you in the future, so as to avoid you being dissatisfied with me and speaking out in front of outsiders..."

Sheng Jiang was so embarrassed that if there were a crack in the floor right now, he would immediately crawl into it.

The slap in the face came too quickly, and the key was that this Wang Bingbing was too disappointing.

Sheng Hanyu's face darkened: "In front of Wang Bingbing? When did this happen?"

Shi Youxuan did not answer.

Sheng Jiang was even less likely to say.

He did not want to tell the truth and wanted to say something else to cover it up.

But he did not succeed.

"Hanyu, try these ribs..."

He picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, intending to change the subject and muddle through, but it was not going to be that easy.

"Clap!"

The sweet and sour pork ribs were knocked away by Sheng Hanyu, who said coldly: "What is going on?"

"Ah, ah? Where did your mother go? I'll go find your mother."

As Sheng Jiang said this, he prepared to leave his seat, but Zhang Ma interjected from the side: "Sir, at noon, the Master brought back a young female guest named Wang Bingbing."

Sheng Jiang glared fiercely at Zhang Ma, then sat back down sheepishly.

"It was just a coincidence, I happened to meet her on the road..."

Zhang Ma continued: "Miss Wang is the spokesperson for the Master's company; the Master said she was an honored guest of the family and even let her sit in your seat."