Chapter 697: Sheng Zichen's First Lesson in Life

That a child thinks this way is inseparable from how adults educate them.

Although the elders do a good job, there are still drawbacks.

For example, they unconsciously want to take care of the youngest!

But Shi Youxuan does not.

She tells her son: "It is a fact that you are small, but that is not a reason for you to take more or occupy more; being small means you should ask for fewer gifts, or no gifts at all."

Sheng Zichen pouts, unconvinced: "Grandma tells the story of Kong Rong yielding the pears, it's nice to hear."

Shi Youxuan:...

The little rascal is wise beyond his years.

"Kong Rong yielding the pears" was for him to learn courtesy, yet here it has become his reason to eat more and take more?

Just as she is about to reprimand her son, her husband gently nudges her waist.

So Shi Youxuan steps aside, yielding the spotlight to her husband.

The couple had long since discussed it: the education of the girls belongs to Shi Youxuan, and the education of the boys, after the age of three, belongs to Sheng Hanyu.

Although Sheng Zichen has not yet reached three, it depends on the situation, and now it is time to switch.

Sheng Hanyu does not reprimand him, but instead praises his son: "Zichen is great, you mean you want to yield the best to your sister, right? Kong Rong yielding the pears is about yielding to the older sister first, and then to the younger brother."

Sheng Zichen:...

No, that is not what he meant to express.

"Sister doesn't eat pears." He is already on the verge of tears.

Sheng Hanyu remains calm and says earnestly: "Sister doesn't eat pears, but sister is older than Zichen, so Zichen should yield the best to sister, is that what you mean?"

"Waa..."

Sheng Zichen's little mouth pouts, and he wails loudly.

Sheng Hanyu and Shi Youxuan are caught off guard.

The child is too young; playing mind games with them is definitely not a match, and if he cannot win, he cries—crying is his trump card.

Wang Yinghao immediately takes Erbao into her arms to coax him: "Baobao don't cry, Daddy is teasing you, be good, don't cry..."

Shi Ran is also there coaxing her brother: "Sister doesn't eat pears, I'll give them all to you, okay?"

The little guy feels a bit better, but still sobs: "I, I can't finish them, let's eat together!"

Forget it.

Educating a child is a long and arduous road; one cannot become a fat man in one bite.

From the ship to the airport, the two were originally thinking that since it was already late, they might as well go back two days later and make a detour to L Country to see Wang Yong and the Vice President.

But after video chatting with their family, the couple is eager to return, wanting only to go home immediately and reunite with their family!

The plane lands.

As their feet touch the soil of Jiangzhou, a familiar and intimate feeling rushes toward them.

Everything they see feels dear.

The two did not notify anyone to pick them up, preparing to go home suddenly to surprise their family!

They arrive at the baggage claim to retrieve two large suitcases, which are filled with gifts for family and friends.

Sheng Hanyu pushes the luggage, Shi Youxuan holds her husband's arm, and the two walk toward the airport exit.

"Hey, husband, look, does that child look like Zichen?"

Shi Youxuan points toward the three o'clock direction.

A chubby, round little boy and a little girl are tangled together, as if fighting over something.

Sheng Hanyu looks over—it's not that he looks like him, it is their Sheng Zichen!

Wang Yinghao and Sheng Jiang are following beside them, seemingly apologizing to someone.

How did they get here?

The two hurry over.

They quickly figure out what is going on.

It is quite embarrassing to say.

Sheng Zichen saw a little girl eating a lollipop at the airport and went over to grab it; the little girl was caught off guard, the candy was snatched away, and she immediately sat on the ground and cried loudly!

The adults just looked away for a second, and this happened.

Wang Yinghao apologizes.

The other parents are relentless.

The Sheng Family is in the wrong and is willing to pay money, ten times the amount, plus offer an apology.

But it is useless; the other parents are not appeased and become increasingly arrogant, saying many nasty things.

The other party seems to be here to pick someone up as well.

Because they have no luggage with them.

The old woman is wearing expensive clothes, while the young woman and the child are dressed quite cheaply.

The young woman is very fat, round like a ball.

She follows the old woman the whole time, with no presence at all.

The old woman is the little girl's grandmother; she points at Wang Yinghao and curses: "Stealing a needle when young, you'll steal gold when you grow up; you shallow-eyed things, you even snatch other people's candy, one look and you can tell you've done this kind of thing plenty of times..."

"Looking all slick and polished, just a flowery pillow stuffed with straw, a useless dog pup snatching food from our Niuniu, you've blinded your dog eyes!"

"If you don't educate a brat when they're young, they'll be beaten by society when they grow up; sooner or later they're the type to end up in Prison..."

Snatching someone's candy is Sheng Zichen's fault.

But these words were too harsh to hear.

Zichen was scared pale, clutching his grandmother's thigh tightly and not daring to make a sound.

Wang Yinghao had a gentle personality and had never quarreled with anyone in her life; she was completely unable to handle this kind of shrewish verbal abuse.

Her face turned pale with anger as she tried to reason with the shrew: "You are going too far. We were in the wrong, and I have already apologized; how can you use such vicious words to curse such a small child?"

The shrew's voice rose even higher: "Oh! So an apology is all it takes? Look at how scared your child made my granddaughter; you just click your upper lip against your lower lip, and a casual 'sorry' is enough? If your child killed someone, would you not have to pay with your life just because you apologized..."

It was simply not the same thing at all.

But the other party was being unreasonable, and neither Wang Yinghao nor Sheng Jiang were any match for her.

Sheng Jiang took out two hundred-yuan bills and handed them over: "It was just a lollipop; paying you two hundred is enough, right?"

The shrew reached for the money triumphantly—but the bills were snatched away by Shi Youxuan!

Shi Youxuan said to her parents-in-law: "Mom, Dad, please take the child and go outside with Hanyu to wait for me; I will be there in a moment."

"Mom!"

"Wah—"

Seeing his mother was like finding his backbone; Zichen immediately let go of his grandmother and turned to hug his mother's thigh!

Shi Youxuan gently stroked her son's head and said to him: "Be good, go outside with Grandma and wait for Mom; Mom will be over in a moment."

"Mom, I was wrong; I shouldn't have snatched the candy, and I will never eat candy again."

"Sob sob sob—"

If this matter was not handled well, it would certainly leave a psychological shadow on her son.

Shi Youxuan changed her mind and decided not to have the child avoid the situation.

She held the bills and asked the old woman: "My son snatched your granddaughter's candy, right?"

The old woman sized people up before deciding how to treat them.

She saw that Wang Yinghao and Sheng Jiang both looked like honest, easy-to-bully people.

Furthermore, they were dressed like wealthy people, which was why she wanted to throw a tantrum and take the opportunity to extort some money to spend.

But Shi Youxuan and Sheng Hanyu had appeared, and these two did not look like people who were easy to bully.

She hesitated a little.

This old woman was not a reckless person who feared nothing in heaven or on earth.

She only bullied the weak and feared the strong; seeing Shi Youxuan come over, she immediately weighed in her heart: is this person easy to bully?

Seeing her pleasant and amiable appearance, she must be easy to bully too.

"That's right, you little brat with a father but no mother's upbringing; you parents spoil your child too much. If you won't discipline him, I'll do it for you. Children must be managed when they are young; if you don't manage them strictly, what will happen when they grow up..."

The old woman chattered on and on, lecturing Shi Youxuan.

"Smack!"

Shi Youxuan suddenly struck, a slap landing hard on the old woman's face.

"You actually hit someone?"

The old woman wanted to retaliate, but seeing that the other side had many people and her own side had few, she hesitated again.

Shi Youxuan said: "It was wrong for my son to snatch your granddaughter's candy just now; one should be punished for doing something wrong, but if it goes too far, it must be taken back."

"This slap is the change; no need to thank me!"

"You... you've gone too far!"

The old woman could not swallow this insult, but seeing that Shi Youxuan was a tough nut to crack, she did not dare to continue cursing; just as she was struggling with what to do, she felt someone tugging at her clothes from behind.