Chapter 710: The Debt of Upbringing is Greater than the Debt of Birth

However, there is no reasoning with someone who has had too much to drink.

Shi Youxuan: "Alright, alright, I'll drink with you, go ahead and mix it."

"That's more like it, what a good friend."

Jian Yixin went behind the bar and asked: "How about a Margarita?"

She immediately answered her own question: "No, I don't know how to mix that."

Shi Youxuan:...

"Just mix whatever you know how to, I'm not picky."

"Very good, how considerate."

Jian Yixin took a red dragon fruit from the refrigerator, squeezed out the bright red juice into a glass, and then mixed it with honey water.

She then squeezed fresh kiwi juice on top, finally clipped a lemon slice to the rim of the glass, and handed it over: "Here, 'playing the pig to eat the tiger'—this suits your temperament best."

"Thank you."

Jian Yixin was still very considerate.

She said she wanted Shi Youxuan to drink with her, yet she mixed a glass of fruit juice for her instead.

"You drink this with me."

Shi Youxuan handed her a glass of juice and took the wine bottle away.

She asked: "Did you have a fight with Ze Rong?"

"No."

Jian Yixin shook her head.

"If it's not a fight, what is making you so worried?"

Jian Yixin: "Moli is already two years old and still can't speak. Xuanxuan, I'm so scared. Do you think Moli might be sick... sob sob sob..."

She slumped over the table and cried, crying very sadly.

Shi Youxuan:...

No wonder she hadn't seen Moli for a while; every time she met Jian Yixin, she would use various excuses to brush her off and not bring the child out.

So it was out of inferiority, worrying that there was something wrong with the child.

Shi Youxuan: "Have you taken him to see a doctor?"

Jian Yixin: "I have. The doctor said there's no problem, that some children speak late, but I still feel like there's a problem."

"Xuanxuan, do you think that incident from when he was little caused a psychological shadow?"

Shi Youxuan understood the "incident" she was referring to.

It referred to the time Jian Yixin and the child were kidnapped by Sheng Yukai.

At the time, Moli was thrown from upstairs by Sheng Yukai and happened to land on a safety net; although his body wasn't injured, he developed a fever as soon as they got back.

Jian Yixin studied medicine; she knew that things happening in childhood could potentially cause lifelong psychological trauma for a child!

That was why she was so sad and in such pain.

Shi Youxuan comforted her, telling her that fear was not the way to solve the problem.

Discovering the problem, facing it, and confronting it.

That was the only path to a solution.

The two of them talked a lot at the bar; Jian Yixin had been bottling those words up inside, and with no one to confide in, she only felt worse the more she thought about it.

Now that Shi Youxuan had talked her through it, she felt much better and agreed to take Moli for a more in-depth examination.

The next day.

Shi Youxuan and Sheng Hanyu saw the couple off at the airport; they were taking the child to the United States for an examination.

The medical standards there were a bit better than in Jiangzhou.

One week later.

The family of three returned from the United States, looking dejected.

The two of them had guessed right.

It was indeed the case; the reason the child still wasn't speaking was that he had been frightened by that incident when he was little.

If it were an adult, they could use hypnosis or psychological suggestion for intervention therapy.

But Moli was too young; using hypnosis on such a small child might have side effects.

There was another method, which was to use love and patience to continuously build a sense of security, allowing that incident to be completely driven out of the child's mind.

The couple chose the latter.

This was a long-term, massive project; perhaps a year, perhaps three years, who knew.

Lady Jian found out about this.

She immediately rushed to her daughter's home and searched everywhere.

"Where is that little brat?"

"Mom, what are you trying to do? I warn you, don't you dare have any designs on Moli. He is my son, and I will never abandon him."

Her mother had left the house, and her father had called to tip her off, telling Yixin to hide the child.

The nanny had taken Moli out to hide so that her mother wouldn't throw a tantrum at home and frighten the child.

Lady Jian went through every room, and not seeing Moli, she knew it was her husband who had tipped them off.

She was very sad, sitting on the sofa and wiping away tears: "You are all one family, and I am the only outsider. You all gang up to bully me..."

"How old do you all have to grow to let me stop worrying?"

"You are like this, and your younger brother is like this too. I do everything for your own good, but none of you can understand me."

"What is the point of raising an enemy's child? It would be better to adopt your brother's child; even though it's a girl, at least she's our own family..."

Jian Yixin:...

Speechless.

She truly did not know that her mother would actually harbor such an idea.

Wanting her to adopt Wan'er's child—how could she even think of such a thing?

Wan'er would absolutely not agree, and she would absolutely not agree either; she did not want to force anyone against their will.

Back then, Moli was born without a mother, which was why Jian Yixin wanted to adopt him; if Shi Yuke treated Moli well, she would not snatch a child from someone else's hands.

The mother and daughter parted on bad terms.

Lady Jian would not give up; she found her son to make the request and was, unsurprisingly, rejected.

He was not sure if his sister had such thoughts, so he went to his sister's house to explain tactfully.

Seeing that her mother had actually gone to speak with her brother, Jian Yixin was furious; in her anxiety, she spoke without thinking: "Mom is truly too excessive, her reach is too long, and she loves to meddle in arrangements too much."

"Last time she arranged for A Wen and Aw to harass Wan'er, and before Wan'er's anger had even subsided, she had to stir up something like this again; she won't be satisfied until the little bit of affection that remains is completely gone..."

Seeing her brother's eyes widen, she realized she had said the wrong thing and hurriedly covered her mouth.

But it was too late.

Jian Yining stood up, his usually calm face unable to hide his anger: "Sister, what you just said happened while I was away, right?"

He was not stupid.

He knew what kind of personality his wife had.

No wonder that day at the child's full-month banquet, Wan'er had been fuming and sulking the whole time, while his mother had been acting out of character... All the things that hadn't been explained clearly that day now had a reasonable explanation.

"I'm going to find her."

Jian Yining left his sister's house in a rage.

Yixin followed behind and shouted: "A Ning, speak to Mom properly..."

He turned around, stopped, and said very seriously to his sister: "Sister, don't you think Mom needs a big scene? She has lived too comfortably all these years, which is why she causes so many problems."

Jian Yixin thought about it and felt her brother was right.

Thus, the siblings went home together to settle accounts with their mother!

Jian Family.

Seeing the siblings return together, Lady Jian was initially very happy: "Oh my, my two treasures are back together; why are you both so free today? Since there are no outsiders, it's perfect; Mom will make something delicious for you both herself."

Usually when Yixin came back, she would bring Sheng Zerong and the "tag-along."

After her son married, he and his wife were a pair wherever they went; although she couldn't say anything, she felt uncomfortable inside.

Today, the two of them rarely brought no "outsiders," which made Lady Jian very happy.

"Stop right there, I have something to ask you."

Only then did she notice her son's expression was wrong.

"W-what is it?" Lady Jian stammered; a guilty person has a guilty conscience, and she could tell something was wrong from her son's expression; she was afraid that the matter had already been discovered by her son.

"Liao Chengwen and Liao Chengwu harassing Wan'er—it was instigated by you." Jian Yining said every word clearly; it was not a question, but a statement of fact.

"No, A Ning, don't listen to Jin Wan'er's nonsense; I am your mother, how could I do such a thing? I'm not an idiot." She denied it flatly.

To make her words seem more credible, Lady Jian began to slander her daughter-in-law.

"That woman Jin Wan'er acts one way in front of you, and immediately acts another way in front of me; she just wants to sow discord between us mother and son, so that you only care about her..."