Chapter 713: Everything for the Child 2

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bought some gifts, nothing too expensive.

It wasn't that they looked down on anyone; it was mainly unnecessary, as what is suitable is what is best.

Rice, flour, oil, ham, wood ear mushrooms, dried mushrooms, salted fish, daylilies... they even prepared two bags of seasonings.

The car trunk was packed full.

The three of them arrived at Xiao Ya's home.

The apartment was very small, about forty-some square meters, but it had two rooms.

The small room was so tiny that besides a single bed, nothing else could fit.

Although the apartment was small, it was clean and tidy, with all items in good order and neatly arranged.

Xiao Ya was in her fifties, looking gentle and quiet, and very shy.

"Greetings, Madam. Greetings, Old Madam."

She performed the greetings separately, following the old etiquette of the Sheng Family.

Shi Youxuan smiled and said, "Hello, Aunt Xiao."

The only two decent chairs in the room were given to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to sit on.

"Please wait a moment, I will go make some tea."

Very quickly.

Xiao Ya came out of the kitchen carrying a tray, on which sat three glass cups with tea fragrance wafting up.

Two identical cups were placed in front of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law respectively.

The cup handed to Fang Jie was slightly inferior.

This was already the best she could bring out.

Fang Jie was familiar with Xiao Ya, so she sat on her bed.

Xiao Ya stood in front of the two, proper and respectful, and also very reserved.

Wang Yinghao felt embarrassed; coming to someone else's home, the host was actually more reserved than the guests, and she felt a bit like a cuckoo in a sparrow's nest.

She took the initiative: "Do sit down, let's chat together, don't be so constrained."

"I'm fine standing."

Shi Youxuan stated her purpose directly, proposing to transfer Sheng Zichen's household registration to Xiao Ya's, defining their relationship as grandmother and grandson, and offering to adopt her as a godmother.

She had no mother, and Xiao Ya had no children.

In order for Sheng Zichen to successfully enter the kindergarten, Shi Youxuan did not mind providing for Xiao Ya's old age and funeral.

To Xiao Ya, this was a pie falling from the sky.

It was just that she appeared very reserved.

Fang Jie had already sounded her out about this matter beforehand.

She had no objections; it was fine.

"Madam, I have no objections. It's just doing a favor, it's not any trouble. I wouldn't dare to be your daughter, but I have one condition..."

She gripped her lapels tightly with both hands, struggling with whether to say it.

"What is it?"

"Can you, can you let the little young master take a photo with me? Just one."

Wang Yinghao:...

Shi Youxuan:...

This is what she calls a request?

This request was far too humble.

"Just this?"

"Yes, just this."

"That's fine, no problem."

The two agreed immediately.

Transferring the household registration took almost no effort; it was very easy.

But just transferring the registration wasn't enough; it wasn't that simple!

Sheng Zichen had to live with Xiao Ya because the kindergarten principal would conduct home visits to the homes of low-income families.

To prevent wealthy people from taking the spots of low-income families, the kindergarten principal would visit every low-income family within a specified time to conduct on-site inspections.

This kind of thing had to be discussed with Sheng Hanyu.

That evening.

Shi Youxuan, for the first time ever, filled the bathtub with hot water, added a few drops of essential oil, and gently asked her husband if he needed service.

Has the sun risen in the west?

Sheng Hanyu: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't be like this."

Shi Youxuan: "It's a good thing. Husband, don't be so unromantic. I just want to be gentle with you, is that not allowed?"

"It is."

The two came out of the bathroom, and Shi Youxuan wanted to massage her husband again.

She pressed here and there absentmindedly.

With something on her mind, she was distracted.

She didn't even realize her hands had been pressing hard on the pillow the whole time.

Her thoughts were not on anything else at all; she was entirely focused on how to say it so that her husband's reaction would be smaller.

"Where are you pressing?"

"A massage."

"Giving a massage to whom?"

"To you."

Only after she finished speaking did Shi Youxuan see that she had been massaging a pillow the whole time.

Her slender fingers immediately placed themselves on her husband's shoulders: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't see just now."

"Speak, what is it that you need my cooperation for? Don't tell me you want me to move out and live with someone else."

Shi Youxuan:...

"Hubby, you already know?"

These past few days, although Sheng Hanyu had appeared uninterested, he had also been paying attention in secret.

Regarding the two children, he was actually more concerned than anyone else.

Shi Youxuan finished explaining the plan.

Sheng Hanyu objected: "That idea of yours won't work; paper cannot wrap up fire, it will be discovered sooner or later, and it will be even more awkward when it is."

Shi Youxuan was unconvinced: "Why won't it work? I think it's quite good, and we aren't really deceiving anyone. I'm adopting Xiao Ya as my godmother, so she is Zichen's grandmother; what is the problem with us living together?"

Sheng Hanyu:...

"You are becoming increasingly unreliable. It's just a child going to kindergarten, yet you have to create so much trouble. Later there will be elementary school, middle school, high school, university... do you intend to go to such lengths every time?"

"I won't." Shi Youxuan was very certain.

"Hmph!"

Sheng Hanyu let out a cold snort, using his attitude to show—I don't believe it!

Shi Youxuan explained: "When it comes to elementary school, we can just go to our own school, so where would there be so much trouble? It was just a lack of foresight at the time; if I had been thorough and bought the kindergarten too, there wouldn't be so many issues now."

Sheng Hanyu: "It's not too late to buy it now."

Shi Youxuan: "If they were willing to sell, I would have bought it long ago, do you think I need you to tell me?"

Although Sheng Hanyu was not very willing, he could not be more stubborn than his wife, so the two decided to take Sheng Zichen and move in with Xiao Ya for half a month.

The little guy heard that his mom and dad were taking him out to live, and his big eyes blinked: "Mom, does Grandma have delicious food there?"

"Yes."

Shi Youxuan answered without any hesitation.

To Sheng Zichen, all the food he hadn't eaten before was called delicious!

Before moving, there was still some preparatory work to do.

Shi Youxuan had Fang Jie take her to the street stalls to pick out a few sets of clothes for the family of three.

Ten-yuan T-shirts.

Fifteen-yuan trousers.

Thirty-yuan tops...

Since they were acting as a poor household, they had to have the appearance a poor household should have.

Back then, even when Jiang Yadan bullied Shi Youxuan, she had never bought her such cheap clothes!

They were wrinkled and had a pungent smell of synthetic fiber.

Fang Jie: "Madam, actually, dressing a bit low-key is enough, there's no need to wrong yourself like this."

"No, if you're going to act, you have to do the whole thing; details determine success or failure!"

Shi Youxuan brought back a huge pile of clothes and put them on the sofa.

"Oh my, what is this?"

Shi Ran covered her mouth with one hand, while the other hand raised an orchid finger to pick up a piece, saying with great disgust: "Mom, when did your taste become like this?"

Shi Youxuan snatched them over and piled them together, telling the servant to take them to the washing machine to wash them well and use plenty of laundry detergent.

"Ranran, Mom wants to discuss something with you."

She hadn't had a chance to tell her daughter about her and her husband taking their son out to live for half a month.

Now was the perfect time to say it.

Although they were moving out for the sake of their son's kindergarten, the reason was legitimate, but she still had to consider whether her daughter would have any emotional reaction.

With two treasures in the house, the most taboo thing is to favor one over the other.

Her daughter and her son were both flesh and blood fallen from her own body; she loved them both.

"Mom, you don't need to say it, I already know. Grandma has already told me in secret. Don't worry, I understand."

Shi Youxuan:...

So her mother-in-law had already resolved her worries for her.

Shi Ran didn't feel there was any problem with her parents and younger brother moving out for half a month, and she very enthusiastically helped her mother come up with ideas.

"When you get there, don't be like you are at home; you need to help with chores, cooking... forget it, just secretly buy food outside to eat."

The food her mother cooked would absolutely not change just because the environment changed—it was consistently terrible.

"I heard from Fang Jie that there isn't even a washing machine there. When you do chores, wear these so you don't hurt your hands."