Chapter 714: Acting Like a Big Bad Wolf

Shi Ran performed a magic trick, pulling a pair of pink rubber gloves from her person and handing them over.

A moment later, she handed her mother a bottle of hand cream: "It's not like being at home when you're out there. You need to take good care of your younger brother, and you also need to take good care of yourself."

"Thank you, my treasure." Shi Youxuan pulled her daughter tightly into her embrace.

Her daughter was too sensible.

No wonder people say a daughter is a parent's thoughtful little padded jacket; she really is thoughtful.

In the evening, Sheng Hanyu returned.

Shi Youxuan held the washed and neatly folded clothes out in front of him: "Which one will you wear tomorrow?" They were moving tomorrow, so they had to change into clothes bought from street stalls from the inside out.

"What on earth is all this?"

Sheng Hanyu was much like his daughter.

The same expression.

He picked up a piece with disdain—and tossed it away: "It's all limp and flimsy."

Shi Youxuan:...

"Armor is hard; do you want to wear that? As long as you dare to wear it, I'll buy it for you."

Her husband glanced at her without answering.

This was a trap.

If he were to confirm it, his wife really might get a suit of armor and force him to wear it out.

He picked up another piece and tossed it away again: "Where did you buy these? There's no cut to them, and no quality to them. Even the mud-and-water workers at construction sites wear better quality than this."

One couldn't blame Sheng Hanyu for being too picky.

It was just that in the environment he had lived in since he was small, he had never worn clothes of this quality; just looking at them made him feel a resistance and disdain from the bottom of his heart.

Shi Youxuan had a way to deal with him, repeating her old trick: "How about I get you a set of workers' clothes? That quality is good."

Sheng Hanyu:...

"Forget it, this set will do."

It wasn't that he wasn't picky, it was that he didn't dare to be.

Sheng Zichen was easy to talk to; he would wear whatever he was told to.

He was already impatient to go outside and eat delicious food; Fang Jie cooked very well, but eating the same flavors every day would get tiresome.

They prepared to set off.

Shi Youxuan wore a white shirt with small pink flowers on the upper body, a pair of ordinary black trousers on the lower body, and a pair of black Spring Shoes on her feet.

Her thick, jet-black hair was tied into a ponytail at the back of her head with a hair tie that cost one yuan for two, and her entire outfit cost less than one hundred yuan, yet she looked clean and refreshing, with a unique charm.

Sheng Hanyu stared, stunned.

His eyes were fixed on his wife, unable to look away.

The family of three finished breakfast, said goodbye to their family, and then carried their suitcases to the bus stop.

The family had also racked their brains over how to set off.

The car Sheng Hanyu usually drove was a Bentley.

If that car were driven to that kind of old, dilapidated residential area, it would be too eye-catching.

"Drive yours."

Sheng Hanyu suggested.

"Mine can't be driven either." Shi Youxuan refused flatly.

Shi Youxuan was low-key and didn't like cars that were too flashy.

Her husband had gifted her a Maserati and a Ferrari, but she didn't like either of them.

The car she drove daily now was a BMW X5; although it was low-key enough in their current circle, it still couldn't be driven into an old, dilapidated neighborhood—it was too easy to be exposed.

There were several cars at home.

Counting from top to bottom.

The Bentley wouldn't do, the BMW couldn't be driven, and her parents-in-law's cars weren't any worse, so they were also out of the question.

The worst car in the house was a Volkswagen Passat used for grocery shopping.

But her mother-in-law still shook her head: "No, having a car won't work at all. Having a car will lead to being disqualified from being a low-income household."

Fine, then they would take a taxi.

Shi Youxuan thought about it carefully, and taking a taxi wasn't great either.

They would just take the bus.

The station.

Sheng Hanyu asked: "Which route are we taking?"

Shi Youxuan: "I don't know."

The two of them had never taken a bus before and had no idea which line to take.

Fortunately, the bus stop sign listed where they stopped. Shi Youxuan checked the lines one by one; there were actually quite a few buses going to Maluwan, and several lines could get them there.

A number 51 bus arrived.

"The bus is here."

"Whoosh—"

The crowd that had been waiting for the bus suddenly gathered toward the vehicle all at once, quickly and accurately squeezing the family of three to the back.

"Swish—"

The bus drove off.

Half the people at the station were gone, and the family of three had been left behind!

"How can these people be like this?" Shi Youxuan didn't mind being squeezed out, but she was still looking after a child.

Sheng Zichen was chubby and looked like a lucky doll; he was fine for being cute, but his combat power for squeezing onto a bus was trash.

Sheng Hanyu comforted his wife: "It's fine, let's wait for the next one."

The next one came very quickly.

But the passengers waiting at the station were even faster than the bus!

It was exactly the same situation as last time.

The family of three was left behind again!

Shi Youxuan had never felt so frustrated before.

She discovered that this world was not friendly to the poor.

"Honey, why don't we just take a taxi?" She felt bad for the child.

Sheng Hanyu shook his head: "No need, let's just take the bus. I don't believe the bus will always be this crowded."

If the bus business was this booming, then it wouldn't be bad to develop a few more bus routes!

A helpful passenger waiting nearby told them that it was currently the peak hour for work and school, and it would be better after this time period.

Sure enough, the family of three waited at the station for another ten minutes or so.

The people gradually thinned out.

But the buses also became fewer.

Originally one came every three minutes, but now they had waited for over ten minutes and it still hadn't arrived.

The little guy was too chubby and heavy to carry, and he wouldn't stay still when put on the ground; he found everything novel and wanted to touch and look at everything.

Shi Youxuan held her son's little chubby hand tightly, not letting him run around.

This wasn't their residential compound at home; it was a bus station.

There were many people and many vehicles.

If he got bumped into while people were coming and going, it wouldn't be a laughing matter.

With great difficulty, the No. 51 bus finally arrived.

Although the wait had been very long, the bus wasn't as crowded as before.

The family of three boarded smoothly, but Shi Youxuan was stopped.

The driver pointed at the coin box in front: "Pay the fare."

"Okay."

She had never taken a bus before and didn't know that one had to pay upon boarding.

There were no coins in her wallet, so she took out a hundred-yuan bill and prepared to put it in... "Hey, don't put such a big one in, I don't have change to give you." The driver glared at her, looking quite unhappy.

Shi Youxuan was just about to speak when Sheng Hanyu already spoke up: "No need for change."

"Right."

The hundred-yuan bill was stuffed into the coin box, but the driver still wouldn't start the bus.

"You need to call our company and explain that there's no need for change, otherwise the bus can't move."

"We already said there's no need for change, so that means there's no need for change; why go through all this extra trouble?" Both husband and wife felt there was no need for this.

It was also mainly because the driver's gaze made people feel uncomfortable.

"How is it extra trouble? This is company policy, understand? Why act like a rich person? Coming onto a bus to act like a big shot; rich people drive private cars."

"At the very least, they take a taxi, coming here to find a sense of superiority..." Blah, blah, blah.

The driver's words became increasingly unpleasant and wouldn't stop, but he just wouldn't drive.

Shi Youxuan couldn't take it anymore and prepared to argue.

Sheng Hanyu tugged at his wife's lapel, signaling her not to do that.

In the internet age, any little thing could end up online!

If this matter blew up, it was very likely to be filmed by passengers and uploaded to the internet; if the kindergarten principal happened to see it, all their efforts would be wasted.

Shi Youxuan understood her husband's meaning in a second, and the couple swallowed their pride.

Since the bus wasn't moving, the people on the bus became unwilling.

Everyone started chattering: "Drive the bus, I'm already late for work."

"Hurry up and go, I have things to do."

"Just make the call, we're all poor people taking the bus, what's with acting like a rich person? If you have that kind of money, why not take a taxi? You're delaying everyone's time."

"Exactly, nothing has gone right since I came out this morning, running into a wolf in sheep's clothing..."