Chapter 78: Are you not a fool?

Jian Yining looked at her in surprise, but said nothing.

Shi Youxuan was so immersed in her own thoughts that she couldn't pull herself out, still talking to herself: "Tsk tsk, and these lotus roots, they've grown so thick and plump, it's such a pity to just throw them away..."

Just as she was speaking, the vehicle that had gone out to buy groceries returned.

Because there were many people eating, the pickup truck was loaded almost full with fish, meat, and vegetables.

The servants unloaded from the vehicle: pork ribs, fresh fish, pork, beef and mutton, various vegetables and fruits, rice, flour, grain, oil, and even a crate of lotus roots!

"Oh my god!"

Shi Youxuan stomped her feet in anger: "Are these people crazy? There are so many lotus roots on the shore, why buy more? Aren't these lively fish in the lake enough to eat? No, I can't watch them waste such precious things!"

She was about to go out, but was grabbed by the arm as she passed Jian Yining: "Where are you going?"

"To ask for a few fish, pick up two sections of lotus root, is there a problem?" Shi Youxuan's voice grew quieter; Jian Yining stared at her without speaking, and she herself realized there seemed to be a problem.

"If I can't go, I won't go, don't look at me with that expression." She slunk back.

Jian Yining poked her forehead with his finger: "You, usually such a sharp person, how did you become so muddled today?"

"Don't you know what's happening over there right now?"

"So many people are searching for someone in the lake, and you're just focused on food? How can you be so thick-skinned?"

After being snapped at by Jian Yining, Shi Youxuan couldn't answer a word, only sticking out her tongue and making a face at him, then continued to stand by the window, staring at the fish and lotus roots with a regretful look!

The water level in the lake kept dropping, the fish became more and more crowded in the lake, and were thrown onto the shore along with the lotus roots by the people, left to fend for themselves!

Sheng Hanyu Villa.

Shi Yuke came out of the Study, feeling as if there wasn't a single inch of her body that didn't ache.

She held her waist with one hand and the wall with the other, moving slowly toward her room, while hoping she wouldn't be seen by anyone.

Fear of something often brings it about; just as she turned a corner, she saw Sheng Yukai leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, smiling at her.

She lowered her head, pretending not to see him.

She stopped holding her waist as if it were broken, pretending to be fine as she prepared to pass Sheng Yukai to return to her room.

"Hey, are you really angry?" Sheng Yukai grabbed her.

Shi Yuke whispered: "Let go, aren't you afraid of being seen and causing a misunderstanding?"

"If you aren't afraid, I'm not afraid."

As Sheng Yukai spoke, he wrapped his arms around her waist and walked toward the room; Shi Yuke was afraid of being seen and didn't dare to struggle too much, so she could only go in with him.

Closing the door, Sheng Yukai pulled the curtains and couldn't wait to hold her and kiss her...

"Let me go, don't do this!"

She resisted in a low voice, struggling and dodging.

The woman wasn't cooperating, and Sheng Yukai was displeased, letting her go: "What's wrong? Were you fed full by Sheng Hanyu? Now you don't even want to let me touch you."

"Slap!"

Sheng Yukai received a heavy slap on the face.

He didn't expect to be hit suddenly, and in the moment he was stunned, tears fell from Shi Yuke's eyes: "Sheng Yukai, I hate you! You are a jerk."

"Sheng Hanyu doesn't look at me at all, you want to cuckold him? There's no way; his woman wouldn't want to be touched by you even if she died, and even if a woman you've touched throws herself at him, he wouldn't even spare her a glance..."

Shi Yuke suddenly lifted her clothes, revealing a patch of blue and purple on her snow-white willow-thin waist, which was shocking to look at!

"How did you get that?" Sheng Yukai frowned, his heart aching.

At first, he had indeed been dating Shi Yuke with the attitude of just playing around and using her, but as time went on, he found that Shi Yuke really suited his temperament; this relationship, which started with impure motives, actually carried a bit of genuine feeling.

"How did I get it? Hahahaha..."

She suddenly began to laugh, laughing until tears came out: "I fell! He avoids me like the plague, and he threw me out, tossing me hard onto the ground."

Tears fell in torrents, and the more Shi Yuke thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt.

Why?

Where was she not good enough?

She was beautiful, had a first-class figure, and a good personality, yet she was treated with such disdain by Sheng Hanyu.

"Don't cry, please don't cry."

Sheng Yukai, who had always been around women and claimed to pass through ten thousand flowers without a single leaf sticking to him, was now actually a bit at a loss.

"I want to cry, so I will cry, woooo..." Shi Yuke simply buried herself in his arms and had a good cry.

After finally waiting for her to stop her tears, Sheng Yukai said to Shi Yuke: "You go back to your room first, wait for my good news, I'll go vent your anger for you."

"How are you going to vent my anger?"

Shi Yuke grabbed him, reminding him: "Your family's old geezer is there, don't be impulsive, okay? If you're impulsive, you might end up with nothing."

When these words were spoken, both of them were stunned.

Shi Yuke subconsciously covered her mouth; she couldn't believe she had just said that!

Sheng Yukai was surprised and a little touched: "Are you worried about me? Shi Yuke, you haven't fallen in love with me, have you?"

Both of them knew clearly that their relationship was based more on interests than anything else, with sweet words exchanged while constantly calculating and weighing gains and losses.

Just now, when Sheng Yukai said he would vent Shi Yuke's anger, he didn't really intend to go and have a direct confrontation with Sheng Hanyu, yet Shi Yuke, knowing this matter was of no benefit to her, actually stopped him, and the reason for stopping him was fear that Sheng Yukai would suffer?

She was sincere, Sheng Yukai could tell.

"If I fall in love with you, will you marry me? If you marry me, I'll love you." She used banter to cover up the panic in her heart.

Sheng Yukai pushed her away and went out without a word.

Two minutes after he went out, Shi Yuke also opened the door, looked left and right to see that there was no one in the corridor, and then returned to her room.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Wang Yingzhi was angry with her husband in the room when the door was suddenly knocked three times gently.

"Who is it?"

Her heart gave a "thump-thump" flutter, and her voice trembled as she asked.

"It's me, A Kai."

Hearing that it was Sheng Yukai outside the door, Wang Yingzhi felt relieved and stood up to open it, but was pulled back by her husband, who warned her in a low voice: "Don't be foolish, don't listen to everything he says."

Wang Yingzhi glared at him: "If I don't listen to him, should I listen to you? You'd have to have some ideas worth listening to first. Let go."

Shaking off her husband's hand, Wang Yingzhi replied repeatedly: "Coming, coming..." She opened the door and invited Sheng Yukai in: "A Kai, come in and sit down quickly. Everyone else is afraid of catching bad luck by coming here, only you dare to visit. How does that old saying go... a friend in need is a friend indeed!"

Sheng Jiang let out a long sigh and went out; he was afraid that if he stayed, he would be angered to death.

A friend in need is a friend indeed, used here?

It is truly terrifying to be uneducated.

"Aunt, what's wrong with Uncle? He doesn't seem very happy." Sheng Yukai sat down and asked with hypocritical concern.

"Don't mind him, he's just like that."

Wang Yingzhi had been cooped up in the room all morning, and having finally found someone she thought she could talk to, she immediately began to pour out her grievances: "A Kai, you judge this for me. Tell me, who did I provoke or offend, huh?"

"I raised my son through all that hardship, yet I couldn't even have a say in his marriage. I didn't say anything when the old man made him marry a fool, but now that the fool is dead, I've become a suspect? Heaven and earth are my witness, I didn't even touch a single finger of that fool... Why should her death be blamed on me!"

Wang Yingzhi talked on and on, while Sheng Yukai listened by her side with a good temper.

He would even chime in a few times, "understanding" her bitterness and agreeing that she was right!

"A Kai, you also think I've been wronged, right?" Wang Yingzhi felt she had finally found a "soulmate" and became more and more animated as she spoke.

Sheng Yukai nodded: "Yes, Aunt, what you said is completely correct. This matter has nothing to do with you at all. Others may not understand you, but how could I not? You are kind-hearted; you wouldn't even bear to step on a cockroach, so how could you possibly kill a living person?"

Wang Yingzhi not stepping on cockroaches was because she was afraid of them; it had absolutely nothing to do with being kind-hearted.