Chapter 785: Shi Yuke is up to no good again

Shi Youxuan was preparing to get into the car when she saw a figure flash by in the corner of the wall through the rearview mirror.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Although the figure had only flashed by and disappeared, Shi Youxuan still keenly sensed that the figure was Shi Yuke!

She immediately called Jian Yixin: "Yixin, Shi Yuke came to see you, didn't she? When did she come to see you?"

Jian Yixin covered up: "No, that was my husband just now, you saw wrong."

Would Sheng Zerong sneak around and hide?

Of course not.

And Shi Youxuan was certain she hadn't seen wrong; it must be her!

Afternoon.

The nursing home.

Shi Youxuan carried bags of all sizes to visit her father; although her father had a smile on his face, his expression was not very natural.

"Xuanxuan, you don't need to come see me when you're so busy. I'm doing quite well here, and Shi Liu takes very good care of me."

She had Shi Liu take everything out of the trunk, which was nothing more than some health supplements, health equipment, and the like.

People of his age like these things; although they cannot serve as medicine, they are somewhat useful if used long-term.

In the past, Yu Cheng would smile and accept them when he saw these, only scolding her a few times if they were particularly expensive, scolding his daughter for spending money recklessly.

Basically, he liked everything Shi Youxuan brought; if he couldn't use them himself, he could give them away, which was also good for making friends.

But today was not the case.

Yu Cheng kept muttering: "Always spending money, always spending money recklessly, it's not easy to earn money..."

Shi Youxuan stopped, turned around, and asked with a smile: "Dad, what's wrong with you? It's so strange."

"Ah? Hehe!"

Yu Cheng gave a dry laugh.

He seemed very nervous, his hands kept twisting together, looking incredibly conflicted.

"You have something you want to tell me, right?"

"No, nothing..."

He stammered; although he said there was nothing, he still had something to say.

"Can you give me some money?"

The voice was very small, as small as a mosquito's hum.

Yu Cheng had never taken the initiative to ask his daughter for money; this was the first time, and he had no other choice.

These days, he had been nagged by his eldest daughter until he was almost annoyed to death.

Wanting money.

Wanting money.

Still wanting money.

"What did you say? Can you speak louder? I didn't hear clearly." She really hadn't heard clearly; the voice was too small.

Yu Cheng's old face instantly turned the color of a pig's liver, his lips moved a few times, and he finally denied it: "Oh, I was telling you not to spend money recklessly in the future."

The request for money was ultimately not spoken aloud.

Shi Youxuan really hadn't heard clearly just now, but she also knew it wasn't that sentence.

"That's not right, that's not what you said."

"It is this sentence, it is exactly this sentence. Do you have anything else to do or not? If not, go home and take care of the children. There are doctors, nurses, and Shi Liu here to take care of me; you're quite busy, so don't come here if there's nothing to do."

No matter what Yu Cheng said, he wouldn't admit it, and Shi Youxuan had no way to make him.

But she sensed something was wrong, and when she went out, she gave Shi Liu a look.

Shi Liu found an excuse and quietly went to the entrance of the nursing home, where Shi Youxuan was waiting for him.

"Shi Yuke is back, right?" She got straight to the point, without any preamble.

Shi Liu nodded and said: "Yes, she is back. She has been back for a week. Just now, when she heard you were coming, she hurriedly hid away."

Shi Youxuan was a little angry. She usually thought Shi Liu was quite smart, yet he couldn't even distinguish between what was important and what was urgent. Such a big thing as Shi Yuke returning, and he hadn't told her; if she hadn't asked, she didn't know how long he would have kept it hidden.

Shi Liu looked ashamed: "I'm sorry, Madam, it was Godfather who wouldn't let me tell you."

In these few years by Yu Cheng's side, the two of them got along no differently than a real father and son; emotionally, Shi Liu was deeper with Yu Cheng than with Shi Youxuan.

"Forget it, you go back." Shi Youxuan sent Shi Liu away with a cold face. She couldn't blame him for this matter; she knew her adoptive father's temper.

If Shi Liu had secretly told her, she feared her adoptive father would be very sad, but Shi Yuke had returned and even gone to find Jian Yixin; it definitely wasn't anything good.

She sat in the car for half an hour, then made a sudden return.

"Xuanxuan, you, why are you back again?"

Shi Youxuan acted as if nothing was wrong: "I can't find my hair clip, I came back to see if I dropped it."

As she spoke, she searched room by room.

Not in the kitchen.

Not in the restroom.

Not in the living room.

She headed upstairs, but Yu Cheng blocked her path: "It can't be upstairs; you didn't go upstairs when you came just now."

"Dad, how could you forget? I did go upstairs; it must have been dropped upstairs."

"No, you didn't go upstairs."

"I did."

"No."

"Yes."

The more her foster father tried to stop her, the more certain she was that Shi Yuke was hiding upstairs.

Suddenly, Shi Youxuan shouted, "Oh, why is there someone upstairs?"

"Thump—"

It sounded like something had fallen to the floor; taking advantage of her foster father's momentary daze, she rushed upstairs.

There were three bedrooms upstairs in total; two doors were open, and one was closed.

The door was locked from the inside, which was practically a confession.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Shi Youxuan: "Open the door. I know you're inside. Do you want to make this a public spectacle, or should we resolve it quietly?"

The door opened a crack, and Shi Yuke's voice came through: "Come in."

She walked in and closed the door; the sisters were reunited in Jiangzhou, but the feeling between them was indescribable.

Before Shi Youxuan could even speak, a knocking sound rose from outside again, accompanied by her foster father's anxious voice: "Xuanxuan, don't make things difficult for Yuke; she really knows she was wrong..."

She was just about to agree, but Shi Yuke suddenly flew into a rage, shouting impatiently: "Get lost, get lost! You're useless, all you know how to do is talk nonsense."

"Slap!"

A loud slap landed on Shi Yuke's face.

Things were not as they used to be; Shi Youxuan's years of living as someone in a position of power had long since forged a formidable aura, commanding respect without needing to be angry.

When she was angry, her aura was even more imposing, so intimidating that Shi Yuke didn't even dare to cry out in pain after being hit!

"Apologize to Dad!"

It turned out she was actually angry over such a trivial matter; Shi Yuke, being "able to bend and stretch," apologized immediately.

She shouted to the outside: "Dad, I was wrong. My attitude toward you just now was bad. Please forgive me this time; I won't dare to do it again!"

Shi Yuke had a sweet mouth but a bitter heart; she was never stingy with pleasant words when she needed something from others, so saying nice things to her own father was even easier.

No one knew better than Shi Yuke where her father's weaknesses lay and what to say to move him most effectively.

She didn't study proper matters, spending her days researching these things instead, so naturally, she was very familiar with them.

At the critical moment, Shi Yucheng still felt heartache for his biological daughter.

Although he knew his eldest daughter was in the wrong, he couldn't help but plead: "Xuanxuan, your sister has suffered a lot outside, and the illness she has hasn't even healed yet. Don't blame her too much; can we wait until she has recovered her health before talking about anything else? Even if Dad is begging you..."

Shi Youxuan:......

She really wanted to say all the excessive things Shi Yuke had done while away, but the words reached her lips several times only to be swallowed back down.

She could not.

Her father had suffered from chronic high blood pressure and old cerebral infarctions for years, and every time he had an episode, it was because of Shi Yuke.

This illness became more severe with every episode, and as he grew older, he could not withstand any major shocks.

"Dad, my sister and I are just chatting. We sisters haven't seen each other in a long time, so we're catching up."