Chapter 828: The Relationship Between Father and Son 2

So his wife indulged him, pinching his arm hard.

"Ouch, it hurts, it hurts!"

It really hurt; he rolled up his sleeve to look, and it was already bruised.

"You silly thing."

His wife smiled brightly and chided him: "Your son brings you a glass of milk, and you're this pleased? If he asked after you and chatted with you every day, would you even know which way is up?"

Sheng Jiang laughed foolishly: "If Hanyu could really treat me like that, I'd have to suspect I was terminally ill and didn't have much time left."

Wang Yinghao: "Pah! Nothing good ever comes out of a dog's mouth."

The excitement from just a moment ago slowly faded, and the two of them naturally shifted the topic to their daughter-in-law.

Although they were old, they were not muddled.

Their son's sudden change must have something to do with their daughter-in-law; a good son is not as good as a good daughter-in-law.

Women are meticulous after all; the old couple was very moved, feeling that their daughter-in-law was like a daughter to them.

To have such a daughter-in-law is a blessing cultivated in a past life!

Sheng Hanyu kept his word; he came to deliver milk again the next morning, and the third day was the same.

From then on, it was like this every day.

Only then did the old couple realize how hard their son worked.

The world always sees the wolf eating meat, but never sees the wolf getting beaten.

Being a CEO looks very glamorous on the surface: earning a lot of money, living in a big house, and having the best food, drink, and clothing.

Moreover, one can enjoy a high social status and be pursued by others.

Even "envy, jealousy, and hatred" are used as compliments when applied to a CEO.

But in reality, few people know how early they rise, how late they sleep, and how heavy the burden on their shoulders is.

If it weren't for these days of delivering milk, even his parents wouldn't have known that their son had to get up at five in the morning every day to start his day's work.

Once again, when Sheng Hanyu stood at the door of his parents' room with the milk, ready to knock, the door opened.

His mother was holding a glass of hot milk in her hand as well: "You drink this one."

Sheng Hanyu:...

His mother took the milk from her son's hand and urged: "Drink it quickly."

The same glass of hot milk.

It was hot in the stomach, warm in the heart; care is mutual.

Shi Youxuan was five months pregnant.

Good news came from L Country.

Qi Furen called her, her voice filled with unconcealable surprise: "Xuanxuan, Xuanxuan, I'm pregnant. I'm finally pregnant again. Boo-hoo-hoo, I've waited so long, I thought I couldn't have children anymore..."

"That's wonderful, congratulations Meiqi, this is truly wonderful!" Shi Youxuan was also very excited.

Over these years, how much effort Lady Qi had put into having a second child, how many doctors she had seen, and how much pressure she had endured—others might not know, but she did.

L Country not only favors boys over girls but also emphasizes having many children and grandchildren.

Having only one son in the family was too thin; over these years, especially since Qi Xiansheng became Vice President, she didn't know how many women had been eyeing him.

There were plenty of women who wanted to bear a son for the Vice President.

Her mother-in-law also put pressure on her, but the more she wanted it, the less it happened!

Now that she was finally pregnant, boy or girl, it was all good; as long as she could conceive, that was enough.

The two of them chatted on the phone for several hours.

Lady Qi was as nervous as if it were her first pregnancy, asking about everything.

Shi Youxuan teased her kindly: "Why are you acting like you've never had a child before?"

There was a pause of a few seconds on the other end, and Lady Qi said: "A Heng is already eleven years old; the last pregnancy was so long ago, I've forgotten, haven't I?"

Shi Youxuan didn't think much of it and carefully explained the matters needing attention in early pregnancy, as well as the nutritional supplements needed.

"Young Master, you should go out. I've noticed the master hasn't been as busy these past few days; if he finds you hanging around the kitchen all day, be careful of getting punished." Fang Jie kindly reminded him.

Sheng Zichen didn't care at all: "It's fine, I have an agreement to come to the kitchen. Dad is an adult and must keep his word; he won't go back on it."

"Alright then."

Fang Jie couldn't control him.

Actually, Fang Jie quite liked having Sheng Zichen in the kitchen; the young master wasn't very old, but he understood a lot.

And he always had some novel ideas.

Although her own skills were good, she only made those few dishes over and over; after a long time, not to mention the masters, even she felt it was too monotonous.

The young master brought new ideas and new concepts to the kitchen every day, and she had improved quite a bit because of him.

Although she liked the young master coming to the kitchen, she still had to advise him to come less!

After all, Zichen was the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Sheng Family and was destined to do great things in the future; Fang Jie was afraid the kitchen would limit the young master's room for development.

Sheng Zichen didn't take Fang Jie's worries to heart.

He was too young to think that far ahead.

"Fang Jie, I'm hungry, when is dinner?" Shi Ran appeared in the kitchen, which was a rare occurrence.

Fang Jie smiled: "It'll be ready right away, go wash your hands, we'll eat immediately."

She had been so busy talking to the young master just now that she had missed the time to serve dinner.

Under normal circumstances, the food would already be on the table by now; today it was five minutes later than usual.

Shi Ran is a person with a very strong sense of time, and in this point, she is very much like her father.

Sheng Zichen curled his lips, expressing his disdain for his older sister: "You only know how to eat. A girl who doesn't even enter the kitchen and can't cook a single dish—be careful, or you won't be able to get married when you grow up."

Shi Ran:...

She was disdainful and retorted: "Who says a girl must enter the kitchen? If I can't cook, I won't be able to get married? Mom doesn't know how to cook either, and Dad is still very good to Mom."

The little guy was unconvinced: "Mom is an exception. Can you guarantee that when you grow up, you will also meet a man as excellent as Dad? Someone excellent who doesn't care that you can't cook? And a mother-in-law as open-minded as Grandma? A father-in-law as silent as Grandpa?"

"Will you be as lucky as Mom? No, no, you won't."

Shi Ran was very angry: "If I don't, then I won't get married, so what? Do girls have to get married? I can live very well without getting married."

"Bragging, bragging, you'll starve to death all by yourself. A girl who can't cook, can't even boil an egg, how pitiful..." Sheng Zichen chattered away, his mouth like a machine gun, firing off a string of words without a single stutter.

Shi Ran was furious.

When it came to bickering, she was truly no match for her younger brother.

The two siblings were exact opposites.

Shi Ran looks like her mother, but her personality is similar to her father's.

Sheng Zichen looks like he was cast from the same mold as his father, but his personality is a carbon copy of his mother's, and his eloquence is one hundred percent inherited from Shi Youxuan!

He could talk the dead back to life, let alone bicker with his older sister.

Shi Ran could not out-talk her younger brother, but that did not mean she had no way to deal with him.

She grabbed her younger brother, pinned him down, and started hitting him, "Smack, smack, smack."

"Wah—"

"Grandpa, Grandma, help! Sister is hitting the baby! A big kid is bullying a small kid, it's unreasonable..." After being hit, Sheng Zichen left the kitchen, crying and complaining.

But he was rather unlucky; he didn't see Grandpa or Grandma, but instead found his mother standing in front of him with her big belly.

The direct result of his complaining was—neither of the siblings got to eat!

Shi Youxuan did not ask for the details and announced directly: "Both of you, go stand facing the wall and reflect for ten minutes, then come over and state the process of the hitting and being hit."

Every time the siblings quarreled, they had to go through this procedure.