Chapter 860: The Partial Mother is Dead

No matter what he said, he was taken away by the police anyway.

Shi Youxuan had no interest in whether this person was an animal expert, but Xiaoxiaobai could no longer stay at home from now on.

"Mom, will the bad guy come back? Xiaoxiaobai won't be taken away by the bad guy, right?" Shi Ran worried.

Shi Youxuan sighed: "She won't be taken away by the bad guy, but I'm afraid she can't stay in our house anymore either."

"Why?"

As Shi Ran spoke, tears fell; she couldn't bear to part with her.

In truth, who could bear it?

But it had to be sent away.

That man had already set his sights on their family's Xiaoxiaobai; there is no logic in defending against a thief for a thousand days, and since Xiaoxiaobai had already been targeted, it would be very dangerous.

She explained the stakes clearly to her daughter, and for the sake of Xiaoxiaobai's safety, her daughter agreed to send her away.

But she did not agree to send her back to the Forest.

"Mom, she has been in our house since she was little. If she is sent back to the Forest and can't adapt to the environment there, what should we do? Why don't we send her to the suburban Villa to be raised? That way we can still go see her on weekends."

Her daughter made sense, so it was decided that way.

Xiaoxiaobai was at the suburban Villa, and the dairy goat wouldn't eat or drink at home, so they were sent over together.

It was another middle of the night.

Sheng Zerong called: "Big brother, Mom wants to see you one last time. Can you come over?"

"Alright, send me the location."

He hung up the phone and got dressed to go out. Shi Youxuan also sat up and said to her husband: "Do you want me to go with you?"

"No need, you stay home. I expect I won't be back tonight."

Shi Youxuan thought for a moment, but still decided to go with her husband.

She had no feelings for Bai Xue, but as a daughter-in-law, Jian Yixin would definitely be there, and Moli would be there too. It wasn't good for children to see that kind of scene, and if there was a need, she could take the child back at any time.

Sheng Hanyu agreed: "Alright, take the driver so you can be brought back at any time."

Bai Xue had been seriously ill for some time; she was usually confused more often than she was clear-headed.

Even when she was clear-headed, she was a bit dazed, but tonight she was suddenly very clear-headed.

Like a normal person, she said a lot of things.

"Ze Rong, I'm not going to make it. Bring your wife and grandson here so I can see them."

Jian Yixin and the child arrived at the hospital quickly after receiving the call. Bai Xue grabbed her daughter-in-law's hand, feeling guilty: "Yixin, I did many wrong things back then. Let me say sorry to you."

"No need, Mom. You don't need to apologize. Things happened so many years ago, I have long since forgotten."

Looking back on things from many years ago now felt like a dream.

She had indeed forgotten; living in the past was too painful. One must look forward to have hope and something to strive for.

"Whether you've forgotten or not, I cannot forget. I have also been punished for so many years. I hope you live your lives well in the future and never value money too highly."

"Mm."

After instructing her daughter-in-law, she beckoned to her grandson: "Are you Moli? Stand forward and let Grandma look at you."

Moli stood before her timidly, saying in a small voice: "Grandma."

"Good child, Grandma has nothing left to give you. Let me give you one piece of advice: be a good person, be kind. Kindness is the most powerful force in this world."

Bai Xue only realized this when she was about to die.

"Mm, Grandma, I'll remember."

Moli didn't really understand why kindness was the most powerful force.

He was too young to fully understand the meaning of Grandma's words.

However, he was obedient; even if he didn't understand what the adults said, he still agreed.

"Is the old house still there?"

Bai Xue suddenly blurted out.

Sheng Zerong: "Mm, it's still there, but no one lives there. It has been vacant, and someone goes to clean it regularly."

Bai Xue: "Under the bed in my room, lift the second floorboard from the left. There is a small box underneath. Ze Rong, go and get it for me."

"Alright."

It was the first time he knew his mother had a secret hidden under her bed.

Arriving at the old house, he followed his mother's instructions and took a small safe from under the bed.

The safe didn't look big, but it was surprisingly heavy.

He brought the safe to his mother, and Bai Xue recited a string of numbers for the code, telling him to open it.

The code was Sheng Yukai's birthday.

The safe opened, and it was empty inside; there was nothing.

"Ha! He took it all!"

Bai Xue's tears streamed down.

That "he" referred to Sheng Yukai.

Her proudest son was Sheng Yukai, who was glib and very good at pleasing her.

Sheng Yukai knew all her secrets, and the jewelry in the safe had been swindled away by him bit by bit; the few remaining pieces had also been taken, leaving nothing behind.

"Mom, don't be sad. I don't lack money, don't overthink it."

Bai Xue shook her head: "I regret it so much. I regret that I only now know that spoiling a child is like killing a child, but it's already too late."

"Ze Rong, Yixin, Mom has nothing to leave for you. This safe is for you."

"Scrape off the paint on the surface, and you'll find this safe is made of pure gold. If you aren't short on money, keep it to store things; even if a thief breaks in, they will only be interested in what's inside the box, no one will be interested in the box itself."

The small box looked unremarkable, but it weighed several dozen jin; the safe alone was worth a fortune.

Bai Xue finished speaking in one breath, unable to even catch her breath evenly.

She made one final request to her son: "Ask your eldest brother, Sheng Hanyu, if he is willing to come and see me?"

"I have something I want to say to him in person; if he is unwilling, then forget it."

Thus, Sheng Hanyu received a call from his third brother in the middle of the night, and by the time the two of them arrived at the hospital, Bai Xue was already on her last breath, unable to speak.

"Mom, my eldest brother is here."

She struggled to open her eyes, her lips moving for a long time before she managed to squeeze out three words with great effort: "I'm sorry."

After saying this, her head tilted to the side, and she took her final breath.

No one cried out.

As Bai Xue's only son present, Sheng Zerong didn't even have tears.

He felt a bit of bitterness in his heart, but there were no tears in his eyes.

Although he was born to his mother, the relationship between mother and son had been very distant since he was small.

In his mother's eyes and heart, there was only his older brother; Sheng Yukai was his mother's hope and her entire sustenance, while he was just an invisible presence in the house!

When his brother had a cold as a child, his mother would fuss over him with concern, bringing hot water and medicine to his side to feed him personally, and even checking his forehead in the middle of the night to see if he had a fever, helping him tuck in his quilt.

But for him, he never received such treatment.

Although Bai Xue didn't deliberately make things difficult for him, she basically never took care of him either.

Having never received maternal love since childhood, it was truly difficult for him to cry now.

But regardless, she was his biological mother, so it was impossible not to feel sad at all; this kind of emotion was very complex, even he himself couldn't explain it clearly.

The funeral was very simple.

They held a small ceremony at the funeral home to bid farewell to the body.

Not many people attended, but quite a few of Bai Xue's relatives from her maiden family came.

Sheng Zerong's uncles and aunts all came.

The Bai family had been far less prosperous in recent years than before, and they usually couldn't rely on their nephew to gain any advantages, so the relatives were all harboring resentment and took this opportunity to stir up trouble.