Chapter 868: Thinking There Was a Turning Point

He went downstairs quietly and called Sheng Hanyu: "Chairman, I have good news to tell you..."

When Sheng Hanyu entered the door, Shi Youxuan happened to be coming downstairs, and the two ran into each other.

"Xuanxuan..."

Shi Youxuan interrupted him: "You've returned just in time. The child had a fever of thirty-eight point five degrees just now. It has gone down a bit, but his hands and feet are cold, and he will likely have a fever again later."

She was expressionless, speaking in a completely professional tone, and left as soon as she finished.

"Xuanxuan, can you stay?" Sheng Hanyu grabbed her arm and pleaded.

She turned her head and said coldly: "Let go."

"I know this matter is my fault. How about this? As long as you can accept this child, I will agree to any request you have."

Shi Youxuan: "Don't make it sound like I'm a cold-blooded animal. When did I ever say I wouldn't accept this child? What I cannot accept is you making promises to others without principles or bottom lines."

"That's right, you think you owe Yafei, so you want to compensate her."

"But there are many ways to compensate; there is no need to be at her beck and call to count as compensation. Not being able to fully agree to her demands doesn't mean it's not compensation, right?"

Sheng Hanyu was speechless.

He knew everything his wife said was right.

But the child had finally managed to "have" a father.

He had just lost his mother; if he were told right now that his father was fake, not real, I fear the child would have no hope left at all.

He tried to explain this logic to his wife, but Shi Youxuan did not give him the chance.

She shook off his hand and said: "Come find me when you've thought it through. It's better if we stay apart and calm down for this period."

This time he let go and watched his wife leave.

"Sorry, Chairman, I thought you could handle it."

Lao Qi had an expression of disappointment.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, his face clearly read—so much for that.

"What are you looking at me for? There are no flowers on my face. Go invite Fang Jie over to take care of Xiao Fei." He had self-awareness; he knew that while two grown men might be fine usually, they simply couldn't handle it when a child had a minor ailment.

Shi Youxuan went back to pick up the children, and Wang Yinghao greeted her: "Xuanxuan, have you eaten?"

"No need, I'm not hungry. I'm taking Zichen back to eat."

"Xuanxuan, do you really have to go back? Your parents' place isn't very big either, why not just move back home?"

"I promise that as long as you don't agree, we absolutely won't let those people from over there come over, okay? Your father and I miss the children so much that we can't sleep every night..."

The mother-in-law was very sincere; if Shi Youxuan didn't agree, it would seem heartless.

But she really couldn't agree. If they moved back now, it would be equivalent to tacitly acknowledging this illegitimate child, Sheng Aifei.

"Mother, you and Father can go see the children at any time." She still hardened her heart and took her son away.

"Little sister, come play cat's cradle with me." Shi Yuke came over again.

"I'll teach you how to take care of the child. When Baobao grows up, let him play cat's cradle with you."

Shi Yucheng was terrified that his daughter would become like she was before, so he avoided making past mistakes at every turn, but he ended up making a different mistake—simply raising her and hoping she would remain innocent and simple forever.

But this wouldn't do either.

She was a mother now, so she couldn't just think about playing.

Shi Yuke could play very well with her son, but she couldn't help at all with any caretaking.

Shi Youxuan taught her to take care of the child personally, which was also good for cultivating a sense of responsibility.

The starting point was good, but it led to a series of ridiculous situations.

She asked Shi Yuke to change her son's diaper, but she found it smelly and told the child to change it himself.

She even had a ready excuse: "Gu Yulong, you have to learn to grow up and do some things yourself."

Shi Youxuan often used this line to educate Sheng Zichen, so she remembered it, but Zichen was already five and a half and would soon be in elementary school.

However, Yulong was only a few months old.

Asking a few-month-old child to change his own diaper was indeed excessive.

After she finally learned to help her son change his diaper, Shi Youxuan pressed on, teaching her sister to change the child's clothes.

Shi Yuke stood opposite her son, slowly took off her own top, and then put it back on.

"Yulong, learn."

Shi Youxuan:...

This one really couldn't be learned.

She patiently taught her bit by bit, and after a whole day, she finally learned.

The two grown men were overjoyed; it was something they had never dared to imagine. They had only hoped Yuke wouldn't cause trouble, but they never expected she would actually be able to take care of the child.

Suddenly there were four children in the house, and three of them were just nursing babies; the Shi Family was lively every day.

Compared to the Sheng Family, it was unimaginably desolate.

Without the children coming in and out and making noise every day, the huge house was exceptionally boring, and the old couple would huddle together to brainstorm when they were idle.

A perfectly good family shouldn't fall apart just because of a child of unknown origin; that would be too unjust.

The old couple decided to swallow their pride and go to the Shi Family to see the children; they missed them too much.

The Shi Family.

Sheng Jiang and his wife came over to see the children, bringing many gifts and saying many polite words.

"In-laws, our family of five is staying at your place, causing you trouble."

Shi Yucheng said: "No need for thanks, they are also children of my family."

"You are too polite; a granddaughter and a grandson are still different." Sheng Jiang wore a smile on his face, but he was very nervous inside.

"They are the same. Ranran has the surname Shi; if you really want to be pedantic, she is my granddaughter. Having such a promising granddaughter, I would wake up laughing in my sleep..." Shi Yucheng said this to deliberately annoy him.

Consequently, the old couple became even more nervous; their own excellent granddaughter could not be given away!

Having the surname Shi already made them feel uneasy, and now that she was living at their house, wouldn't she really become Shi Yucheng's granddaughter?

And there was their eldest grandson; although he had the surname Sheng, he loved the Shi Family immensely, and if this continued, it would be even more of a problem.

As for the two younger ones, they were not yet old enough to remember things, but the ones who could remember were almost "abducted" by the Shi Family, and the ones who couldn't remember were even more dangerous.

The two of them sat for a while and left without even waiting for the children to finish school.

They hurried back to discuss countermeasures; they must make their son send that child away!

The wife called her son: "Come back and see your father; he is so heartbroken he is about to die."

"Alright."

Sheng Hanyu returned, went to his father's room, and asked: "How are you feeling? Let's go to the hospital and get it checked out."

Sheng Jiang looked at his son listlessly: "It's useless. I have a heart ailment, and a heart ailment requires a heart cure; going to the hospital is useless."

He was a very intelligent man, and he understood his father's subtext immediately.

"Alright, I will go pick up the children and bring them back for you to see." Xuanxuan was not an unreasonable person; she would not object to letting the children come back to see their grandparents.

"Don't go."

Sheng Jiang grabbed his son's hand and squeezed two tears from the corners of his eyes: "If you say I'm sick, Xuanxuan will definitely let the children come back, but they will still leave again later."

"I am old and cannot handle the stimulation; if they come back and then leave again, I will be shaken, and my spirit will collapse. I might even go crazy! By then, if I am locked in a mental hospital and don't recognize anyone, not even you, and finally die quietly all alone... I will leave your mother to you."

Sheng Hanyu:...

So, was he playing the victim?

Yes, that's right.

Sheng Jiang possessed a natural tragic temperament; with a little premeditated acting, he looked very miserable indeed!