Chapter 952: Concern Leads to Confusion, the Muddled Father

She felt it was suspicious.

"Dad, if you miss Hanyu, wait until he calls next time and let him chat with you for a while longer. But this trip is different from the past; the project is at its most critical stage right now, and he is the general director, so he cannot leave." Shi Youxuan prepared to talk to her father-in-law properly.

If she explained the reasons clearly, he should be able to understand, right?

"What do you mean he can't leave? Why can't he leave? Is making money more important than me, his father? Ah ah ah ah ah ah, I will die with my eyes wide open..."

Sheng Jiang was very agitated and simply started talking even more nonsense.

Shi Youxuan was not angry and still patiently used kind words: "Dad, have you encountered any difficulties? If you have difficulties, tell me. You don't need Hanyu at home; I can help you solve them too."

"You can't solve it. I'm not doing this for myself; I'm doing it for Hanyu..."

Having said this, he immediately shut his mouth.

Sheng Jiang realized he couldn't say any more; if he said more, he would let the cat out of the bag.

"For Hanyu, what?" Shi Youxuan was very clever. Her father-in-law had let something slip in his anxiety, and although her mother-in-law hadn't caught the meaning, she had discovered the clue.

"Dad, is it that someone told you in front of you that Hanyu going to L Country is dangerous, right?"

"No, you're overthinking it..."

He was in a hurry to deny it, but was stopped by his daughter-in-law: "You don't need to rush to answer; listen to me finish first."

Shi Youxuan: "What Hanyu is doing this time is very important. It's not as simple as just making money; it involves thousands upon thousands of people and families. Countless eyes are fixed on him, looking for his mistakes."

"There are also many people who want him to fail. These people will stop at nothing; they might try to make him distracted and fail through the people closest to him—that is, us."

"The matters here are too complex. If I explained everything to you, you wouldn't understand. You just need to remember one point: right now, as long as we don't disturb him and don't let him get distracted, that is the best help, and he won't be in any danger."

He had taken some of his daughter-in-law's words to heart. Sheng Jiang was naturally a person who was easily swayed; he could take anyone's words to heart.

What Shi Youxuan said made sense, and he was a bit shaken.

But the wavering was only a little bit. Sheng Jiang was very conflicted inside. After weighing it for a long time, he still felt he couldn't risk his son's life, and he still felt the Immortal Aunt was not that kind of person.

Better safe than sorry.

So many people in the residential complex said the Immortal Aunt's fortunes were very accurate, and she even knew about things from decades ago clearly. These things couldn't possibly be fake.

He still had to listen to the Immortal Aunt; he couldn't tell his family everything.

But he couldn't pretend to be sick anymore, because he couldn't keep up the act.

Having made up his mind, he pulled back the quilt and sat up with a "whoosh," saying petulantly: "You're right, I just miss my son. Hanyu went to that whatever mine; it sounds glamorous on the surface, but in reality, it's in the deep mountains and old forests. He eats poorly and sleeps poorly. He has never suffered like that before; how miserable it is..."

"Don't lecture me with big principles. I don't understand them, and I don't believe there are so many bad people. If they were really bad people, it would be much easier to just kidnap me to threaten Hanyu. Why would they bother to warn me?"

A grown man, yet he wiped away tears: "These past few days, I've been thinking about him constantly. In my dreams at night, I always dream that something bad happens. I only have this one son; if anything happens to Hanyu, it will be the death of me! Sob sob sob..."

He said a lot, but the family breathed a sigh of relief.

Alright, even if he was worried, it was just his own imagination; he wasn't really sick. If he was sick, it was a sickness of the heart.

Discharged and home.

Sheng Jiang not only didn't restrain himself, but instead became even worse, nagging endlessly.

No matter how it was explained, he was fixated on one thing—make my son come back!

Whatever responsibilities or such, they had absolutely nothing to do with him.

How other people's futures turned out, or how many families went bankrupt, had nothing to do with him, Sheng Jiang.

He only knew that his son couldn't have anything happen to him. His son was his heaven and his earth, his everything.

Shi Youxuan explained further that A Heng's father was the Vice President of L Country, and the entire area around the mine was strictly guarded by heavy troops. Not even a suspicious mosquito could fly in. Hanyu would not be in danger in L Country.

That still wouldn't do.

Sheng Jiang didn't believe anyone. Whatever heavy troops or not, since the Immortal Aunt said there was danger, there must be danger.

Since the Immortal Aunt said to let his son come back, he must let his son come back.

Shi Youxuan felt that all her patience had been exhausted!

So she stopped caring.

Let him make a scene.

She would just ignore him. What else could he do even if he made a scene?

Seeing that his daughter-in-law wouldn't listen, Sheng Jiang transferred the pressure to his wife.

"You go and talk to Xuanxuan, tell her to find a way to contact Hanyu and get Hanyu back."

His wife said crossly: "Pah! It's not enough for you to go crazy alone, you want me to go crazy with you? Hanyu is doing fine outside, but you insist on cursing him to be in trouble. I haven't even held it against you, and you're still going on and on, aren't you?"

"I'm not going to say it; I listen to Xuanxuan."

Sheng Jiang:...

He stamped his feet in anxiety: "Old woman, are you doing this on purpose to piss me off? Our son is the only bloodline we both have. She, Shi Youxuan, is an outsider with a different surname. If anything happens to Hanyu, she can take the child and remarry at any time..."

Before he could finish the word "remarry," he had already received a slap on the face from his wife.

Wang Yinghao: "I think you are sick, indeed sick to the point of dying. You are already delirious and talking nonsense."

"Sheng Jiang, do you have any conscience at all? Xuanxuan has married into this family for so many years; have you forgotten how much she has done for this family? If it weren't for Xuanxuan, we two wouldn't even be together. If it weren't for Xuanxuan, could Hanyu be this good to you?"

Sheng Jiang was scolded by his wife until he couldn't lift his head.

Indeed, everything she said was right; that was just how it was.

"Why are you getting so angry? I was wrong. I spoke without thinking; I apologize. Don't be angry anymore, okay? Your blood pressure is high; come take a pill..."

Sheng Jiang had quite a few shortcomings, but his strengths were also prominent—he wasn't stubborn.

When he encountered a tough opponent, his attitude would soften.

If he was wrong, he would change; if he changed, he would commit it again—it was a process of tempering.

"I'm not taking it. Sooner or later, I'll be pissed to death by you. It's better to die sooner," Wang Yinghao said petulantly.

"I was wrong, don't be angry. I promise I won't say such things again in the future. You must not repeat this to Xuanxuan!" He had only been enjoying the satisfaction of his words when he said it just now, but in fact, he regretted it after he finished.

"I'm not stupid."

Wang Yinghao said crossly, taking the blood pressure medication and swallowing it.

She asked, "You've been very strange these past few days; is it because of what that so-called Immortal Aunt said?" Others didn't know about Sheng Jiang worshipping the Immortal Aunt, but Wang Yinghao knew.

"Ghosts, gods, and things like that—no one knows if they're real or fake, you can't believe everything. There are so many swindlers out there; don't be so simple-minded that you believe whatever people tell you. People outside spout nonsense, and you come home and stir up trouble so the house has no peace. Are you stupid..."

"Mmph! Mmph!"

Sheng Jiang used his hand to cover her mouth.

He nervously placed his index finger to his lips in a gesture for silence: "Don't talk nonsense. The Immortal Aunt doesn't let me tell anyone, but she is very accurate. Things from our family sixty years ago that even I didn't know, she knew. Isn't that amazing?"

Wang Yinghao slapped her husband's hand away crossly and glared at him: "Are you trying to smother me to death?"