The next day, before six o’clock , Yuan Long woke Shanshan up from her sleep. Shanshan, still groggy-eyed, was taken to the bathroom by Yuan Long to wash her face and brush her teeth. Finally, she was kissed so much by him that she almost couldn’t breathe, and she was completely awake now.
After dealing with his wife, Yuan Long was about to wake Dudu up, but Shanshan waved her hand to stop him, “Don’t wake him up, if you wake him up, he won’t want to let you go, and he’ll cry for sure. I don’t know if we can calm him down, it’s not good to miss the high-speed train.”
Yuan Long thought about it and agreed. He gently held the sleeping chubby boy in his arms and silently put him in the car, then drove them to the high-speed rail station.
At the ticket gate, just as they were about to enter, it had only been a short two days, but they had to say goodbye. Shanshan, who had just stabilized her emotions, couldn’t help but become unstable again. She couldn’t help but cry, feeling sad.
Yuan Long didn’t expect her to suddenly burst into tears. He was at a loss for a moment, but didn’t care about himself wearing a military uniform and the crowd around him. He hugged her and comforted her softly, “Don’t cry, don’t cry. I’ll come back to see you as soon as I have time. We’ll meet again soon, okay?”
Shanshan choked up and asked, “Will you come back this weekend?”
Yuan Long paused for a moment, shook his head in the hopeful eyes, “I’m sorry, baby. I have training this week, so I can’t come back.”
“Wuwu—” Shanshan cried even louder.
Yuan Long wiped her tears away with his big hands, held her face, and kissed her eyes, “Be good, don’t cry. If you keep crying, you’ll wake Dudu up.” When Shanshan heard this, she glanced at the chubby boy still sleeping in his father’s arms and had to hold back her tears, sniffling softly as she looked at Yuan Long, reluctant to go in.
But at this moment, the announcement reminding passengers to board the train had already sounded. It was the train that Shanshan was about to take. If she didn’t go in now, she would be late. Shanshan could only rub her eyes, cry quietly, and say, “I have to go in now.”
“Okay.” Yuan Long looked at her deeply for the last two times before handing the chubby boy in his arms to her, “Be careful on the road with Dudu, don’t fall asleep, in case you miss the stop.”
Shanshan nodded heavily, took her chubby son, and walked into the station reluctantly, then boarded the train.
Until she sat down in her seat, Dudu was still sound asleep, drooling almost onto his mom’s body. Shanshan couldn’t help feeling a bit disgusted. Anyway, the train had started running at this moment, so it didn’t matter if she woke up the chubby boy. So the old mother, with a heart of stone, pinched the chubby boy’s nose tightly and then silently counted to three.
Just as she counted to three, Dudu opened his eyes, and his mouth opened wide, breathing heavily.
Shanshan quickly let go of his nose, turned her head, pretending to look at the scenery outside the window.
Dudu rubbed his eyes in a daze, and in a milky voice, he called out, “Mommy?”
Shanshan turned her head, pretending to be pleasantly surprised that he woke up, “Oh, baby, you’re awake?”
Dudu nodded subconsciously, staring blankly for two seconds, then his brain started to function again. This time, he felt something was wrong. He was sleeping in his room, but where was he now?
Dudu sat up from his mother’s arms in a flash, looked left and right with his eyes, then his mouth widened in astonishment, “Mommy, why are we in the car?”
Shanshan lovingly touched his head, “Baby, because we’re going home today.”
Dudu’s face was full of shock, “But, but I didn’t know?”
Shanshan said seriously, “I told you last night, didn’t I? Did you fall asleep and didn’t hear what I said?”
“Huh?” Dudu blinked his eyes, looked at his mother suspiciously, and then tried hard to remember when his mother told him last night, but he couldn’t remember at all.
Could it be that
Shanshan thought to herself, “If I woke you up, I guess we wouldn’t be able to leave,” so intentionally didn’t wake you up. But on the surface, she wore a helpless expression and sighed, saying, “Who said mommy didn’t wake you up? Mommy did wake you up, oh yes, mommy called you at six o’clock , but you were sleeping too deeply. Mommy couldn’t wake you up no matter what, and daddy couldn’t wake you up either. Because if we delayed any longer, we would miss the train. So I carried you onto the train. Do you know? You’re so heavy; mommy’s arms almost broke because of you.”
The chubby boy, being accused like this, turned his unhappiness into guilt. He twisted his chubby hands together guiltily, suddenly feeling very sorry for daddy. He slept so deeply that he didn’t even say goodbye to daddy. Daddy must be very sad not to say goodbye to him.
He wasn’t a filial son at all.
With tears in his eyes, Dudu looked at his mom and said, “Mommy, I want to call daddy and say goodbye to him.”
Seeing how concerned the little one was about not saying goodbye to daddy, Shanshan felt a bit embarrassed. She cooperatively took out her phone, opened WeChat, and sent a video call request to Yuan Long’s side.
Yuan Long had just parked the car downstairs in the barracks. He felt his phone vibrating in his pocket and immediately knew what it was. He answered the call with his finger.
Instantly, the screen showed the round face of the little one, his eyes watery, calling out, “Daddy~”
“Hey, daddy’s here,” Yuan Long’s heart melted completely. “Is my little one awake?”
Dudu rubbed his eyes and said apologetically, “Daddy, I didn’t even say goodbye to you. I won’t sleep so deeply next time. You’ll definitely be able to wake me up next time.”
Yuan Long raised an eyebrow and looked at Shanshan.
Shanshan quickly gestured to him to nod where Dudu couldn’t see.
Yuan Long found it amusing in his heart, guessing that she had fooled the kid again, but he always had to stand on his wife’s side between his wife and his son. So he nodded to Dudu according to what Shanshan said, “Okay, next time we’ll definitely wake you up.”
Shanshan checked the time and saw that Yuan Long was about to go to work, so she said to Dudu, “Hurry up and say goodbye, daddy has to go to work.”
Dudu reluctantly waved his little hand to the daddy on the phone, “Bye-bye, daddy~ Daddy, I’ll come see you next time. You have to be good, okay?”
Yuan Long smiled, his eyes gentle, “Okay, daddy will be good, and you have to listen to mommy, okay?”
Dudu nodded, “Daddy, don’t worry, I’m very mature.”
Shanshan: …Mature? What kind of maturity? You’re just a three-year-old kid, do you even understand the words you’re using?
Shanshan said a few words to Yuan Long again, then ended the video call.
After bidding farewell to daddy, Dudu no longer felt sad and began to feel hungry.
Fortunately, Shanshan was prepared. She bought him a carton of milk and a sandwich before boarding the train, which was perfect for breakfast.
Children are like this. One moment they’re extremely sad, and the next moment they’re happy. Dudu was the same. At this moment, he was happily eating his breakfast, saying to his mom, “Mommy, next time I want the sandwich with sweet sauce.”
After saying this, Dudu suddenly stopped, and the next second his eyes widened in horror, with a bit of panic in his expression, “Mommy, my magic wand is gone!”
Shanshan didn’t react for a moment. “What magic wand?”
“Donut said she would bring me a magic wand to eat today, but I’m already home, what should I do? I haven’t even told her to keep it for me.”
As he spoke, the little one grabbed his own hair in despair, murmuring, “My magic wand is gone…”
Shanshan: …It’s just a piece of candy, why so sad and desperate? And is your sadness a bit misplaced?
Sometimes Shanshan really worried about her chubby boy. At the age of three, he already showed the potential to become a steel straight man in the future. For example, now, instead of calling a beautiful girl ‘tiantian,” he called her an unsophisticated ” Donut.” He was not concerned about or paying attention to the girl herself but rather the food she had. Even his current sadness was not because he couldn’t see his newly acquainted little friend but because he was upset about not being able to see the delicious food she had.
Is there a more hopeless boy than her chubby one?
Will he really not be single in the future?
At this moment, the old mother was really worried about her chubby son’s future.
And the little one was completely unaware that he had caused his old mother so much worry, still immersed in his regret. It was really a pity. He could have eaten the magic wand he liked so much, but now it was all ruined. He couldn’t have it anymore…
Otherwise, he could ask for one from Donut next time. For now, he”d better save it.
After consoling himself, Dudu finally put away the sadness on his face and continued to eat his sandwich, eating happily like a chubby, happy mouse.
Seeing his face covered in sauce, Shanshan couldn’t help but sigh. Why did her chubby boy have such a good appetite? And he could eat so much. Other people’s babies needed their dads, moms, grandpas, and grandmas to coax them to eat, but he didn’t need any coaxing. He just ate deliciously on his own. Originally, she sent him to learn boxing to help him lose weight, but who knew he didn’t lose any weight, but instead became even more able to eat. It really made her want to cry without tears.
He was already chubby, and if he kept eating like this, he would definitely become fat. Could a fat person still hope not to be single?
Shanshan worriedly pinched the chubby flesh on her son’s stomach, seriously considering controlling his diet to help him lose weight.
Just as Shanshan was thinking about how to help her chubby son lose weight, the train arrived at the station, and they returned to the capital.
The old master knew they were coming back today and had sent the family driver to the station early to pick them up, so the mother and son were picked up by the driver directly from the high-speed rail station, saving her the trouble of taking a taxi.
However, today’s old house was quite unusual. As soon as Shanshan entered, she saw, besides her father-in-law, three unexpected people sitting on the sofa: Yuan Long’s father, Yuan Long’s mother, and Yuan Long’s sister.
And from their appearance, it was obvious that they were specifically waiting for her.
What’s going on?
Shanshan didn’t know what drama was playing out today, feeling quite uneasy inside, but she maintained her composure on the surface, greeted her father-in-law, Yuan Zhenbang, and Su Minghua, but deliberately ignored Yuan Ran.
Right now, she just wanted to treat Yuan Ran as if she were invisible.
However, Yuan Ran surprisingly didn’t express any dissatisfaction or sarcasm. Instead, she kept her head down, looking dejected, which surprised Shanshan.
The old master first took Dudu into his arms and cuddled him affectionately for a while before letting Aunt Lian take Dudu to play with Er Bao in the backyard.
Dudu was eager to play with Er Bao, so he cheered and ran off.
Once Dudu left, the atmosphere suddenly became silent, and a tense feeling permeated the air silently. This made Shanshan feel even more uneasy. She was about to find an excuse to slip upstairs when suddenly the old master shouted, “Apologize!”
Shanshan was startled, looking at the old master with uncertainty, not understanding why he was so angry.
But the old master didn’t look at Shanshan, instead glaring at Yuan Ran. “I told you to apologize, did you hear me?”
Yuan Ran’s eyes turned red from being scolded by the old master, feeling unwilling but helpless. Yuan Zhenbang and Su Minghua didn’t look good either. They wanted to say something but ended up saying nothing in the end.
Yuan Ran slowly stood up, walked up to Shanshan, and whispered, “I’m sorry.”
The old master roared, “Who are you apologizing to?”
Yuan Ran trembled and said with a hint of crying, ‘sister-in-law, I’m sorry!”
Shanshan was shocked by this ‘sister-in-law” for a moment, feeling a bit horrified.
Yuan Ran called her sister-in-law?
The old master shouted again, “Why are you apologizing to your sister-in-law? If you’re not sincere in your apology, you’ll be expelled from the Yuan family starting today! You won’t be my Yuan family’s child anymore!”
Yuan Ran was really frightened by the old master’s outburst. This time, the old master was really angry, openly stating that if she caused any more trouble between Shanshan and her brother, she would be completely expelled from the Yuan family. Her brother had also talked to her, clearly stating that if there was another incident, he wouldn’t acknowledge her as his sister anymore.
Yuan Ran felt very aggrieved, not understanding why grandpa and big brother were siding with Shanshan, an outsider. But under the majesty of the old master and big brother, she had to sincerely apologize to Shanshan, ‘sister-in-law, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have deliberately taken a picture of my brother and Mingyue sister to spread rumors, trying to ruin your relationship with my brother. I won’t do it again in the future, I promise. If there’s another time, punish me by expelling me from the Yuan family.”
Shanshan felt relieved in her heart, finally understanding what was happening today. So, Yuan Ran came to apologize to her. This was the first time she had seen Yuan Ran so humble and pitiful in front of her. All the grievances she had suffered before vanished in an instant, feeling so pleased, hahaha…
At this moment, the old master said to Shanshan, ‘shanshan, I already know about the previous incident. You’ve been wronged. It was all this girl’s mischief done behind the scenes. I’ve punished her, revoked all the assets under her name in the Yuan family, and won’t give her a penny of pocket money in the future. When she behaves satisfactorily to you, we’ll talk. Shanshan, what do you think?”
Shanshan’s eyes lit up suddenly. So, this was what Yuan Long meant by his arrangement. She loved this arrangement so much!
What could be more satisfying than holding someone’s financial lifeline? From now on, Yuan Ran’s financial lifeline would be in her hands. As long as she wasn’t satisfied, Yuan Ran wouldn’t be able to live a luxurious life as a wealthy young lady! Her only way out was to please her and make her satisfied.
This was too great. Hahaha…
Inwardly, Shanshan’s little villain was almost going crazy with joy. The whole world was summed up in one word: satisfying!
But on the surface, Shanshan still knew she had to pretend. Although inwardly she was pleased, on the outside, she maintained the appearance of someone who had been hurt but wasn’t holding a grudge, and said to the old master, “Grandpa, I’ll listen to you. As long as Yuan Ran reforms herself, it’s fine.”
The old master nodded, then turned to Yuan Zhenbang and Su Minghua, saying, “You’ve seen what happened today. This is my attitude. Shanshan is my recognized granddaughter-in-law, and no one can shake that, including you two. I don’t care what you think, but if anyone dares to ruin Shanshan and Yuan Long’s relationship, I’ll still punish them!”
Yuan Zhenbang and Su Minghua glanced at each other, surprised by the old master’s appreciation for Shanshan. They had thought it was because Shanshan had given birth to a grandson for the Yuan family that the old master recognized her. They had even thought Shanshan was insignificant in the old master’s eyes.
But they were all wrong.
Through this incident, they had to give up their previous idea of wanting Mingyue to be their daughter-in-law. Those two kids were destined not to be together. It seemed that they would have to treat Mingyue as a daughter in the future, find her a good man, and send her off in a grand manner, becoming her support for life.
As for the agreement with Lao Fu, it had to be regretfully canceled. They would apologize to Lao Fu later when they went down.
Yuan Zhenbang said to the old master, “Dad, I understand. Don’t worry, we’ll treat Shanshan as our daughter-in-law from now on.”
The old master waved his hand, ‘that’s good. You can all leave now. Don’t provoke me in front of me and make me angry.”
Yuan Zhenbang and Su Minghua had no choice but to leave with the dejected Yuan Ran.
Once they left, Shanshan immediately went over and hugged the old master’s arm, “Grandpa, you’re so good. Thank you for supporting me~”
A hint of a smile appeared on the old master’s face as he patted her head, “You’re my granddaughter-in-law. If I don’t support you, who will?”
Shanshan immediately went behind the old master and massaged his shoulders, making the old master laugh heartily. He thought that this granddaughter-in-law was just right, complementing his introverted grandson perfectly. It couldn’t be more suitable. His judgment of people had always been accurate.
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