At the sa ti, the parties involved, who were hanging around beside a small shop, were in a dilemma about whether to go in now or not.
As he was contemplating, his mobile phone ringtone sounded.
Shen Yubai took it out to see, it was a call from Sang nglan. She was asking if he would be ho for lunch.
Shen Yubai: "No."
Sang nglan frowned, "Where have you and Sinian gone? I went out to play so cards, and when I ca back, you two were not at ho."
"In the outside," Shen Yubai said indifferently.
Sang nglan: "Outside? Are you and Sinian eating out today?"
Just as Shen Yubai was about to reply, You Shuzhen, who had returned from grocery shopping, didn’t notice he was on the phone and greeted him familiarly, "Xiao Shen, why are you standing at the door basking in the sun? Why don’t you go into the store? Where are Ningning and Sinian?"
Shen Yubai stepped aside and called out, "Aunt You, they are inside."
Only then did You Shuzhen notice that he was holding the phone and hastily said, "Sorry, I didn’t know you were on a call."
"It’s alright," Shen Yubai said.
You Shuzhen whispered, "Then Auntie will go in first."
Shen Yubai nodded.
Their conversation, word for word, reached Sang nglan’s ears. Sang nglan gasped and quickly asked, "Who was speaking to you just now?"
Shen Yubai: "A classmate’s mom."
Sang nglan was surprised, "You’re at a classmate’s ho now?"
Shen Yubai: "In her family’s shop."
He was succinct, "My classmate’s family runs a breakfast shop."
Sang nglan blinked and couldn’t help asking, "A male classmate or a female classmate?"
Shen Yubai: "I have sothing else to do, I can’t keep talking."
"You haven’t answered my question—" Sang nglan’s words were not yet finished when Shen Yubai hung up on her.
She looked at the disconnected phone, very angry: "This damn kid."
Shen Xingyan, who had just returned ho from a long business trip, walked into the house and heard his wife cursing soone. He slightly raised his eyebrows and eyes, and walked in, "Yubai made you angry again?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Sang nglan turned her head, her eyes suddenly brightened, "Why are you back?"
Shen Xingyan: "..."
He lowered his gaze to look at his wife, "Do you not want to co back?"
Sang nglan gave him an annoyed glance, "What are you talking about? I am just surprised you ca back today. Didn’t you say that you were busy with so unresolved matters there recently?"
Shen Xingyan humd, pulling her to sit down on the sofa, "I need to go to Ning City in a few days, so I thought I might as well co back to check in."
To get to Ning City from Beicheng, one had to pass through Jiang City, the kind of detour that took so winding.
There was nothing urgent in Beicheng, so Shen Xingyan wanted to co ho to see his wife and son.
Sang nglan nodded, "Then I’ll ask the kitchen to prepare more food for lunch."
Shen Xingyan nodded, glancing at her sideways, "You haven’t said yet, what did Yubai do to make you angry this ti?"
"No." Sang nglan explained: "I just gossiped with him about sothing, and he didn’t answer , then hung up the phone."
Shen Xingyan frowned, "What about?"
"Sinion has a rare half day off, and he took Sinian out." While ntioning that, Sang nglan whispered to him with an air of mystery, "Do you know where he took Sinian?"
Shen Xingyan shook his head: "Where?"
"To a classmate’s place." Sang nglan was astonished, "And it was a female classmate’s place. He said the classmate’s family runs a breakfast shop, and they had lunch there."
Sang nglan found it unbelievable, "Do you think Shen Yubai has started dating early?"
Shen Xingyan pondered for a mont, "It shouldn’t be the case."
"Why shouldn’t it be?" Sang nglan asked, "Look at him before, when has he ever played with female classmates? Even with Qiongfang’s daughter Yanyan, he’s always been indifferent, but now, he actually goes directly to a female classmate’s ho for lunch."
Since he was young, Shen Yubai never liked playing with girls.
His circle of friends consisted of only a few people, aside from Pei Shao and Ban Shu, there was only Bao Zhao who was far abroad. All of them were boys.
This was the first ti Sang nglan heard the words "female classmate" from Shen Yubai’s mouth.
"Female classmate?" Shen Xingyan’s attention was just as focused as Sang nglan’s, his expression shifted slightly, asking Sang nglan, "Did Sinian go with him too?"
Sang nglan: "Yeah, why?"
Shen Xingyan paused slightly, softly asking: "Did he only say that the classmate’s family owned a breakfast shop?"
Sang nglan: "Yes, why, have you heard him ntion this classmate before?"
"No." Shen Xingyan said, but he knew a little more than Sang nglan.
Neither Mr. Shen nor Sang nglan knew that Shen Yubai’s younger uncle, who was also Shen Xingyan’s own younger brother, had passed away not long after he was abducted. After Shen Xingyan discovered this years ago, not wanting to distress Mr. Shen, hoping he would still have so hope, he never told anyone.
Shen Yubai himself only found out by chance when he visited Shen Xingyan’s office.
Therefore, when Shen Yubai told his family that Shen Sinian was the son his younger uncle left behind, Mr. Shen and Sang nglan, seeing the DNA report, believed without a doubt. Only Shen Xingyan knew that Shen Sinian was not his nephew.
As for why the DNA report showed a blood relationship between Shen Sinian and Shen Yubai, Shen Xingyan specifically called Shen Yubai to ask.
Shen Yubai said he would tell him in person.
Not long ago, after father and son t, Shen Xingyan knew the answer.
The things Shen Yubai said were too shocking, too incredible. If it were not for Shen Xingyan, who had experienced many extraordinary events and heard of countless bizarre occurrences, he would have exactly the sa concern Shen Yubai initially had—that Shen Yubai and Shen Sinian should go get their brains checked.
This ti, sneaking back, Shen Xingyan wanted to see his wife and son, and he also wanted to et Shen Sinian, to see his future... grandson.
Now, hearing Sang nglan saying that the two went to see a female classmate, Shen Xingyan couldn’t help but recall his question to Shen Yubai, if Shen Sinian was his son, then who was his mother, i.e., his future daughter-in-law.
If Shen Sinian could find Shen Yubai as his father, then surely he must have found his mother too.
Shen Yubai asked him not to inquire, nor did he allow him to investigate privately.
He told Shen Xingyan that although he and the other party got married and had Shen Sinian in the future, they have no relationship now, and he did not want to put pressure on her because of Shen Sinian, making her feel like she must be with him for life, or only have a relationship with him.
Shen Yubai always felt that until the future arrived, before he had feelings for Xu Chuning, Xu Chuning was free; she had the right to make friends and even date others.
On one hand, Shen Xingyan was surprised by his son’s maturity and wisdom, and on the other, he was still curious. But since Shen Yubai asked him not to investigate, he was also a father who respected his child’s privacy, so naturally, he did not secretly dig deeper.
It wasn’t until this mont, hearing Sang nglan ntion Shen Yubai taking Shen Sinian to see a female classmate, that Shen Xingyan pieced everything together.
If he didn’t guess wrong, the person Shen Yubai and Shen Sinian went to see today should be his future daughter-in-law.
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