Returning to Parents' Seventeen
Chapter 104: He Likes to See Her Happy

Chapter 104: Chapter 104: He Likes to See Her Happy

Silent for a few seconds, Shen Yubai glanced at the half-finished calligraphy workbook, raised his eyebrows, and lightly tapped with his long fingers, "You sure have a lot of excuses."

Xu Chuning ignored him.

She turned to Shen Sinian and asked, "How has your practice been going recently? Must be tough, right?"

Shen Sinian: "A little."

Tough, but he could persist.

Xu Chuning advised, "You should also rest appropriately."

Shen Sinian hummed in a dragging and melodious tone, acting spoiled, "Got it. What about you? What have you been busy with these days?"

"Summer vacation homework." Xu Chuning said, "I’ve finished mine, what about yours?"

Shen Sinian: "..."

His expression slightly stiffened, and he blinked slowly, saying, "Ningning, I think we better not discuss this topic for now."

Xu Chuning looked at him amusedly, "Haven’t started at all?"

Shen Sinian guiltily touched his nose, the meaning was clear.

Xu Chuning helplessly raised her eyes to Shen Yubai, "What about you?"

Shen Yubai: "...I don’t have summer homework."

Xu Chuning: "Huh?"

Shen Sinian explained, "Ban Shu said, the school teachers dare not assign him summer vacation homework. Since his first year of high school, he’s not had to do winter or summer homework."

As the Shen Family’s eldest young master, who’d been topping the grades for years, whether he did the vacation homework was naturally beyond question.

Hearing this, Xu Chuning couldn’t help mumbling, "The young master really is different."

Shen Yubai flicked his eyelids, his tone casually reminded her, "I heard that."

Xu Chuning: "..."

Without dwelling much on the slightly disappointing topic of summer vacation, Shen Sinian and Xu Chuning chatted non-stop about daily matters.

The mother and son duo interacted as if no one else was there, completely ignoring Shen Yubai.

Luckily, Shen Yubai was used to it.

Strangely, this was the first time he felt annoyed. After multiple times, Shen Yubai didn’t have any extra emotions. Occasionally seeing the two of them chatting together, seeing the smile on Xu Chuning’s face, and those almond-shaped eyes curving up, he even felt a slight sense of satisfaction.

—He liked seeing her happy.

The moment this thought appeared in his mind, Shen Yubai suddenly stood up from the chair.

Interrupted by his movement, the other two looked up, slightly puzzled, "...What’s wrong?"

Xu Chuning was the first to recover.

Shen Yubai lowered his head, looking at the two somewhat similar faces, his lips tightly pursed, "Nothing, you two chat, I’ll go to the convenience store nearby to buy something."

After saying this, Shen Yubai didn’t wait for them to respond and directly walked out.

Watching Shen Yubai’s receding back, Xu Chuning and Shen Sinian were both a bit puzzled, "What’s with him?"

Shen Sinian was also clueless, "Don’t know."

They exchanged glances and tacitly shook their heads.

Meanwhile, the one who had left the little shop mechanically turned into the nearby convenience store. The convenience store was a bit stuffy. As Shen Yubai entered, a few people were eating instant noodles at the doorway. He continued walking without stopping towards the shelves, but didn’t know what he actually wanted to buy.

Standing still for a few seconds, Shen Yubai walked over to the fridge and grabbed a can of Coke.

He seldom drank carbonated drinks, but at that moment, he felt he needed it.

His index finger lightly hooked the tab of the can, popping it open. The sizzling sound of the bubbles reached his ears as Shen Yubai stood at the store entrance, tilting his head back to drink down the large can.

As he drank, his brain seemed to clear for a few seconds.

But the clearer his mind became, that thought which had recently surfaced grew clearer.

Just as Shen Yubai was about to recall the past and analyze the reality of that incident, Shen Sinian emerged from the store, glancing sideways at him, "I want to drink Coke too."

His voice brought back Shen Yubai’s wandering mind.

"Come and get it yourself," Shen Yubai said flatly.

Shen Sinian replied with a sound and walked towards him, "Did you suddenly stand up just to drink cola?"

Shen Yubai didn’t want to talk to this kid about those things, perfunctorily grunted, "Won’t you ask her if she drinks?"

Shen Sinian was stunned, looking at him suspiciously, "Why don’t you ask?"

Shen Yubai: "..."

He glared at him, tone slightly deep, "Go back and ask her first."

Shen Sinian inexplicably, "Ningning doesn’t drink cola."

He had known this already.

Shen Yubai: "How do you know?"

Shen Sinian: "... The future you knows as well."

"..." Hearing him mention the future again, Shen Yubai quieted down and couldn’t resist asking, "What are the future me and her like?"

Since Shen Sinian came here, Shen Yubai hardly ever asked him about the future. Except in the beginning, he confirmed with him that he and Xu Chuning would fall in love, get married, and even have children in the future, he was scarcely curious about what his future self was like or what kind of life he and Xu Chuning were living.

Of course, Shen Yubai didn’t ask, but Shen Sinian would occasionally mention a thing or two.

Piecing things together, Shen Yubai also had a rough idea.

Now, him suddenly bringing up the future surprised Shen Sinian quite a bit, "Why are you asking this question?"

Shen Yubai swept a glance over him nonchalantly, tone relaxed, "Can’t I ask?"

Shen Sinian didn’t speak; of course he could ask, it’s his right. What surprised him was, he didn’t ask before; what did it mean for him to ask now?

After thinking a bit, Shen Sinian could not reach a conclusion.

He gave up thinking and cajoled Shen Yubai, "Buy me a cola, then I’ll tell you."

Shen Yubai: "Does Min Jian allow you to drink carbonated drinks?"

"I’ll drink it secretly." Shen Sinian was not very confident.

Shen Yubai silently chuckled, turned around to enter the store, "What does Xu Chuning drink? Yogurt?"

He stood in front of the fridge scanning it, asked him.

Shen Sinian: "Sure, she drinks yogurt."

After buying the cola and yogurt, Shen Yubai asked Shen Sinian to take the yogurt back to the store for Xu Chuning first.

Shen Sinian puzzled, "Aren’t you coming back with me?"

Shen Yubai hummed, "I’ll get some air."

"?"

Shen Sinian confusedly looked up at the blazing sun and stretched out his hand to feel the temperature outside the store, coming to a conclusion—Shen Yubai is crazy.

There’s harsh sunshine, where is the breeze?

However, he didn’t dare say this in front of Shen Yubai.

If Shen Yubai wanted to get some wind, then let him be.

He’s being weird, not sure what got into him. Maybe men also have a midlife crisis, or like girls, there are few days every month when they feel irritable.

Shen Sinian being very keen, didn’t ask too much.

After taking the two bottles of yogurt back to the small store, Xu Chuning casually asked: "Is Shen Yubai at the convenience store?"

"Yes." Shen Sinian told her, "He is acting very weird today."

Xu Chuning was startled, asked humorously, "Weird how?"

Shen Sinian whispered into her ear, "In this weather, he even said he wants to go outside for some air."

Xu Chuning: "..."

Holding the yogurt, her hand paused, feeling the cold sensation from the yogurt bottle transferred to her palm, she couldn’t help but think, maybe Shen Yubai didn’t want to get some air, maybe he was avoiding her.

But, what did he have to avoid her for? She hadn’t even asked him about the light bulb matter.

Could it be he already anticipated?

Xu Chuning pondered for a while but couldn’t come up with an answer.

In the end, like Shen Sinian, she felt Shen Yubai was being oddly strange.

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