Returning to Parents' Seventeen
Chapter 105: The Future Daughter-in-law

Chapter 105: Chapter 105: The Future Daughter-in-law

At the same time, 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 Menglan. She was asking if he would be home for lunch.

Shen Yubai: "No."

Sang Menglan frowned, "Where have you and Sinian gone? I went out to play some cards, and when I came back, you two were not at home."

"In the outside," Shen Yubai said indifferently.

Sang Menglan: "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 Menglan’s ears. Sang Menglan gasped and quickly asked, "Who was speaking to you just now?"

Shen Yubai: "A classmate’s mom."

Sang Menglan was surprised, "You’re at a classmate’s home now?"

Shen Yubai: "In her family’s shop."

He was succinct, "My classmate’s family runs a breakfast shop."

Sang Menglan blinked and couldn’t help asking, "A male classmate or a female classmate?"

Shen Yubai: "I have something else to do, I can’t keep talking."

"You haven’t answered my question—" Sang Menglan’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 home from a long business trip, walked into the house and heard his wife cursing someone. He slightly raised his eyebrows and eyes, and walked in, "Yubai made you angry again?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Sang Menglan 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 me to come back?"

Sang Menglan gave him an annoyed glance, "What are you talking about? I am just surprised you came back today. Didn’t you say that you were busy with some unresolved matters there recently?"

Shen Xingyan hummed, 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 come back to check in."

To get to Ning City from Beicheng, one had to pass through Jiang City, the kind of detour that took some winding.

There was nothing urgent in Beicheng, so Shen Xingyan wanted to come home to see his wife and son.

Sang Menglan 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 time?"

"No." Sang Menglan explained: "I just gossiped with him about something, and he didn’t answer me, then hung up the phone."

Shen Xingyan frowned, "What about?"

"Sinion has a rare half day off, and he took Sinian out." While mentioning that, Sang Menglan 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 Menglan 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 Menglan found it unbelievable, "Do you think Shen Yubai has started dating early?"

Shen Xingyan pondered for a moment, "It shouldn’t be the case."

"Why shouldn’t it be?" Sang Menglan 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 home 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 time Sang Menglan heard the words "female classmate" from Shen Yubai’s mouth.

"Female classmate?" Shen Xingyan’s attention was just as focused as Sang Menglan’s, his expression shifted slightly, asking Sang Menglan, "Did Sinian go with him too?"

Sang Menglan: "Yeah, why?"

Shen Xingyan paused slightly, softly asking: "Did he only say that the classmate’s family owned a breakfast shop?"

Sang Menglan: "Yes, why, have you heard him mention this classmate before?"

"No." Shen Xingyan said, but he knew a little more than Sang Menglan.

Neither Mr. Shen nor Sang Menglan 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 some 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 Menglan, 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 met, 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 same concern Shen Yubai initially had—that Shen Yubai and Shen Sinian should go get their brains checked.

This time, sneaking back, Shen Xingyan wanted to see his wife and son, and he also wanted to meet Shen Sinian, to see his future... grandson.

Now, hearing Sang Menglan 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 moment, hearing Sang Menglan mention 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.