Returning to Parents' Seventeen
Chapter 137 Blood Relationship

Chapter 137: Chapter 137 Blood Relationship

Shen Yubai had just returned home when Sang Menglan was watching TV in the living room.

Upon hearing some noise, she turned her head towards him, "You’re back—"

Before she could finish her sentence, Sang Menglan first noticed the small toy in his hand, which was extremely inconsistent with his image. She raised her eyebrows slightly, with a bit of disbelief, "What is this?"

Shen Yubai looked up: "Isn’t it obvious?"

Sang Menglan: "I mean, why would you buy something like this."

"It wasn’t bought." Shen Yubai said, "Someone gave it to me."

He had a slight smile on his face as he said this.

Sang Menglan paused slightly, thinking about the series of events he had been involved in recently, and guessed, "A girl gave it to you?"

Shen Yubai hummed affirmatively, then sat down beside her, "Is it cute?"

"..." Sang Menglan looked down at the ugly toy and said against her will, "It’s quite cute."

She was quiet for a few seconds, then curiously asked, "Is it your classmate who runs a restaurant?"

Shen Yubai tilted his head, "Mom."

Sang Menglan playfully responded, "Mom was just asking casually, not planning to do anything."

She gave him a side glance, "You don’t think your mom would act like those evil women on TV, knowing who it is, and then warning her to stay away from my son, do you?"

Hearing this, Shen Yubai touched his nose and awkwardly said, "That’s not what I meant."

Sang Menglan huffed, not very interested in entertaining him.

After a moment of silence, Sang Menglan suddenly became curious, "I am actually a bit curious about what kind of girl she is."

Shen Yubai paused, then quietly said, "I don’t know how to describe her."

"Is she beautiful?" Sang Menglan asked.

Shen Yubai nodded, "Beautiful."

"Do you have a picture?" Sang Menglan asked, "Would it be okay for your mom to have a look?"

Shen Yubai hesitated.

Sang Menglan quickly raised her hand to swear, "I promise I won’t bother her. You guys are still high school students, what can I possibly do?"

She believed that Shen Yubai wouldn’t do anything either.

After a few seconds of thought, Shen Yubai got up to get his camera.

During their time in Pingning, Shen Yubai had brought the camera along. It was the same camera he wanted to give to Xu Chuning, but she had rejected.

A bunch of them had taken quite a few photos during their time in Pingning.

Among them were quite a few solo shots of Xu Chuning that she herself didn’t even know existed; Shen Yubai had taken them surreptitiously, without telling her.

He handed the camera to Sang Menglan, who started looking from the beginning.

The first photo was a side profile of Xu Chuning, upon seeing the side profile, Sang Menglan subconsciously said, "This profile... looks a bit familiar."

Shen Yubai paused, looked at her, "Familiar how?"

Sang Menglan shook her head: "I can’t quite place it at the moment."

Shen Yubai: "..."

As Sang Menglan continued looking further, flipping through, when she came across a front face photo of Xu Chuning that Shen Yubai had secretly taken, Sang Menglan furrowed her brows and said, "This girl, why does she look so much like your Aunt Ye when she was young?"

"?"

After clearly hearing what Sang Menglan said, Shen Yubai suddenly stood up from the sofa, "Mom."

Sang Menglan: "What?"

She was a bit startled by Shen Yubai.

Shen Yubai looked intently at her, his expression serious, "What did you just say?"

Sang Menglan: "Ah?"

"You just repeated what you said," Shen Yubai pressed, "Say it again."

Sang Menglan paused, opened her mouth, and repeated exactly what she had just said. After she finished, she observed Shen Yubai’s expression, "What’s wrong with you?"

Shen Yubai did not respond.

Following his gaze, Sang Menglan glanced again at the girl in the camera and said with a laugh, "Did I scare you by saying she looks like your Aunt Ye when she was young?"

She didn’t think too deeply and said lightly, "There are actually quite a few people in this world who resemble each other; I just didn’t expect your classmate—"

Before she could finish her sentence, Shen Yubai interrupted, "Mom."

Shen Yubai looked down at Sang Menglan: "I want to ask you a question."

Sang Menglan: "Go ahead."

Shen Yubai: "Would you feel a sense of resistance towards an elder you don’t know on the first or second meeting? It means disliking them, avoiding them."

"..." Sang Menglan was a bit confused, "Did this person offend me?"

"You don’t know them," Shen Yubai emphasized.

Sang Menglan frowned, "Then why would I dislike them? If I don’t know them, I naturally treat them as strangers."

I wouldn’t look more or talk more to them.

Shen Yubai was stunned; indeed, he always felt that Xu Chuning’s attitude when she saw Xu Yiming, especially when Xu Yiming actively spoke to her, was very different from usual.

Previously, Shen Yubai wondered if there was an unknown conflict between Xu Chuning and Xu Yiming; otherwise, her attitude when seeing Xu Yiming shouldn’t have been like that.

Coupled with Shen Sinian’s dislike for Xu Zhiyan, Shen Yubai analyzed carefully but never thought in this direction.

Until now, it dawned on him what might be the reason behind all these incidents, like Xu Chuning being awkward and Shen Sinian targeting Xu Zhiyan.

If he wasn’t mistaken, Xu Chuning must have long known about her relationship with Xu Yiming.

"Yubai." Sang Menglan observed the complex look on Shen Yubai’s face and furrowed her brow, "What are you thinking about?"

Shen Yubai looked up, his gaze clear as he looked at her, "Mom, do you think Xu Zhiyan resembles Uncle Xu and Aunt Ye?"

Sang Menglan was stunned, her eyes widened as she asked him, "What does that mean?"

After she asked, she looked down at the girl in the camera, "You can’t mean—" She didn’t finish her sentence, instead saying incredulously, "How is that possible?"

Shen Yubai was calmer than Sang Menglan, "What if it is?"

He pointed to Xu Chuning in the camera, asking Sang Menglan, "Didn’t you yourself say she resembles Aunt Ye when she was young?"

Sang Menglan was speechless, "But there are many people in this world who look alike."

"But so far, we only encountered this one," Shen Yubai reminded.

Suddenly, he remembered the photo he saw in Pingning.

Xu Chuning was thin and pale when she was young. He was puzzled at the time but didn’t ask more because Xu Chuning called him away.

Was she afraid that he would discover the truth?

With that thought, Shen Yubai turned to Sang Menglan, "Mom, stay here. I’m going to make a call to Shen Sinian."

Sang Menglan uttered an "Ah," not getting the chance to ask what he was going to discuss with Shen Sinian before Shen Yubai had already strode upstairs.

When Shen Yubai called, Shen Sinian had just finished a scene and was resting, waiting for the next.

The assistant, holding his phone, said, "Sinian, Shen Yubai is calling you."

Shen Sinian had told the assistant that he must be informed about calls from a few specific names including Xu Chuning and You Shuzhen, unless he was filming.

Consequently, he quickly answered: "Hello."

Shen Sinian, surprised, "Why are you calling me today? It isn’t Ningning in trouble, right?"

Generally, Shen Yubai wouldn’t call him.

Standing on the room’s balcony, Shen Yubai suppressed the turmoil inside and asked in a deep voice, "I want to ask you, does Xu Chuning have no blood relation with Aunt You?"

"..."