Returning to Parents' Seventeen
Chapter 138: Daughter-in-law Comes First

Chapter 138: Chapter 138: Daughter-in-law Comes First

Hearing Shen Yubai’s words, Shen Sinian stopped short, "You—"

His lips parted slightly, trying to ask vaguely what he was talking about, but when he thought of the hardships Xu Chuning had suffered over the years, as well as the top-notch treatment enjoyed by that person, Shen Sinian felt stifled.

In fact, when he traveled to this point in time, Shen Sinian wanted to come clean, to tell the Xu Family that the person they were doting on as they grew up, wasn’t their biological child.

Xu Chuning was.

But Xu Chuning wouldn’t let him speak, and she even made Shen Sinian swear not to tell Shen Yubai.

But now that Shen Yubai had guessed it and took the initiative to ask, that should... not count as him telling, right?

Shen Sinian was silent for a long time, and then asked in a low voice, "How did you know?"

Hearing Shen Sinian’s words, Shen Yubai’s guess was confirmed.

"Did she... return to the Xu Family later?" Shen Yubai asked.

Shen Sinian’s breathing hitched, "You know about that too?"

Shen Yubai did not answer his question, frowning with incredulity, "You knew, why didn’t you say anything before?"

"Ningning didn’t let me," Shen Sinian felt very aggrieved, "I told her on the first day I met her, then she made me swear not to tell anyone."

Shen Yubai: "Why?"

"I don’t know either," Shen Sinian was also puzzled, "And before I arrived, Ningning seemed to already know about it."

Shen Yubai: "What?"

He was astonished, "She knew about her relationship with Uncle Xu, and it wasn’t after you came that you told her?"

Shen Sinian: "No."

In fact, Shen Sinian was also curious about when exactly Xu Chuning found out she was Xu Yiming’s daughter.

But he dared not ask.

For a moment, father and son both fell into deep thought.

After a while, someone called for Shen Sinian on the other end.

Shen Yubai snapped back to reality, "You go shoot your scene first."

Shen Sinian hesitated, "Then what should we do about this?"

Shen Yubai lifted his hand to rub his temples, his voice somber, "I need to think."

"Okay." Shen Sinian pursed his lips, saying somberly, "When it’s over, I’ll tell you what’s going on between Ningning and Xu Zhiyan."

Shen Yubai hummed lightly.

Hanging up the phone, Shen Yubai stayed calm in the room for a few minutes before going downstairs.

Sang Menglan was still looking at the photos. After Shen Yubai’s inquiry, the more she looked at Xu Chuning, the more she felt that she resembled Ye Qionfang. But how could that be?

She vaguely remembered that Ye Qionfang suffered a lot when giving birth to Xu Zhiyan, and for this child, she almost lost her own life. It was for this reason that Ye Qionfang and Xu Yiming were so indulgent and affectionate towards Xu Zhiyan, their daughter.

Whatever Xu Zhiyan wanted, Xu Yiming and Ye Qionfang would satisfy.

If they knew that the daughter they had cherished since she was young was actually not their own, how devastated they would be.

"Yubai." Sang Menglan looked up at him, "Are you sure this girl is related to your Uncle Xu?"

Shen Yubai closed his eyes slightly: "All I know is that she is not the biological child of Aunt You, who is her mother now."

As for the relationship between Xu Chuning and Xu Yiming, although it was confirmed by Shen Sinian, there was no evidence. Matters like these needed to be addressed with evidence.

Sang Menglan was shocked, "How could this be?"

Shen Yubai was unclear as well.

He looked at Sang Menglan, pondered for a moment, and said, "Mom, could you do me a favor?"

Sang Menglan’s breathing paused, "You want me to help you get Aunt Ye’s hair?"

"...Hmm." Shen Yubai nodded, "I want to get evidence of their relationship."

Sang Menglan did not agree immediately, she looked at Shen Yubai and pondered, "If things are really as you have guessed, have you thought about whether your Uncle Xu and Aunt Ye can accept this?"

"Why can’t they accept it?" Shen Yubai didn’t understand, "Don’t they want to find their biological daughter?"

Sang Menglan opened her mouth, "Mom doesn’t mean that. What I mean is that they have raised Zhixian for seventeen years, and it will be very difficult for them to sever ties with those feelings over more than a decade."

"So what?" Shen Yubai said indifferently, "If Uncle Xu and Aunt Ye knew about this and still couldn’t let go of their current daughter, even not wanting to recognize their own child, I can only say there’s no cure for them."

Shen Yubai did not mince his words when evaluating his elders, "Do they not know how much hardship Xu Chuning has suffered, and how much Xu Zhiyan has enjoyed what should have been Xu Chuning’s to enjoy?"

Sang Menglan’s lips moved, unable to rebut Shen Yubai.

In silence for a moment, Shen Yubai lowered his eyelashes, "Mom, put yourself in their shoes for a moment. If I weren’t your biological son and you had another child of your own, wouldn’t you want to recognize him?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" As Shen Xingyan entered the room, he heard Shen Yubai’s words and sternly reprimanded him, "How could you not be your mother’s and my biological son?"

The mother and son looked up at him, and Shen Yubai said, "I’m just making a hypothetical point."

"Making up a hypothetical point that upsets your mother?" Shen Xingyan glanced at him, "Unfilial son."

Shen Yubai: "..."

Sang Menglan watched the father and son’s tense interchange, and gently shook her head, "It’s alright, I’m not taking it to heart."

She pursed her lips, "Sorry, Yubai. It was Mom’s fault. I shouldn’t have spoken like that."

"I thought about it from another perspective, and if it really was the case, I wouldn’t hesitate. Even if I poured a lot of care into you, I would want to recognize my biological child," Sang Menglan hesitated, "It’s just that it would indeed be difficult for me to make a decision on the spot."

Such a decision is not easy to make.

Hearing the conversation between the two, Shen Xingyan furrowed his brow, "What decision? Is this brat really not our own son?"

That’s impossible.

Sang Menglan: "No, we are talking about Ye Qiongfang’s family’s issue."

Shen Xingyan was startled, "Xu Yiming?"

Shen Yubai made a sound of acknowledgment.

Shen Xingyan, scanning the expressions of the mother and son and combining their previous words, narrowed his eyes and asked, "The daughter that Xu Yiming has now, she’s not his biological daughter?"

Sang Menglan said out, "Yubai says she’s not."

She lifted her camera to show Shen Xingyan, "Look at this girl. Does she not bear a resemblance to a young Qiongfang?"

Upon looking at the camera and seeing Xu Chuning, Shen Xingyan lifted his head toward Shen Yubai, "This is—"

Before Shen Yubai could respond, Sang Menglan interjected, "This is Yubai’s classmate, the one whose family runs a restaurant."

"..." Shen Xingyan calmly processed Xu Chuning’s identity, then asked Shen Yubai, "Is it her?"

Shen Yubai knew what Shen Xingyan was getting at, and he lightly affirmed, "It’s her."

"What do you mean ’It’s her’?" Sang Menglan didn’t understand the father and son’s cryptic conversation, "Do you know this girl?"

Instantly, Shen Xingyan’s expression became stern, and he first nodded toward Sang Menglan, then asked Shen Yubai, "Do we need to do anything?"

Shen Yubai: "We don’t have a DNA report to present to Uncle Xu yet."

Shen Xingyan: "Need hair?"

Shen Yubai nodded.

"Okay." Shen Xingyan didn’t hesitate, "I’ll take care of it. I’ll get it for you tomorrow."

Sang Menglan: "???"

She was astonished, "You agreed to him so easily?"

Shen Xingyan looked at his wife and patted her shoulder, saying, "You shouldn’t have hesitated."

That’s their family’s future daughter-in-law.

Now that they know her true identity, action must be taken. Everything prioritizes the daughter-in-law.

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