Returning to Parents' Seventeen
Chapter 75 Secrets

Chapter 75: Chapter 75 Secrets

Saturday blinked by, and Xu Chuning and You Shuzhen, both early risers, got up early to wash up.

You Shuzhen originally planned to prepare breakfast, but Xu Chuning reminded her about the blood test that required fasting, so she stopped.

Accustomed to being busy, she actually felt uncomfortable resting.

Understanding her, Xu Chuning dragged her out for a walk, and only afterward, they went to the hospital to meet with Shen Yubai and Shen Sinian.

Shen Yubai had just had a physical examination over the New Year, so he didn’t need this one; he was purely there to run errands for the three of them.

Xu Chuning and the others were not familiar with the hospital and tended to panic, but everything went smoothly with Shen Yubai there.

By ten o’clock in the morning, the three had completed all the health check-up items.

Leaving the hospital, You Shuzhen asked Shen Yubai anxiously, "Xiao Shen, there won’t be any issues with this health check-up, right?"

Hearing this, Shen Yubai smiled and said, "Aunt You, you seem very healthy, I’m sure there won’t be any bad news."

You Shuzhen furrowed her brows.

Xu Chuning joined in the conversation, "Mom, even if there are issues, we just need to treat them properly."

You Shuzhen: "That can’t be."

She just had a bit of back pain.

Shen Sinian: "Definitely not, Aunt You, don’t worry."

You Shuzhen nodded, albeit half-convinced, "When will we get the results?"

"They’ll be out by Monday," said Shen Yubai.

You Shuzhen: "Still have to wait two more days."

Xu Chuning, unable to help but laugh, "Mom, medical staff need to rest too."

"I didn’t mean that," You Shuzhen said embarrassedly, "I’m just anxious."

Xu Chuning: "I understand."

She gently patted You Shuzhen’s hand, "Don’t worry, the doctors during our check-up didn’t say much, nor did they arrange any extra tests for us, that definitely means there’s nothing wrong."

With Xu Chuning’s words, You Shuzhen felt much more assured.

She nodded, "Okay then, shall we head back to the shop first?"

Xu Chuning hummed in agreement.

You Shuzhen turned to look at Shen Yubai, "Xiao Shen, come back to the shop with us. You’ve been a great help this morning."

"Aunt You, Xu Chuning and I are classmates; it’s just a helping hand, not trouble at all," Shen Yubai said politely.

You Shuzhen smiled warmly, "Ningning is lucky to have classmates like you all."

Shen Sinian: "It’s actually us who are lucky."

As he spoke, he glanced at Shen Yubai.

Shen Yubai: "..."

The four of them returned from the hospital to the shop, where busy You Shuzhen immediately started to prepare breakfast for everyone.

After several hours running around the hospital, they were all hungry.

After breakfast, there were still a few hours before their meeting with Min Jian. Xu Chuning, seeing the exhaustion on Shen Sinian’s face, asked if he wanted to go back to rest and catch up on some sleep.

She and You Shuzhen were used to getting up early, but Shen Sinian and Shen Yubai were not.

In truth, Shen Sinian did not want to leave as he wished to spend more time with Xu Chuning, but with serious discussions planned for the afternoon, feeling drowsy wouldn’t be ideal.

With that in mind, he compromised, "Shall we come over after two o’clock?"

Xu Chuning agreed.

"Let’s go," Shen Yubai said.

Xu Chuning hummed a response, then paused to say, "Take good care of him."

Shen Yubai raised his eyebrows, "He isn’t sick."

Xu Chuning: "...He had a blood test this morning."

Shen Yubai was briefly speechless as he looked down at her, "So did you, why don’t you need someone to take care of you?"

"..." Xu Chuning was stumped by his question, and after seriously thinking for a few seconds, she said, "I’m older than him."

Shen Yubai wordlessly retorted, "That’s not necessarily true."

Indeed, Xu Chuning was older than Shen Sinian in the future, but right now, it was not so certain.

At this point, Shen Yubai realized he had never asked Xu Chuning when her birthday was, nor had he ever asked about Shen Sinian’s... birthday.

"What month were you born in?" he asked, taking the opportunity.

Xu Chuning grew wary, "Why, what do you want to know?"

Shen Yubai looked at her wary expression with some confusion, "Just asking, did you write it on the application form?"

He hadn’t looked close enough.

Xu Chuning: "...I won’t tell you."

She evaded the question, speaking faintly, "You should go back now."

Shen Sinian was talking with You Shuzhen and didn’t hear the conversation between the two. It was only after he finished speaking with You Shuzhen and heard Xu Chuning issuing the order to leave and walked out of the small shop, did he look at Shen Yubai with suspicion, pressing his voice to ask, "Did you offend Ningning?"

Shen Yubai glanced at him, "What do you think?"

Shen Sinian scratched his head, "I don’t know."

If he knew, he wouldn’t have asked.

Shen Yubai’s eyebrows showed a fleeting impatience, his tone cold: "No, I just asked her a question."

Shen Sinian: "What question?"

"Asked her about her birthday." Shen Yubai glanced at him, casually saying, "You should know her birthday, right?"

Shen Sinian’s expression tightened, and he let out an "ah", "Why are you suddenly asking this question?"

"?"

Shen Yubai frowned, feeling that Shen Sinian’s reaction was also very strange.

What’s going on?

Is there an unspeakable secret about Xu Chuning’s birthday?

"Can’t I ask?" Shen Yubai said indifferently, "Is her birthday a secret?"

Shen Sinian paused, opened his mouth, and tried to appear calm, "No, but isn’t it that you can’t just casually ask about a girl’s birthday?"

He turned the tables, "Don’t you know that a girl’s age is an unspeakable secret?"

Shen Yubai was slightly speechless, disbelieving, "Even the age of an underage girl is an unspeakable secret?"

Shen Sinian: "Yeah."

Shen Yubai watched his expression of ’isn’t that obvious?’ and was at a loss for words.

"Forget it, if you don’t want to say it, then don’t." He wasn’t the type to get to the bottom of everything.

Shen Sinian: "..."

He looked at Shen Yubai’s seemingly disheartened appearance, feeling some unease in his heart, were he and Xu Chuning being too harsh on Shen Yubai? They were family after all.

With this thought, Shen Sinian felt conflicted, "Ask Ningning yourself, I can’t tell you."

Shen Yubai indifferently uttered an "oh" and didn’t ask further.

Father and son remained silent until they returned home, each to their own room.

In the afternoon, the family of three went to meet Min Jian.

For some reason, when Xu Chuning saw Shen Yubai and Shen Sinian, she vaguely felt that the atmosphere between the two was a bit off.

Had they argued?

She cast a puzzled look at Shen Sinian.

Shen Sinian silently shook his head.

Xu Chuning frowned, wanting to ask further, but Shen Yubai spoke first, "Let’s go, we’ll head over first."

Xu Chuning: "...Alright then."

The three of them headed to the teahouse where they would meet.

At this time, the teahouse had a vintage feel, a sense of the times.

Shen Sinian had only seen such teahouses on television, as well as when he went to Hong Kong. This was his first time going to one in Jiang City.

It was Xu Chuning’s first time as well, and when she arrived at the entrance of the teahouse, she looked up at the sign and her eyes lit up, "This place is beautiful."

Shen Yubai hid his gaze, "You like it?"

Xu Chuning: "It looks like the ones on TV."

Shen Yubai hummed in acknowledgment, speaking blandly, "This teahouse is indeed not bad, both the decor and the taste of the food are quite alright."

Xu Chuning: "Have you been here before?"

After blurting out, she realized she asked a foolish question.

Shen Yubai was the young master of the Shen Family; it was normal for him to have been to a high-end teahouse.

Noticing her embarrassed expression, Shen Yubai said lightly, "I’ve been here once or twice. If you guys want to come in the future, we can come often."

Xu Chuning smiled, "Let’s talk about it in the future."

As they were talking, the three entered the teahouse; Min Jian had already arrived when they went in.

Seeing the three people appearing before him, Min Jian slowly blinked, looking at the three exquisite faces in front of him, and hesitantly asked, "Are you all planning to sign a contract to debut together?"

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