Chapter 1337 The Grand Finale: Xiao Yan and Shen Huan at Twenty Years Old

Pu Yang’s expression froze. Xiao Yan’s reaction made her instinctively think… Xiao Xiaoang had already spilled everything.

But…

What Xiao Yan said next made Pu Yang breathe a sigh of relief…

“You better not ask too much about Xiao Ang’s matter. He is still very resistant to you. Interfering in his affairs will only make things more awkward between me and Xiao Ang.”

Pu Yang put down the book in her hand, stood up, and faced Xiao Yan,

“Xiao Yan, my means of marrying you were indeed despicable, but I have my own stubbornness too.”

“…”

“I indeed cannot treat Xiao Ang as my own child, but with you… Don’t tell me you can’t see my feelings for you at all.”

“…”

Xiao Yan looked steadily at Pu Yang. No matter how beautifully Pu Yang phrased things right now, he could never have one hundred percent trust—not even ten percent—in this woman.

“I’m concerned about you; where exactly did he go today? Why do I feel your mood is very low right now… Xiao Ang has returned; you should be relieved, yet you seem even more downcast than before.”

“Pu Yang, was it you who sent Xiao Ang to find Yin Shixiu?”

Xiao Yan wasn’t skilled in intrigue and manipulation; he’d never be able to learn Pu Yang and Pu Wei’s ways. However, in face-to-face conversations, reading face-to-face behavioral psychology, he could at least discern something.

Pu Yang wasn’t supposed to care about these things, but she was now not only caring but also trying to decipher clues from his emotions that she wanted to know.

She was testing him, trying to draw him out.

And the reason behind it… Xiao Yan just wanted to know that.

Once he imagined this possibility, it quickly became clear how it might benefit Pu Yang.

“…”

Pu Yang furrowed her brow in confusion, looking at Xiao Yan, “What are you talking about? I don’t even understand.”

Xiao Yan fixed his gaze on Pu Yang, taking a deep breath, “Forget it if you don’t understand.”

Xiao Yan was truly feeling exhausted…

“Xiao Yan, explain clearly, what did your earlier words mean? You—”

“Pu Yang! I’m tired!”

Xiao Yan’s face, full of exhaustion, suddenly darkened. He glared fiercely at Pu Yang.

Pu Yang was startled by Xiao Yan’s furious demeanor and instinctively swallowed hard, not saying another word.

Xiao Yan grabbed his clothes and went into the bathroom, slamming the door with a loud “bang.”

If Pu Yang sent Xiao Xiaoang to find Yin Shixiu, what could he do about Pu Yang? Did she break the law?

It was he who broke the law!

There was an increasing number of people in this world who wanted to make friends with, fall in love with, and become spouses with simple-minded individuals who didn’t have many scheming thoughts.

Ironically, such simple-minded people were becoming rarer.

He was no exception, as he fell in love with a girl at that age—Shen Huan—one of those increasingly rare simple-minded people in this world…

She was solely focused on scientific research, not for making a mark in her field, not for status or respect.

She purely loved science and purely loved him, Xiao Yan…

Purely said, “This child is so pitiful… Born into such a wealthy family, only to be plotted against and strangled in the crib. Xiao Yan, since he’s already considered a dead infant to those people, why don’t we raise him?”

“Shen Huan, are you serious or joking… Taking care of a child is not a game.”

“You talk as if your deceitful plan to swap this comatose child like ‘the cat for the crown prince’ was just a game. Xiao Yan, your courage has greatly expanded.”

“… I’ve told you, it’s the sin of my grandfather. I just want to try to see if I can build some virtue for my grandfather in my way; he’s already old…”

“Your grandfather is also my grandfather, right…” Shen Huan smiled at him, wearing a white lab coat and glasses perched on her nose, with her eyes slightly lifted looking mischievous.

“Is it really okay to do this?”

Xiao Yan looked at the little guy breathing heavily, placed in the incubator in the lab, connected to various tubes.

The skin was wrinkly but had turned reddish, the blood color filled his entire body.

“Why does he have such a big birthmark on his forehead… huh…” Xiao Yan sighed, while Shen Huan lifted her hand to slap his shoulder, “Hey, why sigh? This birthmark might look scary now, but as he grows, it will shrink. His skin’s wrinkled now and doesn’t look good, but you see, this birthmark is shaped like a five-petalled flower, when the skin smooths out, it will definitely be beautiful.”

Shen Huan stood by his side, slightly bending over, gently touching the incubator as if able to feel the skin of that child.

It’s said that the kind of world you see reflects the kind of person you are; good-hearted people see a world that is warm.

“Moreover… Don’t you think this birthmark seems like a gift from heaven, making him extraordinary from birth?”

“…”

He looked at Shen Huan, who was speaking with such spiritedness.

Yes, many people strive throughout their lives to become extraordinary and memorable. This child, thanks to this birthmark, has already done so.

“I think that the red mark on his forehead has granted him a tenacious vitality… Look at him breathing so heavily. Can you bear to send him back to that home full of plots and schemes?”

Shen Huan blinked and looked at Xiao Yan, smiling lightly.

Xiao Yan looked at Shen Huan, “Have you really thought it through?”

“There’s no need to think much. We gave him a second chance at life, is there anything wrong with us raising him? Besides… I believe you will be a good dad.”

“And what about you?”

“Hmm… I think I will be a good mom too.”

“You? You can’t even take care of yourself, and you want to take care of a child?”

“Then… let me and him be taken care of by you!”

“Shen Huan, you’re really sly.” He said, reaching out to embrace her, holding her in his arms, looking at the child in the incubator.

Twenty-year-old Xiao Yan, twenty-year-old Shen Huan, if someone said they made such an irresponsible decision because they were too young, it would not be objective…

Because he had responsibly cared for this child for five years, Shen Huan had responsibly snatched back that shocked dead infant from the hands of death.

Growing up, he was always called silly by his grandfather. Xiao Yan didn’t know at that time that “silly” was actually a negative term, but the older he got, the clearer that became.

It means the things done according to your own heart won’t be recognized by others.

—

“So, is it true that someone followed Xiao Xiaoang all day?”

Su Xiaomeng leaned against the balcony, looking up at the pitch-black winter night, the glass windows covered with frost. Two minutes ago, Chen Lan had called her.

After Xiao Yan called to tell her Xiao Xiaoang was missing, she called Chen Lan. But Chen Lan didn’t answer and seemed mysterious, so in desperation, Su Xiaomeng called Yin Shixiu. After that, she anxiously waited for Chen Lan’s call, feeling… there was some connection.

“Yes, the person secretly protecting Xiao Ang said the child slipped out from the kindergarten’s back gate at noon, then hailed a taxi by the roadside, which stopped directly under the Yin Group Building.”

When saying this, Chen Lan himself felt mysterious,

“If I were at Yin Group today, I would have definitely encountered this child.”

“He went to Yin Group by himself to find Shixiu…” Xiao Meng murmured, “Shixiu told me something about secrets… Turns out it was about having dinner with Xiao Xiaoang, and there really was the voice of a child.”

That damn Yin Shixiu…

Su Xiaomeng thought he must be getting back at her for previously going shopping and dining with Xiao Yan and his father, and then fooling him with mysteries…

He’s already an adult, yet his mind is so small.

“What I don’t understand is why the people who followed Xiao Xiaoang didn’t act before he reached Yin Group but chose to act after he left.”

Chen Lan was quite perplexed.

Su Xiaomeng’s heart skipped a beat…

Chen Lan then explained to her in detail about the actions of those who wanted to harm Xiao Xiaoang…

After hearing, Xiao Meng closed her eyes.

“Thankfully, Madam, you had me secretly assign people for 24-hour protection of this child, otherwise, no one would have imagined someone would attack such a child.”

Chen Lan said as Su Xiaomeng saw Yin Shixiu’s car coming in.

At the entrance of Jun Garden, he handed the car over to the driver.

“Shixiu is back, let me ask him again, anyway, you make the arrangements, if anything happens to Xiao Xiaoang on your watch, Chen Lan, I really have to doubt your capability.” Su Xiaomeng hummed.

Chen Lan sighed,

“Understood, Madam.”

Xiao Meng hung up and then walked to the door, leaning against the doorframe, watching the doorknob turn and the door being pushed open—

“Wah woo!”

“…”

Despite this childish act, Yin Shixiu was truly taken aback!

Patted his chest, gave her a glance, “Childish, huh?”

“Humph! I tell you, if I didn’t know you almost got into trouble today, there would have been a washboard waiting for you right at the entrance!”

Yin Shixiu knitted his brows, blinking in confusion at Su Xiaomeng, “What trouble happened?”

Su Xiaomeng raised an eyebrow. For the character who shares the good but not the sorrow, Xiao Meng now was beyond surprised.

“Just keep playing innocent.”

Yin Shixiu walked in, carrying a chill, took off his coat and hung it on a nearby rack, “What did I pretend…”

He muttered, slightly bewildered in his heart, did Su Xiaomeng learn that he and Xiao Xiaoang encountered some trouble on their way back today?

But…

How did she know?