Back to my parents when I was seventeen

Chapter 143 No regrets

Before today, Shen Yubai was definitely not an impulsive and reckless person.

Moreover, he was extremely cautious about Xu Chuning's affairs. But just now, when he saw the disappointment flashing across Xu Chuning's eyes and the look of despair, he couldn't control himself and said what he had been holding back for a few days.

After Shen Yubai said this, Xu Chuning and everyone else looked at him intently, but everyone's emotions were different.

Xu Chu Ning frowned, while Xu Zhi Yan asked in disbelief: "Shen Yubai, what are you talking about?"

What do you mean by "she occupied the magpie's nest"? When did she occupy the magpie's nest? Whose magpie's nest did she occupy? Xu Chuning?

Compared to Xu Zhiyan's madness, Ye Qiongfang seemed much calmer. She was shocked for a moment, and her expression was stern. "Yu Bai, what did you say?"

She grabbed Shen Yubai's hand, her voice trembling, "Repeat what you just said."

Shen Yubai paused and subconsciously glanced at Xu Chuning beside him.

Eyes facing each other.

Shen Yubai's lips moved, and when he was thinking about how to continue, Xu Chuning came back to his senses, saved Shen Yubai from Ye Qiongfang, raised his eyes and looked at the strange yet familiar woman in front of him, "You heard it."

She said calmly, with a somewhat cold tone, "There is no need for Shen Yubai to repeat it to you."

This was the first time Xu Chuning did not use a respectful title when addressing an elder.

After saying this, Xu Chu Ning turned around and said, "Mom, it's time. Shall we go to the parents' meeting first?"

You Shuzhen was immersed in the explosive news she just learned, and she woke up as if from a dream, "Ningning..."

"I'm fine." Xu Chu Ning held her hand and said softly, "Let's go to the parents' meeting first?"

You Shuzhen frowned: "She——"

"I'll tell you later." Xu Chu Ning comforted her.

You Shuzhen was not someone who had never seen the world. She knew that at this moment, it was definitely not the right time to ask Xu Chuning and Shen Yubai how they knew... that Ye Qiongfang was Xu Chuning's biological mother. She nodded hesitantly and said, "Okay, let's go to the parents' meeting first."

After talking to You Shuzhen, Xu Chuning turned around and looked at Shen Yubai's parents, "...Uncle and aunt, we have to go to the parents' meeting first."

Shen Xingyan responded relatively calmly, "You guys go first."

After saying this, he patted Sang Menglan on the shoulder and said, "Aren't you going to hold a parent-teacher meeting for Si Nian?"

Sang Menglan came back to her senses, "Oh, right..."

She pursed her lips and looked at Xu Chuning, "Ningning, right?" Sang Menglan said very familiarly, "I'm here to attend the parents' meeting for Si Nian. Can I go with you?"

Xu Chuning nodded softly, "Auntie, please come this way."

Watching the three people leave, Ye Qiongfang wanted to chase after them, but Shen Yubai called out, "Aunt Ye."

Ye Qiongfang raised her eyes, her eyes were red, "Yu Bai."

Shen Yubai took a deep breath, closed his eyes and asked, "Didn't Uncle Xu come to school today?"

Shen Xingyan also spoke at the right time, "Call Yiming and let's talk about this outside."

"Mom!" Xu Zhiyan stood nearby, listening to their conversation, and asked in disbelief, "Do you believe what they said?"

If Shen Yubai was just talking nonsense and told her that Xu Zhiyan was not her biological daughter before she even met Xu Chuning, she would not believe it. But blood relationship is a very strange thing, not to mention that Xu Chuning was born from her belly.

The moment he saw her, Ye Qiongfang had a strange sense of familiarity.

Combined with what Shen Yubai had just said, she intuitively felt that what Shen Yubai said was true. Xu Zhiyan was not her biological daughter, but someone else. Although Shen Yubai had not said it clearly, she could guess from their interaction that the girl was her biological daughter.

"Mom!" Ye Qiongfang was silent for a long time. Xu Zhiyan opened her eyes wide and shouted, "You don't really believe it, do you? They are lying to you."

After Xu Zhiyan's shouting, Ye Qiongfang came back to her senses. She closed her eyes, calmed herself down and said, "I'll call your father first."

Xu Zhiyan's face turned pale, "Mom, why are you——"

Before she could finish her next words, Ye Qiongfang calmly comforted her, "Yanyan, I watched Yubai grow up, he is unlikely to lie to me." At this point, she listened and said, "Even if he lied to us, we have to find a place to talk about it. Why would Yubai lie to me?"

Hearing this, Shen Yubai curled the corner of his lips slightly and did not respond.

Ye Qiongfang called her husband Xu Yiming, and Shen Xingyan also quickly called the principal of Meiji Junior High School to explain that she, Xu Yiming and the children had urgent matters to deal with and would be absent from today's parent-teacher meeting.

They are in the international class, and with the financial donation from the Shen Group to Meiji Junior High School, the principal would not dare to object even if Shen Yubai missed a parent-teacher meeting, let alone a semester.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Xingyan looked at the two people opposite him and said, "Let's go."

Xu Zhiyan didn't move, "I'm not going."

She stood there and acted like a spoiled child, looking at Shen Yubai with tears in her eyes, "Shen Yubai, even if you don't like me, there's no need to destroy me, right? When did I offend you?"

She just liked him.

"You should ask yourself this question." Shen Yubai didn't want to talk to her any more. "When you deliberately made things difficult for Xu Chuning just now, she might have been thinking about when she had offended you."

Xu Zhi's face turned pale, "They bumped into me first."

"It was their fault that they accidentally bumped into you, so why did you ask Aunt You for compensation when she apologized and didn't even dirty your clothes?" Shen Yubai asked.

Xu Zhiyan opened her mouth and tried to argue.

Shen Yubai sneered, "Aunt Ye, let's go. If she doesn't go, then we will go."

Ye Qiongfang was speechless. Looking at Xu Zhiyan who was crying beside her, she said softly, "You guys go first? I'll come later."

Shen Xingyan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go first."

It was normal for Ye Qiongfang and Xu Zhiyan to be unable to accept such a big thing. Xu Zhiyan was still a minor after all, and she had a weak tolerance and acted like a little girl, which adults could understand.

Shen Xingyan and Shen Yubai walked out of the school first and went to a nearby more private afternoon tea restaurant and asked for a private room.

After the two of them sat down, Shen Xingyan glanced at the person next to him who had taken out his phone to send a message, and asked quietly, "Do you regret saying what you just said?"

"...I don't regret it, actually." Shen Yubai said frankly, "You'll know it sooner or later."

He was just worried that Xu Chu Ning would ignore him.

Shen Xingyan snorted, "I know you're standing up for Xu Chuning, but from the look on her face just now, she didn't seem to appreciate it."

Shen Yubai didn't say anything.

Shen Xingyan rarely saw him like this, so he raised his hand and patted his shoulder with emotion, "It seems that my future daughter-in-law can really control you."

Shen Yubai: "Dad."

Why did he feel that Shen Xingyan was gloating?

Shen Xingyan smiled and said, "Just kidding."

He leaned over to look at Shen Yubai's phone, "You sent a message to Xu Chuning, did she reply to you?"

Shen Yubai: “…No.”

Shen Xingyan raised his eyebrows: "Can the message be sent out?"

"What do you mean?" Shen Yubai was puzzled.

Shen Xingyan hummed: "She didn't block you, which proves that she left you room for explanation. Go for it."

Shen Yubai: "..."

This doesn't sound like anything to be happy about.