Five years after my wife's death, she came back!

Hillside villa.

Spring is in full bloom, and the magnolia blossoms outside the window rustle in the breeze. Shi Ying is teaching Shang to read pinyin in the bedroom.

Shang Nian is very smart; she already knew how to communicate by typing, but it was still a bit difficult for her to pronounce words accurately.

Shang Nian looked at the spot Shi Ying was pointing to in the book, opened her mouth wide, and managed to utter a sound from her throat: "a—".

After reading it a few times, she became more proficient, and pronouncing it was no longer so difficult.

Once she could pronounce a sound correctly, Shi Ying would continue teaching her the next sound in the same way.

After Shang Nian read the pinyin chart aloud, she grabbed Shi Ying's sleeve and shook it, looking at her with bright eyes, waiting to be praised.

Shi Ying didn't hold back her emotions, hugging her and kissing her on the forehead: "Our Niannian is amazing too."

Shang Nian happily called out "Mom," then threw down her book and rushed into her arms to snuggle up to her.

"Mom, can you pick me up tonight?"

Shang Nian is currently at home in the morning. At noon, Ji Huanzhou will pick her up and take her to the hospital for psychological counseling. He will then bring her back in the afternoon. Because unrelated people cannot be present during psychological counseling, Ji Huanzhou does not recommend that Shi Ying go with her.

But tonight they were going to have dinner together at the Shang family's old house, so Shang Nian asked her if she could come pick her up from the hospital.

"Sure, Niannian, wait for us there after you finish chatting with Uncle Ji. Your parents will come to pick you up."

Shang Nian nodded vigorously.

But then she became a little unhappy, grabbing Shi Ying's fingers and playing with them, asking in a stammering voice, "Mommy, do we really have to go to Grandma's house?"

"Doesn't Niannian like going to Grandma's house?"

Shi Ying had no impression of Cheng Suyun. She couldn't recall anything from the past, nor did she remember what her relationship with Cheng Suyun was like before.

Shang Nian pouted, "I don't like Grandma."

"Why don't you like Grandma?" Shi Ying asked her patiently. "Isn't Grandma nice to Niannian?"

Shang Nian nestled in her arms and whispered a complaint: "Grandma said I can't talk well, and Grandma likes that Aunt Meng..."

Aunt Meng? Meng Shuyan?

When Shang Nian mentioned it, Shi Ying remembered this person again. Come to think of it, she hadn't heard anyone mention her since she came back this time.

Shang Nian's voice sounded aggrieved, as if she had finally found someone to complain to: "They also said they were going to send me abroad..."

"No, Mommy won't let them send Niannian abroad." Shiying wiped away her tears with her sleeve, her heart aching for her. "No matter where Niannian goes, Mommy will be with you."

"If Niannian goes abroad for treatment or study in the future, Mom will go with you, unless Niannian grows up and wants to live alone."

"Mom, are you really not leaving me?" Shang Nian looked up at her with a pitiful expression and said, "I don't want to live alone when I grow up."

"I want to stay with my mom for the rest of my life!"

Shi Ying tapped her little nose: "Mommy will stay with Niannian for the rest of her life."

Shang Nian then nestled contentedly in her arms.

*

The villa was quiet in the afternoon. Ji Huanzhou picked up Shang Nian, and Shi Ying sat on the sofa watching TV.

She learned about the school incident from the news again. Besides her, another child was stabbed and is still in the ICU.

Pan Yong was taken to the police station, and his life story was dug up.

Shi Ying also saw some rumors online that the kindergarten principal, Wang, seemed to have committed a crime in the past, but when she wanted to take another look, she found that those posts were gone.

Instead, there was a lot of publicity about Pan Yong and his family, which seemed to be an attempt to incite netizens to cause trouble for his family.

"What are you looking at?" Shang Chenyan brought over some fruit and saw her frowning as she scrolled through her phone.

Shi Ying picked up a cherry, popped it into her mouth, and chewed it. "I saw someone digging into Principal Wang's past. Could it be that what happened that day really had something to do with him?"

Shang Chenyan followed her gaze to his phone: "It's probably related to him, but it won't be reported on the internet or on TV."

Why?

Shang Chenyan put his arm around her shoulder: "What big things can a kindergarten principal accomplish? The hardest thing to eradicate in this world is a network of connections. If he's exposed, and people trace him back to his connections, how anxious will the people behind him be?"

Therefore, Principal Wang can only try his best to keep Pan Yong quiet and spend money to bribe the media before the matter escalates, thus minimizing his own visibility.

If he gets dragged into this himself, given how gossipy netizens are, they could dig him up completely. When that happens, the people behind him might cut their losses and ruin him to save the others.

Shi Ying thought for a moment and seemed to have figured out a solution.

She was just a little unhappy: "These media outlets are really unethical."

Shang Chenyan knew that she was young and had not experienced the dark side of society, so she would definitely feel indignant about these things. He said, "People come together because of interests. Morality means nothing to some people in the face of money."

If Principal Wang's matter involves too much, it's beyond his control. As a businessman, he has no need to create unnecessary trouble for himself.

Not wanting Shi Ying to be unhappy about these things, he changed the subject: "Does your hand still hurt?"

Shi Ying raised her arm: "It doesn't hurt much anymore, but the wound is a little itchy after the stitches were removed."

"Don't grab it, or you'll break it again."

Shang Chenyan skillfully changed her dressing. Shi Ying looked at his casual appearance in his home clothes and couldn't help but ask, "Haven't you been to the company for so long?"

"Are you urging me to go to work?" Shang Chenyan's eyes darkened. "I stay home with you every day, does Yingying find me annoying?"

"No, I don't think so." Shi Ying quickly shook her head. "Why would I find you annoying? I was just asking, after all, you used to be a workaholic."

Shang Chenyan moved closer to her and gently kissed her lips: "But right now there are things more important than work."

He carefully reached over her injured arm, pressed her down on the sofa, and kissed her more deeply.

Shi Ying was aroused by his kisses, and she raised her waist slightly and rubbed against him.

Shang Chenyan noticed this, so he moved away slightly, his fingers sliding down her waist and into her thin nightgown. The touch of his fingertips caused Shi Ying to tremble.

"No..." Shi Ying couldn't take it anymore, but Shang Chenyan only took the initiative to light the fire and then immediately left.

After being teased yet again, Shi Ying became angry:

"Shang Chenyan, are you going to do it or not?!"