Mr. Shen, your love-struck wife doesn't want you anymore!

Jiang Yu didn't like hearing this and was about to retort when Shen Chengyan suddenly grabbed her and pulled her behind him.

He used his body to extinguish the flames of conflict, cutting off her and Tang Yun's view.

Jiang Yu kicked him in annoyance: "Why did you pull me? She's the one who's causing trouble."

Shen Chengyan nodded: "I know, you're taking your anger out on me, don't hold it against her."

"..." Jiang Yu was filled with resentment but couldn't vent it, so she couldn't help but kick him twice.

"So you didn't give birth to him? You don't know how to care for him, do you?" Tang Yun was both angry and heartbroken. She was angry that her silly son was being manipulated, and heartbroken that he had been beaten. She rolled up her sleeves, her face ashen, and rushed over to settle accounts with Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu had been putting up with her for a long time, and she pushed Shen Chengyan away, ready to fight.

Shen Chengyan's temples throbbed. He called out "Dad" to Shen Changyuan and pulled Jiang Yu back to hug him as she ran forward.

Shen Changyuan quickly got up and went over to pull Tang Yun back, patting her back gently and soothing her: "You're so old, why are you arguing with a junior like her?"

While speaking, she winked at Shen Chengyan, then forcibly pulled Tang Yun, whose face was unfriendly, out of the room.

Shen Chengyan held Jiang Yu, who was practically devouring him, in his arms, using both hands and feet to stop her from breaking free.

Shen Chengyan breathed a sigh of relief after the ward door slammed shut.

Jiang Yu gritted her teeth and said, "Let go."

Shen Chengyan was unwilling to back down: "Wait, my mother hasn't gone far. I'm afraid you'll chase after her and hit her."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm just grateful she didn't mess with me. Why would I dare to chase after her?" Jiang Yu mocked sarcastically. "She's got a get-out-of-jail-free card now. How could a vixen like me dare to mess with her?"

Shen Chengyan wrapped his arm around her waist: "I know you have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. When the classmate who gave you the nickname was stopped by thugs demanding money, you helped them without holding a grudge."

Jiang Yu immediately cursed, "You perverted stalker!"

Shen Chengyan did not refute.

Jiang Yu shouted, "Let go!"

Shen Chengyan, savoring this rare moment of intimacy, shamelessly said, "I feel a little dizzy, let me lean on you for a while."

Jiang Yu said coldly, "If you feel dizzy, go see a doctor or call a nurse."

Shen Chengyan lowered his head, his chin gently rubbing against the top of her head. "Hmm, call me later."

Jiang Yu waited for half a minute before asking, "Are you done?"

Shen Chengyan: "Wait a little longer."

Jiang Yu remained expressionless, raised her knee and thrust it into his groin. Caught off guard, Shen Chengyan grunted and released her, then bent over, clutching his lower abdomen as he lay on the edge of the hospital bed.

Just as Jiang Yu was about to scold him for deserving it, a child's voice rang out in the ward: "What are you two playing?"

Jiang Yu turned her head and frowned, "Why are you still here?"

Shen Mo didn't know either. Just now, the adults were arguing and cursing at each other, and then his grandma and his mom almost got into a fight.

My uncle walked away speechlessly.

Finally, Grandpa pulled Grandma away too.

No one asked him or paid him any attention.

He also wanted to ask these adults what was going on.

But seeing his father lying on the hospital bed, looking so pained, he asked with some worry, "Is Dad going to die?"

Shen Chengyan took two deep breaths and managed to stand up: "Dad is fine."

Shen Mo responded with an "Oh".

Jiang Yu glanced at the time and realized it was getting late, so she grabbed her bag and prepared to leave.

She didn't look at Shen Mo even once during this time.

Shen Chengyan stood up: "Wait a minute, I'll go ask the nurse if I can be discharged. Let's go together."

Jiang Yu replied without hesitation, "You can't. The doctor said you have to stay for at least three days."

Shen Chengyan nodded: "Then take your son home."

Jiang Yu: "..."

So that's where she was waiting.

Jiang Yu laughed in anger: "I don't want to, let your mom pick him up... Hey, what are you doing!"

Before Jiang Yu could finish speaking, he grabbed her hand and dragged her out.

Shen Chengyan closed the ward door.

Jiang Yu shook off his hand.

Shen Chengyan looked at her and asked, "I can understand that you don't like me and hate my mother, but does Shen Mo also hate her?"

Jiang Yu frowned: "What are you trying to say?"

"Why won't you even look at him? You won't even give him a glance. Are you really planning to cut ties with him and never see him again?"

Jiang Yu was speechless for a moment.

Shen Chengyan's voice was a little hoarse: "Has your hatred for me reached this level that you even resent your son?"

"He was mischievous and naughty, not the well-behaved and sensible child that others saw. He was spoiled and had many flaws. Sometimes he would say hurtful things."

"But is this some kind of unforgivable flaw? If we educate and guide him properly, won't he change?"

Shen Chengyan's breathing was a little erratic, his chest heaving. "He did nothing wrong. The one who was wrong was me. I shouldn't have let him leave you back then. You can resent me, hate me, and despise me all you want. I just hope you can look at him a little, okay?"

Jiang Yu pursed her lips tightly for a while before saying softly, "He doesn't like me anyway, why should I bother trying to win him over and annoy him?"

Shen Chengyan: "No child doesn't love their parents."

Jiang Yu rolled her eyes: "Are you blind? Can't you tell he hates me?"

Shen Chengyan: "Did he say it?"

Jiang Yu: "Believe it or not, if I go in and ask him now, he'll definitely say he hates me."

Shen Chengyan: "How can you be sure he's telling the truth?"

Jiang Yu: "..."

Shen Chengyan said, "He wasn't sure if we loved him, which is why he said he hated us."

It is said that parents' love is unconditional.

But children are the ones in this world who love their parents unconditionally.

From the day they were born, they loved their parents with all their heart.

Adults' love involves weighing pros and cons and assessing the situation; it's never as pure as a child's love.

"He doesn't really dislike you. He picked you up the day we came back from X City. If he hated you, he wouldn't have gone with you, and he wouldn't have looked so disappointed after seeing you with other kids."

Seeing her blank expression, Shen Chengyan took her hand and said, "Please don't hate him, okay?"

Jiang Yu shook off his hand and turned her face away.

She wasn't so petty as to dislike a child.

She just doesn't know how to get along with people who don't like her.

That's how it is with adults.

The same applies to children.

From childhood to adulthood, no one loved her. Nor did anyone teach her how to love others.

**

When the two adults returned to the ward, Shen Mo sat there alone, idly picking at his fingers.

Seeing them return, she said in a resentful tone, "If you hadn't come back, I would have starved to death."

Shen Chengyan waved to him, and Shen Mo jumped off the sofa and walked over. "What?"

"Go back with Mom. Dad will have to stay in the hospital for two more days." Shen Chengyan patted his son's head. "Be good at home and listen to Mom. Don't make her angry."

Shen Mo refused: "No, I want to go find Grandma."

Shen Chengyan: "No."

Shen Mo huffed angrily, "I just won't..."

Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Yu grabbed her clothes and forcibly dragged her away, saying, "What are you dawdling about? Didn't you say you were hungry? Let's go eat."