Chapter 103 Follow-up

When Xie Shiyan returned home with his slightly disheveled but imposing wife and children, his mother and mother-in-law were just putting the last soup on the table. As the children grew up, Xie Shiyan dismissed all the nannies and childcare workers who had been hired to help, offering them five times their wages as a generous gift, as the four elderly people were still energetic and insisted on doing everything themselves.

On weekdays, the four elderly people, Mr. and Mrs. Xie and Mr. and Mrs. Jiang, enjoy their grandchildren. A professional cleaning team regularly comes to maintain the house, which is warm and orderly.

"You're back? Wash your hands and eat." Xie's mother greeted them with a smile. As they approached, she noticed the children's faces had fine scratches, her granddaughter Yan Yan's braids were a little loose, and Jiang Yining's hair was slightly messy.

Xie's mother's smile froze instantly. Her brows furrowed, and her sharp gaze swept over her son: "Xie Shiyan, did you bully them, mother and children?"

The four little cannonballs immediately rushed towards their beloved grandmothers, chattering excitedly and with a mix of grievance and excitement, describing in embellishment how the bad guy Jin Guangyu and his mother bullied others at kindergarten, how they and their mother "heroically fought back," and how their father "descended from heaven" to deal with the bad guys.

Hearing this, Jiang's mother was heartbroken and slammed her fist on the table in anger: "Outrageous! The Jin family is truly lawless! Ayan, you can't let them off so easily. My four precious children, whom I've raised with such care, and my daughter, how can they suffer such injustice?" Looking at the little red marks on her children's faces, she felt as if her own flesh had been ripped out.

Xie Shiyan looked at the tiny yet glaring marks on the children's faces, and then at his wife's slightly tired but determined appearance, and his heart felt like it had been pricked by a needle. He said in a deep voice, "Mom, don't worry, none of those who bullied our family will get away with it."

The atmosphere at dinner was tinged with a sense of relief at surviving a disaster and a shared sense of righteous indignation. After dinner, bathing and applying medicine to the four little darlings became a heartwarming task involving the whole family.

Xie Shiyan made several phone calls in his study, his voice low but carrying an undeniable chill. Jiang Yining listened outside the door, knowing her husband's methods; the Jin family was finished.

As expected.

The next day, news broke in S City's business circles: Jia Hui Electric Appliances had changed hands, and the original owner, Jin Dayu, was quickly sidelined and kicked out for unknown reasons, returning to his hometown in disgrace with his family.

However, his misfortune did not end there. Devastated by debt and failure, Kim Dae-wook's personality changed drastically. He became addicted to gambling and eventually injured someone in a fight when he was blinded by greed, resulting in his imprisonment.

His mistress also absconded with his remaining money. The once arrogant and domineering Mrs. Jin now struggles to make ends meet with her son in her hometown, her former glory completely gone. Behind all this, there seems to be an invisible yet powerful hand at work.

Upon learning this, Jiang Yining simply sighed softly and said nothing more. Some people will ultimately pay the price for their evil deeds.

That night, Xie Shiyan returned to his bedroom after finishing his last tasks and saw Jiang Yining leaning against the headboard, not going to sleep as usual, but waiting for him.

He walked over and pulled her into his arms, resting his chin on the top of her head: "Why aren't you asleep yet? Were you scared by what happened during the day? Don't be afraid, with your husband here, no one can bully you."

Jiang Yining shook her head in his arms, tilted her face up, and her eyes were clear and gentle under the lamplight: "It's not that I'm afraid. Ayan, I want to thank you. Thank you for always being like this, protecting me and the children like a mountain."

From their rebirth and subsequent encounter to every storm, he has always been her strongest fortress. Xie Shiyan chuckled softly, uttering no grand words, but simply tightening his arms around her.

His life was given to him by Ningning, and protecting her and their shared home was an instinct etched into his very bones.