Chapter 224 There's no reason to be lenient with you
The first time Fu Xingyi heard his father explain his homework to him, his small body nestled in his father's broad chest. It was a gentleness different from his mother's, a different kind of solid warmth.
A smile spread across Fu Xingyi's face. He felt incredibly happy listening to Fu Shenyuan explain the problem to him.
Fu Shenyuan noticed that Fu Xingyi wasn't paying attention and asked, "What's going on in your little head? Why aren't you listening to the question, huh?"
Fu Shenyuan even reached out and pinched his cheek; the touch under his fingertips was incredibly soft and tender.
Fu Xingyi was amused and giggled, grabbing the hem of Fu Shenyuan's shirt and wriggling around in his arms.
Looking at his son in his arms, Fu Shenyuan thought of the past. At that time, he didn't pay much attention to Fu Xingyi, or even any attention at all.
Because of Jiang Ranxing, Fu Shenyuan didn't particularly like the child. He mostly left Fu Xingyi to be cared for by professional housekeepers, nannies, and teachers. He rarely took care of Fu Xingyi, let alone doted on him.
Now he regrets not spending more time with his son sooner.
Thinking of this, Fu Shenyuan turned to look at Jiang Ranxing. She had already finished her soup and gone to her desk to work.
If he had realized this earlier, perhaps the three of them would have lived happily ever after.
They were in love, had a lovely son, and lived a peaceful and carefree life. The simplest happiness in the world was once so within reach, but he shattered it with his own hands, and now he can't put it back together.
Even though the three of them managed to get together, they didn't look like a family at all.
The light in Fu Shenyuan's eyes dimmed.
After he helped Fu Xingyi finish his homework, the two men looked at each other and neither of them seemed inclined to leave Jiang Ranxing's room.
Both father and son looked in Jiang Ranxing's direction and found that she didn't care about them at all. The light on the computer screen flickered and changed, reflecting on her face. Clearly, Jiang Ranxing's energy was completely focused on her work.
Fu Xingyi said in a very soft voice, "Dad, Mom seems very busy. Should we go and help her?"
Fu Xingyi naively believed that her father could help her mother because her father seemed to know everything.
Fu Shenyuan was naturally aware that he might not understand the work that Jiang Ranxing was handling.
He can appreciate the designs he creates, but if you really trace the creative process, it's very difficult for laymen to understand the intricacies.
Fu Shenyuan waved his hand: "Dad doesn't understand Mom's work."
Fu Xingyi asked doubtfully, "Mom said before that she was just an ordinary clerk. Dad should know about this kind of job. I know that there are many uncles and aunts in Dad's company who do this kind of job. Isn't Uncle Tan Shen one?"
Fu Shenyuan tapped Fu Xingyi's nose and said seriously, "Mom is not only like your Uncle Tan, but also a designer. So Dad doesn't understand those professional things, only Mom does."
Fu Xingyi was surprised to hear this: "Oh! Mom and Aunt Xue Sha have the same job, right? I didn't know Mom was so amazing."
"My mother is not only talented, she is an exceptionally talented designer. Her works are priceless and hard to find."
Fu Xingyi's eyes lit up instantly, his big eyes darting around as he looked at Jiang Ranxing with great admiration.
Just as Jiang Ranxing switched hands to pick up the folder and looked at the paper materials, she saw Fu Xingyi staring at her with his bright eyes.
Jiang Ranxing took off his glasses and asked, "Yiyi, what are you trying to say by looking at me like that?"
Fu Xingyi broke free from Fu Shenyuan's embrace, took small steps to Jiang Ranxing's side, looked at the design drawings and obscure professional terms on the computer screen, and then truly confirmed it.
"Mom, you're a designer? You're so amazing! I admire you so much!"
Fu Xingyi leaned against Jiang Ranxing's legs and rubbed against her in a fawning manner.
Jiang Ranxing glanced at Fu Shenyuan, who was smiling in their direction, and she immediately understood what was going on.
Jiang Ranxing nodded and replied, "Yes."
Fu Xingyi looked at her with bright eyes and said, "Then, Mom, can I see your design work? I want to see it."
Jiang Ranxing did not refuse this trivial request, so he raised his hand and clicked a few times on the computer, and several design renderings were displayed.
"Wow! These clothes are so beautiful! Mom is so amazing!"
Faced with Fu Xingyi's praise, Jiang Ranxing simply smiled slightly.
Fu Xingyi grabbed Jiang Ranxing's hand and shook it, asking, "Can Mom design an outfit for me too? I want to wear Mom's design so I can tell others that my mom made it especially for me."
Jiang Ranxing didn't nod at this moment. She said, "If Yiyi likes it, I can ask other uncles and aunts to make it for you. Mom is very busy, so I won't make it for you myself."
Jiang Ranxing has more important things to do now and doesn't have the time or inclination to waste on these trivial matters.
Besides, it's not like she hasn't designed clothes for Fu Xingyi before. He didn't appreciate it then, and now that he wants them, she might not actually make them for him again.
Fu Xingyi has no shortage of clothes; he can even get limited editions from every brand.
This wasn't a matter of life and death; she could have completely ignored it.
Fu Xingyi was naturally disappointed upon hearing this, and clenched his little hands, muttering, "Does Mommy not like me anymore? What Mommy used to do for me?"
Jiang Ranxing paused for a moment, knowing it was from the past.
“It’s different now than before, understand, Yiyi?” Jiang Ranxing said. “Or if you don’t like what your aunt and uncle on Mom’s side make, you can go to your Aunt Xuesha to make it. She should still be here, and she’ll be willing.”
Upon hearing Jiang Ranxing mention Lin Xuesha, Fu Xingyi immediately became anxious. He hurriedly grabbed Jiang Ranxing's hand again and said urgently, "Mom, don't be angry! I like it! I like it when Mom makes clothes for me. I don't need Aunt Xuesha to make them for me anymore, and I won't need her anymore."
Fu Xingyi was afraid that Jiang Ranxing would be angry with him because of this, so he lingered around Jiang Ranxing for a while, and even pulled Fu Shenyuan along.
"Dad, can you talk to Mom about this? It's been a long time since I've asked Aunt Xue Sha to make clothes for me, hasn't it?"
Fu Shenyuan nodded, patted his son's little head that was shaking back and forth, and explained to Jiang Ranxing.
"Burning Star, trust your son. He's been very well-behaved lately and is different from before."
Fu Shenyuan didn't notice Jiang Ranxing's expression while he was speaking.
When Jiang Ranxing turned around, he saw that she wasn't very happy.
"You two are bothering me in my room, and now you want me to be understanding? If I'm not mistaken, that's what you mean."
When Jiang Ranxing said this, both Fu Shenyuan and Fu Xingyi were slightly taken aback. Neither of them expected Jiang Ranxing to speak so directly and coldly.
Fu Shenyuan laughed awkwardly afterward, "That's not what I meant, you misunderstood."
Jiang Ranxing looked up at him: "Then what do you mean?"
Jiang Ranxing didn't leave Fu Shenyuan a single word, so now anything he said would be wrong, and he could only keep quiet.
Fu Xingyi didn't dare to speak either. He had never seen his mother like this before; she seemed quite different from before.
Fu Xingyi took Fu Shenyuan's hand and said very sensibly, "How about I go out with Dad? Mom is busy with work. We can talk after Mom is done."
Fu Shenyuan nodded in agreement, took Fu Xingyi's hand, and the two of them left Jiang Ranxing's bedroom.
Jiang Ranxing sighed helplessly, pressing his temples wearily.
Outside the bedroom, Fu Xingyi still had a look of helplessness and reluctance on his face. When Fu Shenyuan saw this, he touched his son's little face to comfort him.
"Mom hasn't been feeling well lately, both emotionally and physically, and she's also been very busy with work. Yiyi and Dad both need to take good care of Mom, okay?"
Fu Xingyi puffed out his cheeks, clenched his fists, and nodded, "Mom said I'm a little man now, I'll take good care of Mom and won't make her unhappy."
Fu Shenyuan smiled and said, "Yiyi has grown up."
The father and son smiled at each other.
Lin Xuesha saw the two people come out and spoke to them from downstairs.
"Shen Yuan, Yi Yi, I made some desserts, come down and eat with me."
When Fu Xingyi came downstairs, he felt something was strange: "Aunt Xue Sha, you haven't left yet? It's so dark already, and neither Dad nor I are hungry."
Lin Xuesha laughed awkwardly, pretending she hadn't heard anything.
"I'm waiting for Yiyi, Aunt Xuesha misses you."
As she spoke, Lin Xuesha was about to hug Fu Xingyi, but Fu Xingyi dodged and took a step back, preventing her from getting a hug.
Lin Xuesha's embrace froze, making the situation even more awkward.
"Yiyi, why won't you let Auntie hold you?"
Fu Xingyi deliberately kept his distance and said, "It wouldn't be good if Mom saw this, Aunt Xue Sha."
Fu Xingyi's words left Lin Xuesha even more speechless.
She looked at Fu Shenyuan, hoping to receive some comfort.
However, Fu Shenyuan didn't even look at him; he was looking at his phone.
Lin Xuesha approached Fu Shenyuan, and when he noticed her, he immediately turned his phone face down, preventing Lin Xuesha from looking at it.
After being rejected time and time again, Lin Xuesha was losing face.
But the thought that if she just slunk away like that, she would be giving Jiang Ranxing a golden opportunity.
So Lin Xuesha pretended nothing had happened and spoke casually.
"Shen Yuan, may I stay at the villa tonight? I have an appointment with a client in the area tomorrow morning, so it will be convenient to stay nearby."
Fu Shenyuan thought for a moment and then called the butler over.
"Have someone book a hotel nearby for Xue Sha, and then send her there for one night."
Fu Shenyuan turned to Lin Xuesha and said, "Xuesha, it's not convenient for you to stay in the villa. Why don't you stay at the hotel?"
Lin Xuesha was stunned. Fu Shenyuan was being too ruthless. He clearly didn't want to give her any chance at all.
"Did you make me stay out of the hotel because of Ranxing? Shen Yuan, do you remember how scared I was when I stayed in a hotel alone? How could you bear to send me to a hotel alone?"
Lin Xuesha looked like she was about to cry, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at Fu Shenyuan and said, "You know I'm very scared because of what happened in my childhood, right?"
When Lin Xuesha brought up the matter again, Fu Shenyuan no longer felt the same guilt as before.
He didn't want to doubt Lin Xuesha's intentions, but a voice in his heart was still saying that there might be something wrong with what Lin Xuesha said.
Fu Shenyuan calmly said, "If you're scared, I'll have someone guard outside your hotel room, but it's not suitable for you to stay in the villa."
"Why, Shen Yuan? I don't understand. I'm just staying overnight at the villa. It won't do anything wrong, will it?" Lin Xuesha asked persistently.
Fu Shenyuan looked at her and said, "This is my and Ranxing's home. It's not appropriate for you to live here."
Lin Xuesha was furious. It was Jiang Ranxing again!
Has Fu Shenyuan become inseparable from Jiang Ranxing now? He actually prioritizes Jiang Ranxing in everything. Why? Why did Jiang Ranxing steal everything from him again?
After the housekeeper made the arrangements, he went to Lin Xuesha's side and asked her to leave.
Even though Lin Xuesha was unwilling, she couldn't show it directly, so she listened to the housekeeper's arrangement and left the villa.
Fu Shenyuan then picked up his phone and looked at the message he hadn't had time to finish reading earlier.
After reading it, he replied to the other party, then squatted down to be at eye level with Fu Xingyi and asked him, "How is Yiyi's skiing lesson going?"
Fu Xingyi replied, "Not bad! The coach praised me for being very talented. I can already stand on the board and ski by myself!"
Fu Shenyuan smiled and praised, "Very good. Yiyi, would you like to go with Mommy to find other children to practice skiing?"
Fu Xingyi was overjoyed to hear this.
"Of course I'd love to, Dad! It would be even better if Mom could come with me!"
Fu Shenyuan had already anticipated that Fu Xingyi would like it, so he patted him and said, "Okay, Dad will arrange it. You should go back to your room to take a shower and go to bed. Go to sleep early and don't play anything else."
"Okay, I'll go back to my room now."
Fu Xingyi's small figure disappeared on the stairs.
The next morning, Fu Shenyuan spoke to Jiang Ranxing about it.
"Are you still thinking of using me and Yiyi to befriend Xiaohui and Maimai, get closer to them, and then find out what Wan Luyuan is hiding from Xiaohui?"
Fu Shenyuan nodded slightly.
Jiang Ranxing asked, "So, does this count as taking advantage of someone?"
Fu Shenyuan shook his head: "This is a very reasonable way to make contact. After all, Wan Luyuan no longer has an employment relationship with the Fu Group. Our communication and contact are just private."
Jiang Ranxing has never been interested in this kind of so-called networking, partly because of the style of independent designers, who generally dislike these petty tricks.
Fu Shenyuan, fearing she might overthink things, said, "Don't worry, I won't take advantage of you. Besides, Xiao Hui might not even know about Wan Luyuan's affairs."
"Tan Shen has investigated and found that Xiao Hui is Wan Luyuan's second wife. She comes from an ordinary family and developed a relationship with Wan Luyuan after an accidental encounter. Later, she married him directly. Xiao Hui is a very simple person. I would not take advantage of such a person. I just see that you get along well with her, so let's treat it as making friends."
"As for the matters we need to investigate, I will still start with Wan Luyuan and the Fu Group, so don't worry about that."
Fu Shenyuan looked at Jiang Ranxing and said earnestly, "I will never betray sincerity again, never."
Jiang Ranxing stared at him for a few seconds, then looked away.
"Okay, then you arrange the time and place."
Jiang Ranxing left after finishing her sentence, not wanting to talk to Fu Shenyuan about anything else.
Fu Shenyuan didn't waste much time and let Tan Shen make the arrangements.
Tan Shen acted quickly and made the arrangements in no time.
Fu Shenyuan also had to handle the group's affairs. After being reinstated, he had even more official business to deal with than before. Fortunately, he was already very good at these things and handled them in an orderly manner.
Jiang Ranxing rarely comes to the company. Originally, she didn't want to get involved in the company's affairs, so Fu Shenyuan simply took over all of Jiang Ranxing's matters.
When Fu Hongkai saw Fu Shenyuan at the company, the tense atmosphere between the two became increasingly apparent.
Fu Shenyuan knew that he also needed to resolve the matter with Fu Hongkai as soon as possible.
So, on the day they had arranged to go out with Wan Luyuan's family, Fu Shenyuan had Tan Shen prepare the materials and car early in the morning.
At the same time, Fu Shenyuan also arranged for someone to deliver some clothes.
When Jiang Ranxing came downstairs, she saw Fu Xingyi looking around at the clothes rack.
Jiang Ranxing was puzzled, but when she got closer, she realized that the clothes hanging on the rack were all matching sets, each set being a sportswear outfit coordinated by the family of three.
Fu Xingyi was picking out clothes with great interest when he saw Jiang Ranxing, and he became even more enthusiastic.
"Mom, which outfit do you like? Let's wear them together when we go out."
Jiang Ranxing glanced at it, but wasn't in the mood. She just randomly picked out a white suit and handed it over, with the maid waiting beside her to take it from her.
"You can wear whatever you want, I just grabbed something random too," Jiang Ranxing said nonchalantly, then went to eat breakfast and went upstairs to change.
When Jiang Ranxing came down, he saw two people who looked like they had been copied and pasted together standing downstairs waiting for him.
Fu Shenyuan was wearing a white tracksuit that matched her outfit perfectly.
When dressed in such a sporty and casual style, Fu Shenyuan didn't use hair wax to fix his hair. Instead, he had the most casual and refreshing hairstyle, with some wispy hairs on his forehead. This made him look much younger, not like a business elite, but like a male college student.
"He really does look quite respectable," Jiang Ranxing thought to himself.
This face is truly beautiful and alluring.
The little Fu Xingyi next to him is clearly a miniature version of Fu Shenyuan. Although he is still a child, you can see his father's genes, and he will definitely be a good child in the future.
Jiang Ranxing walked down the stairs step by step and saw the eager gazes cast upon her by the two people, but she felt nothing at all.
When they got downstairs, Fu Xingyi came over first. The little boy, trying to look cool, had zipped up his shirt to the collar.
"Mom, look, aren't Dad and I both handsome?" Fu Xingyi said with a smug smile.
Jiang Ranxing glanced at it twice and then nodded.
Fu Xingyi said happily, "Mom looks even better in this, she's such a clothes hanger!"
Jiang Ranxing smiled.
The butler chimed in, "Young Master is right. The master, mistress, and young master all look good in these clothes. They are a very pleasing family to the eye standing together."
The butler's words were pleasant to hear for everyone, but not so pleasant to Jiang Ranxing.
Jiang Ranxing retorted instinctively, "We're not family anymore, don't say that."
Fu Shenyuan's face, which had been slightly smiling just moments before, vanished completely after Jiang Ranxing's words.
Fu Shenyuan lowered his head and chuckled bitterly a few times.
"Ranxing, do you have to say it like that? Can you act for me and Yiyi for a day?" Fu Shenyuan said to Jiang Ranxing in a hoarse voice.
"Just think of us as a happy family of three, okay?"
Jiang Ranxing did not change her opinion because of Fu Shenyuan's two sentences.
"If you like role-playing, just find an actress. At most, I can only pretend to cooperate with you in front of Wan Luyuan and fool him. Don't actually fool yourself."
After Jiang Ranxing finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the car outside the villa.
Fu Shenyuan was speechless, choked by Jiang Ranxing's words, feeling as if his blood had stopped flowing from his chest.
At this point, he was able to laugh a few times, which is probably what happens when people are feeling extremely helpless.
Fu Xingyi looked up at Fu Shenyuan with wide eyes, as if asking a question with her gaze.
Fu Shenyuan patted his son's head and said, "Let's go find your mother."
Fu Shenyuan and Fu Xingyi stepped outside the villa.
Tan Shen drove the family to a multi-functional clubhouse.
Fu Shenyuan and the other two were invited to wait in a large lounge.
The club manager showed them around the venue.
Fu Xingyi asked curiously, "There are ski resorts, right? I want to go skiing."
"Yes, we'll take you there in a bit," the manager said.
Fu Xingyi was very happy to hear this, and he took Jiang Ranxing's hand and said, "Mom, let me show you how to ski. I've learned everything the coach taught me."
Jiang Ranxing nodded.
Just then, there was a sound outside the door. Jiang Ranxing looked up and saw Wan Luyuan walking in with Xiao Hui and Mai Mai.
When Mai Mai saw Jiang Ranxing, she immediately smiled sweetly and walked over to Jiang Ranxing's side.
"Aunt Ranxing, I didn't expect us to meet so soon. Can I have a hug?" Mai Mai asked Jiang Ranxing shyly.
Jiang Ranxing smiled and hugged Mai Mai's soft little body.
"Have you missed me, Aunt Ranxing?" Mai Mai asked, hugging Jiang Ranxing's neck.
Jiang Ranxing replied, "Yes, Mai Mai is so well-behaved, everyone who sees you will miss you."
Jiang Ranxing made Mai Mai very happy, and Mai Mai tightened her arms around him.
Of course, Jiang Ranxing wasn't lying; Mai Mai was indeed well-behaved and quite likable.
But to Fu Xingyi, who was watching from the side, it was clearly not such a heartwarming scene.
He immediately reached out and grabbed Mai Mai's hand, which was also holding Jiang Ranxing's arm.
"This is my mother. Let go of my hand. I won't allow you to hug my mother like this."
Fu Xingyi was a little unhappy and looked at Jiang Ranxing: "Why is Mom so good to him? I'm not happy!"
Fu Xingyi couldn't understand why his mother wasn't treating him as well as she had treated him, since he was her son.
His mother used to be very, very good to him.
Why does he seem unimportant to his mother now?
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