"Why did she call my house?"

"Fangfang is sick. She must have been caught in the wind on her way back from the countryside. She knows you are at home and can call a car at any time, so she called us and asked you to take her to the city hospital for treatment."

"Can't the factory hospital treat high fever?"

"She's pregnant. If she doesn't trust the factory hospital, it's better to be careful... We've arranged for the factory car to take her to the city's No. 1 Hospital."

"You arranged it?"

Shen Heping looked at his son's cold eyes and couldn't help but feel angry and amused: "It's just sending a car. Deputy Director Yuan has the authority to do so. Why does he need me? You kid, why did you suddenly become a different person? Although you are usually cold and have many bad habits, you are not so petty, right? Go, boil some water and make me a cup of tea!"

Shen Yu got up and went to the kitchen to get water from a kettle, put it on the gas stove, lit it, and came back to Shen Heping and said, "I am petty? Why don't you think Xian Fangfang is wrong? Deputy Director Yuan can obviously send a car. Even if Deputy Director Yuan is not at home, her aunt Comrade Jiang Yushan is there. Why didn't she call Yuan's house instead of calling my house more than a dozen times?

Dad, you have to see clearly that Xian Fangfang is married and about to become a mother. She is no longer the innocent girl she used to be. Otherwise, she would not have helped Tian Zhigao conceal his rural marriage and married him even though she knew she couldn't. It was simply because Tian Zhigao was smart and talented, valued and cultivated by the leaders, and had a bright future. Now that Tian Zhigao has been exposed and has become a rat crossing the street, Xian Fangfang is disappointed in him and turns to pester your son. Aren't you worried that one day your son will be dragged down by her and bear the reputation of destroying other people's marriages?"

Shen Heping paused, frowned and said, "I did think that Fangfang would become our child before, but after she started dating Tian Zhigao, I stopped thinking about her and just treated her as a close junior. I also did it for Old Yuan's sake. Girls are fine if I pamper them a little, but if she... This won't do! You're right. It's useless for us to know it in our hearts. People will only believe what they see. If Fangfang keeps chasing after you regardless of the occasion, rumors will arise sooner or later, which will have a bad influence... You must avoid suspicion! Stay away from her in the future, and I will also pay attention to not letting them into our house!"

"It's not that I try not to, it's that I absolutely cannot allow it! Otherwise, either I or you will end up getting involved in the Yuan family's troubles, and you will end up marrying that Yuan Liqin."

"Nonsense! Is your father so easily manipulated?"

Shen Heping said fiercely: "I have lived half my life, it doesn't matter what happens, whoever dares to ruin my son's reputation, I will kill him!"

The water boiled, Shen Yu made tea for his father and brought it to him, then poured himself a cup of boiling water and drank it slowly, while telling his father that Uncle Xu had just called.

"What did your uncle say?" Shen Heping asked immediately.

他对岳父岳母及两位舅兄十分敬重，一则因为那是爱妻的家人，二则当年爱妻难产去世，他不在身边，这是他一生的痛，虽然这不是他的错，但总感觉对不住岳父岳母，爱妻徐佳可是岳父母最疼爱的掌上明珠，舅兄们百般爱护疼惜长大，得知噩耗，岳母直接病倒，险些没跟着去了，舅兄们把他揍个半死，他一点都不记仇，那时候还希望就这么死掉才好，可以永远陪伴爱妻了。

Later, his father-in-law took his son away and accepted him again. He then consciously integrated into the Xu family, represented his beloved wife Xu Jia, was filial to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and lived in harmony with his uncles.

Shen Yu: "My uncle asked if you still have the local specialties you asked someone to bring back last time?"

"I have to ask you this, how do you answer?"

"I said I don't have it yet, I'll send it to you when I have it."

"What if there is another one?"

Shen Yu had no choice, as he didn't know before that Taohua had gone to Pingjiang and Yicheng to deliver two batches of goods respectively. People in Beijing heard the news and it was too late for him to tell his father "there will be no more".

Shen Heping looked at his son: "Then you..."

Shen Yu looked at his father with a serious expression: "Dad, to me, she is second only to you. Although she is smart, she has not experienced much and has not deeply understood the complexity and danger of human nature. I have to protect her and don't want her to be disturbed too much. Therefore, I need you to keep this secret and agree with me on the same statement."

Shen Heping nodded: "Okay, Dad is here, don't worry."

Around ten o'clock the next day, Shen Yu finished his work and went to Meng Zhehan. Of course, the two did not really fight or quarrel. After a conversation, Meng Zhehan agreed with Shen Yu's opinion and made a unified statement to the outside world to avoid disturbing Taohua. However, he still disagreed with Shen Yu's pursuit of Taohua for the reason: the gap was too big and Taohua would eventually be hurt.

"You are not me and Taohua, how do you know there is a gap between us?" Shen Yu looked at Meng Zhehan coldly.

Meng Zhehan looked at him calmly: "Let's not talk about the other things for now. I just want to ask you, do you really love Taohua? She looks like that, short, dark, thin, and semi-illiterate. Don't tell me that you don't judge people by appearance."

"Who doesn't judge people by appearance? You answer me first: Why did you want to recognize her as your sister when you first met her?"

"Isn't it obvious? My last name is Meng, and hers is also Meng."

"There are so many girls with the last name Meng in the world, why don't you recognize them all? You said Taohua looks so and so, but your own sisters are all plump and pretty. Do you have the patience to have a good talk with them? Like you did with Taohua?"

Meng Zhehan: "..." Really not, but: "This is because I have a good relationship with peach blossoms."

"Because we get along well, I like her, so naturally I think she's pleasing to the eye and cute, right?"

Shen Yu said, "I feel the same way, but my feelings towards Taohua are not superficial like yours. I see deeply into her soul. You said she is semi-illiterate, but I said she is not. She may know more than you and I. You said she is short, dark and thin, but I just think she is cute and interesting like an elf. Her words and actions can touch me and make me feel happy. My love for her comes from the bottom of my heart. Oh, I forgot to tell you that Taohua likes me too. She and I are souls that collide with each other and admire each other!"

Meng Zhehan stared at Shen Yu in astonishment, and after a while he said, "I didn't expect you to be so eloquent. But that's too much. What soul and soul? Do you think you can write lyrics or compose poems?"

(End of this chapter)