CHAPTER 476: CHAPTER 476: MOM

Shen Siyuan was chatting with Ruan Hongzhuang on the balcony when Dou Dou ran over with his phone.

"Potato, your phone is making a lot of noise, it’s so loud! I don’t know who’s calling for you... "

"Thanks."

Shen Siyuan reached out to take it, thanked her, and then asked, "Why aren’t you playing games with Duoduo?"

"She’s no good, I’m not playing with her." Dou Dou said.

But her voice was not firm at all, and her eyes were darting around.

Obviously, it’s not that Duoduo is no good, but rather, she’s not good; Duoduo wouldn’t play with her.

Shen Siyuan didn’t bother further, he looked at his phone, saw it was a call from his mom, and just as he was about to answer, the caller hung up.

Shen Siyuan opened his contacts and saw that his mom had called several times, so he rushed to call back.

"Mom, what’s up with you calling me?"

"It’s really hard to reach you now; I’ve called you several times and no one answered. What do you need a phone for? Might as well stop the service, there’s still some..."

"Get to the point."

"I just say a couple of words and you get impatient? You’re really something now..."

Because the phone volume was quite loud, Ruan Hongzhuang and Taozi could hear it clearly beside him.

Seeing Shen Siyuan’s helpless expression, the two of them held back their laughter with great effort.

Shen Siyuan could only endure listening to her nagging until three minutes later, she finally started talking about the main point.

"Are you still listening?"

"I am, go on." Shen Siyuan said quickly.

"Guess where I am right now? Hehe~"

Shen Siyuan: ...

"Do you guess I can guess?"

"What’s up with you? I just say a couple of words and you get impatient again... "

Seeing that she was about to start again, Shen Siyuan hurriedly said, "I can’t guess, just tell me quickly, I have things to do."

As soon as Shen Siyuan said this, Huang Huijuan finally held back her words and stopped being mysterious.

"I’m in Spring City now."

"Spring City? Did you go with Dad?" Shen Siyuan was a bit surprised.

Huang Huijuan is an older homebody, so Shen Siyuan was surprised upon hearing this.

"Nope, I came alone." Huang Huijuan sounded rather proud.

"What? You alone? Why did you go to Spring City by yourself? Where are you now? Did you book a hotel? Did you report your plans to Dad? Did you two have a fight..." Shen Siyuan asked nervously.

Though Shen Siyuan’s tone was full of concern, Huang Huijuan was still unhappy after listening.

"What’s wrong with you? I’m old enough, why can’t I go out alone and have fun? Does everything have to be reported to your dad?"

"That’s not what I meant, I mean, don’t be reckless. You rarely go out, what if you get scammed?"

"Tsk, do you think I’m that easy to fool?"

"You are."

"Nonsense, I don’t want to..." Huang Huijuan didn’t want to talk to Shen Siyuan anymore and was about to hang up.

Ruan Hongzhuang, who had been listening on the side, hurriedly chimed in, "Auntie."

Upon hearing this, Huang Huijuan didn’t hang up the phone, and happily said, "Ruan Ruan, you’re there too."

"Yes, Auntie, are you traveling to Spring City alone?"

Ruan Hongzhuang reached out and took the phone from Shen Siyuan, indicating with her eyes that she would talk to his mom.

What else could Shen Siyuan do but hand the phone to her while listening in from the side.

Then Shen Siyuan finally understood, the "culprit" why Huang Huijuan went alone to Spring City was actually Jiang Yingxue.

Because Jiang Yingxue invited her to Spring City to have fun and also to visit an old classmate.

So after Ruan Hongzhuang finished chatting with his mom, she immediately called Jiang Yingxue and asked her to take good care of his mom.

After talking to Jiang Yingxue, she immediately called his dad, Shen Jianjun, and blamed him, which finally made her feel a little relieved.

"Aren’t you overreacting a bit? Auntie is quite grown-up, she can take care of herself."

Seeing him put down the phone, Ruan Hongzhuang comforted him.

Taozi also nodded on the side, feeling Shen Siyuan was overreacting.

"You don’t understand." Shen Siyuan replied helplessly.

Seeing Ruan Hongzhuang still looking unconvinced, Shen Siyuan could only explain, "My mom, before she got married, was overly protected by my grandparents. After marriage, she was too well-protected by my dad. She doesn’t have much self-reliance. When she goes out by herself, she could get herself lost. How can I feel at ease with her going alone to Spring City?"

"Isn’t that a bit exaggerated?" Taozi commented with some amusement.

"Do you think I’m exaggerating?" Shen Siyuan asked her.

"Uh..." Taozi was a bit surprised by Shen Siyuan’s serious gaze.

"Do you remember when we passed by Qingshui Town on the way back?" Shen Siyuan asked Ruan Hongzhuang.

Ruan Hongzhuang immediately nodded. Last time they passed by, Shen Siyuan had saved two people from a fire scene.

"She got lost in Qingshui Town. At that time, I was still in elementary school and went to the market with her. On the way back, the more we walked, the more it didn’t feel right. I asked someone and realized we took the wrong path..."

Ruan Hongzhuang: ...

"Maybe it’s because there are many intersections in the countryside." Ruan Hongzhuang said quietly.

"I was in elementary school and could notice the wrong path, and she, such a grown-up, didn’t notice and stubbornly insisted it was right. She didn’t even recognize her own place..." Shen Siyuan rubbed his forehead, looking helpless.

"Pfft."

At this moment, Taozi suddenly burst into laughter.

Shen Siyuan: →_→

"What’s so funny about this?"

"I think Auntie must be a very cute person." Taozi said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Shen Siyuan nodded. Indeed, his mom is adorably clumsy in a cute way that makes one unable to get angry.

That’s also why, even though Grandma doesn’t like his mom, she isn’t mad at her.

Grandma often says, "When will your mom ever grow up."

But people in love will never grow up.

"Okay, don’t worry. Since your dad trusts her to go out alone, it means he has confidence in your mom. If your dad has confidence, you should have confidence in her too." Ruan Hongzhuang patted Shen Siyuan’s shoulder to comfort him.

"It’s not that Dad trusts her. It’s because my mom wouldn’t let him follow her, saying if he did, your mom would make fun of him."

Ruan Hongzhuang: ...

"Then I’ll call my mom to ask if she’s seen Auntie and tell her to take good care of her," Ruan Hongzhuang suggested.

"No need, I’ve already called. My mom is at the airport waiting for your mom. When they meet, your mom will call me." Shen Siyuan said.

Ruan Hongzhuang finally understood, no wonder Shen Siyuan was always checking his phone.

Seeing Shen Siyuan look restless and quite tense, Ruan Hongzhuang was actually quite happy inside.

Because this Shen Siyuan seemed more like a person, a person with feelings and emotions.

At this moment, his phone rang, and Shen Siyuan immediately answered it.

The call was from Jiang Yingxue, and then Shen Siyuan’s previously tense expression visibly relaxed.