Chapter 59 – Money

Now that he has learned from this experience, Shen Muan would never do this kind of thing like pitting himself into a bad situation again, at most he would only take the children to make biscuits.

Children were very imaginative, and the small biscuits they made sometimes turned out strange. The normal ones would be small animals or little stars. Then some children would want to make monster shapes, but in the end, they wouldn’t look like monsters.

They liked molding the cookies and had a great time.

Shen Muan looked at the happy appearances of the children and also became happy, but there was still a thorn in his heart that kept him awake at night.

Zhuang Yiran had been quiet, and the quietness made him feel a little frightened.

If Zhuang Yiran actually did something, then Shen Muan would not be so worried. But since he had not made a move until now Shen Muan felt very uneasy. It was like the calm before the storm.

The quieter it was, the bigger the wind and waves that would come.

Zhuang Yiran, who has been thinking about Shen Muan all this time, was in his room at this time. He was looking at Shen Muan’s photos that he plastered all over his wall in a daze.

Some of the photos on the wall were taken by Zhuang Yiran when they were in college, and some were taken during their reunion when they met again. The ones in the middle were secretly taken by him recently.

Zhuang Yiran looked at the photos on the wall with some excitement. All kinds of malicious thoughts flashed through his mind. He even thought about how he could deceive Shen Muan, erase all traces of him, and lock him up in a place that only he knew. Every day… He would stay with him every day.

He felt that this would be a very happy thing.

However, Shen Muan would definitely hate him if he did as he wanted. When he was in college, it was because he acted too carelessly, otherwise, he wouldn’t have let Shen Muan find out. This caused the other party to be unwilling to pay attention to him.

He will definitely be careful this time.

But no matter how careful he was, Shen Muan would still guess that he would be the culprit.

The disguise he wore had already been long torn by the other, even if it was stitched up again, it would be of no use to those who already knew the truth.

But it didn’t matter, he had already figured out what he had to do.

Since that day, Chu Yi made sure to hire a private investigator to observe if Zhuang Yiran made any unusual movements. As long as the money was in place, there was nothing you couldn’t do.

But this level was nothing more than child’s play for Zhuang Yiran. Since he was discovered by Shen Muan once, he had deliberately exercised his anti-detection ability.

As soon as the private investigator appeared, Zhuang Yiran quickly discovered him.

Chu Yi’s careful thoughts were directly exposed to Zhuang Yiran.

If he were an ordinary person, he would’ve definitely felt enraged when he found out that he was being watched. But Zhuang Yiran was not an ordinary person. For him, this was more like a signal for the start of the game. Not only did he not feel angry, but he was even a bit excited.

In his opinion, since Chu Yi began the game, then he should accompany him to play.

After all, it was the other party who started it first.

Zhuang Yiran was very interested in playing with Chu Yi.

At this time, Chu Yi, who didn’t want to miss out on Zhuang Yiran’s movements, was watching the house with Shen Muan.

Shen Muan had already discussed it with Shen Fangqi and Ruirui. They decided to withdraw their savings and buy a house because the current house was too small. Ruirui could still sleep with Shen Muan now, but he won’t be able to do so when he gets older.

So this decision was passed quickly.

Ruirui knew that they would change houses because of him. So he took advantage of the weekend when they went to his grandparents’ house and told his grandparents about it. Grandpa Gu discussed it with Grandma Gu, and after obtaining Ruirui’s consent, he took out the compensation left for Ruirui’s parents.

A thin bank card that contained the money for the cost of two lives was stored in it.

“Will they accept it?” Grandpa Gu’s voice was a little hoarse. Although he asked this, he already knew the answer.

“Those are two good boys, and the money was originally reserved for Ruirui.” Grandma Gu said, “But I don’t think they will accept it.”

That’s right, both of them knew.

But they hoped that Shen Muan and Shen Fangqi could still accept this sum of money. They believed in the character of the two brothers of the Shen family and the promises they made. It was precisely because of this that Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu wanted them to accept the money even more.

After all, raising children was expensive, how much savings could the two of them have when they were still young people? What’s more, Ruirui was not the responsibility of the two of them, it was just their kindness that led them to the child. They can’t let these two brothers give out everything free of charge, they shouldn’t be the ones burdening these responsibilities in the first place.

But how they could get the two brothers to accept this sum of money was a big problem.

If they gave it directly to them, even if they accepted it, they would only help Ruirui put it away. When Ruirui grew up, they would just return the card to Ruirui. They wouldn’t even touch a penny in the card.

But this was not the result that Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu wanted to see.

They have been there before, and they knew that raising a child cost more than just money, it needed more time and energy.

So Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu thought about giving the card to Shen Muan and Shen Fangqi first, as they thought of a way.

When Shen Muan went to Ruirui’s house to pick him up on Sunday night, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu entertained him very warmly as usual. Ruirui leaned next to Shen Muan and laid down on his knees without making a sound.

“What’s the matter?” Shen Muan stretched out his hand and touched Ruirui’s head.

“Brother An An.” Ruirui rubbed onto Shen Muan like a little milk cat.

Looking at the little guy, Shen Muan knew that he must be hiding something.

But it seemed that Ruirui didn’t want to say it.

But soon, Shen Muan found out.

Grandma Gu put a plate of watermelons on the table. Grandpa Gu bought it in the morning, and it was especially iced for Shen Muan to eat.

“Thank you, Grandma Gu.” Looking at the ice-cold watermelon, Shen Muan’s appetite was aroused.

He first fed a piece to Ruirui, and while chatting with Grandma Gu, he ate the watermelon.

Before Shen Muan left with Ruirui, Grandma Gu took out the bank card and stuffed it into Shen Muan’s hand.

“This is?” Shen Muan looked at the bank card in his hand in a daze, not understanding what was going on.

“This is the compensation we got from the death of Ruirui’s parents.” Grandma Gu wiped her hands unnaturally and said, “The money was originally reserved for Ruirui. Such a large sum of money would be easily misplaced by us.”

“So Grandma Gu, do you want us to keep it temporarily?” Shen Muan asked, looking at the card in his hand.

“No, the old man and I hope you can use the money inside.” Grandma Gu said.

Shen Muan was taken aback for a moment, but he didn’t expect such an answer.

“You and Officer Shen are still young. You need money to live.” Grandma Gu thought, how much savings could the two young people have?

It’s enough if the money could make it a little easier for them.

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The author has something to say: It’s only Thursday today, I’ve already been injured three times and vomited blood. Feeling cold {{(>_<)}}

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