CHAPTER 755: CHAPTER 752: CHAOS ERUPTS

What Taozi brought out were box after box of jewelry, and box after box of gold.

Jewelry is one thing, but what’s with those gold bars?

They’re the real kind of gold bars, one after another, with "China Gold" inscribed on them.

"Someone at the company bought some earlier, so I followed suit and bought some too. They’ve just been sitting at home with no use. On this trip, I wasn’t sure if you’d like the jewelry I bought, Auntie, so I brought them all. If you don’t like them, you can melt down the gold bars to create something you do like..."

"And this watch, it was originally for my dad, but he’s a public servant, and wearing such an expensive watch isn’t appropriate. So, I’m giving it to Uncle instead. Please don’t mind it..."

"I have a separate gift for Grandma, so I won’t bring it out now. I’ll give it to her personally when we visit."

After saying this, Taozi smiled at the couple.

The couple didn’t say a word.

One looked at Shen Siyuan, silently indicating for him to be sensible.

The other reached out to push him forward.

"He’s yours now, feel free to take him." Huang Huijuan said.

"Really, thank you, Auntie." Taozi happily reached out and hugged Shen Siyuan’s arm.

Shen Siyuan: ...

Is this selling their son?

Actually, this was just Shen Jianjun and his wife’s joke. They could see Taozi’s tension and anxiety, and with just this one sentence, they made her completely relax.

"These are too precious, we..."

Before Huang Huijuan could finish, a small hand reached up from under the table, grabbed a gold bar, and ran away.

"Tang Tang, put it back, that’s not for playing," Huang Huijuan hastily called out.

But Tang Tang was already far away, giggling while running on her short little legs.

This little thing seemed to have a peculiar fondness for gold, silver, and jewelry. The other day, she also snatched some jade that Zhong Xiaonan sent over.

Shen Siyuan suspected that she might be the reincarnation of a treasure-loving mouse.

"Dou Dou, quickly help me catch her," Huang Huijuan urgently sought external support.

"Okay, Mom, watch me," Dou Dou said.

Hearing this, Dou Dou was very excited and felt a deep sense of responsibility. He immediately chased after Tang Tang.

"We are delighted with your gifts, but they are really too valuable for us to accept," Huang Huijuan said.

"Oh?"

Taozi, who was previously happy, looked quite disappointed and turned to Shen Siyuan.

After a moment’s thought, Shen Siyuan said, "How about this, Mom, you pick one piece of jewelry you like, and Taozi will take back the rest. As for this watch, Dad, you can keep it, it might be handy."

Hearing Shen Siyuan’s suggestion, Shen Jianjun and his wife didn’t oppose. Nowadays, the real decision-maker in this family was actually Shen Siyuan, not the old Shen Jianjun.

Though Taozi was not completely satisfied, since Shen Siyuan had spoken, she had no choice but to put the remaining items away.

While helping her move the items to the car, Shen Siyuan curiously asked, "When did you prepare all these things?"

"There’s no such thing as preparation. This trip was too sudden, I didn’t have time to prepare. These are just some things I originally treasured myself," Taozi replied.

"Sorry."

Shen Siyuan hadn’t thought this through. He probably shouldn’t have brought Taozi back with him this time. It should have been done separately to make it more formal.

"It’s okay. Uncle and Auntie seem to really like me," Taozi said, still very happy.

Looking at her smile, as radiant as a flower, one might say she was either carefree or genuinely kind-hearted.

But regardless, Shen Siyuan liked this side of Taozi: simple, not too scheming, genuinely treating people well. That was her greatest asset.

"In a bit, I’ll take you to see Grandma."

"Now?"

"Yes, now."

Shen Siyuan turned back and called out to the house, "Dad, Mom, we’re going to see Grandma."

"Uh... isn’t this a bit inappropriate?" At this moment, Taozi hesitated.

"There’s nothing inappropriate. They’ll be busy entertaining my cousin anyways. Going to see Grandma is what’s most important," Shen Siyuan said.

He also wished to keep Shen Shiyun away, allowing Taozi a chance to see Grandma alone.

Yet, Shen Shiyun actively came out and said, "I’ll go with you."

"Go what go? You just got here, my parents definitely have a lot to talk to you about," Shen Siyuan rebuffed her directly, guiding Taozi into the car.

Seeing through Shen Siyuan’s intention, Shen Jianjun also stepped out of the living room and said, "Don’t worry about them, I’ll take you to see... to see Shen Siyuan’s Grandma later."

"Alright then." Hearing this, Shen Shiyun could only give up.

"Oh, oh..."

As the car started, Tang Tang suddenly appeared from nowhere, with Dou Dou trailing right behind her.

She ran right in front of the car, trying to block its path, giving Taozi quite a fright.

Shen Siyuan got out of the car, picked her up, and lightly patted her little butt a couple of times.

The little one didn’t cry, just giggled at Shen Siyuan, making it impossible to stay upset with her.

She still clutched that gold bar tightly.

Seeing Shen Siyuan look over, she quickly handed the gold bar to him.

"Trying to bribe me?" Shen Siyuan said, amused.

"You keep it and play with it yourself."

Shen Siyuan opened the car door, got back in, only to find that Dou Dou, Duoduo, and Xiao Yue were already seated in the car.

"We want to go see Grandma too," Dou Dou said.

Shen Siyuan didn’t mind them and asked Taozi to drive towards Yu Family Mansion.

Since it wasn’t far, they arrived at Grandma’s house door in about ten minutes.

Shen Siyuan had only told Shen Jianjun they’d be coming back and hadn’t informed Grandma, so naturally, she wasn’t waiting at the door.

No one knew where she was, and the front door was open. Several chickens were wandering in and out, adding a lively touch to the scene.

Tang Tang had just gotten out of the car and saw a beautiful crested chicken, extending her arms, she wanted to go hug it.

Unexpectedly, the crested chicken was fierce, fanning its wings and pecking at her shiny forehead.

Tang Tang screamed and turned to run, as gleeful as she had been earlier, just as awkward now.

"Cluck, cluck..."

"Ha ha."

Dou Dou stood with her hands on her hips, clearly amused.

Shen Siyuan reached out to pick her up but didn’t expect Tang Tang to make a sharp turn and run past him, chased by the crested chicken all the way to the road.

"Waa, waa~ bad chicken..."

Tang Tang was crying out, running quickly on her little legs, putting all her effort into it.

Then she ran headlong into someone’s legs.

"Oh?"

Dazed, Tang Tang looked up and saw a kind old lady.

The old lady pulled her behind her, waved at the oncoming crested chicken, and the feather-flaring bird suddenly calmed, clucked a few times, and turned around to leave.

This old lady was naturally Shen Siyuan’s Grandma, Yu Suzhen. She was carrying a hoe, just returning from weeding in the vegetable patch.

She turned around, smiling sweetly at Tang Tang and asked, "Whose child are you?"

"Oh?"

Tang Tang pointed at her.

"Mine?" Grandma chuckled, holding her little hand.

"Well, if you’re mine, come home with me."

"Heh~" Tang Tang gave a silly smile.

Looking at Shen Siyuan approaching, Grandma said with a smile, "Grandma will kill a chicken for your lunch."