Chapter 64 (2/2)

Lin ShuYi: “…”

Was there some sort of karmic relationship between these two?

Old Master Shen ground his teeth as his wrath reached the heavens, “That Wen ZhongYuan is always waving that fan around in front of me. I’ll hang this picture in the middle of the living room and see if he shows off in front of me again.”

Lin ShuYi was torn between laughter and tears.

Fortunately, Old Master Shen did not ask any other questions. Lin ShuYi just obediently dipped his brush in ink and wrote a sentence on the upper right corner of the big drawing of a peony. “A thousand gold cannot buy a light breeze in the night.”

Old Master Shen observed the sentence that Lin ShuYi smoothly wrote after dipping his brush in ink. Then he exchanged a glance with Father Shen. He was becoming even more appreciative of his granddaughter-in-law.

Not only was there was not the slightest hint of choppiness in the vigorous flourishes and strokes of the characters written by Lin ShuYi, they were unconstrained and fluid, which was really a pleasant surprise to Old Master Shen. To be honest, he did not quite believe that it was written by Lin ShuYi when he first saw the fan that old fellow Wen gave him.

Without mentioning others, he had practiced calligraphy for many years, yet Lin ShuYi’s calligraphy level was probably around the same as his. Lin ShuYi was so young and his calligraphy skills were this good. How could he not be surprised?

However, curiosity was just curiosity. If Lin ShuYi was unwilling to say it, he would naturally retain the minimum level of respect and not ask. But this little bastard Shen Fu, really found a treasure.

Shen Fu followed Mother Shen around the garden for ten minutes before he was unable to take a single step more as he kept looking in the direction of the study on the second floor. He was in such a preoccupied state that it seemed as if he itched to fly up there.

Mother Shen slapped Shen Fu on the back of his head and indignantly said, “Can’t you be a little more mature? It’s only been a few minutes since you’ve parted, yet you’re in such an anxious state.”

Shen Fu smiled and stopped staring, turning to look at his own mother who was as delicate as a flower and as refined as precious jade, “Weren’t you and Dad the same as I was back then?”

Mother Shen recalled the past for a moment and blushed. Then she said with annoyance, “Your father was much more stable than you! Only that child could take a fancy to someone like you.”

Shen Fu secretly rolled his eyes. With just a small amount of effort, a son had become inferior to the ‘daughter-in-law’. Was this still his biological mother? However, it gave him a sense of achievement that his mother liked her daughter-in-law so much. It seemed that he would not have to worry about the ‘relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law’ in the future.

The two wandered in the garden for a long time before they saw Father Shen’s gesture of ‘okay’ from the window of the study.

Shen Fu pulled Mother Shen along as he broke into a brisk walk towards the room. Mother Shen was both amused and vexed. Fortunately, she had another son now instead of a female daughter-in-law to share her son with. Otherwise, with Shen Fu being such a wife-con, it would be an awful mess if he married a overly-concerned daughter-in-law! So from this perspective, Lin ShuYi was the more pleasing choice.

Lin ShuYi and Old Master Shen had just come down the stairs when Shen Fu and his mom entered. Shen Fu came forward and wrapped his arms around Lin ShuYi’s shoulder. He beamed as he looked at Old Master Shen. “Grandpa, I’ve lent him to you already. Have you finished talking? If you have, then I’ll bring him around for a tour. He didn’t even get to have a good look at the place before you borrowed him to have a conversation.”

The meaning of being fiercely protective of one’s children was incomparable obvious Old Master Shen was so angry that he wanted to give Shen Fu a knock with his cane. It was only because Lin ShuYi was present that he did not do it. Finally, he waved his hand and said, “Go on, go on.” He was really sticky.

Lin ShuYi did not say a word or make a movement as he glared at Shen Fu. This was also observed by Old Master Shen who furiously thought, Xiao Yi was much more lovable and obedient!

Then Shen Fu grabbed Lin ShuYi and gave everyone a flamboyant greeting before leading Lin ShuYi to visit his room first. After walking a few steps away, Shen Fu suddenly turned back. “Mom, make vanilla pudding for us at noon.”

Father Shen narrowed his eyes as he shot a murderous look at Shen Fu who still dared to order food. One must know that he had not let his own wife cook for many years. If not the the special occasion today and Mother Shen who wanted to use this method to welcome her ‘daughter-in-law’, how could Father Shen allow her to toil in the kitchen? Yet this little bastard still dared to reach out for a yard after taking an inch and order food?

Then they heard Shen Fu say, “Xiao Yi loves eating dessert the most.”

The corner of Father Shen’s mouth twitched. A dramatic change immediately occurred in Mother Shen’s attitude as she beamed with happiness, “I’ll make it, I’ll make it, I’ll make it right away. You boys have fun. Bye-bye Xiao Yi~”

Lin ShuYi: “…”

Father Shen: “…”

His position in the heart of his wife had declined again and again and immediately he was even lower than the ‘daughter-in-law’. What should be done about this?