Zhang Boxuan waved to his parents, signaling them not to ask yet. "I'll tell you slowly when I have the chance."
"Okay, okay!" Mrs. Zhang quickly took her grandson's hand. "Xuande is hungry, let's wash our hands and eat dinner quickly."
Although the dishes on the table were home-style, the variety was quite impressive.
Xuande ate to his heart's content, and the two elders smiled happily. They observed Xuande's every move closely, and the more they looked, the more certain they became that Xuande was the Zhang family's grandson!
After finishing his meal, Xuande ate some fruit at everyone's insistence, and then sat on the floor of the Japanese-style room to assemble the robot he had just bought.
His hands were skillful, and he quickly assembled the robot, which greatly pleased Zhang Wenhu. Although his only son, Boxuan, followed in his father's footsteps, he eventually became the hospital director and a management cadre, which left him with some regret. Obviously, heaven made up for this, as his grandson's skillful hands showed he had the potential to become a renowned surgeon in the future.
Zhang Boxuan watched contentedly as the grandfather and grandson played together until the cell phone rang loudly. He answered the phone—
"Hello?"
"Is Xuande with you?" Shan'er's voice was clearly angry.
"That's right, I'm enjoying family time." Hmm, knowing her personality, she'd probably come here anyway.
Upon hearing this, she flew into a rage. "You have no right to take my child away!"
"Yes, I have the best reason to take the child away," Zhang Boxuan said calmly.
"You're awful..." She couldn't argue with him, neither logically nor emotionally. "Where is he?"
"At my house." He'll bring Xuanling over next time.
After thinking for half a second, Shan'er indeed asked—
Where do you live?
"Are you coming over?"
"That's right, I'm going to go and bring him back!"
He read out the address crisply, and before he could finish, Shan'er hung up the phone without saying a word.
Zhang Boxuan smiled, holding his cell phone. This time, he was in charge!
Although they couldn't hear what was being said on the other end of the phone, the two elderly people could sense the intense tension.
"Boxuan, who are you talking to on the phone?" Zhang's mother asked first.
"The child's mother."
"The child's mother?" Isn't that their daughter-in-law?
Zhang Boxuan gave a wry smile. "She's a very difficult woman to deal with; you'll see soon enough!"
Zhang Wenhu and his wife looked at each other, wondering what these young people were up to. However, they had never seen their son so distressed.
Not long after, a rapid doorbell rang.
Zhang Boxuan remained seated, while his mother moved to open the door.
Upon seeing Kim Sun-ah, Madam Zhang's eyes lit up. The pale yellow silk suit she wore was both dignified and charming, exuding a noble and aloof temperament. She was an exceptionally beautiful woman.
Kim Sun-ah hadn't expected it to be Mrs. Zhang who opened the door herself, and quickly swallowed all her anger—
"Excuse me, is Xuande inside?" she asked in a polite tone.
"Would you like to come in and sit down?" Mrs. Zhang invited her in, and Zhang Wenhu also went out to the front yard to see what was going on.
"No, thank you," Shan'er politely declined, wanting only to take her son home as soon as possible. "I'll take Xuande home."
"Xuande is inside, why don't you come in and sit for a while?" Zhang Wenhu said.
This girl is indeed a thorny ice rose!
"It's alright, I'll wait for him to come out here. I'm sorry to have bothered you for so long." The probing looks from the two elders of the Zhang family made her feel like she was sitting on pins and needles.
"They're here!" At this moment, Zhang Boxuan brought Xuande out.
"Mom!" Xuande called out timidly.
When Shan'er saw Xuande, her heart tightened, and she instinctively opened her arms, gave Xuande a light hug, and then took his hand.
"Let's go!" She couldn't bring herself to get angry at the innocent child, and she decided to swallow all her resentment towards Zhang Boxuan.
"Xuande, I'll see you off," Zhang Boxuan suddenly said.
Shan'er didn't speak, because she also had a lot to say to him.
After leaving the Zhang family, Shan'er parked her car in the alley outside the Zhang residence's wall. She got into the car with Xuande, while Zhang Boxuan remained silent.
Shan'er smiled at Xuande and said, "Xuande, wait in the car for a moment. Mommy has something to say to 'Uncle Zhang'."
Uncle Zhang?
Upon hearing those three words, Zhang Boxuan became extremely unhappy. "Dad is Dad, but now you're calling me Uncle Zhang?! How long are you going to keep lying to the child?"
"You..." Her eyes flashed, she quickly closed the car door, turned to face him, and two sparks ignited in her eyes.
Under the dim yellow light of the streetlights, ignoring the swarms of mosquitoes and flies, they formally began negotiations—
"You're despicable!" That was her first sentence.
Before she could finish her tirade, he immediately retorted, "How can I compare to your ruthless methods? You even went so far as to sacrifice your body to sleep with me, while I was only unable to control myself because I was drugged..."