Liu Chuchen left gracefully, and Yu Shanhe let out a bitter smile.
He understood what the young man had said.
How could he not know this truth?
Moreover, he simply couldn't bring himself to like Zhao Tang.
This child was so calculating at such a young age.
She was full of scheming, and none of it was good.
But what could he do?
Niannian's mother really couldn't take any more stimulation.
It was really strange.
When Zhao Tang was first brought home, Niannian's mother's condition was indeed under control. She no longer wandered around in a daze all day and thought about suicide.
Her body gradually recovered, and her emotions became stable.
After a year, it was even hard to tell that she had suffered from postpartum depression.
But when he learned that Zhao Tang's parents were going abroad and were going to take her back, Niannian's mother suddenly had a relapse.
He had just mentioned it in passing, but his wife went crazy and wouldn't let him send the girl away.
At that time, he thought his wife had recalled their lost daughter and couldn't bear the pain of losing a child again.
After all, in the past year, his wife had regarded Zhao Tang as her own daughter.
Helpless, he had to agree to keep the child.
But as time passed, he found that the child was becoming more and more calculating and more and more malicious. So he proposed to send her away again.
His wife went even crazier.
Much worse than the last time he had suggested sending the girl away.
She would go crazy, hurt herself, or even hurt others if Zhao Tang was out of her sight.
Yu Shanhe had taken his wife to see countless psychiatrists, but nothing worked.
Only when Zhao Tang was by his wife's side would she be normal for a while.
Last year, his wife's condition got even worse.
Although her emotions would be calm as long as Zhao Tang was around.
But Yu Shanhe could tell that this calmness was not right.
It wasn't the peace of a tranquil mind, but an emptiness as if she had lost her soul.
Apart from looking at and hugging Zhao Tang, his wife hardly did anything else.
The psychiatrist suggested separating Zhao Tang from his wife. She shouldn't be in front of his wife all the time to avoid over - dependence.
But they couldn't completely cut off contact.
Zhao Tang should visit his wife every once in a while, gradually reducing the frequency and increasing the time interval.
Now his wife was in a nursing home. Because her spirit couldn't take any stimulation and she had a tendency to hurt herself or others, she couldn't go out or receive visitors.
The psychiatrist's method was both useful and useless.
His wife still only had Zhao Tang on her mind.
Even after he had told his wife that their daughter had come back, it still didn't work.
His wife seemed to only recognize Zhao Tang as her only daughter and seemed to have completely forgotten that their daughter had been lost.
After such a long period of treatment, although his wife wouldn't go crazy uncontrollably when she couldn't see Zhao Tang.
But she still couldn't be completely separated from her.
So he couldn't send the girl away now.
If he sent her away directly and couldn't visit his wife regularly, her condition might get even worse.
Maybe all their previous efforts would be in vain.
Just wait a little longer.
Wait until his wife's emotions were stable and until she realized that their own daughter had been found. Then he would send the girl away.
"Dad, why are you so sad?"
Niannian keenly sensed her father's sadness and melancholy and couldn't help frowning herself.
Seeing his daughter's worried and concerned look, Yu Shanhe felt comforted.
"It's okay. I just suddenly thought of something else. It's getting late. Baby should go back to sleep."
Yu Shanhe showed a slightly bitter smile, tried his best to gather his mood, and took his daughter back to the princess - themed room.
After coming out of Niannian's room, Yu Sheng came back.
Looking at this useless son, Yu Shanhe got angry.
"Come to the study with me."
Yu Shanhe snorted and took his son to the study with a straight face.
Then he took out his phone, found three surveillance videos, and showed them to Yu Sheng.
The first video was from the day the music box was broken.
The video had sound, and all the things Zhao Tang said and did were clearly exposed.
The second video was from the day the chubby boy came to their house.
It showed in detail how the kids had tried to bully Niannian and how they had been beaten back.
The third video was from the confrontation with the chubby boy's parents.
Zhao Tang's lies clearly drilled into his ears.
Yu Sheng's face changed again and again as he watched the three videos.
Disbelief, shock, guilt—all were very evident.
Finally, his face settled into an expression of disgust as if he had eaten something bad.
"See? For such a girl, you got angry with your sister."
Yu Shanhe didn't need to say much more. Yu Sheng already wanted to find a hole to hide in.
"How could this be? Dad, why didn't you tell me before?"
Yu Sheng never thought that the sister he had loved for so many years had such an ugly true face.
Look at how two - faced she was.
Listen to the insinuations in her words.
See how shamelessly she lied without even blushing.
Yu Sheng felt like his world was about to collapse.
"Humph, do I need to remind you of your age? Being played around by a seven - year - old girl like this, and you still have the nerve to ask me why I didn't tell you. You don't even have the ability to tell a person's true nature. What a good - for - nothing!"
"Also, didn't I tell you before? When Zhao Tang was three years old, I told you to stay away from her. Did you listen?"
Yu Sheng was so red - faced from being scolded that he couldn't say a word.
Yes, he would be an adult in a year.
He didn't need to be extremely mature at this age, but he shouldn't have been played around by a seven - year - old girl like this.
He had been kept in the dark for so many years without knowing.
After getting along with her for so long, didn't he notice any clues at all?
Maybe he had, but he had ignored them all because of trust.
"I'm wrong. I'll go and apologize to Niannian later."
Seeing his son's sincere look of shame, Yu Shanhe's expression softened a bit.
Not bad. He could admit his mistakes and correct them.
He wasn't completely hopeless.
"Go tomorrow. Niannian is already asleep. Stay away from Zhao Tang in the future. If it weren't for your mom, I would have sent her away long ago. Figure out who your real family is. Don't be sold by someone and still help count the money."
Yu Shanhe still couldn't help but give a warning.
"I know. I definitely won't do that again. By the way, Dad, I have something to tell you."
Putting aside their prejudices and grudges, the father and son returned to the previous harmonious atmosphere.
Yu Sheng told his father about the monster he had seen at the beach today and also mentioned his recent restlessness and irritability.
"I feel that my emotions are a bit abnormal. You know, I didn't really believe in those mysterious things before, so I never thought in that direction. But now, the more I think about it, the weirder it feels."
"I'm afraid that even if I apologize tomorrow, Niannian may not forgive me. So could you please talk to Niannian and ask her to help me figure it out? I'm really afraid that my emotions will get out of control again in the future."