Daily life of working as a substitute bride for a wealthy family

Xiang Ran looked at his expression and said, "Is your family putting pressure on you? Mom said that the Sheng family has few male descendants, and you will be 29 years old next year..."

"Don't think about these things. I don't like being manipulated or influenced by others, unless - I want to." He said lightly.

This reminded Xiang Ran of the young man who looked somewhat rebellious at Qingluan High School many years ago.

"Sheng Yang, do you have any masks at home?"

This sentence suddenly popped up.

"What's wrong?" Sheng Yang was a little puzzled.

"I think you'd look really good in a mask."

"Madam, do you dislike the appearance of my lower body?" Sheng Yang asked, touching his chin.

"Not really, it's just that your lips are a little thin. Everyone says that men with thin lips are cold and indifferent." Xiang Ran stretched out her finger and touched his lips.

Sheng Yang removed her hand and kissed her: "Is it cold?"

Xiang Ran smiled.

Yes, who would have known that a man who looks so cold and indifferent has such hot lips.

-

The two walked along the tree-lined path by the lake for a while, and Sheng Yang suddenly took Xiang Ran up the hillside.

Xiang Ran asked: "Where are we going?"

"Take you to meet someone."

"Who?"

"Let's go see my grandpa!" He turned around and took her hand. "Let's go up the mountain along the path."

Xiang Ran was shocked. Didn’t the booklet say that Grandpa Sheng Yang was still alive?

How come it's on the mountain?

-

It turns out that in the Jiangnan area, the mountains people talk about are actually small earth slopes...

In Xiang Ran's opinion, this is not even a hill.

After a few steps, I reached the top of the slope and saw a rehabilitation hospital opposite.

Not far away is the famous A Lake Cadre Sanatorium.

With Sheng Yang's financial resources, how could he let his grandfather stay in such an unknown rehabilitation hospital?

Xiang Ran was confused, but didn't dare to ask more questions.

He only asked Sheng Yang: "Is your grandfather in the hospital? It's not appropriate for us to visit him empty-handed, right?"

"Even if you buy something, he still won't know who you are." Sheng Yang pointed. "The old man is already over 90 years old. He started suffering from Alzheimer's disease last year and doesn't recognize people anymore."

"Oh, so that's it."

"His indicators in all aspects are fine, but his mind is not clear."

-

When Xiang Ran entered the hospital, she discovered that many of the patients in the ward had lost the ability to take care of themselves.

Most of the patients were elderly and the place was completely silent.

Sheng Yang's grandfather lived in a single room, but the room was rather simple and a bit old.

The old man's face was still rosy.

He only had gloves on his hands and was tied to the bed frame by the nurse.

It is said that this is to prevent him from scratching the nasogastric tube.

The nurse recognized Sheng Yang and greeted him flatteringly and enthusiastically, "Mr. Sheng, are you here to see the old man?"

Sheng Yang nodded coldly, but the nurse kept chattering about Sheng Yang's mother and others coming to see the old man.

Sheng Yang probably thought it was too noisy, so he politely asked the nurse to leave.

"Yiqing, do you think he is pitiful with his hands tied?" Sheng Yang turned and asked Xiang Ran.

"Does it have to be tied up?"

"It can't be helped." Sheng Yang reached out and touched his grandfather's hand, his expression gentle. "Don't feel sorry for him. It's worth it for a person to live to this point in his life. He loved to play when he was young, and he's still a playful kid when he's old. Grandpa is different from my grandfather. He worked in several factories for most of his life and finally retired as a team leader. When he returned home to do housework, he was used to being lazy and slacking off, just enjoying playing with the children."

"So, he teased you too?"

"Well, men in Sichuan and Chongqing can cook, and his cooking is pretty good. I lived with my grandmother in Sichuan and Chongqing until I was nine years old. As my grandfather's job changed, we lived in several places."

"Did you live with your grandparents when you were little? What about your mom? Did she live with you too?"

"No, her heart has always been with her father. Unfortunately, her father's heart may not be with her." Sheng Yang pouted at Ran, "Look, my grandfather is listening attentively, he's looking at us."

Xiang Ran smiled and waved to Grandpa Sheng Yang: "Hello, Grandpa!"

Sheng Yang took off his grandfather's gloves and said with a smile, "It's useless. His ears are not good. He can't hear without hearing aids."

Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly pointed at Xiang Ran and said, "You are Sheng Yang's wife!"

This made Sheng Yang and Xiang Ran laugh.

Sheng Yang asked him, "Then who am I?"

"You are her husband!" The old man had a look of knowing everything.

Sheng Yang asked Xiang Ran: "You said he was confused, but he seemed to know everything. But he didn't even come to our wedding."

At this time, the old man lying on the bed said again: "Bring your children with you another day."

"A child?" Sheng Yang patted his hand. "We've only been married for less than half a year, how could it happen so soon?"

"The eldest in your family is a boy and the youngest is a girl, right? The difference is three years?" the old man asked again.

Seeing him say this, Sheng Yang could only nod.

Xiang Ran couldn't help laughing.

At this time, the nurse came in and greeted Sheng Yang: "Mr. Sheng, your mother and aunt will be here soon."

Sheng Yang frowned: "You told my mother I was here?"

"No, absolutely not!" The nurse waved her hands quickly, "Maybe someone else told her."

Sheng Yang let go of his grandfather's hand and asked the nurse to help the old man put on his gloves again.

"We are leaving. We will come to see you next time!" He stood up and said to the old man.

"Do you want to wait for mom to come and say hello before leaving?" Xiang Ran asked quietly.

Xiang Ran was mainly afraid that her mother-in-law would think too much.

When the younger generation heard that the elders were coming, they actually left first?

The mother-in-law probably didn't dare to attack Sheng Yang, but she was afraid that she would blame Su Yiqing in the future.

"Need not."

Sheng Yang didn't waste a moment and took Xiang Ran away.

-

After leaving the hospital, Sheng Yangcai explained to Xiang Ran, "When my mother came to see my grandfather, she just took a couple of photos and left. Not only my mother, but all the other relatives are a bit hypocritical. My mother, in particular, at most showed off her jewelry to the nurses in the hospital and posted photos of her and my grandfather on WeChat Moments to build her image."

Xiang Ran was embarrassed and couldn't respond.

"Every time my mother and the other aunts chatted loudly in the ward and made noise in the hospital, I felt embarrassed. Although I resented her for not wanting me when I was a child, I later thought that if I hadn't been taken to my grandfather's house, she might have driven me crazy. For so many years, she has lived in a world of her own creation. She is a hollow person, living in her own fantasy."

"The worst part was, apart from my grandfather's nursing care, there was a constant dispute between my mother and her siblings over other expenses. I didn't want to get involved in my mother's family affairs, so I simply stayed out of it. Later, I couldn't stand them putting my grandfather in a four-person room, so I asked the hospital to change it to a single room. But the elders didn't pay a penny for the extra expenses."

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder his grandfather lives in such an ordinary rehabilitation hospital.

Sheng Yang added, "This place is not far from the Sheng residence. Mother has a complex about the Sheng residence and wants to go there to see Grandpa from time to time, but the Sheng family doesn't welcome her. Do you know why?"

Xiang Ran shook her head, but was complaining in her heart: Isn’t it your mother’s fault?

"Because mother didn't really want to visit grandfather, she kept herself low, trying to impress them with flattering words. Isn't that naive?" Sheng Yang smiled bitterly. "Blindly kneeling down won't win the favor or approval of the powerful. Mother got the marriage certificate before my father died. She thought she had succeeded—finally becoming Mrs. Sheng. But in fact, the Sheng family also closed the door to her, because the certificate was purely an endorsement of their grandson. After all, a legitimate child sounds better, doesn't it?"

Sheng Yang's expression made Xiang Ran sigh.

Sheng Yang's father has only one child, Sheng Yang, so when Sheng Yang's father was seriously ill, the Sheng family "released" a marriage certificate to Sheng Yang's mother, so that Sheng Yang could become a legitimate child and his future would not be affected too much.

But Xiang Ran thought - if it were her, she would not be willing to keep wasting time.

Wouldn’t it be nice to just take the money and run away?

Why do you want the title of "Mrs. Sheng"?