Zhan made hometown food for dinner, hoping that Grandpa could enjoy it.
Yibo personally took the treasured wine to drink with Grandpa. But Zhan stopped him, “Grandpa has to go to the hospital tomorrow for a checkup. He’d better not drink tonight.”
“Grandpa, well…” Yibo stopped and turned to Grandpa, “Zhan is so strict. We’d better not drink now. When the test is done and everything is okay, we can have a drink.”
“I am going to check up tomorrow?” Grandpa looked at Zhan in surprise.
“Grandpa, your health is very important. The sooner the checkup the better. Then, I can feel at ease.” Zhan’s face was serious and he would not allow protest.
“Yibo and I drink the wine tonight. Then, I will go to the hospital the day after tomorrow for physical examination. It doesn’t matter to be a day late.” Grandpa tried to persuade Zhan.
“Grandpa, you really can’t drink tonight, I’ve made an appointment with a doctor for you. So, you can just eat now.” Zhan took the wine away from Yibo’s hand, “I’ll put the wine away for you. When the test is done and the doctor says it’s okay, you can have a drink, okay?”
Zhan winked at Yibo.
Yibo saw his wife’s wink and persuaded Grandpa, “Grandpa, Zhan is right. Your health is more important. We can make an appointment for a drink later.”
“OK.” Grandpa didn’t want to embarrass Yibo. So he looked up at Zhan, “Let’s eat.”
“Grandpa, I’ll give you a bowl of tofu carp soup, which can offer calcium and nutritious.” Zhan said as he picked up the bowl.
Yibo took the bowl in Zhan’s hand gallantly, “I’ll give Grandpa soup.”
Zhan glared at him. But Yibo just smiled, not caring at all. He handed the soup to Grandpa, while Grandpa thanked him.
“Grandpa, just help yourself here. Don’t be so polite, or it will make us feel that there is anything we did wrong.” Yibo treated Zhan’s relatives as his own from the bottom of his heart. He was not as tough as he was at work. He was so easy-going now, which even made others think that it was not like him.
“OK” Grandpa smiled and nodded, then took a sip of the soup. He tasted the soup and said, “This soup is very delicious.”
Yibo quickly replied, “Of course it is fresh and delicious. After all, it is made by Zhan, whose cooking is no worse than that of a chef in a five-star hotel, or even better.”
Fei held the bowl and said, “Dad, you’re not only a hen-pecked husband but also an ass-kisser.”
Yibo became serious and tried to explain for himself, “Fei, you don’t understand. This is my love for your mother.”
“Alright…” Fei just pursed her lips and smiled.
Zhan glanced at Yibo, who was a little embarrassed in front of daughter, and smiled. Then, he looked down and eat.
Yibo offered Fei a chicken wing, “Eat your favorite chicken wing.”
After dinner, Zhan and Yibo took Grandpa and Fei to the opposite seaside park for a walk.
They walked back and forth along the curved seaside trail.
Zhan took care of Grandpa until he slept, while Yibo took care of Fei.
It was 9:30 when they returned to their room. After a shower, Zhan and Yibo lay down on the bed.
Yibo held Zhan in his arms,”Are you worried about Grandpa’s illness?”
“I’m a little uneasy until I get the inspection results.” Zhan frowned.
“Grandpa will be fine. Do not scare yourself. Now, the medical science is so advanced. Many diseases can be cured.” Yibo entwined his fingers with him, “I will find the best doctor, I’m here. Don’t worry.”
“Alright.” Zhan gently put his other hand around Yibo’s shoulder, and leaned himself against him at ease.
It was really reassuring to have Yibo there.
“Sleep.” Yibo caressed Zhan’s back with other hand, slowly and gently.
***
Early the next morning, Yibo took Fei to kindergarten while Zhan took Grandpa to the hospital.
Because Yibo had made an appointment with a doctor, they could have a smooth examination today, with fast speed and good service.
“Grandpa, are you tired?” Zhan took a cup of warm water, “Drink some water and rest. We’ll get some examination reports for the doctor later.”
Grandpa took the cup of water and drank two sips, sighing, “I am too old to stand it.”
When Zhan got all the examination reports and showed them to the doctor, the doctor only frowned slightly and looked at Zhan again.
“Dr. Gray, let me know if there is anything wrong.” Zhan clenched his fists, beginning to feel alarm.
Dr. Gray habitually pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and then said, “According to the results of the examination, it is initially judged that the old man has a tumor in his brain, which is now about 25mm in size. The tumor pressed on the brain nerve and caused him to faint.”
“Tumor?” hearing this, Zhan became serious and shocked, “Dr. Gray, what should we do then?”
“The best way is to do surgery to remove it. Otherwise, with this situation going on, he may be blind and unable to move.” Dr. Gray advised.
“…” Zhan frowned tightly, “What is the success rate of the surgery?”
“After all, your grandfather is already more than seventy years old. The operation risk is higher. So, I am not sure now and have to study it before replying you.” Dr. Gray looked at Zhan who had a sad face, “But there is also the possibility of having a relapse after removing the brain tumor. Once having a relapse… He is so old and may not even survive the operation…”
“I know, doctor, I’ll think about it.” Zhan held back his tears, but his eyes were already uncontrollably red, “Please don’t tell my grandfather about this. I don’t want him to feel bad.”
“Well, I understand.” Dr. Gray nodded, “With your grandfather’s current situation, I think the sooner he is hospitalized the better. At least, it can reduce his pain. In the future, he will faint more. frequently…”
“OK. Then I’ll arrange for hospitalization first.”
Zhan pursed his lips tightly, and his long, slender eyelashes were full of tiny drops of tears.
He kept taking deep breaths, adjusted his emotions, and suppressed the sadness that raged in his heart.
Zhan then picked up the form and went for the admission procedure.
Zhan adjusted his emotions, left the doctor’s office, and walked to the rest area not far away.
When Fengmian saw Zhan coming, he asked, “How is it? There should be nothing wrong with me, right? Can we go home now? I can have a nice drink with Yibo tonight.”
Hearing his grandfather’s light tone, Zhan was sad inside, “Grandpa, the doctor hasn’t found out exactly what’s wrong with you. We can’t go home yet and have to stay in the hospital for observation.”
“We can’t go home? I need to be hospitalized?” The smile on Fengmian’s face was gone. His face sank, “Must I be hospitalized and lie on the bed all day? Zhan, even if I am not sick, I will feel unwell if I always lie on the bed.”
“Grandpa, we should listen to the doctor and wait for the results. As long as we get it, we can be released.”
“How long will it take?” Fengmian asked.
“It shouldn’t take long. Grandpa, don’t worry.”
Zhan reached out to take Fengmian’s arm and then gently rested his head on his shoulder. He was as intimate as when he was a child.
“Grandpa, how can I answer to Grandma if I don’t take good care of you? Please listen to the doctor, Grandma would also want you to listen to the doctor if she was there. I will be with you.”
Fengmian looked sideways at Zhan, who was leaning on his shoulder, and reached out to pat his head, “Okay, you win.”
Hearing this, Zhan smiled, while his eyes were full of sadness.
“I’ll go do the hospitalization procedures then.” Zhan took a deep breath, then got up with a smile, “Wait for me here.”
“OK.” Fengmian smiled and nodded.
Zhan felt that he could not hold back his tears in front of Grandpa anymore. So, he hurried to step away. When he reached the corner, he could no longer hold back his tears..
Fearing he would make a sound, Zhan reached out to cover his mouth and turned away.
The next second, Zhan felt someone hug him from behind and smelled the familiar smell.
“What happened?” the gentle and melodious voice hit his soft heart.
Zhan turned around and threw himself into his arms, crying even heavily.
Yibo didn’t say anything and just let Zhan vent his emotions.
When Zhan calmed down, Yibo asked, “What’s wrong with Grandpa?”
“Dr. Gray said it’s a brain tumor…” Zhan repeated what Dr. said to him and then looked up, his eyes watery and charming, “Why are you here?”
“I came after a meeting. There was nothing important to deal with anyway.” Yibo said lightly, “I knew you would cry. What if Grandpa saw you like this?”
“I didn’t cry in front of him,” Zhan bit his lip.
“But your eyes are red.” Yibo raised his hand and touched Zhan’s eyes, “It is not the time to cry now. I will find a way. If it can’t be cured at home, we’ll go abroad to find a better brain doctor. Trust me and leave it to me.”
“I’ll go for the admission procedure. You stay with Grandpa.”
Yibo took the admission slip from Zhan’s hand.
Zhan took two breaths and nodded.
Zhan had an innate trust in Yibo. As long as Yibo had promised something, he would do it. Zhan believed Yibo could do it and good people like Grandpa would be rewarded.
Yibo was very efficient. After all, he was a big man with a high social status and did everything easily.
Grandpa was admitted to a VIP room.
Zhan wanted to stay with grandpa personally, Yibo had no objection and was just afraid Zhan would be too tired.
Fengmian didn’t agree with Zhan being here all the time. So, after discussion, Zhan came to stay with him during the day and asked a nurse to look after him at night.
Yibo went overseas for some urgent business trip and meet to specialist brain Dr. for Grandpa.
•••
On the second day of Fengmian’s hospitalization, Zhan brought chicken porridge early in the morning, as well as some dishes.
Then, Zhan got a call from Lixian, “I know you’re back. Do you feel better after travelling?”
“Mr. Lixian, thanks for your concern.” Zhan was a bit surprised, “What can I do for you?”
“Zhan, you still have your position in the company. The company also needs you. The project of Beach Hotel can’t do without you. I hope you can come back and continue to work with us.” Lixian invited sincerely.
Zhan looked down and was silent for a moment.
“Is there any difficulty? Mr. Yibo will not restrain your freedom of work, right?” Lixian joked.
“Mr. Lixian, thank you for the sincere invitation. But I’m sorry I can’t come back, Please don’t wait for me.” Zhan didn’t want to occupy that position.
“Did something happen?” Lixian was keen, “Zhan, although we are colleagues, I already consider you as a friend privately. You can talk to me if something happened.”
Zhan hesitated for a moment, but finally said the reason, “My grandfather is sick and needs to be taken care of. I want to spend more time with him.”
“Okay, I understand. I hope your grandfather will be lucky and recover soon.” Lixian said a few more words and then hung up.
In the afternoon, Lixian came to the hospital to visit Grandpa after work, carrying nutritious food, fruits, and flowers.
At night
Nanny had already put Fei to sleep.
Zhan went to Fei’s room, looked at Fei’s sleeping face and kissed her on the face. Seeing her face similar to Yibo’s, he began to miss him.
In the dead of night, miss became especially strong.
***
The next morning, Zhan took Fei to school and went to the hospital to be with his grandfather.
He brought him wontons today, and Grandfather ate them all, not even leaving the soup.
“Grandpa, take it slowly. If you like it, I will make another for you.”
“Do you remember your grandmother used to make this for us when you were little? It reminds me of your grandmother.” Grandfather was a little sad. “Your grandmother has been out there alone for so many years. She must be lonely.”
Of course, Zhan remembered that.
“Grandpa, I’ll wash the dishes.” Zhan took the bucket to the bathroom to clean it, but he felt like a grain of sand in his eyes.
When he washed the dishes, he was surprised to see a man.
Darren, who was standing by grandfather’s hospital bed, also looked at Zhan.
Their eyes met for a second in the air, and Zhan moved away from his sight.
Although he did not know how Darren knew about his grandfather’s hospitalization, Darren was filial to visit his Grandpa.
“I heard that Grandpa was ill, so I came to visit him.” Darren explained.
“Great.” Zhan said nothing more. “Have some chats. I’ll wash the fruit.”
“Zhan, I went to a meeting in your company and asked Lixian to let you come back and continue to work on the waterfront hotel project, since you were the lead designer at the beginning, but he told me that your grandfather was sick and you couldn’t come back…”
Darren didn’t want Zhan to blame Lixian for something.
“I’m not that stingy.”
Zhan went on to wash the fruit.
Darren looked at Zhan’s back and had mixed feelings.
Grandpa stretched out his hand and pulled Darren, “Darren, sit down.”
“Grandpa, how are you?” Darren recovered and sat down and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“When you left, I fainted, Zhan and Yibo brought me to Chongqing for tests, but the results haven’t been out.” Grandfather laughed and said, “I am an old bone now. It is normal to have some health problems, I know myself well, and it would be all right. They are too. fussy and insisted that I should be hospitalized. Lying here every day with nothing to do makes me feel more upset than working. It’s just like spending money and while getting into trouble…”
Grandpa was complaining, but actually, he was showing off, showing off how nice his grandson and grandson-in-law were to him.
Darren smiled, “Grandpa, Zhan wants you to be good. When you get well, let’s go climb mountain together scenery on the mountain is wonderful.”
“Good.” Grandfather nodded and said, “Darren, I did not regard you as an outsider. In my heart, you are my grandson just like Zhan. I want you to smile more and be happy.”
“Grandpa, don’t worry about me. You must get better soon.” Darren knew that Grandpa wanted him to forget Zhan and stop trapping himself in the past.”I will.”
Grandpa nodded, “I want to see Zhan and Yibo’s wedding ceremony, and I want to see you find your happiness, so that I can go to see your grandmother with peace.”
“Grandpa, what are you talking about!”
When Zhan came out with the washed apples, he heard what Grandpa said, which made him very sad. “Yibo and I will ask the best doctor to cure you. You’ll live for a long time, Grandpa, don’t say that again.”
“Yes, the medical science is so advanced now. Just rest assured.” Darren also comforted Grandfather, but he did not ignore Zhan’s sad eyes.
“Well, well, I will live for a long time.”
Zhan peeled the apple and cut it into pieces, Grandpa asked Darren to eat the apple.
After a while, the nurse came to give Grandpa an intravenous drip. Darren got up and said goodbye to Grandpa, “Grandpa, I have to go back first. I will visit you when I am free.”
“Yes, thank you Darren.”
“Could you see me off?” Darren extended an invitation to Zhan.
Zhan could not refuse. He was coming to see his grandfather after all.
As soon as they got out of the ward, Darren asked him gravely, “What’s wrong with Grandpa?”
“It’s none of your business.” Zhan looked away.
“Xiao Zhan!” Darren called him by his full name, which he used to call him only when he was angry. “If there is a problem, we can solve it together. I also hope grandpa can get better. If our goal is the same, then tell me? One more person can figure out one more method, isn’t it?”
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll ask the doctor.”
“You have no right to know if you are not a relative.” Zhan said.
“Grandpa said I am his grandson.” Darren clenched his fist. “My grandfather’s business is my business. I’ll know everything in my own way.”
Darren finished and started to leave,
Zhan looked at his back and bit his lips, “Stop.”
Darren stopped, turned around and looked at him.
“He suffers from brain tumor, and the doctor said the only way is to remove it, but the risk is very high, but if he does not remove it, he will faint more and more frequently. It will compress his optic nerve and motor nerve, so he will lose his sight or be unable to move… If we take a conservative way, I’m afraid grandpa…” Zhan could not continue. It was a cruel fact that he could not take with ease.
He didn’t want to lose his grandfather. He just wanted him to be alive.
Darren frowned deeply and stretched out his hand to pat Zhan’s shoulder, but after a pause, he took it back and held it tight, “I will go to find the best doctor, Rest assured. Neither of us will lose grandpa. I have to go now. Take care of Grandpa.”
Darren strode away. Then Zhan ran after him again and said, “Darren, grandpa doesn’t know his illness yet, so don’t show it in front of him”
“I see. Go back with Grandpa.”
“I’ll walk you down. I have something for Dr. Gray.”
Zhan sent Darren out of the inpatient department.
After sending Darren away, he turned around and went to the outpatient building. Only a few meters away, he saw Lingjao standing on the stairs.
She might have seen him with Darren.
She stood there, with her belly bulging, and a checklist in her hand. Her eyes fixed on Zhan like two sharp swords that were about to cut him to pieces.
Zhan seemed not to see Lingjao, and was going to go over her.
“Zhan, I’m not going to throw in the towel.” Lingjao said.
“Lingjao, now that you’re a mother. Be nice, just for the sake of your child.” Zhan reminded her, “Is winning or losing more important to you than having a baby?”
“Because of you, my child will be born fatherless and I lost my husband! Now it is more important for me to win. As long as I win, then I will get everything.”
“It can’t go back to the way it was.” Zhan shattered her illusion, “and these are all what you have sowed. You are hoisted by your own petard. Lingjao, take care of yourself.”
“Zhan, don’t be smug! You can’t have what I don’t have. I will show Darren that I am the one who loves him most.” Lingjao was still so stubborn “You’re not going to take him away.”
“I don’t want to waste time on you.” Zhan said, and walked away.
As soon as he left, Lingjao crumpled the checklist into a ball of paper and was furious, which made her abdomen ache a bit.
“Lingjiao, let’s go back… Why do you look so pale? What’s the matter with you?”
“My… my abdomen hurt….” Lingjiao’s face was bloodless and she grabbed Hepeng’s arm. “My abdomen…
“Lingjiao, what happened…” Hepeng held her up.
Lingjiao leaned on his shoulder, and her breath was weak.
“Doctor, doctor, help…” Hepeng shouted, holding Lingjiao in his arms, “Save our baby…”
The footsteps were heard, and doctors and nurses quickly wheeled the lathe in. Hepeng assisted the paramedic in lifting Lingjiao onto the bed, and then she was taken to the emergency room.
“Lingjiao, don’t worry. With the doctor and me here, you’ll be fine.” Hepeng followed them, and held tightly Lingjiao’s hand.
Lingjiao was wheeled into the emergency room, while Hepeng was kept outside. He held his hands against the metal door, feeling mad.
He crossed his hands together on his face and prayed that the baby would be fine and so would Lingjiao.
“Doctor, how is she? Is the baby all right?” Hepeng hurried forward to ask.
Lingjiao was then pushed out, and his eyes were drawn as she was pushed into the elevator.
“Fortunately, you have sent her here in time so that the child could be saved. The mother is in poor health, plus she got emotional, so there was a sign of abortion.”
“Now she has to stay in hospital for a week and tried not to do any outdoor activities. If you want to keep the child.” The doctor also signed slightly, “You should take good care of your child and wife.”
“Yes, doctor, you are right.” Hepeng’s smile deepened when he heard that the baby was fine. “You can rest assured that I will take care of her.”
“Great. You should be more careful in future.” The doctor was pleased with Hepeng’s attitude.
“Can I go and see her now?”
“Go ahead.”
“Thank you, doctor.”
Hepeng smiled like a child who had eaten candy and ran away happily.
Hepeng arrived in Lingjiao’s room and saw her lying on the bed, her face as pale as paper and as pathetic as a fragile doll.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Hepeng, with worry in her eyes. “How… how about the child?”
He stepped forward, sat in a chair by the bed, and took her hand gently. “The doctor said the baby is fine.”
Lingjiao just nodded, feeling relieved.
“Lingjiao, the exam was all right, but all of a sudden your tummy hut. The doctor said you were being emotional. What was going on?” Hepeng was worried.
The thought of Zhan’s proud look angered her again, “Hepeng, someone is trying to harm our child.”
“Who?” asked Hepeng.
“It’s Zhan. I bumped into him just now and he said something shape that stimulated me, so I had an abdominal pain.” Lingjiao held his hand back. “Hepeng, you said you’d listen to me once I have your baby, didn’t you?”
“Yes, as long as the baby is mine, I’ll do anything you want me to.” Hepeng paused and said, “What do you want me to do? To deal with Zhan?”
He had already guessed Lingjiao’s mind when she said so.
“Lingjiao, it’s not that I don’t want to deal with him. It’s just that we’re not in a position to compete with him right now. If we come into conflict with him in this way, we will be doomed to fail.”
“You’re afraid of him, aren’t you?” “Lingjiao interrupted him excitedly, “He used to bully me and you didn’t help me, and now he’s trying to kill our baby! Can you just turn a blind eye to it?”
“This time it’s me, and next time it could be you. Do you think he’ll let you go just because you didn’t offend him? He and I grew up together, and I know him better than you do! Zhan is a vicious person, very vindictive. And now Yibo backs him up now. Think how he treated you before.”
“Hepeng, we can’t just await out doom. We have to fight back. Not for anyone, but for the sake of our child!” Lingjiao incited Hepeng, who was still hesitating.
She took his hand on her bulging belly, letting him feel the baby inside. “This is your baby! If you can’t protect it and me, then you are not a man!”
“Lingjiao, calm down.” Hepeng soothed her. “I will protect you and your child, but I’m not sure what to do with Zhan, I think there are other ways to work things out. For example, peaceful negotiations, I will negotiate with him, and we do not disturb each other in the future and to live a quiet is that all right?”
When Lingjiao heard this, she looked angry and got rid of Hepeng, “Do you think Zhan is really going to let go of me? We live a cat and dog life! Either he or me can stay!”
Lingjiao was indignant. Now the belief that supported her to live was to revenge Zhan. Only by sending Zhan to hell could she live a peaceful life.
“Lingjiao, the doctor said you should stop being emotional or exited. It’s not good for the baby.” Hepeng poured a glass of water for her. “Drink some water to calm down yourself.”
“In short, you just don’t want to help me. It turns out that my child and I don’t weigh much in your heart.” Lingjiao looked coldly at the glass of water that Hepeng offered her, but didn’t reach for it.
She raised her chin slightly, “Fine. It’s fine that you don’t help me! I’ll find someone else to help me! Even if no one helps me, I can still do it myself! Do not blame me for aborting the child. I can’t carry out my plan if I am pregnant. I won’t get you involved this time. I’ll do it myself.”
Lingjiao said, reaching for getting rid of the intravenous drip on the back of her left hand. “I’m going to abort the baby now. Even I want to give birth to this child, Zhan won’t let me do it.”
She said the cruel words while observing Hepeng’s reaction.
When Hepeng saw that she was about to pull off the needle, he grabbed her hand and hugged her. “Lingjiao, don’t do that.”
“What do you want from me? I have been bullied by Zhan like this, but you neither help me nor did you understand me, and even want to solve the problem peacefully. Do you think he and I can still get along peacefully after so many things happened? I will depend on myself.” Lingjiao struggled in his arms, trying to break free.
Hepeng hugged her tightly. “Lingjiao, can’t we just stay together as a family? If you have to confront Zhan or even Yibo, I am afraid that you will suffer a loss. You know what Yibo is up to. If something goes wrong with you, what should I do?”
“I will suffer a loss? I am not afraid of death, let alone suffering a loss. So what if Yibo’s is scheming? We are in a civilized society ruled by law. So what if he is powerful? Can he kill me? Even if he could kill me, I would not regret it, for I have done nothing wrong with myself.” Lingjiao was still unrepentant, and bent on revenge, “If you’re afraid of death, you can stay away, I don’t blame you, but don’t you stop me! So, Hepeng, let go of me!”
She got stronger, and struggled harder.
“Lingjiao…” Hepeng whispered to her, “Tell me what do you want me to do.”
Lingjiao stopped struggling. “You’re going to help me?”
When Hepeng saw that she had stopped struggling, he released her, then looked at her disbelieved eyes. “As long as you don’t do the abortion, I’ll do whatever you want.”
“Thank you, Hepeng. I know you love me and the child. Our child needs your protection, so you are doing this to protect us. Don’t feel pressured.” Lingjiao’s brow relaxed as her sadness cleared away.
“It is my duty to protect you.” Hepeng held her face in his hands. “I said I would take care of you and I will do it. Lingjiao, marry me.”
Hepeng didn’t want anything anymore. He just wanted to have a home, a wife and children. With this, he would feel his life was perfect.
Lingjiao’s eyes flashed with surprise; her lips curved with a smile. “Hepeng, are you proposing to me?”
“Well, Lingjiao, you know I love you Although I have nothing now and I am no longer the second master of the Feng family, I will treat you well and try my best to let you and our child live a good life and have a happy family. Lingjiao, we only have each other now, don’t we?”
After going through so many ups and downs, Hepeng was no longer high above. He just wanted to be a normal man and lived a simple life.
Lingjiao met his gaze. “Yeah, we only have each other, so Hepeng, I’m counting on you.”
“So, you agree to marry me?” Hepeng smiled.
“Of course I’d like to, but my divorce procedure hasn’t been finalized yet, so I’m going to finish the procedure when I can be discharged from the hospital, so you don’t have to wait for me for so long. Although I do not ask you to give me any bride price, but you must give me a gift, don’t you?” Lingjiao put her hands around Hepeng’s neck and smiled sweetly.
Seeing that she had agreed, Hepeng was delighted, “What do you want for a present? I will give you if I can.”
“I want Zhan’s life…” Lingjiao smiled, her soft red lips uttering the most vicious words. “This is the best wedding gift you can give me. Can you afford it?”
Hepeng was a little scared. “Lingjiao, I…”
Lingjiao put her fingers to his lips. “I was kidding. See how scared you are. You’re a big man. How could you be so timid?”
Lingjiao clutched her mouth and began to laugh. Her laughter rang like silver bells across the room.
Hepeng looked at Lingjiao, who was like a little girl totally different from the vicious woman she was just now, and he was a little stunned.
“I want you to tie up him to a safe place without anyone. I just want to teach him a lesson so as to vent my anger, otherwise I won’t let it go. In addition, we are not as well-off as before. We need a lot of money to get married and raise a child. We have to get some money from Zhan. He has bullied me for so many times, I can’t let him off, right?” Lingjiao winked at Hepeng with a childish look.
Hepeng was still as dull as if his soul had been attracted away by Lingjiao.
Lingjiao looked at Hepeng and patted him on the shoulder. “What are you doing? Are you listening to me?”
“Yes, of course I am.” Hepeng nodded.
“And what did I say?” Lingjiao tilted her head slightly, her eyes fixed on him.
“You told me to give you a wedding present, and you asked me to tie up Zhan, and you are going to teach him a lesson…” Hepeng answered.
“Can you do it?” Lingjiao looked forward to his answer.
Hepeng swallowed silently. “I… I promise I won’t let you down.”
“Don’t let me down, and don’t let our child down. It’s hoping Papa to earn the bread.” Lingjiao lowered her head and touched her abdomen. “Baby, it’s up to Dad this time. Let’s cheer him up and wish him success.”
She looked up at Hepeng and said, “The child has heard you say yes. It’s rooting for you, so am I.”
After that, she turned Hepeng’s face and gave him an encouraging kiss.
Hepeng was a bit dizzy by Lingjiao’s kissing, and he was somewhat incited.
He put his arm around Lingjiao’s waist and leaned over his head, asking for more. “One more kiss.”
“Don’t press on me. The baby is looking at us. Don’t play tricks…” Lingjiao nudged him, but it felt like she was trying to welcome him.
“It is so little and it won’t know anything. Just one more.” Hepeng begged her.
***
Today was the third day after Yibo left. After Zhan came back from the hospital, he played games with Fei for a while and studied with her. After that, he put Fei to bed and read her a bedtime story.
Zhan went back to his bedroom and rubbed his neck, and then he took a bath.
It was already ten o’ clock when he lay back in bed. He gave Yibo a video call.
After a while, Yibo picked it up. He was wearing a white shirt, which made him look more charming.
Zhan stared at him for a while and didn’t collect himself until Yibo coughed softly.
“Am I bothering you?” Zhan’s cheeks were a little flushed.
“No.” Yibo sat in the single sofa with one leg crossed.
“When will you be back?” Zhan felt that he missed Yibo more when he was sleeping alone these days without him.
“Do you miss me?” Yibo smiled, slightly raised his eyebrows.
“No.” Zhan denied it decisively.
Yibo was not angry, but his eyes were smiling. “Since you don’t miss me, I will stay here for a period of time before I come back.”
“How long would it be?” Zhan asked casually.
“You want to know?” Yibo seemed to be trying to keep Zhan’s interested.
“I don’t really want to know.” said Zhan, not telling the truth.
“Then I don’t need to tell you.” Yibo curled his lips, with a gleam of cunning light in his eyes.
He sat there with grace and ease like a cunning hunter, patiently waiting for prey to fall into his pit.
Zhan, on the other hand, looked like a kid compared to Yibo.
Zhan couldn’t keep his composure and said, “If you don’t talk about it, I’ll go to sleep now,”
“Really? Don’t want to know it?” Yibo asked.
“But you didn’t tell me” Zhan was complaining. “I’ll listen if you tell me.”
“Well, listen.” Yibo looked deeply into Zhan’s eyes through the screen of the phone and said word by word, “I.Will.Come.back.when.you.miss.me.”
Zhan’s beautiful eyes widened.
What did he mean by that? He would come back when I missed him, and if I didn’t miss him, he wouldn’t come back?
Yibo was forcing him to say something shy.
Oh, it would embarrass him.
Zhan was a bit dissatisfied. He was not convinced, but he was too embarrassed to say.
“Well, you can come back when you want to.” Zhan smiled mischievously. “I’m going to sleep.”
And then he hung up Yibo’s video call.
Zhan dropped the phone beside his bed, pulled the cover over himself, and closed his eyes to sleep.
And then he opened his eyes again, leaned over, took his phone.
After two seconds of hesitation, he edited the text, “I miss you so much right now…”
And then he sent it.
Zhan held the phone in his palm and pressed it against his chest. His face got hot, and his heart raced, as if he were still a young teenager.
He took a deep breath, scolding himself in the heart, “Why am I feeling shy? I just didn’t see him for three days. How could I miss him so much?”
He did not know how he had the courage to decide to leave him and go to Grandpa’s, much less how he spent that week.
When now Yibo was miles away from him did Zhan realize how it felt to miss a person.
It turned out that Zhan had become unwittingly inseparable from him. Yibo had become a part of his life.
Zhan admitted that he really missed him, and even loved him more than he had imagined.
His phone buzzed, and he got a message from Yibo, “Darling, I miss you too. I really miss you. I will come back tonight at the soonest.”
Zhan’s nose went sore as he saw the messages on it, and then he smiled a big smile.
Missing had bound them together, and it felt so good to have someone who missed him so much.
Zhan answered with good night and then went to sleep.
That night, he had a dream that Yibo came home, came back to him. And he brought back the world’s leading experts in brain science who would cure grandpa’s disease.
And then they held a perfect grand wedding, romantic petals falling off the sky, and Yibo promised to be with him for a whole life.
In the dream everything went smooth and he was so happy.
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