Chapter 82 We weren't that close, yet you slept with me and then didn't take responsibility...

"Why are you crying? Is your sister's condition bad?" Shen Yuqiu asked.

An Fusheng shook his head, not wanting to explain why his eyes were red, and chose to push Wen Xinglan out, "He wants his dad to hold him, and he cries when his dad doesn't hold him."

Shen Yuqiu frowned, "Why won't you hug him?"

An Fusheng: "It's inconvenient."

Shen Yuqiu: How inconvenient could it be that you don't even hold your child when they're crying like this? What kind of father is that?

However, he couldn't speak ill of the other man's father in front of the child.

Shen Yuqiu had only come out to use the restroom; he had patients waiting for him, so he didn't want to linger. He exchanged a few words with An Fusheng and then went about his business.

Wen Xinghe needed to have an X-ray taken for his consultation so the doctor could understand his condition in detail. Large hospitals are crowded, and there are long queues for everything. After the consultation, he had to have an X-ray taken, and then the doctor would see the X-ray. By the time he finished, it was almost dark outside.

Wen Min hailed a taxi; there were still over a hundred people ahead of him in line.

The family walked to the hospital entrance to try and hail a taxi, but found that it was drizzling outside and there were too many people trying to get a taxi, so they couldn't find one at all. They had no choice but to go back to the hospital lobby and wait for a car.

A section of the glass eaves extending from the hospital entrance was broken, and a small, intermittent stream of water was leaking down from it. People waiting for their cars at the entrance stood far away, afraid of getting splashed by the rain.

Wen Xinglan was extremely excited when she saw the water column. The water column was sometimes big and sometimes small, sometimes it was a continuous line, and sometimes it was intermittent. The water column fell to the ground and splashed again. The water column turned into water droplets and playfully bounced on the ground, attracting all of Wen Xinglan's interest. Wen Xinglan pulled An Fusheng to play with the water droplets.

An Fusheng looked at Wen Min with a questioning gaze.

Wen Min: "No, you can't. You'll catch a cold if your clothes get wet."

An Fusheng: "Okay."

Wen Xinglan couldn't understand rejection. If she couldn't persuade others to go, she would go herself. If she couldn't go herself, she would want to cry.

He cried too much today, and An Fusheng felt a little sorry for him, so he said, "I'll just let him play nearby for a bit, so his clothes won't get wet, okay?"

Wen Min sighed helplessly, "Go ahead."

Wen Xinglan excitedly pulled An Fusheng and ran towards the water column.

An Fusheng led Wen Xinglan to a spot a meter away from the water column, put his arm around his waist and made him lean over to touch the water droplets. Wen Xinglan stretched out his palm to catch the water.

Of course, An Fusheng didn't let him catch the entire jet of water. He controlled the distance, only allowing him to catch a few small water droplets in his palm. Even so, Wen Xinglan had a lot of fun. When he saw a water droplet jump into his palm, he would stomp his feet and laugh happily.

On rainy days, with many people and vehicles, the road in front of the hospital becomes almost impassable. Despite the "No Honking" signs on the road, horns still blare loudly.

Shen Yuqiu was stuck in traffic as soon as he drove out of the underground parking garage. He was used to it; there was never a traffic jam in front of their hospital. It was just that the traffic was worse today because of the bad weather. He had long since developed endless patience.

With both hands gripping the steering wheel and his feet only able to press the brake, Shen Yuqiu originally wanted to see what the traffic jam outside was like and whether he could just put it in Park and rest. Unexpectedly, he saw An Fusheng and Wen Xinglan playing in the water.

Shen Yuqiu frowned. This child, in such cold weather, still took her younger brother to play in the water. Doesn't Wen Min care at all?

The driveway was a bit far from the hospital gate, and there were a lot of people at the hospital, so shouting would definitely not be heard. Shen Yuqiu asked Qi Zhao for An Fusheng's contact information and then called An Fusheng.

"Hello? Who is this?" An Fusheng answered the phone.

"Don't take your younger brother to play in the water!"

"Huh? Teacher Shen?" An Fusheng held the phone, looking around in confusion. Where was Teacher Shen?

Shen Yuqiu rolled down the car window and honked the horn. An Fusheng finally saw Shen Yuqiu by following the sound and happily waved to him.

Shen Yuqiu: "Where's your mother?"

An Fusheng: "Wait for the car inside."

Shen Yuqiu: "How long do we have to wait?"

An Fusheng: "I don't know. When I hailed the taxi, it said I would have to wait for three hours."

That estimated time changes in real time. What was three hours ago might not be so now. It's already past six o'clock. How much longer can we wait? She brought several children to see the doctor; didn't she even come to pick them up in the rain? Is that person dead?

Shen Yuqiu said, "Go tell your mother that I'll take you back."

"Huh? Oh." An Fusheng walked into the hall, holding his phone. "Mrs. Wen, Teacher Shen said she'd take us home."

Wen Min: "No need."

"Oh." An Fusheng said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Thank you, Teacher Shen. My mother said it's no trouble for you; we can wait for the bus ourselves."

Shen Yuqiu: "Let your mother answer the phone."

An Fusheng handed the phone to Wen Min and said, "Mrs. Wen, Teacher Shen said you should answer the phone."

Wen Min took An Fusheng's phone, but before she could speak, she heard Shen Yuqiu say, "You should have checked the map countless times and know how bad the traffic is outside. Aren't you afraid the children will be cold after waiting for several hours? The children haven't eaten yet, have they? Aren't they hungry? You're a mother now, don't you think about yourself or your children?"

Wen Min hung up the phone, stood up, and said, "Let's go."

"Oh." An Fusheng picked up Wen Xinglan and followed, wanting to ask Wen's mother why she had agreed again, but he didn't dare to.

When Shen Yuqiu saw Wen Min come out, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his car was close to the roadside, making it easy for him to get in.

Shen Yuqiu found an umbrella in the car, got out, and ran to the other side to open the back door.

Wen Min let An Fusheng get into the car first, while she carried Wen Xinghe in the back.

Wen Xinghe felt Wen Min pick him up and said, "I can walk by myself."

“The rain is too heavy, and the ground is full of puddles. You’ll get your shoes wet if you walk on them,” Wen Min said.

Shen Yuqiu took two steps forward, snatched Wen Xinghe from Wen Min's hands, and stuffed the umbrella into Wen Min's hand.

Wen Min took the umbrella and held it up for Chen Yuqiu and Wen Xinghe.

"Take care of yourself," Shen Yuqiu said, quickly putting Wen Xinghe in the car. Ignoring whether he was getting wet in the rain, he held onto the car door and waited for Wen Min to get in.

Wen Min got into the car, and Shen Yuqiu took the umbrella from her hand, closed the car door, and returned to the driver's seat.

“Teacher Shen, your clothes are wet,” An Fusheng said.

"It's alright." Shen Yuqiu took off his suit jacket, turned on the heater, and asked, "Are you cold?"

An Fusheng: "It's not cold."

Wen Xinglan followed suit, saying, "It's not cold."

Shen Yuqiu was amused by his childish, imitative way of speaking. "That's good."

After a while, Shen Yuqiu finally couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't anyone come to pick you up when you brought several children to see the doctor on a rainy day?"

This question was clearly directed at Wen Min, but Wen Min remained silent, so An Fusheng had no choice but to say, "We don't have a car at home."

Shen Yuqiu instantly got angry, "How many children do you have, yet you can't even afford one car?"

An Fusheng looked at Shen Yuqiu, puzzled.

"Have you been taking your child to see a doctor here all this time?"

Wen Min didn't really want to talk. She was exhausted. She had to take Wen Xinghe to school every day, a journey of more than an hour, four times a day. She also had a lot of work to do and had to help with Xiao Ba's father's affairs. She usually felt grumpy if she didn't get ten hours of sleep, but recently she had been sleeping less than five hours a day. Today was another tiring day. She just wanted to close her eyes and rest for a while, but Shen Yuqiu kept trying to talk to her, so Wen Min could only say, "Mm."

"You should have seen me when you registered, so why didn't you register for my appointment?"

"Because the other doctor is more skilled."

The doctor Wen Min took his daughter to see today was Shen Yuqiu's senior colleague. His senior colleague's medical achievements are indeed higher than his at present.

“That’s because she’s worked longer than me. If I worked for that many years, I wouldn’t be any worse than her.” Shen Yuqiu didn’t want Wen Min to look down on him.

Wen Min: "Let's talk about it when you reach that age."

Shen Yuqiu: "..."

Silence fell inside the car.

An Fusheng couldn't help but lean over and whisper to Wen Min, "Mrs. Wen, do you know Teacher Shen?"

Wen Min: "We're not very familiar with each other."

Shen Yuqiu panicked: "We're not that close, you're sleeping with me if we're not that close?"

Wen Min: "What nonsense are you spouting in front of the children!"

Shen Yuqiu said indignantly, "Isn't that right? They slept with me and then didn't take responsibility!" If you listened closely, you could hear a hint of grievance in her tone.

Wen Min: "Shut up!"

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An Fusheng quickly covered his ears to indicate that he hadn't heard anything.

Once she could no longer hold back her words, Shen Yuqiu continued, "What's so good about that man? You gave birth to his child, and he wouldn't even hold the baby. He made you bring the child to the hospital alone, and he didn't even buy you a car. He wouldn't even pick you up on a rainy day."

Wen Min frowned: "What are you talking about?"

Shen Yuqiu accused, "Isn't that right? You helped him raise his children, had children with him, and even though he was so poor, you still stayed by his side. You liked him that much?"

Already tired and irritable, Wen Min was further exaggerated by Shen Yuqiu's increasingly absurd remarks. He shouted, "If you don't want to give us a ride, then drop us off."

Shen Yuqiu: "I didn't refuse!"

Good heavens! These two are clearly speaking Chinese, but he can't understand a word.

An Fusheng's CPU is burning like crazy: Wen's mother slept with Teacher Shen, Wen's mother had a child with a certain man, that man was very poor and couldn't afford a car, and he didn't come to pick up Wen's mother.

After sorting through the information, An Fusheng realized, "Wait a minute? There's more than one man in our family, right? I am indeed very poor and can't afford a car, but Wen's mother hasn't had any children either?"

Traffic police were directing traffic outside, and the flow of vehicles finally started to move slowly.

The vehicle moved slowly. An Fusheng looked at Wen Min, who was leaning back in her seat with her eyes closed, looking like she was asleep. He looked at his younger brother and sister, who were also asleep. Good.

Full of gossip, An Fusheng sneakily leaned back in the driver's seat and quietly asked Teacher Shen, "Teacher Shen, did my mother really sleep with you?"

"..." Shen Yuqiu had just spoken recklessly in a moment of impulse and was scolded by Wen Min for talking nonsense in front of the child. Now he dared not say anything more, "Children should not meddle in adults' affairs."

"Oh." An Fusheng was a little disappointed, but still asked persistently, "Who does my mother-in-law like?"

Shen Yuqiu said irritably, "Isn't he your dad?"

An Fusheng: "I don't have a father."

Shen Yuqiu's breath hitched. "You don't have a father?"

An Fusheng: "That's right, we're all orphans, where would we find a father or mother? No, Xiao Ba has a father, but Wen Mama probably doesn't like him, right?"

Thinking that Wen's mother had given Xiao Ba's father clothes today, An Fusheng scratched his head uncertainly again.

There was a red light not far ahead. Shen Yuqiu restrained himself and slowly pressed the brake pedal all the way down. "She...she's not your mother? Then why do you call her Mom?"

An Fusheng: "Wen Mama is not our biological mother, but Wen Mama took care of us. She told us to call her that, so we call her that."

Shen Yuqiu asked a thoughtless question: "Why are you all orphans?"

An Fusheng was also an orphan in his previous life. His father died before he was born, and his mother disappeared one day, leaving only him and his grandmother. Thinking of this, he felt a little sad and said, "It's probably because neither my father nor my mother wanted us."

She added, "Although we are orphans without parents, we have Aunt Wen and Aunt Lou. They are very good to us, and we love them very much. We are also doing well in the welfare home."

Shen Yuqiu hurriedly opened his phone's map, located the place he had been to last time, swiped a few times, and found that there was indeed a children's welfare home next door, which was the place where he had met Wen Min last time.

He was standing at the door and saw that it was a somewhat old European-style villa. He thought it was a private villa. Because of a mix of emotions, he didn't pay attention to the sign hanging outside the door. He never expected it to be a children's welfare home!

With three seconds left on the red light countdown, Shen Yuqiu glanced at Wen Min, who was sleeping with her head tilted to the side, and suddenly felt an urge to cry.