Xu Xiuzhen's already furrowed eyebrows were now almost tangled into a Chinese knot.

She even reached out and patted Liao Nanxing's head.

"He doesn't have a fever, so why is he talking nonsense? I need to get a thermometer."

Xu Xiuzhen, who was about to get up, was stopped by Liao Nanxing and sat down.

"Mom! I'm not sick, I'm perfectly lucid!"

"Nonsense! You're starting to talk nonsense!" Xu Xiuzhen was very anxious, and she was even considering whether to call 120.

"Mom! I have my own ideas, so please stop making things difficult for me."

That's why he contacted Li Anran.

As long as Su Mu is in his hands, everything Li Anran owns will become his.

The reason he chose Lin Shijia instead of Li Anran immediately was because, in his eyes, the starting point that Li Anran could offer was too low.

The reason for contacting Li Anran now is that he has no way out.

Therefore, finding Li Anran can be said to have maximized Su Mu's potential.

Moreover, with his abilities, he can definitely rise to the top tier of companies in Jiang City in a short period of time, unlike Li Anran, who is just drifting along aimlessly.

"Okay... alright." Although Xu Xiuzhen was still worried, since her son had said so, and she didn't understand, she just didn't want to cause him any trouble.

"But... what will happen to Xiaobao if Su Mu doesn't come back?" This is the biggest problem.

Last time Su Mu was hospitalized, it only lasted one night, and it almost killed her.

Now that Su Mu has run away, no one knows when she'll be back. If we're going to let her take care of Xiao Bao during this time, we might as well just kill her.

Liao Nanxing saw through Xu Xiuzhen's thoughts and quickly comforted her, "Mom, what I'm about to do is really important to me and to our family."

Let me put it this way! Whether we remain as poor and destitute as we are now, or rise to great heights, depends on this opportunity. I know Xiaobao is a pain, but this time you absolutely must help me share the burden so I can focus all my energy on doing things well.”

"But... how long will it take? You know I have a heart condition. The doctor told you I can't stay up late. It's not a long time, I can manage to push myself. But if it takes too long..."

"Sigh! It's all my fault for being so weak. Not only can I not help you, I'm also holding you back."

Xu Xiuzhen lowered her head with a look of self-reproach and wiped her eyes.

Liao Nanxing quickly reassured her and promised that as long as Xu Xiuzhen took care of Xiaobao during the day, he would take care of the child himself when he came back at night.

Although Xu Xiuzhen didn't want her son to be too overworked, if she were to suffer a heart attack and end up in the hospital while taking care of the child, wouldn't that just cause him more trouble?

But... she had another, even better way.

If it works, not only will the child be taken care of, but the family's life will be able to return to normal.

That night, Liao Nanxing took care of the child alone for the first time.

In his mind, taking care of a child is not just about making formula and changing diapers.

As long as the child is full and comfortable, he can sleep peacefully.

Although he can't sleep through the night, as long as the child doesn't cry or make a fuss, it won't affect his rest too much.

However, when Liao Nanxing faced a child who was crying incessantly for no reason and could not speak, she completely broke down.

He slammed his fist on the bed and yelled, "I've eaten it all, I've changed it all! What else do you want? Crying and crying, it's so annoying!"

After the yelling, the child's cries became even louder.

Liao Nanxing grabbed his hair in frustration, his teeth grinding together.

The wailing of the baby was giving him a splitting headache. If it weren't his child, he would have thrown it out without a second thought.

So he suppressed the urge to throw the child out, lay down on the bed, turned over, and closed his eyes with his back to the child.

He decided to ignore the child and continue sleeping.

He thought that once he was tired of crying, he would calm down.

However……

When Liao Nanxing turned over for the 156th time, he suddenly opened his eyes.

His bloodshot eyes glared menacingly at the crib.

The next moment, he suddenly stood up, grabbed a pillow, and went over.

Seeing the baby crying incessantly in the stroller, he simply pressed the pillow down.

As the crying subsided, his head, which had nearly exploded, finally got a moment's rest.

He closed his eyes comfortably, thinking to himself, "It'll be over soon. I just need to quiet my ears for a little while."

Liao Nanxing, who was lying with her eyes closed and looking comfortable, suddenly realized that the noise under the pillow had almost stopped, and the crying had stopped at some point.

My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly picked up the pillow.

When Liao Nanxing saw the child's bluish-purple face, she was truly terrified.

"Xiao Bao! Xiao Bao..." He called the child's name, took the child out of the crib and put him on the bed.

They pressed down hard on the child's chest.

While counting aloud, she also made sure to pass air into the child's mouth.

"Xiao Bao! Wake up! Daddy didn't mean it! Don't sleep! Xiao Bao, wake up..." He pressed on the child's chest again.

When the baby cried out, Liao Nanxing, whose legs had already gone weak, collapsed to the ground.

He breathed heavily, as if he, not the child, had just been suffering from oxygen deprivation.

I patted my chest, my heart pounding wildly, the echoes of "thump thump thump" reverberating in my ears.

What did he do?

He almost... he almost killed his own child with his own hands.

At that moment, the child's crying continued, but he suddenly didn't find the child's crying no longer noisy.

Meanwhile, in the living room, just one door away.

Xu Xiuzhen, who had pressed her ear to the door, frowned in confusion before turning around and going back to her room.

Xu Xiuzhen thought it was good for the child to make a fuss, so that Liao Nanxing would know how much hardship she had gone through to raise him from a young age.

After all, nothing in the world is more unforgettable than empathy.

Back in her room, Xu Xiuzhen lay down on the bed, closed her eyes, and fell into a comfortable sleep.

...

Meanwhile, in Jiang City, at Tingxuan Villa.

Su Mu, soaking in the jacuzzi, gently scooped up the soft, fluffy bubbles and blew them away.

Under the warm light, the bubbles looked as if they had been painted with colors, displaying a dazzling array of hues.

No wonder people always say that life is full of surprises.

She truly never expected that her life would have such a beautiful surprise.

Splash...

Su Mu stood up from the water, stepped out of the bathtub, and walked to the mirror.

Her pear-shaped figure was bloated, and the grotesque, twisted gray-brown marks on her stomach made her look somewhat frightening in the mirror.

Below the excess fat on her stomach, a surgical scar was even more shocking.

She hesitated...

Can such a body really keep Li Anran's heart?