Zhou Mingyan, with one hand supporting Shen Yanxi's waist, glared at him with wide eyes and a flushed face, and accused him: "He Lingchuan, this has nothing to do with Xixi. If you must blame someone, then blame me."
Shen Yanxi slowly opened her eyes in his arms. Her lips were pale, and her face was completely bloodless. She looked as if she was about to faint again.
Zhou Mingyan helped Shen Yanxi up, and seeing that she was about to get up, he immediately pulled her behind him: "I will take responsibility for the children."
"Take responsibility? How will you take responsibility?"
He Lingchuan pointed to the tightly closed emergency room: "They're still in the emergency room, their lives hanging in the balance. You say you'll take responsibility? Can you bear that responsibility?"
He Lingchuan strode forward, getting close to Zhou Mingyan's face. He lowered his voice, and the oppressive aura emanating from him made people tremble involuntarily: "Tell me the truth, did they really steal the food because they were greedy?"
Zhou Mingyan's expression was somewhat unnatural. He took two steps back, widening the distance between them. The oppressive aura emanating from He Lingchuan made him uncomfortable: "They must have been the ones cheating. Would I possibly harm them?"
Who knows?
He Lingchuan approached Zhou Mingyan, narrowed his eyes, and warned him angrily, "Zhou Mingyan, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. If anything happens to the children, I will take your life."
Zhou Mingyan clenched his fists, his body trembling at He Lingchuan's words.
He had a premonition that if anything happened to the two children, He Lingchuan would really take his own life.
Zhou Mingyan subconsciously defended himself: "Don't be impulsive, it won't do the children any good."
"Whether it's beneficial or not, I can judge for myself. But you, who are constantly trying to please and bribe my child, what are your motives?"
He Lingchuan didn't care about anything else; he had completely forgotten to hide his relationship with Shen Yanxi.
Shen Yanxi, standing behind Zhou Mingyan, immediately widened her eyes upon hearing these words: "He Lingchuan, what nonsense are you talking about?"
She felt like countless eyes were staring at her. Shen Yanxi felt her cheeks getting hot. She looked around at the people around her somewhat awkwardly, feeling the embarrassment of being caught doing something wrong.
"Did I say something wrong? This is my child, and I will absolutely not allow him to step into the ward."
He Lingchuan's tone turned icy, his eyes cold as if he were looking at his enemy.
His expression darkened even more when Shen Yanxi spoke up for Zhou Mingyan.
Those who had been watching the spectacle immediately stopped chuckling when they heard the truth.
They began to sympathize with He Lingchuan: "Are these two children his and Shen Yanxi's?"
"My God, how did he manage to put up with it? I remember these two kids didn't even recognize him before."
"He's so pitiful. His own child calls someone else 'Dad,' and now that something's happened, he comes looking for him."
"It turns out he was the original wife."
The people around her whispered among themselves, and Shen Yanxi's expression grew increasingly grim.
She clenched her fists and stood beside Zhou Mingyan, joining him in blaming He Lingchuan: "You love the children so much, how could you let them be hospitalized?"
All she wanted to do now was to redirect the anger of everyone around her onto He Lingchuan.
Who knew they were so clear-headed, and no matter how high Shen Yanxi's current status was, they all spoke up for He Lingchuan.
"Isn't it you who's preventing the children from seeing him?"
"Exactly, wasn't it your instruction that they call Zhou Mingyan 'Dad'?"
"It's clearly your fault for not taking good care of the child, so why blame others?"
The people around her spoke in unison, and Shen Yanxi was completely humiliated. She bit her lower lip, remained silent, and glared fiercely at He Lingchuan.
He Lingchuan didn't want to argue any further. He turned and walked towards the door of the emergency room to wait for the children. Before leaving, he said, "Don't worry, I won't harm anyone. I will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly and see if they really did steal the food."
Looking at his straight posture, Zhou Mingyan's lips twitched. The two children would definitely tell the truth. Once Ling Chuan knew the truth, the persona he had maintained for so long would completely collapse. At that time, would Shen Yanxi still care about him?
He was so nervous that his body was trembling, and he was so anxious that he couldn't even speak.
Half an hour later, the light on the emergency room door finally came on.
He Lingchuan immediately ran over, with Shen Yanxi following closely behind him.
"Doctor, how is my son?"
He Lingchuan gripped the doctor's hand so tightly that his nails dug in. He was completely unaware of what he was doing, acting entirely on instinct.
"He is out of immediate danger, but needs to be observed for a period of time."
When can I go in?
He Lingchuan looked anxious; he wished he could go in and see the child right now.
Two hours.
He Lingchuan waited outside the ward for two hours before daring to go in, only after the two children woke up.
He originally planned to ask the two children about it after they calmed down, but to his surprise, they took the initiative to admit their mistake.
"Dad, we were wrong. We'll never eat cupcakes again."
He Lingchuan paused as he poured water. He hesitated for a few seconds, then asked him with a puzzled look, "Nanchen, tell Dad the truth, did you secretly eat the little cake yourself?"
Nan Chen and Bei Chen exchanged a glance before speaking: "Uncle Zhou gave them to us."
Bei Chen pursed her lips: "We don't want any. Uncle Zhou said we could have a little, so we took some."
They nervously rubbed their hands together, looking like they had done something wrong: "Dad, we were wrong, we'll never steal food again."
He Lingchuan held the two children in his arms, his face full of heartache.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Shen Yanxi stood at the door of the ward with a surprised look on her face. Hearing what the children were saying, she looked up in a daze: "Is it really you?"
Shen Yanxi's eyes were filled with disbelief: "How could you let them eat cake? You knew perfectly well that this would harm them."
No matter what happened before, Shen Yanxi had never blamed Zhou Mingyan. This was the first time she had spoken to herself in such a dejected tone.
Zhou Mingyan took a deep breath, his eyes filled with guilt: "I feel sorry for the children. I don't want them to be unable to eat the things they like in the end."
After saying this, Zhou Mingyan raised his head and looked at Shen Yanxi with a resolute expression: "Xixi, this is my fault, I will take responsibility."
"Take responsibility? How can you take responsibility? If they're hospitalized, will you be hospitalized too?"
Zhou Mingyan paused in his raised hand. In front of the children, he pulled Shen Yanxi into his arms, whispered something in her ear, and then pushed her away, walking out with a determined look on his face.
Shen Yanxi stood there stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was happening and shouted in the direction Zhou Mingyan had left, "He's going to jump off a building!"
Shen Yanxi had only taken a few steps when Zhou Mingyan suddenly turned back: "Leave me alone, I should atone for my sins."
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