Mo Youyou looked at her husband, her heart clenching.
Rationally, both of them understood what the doctor meant; they just couldn't accept it emotionally.
"What do you mean?" Zhang Cuihua looked at her son and then at her daughter-in-law with a blank expression. "Our Dekai can't go on the mission anymore? He can't earn merit? How can this be? How can this be! Doctor, please take another look at my son!"
Mu Nanbo didn't want to get entangled with Zhang Cuihua. He had seen firsthand what kind of "style" this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were.
Mu Nanbai recognized Feng Guangqing when he dodged him.
Mo Youyou had openly come to the medical department with her son and mother-in-law to cause trouble before, specifically targeting Su Yueya. Back then, she had accidentally caused Feng Guangqing's son to be bullied and cry, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were now making a scene at the medical department.
"I'm sorry, I can't help you." With that, Mu Nanbai left, not giving Zhang Cuihua a chance to make a scene.
Zhang Cuihua did want to throw a tantrum, but then she remembered that the person who caused all this was her eldest grandson, and suddenly she stopped.
"Oh dear, what terrible things have we done! Oh dear..." Zhang Cuihua sighed deeply.
Not wanting to lose face, Liu Dekai silently walked out of the medical department, supporting his sling arm.
Upon returning home, Liu Dekai went straight into the house.
Mo Youyou went next door to pick up Liu Shengrui and found that Yuan Yue and Hu Huifang looked quite unhappy.
"Sister Yue, did I cause you any trouble?" Mo Youyou asked.
Yuan Yue and Hu Huifang were already exhausted from the fruit knife incident, and they couldn't even be bothered to exchange pleasantries with Mo Youyou. They decided to consider it a mistake for helping her this time, and there wouldn't be a second time.
"Take the child back home right away," Yuan Yue said in a rather cold tone.
Mo Youyou felt completely bewildered. Why were they so cold towards her? They had clearly agreed to help her back then. Was Liu Shengrui being naughty at their house?
"Sister Yue, if Xiao Rui has done anything inappropriate, I apologize on his behalf. He's just a child; he didn't mean it—"
Yuan Yue didn't want to hear a word, told everyone to step outside, and closed the door.
"Bang--"
Before closing the door, Mo Youyou finally noticed Yuan Yue's arm, which had been coated with iodine. She couldn't see it clearly at first glance, but she could guess that it was injured, or perhaps it was a scratch.
But when she asked for help today, Yuan Yue clearly had no wounds.
"Could I be seeing things?" Mo Youyou murmured, unable to help but feel resentful towards Yuan Yue, "If you don't want to help, just say so. Why are you giving me this attitude now?"
Mo Youyou then took Liu Shengrui home, muttering that Yuan Yue was pretentious and had something wrong with her brain, taking out her frustrations on others.
The atmosphere at the Liu family's residence was somber.
Everyone wants to pretend nothing happened, but they just can't keep up the act.
Because of his injury, and because it involved a mission a week later, Liu Dekai had to report the situation clearly to his superiors to avoid causing a more serious impact on the mission.
The leader was very angry, after all, Liu Dekai had gotten this opportunity through his own efforts, and now that he had messed up, the impact would be significant.
However, they couldn't really send a wounded soldier to the front lines, so they had no choice but to send Liu Dekai home to recuperate.
Upon learning of this, Mo Cheng flew into a rage and stormed straight to the Liu family's house.
Liu Dekai didn't mention a word about what happened that day. He didn't know whether it was Chaoxiong's son who made him lose face more, or being knocked down and injured by his son. Perhaps Liu Shengrui's kicks that came in for him also "played a part".
"Dad, don't be angry," Mo Youyou could only try to comfort him from the side. Seeing that Liu Dekai didn't mention his son, she dared not and couldn't bear to bring it up. She could only stammer and make up some excuses, "It's not Dekai's fault. He just took this mission too seriously and overdid it during training, which led to his injury. He's already feeling bad, so please don't scold him!"
"Injury sustained during training? What happened? Who caused it? Explain clearly, I want to hold them accountable!" Mo Cheng slammed his fist on the table and shouted.
If the mistake was made by a soldier during training, he should be punished at the very least, given the serious consequences of the incident.
But the truth is...
"Dad, forget it. Just let Dekai rest and recover," Mo Youyou said.
Mo Cheng stared at his daughter for a long time before finally getting a sense of her. How could he not understand his own daughter?
If there were a culprit in this matter, Mo Youyou would have been clamoring for him to uphold justice long ago, but now he's trying to smooth things over... which means there is no culprit, or the culprit is Liu Dekai himself!
"You're hopeless!" Mo Cheng cursed, and stormed off.
The time spent recuperating at home is not easy either.
Liu Dekai became very depressed as a result, and was completely disappointed in Liu Shengrui. How could a child act and pretend for so long under the noses of so many adults without anyone discovering his true colors? Isn't that chilling?
Terrifying, absolutely terrifying.
Now that things have come to this, Liu Dekai has given up all hope. He will pretend that he never had such a son. After all, he has already been born, and he can't just put him back, can he?
As a result, Liu Dekai treated Liu Shengrui as if he didn't exist, as if he couldn't see him at all.
"Xiao Rui, Daddy's arm is injured and he's in a bad mood. Why don't you take some fruit to cheer him up and apologize to him?" Mo Youyou said.
The cause and effect of the matter have been clarified. It was indeed Liu Shengrui's fault that caused Liu Dekai to lose the opportunity to go on the mission.
Mo Youyou could completely understand Liu Dekai's feelings at this moment. She herself felt uncomfortable, but they were still father and son. They couldn't let this one incident create a rift between them. There would be opportunities for him to make contributions again in the future, and their father-son relationship had to be repaired.
"Mmm." Liu Shengrui nodded, took the fruit, and walked over to his father sitting on the sofa, saying in his childish voice, "Daddy, eat!"
The little guy held the fruit and looked at him with great enthusiasm.
Mo Youyou thought to herself, "No parent could refuse their child at this moment, right?"
But Liu Dekai can.
He didn't even glance at Liu Shengrui, got up directly, walked past Liu Shengrui without looking to the side, and went straight back to the bedroom, closing the bedroom door behind him, as if he didn't want to be disturbed too much.
From beginning to end, there was no indication of anything being done to the child.
Mo Youyou: "..."
Liu Shengrui turned to look at his mother with a wronged expression. He had brought food to his father, but his father hadn't even glanced at him!
Actually, Liu Shengrui hasn't forgotten what happened a few days ago!
It was clearly his father who hit him first, but he didn't stay angry or hold a grudge. So why did his father hold a grudge?
Hmph! Liu Shengrui was unhappy. He decided to continue being angry with his father and refused to make up with him, even if his father came to him first!
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