Chapter 81 I'm taking Xiao Ba to see his father today. Can I come along...?
It rained last night, and the temperature dropped sharply, which immediately forced An Fusheng, who had recently developed the good habit of getting up early, back into bed.
Wen Xinglan woke up early. The human cub didn't know how precious a warm bed was. As soon as she woke up, she started to squirm in the blankets. An Fusheng, with his eyes closed, pulled the blankets tighter, binding the two of them together more securely, and said in a muffled voice, "Don't move, sleep a little longer."
When Wen Xinglan heard An Fusheng's voice, she paused for a moment, then snuggled up to be level with An Fusheng's face. She opened her big, round eyes and looked at An Fusheng. After a while, she realized that An Fusheng was still asleep, his little face full of confusion. Wasn't it her older brother who was talking just now?
"I'm wearing new clothes!"
"Me too!"
Outside came the excited voices of An Shisi and Wen Xingmou. Wen Xinglan immediately turned her head towards the direction of the voices, as if asking a question or calling out, "Brother? Sister?"
Unfortunately, the people outside couldn't hear it at all.
"Wow, my rain boots have little yellow ducks on them, so cute!" It was Wen Xingmou's voice.
Wen Xinglan's eyes widened excitedly, "A little yellow duck?"
"Alright, you're all dressed in your raincoats and rain boots. We should go to school now, or your brother will be late." Lou Lan's voice rang out.
Then came a series of footsteps, and then it became quiet outside.
Wen Xinglan listened intently for a while, but heard nothing. Disappointed, she turned to face An Fusheng. An Fusheng had her eyes closed, and her long, dark eyelashes trembled slightly. As if she had discovered something, Wen Xinglan eagerly reached out her claws towards An Fusheng's eyelashes.
"Ah!" An Fusheng opened his eyes with a contorted expression. "Why did you grab my eyelashes?"
Wen Xinglan seemed to have triggered a surprise switch. When she saw An Fusheng open his eyes, she grinned at him, showing off her teeth that hadn't fully grown in yet.
"Sleep a little longer." An Fusheng turned Wen Xinglan around so that his back was to him, then wrapped his arms around him and pulled him tightly into his embrace, restraining him from moving.
Wen Xinglan tried to move a few times but couldn't. She desperately turned her head but still couldn't see her older brother. She was mumbling and felt like crying.
"Alright, alright." An Fusheng let go of him and pretended to be stern with him: "What do you want to do? Isn't it worth staying in this warm bed? I'll send you to kindergarten and you'll behave. No, I'll send you to elementary school."
Hearing himself being scolded, Wen Xinglan pursed his lips and got out of bed. He sat on the bed and looked at An Fusheng with a wronged expression. Two tears were hanging in his big eyes, about to fall. An Fusheng was defeated by him. He sighed and got out of bed. "Get up, get up."
Wen Xinglan fell asleep with An Fusheng and refused to leave. Fortunately, he slept comfortably at night and, except for needing to drink milk in the middle of the night, he slept almost through the night. An Fusheng continued to sleep with him. Lou Lan put all of Wen Xinglan's clothes in An Fusheng's room. Anyway, An Fusheng didn't have many clothes, and his closet was quite empty, so there was more than enough room for Wen Xinglan's clothes.
An Fusheng went to the closet to find clothes for Wen Xinglan. The temperature had suddenly dropped; yesterday she was wearing a light jacket, but today she could wear a down jacket. An Fusheng took out a bunch of fluffy clothes that Wen Min had bought for Wen Xinglan. "Which one do you want to wear?"
Wen Xinglan quickly wiped away the tears that were obscuring her vision, crawled over and grabbed a panda onesie, "Kitty."
An Fusheng was somewhat surprised, "You actually know Maomao?"
Wen Xingmou and An Shisi had already made their own choices when buying clothes, so Wen Min simply imposed all her preferences on Wen Xinglan and Wen Xingrui.
Wen Min loves animals, so he buys them all kinds of animal-themed clothes. Onesie usually features a whole animal, while non-onesies have an animal perched on the back, front, or shoulders. Some even have a tail hanging down from the back. Wen Xinglan and Wen Xingrui act out the whole animal world at home, and as a result, they get to know many animals. However, it seems that this is the first time they have seen a giant panda. They didn't expect Wen Xinglan to recognize it.
An Fusheng was about to dress Wen Xinglan when he remembered that his diaper hadn't been changed yet. He could only make Wen Xinglan a bottle of milk with his eyes closed at night, which was already the limit. It was impossible to change his diaper, so every morning Wen Xinglan's diaper was full.
An Fusheng changed Wen Xinglan's diaper, then skillfully dressed him in a thermal undershirt and trousers, then put on socks and tucked the trousers into the socks, and finally dressed him in a fluffy panda onesie.
An Fusheng dressed Wen Xinglan and then put him in Wen Xingrui's room. He also dressed Wen Xinglan in a fluffy dinosaur bodysuit. Then he took the two animals upstairs and unexpectedly found Wen Min at home.
"Mrs. Wen, don't you need to take Xinghe to school today?"
Wen Min: "I took Xinghe to the hospital for a follow-up eye exam today, so I took the day off from school."
An Fusheng put the two small animals into the play area and let them play by themselves. He then turned to Wen Min and asked, "You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? I'll go make some."
Wen Min: "I'm taking Xiao Ba to see his father today."
An Fusheng was stunned for a moment, "Can I come along?"
Wen Min: "Okay."
An Fusheng closed the fence around the play area, then turned and went downstairs to make breakfast.
Lou Lan returned just as I finished making breakfast, and the whole family ate breakfast together.
After breakfast, it was time to go grocery shopping. Xu Sannian hadn't gotten up yet, so An Fusheng didn't wake her and went to the nearby market by himself, pulling his cart.
Since Xiao Ba's father and Wen Xinghe's follow-up investigation were both scheduled for the afternoon, they ate lunch before setting off. An Fusheng would go out with Wen Min in the afternoon and the shop would be closed, so they only needed to buy the vegetables for the morning.
A light drizzle was still falling from the sky. An Fusheng had brought an umbrella, but he was too lazy to open it. He dragged it along in the rain, absentmindedly buying groceries while clutching the list he had prepared. Actually, he couldn't say he was in a bad mood; he just felt a kind of inexplicable blockage.
After returning from grocery shopping, Xu Sannian had already eaten breakfast. The two began their busy morning. Wen Min was home today, and the children were being looked after by Wen Min. Lou Lan also came to the kitchen to help An Fusheng and the others.
Many people order takeout on rainy days, and the 40-minute takeout order sold out very quickly.
After the family finished lunch, Wen Min and An Fusheng were about to take Wen Xinghe and Wen Xinglan out. Xu Sannian wanted to see them off, but Wen Min said it wasn't necessary and gave her a day off. Xu Sannian happily went home with all sorts of kimchi.
Wen Min took the children by taxi to the detention center first.
The detention center is quite remote; it took more than an hour to drive there. On rainy days, there are very few people at the detention center, and it's possible that there aren't many people there even on ordinary days, since it's not a place that people generally like.
When An Fusheng arrived at the detention center, he discovered that Wen's mother had also brought warm clothes for Xiao Ba's father.
After completing the required procedures, someone soon led Xiao Ba's father to the window.
When An Fusheng first met Xiao Ba's father, he recognized him at a glance. He was tall and thin with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked a lot like Xiao Ba.
Wen Xinglan looked around in An Fusheng's arms, then suddenly caught sight of her father. She paused, her eyes lit up, and she grinned, "Daddy!" Her voice was still childish, but exceptionally clear.
Xiao Ba's father seemed surprised to see Xiao Ba there. Hearing his son's voice, he looked up, his eyes instantly reddening. He stared straight at Wen Xinglan, his voice trembling as he said, "Xiao Bao..."
Little Ba reached out his hands, wanting his dad to hold him.
"I'm sorry." Daddy can't hug you.
"Daddy, hug me." When Xiao Ba saw that his father didn't hug him, he reached out to grab him, but suddenly found that he was blocked by the glass. He tried to reach his father a few times but still couldn't reach him. He became anxious and tearful, and said in a spoiled tone, "Daddy, hug me."
Looking at his son, tears welled up in his eyes, but he smiled and murmured, "It's so good, my little darling's face is finally getting fuller."
The police there reminded them that the meeting time was limited.
Wen Min asked An Fusheng to take Xiao Ba out.
An Fusheng carried Wen Xinglan outside.
Wen Xinglan hadn't seen her father for a long time and wanted him to hug her. But when her father saw her, he didn't hug her right away. Did her father not love her anymore?
Wen Xinglan burst into tears.
Although Wen Xinglan was only one and a half years old, he knew that he had to be good when his father wasn't around. When his father was around, he didn't have to be so good, and it was okay if he cried; his father would hug him. But why wasn't his father hugging him today? Wen Xinglan was heartbroken and cried louder and louder, desperately calling out, "Daddy, hug me..."
"Hold the baby..."
"I want a daddy..."
...
In An Fusheng's memory, the time Wen Xinglan cried the most was when he woke up the first morning after sleeping with him for the first time. But this time he cried much more fiercely than that time. An Fusheng was afraid that he would get a stitch in his side, so he kept patting him to help him catch his breath. Wen Xinglan felt the force on his back and thought that the force was restricting his father from holding him. He got angry and tried to twist his waist outwards. An Fusheng almost lost his grip on him.
Wen Xinglan cried uncontrollably, and An Fusheng had no choice but to quickly take him away from the meeting room. Wen Xinglan watched helplessly as his father was locked inside, desperately hitting An Fusheng, crying, "Brother is bad, I want Daddy... Daddy..."
An Fusheng was beaten so badly that he couldn't open his eyes. He was also in a state of confusion, so he simply closed his eyes and let him hit him to his heart's content.
A policewoman, probably around forty years old, came over and said, "I'll take him inside so his father can hold him for a while."
An Fusheng tilted his head and opened his eyes, still enduring the beating: "Can I carry him inside? He's being stubborn right now, and he's very strong, you might not be able to hold him properly."
Seeing that Wen Xinglan was acting like a slippery eel, the policewoman said, "Come with me."
When Wen Xinglan saw her father in the distance, her crying grew several decibels louder.
An Fusheng quickly walked over and placed Wen Xinglan in his father's arms. As soon as Wen Xinglan was in his father's arms, his voice immediately became softer. He looked at An Fusheng with lingering fear, as if he was afraid that An Fusheng would take him away again. An Fusheng did not look at him much. He turned around and two tears fell heavily onto the cement ground.
Wen Xinghe sat quietly on a bench outside. An Fusheng walked over and sat down next to her. Wen Xinghe hugged An Fusheng's arm and snuggled closer. "Big brother, are you sad?"
An Fusheng said in a hoarse voice, "I don't know."
Wen Xinghe: "Don't be sad."
...
After an unknown amount of time, Wen Min came out carrying the sleeping Wen Xinglan and whispered, "Let's go."
An Fusheng glanced at Wen Xinglan and noticed that he was soaking wet, his eyelashes were wet, his fluffy panda clothes were wet, and all his fur was hanging down in clumps.
An Fusheng silently led Wen Xinghe and followed Wen Min out.
After they came out, they took a taxi directly to the hospital.
Wen Xinglan only woke up slowly when she arrived at the hospital. When she woke up and saw that the person holding her was An Fusheng, she was stunned for a moment. When she realized what was happening, she pouted and wanted to cry, but she tried her best to restrain herself and just buried her head in An Fusheng's neck and whimpered.
An Fusheng felt the softness and moisture on his neck. The more Wen Xinglan tried to restrain himself, the more his eyes stung. Why couldn't a one-and-a-half-year-old child be allowed to cry loudly and willfully?
The passing crowd saw a young man with red eyes holding an anxious child, and their eyes showed sympathy, but that was all. The hospital was full of human suffering, and weren't they also the ones being pitied?
As Shen Yuqiu emerged from the consultation room, he immediately spotted An Fusheng sitting on a bench in the corridor. Seeing that An Fusheng was holding a furry creature in his arms, Shen strode over to him and asked, "What are you doing here?"
An Fusheng looked up and saw Teacher Shen, who was still wearing a white coat. He exclaimed in surprise, "Teacher Shen?"
Seeing that An Fusheng's eyes were red, Shen Yuqiu asked, "Are your eyes uncomfortable?"
An Fusheng shook his head.
Hearing the sound, Wen Xinglan curiously lifted her head from An Fusheng's neck, her eyes also red.
Shen Yuqiu then realized that the furry thing was a human cub.
For a moment, Shen Yuqiu was at a loss for words when faced with two pairs of big, teary eyes staring at him.
Seeing Teacher Shen looking at Wen Xinglan, An Fusheng said, "This is my younger brother."
Shen Yuqiu: "Your younger brother? Where's your mother?"
An Fusheng: "I'm inside accompanying my sister to see a doctor."
Shen Yuqiu was taken aback. "You have a younger sister? What happened to her?"
An Fusheng: "My sister is blind and needs to see the doctor regularly. Today we're here for a check-up."
Shen Yuqiu nodded.
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