Chapter 69 This is cheating on someone!
Qin Suisui took a small bag of snacks off the bicycle, then patted Zanzan's head: "Baby, Brother Huzi gave you some fruit, shouldn't you give him a little gift in return? How about we give Brother Huzi some of the snacks that Mom and Dad brought back from outside this time?"
Zan Zan thought for a moment, then quickly took out two sticky rice chickens from the bag Qin Sui Sui was hanging on the handlebars of her bicycle. She looked up at Qin Sui Sui and said, "Mom, let's give these two sticky rice chickens to Brother Hu Zi. He just said his mom is sick. Sticky rice chickens have both rice and meat, so maybe his mom will get better after eating them!"
Zan Zan's innocent words made Qin Suisui's heart tighten. Xie Ting was sick? The original book did not say when Xie Ting died, only that she died not long after meeting the male lead Zhou Zecheng. Now, because of her interception, they did not get close to Zhou Zecheng, but judging from the time, it should be around this time.
She subconsciously looked at Mai Dong and saw that he was full of anxiety. However, he had been in a high position for a long time and quickly put away the strange expression on his face. He turned his eyes and met Qin Suisui's gaze.
Qin Suisui held Zan Zan's hand and chased after him to the path leading from the vegetable garden to the back mountain.
After delivering the fruit to Zanzan and Ada, Hu Zi had already turned and headed towards the cowshed.
Zan Zan, carrying two sticky rice chickens, ran ahead while calling out, "Brother Hu Zi, Brother Hu Zi, wait for me! I have a gift for you too!"
Hearing Zan Zan's voice, Hu Zi turned around with some confusion and saw Qin Sui Sui there. He quickly nodded and greeted her.
Qin Suisui patted Hu Zi's head. The little guy probably worked in the woods with the people in the cowshed every day, and he was much darker than Zan Zan. But this only made his eyes look bright and shiny. His slightly upturned phoenix eyes were almost exactly the same as Mai Dong's.
Hearing Mai Dong's footsteps approaching, Qin Suisui made sure he could hear her before asking, "Hu Zi, I just heard Zan Zan say that your mother is sick. What happened? Have you finished all the medicine I gave you?"
Tiger shook his head, looking a little dejected: "I haven't finished my medicine yet, but Mom said she doesn't need any of it. She lied to me and said she just doesn't have an appetite, but I know she has an upset stomach. I often see her secretly clutching her stomach and frowning."
Hearing this, Qin Suisui already had some guesses. Last time Xie Ting fainted by the mountain spring behind the mountain, she took her pulse and knew that her stomach wasn't very good, but it wasn't serious at the time.
Looking back now, it's possible that Xie Ting's stomach problems were caused by long-term hunger and lack of food? But that shouldn't be the case. Although they lived in a cowshed, the brigade leader, Mai Defu, didn't actually treat them too harshly, and his rations weren't maliciously reduced. Even if the food was a bit poor, it shouldn't have caused stomach problems.
Moreover, given Xie Ting's medical skills, if she truly had a stomach problem, she should have noticed it much earlier and secretly gathered some herbs to alleviate it promptly, right? Qiongtan Island has plenty of medicinal herbs for treating gastrointestinal diseases, such as Acer buergerianum and Polygonum hydropiper, so it's not like she couldn't find them.
Qin Suisui couldn't guess the reason, but the most urgent thing was to check Xie Ting's pulse to see what was wrong.
She thought for a moment before speaking to Hu Zi: "Here's what we'll do, when you take a break at noon, bring your mother to our medicinal herb field. I'll secretly keep an eye on it for her. Do you know that medicinal herb field?"
Tiger nodded: "I know, my sister's medicinal herb field is very close to our cowshed. I've secretly gone there to pull weeds at night."
These words left Qin Suisui with a bitter taste in her mouth. Ever since she learned Hu Zi's true identity, everything she had done was to get close to Mai Dong and to win her favor. But this child had remembered all her kindness, and even secretly went to her herb field at night to help weed after working with the adults.
She patted Tiger's head and secretly slipped a handful of milk candy into his pocket before urging him to hurry back.
Tiger nodded, thinking Qin Suisui hadn't seen it, and secretly slipped a candy into Zanzan's hand. Then he ran over to Ada, who was being led by Maidong, and secretly slipped a candy into Ada's hand. He then waved sweetly, saying, "Bye-bye, Brother Ada. I'll bring you some delicious fruit next time."
Qin Suisui looked over and saw that Mai Dong, who was standing there holding Ada's hand, had already teared up. It was his son. He knew almost without needing to confirm it. Hu Zi was his son, his and Xie Ting's son. He and Xie Ting actually had a child!
This discovery made Ophiopogon japonicus tremble with joy.
Suddenly, with a sharp "smack," Grandma Mai's large hand slapped Mai Dong across the head. Before Mai Dong could even release his excitement and joy, he was stunned by his mother's slap.
He turned his head, looking at Grandma Mai with a mixture of dissatisfaction and helplessness: "Mom! I'm over forty! Can't you give me some face?"
The old lady stood with her hands on her hips, panting heavily, clearly furious. Ignoring Qin Suisui's presence, she immediately launched into a tirade: "You damned little brat! Did you do something to wrong Ayu? And what's going on with that kid, Hu Zi?"
Mai Dong glanced helplessly at Qin Suisui, who understood and prepared to leave with Zan Zan. Unexpectedly, Grandma Mai grabbed Qin Suisui's hand: "What's there to avoid? Suisui, you don't need to avoid us. You are our Ada's benefactor, so you are our whole family's benefactor. There's nothing to avoid. Besides, you little brat, you have the nerve to do it, but you don't have the nerve to say it?"
Mai Dong sighed. No matter how powerful a man is outside, he will still be scolded by his mother until he can't lift his head when he gets home.
Qin Suisui quickly stepped forward to support the elderly Mrs. Mai, who was sobbing uncontrollably, and helped her catch her breath: "Grandma, don't get angry, you'll ruin your health. Ada is still young and he's counting on you!"
Seeing his mother so angry, Mai Dong didn't dare to say anything more and quickly held her other hand, saying, "Mom, don't be angry, I'll talk, I'll talk, okay?"
The two men helped Grandma Mai into the house, and then sent Zanzan and Ada to play under the locust tree in the yard before listening to Mai Dong's story.
Nine years ago, Mai Dong was injured in an accident while on a mission in a mountain in Gansu Province and got separated from his teammates. He was lying on the mountain, barely alive, when he was rescued by Xie Ting, who was collecting herbs.
Xie Ting's father was a barefoot doctor in the village, and she inherited his skills, knowing how to identify herbs and understanding some basic medical knowledge.
At that time, her father had just passed away, and Xie Ting lived alone in a village deep in the mountains. Mai Dong's arrival was like a ray of light in her dull and gloomy life. She listened to Mai Dong tell her how wonderful the outside world was, what the capital of the motherland was like, and how people in other places lived... Xie Ting never tired of such stories and was filled with longing.
Later, she naturally developed feelings for the man who brought sunshine into her life. She felt that he was someone she could entrust her life to, and even thought about leaving with him.
Unfortunately, not long after Mai Dong recovered from his injury, he took his leave. He had an important mission to fulfill, and as a soldier, he had to put his duties first.
Before leaving, Mai Dong confessed his situation to Xie Ting. He had married a woman back in his hometown, but she was someone he had been tricked into marrying when he was young, not his true wish. Moreover, due to the nature of his profession, he was often away on missions, and he and his wife rarely saw each other, so they had almost no feelings for each other. He promised Xie Ting that after completing his mission, he would return to his hometown, divorce his wife, and then marry her.
Unfortunately, Xie Ting couldn't accept this outcome, and the two parted on bad terms.
At that time, Mai Dong, who had been away on duty for more than a year, did not know that his wife, Li Yu, had already died in childbirth back in his hometown.
When he returned to his hometown after completing his mission, he learned that his wife, whom he had originally planned to divorce, had passed away, leaving him with a son. He felt very guilty, but he had already fallen deeply in love with Xie Ting. Having already wronged one woman, he could not wrong another.
After entrusting his son to his elderly mother's care, he traveled overnight to the small mountain village where he had previously met Xie Ting. Unfortunately, the villagers said that Xie Ting had left six months ago, possibly to go to her maternal grandparents' home, but no one knew where her maternal grandparents' home was.
For all these years, Mai Dong has been searching for Xie Ting, but there has been no news.
That's why Mai Dong was so excited when he saw the silver bullet that Qin Suisui "accidentally" dropped at the Canton Fair the day before yesterday. It was someone he had been looking for for eight years!
After hearing the story, all three fell silent.
Qin Suisui cursed inwardly, "Mai Dong is such a scumbag! Putting aside whether he has any feelings for his wife, he still had an affair with another woman knowing he was married, and even got her pregnant. Isn't that ruining someone's life? He's a cheater!"
Xie Ting is really unlucky.
It's hard to imagine how Xie Ting managed to survive alone with her child during such a crackdown period.
Furthermore, if he had no feelings for his wife, why did he let her get pregnant, indirectly leading to her death? Even if he was forced to marry her due to circumstances, he could have easily divorced her later!
Qin Suisui sighed, feeling sorry for his first wife, Li Yu, and even more so for Xie Ting.
Feeling Qin Suisui's condemning gaze, Mai Dong sighed helplessly: "I know what I did was a huge mistake, and I have regretted it immensely over the years. Now that Ayu is gone, I just want to take good care of Ada and make up for what I did to Xiaoting and Huzi."
Qin Suisui secretly pursed her lips and rolled her eyes.
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