Chapter 10 (Revised)
Of course, silence must be maintained in the hospital. Although the adults had different thoughts and their words were a bit sharp, everyone still abided by the secular convention and lowered their voices when speaking in the hospital.
The child's loud voice instantly broke the silence.
The adults were all stunned, especially the others besides the real parents, who had not been in contact with such a young child for a long time. For a moment, they could not realize that it was a child's crying.
Si Yin and Zhu Xiyuan looked at each other and both felt something was wrong.
My son is usually very cheerful and rarely gets upset like this unless he is not feeling well.
And at the moment when the child cried, Si Yin clearly caught what he said -
'Don't hit Fufu.'
The boy said so.
They both had been very unhappy about Zhu Shaoquan holding him, and this time, hearing the child crying, their hearts ached even more.
Zhu Xiyuan had just finished the operation and it was not convenient for him to get out of bed yet, so Si Yin immediately walked over here.
But someone was quicker than either of them.
Sally, who was over fifty years old, was holding Zhu Xiaoling's hand. She felt distressed but did not dare to say anything in front of her husband. At this time, she heard the cry of her grandson, and changed her usual timid attitude in front of her husband. She walked quickly to Zhu Shaoquan, feeling so distressed that she quickly snatched Zhu Fu from Zhu Shaoquan's arms.
"My dear, my dear grandson, what's wrong? What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
There was no trace of urgency in her words, and she treated her second son, whom she doted on the most, as if he were air.
This time, not only Zhu Shaoquan was stunned, but everyone else was also stunned.
When Sally was young, she was the empire's leading medical officer. However, after giving birth to three children, her health deteriorated, so she retired early. On weekdays, she followed Zhu Zhengde and did some auxiliary work in the cabinet.
Her excellence is obvious to all, but unfortunately she is a bit cowardly, especially since she married such a dictatorial husband through marriage, and she dared not disobey Zhu Zhengde at all.
It was precisely for this reason that, no matter how much she missed and worried about her eldest son, she did not dare to contact Zhu Xiyuan in the past five years.
But today, after Zhu Zhengde clearly showed his dislike for Zhu Fu, he was still so eager to check on the little one's condition, with his eyes and mind full of the child. This was really beyond everyone's expectations.
As an evil god, Zhu Fu has a very strong ability to perceive the good and evil of others. As long as Sally is close to him, he can feel that the grandmother who looked serious but did not dare to say anything just now actually loves him very much in her heart.
The child was very good at reading people's expressions. His crying became quieter at the right time, but he was still sobbing. Even his milk tea-colored cat ears drooped in grievance. "Grandma, I'm sorry... Fu Fu was wrong..."
Sally asked anxiously, "What did you do wrong?"
Zhu Fu wanted to look at Zhu Shaoquan, but she acted extremely afraid and hid in Sally's arms: "Fu Fu shouldn't be disliked by Su Su..."
Zhu Shaoquan was stunned: "I didn't, why do you say that?"
Although he and Zhu Xiyuan were at odds in every aspect, just as Zhu Xiyuan's departure gave him the right to inherit the family, in fact, Zhu Shaoquan did not hate Zhu Xiyuan that much.
As for this newly appeared kitten, it was obvious that his father didn't have much affection for him, so he had no reason to hate Zhu Fu.
Si Yin said in a deep voice: "Fuzi, what did you just say? Who hit you?"
As soon as these words came out, the child who had finally stopped crying started crying again, hiccuping and stammering: "Susu, Susu, don't hit me... Fufu was wrong... Fufu won't dare to do it again..."
He struggled so hard that he nearly fell out of his grandmother's arms, which frightened Sally.
His cries of grievance and fear were heard clearly by everyone present.
Zhu Xiyuan's eyes suddenly turned cold as he lay on the hospital bed. "What did you do to my son?"
Even before he ran away with Si Jin, Zhu Xiyuan had always been known in this family as a well-behaved and sensible son in the eyes of his parents, and a kind and loving brother in the eyes of his younger siblings. He had never truly shown his dislike for Zhu Shaoquan on his face.
However, this sentence clearly showed no mercy at all.
This time Zhu Shaoquan was really confused.
beat?
When did he hit the kid?
You just hugged me just now?
Although the child was so young, he certainly couldn't have the intention to frame someone, but Zhu Zhengde, who always supported his second son, frowned and said to his wife, "Can you check if he has any injuries?"
With the support of Zhu Xiaoling, Sally sat down on the sofa holding Zhu Fu.
Zhu Xiaoling came to pick up Zhu Xiyuan's family and brought a lot of small clothes for Zhu Fu. She had just changed the child into a new set before Zhu Zhengde arrived.
Zhu Fu is now wearing a loose sea blue T-shirt with a waist-hugging hem and a circle of small wave-like patterns around it. There is also a flying snow-white seagull on her shoulder, which makes her look particularly smart.
Sally lifted the boy's clothes and found two obvious bruises on his waist.
As a former doctor, Sally could tell at a glance that such bruises were caused by finger pinching.
Zhu Xiaoling's eyes widened: "Second brother, how could you do such a thing? He is so young!"
Sally was so distressed that tears were about to come out: "My dear, this must be painful - Shaoquan, you..."
Even Zhu Zhengde, who had always been so biased that he wished he could grow on Zhu Shaoquan, twirled his beard and said, "Don't take your anger out on the child."
Zhu Shaoquan was speechless: "I didn't hit him at all! I didn't do anything just now, I just picked him up. I don't know where the bruises came from. How could I, I, I, I, pinch him?"
Si Yin said coldly: "It can't be that such a young child framed you."
At this moment, he took a step forward and stood between Zhu Fu, Zhu Xiyuan and Zhu Shaoquan.
Si Yin is extremely tall and has an arrogant and unruly temperament. He usually looks dashing when he is laughing, but at this moment his cold and solemn expression is extremely oppressive.
Zhu Shaoquan had not forgotten what he did before and definitely did not want to offend him at this time.
However, if I give in now, wouldn't it be confirming that I have just done something bad?
Zhu Shaoquan weighed the pros and cons again and again, then turned his gaze to Zhu Zhengde, the one who doted on him the most: "Dad, please believe me, I'm so eager for my eldest brother to come back, how could I possibly do something like this to his son?"
Zhu Xiyuan's voice was weak, tinged with a hint of sneer: "Looking forward to my return, huh? I thought you'd be more eager for me to die on the road."
He was always elegant and rarely said such things. Not only Zhu Shaoquan, but the others couldn't help but look at him.
Zhu Zhengde finally found a way to vent his authority, which he had nowhere to vent: "How could you say such things to your brother!"
Zhu Xiyuan just turned his gaze away indifferently and closed his eyes in boredom.
Zhu Shaoquan wanted to argue for himself a few more times, but Si Yin stretched out his hand to drive him away: "Xiyuan just had surgery. He needs more rest now. I will send him back when he can be discharged from the hospital."
Sally, who was wiping away tears out of concern for her grandson, seemed to realize that it was her own son who was more seriously injured. She stood up in a daze and said, "Oh, yes, did Xiyuan just come out of the anesthesia? He should get some more rest. Let's go first. Xiao Si, please take care of him."
"Mom, what are you talking about? Xiyuan is my husband, this is what I should do."
Si Yin saw how Sally felt sorry for Zhu Fu just now, so his tone towards her softened a lot.
Zhu Zhengde snorted coldly when he heard the word "husband".
Sally was about to return Zhu Fu to Si Yin, but changed her mind: "You have to take care of Xi Yuan here, so it's not convenient for you to take care of Fu Fu anymore, right? How about I take him back first?"
Si Yin's action of reaching out to take his son froze. He obviously hadn't expected such a request: "Uh, this..."
He turned to look at Zhu Xiyuan: "What do you think?"
Zhu Xiyuan also heard it: "Ask the baby."
So all the adults' attention was focused on the child.
Zhu Fu moved the fur on the tips of her ears and glanced at the adults with different expressions.
Sally and Zhu Xiaoling were naturally full of anticipation. Zhu Shaoquan had not yet recovered from the situation of being successfully framed by him, and Zhu Zhengde had a complicated expression, and it was hard to tell whether he supported or opposed it.
His father seemed a little worried, but his mother was quite calm.
Although Zhu Fu had so many things he wanted to make up for after being reborn into this world and wanted to stay with his fathers every minute, he glanced at Zhu Shaoquan and made a different decision in his heart.
Maybe with the fathers away for the time being, he could focus more on dealing with this guy.
Whether it was to let Zhu Shaoquan continue to suffer setbacks, or to quickly gain a foothold in the Zhu family and win a good situation for his fathers, he knew clearly which was the wiser choice.
The boy bit his thumb. Although there were traces of tears on his face, he withdrew his hand that was about to reach out to his father and took the initiative to put his arm around Sally's neck.
The kitten rested its head on grandma's shoulder and said sweetly, "Fufu wants to go with grandma~"
He heard Sally saying goodbye to her fathers with great joy, and thought that after falling in love with her aunt at first sight, she had also won a point with her grandmother in the blink of an eye.
This little Master Fuzi—bah, this evil god is so awesome!
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