Chapter 76 The Evil Ones Complain First
"How did you do that?"
Ji Changyu took a deep breath, held Xu Jiaan's shoulders with both hands, and asked calmly.
Xu Jiaan raised his head and glanced at him. His dark eyes revealed the cruelty of a wolf cub. His red lips were slightly pursed as he pushed him away stubbornly.
"None of your business."
Ji Changyu laughed angrily, "I am your father, if I don't take care of it, who will?"
If he were in the army, he would have fought a troublemaker under his command if he had dared to speak to him like this.
If it weren't for the women in his family who protected him so well, Xu Jiaan would have known why the flowers were so red at all costs.
Hearing the noise, Ji's mother, Xu Yao and Ji Yanyu all came out of the house. Seeing a cut on Xu Jiaan's head and blood gushing out, the three women were shocked.
"He was just playing in the yard for a while, how did he become like this?"
Ji's mother took a deep breath and asked Ji Changyu to push the bicycle and quickly take the child to the hospital.
Without her saying anything, Ji Changyu was already ready to push the car out.
Xu Yao was squatting in front of Xu Jiaan, asking the child to put his hand down and carefully looking at the wound on his forehead.
It looks like it was broken, luckily the wound is not deep, it just looks scary.
Xu Yao asked him how it happened. Xu Jiaan was silent for a while, lowered his head, and said he fell.
As mother and son who lived together day and night, how could Xu Yao not see that he was lying.
Normally, when Xu Jiaan had a little skin breakage, he would tearfully act coquettishly and ask her to kiss and hug him, but now that his head was so horribly broken, he gritted his teeth and said nothing.
But now is not the time to worry about this. The most urgent priority is to send him to the hospital first.
"Mom, I'm fine. It doesn't hurt at all." Xu Jiaan saw Xu Yao with a stern face and didn't say anything. He reached out to pull Xu Yao's sleeve helplessly.
There are many thresholds and steps in the slum, which makes it inconvenient to ride a bike.
Ji Changyu was pushing the cart in front. Xu Yao asked Ji's mother and the others to eat first, as the food would probably be cold after they came back from the hospital. Then she took Xu Jiaan's hand and walked outside.
The people in the compound were shocked to see Xu Jiaan's miserable appearance and started asking questions one after another.
Hearing someone blaming Xu Yao for not fulfilling her responsibilities as a mother, Xu Jiaan finally spoke out loud about the thing he had been planning to keep to himself for the rest of his life.
"It's not my mother's fault. Someone deliberately greased the steps and placed a lot of broken stones under them."
Xu Yao was shocked and angry, thinking that Xu Jiaan just accidentally fell while playing with his friends, but she didn't expect there was something else going on.
"Who did it? Why didn't you tell us!"
Xu Jiaan looked embarrassed and annoyed. Under Xu Yao's urgent gaze, he spoke slowly, "Jindan and the others."
After saying that, he immediately turned his face away and buried himself in Xu Yao's arms.
When he heard Jindan and the others calling him over, he relied on his own strength and did not take the three of them seriously.
Who knew they would use such a little trick to trap him.
The person whom I looked down upon succeeded in his scheme.
Xu Jiaan felt very ashamed.
So he didn't want to say it, but just thought that he would take revenge in his own way later.
But when he heard others saying bad things about his mother, he couldn't stand it anymore.
"No wonder I saw Jindan and his friends sneaking around the yard carrying rocks after school. It turns out they were planning how to harm people."
Old Mrs. Deng usually likes to wander around outside, picking up rotten vegetable leaves from this house and picking up lost soy sauce bottles from other people's houses.
She knows exactly how many bottles of vinegar each household uses every month.
Naturally, no one had any doubt about her words.
Because the three sons of the Leng widow have always been vengeful, and if anyone says anything to them, they will target your family and cause trouble.
Unfortunately, due to the situation of Widow Leng's family, they couldn't do anything when they were harmed.
Tiedan was hit by Xu Jiaan a few days ago, so they must be taking revenge.
"It's bad enough that they caused me to sprain my waist last time, but now they've knocked An An down like this. We must not let them go. I'll go call Widow Leng over." Old Mrs. Deng said enthusiastically.
"No need, let's send the child to the hospital first and settle the bill when we come back." Xu Yao thanked everyone with a serious face.
After leaving the compound, Ji Changyu rode the bike, Xu Yao sat behind, and Xu Jiaan sat on the horizontal bar in front.
The atmosphere among the three people on the road was solemn.
Ji Changyu was worried that Xu Jianan had lost too much blood, so he asked him to take a handkerchief from his pocket and cover his head. Xu Jianan tried it.
The handkerchief touched the wound, causing his little face to wrinkle in pain and he gasped slightly.
"Scream out if it hurts."
"No." Xu Jiaan shook his head.
He was used to the pain, and this pain was far less than the pain of being hungry.
Ji Changyu misunderstood his meaning and muttered, "He's still a little man."
The hospital was not far away, and Ji Changyu rode fast, so he arrived in about ten minutes.
The doctor saw the wound without saying anything. He used tweezers to remove the gravel embedded near Xu Jiaan's wound and then applied medicine.
There was no need to apply medicine to relieve the pain when his head was broken. Xu Jiaan nestled in Xu Yao's arms, tightly clutching her clothes on her chest, and the sound of his breathing could be heard from time to time.
After the gauze was applied and everything was done, Xu Yao took out her clean handkerchief and wiped Xu Jiaan's tears.
"I'll do it myself." Xu Jiaan turned his back embarrassedly and wiped his face roughly.
Xu Yao felt both distressed and amused.
When you're pretending to be in pain, you cry so happily, and the tears fall as soon as they fall. But when you're really in pain, you don't want anyone to see your vulnerable side.
The doctor reminded them that the weather was hot now, so they had to change the gauze every other day. Also, the wound should not be touched or exposed to water if it itched, etc. The couple took it to heart.
After leaving the hospital, Xu Jiaan touched his stomach which was growling with hunger. Xu Yao smiled and asked him if he wanted to eat in a restaurant.
Xu Jiaan nodded.
Grandma’s cooking is delicious, but the food in the restaurant is even better.
"I want to eat braised pork and sweet and sour spare ribs."
"No, it's too greasy. Didn't the doctor tell me to eat lighter food these days?"
Xu Jiaan felt a little disappointed, but soon became happy again. It didn’t matter if it was something else, as long as it tasted good and filled him up.
At the dinner table, Xu Jiaan still had a good appetite and it seemed that he had not left any shadow on the child. The relieved couple had no idea of the dark thoughts in Xu Jiaan's mind.
There were many people sitting at the entrance of the slum, watching the fun.
Even Widow Leng and her three babies were blocked in the yard and not allowed to leave.
Seeing Xu Jiaan coming back with gauze wrapped around his neck, the aunties in the yard immediately started yelling.
The cold widow, who was carried out by the crowd, moved her nose and smelled the fragrance of food from Ji Changyu and the others, and a trace of indignation flashed across her face.
Soon, his expression turned into one of apologetic ones, and the speed of his expression change was astonishing.
"Is An An okay? I heard that Jin Dan and the others got into trouble because of their mischief, and I was really worried. Fortunately, it was just a minor fight between children and it wasn't serious. Seeing that An An can walk and jump, I feel much more relieved.
You guys just came back after having dinner outside, right? Poor me and my kids, we haven’t had a hot meal yet because we have been waiting for you.
I'm not afraid of being hungry, but the children are growing up, and I'm afraid they'll starve and I won't be able to explain to their dead father. ”
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