"Lingling, do you miss your mother? Call your mother right away." Zhang Yuefen shook the child violently, not caring whether the child was comfortable or not.
"Mommy, I want my mommy." Xie Lingling cried softly, her cheeks flushed red, clearly running a high fever.
Zhang Yuefen said with a smile, "Yes, Lingling misses her mother. Let her come back quickly."
As she spoke, she immediately dialed a video call, her smile instantly turning into an anxious expression: "Song Xia, where are you? Lingling seems a bit off."
While driving, Song Xia suppressed her anger and said, "I'll be there soon."
Zhang Yuefen was taken aback. Seeing that she seemed to be driving, she slightly curled her lips from an angle that Song Xia couldn't see, and then said in a reassuring tone, "Lingling still can't live without you. It's good that you're back. Lingling is the most important. Xie Yuan is in charge of the company's affairs."
Song Xia immediately turned off the video and stepped on the gas, increasing the car's speed.
Zhang Yuefen stared blankly at the video that had been hung up for a moment, then sneered: "As expected of someone without parents, so rude."
He then pinched Xie Lingling again: "You good-for-nothing, all you do is cry."
After scolding him, she rolled her eyes again and pinched the child's thighs and arms hard a few times: "Cry, cry harder, and make your mother too scared to go to the company."
When Song Xia returned home, she saw her daughter Xie Lingling crying herself into a coma, her face unusually red, while her mother-in-law pretended to wipe the child's sweat.
Upon seeing her, Zhang Yuefen immediately began to complain: "You finally decided to come back! What's more important than the company than your child? Lingling got sick as soon as you left. What kind of mother are you? Lingling is the apple of the Xie family's eye. What would we do if something happened to her?"
Song Xia ignored her and went out with the child in her arms.
Zhang Yuefen continued to stop her, saying, "Where are you taking Lingling? The child is already like this, and you're still tormenting her. Do you want to kill my precious Lingling?"
"I'm taking the child to the hospital." Song Xia glanced coldly at Zhang Yuefen, then shoved her aside and went downstairs.
It took Zhang Yuefen a while to react. She wanted to curse, but found that the person had already disappeared. Suddenly, she had no more scruples: "No manners! I'm so angry! Why did that good-for-nothing go to the hospital? Isn't that just a waste of money? And what's wrong with her today? How dare she glare at me like that? It's outrageous!"
As she spoke, she called her son to complain: "What kind of daughter-in-law is this in our family? Even your cousin's wife has a master's degree, and she's not as outrageous as her."
Xie Yuan frowned, looking annoyed. "Mom, I'm still at work. Please don't bother me with things like this in the future."
"Alright, alright, Mom won't bother you anymore. But Song Xia really needs to be taught a lesson. I am her elder, after all."
How is Lingling?
"It's just a slight fever, what's the big deal?" Zhang Yuefen said nonchalantly.
Xie Yuan paused for a moment before saying, "It's good that nothing serious happened."
"Alright, he's still your child, I know what I'm doing."
Song Xia was unaware of the conversation between the mother and son. She touched her child's feverish cheek with heartache and said, "Mom is back. I won't let you get hurt again."
The system looked at Song Xia and Xie Lingling with satisfaction. Sure enough, the system's settings were correct. Song Xia had already cherished and protected Xie Lingling as a treasure.
Clearing the information from her mind, Song Xia sneered: "The Xie family is so utterly depraved, how come Heaven hasn't punished them at all?"
The system sighed: "Xiaxia, while the idea that good deeds are rewarded and evil deeds are punished exists, there are always exceptions in this vast world."
Song Xia gripped the steering wheel tightly, feeling resentful and unwilling to accept her and Lingling's original fate. How dare the Xie family do this?
"Xiaxia, you have to start taking action now. Making Lingling have a fever today is just the beginning. For the sake of the Song family and to drive you crazy so you can bring back your illegitimate child, they will continue to torment Lingling's body and force you to stay away from the company."
Song Xia took a deep breath, her eyes sharp: "I know, I won't let them have their way. I won't let them use the excuse of supplementing Lingling's nutrition to make Lingling eat allergenic foods. I won't let anything happen to Lingling, and I won't go crazy and give Xie Yuan a reason to lock me up in a mental hospital."
The Xie family is truly despicable; they deserve to be torn to pieces. She will not let them get away with this.
She will take revenge on the Xie family for everything they have done to her and Lingling.
A ruthless glint flashed in Song Xia's eyes. She was determined to make the Xie family lose what they cared about most.
“Mom…” Lingling’s faint breathing interrupted Song Xia’s thoughts, and Song Xia drove the car even faster.
"Lingling, don't be afraid, Mommy's here."
She was extremely anxious. A child's fever could be fatal if not handled carefully. Moreover, because of the deliberate neglect of the Xie family elders, Lingling had previously had a seizure due to a fever. If she had another seizure, it would be even more dangerous.
"System, do you have any way to save Lingling?"
"I'm sorry, host, the Multiverse Mall cannot be opened due to insufficient energy. I don't have a way to save Lingling at the moment."
As the system that saved the cubs, Zero System felt very sorry for Lingling, but it was really powerless to help. If only it had found Song Xia sooner, it would have had some energy left to open the shop and buy a dose of fast-acting fever reducer.
Although Song Xia was very curious about the Myriad Realms Mall, she was currently preoccupied with Lingling and had no interest in learning about it. Fortunately, she had chosen to live here because of the excellent surrounding amenities, so it wasn't too far from the hospital.
Little Lingling's face was flushed, and her consciousness was already somewhat blurred, but she still clung tightly to Song Xia's clothes, as if only in this way could she feel a sense of security. Song Xia did not dare to delay and ran into the emergency room as quickly as possible.
“Mom…” Lingling weakly opened her eyes. Her eyes were just like Song Xia’s, beautiful almond eyes. But because she was always sick, her face was thin, making her eyes look particularly big.
Song Xia kissed her cheek tenderly, and even after the doctors and nurses took over, she didn't leave: "Mom's here, Lingling will be alright soon, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
Upon hearing this, Lingling squeezed Song Xia's fingers tightly, as if to prove that she was really not afraid and to reassure Song Xia.
Song Xia choked up for a moment; this child was just too sensible.
Even the system couldn't help but be moved. Was this the cub? It suddenly understood why it had used the power of the world to develop it to protect the cub. Such a cub should not be harmed by villains.
After half a day of fussing, Lingling's condition finally stabilized and she finally fell asleep. But even when she was asleep, Song Xia had to stay by her side, otherwise she would easily wake up, which shows how insecure she was.
While patting Lingling on the back, Song Xia asked the system about the Myriad Realms Mall.
"You can think of the Multiverse Mall as a transaction between me and the Multiverse. The Multiverse gives me what I want, but I have to pay them energy."
"Energy?" Song Xia asked, puzzled.
“Xiaxia, I gain energy for every cub and the world you save.”
Song Xia's heart skipped a beat: "So, as long as I have enough energy, I can exchange for anything?"
"Theoretically speaking, that's correct."
Song Xia was itching to open the Myriad Realms Mall right now; the things inside must be amazing.
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