"Little one, come here and let Grandma and Grandpa hug you. You break our hearts."
Jiang's mother reached out to hug him, but the little one only trusted Jiang Ruan and didn't want anyone else, so he twisted his body and snuggled into Jiang Ruan's arms.
"Dad, Mom, please stop hugging him. He's just recovered from his injury, and you're both tired. You should rest for a bit."
Jiang Ruan felt sorry for her parents. She knew they didn't want their child to get hurt either, but since it had already happened, all she needed to do was find out who was the first to know or who first leaked the news.
"Ruan Ruan, Mom isn't resting, Mom isn't tired. Mom didn't take good care of Bai Yuan, and I'll definitely make it up to him in the future. But there's something Mom has to tell you. It's Li Ming's parents. They were the ones who comforted the baby for a while, and then he got sick and had to be taken to the hospital. I don't know if there's any connection between them."
Jiang's mother was not one to gossip; whatever she said was always true.
"What? Is that so? Where are they? What are they doing now?" Jiang Ruan felt her blood rushing to her head. She had originally thought it was her parents' negligence, but she hadn't expected it to have this cause and effect.
If they tipped them off or accidentally let it slip, then this makes sense.
"They're eating downstairs. They've eaten most of the fast food in the fridge." Jiang's father was a little angry. These two were really too lazy to work, and they had been unable to hold back their scolding for a long time.
Jiang Ruan carried the baby downstairs.
Downstairs, people were having a great time eating. When they saw her come down, she was holding her baby in her arms. Her eyes looked a little dazed, but she quickly changed her expression and greeted her with a smile.
"Oh my, isn't this Miss Jiang Ruan? You're back! When did you get back? Why didn't anyone tell us? And the baby's better too? I knew it! There must be a reason why that hospital could stay open when other hospitals were closing down."
Li Ming's mother smiled and tried to touch her baby, but Jiang Ruan dodged her.
She wasn't annoyed, and quickly tidied up the place, calling for Jiang Ruan to sit down.
Their attitude was extremely attentive, and they appeared both kind and loving.
"Mom and Dad, please sit down too, let's chat together."
Jiang's parents sat down one after the other, and Wan Mei followed suit. Li Ming's father said to her, "What? A nanny should act like a nanny. How can she sit down just because the master is sitting down?"
Although not explicitly stated, it is implicit.
Wanmei's buttocks, which had been sitting in mid-air, bounced up again, but she didn't actually sit down.
Jiang Ruan raised an eyebrow and looked at her. She remembered that Wan Mei wasn't the type to swallow her anger like this. How did she become like this?
Just then, she heard her son's voice again, a voice she hadn't heard in a long time.
"Mommy, oh Mommy, that old man is a bad person. He pinched my belly when no one was around, and it hurt so much. He also said I was a burden, not your own child, and that he was going to abandon me and marry you off to Li Ming, saying you would be their daughter-in-law."
"What???" Jiang Ruan's fierce gaze fell on Li Ming's parents, who looked over strangely, not understanding what was going on.
Seeing their reactions, Jiang Ruan casually asked, "I heard that you two are planning to send your son away and then arrange a marriage for me with Li Ming. Is that true?"
Li Ming's parents' expressions changed. They looked at Jiang's parents, then at Wan Mei, and finally focused their attention on Wan Mei. "Nanny is just not proper. Not only can she not do her job well, but she also spreads rumors. When did I say such things? I do want you to date Li Ming, but I never said I wanted to send that child away. You're talking nonsense."
"I've tolerated you for a long time. I've seen plenty of people who take advantage of their poor health and seniority, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you. I'm truly speechless. Just how big of a face do you have to dare to spout such nonsense here?"
Wanmei angrily threw the mop handle on the ground, making a crisp sound.
Li Ming's mother immediately stood up. "You little hussy, you dare to argue back? Have you forgotten all that nonsense you spouted? Aren't you afraid we'll be embarrassed if we tell others? Humph... Shameless thing, trying to like my son? Don't you know you're just a nanny? How dare you?"
......
Even more vile words were hurled at Wan Mei after Li Ming's father joined in, but were stopped by Jiang Ruan's parents.
They are all teachers, well-mannered, and unwilling to use foul language, but they can't tolerate this situation anymore.
“I’m telling you, who took care of you when you were so sick? Who took care of your daily needs? You can’t be so heartless. Xiao Mei served you wholeheartedly, and look what you’ve said about her. Don’t you have any conscience? If it weren’t for her care, no one would even collect your bodies when you died.”
Jiang's mother could no longer hold back. These past few days, she had been suppressed by the two of them, simply because she was worried about their advanced age. Even though there were many things to do, they had barely managed to endure it, not wanting to cause trouble for their daughter. Who knew they would go so far?
“I’m telling you, don’t think that just because your daughter is here to back you up, you can shout and yell like you’re not afraid of anyone. Let me tell you, my son Li Ming is a wind-type ability user with ancient bronze coins. People are fighting over him wherever he goes. If you treat us badly, I’ll take my son and leave you.”
Li Ming's mother had her hands on her hips, which was completely unexpected by Jiang Ruan. They came from a wealthy family and were well-educated. She felt that she might have misunderstood this.
“You…” Jiang’s mother pointed at Li’s mother, startled by her arrogant demeanor, and gave up after pointing for a while.
She's really bad at arguing.
Jiang Ruan snorted coldly and stood up. "So the reason you changed your minds is because you found out about Li Ming's superpowers and the secret of the ancient bronze coins. I wondered why you suddenly became so arrogant. So that's the crux of the matter."
"What do you mean?" Li's mother asked curiously, her hands hanging limply and her brows furrowed.
"What do you mean? Heh!"
"Mommy, don't believe her, she's a bad person, she hit me, Mommy, hug me!" The little one struggled to get up in Jiang Ruan's arms until Jiang Ruan held him upright and stopped.
Jiang Ruan looked at the baby in her arms and gently put him on the ground. He was over a year old and could walk steadily.
The little boy walked up to Li's parents and pinched Li's mother's hand hard as she was hitting him.
"Ah! You little rascal, you don't want to..."
Jiang Ruan stopped Li's mother from raising her hand.
"I was still hesitant at first, thinking that you weren't the kind of people who couldn't tolerate him, but I didn't expect you to dare to do this to my face. It seems that I've been too nice to you, and you've forgotten that I'm not actually a very good person."
“Li Ming is still fighting outside, so I won’t touch you for now, but I’ve restricted your freedom of movement. Once he returns, everything will be handled by him.”
"Xiao Guan, take them to the room on the second floor and don't let them come out. They must eat, drink, and relieve themselves in the room."
"Yes, Master."
"Xiao Guan" is the name for the intelligent butler, and Jiang Ruan entrusted all matters here to him to manage.
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