Chapter 58 With me here, what are you afraid of?
When Yu Yan opened her eyes, the first thing she smelled was the distinctive smell of disinfectant from the hospital.
I've been dealing with hospitals a lot lately, and I'm almost used to the smell.
But what you see at first glance are two handsome faces, one big and one small, as if they were enlarged proportionally.
"Yu Yan..."
Shao Muyan called her name, and Yu Yan tried to respond, but found her throat was very dry and she couldn't make a sound.
Shao Yun picked up the water from the bedside table, intending to hand it to Yu Yan, but then frowned.
Just as Yu Yan was about to sit up, Shao Muyan instinctively came over to help her. Shao Yun turned to the nurse and asked, "Sister, do you have a straw?"
Anyone would be overjoyed to be called "sister" by such a handsome little boy.
The nurse smiled sweetly and said, "Yes, I'll find it for you."
Shao Yun took the straw, thanked her, and then inserted it into the water glass before handing it to Yu Yan.
Such a small gesture, yet so heartwarming.
Yu Yan smiled at him, thinking she was smiling brightly, but her face looked so pale that the smile appeared very weak.
Shao Yun frowned almost imperceptibly.
My heart aches for no reason.
"Drink slowly," Shao Muyan gently reminded him, "Don't choke."
Yu Yan drank most of a glass of warm water before she felt the smoky, burning taste in her throat disappear.
She slowly finished the remaining small cup.
Seeing her drinking intently, Shao Muyan smiled slightly, "Want some more?"
Yu Yan looked up and said, "I want an iced cola."
"..."
Before Shao Muyan could speak, Shao Yun turned and left in a flash, his slender yet determined back suggesting he had made a decision.
Yu Yan was stunned. "Yunyun, where are you going?"
Shao Muyan: "I've gone to buy you an iced Coke."
Yu Yan: "..."
Is she really that proactive?
The two looked at each other and smiled.
"Are you feeling better?" Shao Muyan stood by the bed and reached out to touch Yu Yan's forehead.
Yu Yan closed her eyes slightly. "Did I faint because of a fever?"
"Anemia, plus a low-grade fever."
Shao Muyan sat down on the edge of the bed. "Of course, there's another explanation, called 'anger from stress.'"
He stared straight at Yu Yan, his gaze deep.
"If I had known a meal would turn out like this, I wouldn't have let you go. Or, I would have gone with you anyway."
Shao Muyan's expression was somewhat cold. "Xiang Jingheng has said some nonsense again, hasn't he?"
He didn't mention Xiang Chu, but he knew that Yu Yan's distress was inextricably linked to Xiang Chu.
"It was still my own fault; I didn't control my emotions and I still had expectations."
Yu Yan twitched the corner of her mouth.
They say that whoever is suffering should change. She can't change others, so she can only change herself.
I thought I had given up hope long ago, but people tend to forget what they've been taught. As long as you're alive, your heart won't die so easily, and you'll still have some unrealistic expectations.
Where there are expectations, there will be disappointments.
The person in question has never changed their mind. If they have expectations, that's their problem, and it has nothing to do with anyone else.
"Yu Yan."
Shao Muyan suddenly called her name, and Yu Yan subconsciously looked up, meeting Shao Muyan's somewhat deep eyes.
Never punish yourself for someone else's mistakes.
Shao Muyan told her, word by word, "Before your role as a mother, you are first and foremost yourself. Don't doubt or deny yourself just because a child makes a mistake. If the child does something wrong, scold him if you need to. If Xiang Jingheng offends you, go crazy if you need to. With me here, what are you afraid of? Do you think I can't support you?"
My heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Yu Yan stared intently at Shao Muyan, her throat tightening slightly.
During this time, Uncle Yan has indeed been supporting her the whole time. If he hadn't been there for her, the thesis issue wouldn't have been resolved so quickly, and she would have been in even more trouble than she is now.
Where would they find the time and energy to devote to experiments?
She understood from a very young age that anyone who lives a relatively easy and carefree life does so because others are bearing the burden for them.
His lips moved as if he was about to say something, but Shao Yun returned to the ward with two cans of cola.
One can is chilled, and the other is at room temperature.
"Just take a sip of the iced one, just to taste it."
Shao Yun made clear arrangements for Yu Yan, saying, "You're sick, so you shouldn't drink anything cold. You should drink something warm."
Yu Yan looked at Shao Yun, who had a serious expression on his face, and was speechless.
How can a six-year-old child be more thoughtful than an adult?
Shao Yun is not talkative, but he is definitely not a cold-hearted child. You can feel his warmth as soon as you get close to him.
Like uncle, nephew; Shao Yun and Shao Muyan are very similar in some ways.
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Xiang Jingheng and Xiang Chu were sitting on chairs in the hospital corridor.
Xiang Chu's eyes and nose were still red.
They were the ones who took Yu Yan to the hospital, but before Yu Yan could wake up, Shao Muyan arrived with his nephew. After hearing the bodyguard's account of what happened, his face suddenly turned cold.
Then, Xiang Jingheng and Xiang Chu were kicked out.
Xiang Chu was made to cry by Shao Muyan's scolding.
Xiang Jingheng also got a scolding, but he was thicker-skinned than Xiang Chu and didn't cry.
But what Shao Muyan said was indeed quite harsh.
"Do you know how much time and effort Yu Yan spent writing this paper? She painstakingly wrote it, only to have it stolen by someone else. She had to find the materials and go through the process to prove her innocence. You can't understand the humiliation that this kind of thing brings to a researcher. If you could understand, you wouldn't have added insult to injury when Yu Yan was so vulnerable."
Shao Muyan coldly said to Xiang Jingheng, "If she hadn't clearly distinguished between Xiang's Technology and Xiaoxing Research Lab, do you really think you could have extricated yourself from this incident unscathed?"
Xiang Jingheng: "..."
Shao Muyan then looked at Xiang Chu, "What are you complaining about? Whether you knew about it beforehand or not, whether it was intentional or not, you were the one who planted that bugging device on your mother's computer. If you don't take responsibility for this, who will?"
"Gan Xiao took advantage of your young age and your mother's love for you to make you help her do bad things. Instead of blaming the person who took advantage of you, you even helped her stab your mother in the back."
"Xiang Chu, is this something a human being would do? As a son, you can't do this to your mother. This isn't the first time."
Xiang Chu wiped away her tears.
"It is the father's fault for not raising his children properly. You cannot escape responsibility for what Xiang Chu did and what Gan Xiaoxing did."
Shao Muyan showed Xiang Jingheng no respect whatsoever, "I might as well put this out there: just because Yu Yan is kind-hearted and soft-hearted doesn't mean you can gang up on her and bully her. You'll have to ask me if I agree to it."
He added coldly, "You and your son will only bring harm to Yu Yan."
"One more time, whoever it is. Xiang Jingheng, you give it a try."
Shao Muyan rarely speaks harshly to anyone, but when he does, it's never just a simple threat.
He has absolute power and ability to protect or deal with whomever he wants.
Even Xiang Jingheng wouldn't dare to provoke him casually.
What's giving Xiang Jingheng a bigger headache right now is Yu Yan. His original intention today was to have a good talk with Yu Yan and clear up the misunderstanding, but he never expected it to turn out like this.
He actually made someone faint from anger...
"Son." Xiang Jingheng patted Xiang Chu's head and sighed inwardly, "This time, the two of us have really messed up."
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