Chapter 64: Tian Ruan relied on him and felt relieved
Tian Ruan carried his schoolbag to the gate of Deyin School.
The driver was standing next to the Maybach. When he saw Tian Ruan, he opened the door and said, "Madam, this way."
Tian Ruan got into the car, and the tip of his nose was filled with the unique woody and cold scent of Yu Jingmo. "Why did you ask for leave for me?"
"Go to the hospital." Yu Jingmo said concisely.
"What's wrong with my mother?" Tian Ruan asked immediately.
"Your father met your mother, and your mother went too."
"..." Tian Ruan almost didn't know what to do. Having more parents means more trouble. "Why did he meet my mom?"
"Maybe he's curious about what kind of person your adoptive mother is, and wants to show his true colors."
"What is he doing?" Tian Ruan was confused. "He fell down last night, and today he's jumping to another ward?"
Yu Jingmo: "No jumping, just using a cane."
"..." Tian Ruan imagined Du Danren, leaning on a crutch and dragging a plastered leg, hopping to Sha Meijuan's ward, and calling the child his adoptive mother as soon as he came up.
Sha Meijuan must have been very upset, as the son she had raised to such a young age suddenly became someone else's.
It's such a bummer.
"They shouldn't have been left alone in the hospital." Tian Ruan said tiredly, "It only took one night and something happened."
Yu Jingmo: "Your mother must know."
"I was going to wait until she was better."
"I asked the attending physician, and he said your mother is recovering well. Yesterday she lifted a 2.5 kg barbell with other patients in the ward."
"..." Tian Ruan couldn't imagine Sha Meijuan lifting the barbell, it was so magical.
When they arrived at the hospital, Du Henbie was already waiting at the entrance of the inpatient building. He said to Tian Ruan, "Your mother beat up my father and hit his other leg with a barbell, which is also broken."
Tian Ruan: “…………”
For a moment, Tian Ruan didn't know whether to light a candle for Du Danren or refresh his understanding of Sha Meijuan.
Sha Meijuan has always been timid and introverted, and is always cautious wherever she goes, but there is a pride in her bones that does not allow her to bow her head easily. This might be the first time she got so angry.
"Then...where is your dad?" Tian Ruan still couldn't call out "my dad".
Du Henbie said with a fake smile: "Waiting for surgery."
Tian Ruan: "Take me to see it."
The fifth floor of the inpatient building is the special surgery department. From time to time, the sound of wheels of beds that are about to undergo surgery or have just completed surgery can be heard passing by. Some patients' family members have waited too long, so they bought water and food and ate them on chairs in the lobby.
It was all gloomy and sad.
The only lively atmosphere was the occasional broadcasts and the patient information scrolling on the large electronic screen.
Du Danren lay on the hospital bed with his eyes wide open.
Mrs. Du stood by with red eyes, and scolded softly: "Look at you, you are such a grown-up, and you broke your bones after falling down, and you still fight with others."
Du Danren: "I didn't fight, she hit me."
"...No matter what, she is Xiao Ruan's adoptive mother. She will certainly not accept you running over there so rashly. You are so good at business, but why are you so bad at dealing with people?"
"sorry."
Mrs. Du was wearing a thin cashmere shawl, but it was still cold in the hall because there was no heating, so she wrapped the shawl tightly around her.
Du Danren looked at her, "Madam, your face is so cold."
Mrs. Du: "I feel cold both physically and mentally."
Du Danren lifted the quilt on his body and said, "Put this on."
"Don't move." Mrs. Du tucked the corner of the quilt for him. Seeing his legs hanging high, she couldn't help but want to laugh, "Really."
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"...Mom." Tian Ruan called out.
Mrs. Du calmed down and looked over, her eyes gentle, "Xiao Ruan, don't you want to go to school? Why are you here?"
Tian Ruan glanced at Du Danren and asked, "What's going on?"
"It's a minor surgery. The attending physician said it will only take about ten minutes. It just involves removing a blood clot from the leg."
"It's good that it's not dangerous." Tian Ruan felt relieved and said to Du Danren, "I'm sorry, my mother is a little emotional."
Du Danren: "I'm not just a little excited, I'm very excited."
Tian Ruan: "…Why are you running away?"
Du Danren: "Your foster mother is here, so of course I have to go see her. I even brought two boxes of supplements over, but she threw them away. Why?"
Good question. Anyone with a discerning eye can see the reason, but it is much more difficult to explain to your cheap dad.
Tian Ruan gave him an analogy: "If my mother and you have been married for many years, and my eldest brother and I are actually other people's children, how would you feel?"
Du Danren: “…”
Mrs. Du was a little embarrassed. Just as she was about to smooth things over, she heard her husband speak seriously:
"It doesn't matter whether you are my biological children or not. What matters is that my wife is my wife."
There was silence.
Madam Du jumped back as if she was burned by a flame, her face unnatural: "You are such a grown-up, why are you talking nonsense?"
Du Danren looked fierce and majestic: "A man should keep his promise."
“…”
If he wasn't lying on the hospital bed with his legs hanging in a funny way, it might have been quite touching.
The initial problem is no longer important.
Madam Du covered her lips with one hand and finally couldn't help but burst out laughing: "What the hell..."
Tian Ruan has come to understand this cheap father a little bit. He is a real man and a man of his promises just like him.
So he decided: "As long as you come out of the operating room safely, I will call you dad."
Du Danren: "I am your father."
"It's my freedom to call you dad or not."
At that moment, the broadcast came out: "Du Danyuan, Du Danyuan, please go to preparation room No. 3."
Tian Ruan didn't react at first, but then realized that he was calling him cheap daddy.
Two nurses came to push Du Danren and politely refused the family members to follow. Du Danren was pushed away with an upright face.
Mrs. Du watched the door of the preparation room close, and Tian Ruan explained, "You called him by the wrong former name. Your father was originally named Du Danyuan, but he insisted on changing his name."
There is also an interesting little story. Du Danren's original name was Du Danyuan, which is taken from "be indifferent to fame and wealth, be calm and far-sighted", which has a beautiful meaning. But later on, his business was often unsuccessful and Du Danren felt that there was a conflict between his name and money.
So when he was thirty years old, he thought day and night about changing his name.
He didn't want to disappoint his parents' expectations, so he decided to keep the word "淡" and change the "远" at the end to "仁".
"The Analects" Confucius said: The benevolent are not worried, the wise are not confused, and the brave are not afraid.
No matter what you do, only with kindness can you last long.
So Du Danren said to his wife, "I want to change my name to Danren."
Mrs. Du didn't take it seriously at first: "Why don't you call me Egg Yolk?"
Du Danren: "...Madam, do you think egg yolk is good?"
Mrs. Du: "It's up to you, as long as you don't call me Dandan."
Then he really changed from Du Danyuan to Du Danren.
The operation took just as the doctor said, only a dozen minutes. When Du Danren was pushed out, no one felt any joy or sadness because it was really just a very small operation.
The only trouble was that Du Danren couldn't move his legs for the next two days, and someone had to help him urinate.
Dew hired two male nurses, but Du Danren still couldn't accept it and chose to insert a catheter rather than expose his butt and penis in front of others.
The Du family is rich and lives in a single VIP ward. Not only is the environment elegant, but it is also very boring.
Tian Ruan went to the next door to check and said, "There is an old man in his sixties next door who just had his hemorrhoids removed and is also lying down and unable to move. Dad, if you are bored, you can ask the nurse to push you over to chat with him."
Du Danren: "...What are you talking about? I don't have hemorrhoids."
"We don't have to talk about hemorrhoids. The old man likes fishing. You should have a common topic here."
“I like fishing.”
Tian Ruan noticed that these fishermen were all calm and composed, so it seemed that Du Danren would not be bored in the hospital.
Then Tian Ruan and Yu Jingmo went to see Sha Meijuan together.
Du Henbie said, "I'll go with you."
Mrs. Du didn't say anything, but it was obvious that she was also angry about this matter.
When Tian Ruan arrived at Sha Meijuan's ward, he actually saw a barbell. It was not big, but 2.5 kilograms would be very painful if it hit someone's leg.
"Xiaoyuan!" Sha Meijuan burst into tears when she saw Tian Ruan, "That bastard said you are his son, how is that possible.
Tian Ruan first comforted her: "Mom, I will always be your son."
Sha Meijuan nodded and smiled.
“Even if I am related to the Du family by blood, I am still your son.”
After saying this, Sha Meijuan's smile froze instantly, "...What do you mean? You are my son. I raised you from childhood. You are my son!"
Tian Ruan said affirmatively: "Yes, you raised him from childhood to adulthood, he is your son."
"Xiao Yuan..."
"Mom, I didn't tell you that I changed my name to Tian Ruan."
"Change your name? Why change your name? Isn't it good to be called Xiaoyuan?"
Tian Ruan didn't know what to say, "Just think of the old Tian Yuan as gone, and I am still your son."
Sha Meijuan excitedly grabbed Tian Ruan's arm, "You are my son!"
Tian Ruan felt a little pain, but did not break free and tried to reason: "But I do have Du family blood, and I am also Madam Du's son."
Sha Meijuan refused to believe it: "You are my biological child, how could you not be? Then where is my biological child?"
Tian Ruan: "Didn't you say that I was lost twenty years ago?"
Sha Meijuan suddenly began to tremble violently. Her husband was careless and had lost his child before. Could it be that it was not found at all at that time?
How could this be…how could this be?
Sha Meijuan fell on the hospital bed, tears streaming down her face, "My Xiaoyuan is missing, where did he go?"
Tian Ruan subconsciously bent down to help, "Mom..."
"You are not Xiaoyuan, you are not." Sha Meijuan dodged and looked at Tian Ruan unacceptably, "Where is my Xiaoyuan?"
Tian Ruan's heart suddenly tightened, as if someone had grabbed it. Over the past few days, he has actually regarded Sha Meijuan as his mother. Even if Mrs. Du appears, Sha Meijuan's position in his heart is still higher than Mrs. Du.
But Sha Meijuan doesn't seem to think so. She places more hope on the connection brought by blood ties. If the blood relationship is gone, the son is also gone.
This is the current situation of many mothers around the world. They all miss their own children, and blood ties are the most unbreakable contract in the mother-child relationship.
Now, Tian Ruan can only terminate the contract himself.
His heart suddenly felt empty. He thought that even if Sha Meijuan no longer treated him as her son, it didn't matter. He would still continue to be filial to her.
"Mom, don't be sad. Maybe you can still find your biological son." Tian Ruan said in vain.
Yu Jingmo put his arm around Tian Ruan's shoulders, as if giving her a silent comfort.
Tian Ruan leaned on him and felt relieved, "The real Tian Yuan may be living in some corner of the world."
Sha Meijuan suddenly came back to her senses, "Really? Can we still find Xiaoyuan?"
"We have to go find it to find out." Tian Ruan knew that Sha Meijuan only needed hope to continue living.
Sha Meijuan's eyes were filled with tears. "Okay, okay...as long as we can still find him."
Only Tian Ruan knew that Tian Yuan might not be in this world anymore.
Twenty years ago, Tian's father took the wrong child and, because he had to pee urgently, casually placed him on the edge of a flower bed, causing Tian Ruan to disappear.
Twenty years later, Tian Ruan returned to this world. Perhaps by accident or due to karma, he temporarily took over Tian Yuan's identity.
It was not until she was recognized by Mrs. Du that Tian Ruan realized that she belonged to this world.
Eighteen years in the world outside the book, twenty years in the world inside the book.
The intertwined life finally returned to the right track.
Where did the real Tian Yuan go? Maybe he was rescued from the river in another world, and his fate as cannon fodder was erased in that world. As an "orphan", he no longer had any worries and could start over and live the life he wanted.
...Or maybe, Tian Yuan is really in some corner of this world, standing like a tenacious tree in the wilderness, waiting to be discovered.
No matter what, Tian Ruan hopes that Tian Yuan is alive and well.
Yu Jingmo lowered his eyes and looked at the young man in his arms. He did not look sad or heartbroken. His long eyelashes blinked and a crystal teardrop fell.
He raised his hand to wipe it away, and it was as if the tear had never existed.
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