A familiar man's voice came into her ears, and Qin Shu tightened her arms around Xie Chennan, with a flash of panic in her eyes.
She suddenly raised her head, and her cold eyes pierced the man with a gentle smile.
"Why are you here?"
Xie Lanzhi didn't notice the guilty conscience in Qin Shu's eyes, and chuckled and said, "Yangyang is on holiday today, and Sanbao and Sibao are looking for you, so I brought them here."
Qin Shu then remembered that today was Saturday, and not only the children were on holiday, but Xie Lanzhi was too.
"Mom—"
Xie Yanxi and Xie Mobei, two little rascals, rushed to Qin Shu and hugged her arms and calves.
Xie Dongyang walked to Qin Shu with a dignified and cold face, "Mom."
Qin Shu patted the heads of her three sons one by one: "Be good——"
When Xie Dongyang was touched, a hint of unnaturalness flashed across his face.
He saw that Xie Chennan’s eyes were red and he frowned slightly.
Xie Chennan met his brother's inquiring gaze, and lay in Qin Shu's arms in shame, hiding the traces of his crying.
Xie Lanzhi stepped forward and asked, "What did you just say to Chenchen? What are you trying to hide from me?"
He leaned over slightly and rubbed the head of Xie Chennan who was in a bad mood.
Qin Shu said calmly: "This child is greedy. Yesterday he ate some herbs whose efficacy he didn't know. He was afraid that you would scold him after you knew about it."
As she said this, she hooked Xie Chennan's little hand with her index finger and poked her son's little palm with her fingertips.
This is a tacit little gesture between mother and son.
Qin Shu asked softly: "Chenchen, is this true?"
Xie Chennan's red eyes revealed confusion, hesitation, and a hint of sadness.
He was silent for a moment, looked up to meet his father's majestic gaze, and nodded lightly.
"Dad, I was wrong. I won't make you worry next time."
Xie Chennan pinched his son's tender little face and said, "If you do it again, I will punish you by making you face the wall and reflect on your mistakes."
"Yeah!" Xie Chennan nodded obediently.
The moment he lowered his head, he met Xie Dongyang's calm black eyes. The two brothers were twins and had an inexplicable sense of blood kinship.
Xie Dongyang could tell at a glance that his brother was lying!
He looked up at Qin Shu and said, "Mom, I want to play with Chenchen."
Qin Shu knew that her eldest son seemed honest and cute, but in fact he was full of tricks.
"Okay, but Mommy has to take Chenchen back to the house first to see the results of the pills he made last night."
"Can I come along?"
"No, we'll be out soon."
"Oh well--"
Qin Shu held Xie Chennan's hand and walked into the room under the gaze of the four father and sons.
Qin Shu squatted in front of Xie Chennan, her face solemn and her tone serious: "Chenchen, promise mom that you won't mention the previous things to your dad and brothers. This is very important. It concerns mom's life and death, as well as the safety of the entire Xie family."
"Really?" Little Xie Chennan was frightened by Qin Shu.
Qin Shu nodded: "Really, what Dad is going to do next is very important. You can't be distracted, otherwise it will be dangerous."
She wasn't lying to the child.
If the Xie family wants to take over, all the affiliated families, big and small, will put in all their efforts.
The Xie family is a behemoth. Even if they are defeated, they can still stand firm in Beijing. Those affiliated families will be in trouble if they lose their power.
Qin Shu couldn't possibly distract Xie Lanzhi at this time and cause irreparable consequences.
Xie Chennan's tears welled up in his eyes, and he choked up and asked, "What about mom? What are you going to do?"
Qin Shu wiped her son's tears and said with a smile: "Mom will live. I am the best doctor in China. No doctor in the world is as good as me. As long as I don't want to die, there will be a way."
Xie Chennan's tears stopped: "Really? Mom didn't lie to me?"
Qin Shu raised her chin slightly, and said domineeringly and firmly: "Mom promises you that I will definitely survive!"
Xie Chennan was easy to coax. He burst into laughter and hugged Qin Shu's neck and acted coquettishly: "Mom is so awesome!"
*
Yushan Village, on the flat dirt road.
Two children, neatly dressed and looking 80% alike, walked side by side.
Xie Dongyang looked at Xie Chennan inquiringly, staring into his slightly red eyes.
"What are you hiding from Mom?"
Xie Chennan kicked the stones under his feet and said casually, "No."
Xie Dongyang's face was tense, and he said coldly: "You are lying, I can feel that you were almost sad to death before."
Xie Chennan said perfunctorily: "You feel wrong."
He had promised his mother not to tell anyone, so even his older brother, who was in tune with him, couldn't get anything out of him.
Xie Dongyang grabbed his brother's sleeve and said sternly, "You and mom must be hiding something from us!"
"Brother, stop making trouble."
Xie Chennan stared at him with his black and white eyes and said helplessly.
Xie Dongyang stared at him and refused to give in: "Your eyes are lying!"
Xie Chennan acted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, which made Xie Dongyang very angry.
He gritted his teeth and snorted, "I won't ask what the specific matter is, you just need to tell me, are you and mom in danger?"
Xie Chennan was still preparing to continue to perfunctorily deal with him, but Xie Dongyang threatened him, "If you don't tell me, I'll tell Dad. You know, Mom is most afraid of Dad, especially at night."
Xie Chennan: “…”
Qin Shu was so fierce during the day that even my father had to stay away from her.
But at night, Dad would bully Mom. One time, the bedroom door was not closed tightly, and the two brothers heard Mom crying from inside.
Before they could angrily push open the door, Sister Hua appeared and took them away.
From then on, Xie Dongyang and Xie Chennan knew that their father was very fierce at night and would bully their mother until she cried.
Xie Chennan glared at Xie Dongyang angrily: "You are so cruel that you let Dad bully Mom!"
Xie Dongyang said: "It's not your fault. Who told you to hide something from mom?"
Xie Chennan's face was tangled, and he pursed his lips and said, "There is no danger!"
Xie Dongyang got the answer he wanted, and his tense face relaxed slightly.
He touched his chest and said softly, "It's good that there's no danger. I thought something fatal had happened..."
Before, when Xie Dongyang was extremely sad, he was almost unable to breathe due to the suffocating feeling.
Although he was somewhat precocious and intelligent, he was unfortunately still too young and his methods were too immature.
This resulted in missing out on the truth for the first time.
Time flies, and 84 years have quietly arrived.
Beijing city.
Qin Shu was lying on a rattan chair on the second-floor balcony, looking at the seven or eight children downstairs, with a gentle smile on her lips.
"Madam, the hot tea is here."
The respectful voice of Sister Hua came from behind.
Qin Shu pulled her thin coat and took the hot teacup.
She asked calmly, "Is Xie Lanzhi not back yet?"
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