Thinking of the happy times the two of them had shared, Xiao Xueyi felt as if a dagger was cutting into his heart.
His marriage to Lü Jie was very unpleasant. Less than three months after Ren Wangshu's death, he remarried. Old Master Ren thought he had betrayed his daughter and had refused to see him for many years.
Even during holidays and festivals, Xiao Xueyi would try to visit his parents, but he never actually went inside their home.
This year, he has been away on business trips for longer and longer periods, and he didn't have time to go back for the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Now that he thinks about it, it has been almost a year since he last contacted his parents.
Xiao Xueyi lowered his head, feeling that he was unqualified as a father and equally unqualified as a husband.
"Wang Shu, if I had discovered your grievances sooner and reunited you and the child with us sooner, would all these things have been avoided?"
After marrying him, Ren Wangshu worked tirelessly and shouldered the burden of the entire family on her frail shoulders. She never complained, but in the end, she fell ill from overwork.
Xiao Xueyi's voice grew weaker and weaker. No matter what he did, he wanted to gain the forgiveness of his parents and sincerely asked them to settle down in the army base. He said that if Shitou stayed with them, their old age would be more secure.
He felt guilty towards them when Shi Tou's mother passed away. The old man had long been disappointed in him, and he didn't know if he would agree to come over now.
Now that his child has been in such a serious situation, hospitalized and even facing life-threatening circumstances, he has to tell the two elderly people the truth, even if he has to kneel down before them.
Furthermore, he was already busy with work, and if he had to go on a business trip, there would still be no one to take care of Shitou. The arrival of the two elderly people did solve the problem of Shitou being left without care.
“Wang Shu, this is a good opportunity. It can help take care of my parents in their old age and also allow Shi Tou to get closer to his grandparents. If you were here, you would definitely support me.”
Xiao Xueyi's worries were not unfounded. While Shi Tou was still sleeping, he went to the phone booth to make a call.
The two elderly people hadn't originally intended to answer the phone, but fortunately, the village chief informed them in time that Xiao Shitou had been hospitalized. Only then did Grandpa Ren and Grandma Huang help each other and hurriedly leave their home to go to the production brigade to answer the call.
"Xiao Xueyi, what kind of father are you? Do you have any backbone left? I entrusted my perfectly good daughter to you, only to have to bury her when I'm old. Now my grandson is in the hospital because of you. Is it you who has a problem, or is there something wrong with your family's feng shui? If you can't take care of the child, send him back to us. Even if I'm old and have to go to the village to collect scraps, I can still raise him. At least I won't let him die in your hands at such a young age."
Grandpa Ren's voice was still loud and clear, so he seemed to be in good health.
Xiao Xueyi felt guilty, but the fact that the old man could scold him made him feel a little better.
"Dad, I admit I was wrong about this. I've been traveling a lot for work lately, so I haven't been able to take better care of the kids. But don't worry, Shitou is much better now. He's still recovering in the hospital, and the doctor said he needs to be observed for a while. But he's still young and growing, so as long as he gets enough nutrition, he'll recover faster than most adults."
Old Mrs. Huang's heart clenched; this was the only child her daughter had left behind.
She had thought about taking the child back then, but in the end, it was the Xiao family's root.
In addition, considering that Xiao Xueyi had vowed to raise Shitou to adulthood, and that his job was indeed stable and could provide Shitou with a relatively better quality of life, the two elderly people finally gave up.
But how long has it been?
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