Shu Ying's skin was fair, and the scraped area looked somewhat eerie; the cut wasn't deep, but it was quite long.
Shu Ying gently blew on it, and the cool sensation on the wound eased the burning pain, making her feel much more comfortable.
“It’s not that precious. There’s no need to be so nervous. We have plenty of medicine for scrapes at home. The two kids are naughty and they inevitably bump into things all the time. If we go to the hospital for such a small injury, it would be making a mountain out of a molehill. It should be healed by the time I treat it myself. Just relax. If there were any real problems, I would have gone to the hospital already. Even for the sake of the kids, I wouldn’t tough it out.”
She's not a complete idiot; she wouldn't know to see a doctor if she wasn't feeling well.
Xie Zhiyan didn't speak, but felt increasingly guilty when he met Shu Ying's gaze.
"It's just the two children. They were quite frightened today and might have nightmares tonight."
"sorry."
As soon as Shu Ying finished speaking, Xie Zhiyan lowered his head and spoke. When he raised his head, the complex emotions in his eyes were almost overflowing.
"Um?"
Shu Ying tilted her head, somewhat puzzled as to why Xie Zhiyan suddenly apologized.
“It’s all because of my negligence. If I hadn’t been away from home, Ding Rumei wouldn’t have dared to lay a hand on the child so brazenly, and you wouldn’t have been hurt. It’s all because of me. I’m an incompetent father.”
He had intended to make amends to his two children, but he almost brought them to their deaths.
If he hadn't truly understood the situation today, he would never have experienced firsthand the predicament of Shu Ying raising two children alone, acting as both father and mother.
“If I had stayed by the children’s side, you and your children wouldn’t have suffered so much. I haven’t done enough, and I don’t deserve to be the father of two children.”
He has always been grateful to Shu Ying for raising their two children with great care and hardship. Yangyang and Yueyue are well-behaved and sensible, so it's no exaggeration to say that he became a father without any pain.
However, the hardships involved must have been endured by someone else. Shu Ying had to put in the effort of two people, and he only felt powerless and guilty.
Shu Ying couldn't help but laugh out loud. "I thought something was wrong with you. What's the big deal? They are your children and my children too. I do whatever I want for them willingly. Besides, how can you blame yourself for this?"
Xie Zhiyan was seriously injured, and Huang Meiling, understanding that it would be difficult for her to be alone, specially chose someone from her family who was quick and agile to come and help.
Whoever is at fault should bear the consequences; this matter has nothing to do with the Xie family.
“Even you would never have imagined that Ding Rumei is this kind of person. If you had seen through her true colors earlier, your mother-in-law would not have sent her to live with me and my child.”
She turned her arm, looking quite agile. "Look at me, I'm perfectly fine now. Don't worry, I'm a grown woman, I can take care of myself."
Xie Zhiyan felt even more tenderness towards her. She was just an innocent little girl before, but in just a few years she had become a mother who could stand on her own.
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