"Who...who said your dad is dead? Go touch him yourself, is he hot or cold?" Jiang Shan looked down at the little bun and gently poked his forehead.
Jiang Huai pushed the door open, ran over, and pounced on the bed. She covered Fu Qiyuan's mouth tightly with her little hands and said in a childish voice, "It's hot!"
Then she pressed her head against Fu Qiyuan's belly and listened for a while, "Mimi, there's Mimi in Daddy's belly!"
Jiang Shan's lips twitched. "Which tasteless person is spouting nonsense to you again? Giving birth is a woman's job. Your father can't give birth to a sister!"
Jiang Huai huffed and puffed as she got up, half-sitting on Fu Qiyuan's arm, and smiled sweetly: "Mother, I want to find Mimi."
Jiang Shan scoffed, "Your father is on the verge of death, and you still want a younger sister? Dream on!"
Jiang Huai didn't like hearing this, and immediately shook Fu Qiyuan's arm, crying out, "Father, Mimi, Huai'er wants Mimi!"
Jiang Shan hurriedly reached out to pull Jiang Huai, but inadvertently met a pair of dark, deep eyes.
The owner of the dark eyes looked at her with a gaze that Jiang Shan found unfamiliar, making her slightly uncomfortable.
"Fu Qiyuan, you're awake? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"
“Jiao Yan, I am Jiao Yan, call me Erlang.”
Jiang Shan was taken aback, then realized, "You remember everything, don't you?"
Fu Qiyuan remained silent, staring intently at Jiang Shan.
Jiang Shan felt inexplicably nervous. Jiao Erlang had returned, but the real Jiang Shan had not!
"I...I'll go call Mom over, she's very worried about you."
Jiang Shan tried to slip away, but Fu Qiyuan held him back tightly.
"Shan'er, I'm sorry. I haven't been able to take good care of you all these years, and I've made you suffer!"
While he was with her, he was dissatisfied with their engagement and was unable to take good care of her intellectually disabled condition.
When he forgot her, he ruined her reputation and caused her indelible harm.
When he regained his identity, he still couldn't protect the mother and child, causing her to narrowly escape death.
How cruel he was to her! He owes her a debt he can never repay in this lifetime!
Seeing tears welling up in Fu Qiyuan's eyes, Jiang Shan panicked, "What are you doing? You're the one suffering now, not me! Alright, alright, don't be sad, I forgive you!"
So what if he hid his identity from her as Jiao Erlang? It's no big deal, why are you crying like that!
Fu Qiyuan stubbornly sat up in bed and hugged Jiang Shan tightly in his arms.
Jiang Shan could sense that Fu Qiyuan was extremely sad. She silently patted his back and let him hold her.
Jiang Huai tilted his head and looked at it, then chuckled and hugged his father's waist.
Fu Qiyuan's stomach rumbled at just the right moment, and Jiang Huai pointed at his father's belly and shouted, "Mimi!"
Both of them were incredibly embarrassed!
"Are you hungry? What would you like to eat? I'll make it for you." Jiang Shan gently pushed Fu Qiyuan away, feeling a bit overwhelmed by his gaze, and decided to find a way out.
Fu Qiyuan remained unmoved, staring intently into Jiang Shan's clear eyes, and said, "For the rest of my life, I will take good care of you and Huai'er, and I will never let you down again!"
Jiang Shan always felt that Fu Qiyuan was different from before. He might have let down his family for her before, but now he would let down the whole world for her!
She could understand. After all, they were siblings first, then engaged, and then lovers. Their feelings accumulated to the point that they could give everything for each other!
It's a pity that she doesn't have the original owner's memories of the country and can't experience that complex emotion; she currently only has romantic feelings for him.
"Rest for a while, don't think about anything. I'll go make you something to eat." Jiang Shan patted Fu Qiyuan's hand reassuringly, then got up and walked out.
Fu Qiyuan did not stop her any further. He watched her walk away from his sight step by step, his hands clenched into fists.
Jiang Huai reached out and gently poked Fu Qiyuan's forehead, carefully saying, "Daddy, don't die, okay? Huai'er will cry without a daddy!"
Fu Qiyuan gently held the little girl in his arms and said softly, "Even if Daddy doesn't die, Daddy will still cry without Huai'er!"
The father and son were cuddling when the door was pushed open from the outside, and Jiang Shan walked in, followed by Jiao's mother and Mr. Xunmei. Jiao's mother was also carrying a bowl of noodle soup.
Fu Qiyuan gently carried his son to the side, got off the bed, brushed off his robes, straightened his hands, knelt down properly before Jiao's mother, and kowtowed three times.
"Your son is unfilial...!" Fu Qiyuan burst into tears before he could speak.
Jiao's mother hurriedly put down the soup, stepped forward to support Fu Qiyuan, and said in a choked voice, "Second son, the doctor said you shouldn't worry too much, get up quickly!"
Fu Qiyuan remained prostrate on the ground for a long time, unwilling to get up. "Mother, your son is unfilial. I failed to seek justice for you. I am unworthy of being a son!"
Jiao's mother said with heartache, "It's not your fault! I don't blame you! I never intended for you to bear this karma. You were raised by me, and I can't bear to see you suffer like this!"
“I feel your suffering deeply, Mother! I cannot seek justice for you myself, but I cannot forget your kindness in raising me! I will remove myself from the Fu family genealogy and return to being a member of the Jiao family!”
Changing your surname is a big deal!
Madam Jiao was shocked and exclaimed, "Second son, you mustn't! You are an official appointed by the court, and your words and deeds are subject to the supervision of all officials in the court and the public. You are also the eldest son of the Fu family and the only heir of the Fu family. How can you treat this so lightly!"
“I am not joking! Father will understand, and I have also explained it to Grandfather. As for Mother, she has no right to stop me!” Fu Qiyuan said firmly.
Jiao's mother was the person who understood Fu Qiyuan best in the world. She didn't immediately argue with him about right and wrong, but said tactfully, "Erlang, please get up first. We can discuss this matter slowly later!"
Jiang Shan immediately stepped forward to help Jiao's mother help Fu Qiyuan back to bed.
Mr. Xunmei stroked his beard and sat down to the side, saying in a deep voice, "What your mother said is very true. She is your adoptive mother and has never had any selfish motives towards you. No matter what you want to do, you should always put yourself in your mother's shoes and think more about her perspective."
Fu Qiyuan knelt on the bed and bowed to Mr. Xunmei, his eyes red. "Grandfather, you have no idea how much my mother suffered during the years I was gone. To prevent me from finding my adoptive family and to prevent the family that raised me from finding me, my mother had all my records of taking the imperial examination in Yuzhou erased. She even sent people to Guyang County to tamper with the register, saying that I died in an accident! My mother couldn't bear the blow and went insane for a time. Shan'er and Sanlang also suffered a lot of bullying from the villagers of Huaigu Village because of this. They...!"
"Erlang, stop talking!" Jiao's mother shook her head gently at Fu Qiyuan, tears streaming down her face.
Mr. Xunmei's expression changed drastically, and Jiangshan was even more furious.
"Outrageous! That woman is not fit to be a mother! I am the head of the Fu family. Yan'er wants to change her surname to Jiao. I, on behalf of the entire Fu clan, will make this decision for you!"
The door was suddenly pushed open, and the old patriarch of the Fu family, sleeves rolled up, stormed in angrily.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
