"Perhaps Ruan Tang isn't used to this food, and neither am I," her godmother said, trying to smooth things over.
No one at the table had any impure thoughts, except for Jia Shuling, whose face looked unusually pale.
Xu Ruantang leaned against the tree, tears streaming down her face from the pain, but she couldn't vomit anything.
Chen Ji strode over, and Xu Ruantang happened to turn around. She took the tissue from his hand and wiped her mouth.
"Have some water."
Chen Ji handed her a glass of warm water, which she took, rinsed her mouth, and then drank some.
After drinking a glass of warm water, the discomfort subsided.
Chen Ji stood behind her, gently patting her back with his large hand, and took the empty cup and the paper she had used.
His brows were furrowed, and his eyes were full of worry.
Xu Ruantang waved to Chen Ji, "I'm fine, I'm going back to eat."
Back at the dinner table, the group wanted to ask more questions, but Chen Ji stopped them with a single sentence: "We'll go to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow."
Xu Ruantang wanted to say that there was no need to go to so much trouble; she just suddenly felt nauseous.
Seeing the slightly cold and stern expression on Chen Ji's face, he shut up again.
After this ordeal, she didn't eat much for dinner.
After dinner, the couple took their child for a walk and noticed that they were getting a lot of attention that night.
Especially when people see Xiaobao, their eyes are always filled with pity and sympathy, or they stare at the child with a pitiful look.
Some even said to Chen Ji in a comforting tone, "Commander Chen, it's alright. You're both so young, you'll have children soon!"
The person also wanted to say that it's always best to have your own child.
Before she could even utter a word, seeing Chen Ji's cold face, she was rendered speechless.
After going around in circles, Xu Ruantang understood.
It seems that everyone in the compound already knows that Gao Ying's parents came to see her that day and that Gao Baoliang came back to ask for the child.
Everyone tacitly agreed that the child would definitely be returned.
After all, from an outsider's perspective, Gao Baoliang is Xiaobao's biological father, and it's normal for the child to stay with his biological father.
Xu Ruantang glanced at Chen Ji, but couldn't discern anything from his expression.
She covered her mouth and yawned.
Chen Ji pushed the stroller. Xiao Bao was very quiet as soon as he stepped out, probably because his eyes were too busy to keep up and his mouth didn't have time to talk.
"Tired?" Chen Ji's eyebrows relaxed, a gentle smile appearing on his face. He reached out and ruffled her hair. "Let's go home and sleep."
Xu Ruantang also wanted to tell him about Chen Lin's visit to her today.
After thinking about it, she still didn't say it and went home with Chen Ji.
Telling Chen Ji wouldn't do any good; at most, it would just cause the father and son to argue again, adding to their conflict.
Chen Ji already has enough troubles.
Xu Ruantang wanted to sleep with her child that night, but before she could finish speaking, the old lady snatched the baby away.
It was a real snatching; the old lady simply took Xiaobao from Chen Ji's arms, and the two ran back to their room, closing the door very quickly.
Xu Ruantang wanted to talk to her godmother about the tailor shop, but was turned away, told that they could talk about it during the day tomorrow, as they were too old to sleep.
Xu Ruantang: "......"
If it were any more obvious, the old lady would have locked her and Chen Ji in the same bed.
Chen Ji went to take a shower, and she went back to her room first. When she thought of something, she picked up a piece of stationery, found a pen, and started writing.
She went to take a shower after Chen Ji returned.
The letter was placed on the table. When she returned, she saw Chen Jixiu holding several sheets of paper with his long, slender fingers, looking at the contents with a cold expression.
Upon seeing her, Chen Ji said, "Come here."
Xu Ruantang walked over, still drying her hair, and said, "I'm just making a note of it."
The letter, written word by word by Xu Ruantang, covered several pages of paper with Xiao Bao's dietary habits and precautions.
This includes how many times a day the baby drinks milk, how much milk each time, how many meals of complementary food the baby eats, when the baby goes to sleep, how often the baby takes a bath, and so on.
Chen Ji pulled up a chair and let her sit next to him. He took the towel from her hand and gently dried her hair.
Are you willing to give it up?
Xu Ruantang lowered her eyes, and her eyelashes trembled slightly when she heard those words.
She paused for a moment before turning to Chen Jidao and asking, "I'd like to see Gao Baoliang, is that alright?"
Chen Ji's hands didn't stop moving. "Okay, I'll arrange it."
Xu Ruantang was somewhat surprised. She thought Chen Ji would at least ask why. "Don't you want to know why I met with him?"
Chen Ji looked at Xu Ruantang, a subtle emotion flickering in his deep black eyes. He picked up a towel, placed it on her head, and gently rubbed it.
“You know no one is wrong in this matter. Xiaobao’s fate should not be decided by us, but by her own decision.”
So you want to meet Gao Baoliang, with Xiaobao along, right?
Chen Ji's voice was low, but his tone was firm.
Xu Ruantang felt a strange mix of emotions.
She was both surprised that Chen Jin could guess her thoughts so accurately, and vaguely afraid.
She always felt that she had no privacy whatsoever in front of Chen Ji.
Chen Ji's originally gentle movements suddenly turned rough. He rubbed her head hard a few times with his large hand, followed by a deep, lazy voice: "Don't overthink it. I can guess what you're thinking because I think the same way."
Xu Ruantang stood up, ripped the towel off her head, and her face turned rosy.
"I'm sleepy, I want to go to sleep!"
Chen Ji stood up from the stool. "Have you not done the rehabilitation exercises the doctor told you to do every day?"
Xu Ruantang blinked guiltily, "I was so busy I forgot."
"Do it now."
Chen Ji was just like a drill instructor in college, always standing by to supervise.
When Xu Ruantang's movements were not standard, he would touch her to correct them, causing her to gasp in pain, but she endured it to keep from crying out.
When she got to the second movement, she couldn't take it anymore and cried out, "Chen Ji, be gentle! It hurts!"
"The doctor said it was only effective if it hurt."
If you don't do proper rehabilitation exercises after a bone fracture, it's easy for it to not heal properly.
Despite saying this, Chen Ji's actions were still a bit gentle. "Bear with it."
The uncle could endure it, but the aunt couldn't; the pain brought tears to Xu Ruantang's eyes.
After completing the set of movements, a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead.
She leaned weakly against the wall and slowly moved toward the bed.
After finally managing to move her a little further, Chen Ji pulled her back.
Xu Ruantang was truly enraged now. She looked up, intending to bite Chen Ji's arm that was holding her. Don't ask why she bit him; it was because she couldn't beat Chen Ji.
Chen Ji was even faster than her, bending down and lifting her up in one swift motion.
What are you doing?
Chen Ji held her in his arms, even using one hand to turn off the light, before walking to the bedside to put her down. He bent down and kissed her forehead, saying, "Reward. Sleep now."
Xu Ruantang: "......"
This reward must have been given to him by Chen Ji, right?
Only the two of them, the old lady, and the godmother lived on the first floor.
Chen Ji and Xu Ruantang knew everyone was asleep, so even if they made noise, they didn't dare to be too loud.
But what they didn't know was that the old lady had a habit of getting up at night and had already heard everything.
Then the misunderstanding became huge.
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