“Alright, alright, I’ll listen, I’ll listen. Then Wanwan must listen too, okay…” In the end, the man replied helplessly yet dotingly.
“Then you listen first. You wear it.”
“Wanwan, be good. You wear it.”
“No! You wear it.”
“It’s Wanwan who should wear it.”
“Clearly it’s you! You wear it! You wear it!”
The girl was stubborn, but her watery, wide eyes were fixed on Duan Yanxing’s open shirt: “You’re showing here, so you wear it.”
After saying this, Chi Mu was about to take action, startling Duan Yanxing, who quickly grabbed her mischievous little hands: “Alright, alright, I’ll wear it, I’ll wear it. Wanwan, be good. Let’s go home. We can touch when we get home, okay?”
“We can’t do it here. Wanwan is a girl. You can’t just touch others outside; you might get bullied by bad people.”
He spoke slowly, explaining with utmost gentleness.
But the drunken kitten pouted, clearly unhappy. She widened her beautiful eyes and glared at Duan Yanxing: “Hmph, won’t let me touch, stingy.”
Duan Yanxing: “…”
Heaven knew how much he wanted to pin her down right now and strip her bare!
But!
No!
He would never make the same mistake again.
Duan Yanxing took a few deep breaths, desperately suppressing the urge to kiss her. He soothed her gently: “Alright, alright, I’m stingy, I’m not good. Wanwan is the best. Let’s go home. We can touch when we get home. Now, be good, okay?”
“Really? Then let’s pinky promise. We’ll touch when we get home.” The little girl asked while extending her pink, delicate little finger.
Seeing her utterly adorable appearance, the man’s heart softened: “Okay.”
With that, he took her little finger and hooked it together with hers in a childish gesture.
It was both amusing and exasperating.
As their little fingers intertwined, Duan Yanxing narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze fixed on her fair, jade-like little finger. His heartbeat suddenly quickened.
After all these years, he still felt the same flutter for her.
The scenery outside the car window flashed by, and the little girl in his arms finally settled down. However, likely due to the effects of the drug, even in his embrace, she slept restlessly.
In her sleep, she still whimpered from time to time.
“Wah… what do I do? It’s uncomfortable…”
Though she was asleep, she pouted her little mouth, tears rolling down the corners of her eyes. She looked utterly pitiful, as if she had endured all the grievances in the world, unbearably sad, yet unable to wake up.
The man’s heart clenched. He had never seen her so fragile before—like a little hedgehog raising all its spines, yet too disoriented by the drug to find its way.
“Wanwan, be good,” the man’s deep, magnetic voice carried reassurance. “We’ll be home soon. I’ll help you when we get home, okay?”
“Wah…”
As soon as the man finished speaking, the little thing in his arms suddenly whimpered, her delicate little nose twitching, her small hands tightly clutching his sleeve: “It hurts, it hurts so much, it hurts…”
Cold sweat beaded on her forehead, her brows furrowed, and she curled up in the man’s arms like a little kitten.
The man panicked instantly: “What’s wrong? Where does it hurt?”
“Wah… wah… it hurts, it’s uncomfortable.”
“Alright, alright, we’re almost there. Don’t cry, okay? You’re making my heart ache.” The man pleaded anxiously.But the little girl seemed to be in great pain, curling up even more tightly, her eyes tightly shut, her small face flushed red, her lips slightly parted as if she wanted to say something but couldn’t get the words out.
The effects of the drug seemed to be growing stronger, and the little girl’s condition worsened further. She bit her lower lip hard, tears falling drop by drop, trembling as she curled up in the man’s arms.
Seeing her like this, Duan Yanxing wished he could bear all her pain for her.
He leaned down, whispering softly into her ear, “We’ll be home soon, it’s okay.”
A moment later.
The car finally arrived at the Duan Family Gang. As soon as the door opened, the man immediately carried the little girl in his arms out of the car.
A medical team, notified in advance, was already waiting at the entrance. Seeing Duan Yanxing enter, the man at the forefront quickly stepped forward.
This man was the director of the Duan Family’s private hospital and also Duan Yanxing’s good brother in Country M: Lu Yuanchuan.
“Lu Yuanchuan, hurry up and check on my wife! She seems to be in a lot of pain!!! Hurry up!!” Duan Yanxing rushed over, holding Chi Mu in his arms.
Lu Yuanchuan was taken aback. “This is your wife?”
Duan Yanxing nodded.
Alright, Lu Yuanchuan finally understood why he had been called over personally in the middle of the night. It seemed his good brother had fallen in love.
“What are you doing? Hurry up!!” Duan Yanxing urged impatiently.
Lu Yuanchuan shrugged and walked over. With one glance, he knew what was happening.
So, he spoke nonchalantly, “Isn’t this your wife? You handle it yourself.”
“Damn it, if I could handle it, would I have called you over? One sentence—can you treat her or not? If not, I’ll throw you into the sea to feed the sharks right now!!”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, why so fierce?” Lu Yuanchuan teased. “Let me tell you, with your wife’s condition, I really can’t treat it.”
As Lu Yuanchuan said this, Chi Mu lay in Duan Yanxing’s arms, her eyes closed, her small face covered in beads of sweat, murmuring something softly.
It broke Duan Yanxing’s heart to see her like this.
Lu Yuanchuan added, “This situation is simple. You two go upstairs, and you personally help her counteract the drug. Aren’t you a man? Stop dawdling.”
“Damn it, I already said I can’t! Can’t you think of something useful?”
“Well…”
“Shut up and give me the answer directly.”
“Take this pill, then go soak in cold water!”
“You! Damn it, get lost! I should’ve known I didn’t need you, useless!” Duan Yanxing glared at him, then reached out to take the small pill before carrying Chi Mu upstairs.
He left only the bewildered medical team behind.
Lu Yuanchuan: So I came here in the middle of the night just to get scolded by you?
This was the first time Lu Yuanchuan had seen his good brother so furious.
…
After entering the bedroom, Duan Yanxing headed straight to the bathroom to run the water.
But as soon as his hand touched the button beside the bathtub, the little thing in his arms began to struggle, clinging tightly to Duanxing. “No, no, don’t let go, don’t run away, wuwuwu.”
“Wanwan, be good. I’m just running some water for you, then we’ll take the medicine, and you’ll feel better. Listen to me, okay?”
“No, no, wuwuwu, hug me, hug me.” Chi Mu kept nuzzling into Duan Yanxing’s arms, as if only this could ease her discomfort.
And Duan Yanxing, being begged so sweetly by the little girl he loved, felt his heart melting.
Yet he had to restrain himself and do nothing, driving him almost mad.He had thought of her for three years, waited for her for three years, and endured for three years. Now that she was in his arms, Duan Yanxing, even with his formidable willpower, was nearly driven mad.
Thus, he had to make it quick.