He turned to Gu Ziting, who was standing nearby, and said, “Ziting, wait here for me.”
Knowing that Gu Huaijin needed to administer first aid to Lin Susu, Gu Ziting obediently nodded.
Not long after Gu Huaijin left, hushed whispers drifted over from a nearby table.
“Dangdang, look.
That little boy is a few years younger than you, yet he already knows how to protect his mom and chase away the mistress.”
“In the future, when you see that bad woman, you must learn from that little brother.
Don’t be afraid, understand?”
Hearing the voices, Gu Ziting turned his head to look.
He saw a woman in her early thirties dining with a seven- or eight-year-old boy at the adjacent table.
The boy, named Dangdang, nodded vigorously.
Noticing Gu Ziting looking over, Dangdang hopped down from his chair and walked right up to him.
“Little brother, you’re so amazing!
Can you teach me how to chase away a mistress?”
Gu Ziting froze, slightly bewildered.
“Mistress?”
Assuming Gu Ziting didn’t know what the word meant, Dangdang began to explain it to him very seriously.
“A mistress is a third party who destroys a daddy and mommy’s relationship.
They make daddies and mommies divorce, and they make mommies sad.”
“Women like that are all villains!”
Dangdang’s face twisted into an angry expression.
“Lately, a bad woman has been pestering my dad.
But…”
A look of disappointment washed over Dangdang’s face.
“But I don’t know how to chase her away to protect my mom.”
He looked up at Gu Ziting, his eyes filled with pure admiration.
“Little brother, you were just so amazing!
With just a few words, you chased that mistress away and made your dad and mommy reconcile.
Can you teach me how you did it?”
Gu Ziting still hadn’t quite processed the situation.
“Reconcile?”
But hadn’t his mom been the one who walked away first?
Dangdang looked at him in confusion.
“Didn’t that mistress just get scared off by your words?
And didn’t your dad just carry your mom away?”
Mom?
So, Dangdang had mistakenly assumed Auntie Susu was his mother?
Just then, Dangdang’s mother walked over.
She gently patted Gu Ziting’s head and praised him, “Child, you’re truly a good kid, standing so steadfastly by your mother’s side.
Unlike my Dangdang, who previously said that bad woman was nice just because of a piece of candy.”
Dangdang scratched his head in embarrassment, whispering, “Mom never lets me eat candy.
I just couldn’t help myself.”
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Dangdang hugged the woman’s arm, acting spoiled.
“Dangdang knows he was wrong!
Mom was only doing it for my own good.
Please don’t be angry anymore.”
“It took almost being sold by that woman for me to finally realize that Mom is the best.”
Dangdang gave a silly grin.
“Hehe, realizing it now isn’t too late!”
Although the woman’s words sounded like complaints, the boundless maternal love and tenderness in her eyes were completely undisguised.
Over half an hour later, Gu Huaijin and Lin Susu returned.
Lin Susu said helplessly, “A-Jin, I’m really fine.
It’s just a bit of low blood sugar…
There’s truly no need to go to the hospital.”
Gu Huaijin’s expression was serious.
“You’ve been fainting much more frequently lately.
You still need to get checked at the hospital to prevent your condition from worsening.”
Lin Susu’s expression stiffened almost imperceptibly.
Recently, in order to teach Xia Xing a lesson, she had indeed summoned Gu Huaijin more often than usual.
“I’m perfectly fine,” Lin Susu insisted.
“It’s getting late, and Ziting hasn’t eaten yet.
Let’s get him some food first.
Going to the hospital tomorrow will be exactly the same.”
The two of them chatted as they walked, quickly arriving at Gu Ziting’s side.
Gu Ziting sat alone at a table, staring blankly out the window with an unprecedented look of bewilderment on his face.
Gu Huaijin, however, failed to notice his son’s abnormality.
He walked up to him.
“Auntie Susu isn’t feeling well.
I want to take her to the hospital first.
We’ll have dinner after we get back.”
Gu Huaijin’s tone was flat, but every single word carried an unquestionable authority.
Though Gu Huaijin appeared aloof, he was inherently domineering to the bone.
Once he made a decision, it was notoriously difficult to change.
Under normal circumstances, Gu Ziting would have agreed without a second thought.
But today, for some inexplicable reason, the image of Xia Xing floated into his mind.
Before today, Xia Xing had always prepared his meals punctually every day.
Because of his weak stomach and spleen, he needed to eat on schedule.
Sometimes, when they went out with Lin Susu and it was mealtime, Xia Xing would still have him eat some pastries to line his stomach first.
Due to his special constitution, those pastries were specially customized for him by Xia Xing.
Although Xia Xing’s culinary skills were excellent, eating those same things frequently would inevitably get boring.
Gradually, he had grown to dislike the things Xia Xing made.
Lin Susu’s soft, gentle voice interrupted Gu Ziting’s train of thought.
“A-Jin, Ziting’s health is delicate.
Let him eat something first.”
Gu Huaijin’s voice was crisp and cold.
“Compared to Ziting, your health is far more important.”
Hearing this, a blush crept onto Lin Susu’s cheeks.
She didn’t refuse anymore.
Instead, she lowered her gaze to look at Gu Ziting.
“Ziting, how about we buy a strawberry cake for you to eat on the way?”
Strawberry cake was Gu Ziting’s absolute favorite.
If this were any other day, he would have jumped for joy.
But today, he merely nodded lightly.
“Okay.”
Lin Susu thought Gu Ziting was acting a bit strange today, but she didn’t think much of it.
After having the waiter pack a strawberry cake, she took Gu Ziting’s hand and walked out of the restaurant.
On the way to the hospital, Lin Susu sat in the passenger seat, constantly turning her head back to remind Gu Ziting to be careful while eating his cake.
She sighed wistfully, “If I didn’t get carsick, I would definitely sit in the back with Ziting so I could look after him.”
That was right.
Even when Xia Xing was still around, Lin Susu had always insisted on sitting in the passenger seat.
Her excuse was that she got carsick, and sitting in the front was more comfortable.
Staring at the cake in his hands, Gu Ziting suddenly remembered Dangdang’s mother saying that she didn’t let him eat candy because it was for his own good.
Gu Ziting suddenly spoke up, “Auntie Lin, are you a mistress?”
Lin Susu froze, almost certain she had misheard him.
“What?”
Gu Ziting raised his head and repeated the question seriously.
“Auntie Lin, are you a mistress?”
Lin Susu had never expected Gu Ziting to suddenly ask such a question.
The word “mistress” was a devastatingly lethal blow to any woman.Her expression froze, and she remained stunned for a long time.
“Gu Ziting!”
Gu Huaijin’s voice was dark and thick with displeasure.
“Do you know what you’re saying?
Where did all your upbringing go?”
At this moment, Lin Susu finally snapped out of her daze.
She hurriedly said, “A-Jin, don’t blame Ziting.
He’s still so young; how could he possibly know these things?”
Pausing for a moment, a tinge of sorrow seeped into her voice.
“I know Miss Xia has always disliked me.
But no matter how much she hates me, she shouldn’t say such things to Ziting.
The affairs of us adults shouldn’t involve children.
After all, the child is innocent.
He’s still so young…”