Ye Moxuan felt a throbbing headache at the mention of those words. I had put my foot in my mouth earlier because I was too anxious. I didn’t mean it at all. However, I lost my rationality when I saw how much she treasured the unborn child and I recalled what she had done before. Previously, in the hospital, when I learned that she was pregnant, my first reaction was to remind myself to trust her no matter what. However, why did I fail to do that when the time requires me to do so?
Little Bean’s arms were still folded in front of his chest. He snorted before suggesting, “If you beg me, Daddy, I might be able to plead your case with Mommy.”
Ye Moxuan was rendered speechless for a while at his response. “Did you just… call me ‘Daddy’ again?”
Little Bean’s expression soured immediately because he knew all along that Ye Moxuan was his father and he addressed him as such out of habit.
“Little brat, it’s fine even if you refused to tell me the whole story.” I can pretty much guess it anyway.
“You are the little brat! Hang on, no! You are an evil brat! You bullied Mommy just now. Mommy’s unborn child and I will not forgive you.”
Ye Moxuan’s heart melted into mush when he saw the child, who was his spitting image, reprimanding him while glaring at him. Hence, after Little Bean was done with his scolding, Ye Moxuan suddenly reached out to wrap him into a tight embrace.
“Ah! Bad daddy! Just speak if you must, but what are you doing now?”
Ye Moxuan had already embraced Little Bean before the child could react. Little Bean felt Ye Moxuan’s warmth despite wearing a sweater and a thick down jacket. This is… the warmth of a father. Little Bean was stunned to silence as thoughts ran through his mind. I think this is… the first time Daddy has hugged me so tightly. Besides, judging by the looks of it, Daddy seems rather moved. Why isn’t he angry at all after all my scolding?
“Hmph! Hmph! Don’t you even think for a second that I’d forgive you so easily just because you are hugging me now!” Little Bean still tried to be difficult.
On the other side, Yan and Xiao Su closed the door after walking into the apartment and they bumped into Han Muzi who was in the living room. Han Muzi was shocked due to Little Bean’s sudden appearance. However, everything cleared up suddenly when she saw Yan and Xiao Su. It seems that Yan and Xiao Su brought him here.
“You guys…” Han Muzi was about to say something when Yan made a gesture as if she begged for mercy. “Muzi, Muzi, please, Muzi, you are the best. It’s not my intention to bring Little Bean over. Little Bean is the one who forced me to take him here. You can’t blame me for this. You have to blame Little Bean for this one.” Yan shamelessly shoved the blame entirely on Little Bean. After all, Little Bean is Han Muzi’s child and she would not be angry with him. Besides, Little Bean and I had an agreement beforehand.
Xiao Su was in shock because he had not expected Yan to fully blame Little Bean. However, Han Muzi did not find that odd at all. On the contrary, she squinted suspiciously at Yan. “Is that so?”
“Of course! You should know your son best!”
Han Muzi was not too interested in this issue, so she did not blame Yan. After all, she knew how persistent Little Bean could be, especially when he pestered someone for something. However, everything happened too fast for her to process.
It isn’t an issue for Little Bean to come looking for me. It’s great that I get to see him because I miss him too. However… what I was not prepared for was the fact that Ye Moxuan is around when Little Bean is here. I wasn’t planning for both father and son to meet under such abrupt circumstances and now, Ye Moxuan took him outside. Although I know that he wouldn’t harm Little Bean, I wonder what is going on in his mind. I wonder if he’d be able to accept reality by meeting a child, who closely resembles him, when Ye Moxuan has lost all his memories. Can he accept it? I was almost scared witless when he lost his rationality just now. With Little Bean’s sudden appearance, I’m quite shocked, to be honest.
Han Muzi lowered her eyes when she was still deep in thought. In the beginning, Yan assumed that Han Muzi would reprimand her, but she remained unexpectedly quiet. Yan thought something was amiss and suddenly understood the situation better after piecing the incident earlier.
She then explained hastily, “Well…I did not expect things to turn out this way too. Initially, I just wanted to take Little Bean to visit you since he missed you very much. I felt that he is also pitiful because he just wanted to see his mommy after all. After we landed, we came over based on your address. At first, we planned to visit you, but your door was left ajar. That was how we happened to overhear your argument. It was too late for us to stop Little Bean by the time he dashed into the apartment.”
She described what happened in brief. Then, Han Muzi looked up and met her gaze, calmly stating, “This isn’t your fault and I know that. I’m just worried about—”
Just when she was speaking, Little Bean’s voice shouted from outside, “Daddy, bad daddy! Mommy… come, quick.”
Han Muzi almost jumped out of her skin when she heard his screams and rushed out. Yan and Xiao Su exchanged a glance before chasing after her from behind.
After opening the door, Han Muzi realized that Ye Moxuan had fainted and squashed Little Bean beneath him. Little Bean wore thick layers of clothes and, with Ye Moxuan’s large body pressing on him, he was unable to free himself.
The scene was extremely comical, but Han Muzi could not find it amusing at all because Ye Moxuan, who had passed out, looked terribly pale. In fact, beads of cold sweat formed across his forehead. What… happened?
Before Han Muzi could respond, Xiao Su and Yan immediately pulled them apart. Xiao Su helped Ye Moxuan up whereas Yan pulled Little Bean away and she patted his back to remove the dust from his clothes.
“What happened?” Yan asked in bewilderment.
Han Muzi stared at Ye Moxuan’s pale face and she pursed her lips. “Let’s not ask any questions now. He looks like he’s in bad shape. I need to take the car keys. Both of you should help to get him downstairs into the car, please.”
“Sure.”
Xiao Su was a man, so he had more strength and helped Ye Moxuan down the stairs effortlessly, whereas Yan held Little Bean’s hand and they walked down together. Han Muzi searched the apartment and she found the car keys Ye Moxuan left on the coffee table before dashing into her bedroom to fetch her handbag. Then, she rushed downstairs after locking up the apartment. The group then sent Ye Moxuan to the hospital together.
Little Bean held Yan’s hand, but he stared at Han Muzi, who stood nearby. Mommy merely looked at me once ever since I arrived. She has ignored me since then! In fact, she is only focusing on my bad daddy. I came all the way here to see her, but Mommy didn’t even bother to hug me.
The more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt. However, Little Bean reminded himself that Ye Moxuan was admitted to the hospital, so he had no choice but to nurse his grievance in silence. Forget it, I shall give in to Daddy this time since he is a patient!
