Little Bean thought about it and told Song An about what had happened back home. When Song An heard it, she frowned immediately. “Yan has a fever and your mother is taking care of her?”
Little Bean nodded flatly. “That’s right.”
“Little Bean, how can a pregnant lady take care of someone who has a high fever? What if she gets infected?”
Though Little Bean was smart, he knew little about pregnancy. He was only aware that Yan was under the weather and that she needed someone else to take care of her. Since his mother was willing to be the caretaker, he didn’t think of anything else. Now that he saw Song An speaking about this seriously, only did Little Bean realize how grave the issue was. “Grandaunt Song, Mommy—”
Song An took out her phone. “Let me call your daddy and ask him to deal with this.” Since everyone’s background had already been cleared up, Song An also had Ye Moxuan’s number registered in her phone. She got up and walked outside to call him.
Yuchi Jin, who sat next to them, heard their conversation, but he didn’t hear it clearly. Hence, after Song An walked out, he got up to sit next to Little Bean.
“Hi, great-grandfather!” Little Bean only seemed to notice Yuchi Jin at this moment and addressed him after letting out a brief exclamation.
Yuchi Jin was emotional when he heard that. However, at the same time, he felt like he was a failure that his existence had only been noticed until now and yearned for kinship more than anything else after being alone for so many years. Seeing a good-looking, smart, delicate great-grandson seated in front of him, it was no longer important whether he was the first to be noticed or not. He was already more than elated by the fact that Little Bean was willing to address him ‘great-grandfather’. “Hello there!” he replied to Little Bean as a child-like smile blossomed on his old face.
Little Bean looked at him and blinked before saying, “Aunt Yan is very good to me. She often takes care of me and cooks for us.”
Upon hearing that, Yuchi Jin looked a little shocked. “This Aunt Yan is so good to you?”
“Yeah!” Little Bean nodded fervently with a disappointed expression on his face. “I should be the one taking care of her since she is sick. But Mommy says that since you have already invited us for dinner, if no one comes, you will feel lonely. So, she asked me to come over to keep you company.” With that, Little Bean tugged on Yuchi Jin’s sleeves and continued in a small voice, “Great-grandfather, are you upset because I’m the only one who came?”
Yuchi Jin remained quiet. How could I be upset? I’m elated beyond belief! To be honest, I had wished that everyone could attend tonight’s dinner. After all, the reunion dinner last night made him realize the joy that he had not experienced for a while—even though Ye Moxuan and Little Bean were not there. It had been a while since his house had been so full of people.The incidents that had happened in the past were already part of the bygones. When he wanted to reminisce about it, he realized that his memories had been blurry. He could only vaguely remember who was there, but he couldn’t recall the conversations back then. As he recalled the past, he only felt mixed emotions within him.
After that, Yuchi Jin realized that the most vivid memory that he had of the reunion dinner was that not everyone attended it. After all, it was just yesterday when it happened, so he yearned for that feeling of joy even more. He even thought, Now that my grandson, great-grandson, and my own daughter are back, it would be a big family if my granddaughter-in-law with all her friends comes here! Thinking about this, Yuchi Jin smiled broadly.
Sure, he hadn’t completely accepted his granddaughter-in-law. “Of course not. So, your name is… Little Bean?”
Upon the mention of his name, Little Bean blinked and explained to Yuchi Jin, “Little Bean is the nickname my mommy gives me. My real name is Han Yishu.”
Han Yishu? When he heard the last name, Yuchi Jin frowned immediately and responded in displeasure, “Why is your last name Han?”
Little Bean asked innocently, “Is there any problem with my last name being Han?”
Yuchi Jin replied, “Of course. Han is the last name of your mother, right? You should follow your daddy’s surname, Yuchi.” Yuchi Yishu? When Yuchi Jin recited this name in his thoughts, he thought that the name was perfect and it sounded good.
However, Little Bean did not agree with him. “You’re wrong about that, great-grandfather. Even if I were to follow my daddy’s last name, it will be ‘Ye’, and not ‘Yuchi’.” Little Bean knew that his daddy was Ye Moxuan and he only used the last name ‘Yuchi’ after he lost his memories. “On top of that, since Daddy can have ‘Yuchi’ as his last name, I can have ‘Han’ as my last name too.”
To Ye Moxuan, the Yuchi family was his mother’s family and to Little Bean, the Han family was his mother’s side as well. If Ye Moxuan had the last name Yuchi, Yuchi Jin, as his great-grandfather, should not have any excuses to condemn Little Bean for having the last name ‘Han’.
At that moment, Yuchi Jin was unsure on how to respond. “May I know why you want to have the last name ‘Han’?”
Little Bean said, “Great-grandfather, if you want to know about this, you can ask Mommy as she knows the best about this. When I was born, only Mommy was with me. I had no daddy.”
When Yuchi Jin heard that, he was shocked immediately. “No daddy? You’re saying that—”
“Hmph! Daddy didn’t take care of Mommy and I. Bad daddy! Great-grandfather, Mommy was the only person who brought me up.” With that, Little Bean even looked like he was about to cry. “Back then, apart from working, Mommy had to take care of me. Her life was really tough.” It was while putting in good words for his mother that Little Bean stabbed Ye Moxuan in the back.
When Yuchi Jin heard that, he went silent. He was unable to learn more about Little Bean’s background because his information was well protected, probably due to the Han family’s influence. However, Yuchi Jin never realized that this was the case. What had happened back then? Why did that woman bring this little brat up alone?
Yuchi Jin reflected on the way Han Muzi respectfully treated him each time, even though she knew that he did not approve of her. She didn’t hold any grudges against him and even treated him well.
If Song An hadn’t stopped her at that time, he could probably have eaten more of Han Muzi’s home cooked food during the reunion dinner.
Thinking about this, Han Muzi had looked at him with a grateful expression in her eyes. It seemed as if she wanted to impress him. On top of that, she even brought Little Bean up alone and taught the little brat well. Yuchi Jin’s thoughts about Han Muzi had changed completely in that instance. He believed that women who were able to bring up their children alone were great women. After all, it was never easy to take care of a child. When he raised both his daughters, it was quite tough indeed. However, in the end, who knew that both of them would still leave him?
