In the afternoon, Wen Xian then clamored about wanting to be discharged and go home, Shen Lingge just acted as if he didn’t hear.
But after making a fuss for a while she got tired, again lay on the bed and fell asleep, and Shen Lingge then always sat by the bedside guarding her.
Not a single step did he ever leave.
Dinner as usual was brought by Duoduo, Duoduo was afraid Wen Xian would be bored so she brought a tablet from home to let her watch TV, but Wen Xian watched for a while and then felt dizzy, Shen Lingge then put away both the phone and the tablet.
Wen Xian leaned in Shen Lingge’s embrace, hadn’t behaved for even a moment before starting to make trouble with him: “Shen Lingge, then can we go home tomorrow?”
Shen Lingge patted her head: “We have to wait for the doctor to finish checking and confirm you’re fine before we can go home.”
Wen Xian clawed at the buttons on his shirt and softly muttered: “I don’t like staying in the hospital, I hate the hospital.”
Shen Lingge’s gaze fell on her red and swollen forehead, softly comforting: “At the latest the day after tomorrow, I’ll take you home. Later Chang Shang will come to see you, he called me asking, I already told him, to save him from worrying.”
Wen Xian raised her head to look at him: “How would Shang Shang know?”
Shen Lingge’s black pupils’ emotion slightly paused: “Last night Qin Zan, in order to find you, used a lot of connections, almost made a fuss the whole night. What’s more, Xu Chuwei is still being held by Qin Zan now, the Xu family already came to demand the person.”
“This matter cannot be hidden in Licheng.”
Wen Xian blanked for a moment: “Holding Xu Chuwei?”
Shen Lingge furrowed his brows: “This matter I’ll talk to you about in a couple of days, right now you just stay properly to recover, don’t think about anything else.”
When Chang Shang came, Wen Xian was just looking at Shen Lingge with wide eyes, asking him about Xu Chuwei’s matter, but Shen Lingge just didn’t want to tell her at this time, because both Qin Zan and he still hadn’t found evidence that this matter was done by Xu Chuwei.
Seeing Chang Shang come, Wen Xian then put away her child-like temper and properly sat up straight on the bed, not even waiting for Chang Shang to speak first, she first said: “Shang Shang, this matter don’t tell Uncle and Auntie. So they don’t rush over again from Mingcheng.”
Hearing this, Chang Shang was silent for a moment before replying: “Alright.”
After Chang Shang sat down, he didn’t talk with Wen Xian, instead asked Shen Lingge about Wen Xian’s condition. So the two men then started talking about her as if there was no one else around, while she could only watch from the side unable to butt in.
Wen Xian: “……”
Because Shen Lingge had taken away her phone, she could only boredly play with Shen Lingge’s fingers. His fingers were all long and slender, on one knuckle of the right middle finger there was a thin callus, Wen Xian rubbed that callus a few more times.
Not knowing what Shen Lingge said, Chang Shang suddenly raised his voice, in surprise said: “What?”
Wen Xian lifted her eyes and looked towards Chang Shang: “Shang Shang, what’s wrong?”
Chang Shang: “……”
Chang Shang lightly coughed, probingly asked: “Jie, my brother-in-law said tonight his parents will come to see you, do you know?”
Wen Xian instantly grabbed tightly Shen Lingge’s hand, she thought she heard wrong: “What?!”
Wen Xian: “……….”
Shen Lingge looked at the siblings with exactly the same expression, somewhat helplessly said: “The matter blew up a bit, someone with a loose mouth told my mom, my mom knew and then called me saying she wanted to come over.”
In his black pupils was tinged a bit of smile: “My parents are already on the way now.”
Wen Xian: “……….”
Wen Xian raised her hand and touched her own face, she attempted to act shameless: “Shen Lingge, I look so ugly right now wuwu, can I lie on the bed and play dead. And also… I’m not prepared, isn’t it too fast?”
Shen Lingge furrowed his brows: “The first half I’ll pretend I didn’t hear.”
Wen Xian pursed her lips: “…Then what about the second half?”
Shen Lingge patted her head, spoke in a low voice: “My parents are just worried about you, no other meaning, you don’t need to be nervous. And with me here, they’ll just take a look at you and then leave, won’t stay long.”
Wen Xian whimpered, hid into the blanket and didn’t move anymore.
Chang Shang originally wanted to leave after seeing Wen Xian, but right now didn’t know whether he should leave or not. If he stayed it was a bit awkward, but if he left he was afraid Wen Xian would be scared alone.
Just as he was hesitating, Shen Lingge raised his hand and patted his shoulder: “Later I’ll have someone send you back.”
These words meant letting him stay, Chang Shang seeing Shen Lingge say so then stayed. He was also afraid Shen Lingge’s parents wouldn’t be easy to get along with, and Wen Xian at this moment could be considered all alone.
Besides him there was no other family member in Licheng.
In the end Wen Xian knowing her struggle was fruitless, then while Shen Lingge and Chang Shang were talking started secretly stealing the phone on the bedside cabinet. She first stuck her head out to take a look, her arm had just stretched out a little when she was grabbed by Shen Lingge.
He lowered his eyes and looked at her: “Taking what?”
Wen Xian almost spoke with breathy voice: “…Taking phone.”
Shen Lingge paused for a moment, then picked up the phone from the bedside cabinet and handed it to her, Wen Xian blinked and received it, she turned around with her back facing Shen Lingge and started playing with the phone.
Chang Shang at the side watched their interaction, after hesitating for a moment he then said: “Brother-in-law, you shouldn’t always indulge my sister. Since she was little she was mischievous, in second grade of elementary school she already dared to sneak out from school.”
Shen Lingge glanced at Wen Xian who was tap-tap tapping on the keyboard, he raised his brows: “How did she sneak out?”
Chang Shang had a helpless face: “There was a classmate in her class who got sick, she took advantage of other people’s parents picking up children and secretly followed them out, at the security gate she even pointed at others saying that was her dad and mom.”
“My uncle almost got so angry he died.”
Shen Lingge: “…What did she sneak out for?”
Chang Shang sighed: “To go to the park to see puppies. During spring outing they went to that park, she kept thinking about wanting to play there, but that time my uncle and aunt were busy, so she secretly sneaked there by herself.”
Shen Lingge couldn’t hold back from curling up his lips: “Xian Xian was already that cute when she was little.”
Chang Shang: ...Is that the main point.
And at this time Wen Xian couldn’t be bothered with what they were chatting about, she was chatting with Duoduo using Shen Lingge’s WeChat account.
[Shen Lingge: Duoduo!!!]
[Duoduo: ……]
[Duoduo: Miss?]
[Shen Lingge: Wuwuwu it’s me.]
[Duoduo: …Miss what are you doing?]
[Shen Lingge: Duoduo, Shen Lingge told me his dad and mom are coming to see me, but I’m so ugly right now wuwu.]
[Shen Lingge: You sneak in and put makeup on me!]
[Duoduo: .]
[Duoduo: Miss, I don’t want to lose my job.]
[Duoduo: Right now Young Master’s mood is very bad, Miss, please be good.]
[Shen Lingge: What’s wrong with him?]
[Duoduo: It’s very complicated, can’t explain clearly.]
[Shen Lingge: ……?]
[Duoduo: Miss, please stop playing with the phone, I won’t talk with you anymore, I have to go feed Qiuqiu, and also have to take Wen Xianxian out to play.]
Wen Xian: “…….”
She felt that right now in this house she already had no status at all, all the people around her were Shen Lingge’s people, they all sided with Shen Lingge, even Wen Xianxian leaned towards him.
Wen Xian suddenly felt sadness surge up.
Wen Xian angrily put down the phone, but once she thought about Duoduo saying Shen Lingge’s mood was very bad, she turned around and started observing his expression, he and Chang Shang were already talking about a game from a few years ago.
She listened for a while, and found that everything they said she couldn’t understand.
Shen Lingge didn’t look like he was in a bad mood at all, when talking with Chang Shang his tone and expression were as usual, even seemed a bit gentler than usual.
Wen Xian lowered her eyes thinking for a while, she reached out and held his hand.
Shen Lingge immediately back-gripped her hand.
Wen Xian rubbed her face against the back of his hand then tiredly closed her eyes, her energy wasn’t very good, after playing for just a little while she already felt tired. Not long after, Wen Xian fell asleep.
Shen Lingge and Chang Shang then tacitly stopped talking.
…
When Shen Rongsheng and Song Mingxi arrived at the hospital it was already eight o’clock in the evening.
After Song Mingxi got out of the car, she kept pulling Shen Rongsheng asking: “Old Shen, look at me, has my makeup smudged, does this lipstick color look a bit gentler? Will it scare the child?”
Song Mingxi had been asking him this question since getting on the plane, Shen Rongsheng answered her for the thousandth and first time: “Not smudged, this color is the same as the first time you applied it, won’t scare the child.”
Song Mingxi immediately took out a small mirror: “Really? Same as the first time?”
Shen Rongsheng patiently nodded: “Same, I handed it to you, I remember.”
Song Mingxi nodded in satisfaction: “Still your taste is good.”
Shen Rongsheng smiled, held her hand and walked towards the elevator entrance.
While waiting for the elevator Song Mingxi still reminded: “I heard from Lingge that a few years ago that child’s parents had an accident and passed away, these years living alone, later when you speak mind your words.”
Shen Rongsheng nodded: “I remember.”
Actually, Shen Rongsheng and Song Mingxi until now still didn’t clearly know Wen Xian’s identity, Shen Lingge had only simply mentioned it once and didn’t elaborate, they also hadn’t gone to investigate.
The children’s relationship matters, they never interfered.
But once upstairs, Song Mingxi realized her worry was all unnecessary. Because when they entered, Wen Xian was already asleep, in the room there were only Shen Lingge and Chang Shang two people.
Seeing that little girl was asleep, Shen Rongsheng didn’t go in, only Song Mingxi went in to take a look.
Just as Shen Lingge was about to open his mouth to call Mom, Song Mingxi twisted his arm, she glared at him, signaling him to keep quiet.
Shen Lingge: “……”
So Shen Lingge and Chang Shang were both driven out, the three men outside the hospital room looked at each other.
Song Mingxi walked lightly over to the bedside, she bent down slightly to take a look at the sleeping Wen Xian, although the little girl’s face had wounds, at a glance one could tell she was a pretty girl.
She gently brushed aside the hair sticking to Wen Xian’s cheek with heartache, then quietly watched for quite a while before going out.
As soon as Song Mingxi stepped out the door, her face turned cold and she asked Shen Lingge: “How did it come to someone getting kidnapped? Did they catch the person?”
Shen Lingge had already explained it once to Shen Rongsheng earlier, when Song Mingxi asked, he didn’t go into detail, only spoke in a low voice: “It’s my fault, I didn’t protect her well.”
Seeing Shen Lingge’s expression wasn’t too good either, Song Mingxi didn’t ask further, she pulled Shen Rongsheng to the side, the two of them spoke for a while. After a moment she looked towards Shen Lingge and said: “I discussed with your dad, he’ll go back first tomorrow by himself, I’ll stay to take care of that child.”
Shen Lingge softly answered.
Song Mingxi and Shen Rongsheng didn’t plan to go to the Wen family, only looked for a hotel to stay at. After Shen Lingge sent them to the hotel, he then had the driver send Chang Shang back to school before returning to the hospital.
On the road back to the hospital, Shen Lingge’s gaze was dim and unclear as he looked at the heavy night outside the window.
This day, for him, was too much torment.