Who told you to give birth to my child
The doctor tossed the removed building blocks into a tray.
Jiang Nan Fang quickly helped Rui Rui sit up, checked his face, confirmed he was truly all right, and hugged him tightly.
"It's okay, baby, don't be scared, you're fine now."
Zhan Jing Rui nestled against his mother's embrace, rubbing his little face back and forth. His mother was soft and fragrant, and being held by her was incredibly comforting.
Zhan Jing Rui's small arms wrapped around her, and they clung tightly to each other, a picture of maternal love and filial piety.
Her son, who was usually so intelligent that all his teachers were stunned, who displayed extraordinary talent in everything, why was he so unable to distinguish right from wrong in front of this bad woman?
Was he so easily won over just because they came to the hospital together?
Zhan Bei Jue opened his eyes and frowned unhappily at the scene.
"Don't forget who caused you to be like this. If it weren't for her, would we have had to make a trip to the hospital today? Come here, don't be bought off by her so easily."
Seeing that his father was still angry, Rui Rui looked at him pitifully, afraid that he would punish Jiang Nan Fang.
"Daddy, please don't be angry with Mommy. It's all my fault, it has nothing to do with her. If you want to scold someone, scold me."
"..."
"We're a family, finally together. Can you two stop arguing? Sister and I are always told at kindergarten that we popped out of rocks. I really want to live with Mommy. Please don't be mean to her anymore."
What? They were actually told at kindergarten that they popped out of rocks? How had he never heard of such an absurd thing before?
Faced with his child's vulnerability, Zhan Bei Jue didn't know what to say for a moment.
Zhan Bei Jue lowered his head, lost in thought. He picked up his daughter, walked to the hospital bed, roughly pushed Jiang Nan Fang aside, and picked up his son.
Without a word, holding the children one on each side, he strode out of the emergency room.
Zhan Bei Jue walked expressionlessly into the crowd. Everyone skillfully surrounded him, naturally blocking Jiang Nan Fang, who had followed them out, from the group.
"Hey! Zhan Bei Jue, we haven't settled the child's matter yet, don't go, wait up!"
Rui Rui turned his head and looked at his anxious mother, who couldn't get through the crowd. His eyelids drooped, and two crystal tears fell onto Zhan Bei Jue's hand.
"Brother, why are you crying?"
Zhan Jing Ge deliberately reminded his father to look.
Zhan Jing Rui stubbornly kept his head down, refusing to speak.
But Zhan Bei Jue knew that he had just been injured, his heart was fragile, and with Jiang Nan Fang's sudden appearance today, he must have been missing his mother.
In his entire life, there were only a handful of things that could make him cry.
If he didn't cry, it was fine, but when he cried, he was exceptionally heart-wrenching.
Seeing his son cry, Zhan Bei Jue also felt quite upset.
It was all that vicious Jiang Nan Fang's fault!
She shouldn't have come back!
Zhan Jing Ge saw through her father's thoughts. Fearing that he would scold Jiang Nan Fang again, she quickly reached out her soft little hand and hooked his neck, speaking in a similarly pitiful tone.
"Brother is crying, I want to cry too. Brother misses Mommy, I miss Mommy too. Daddy, why won't you let Mommy come home with us?"
"..."
"Everyone else has a mommy, but only my brother and I don't. Now that we finally have one... sob, Daddy doesn't love me and my brother anymore."
"..."
What had this woman said to the children? Her attempts to sow discord were too successful!
Jiang Nan Fang was still struggling to break through the bodyguards' obstruction to get her son and daughter, when Zhan Bei Jue suddenly stopped.
"Don't cry, Daddy isn't driving her away."
Palm Bay, Zhan Family Villa.
Zhan Bei Jue's house even had a nursery. Did that mean he was already married to that woman?
Why didn't he see that woman and the children?
But what did it matter to him? It had nothing to do with him.
Jiang Nan Fang lay in the middle, with her son and daughter lying on either side of her, listening to her tell a story.
She had intended to discuss custody with Zhan Bei Jue after the children fell asleep.
But the two children seemed to have been frightened today and were exceptionally clingy, nestled in her neck on either side, holding her tightly as if afraid she would sneak away again...
Not wanting to wake the children, she decided to sleep here for one night.
In the spacious and luxurious first-floor living room, the lights were as bright as day.
Zhan Bei Jue's superior features shone brilliantly in the light. He held a glass of red wine, his thoughts returning for the umpteenth time to the night he divorced Jiang Nan Fang.
It was also under such bright lights that she had been so unrestrained, so bold in her actions, so defiant in her smile, that she had stimulated his sensitive nerves to the point of collapse...
Even though so many years had passed, it was still vivid every time he thought about it.
He hated Jiang Nan Fang so much!
Because of her, because of that night, he had developed a psychological block.
Now, not only was he not interested in women, but he would feel disgusted and nauseous if a woman got too close... it was all her fault!
And she still wanted to snatch the children?
After a long time, he came back to his senses and saw no movement upstairs.
"Where is she? Why isn't she coming down yet?"
Butler: "The nanny just checked. She took the young master and young lady to rest in the young lady's room. They've already fallen asleep."
"..." Zhan Bei Jue's eyes were clouded with thin anger.
He had been waiting here for half an hour. Instead of quickly coming down to apologize and beg for mercy, that woman was actually sleeping in her daughter's bed?
On the cute and playful little bed, the two children lay obediently on Jiang Nan Fang's shoulders, their heads together, looking incredibly warm and adorable.
To avoid disturbing the children's rest, Zhan Bei Jue stood at the door and watched for a while, temporarily suppressing his anger. He turned off the light and quietly withdrew from the room.
Returning to his study, he called his best friend, Lu Ming Zhe, who was a psychologist.
"Make time to come over tomorrow. Rui Rui's state has been a bit off lately."
"Hasn't he been fine all along? What happened?"
Zhan Bei Jue said, "He's been drawing a lot of pictures of his mother lately, like her coaxing him to sleep, taking him out to play... What do you think this indicates?"
"What does it indicate? It indicates that you're of age to get married."
Lu Ming Zhe was still in the mood to joke.
"I say, Brother Zhan, you've been divorced for so many years, and the children are already this old. It's not like you can't find a wife, so why are you living like a miserable ascetic?"
"Look at you, a thirty-year-old man, with no woman around you day in and day out. If it weren't for the two children, people would definitely suspect you..."
Zhan Bei Jue hated it the most when people brought this up, and he immediately cut him off coldly.
"Are you a doctor or a matchmaker? I asked you to analyze the problem for me, and this is what you came up with? It's like you're married, do you think you're much younger than me?"
Lu Ming Zhe showed no sign of being a doctor: "I'm not much younger than you, but a year younger is still a year."
"Just thinking about it makes me feel great. There are people in the world who can make you, Zhan Bei Jue, feel troubled."
Too lazy to listen to his nonsense, Zhan Bei Jue directly hung up the phone.
Since he divorced Jiang Nan Fang, he had heard plenty of nagging about getting married in recent years.
First, it was the old man, who complained every day that divorce was rebellious and demanded that he give him a great-grandchild.
Fortunately, the appearance of Rui Rui and Ge'er silenced him.
Then there were his mother's overseas calls urging him to marry.
However, after that night, he began to reject any woman who came near him.
Women, after all, were creatures with schemes, ideas, who got angry, and who betrayed.
What was so captivating about them?
Anyway, he already had children, and the task of continuing the Zhan family lineage was complete.
For him to find a woman again?
Not even a thought.
Zhan Bei Jue slept late but woke up early.
By the time Jiang Nan Fang got up, washed the two children, and took them downstairs, he had already finished an hour of morning exercise, changed into clean clothes, and was drinking coffee downstairs.
The three of them, having slept soundly, came downstairs hand in hand, beaming. Looking at his clear and cold expression, it felt as if they didn't live in the same world.
"Daddy, good morning! I slept so soundly last night, and I'm in a great mood today. Look, am I pretty today?"
Only Zhan Jing Ge, regardless of the occasion or his mood, dared to pounce on him at any time.
Zhan Bei Jue put down his coffee cup, hugged his daughter, and dotedly looked her up and down.
"My daughter is naturally beautiful, she looks good in anything she wears."
Zhan Jing Ge cupped his face with her small hand and pecked him on the cheek: "Hehe, Daddy's mouth is so sweet!"
Jiang Nan Fang, on the other side: "..."
This girl was completely disregarding her safety education. She had only known him for a few hours and was already calling him Daddy and letting him hold her, which was simply outrageous.
Just as she was about to call her over, Zhan Bei Jue revealed his true colors.
He lightly flicked his daughter's nose.
"Although you're dressed beautifully and in a good mood today, I have to dampen your spirits. You and your brother made a mistake yesterday, and you need to write a self-criticism today."
"Ah?"
"A five-thousand-character self-criticism, with one thousand characters on preventative measures. I'll check it when you get back tonight."
A self-criticism of five to six thousand characters was a piece of cake for Zhan Jing Rui. He wasn't afraid, he was just afraid that as soon as he left for school, his father would make Mommy leave again.
He had finally found her, and finally had a mother, he couldn't bear to lose her again.
What could he do to keep her here?
Hearing Zhan Bei Jue say this, Jiang Nan Fang was shocked.
The children were so young, and while it was indeed wrong for them to casually go with someone, wasn't a penalty this severe excessive?
Writing a six-thousand-character self-criticism? What was the difference between that and child abuse!
"Zhan Bei Jue, what's wrong with my children leaving with me? What right do you have to punish them? And with such a heavy punishment!"
Zhan Bei Jue pointed his chin towards the stairs. After the two children went upstairs, he looked at her coldly.
"Don't you know whether I have the right to order them around? Who told you to give birth to my child."
"..."