538: Chapter 538: Show Tang Bao the Decayed Tooth, Update 1 (5)_1 538: Chapter 538: Show Tang Bao the Decayed Tooth, Update 1 (5)_1 Qin Mu met the little lolita’s cheerful and serious eyes, his expression darkening slightly.
“Hmm…
I’ll listen to Tang Bao…”
“Yay, hehe.”
The little lolita was having a great time between Gu Mochen and Qin Mu.
Gu Mochen and Qin Mu, however, each harbored their own thoughts.
Qin Mu’s face was somewhat unsightly…
The marriage between Gu Mochen and Jian Ran was supposed to be just for show, right?
Why…
had it come to this?
Gu Mochen’s gaze drifted ambiguously toward the kitchen where Jian Ran was, his thin lips pursed.
“Tang Bao, you chat with Uncle Qin for a while.
Daddy will go to the kitchen to help Mommy.”
“Okay…”
…
Jian Ran was busy in the kitchen, and before she could turn around upon hearing a noise behind her, the man’s large hand had already landed on her slender waist and then he enfolded her from behind into his arms.
Jian Ran’s slender body stiffened inexplicably, as she awkwardly looked away and spoke in a hoarse voice.
“Gu Mochen…”
“Mhm.”
His familiar scent filled the air she breathed, and Jian Ran’s knife work became a bit erratic.
“Why aren’t you playing with Tang Bao in the living room, why come find me?”
“I missed you.”
Jian Ran: “…”
Hearing Gu Mochen’s magnetic words, Jian Ran couldn’t help but swallow.
“Mhm.”
She responded faintly.
Qin Mu was just outside in the living room; was Gu Mochen blatantly showing affection with no regard for anyone else?
Was he aware of how proactive he was being?
Jian Ran suppressed the odd feeling in her heart and whispered.
“How is Han Siming doing?”
“Hospitalized…
I’ve arranged for the best caregivers to look after him, and also assigned people from the Han Family.”
“Good.”
Jian Ran nodded.
She could affect a cold indifference towards Han Siming, but deep down, she couldn’t remain completely indifferent, knowing his injury was somehow because of her…
“By the way…
what about Chu Yingying, has she been charged?”
“Her matter, I will handle it.”
Jian Ran: “…”
Jian Ran observed Gu Mochen deliberately avoiding her question, clearly having his own logic regarding Chu Yingying’s case.
A flicker of deep thought crossed her graceful eyes.
Since Gu Mochen said so…
She shouldn’t pry further.
After all…
although Chu Yingying wished her dead,
it was Han Siming who was hurt.
Let Han Siming and Chu Yingying resolve their own issues.
Jian Ran truly did not want to interfere with their affairs anymore.
This was a matter of life and death.
All she wanted was a peaceful and safe life with Tang Bao.
“Fine, I’ll just follow your lead.”
“Mhm…”
A flicker of contemplation passed through Gu Mochen’s deep eyes; a charge had been made, but he intended to have Chu Yingying released extrajudicially.
Because…
some things afford protection when someone is safely behind bars.
Those who tried to harm Jian Ran…
how could they leave any mercy in their actions?
The cold and dangerous glint that flashed across Gu Mochen’s eyes made Jian Ran inexplicably feel the air around her turn several degrees colder.
“Just focus on cooking.
Let me hold you for a while.”
Jian Ran: “…”
Listening to the man’s magnetic voice by her ear, he was so unabashedly holding her…
What should she do?
“Okay.”
Jian Ran tried to concentrate solely on her task, slicing the vegetables in front of her, then pouring oil, adding them to the pan, and stirring, her movements skilled.
Gu Mochen seemed to realize that sugar is a good ingredient, but Jian Ran hardly ever used it.
Children all love sweets, but Jian Ran rarely prepared these for Tang Bao.
“Jian Ran…
does Tang Baobao have severe cavities?
Let’s find time to take her to the hospital for a checkup,” he said.
Jian Ran felt a sudden pang in her heart upon hearing Gu Mochen say this, and asked unnaturally.
“Why…
do you suddenly mention this?”
“Children all like sweets, and although Tang Bao hasn’t said it, I think she probably feels the same.
Since she can’t eat sweets because of cavities…
isn’t curing the cavities the solution?”
Jian Ran: “…”
Gu Mochen gazed at Jian Ran’s soft, pale face and continued.
“Moreover…
I think Tang Bao’s teeth look quite neat, and the problem doesn’t seem too serious.
You don’t have to be so strict.
She’s still a child, especially since she’s a girl…
I want to spoil her and see her grow up healthy.”
Jian Ran: “…”
Jian Ran’s face turned even paler at Gu Mochen’s words.
Because…
Tang Bao didn’t actually have any cavities at all.
“Well…
but I think it’s still better for children to eat less of it…
When I have time later, I will take her to the hospital for a checkup.
Not eating sugar now is also to prevent cavities, and besides, Tang Bao doesn’t really love eating candy that much.”
In fact…
Tang Bao really liked it.
When she was little, before she knew better, Jian Ran would hit her very hard every time she ate sweets, to make sure she remembered.
Now…
as Tang Bao gradually grew up, she became more reasonable.
When she was younger, Jian Ran was so heartbroken that she would only feel relieved when the little girl dared not reach out for the candy others offered her.
“Children…
all love it…
especially girls, who doesn’t hold a lollipop in her hand?”
Jian Ran: “…”
Listening to Gu Mochen’s words, Jian Ran suddenly felt as though she had no grounds to argue.
She was so at a loss for words that even her concentration while chopping vegetables started to wane.
“Ah…”
By accident, Jian Ran cut deep into the index finger of her left hand with the sharp knife, blood gushing out immediately.
Gu Mochen’s expression tightened upon seeing this…
“How is it?”
Gu Mochen reached out his large hand to grasp Jian Ran’s small one and took her finger into his lips without hesitation.
“Don’t move, let’s stop the bleeding first…”
Jian Ran: “…”
Seeing Gu Mochen hold her finger in his mouth without any sign of disgust or squeamishness, his focus intense, her fingertip wrapped in the warmth of his lips and tongue, a strange sensation began to spread in her heart.
Just now…
She had been perplexed by Gu Mochen’s questioning.
Perhaps…
if this incident could distract Gu Mochen’s attention for a while, it wouldn’t be so bad.
Jian Ran squeezed a faint smile on her lips.
“Okay…”
Jian Ran tried to withdraw her hand from the man’s lips but found it firmly grasped by him.
As their eyes met, Jian Ran felt her face burn intensely, unsure whether it was because she had just deliberately avoided Gu Mochen’s topic or because…
Right now, she was being treated with such intimacy by Gu Mochen.
Jian Ran felt somewhat dizzyingly disoriented.