"Gu An Ran, I told you before to NEVER contact Tong Wenhai, why don't you listen!!"
Lin Xiaofen’s voice was very loud, so loud that even Su Yi Cheng who is by the side could hear Lin Xiaofen’s roar on the phone.
An Ran was stunned, and didn’t react for a long time, seemingly really scared by her mother’s roar and accusation. Mainly she was unprepared and completely caught by surprise.
On the other side of the phone, Lin Xiaofen was still extremely agitated, and continued screaming, "Gu An Ran, if you continue to see Tong Wenhai again, don't bother calling me mom anymore!!" After that, she hung up immediately and did not even give An Ran time to recover from her shock.
An Ran stiffly held onto the phone, just looking at it, even if the line has already been cut, she still has no reaction, unable to recover from her shock and surprise. In her recollections, Lin Xiaofen has never yelled at her like this, no matter how angry she was she has not reacted so hysterically so. There were quarrels in the past, and that was the difference in opinion between the two about her marriage last time, but even then no matter how angry her words were never so harsh, never has it been so!
Su Yi Cheng took the phone from her hand and whispered softly in her ear, "What happened?"
An Ran’s eyes slowly recovered, watching him, not speaking for a while, then her nose got extremely soured, her eyes redden immediately, and then the tears started falling uncontrollably.
Su Yi Cheng reached out distressed and wiped the tears from her cheeks. He coaxed and asked, "You went to see Tong Wenhai yesterday?"
An Ran nodded, but the tears did not stop. She only felted wronged. Her heart was aching and she was feeling particularly uncomfortable. She clearly had not done anything, but everyone seemed to blame her for something. Tong Wenhai is so, now even her mother as well.
“What did Tong Wenhai say to you yesterday?” Su Yi Cheng asked, looking at her, he began to wonder if An Ran’s almost miscarriage was related to Tong Wenhai.
An Ran did not speak, shifted her eyes, did not want to meet his.
Reaching out and tilting her head up, letting her look into his eyes, he looked at her steadily, and said, "An Ran, can't you tell me? En?"
An Ran shook her head and looked at him for a while, only to faintly said, "He was the one who looked for me and told me to not intervene in Mo Fei's and Tong Xiao Jie's marriage."
Hearing this, Su Yi Cheng unconsciously felt unpleasant and frowned.
An Ran wiped the tears on her face and turned to look out the window. After a while, she faintly said, "Yesterday, Tong Wen Hai questioned if I had any manners and asked if that was how my father had taught me."
Su Yi Cheng looked at her and didn't speak.
"What qualifies him to lecture me so, just because he is ----" An Ran suddenly covered her mouth.
Su Yi Cheng did not miss her hand on the quilt tightened tightly. Her emotions seem to be agitated, as if trying to suppress herself.
Looking at her, Su Yi Cheng seems to think she is already aware of something. Somewhat worried, looking at her, he gently called, "An Ran..."
It seems that she was afraid he will worry. She turned and smiled at him. Then only said, "I suddenly feel tired, I want to sleep for a while."
Su Yi Cheng looked at her and did not speak, only nodded faintly, holding her to lie down, and then covering her with a quilt, bowing his head and kissing her forehead, saying, "Sleep then."
An Ran nodded, then closed her eyes.
Su Yi Cheng’s cell phone in his pocket rang. It was from Secretary Zheng. He didn’t answer it and rejected the call. He sat next to her for a while, confirming that she was asleep before turning around going outside. But he did not notice, when he closed the door, An Ran on the bed opened her eyes, and she was looking in front with empty eyes.
In the aisle, Su Yi Cheng is calling back to Secretary Zheng, who had just called.
"Alright, I am aware, if there's anything call me again. I won't be in the office today." Not knowing what else Secretary Zheng said on the phone, only hearing Su Yi Cheng said, "En, then I'll have to trouble you then."
Hanging up, when Su Yi Cheng wanted to put the phone back into his pocket, he heard someone calling him from behind. It seemed the person was surprised and called him out uncertainly. "Deputy Mayor Su?"
Su Yi Cheng turned his head. And like the man, he was also surprised and did not expect to meet Tong Wenhai here.
Putting the phone back in the pocket of his clothes, Su Yi Cheng gave him a distanced look, gave Tong Wenhai a faint smile, and gave his greeting,"Director Tong, such a coincidence."
Tong Wenhai also smiled, watching him, nodding and said, "I heard about what happened yesterday, but now seeing Deputy Mayor Su, I am relieved, I think there must have been some misunderstanding, but after clearing it up everything is fine now, everything is fine now."
Su Yi Cheng walked towards him, he has a smile on his face, but the smile was superficial at best. His voice was not light nor heavy, he said coolly, "En, indeed it is a misunderstanding. Some people have reported me for receiving bribes, and therefore, Bo Hai Properties was selected for the northern city's reconstruction project."
Tong Wenhai looked at him and showed a slightly surprised expression. "Is that so, that is ridiculous indeed."
Su Yi Cheng's reaction was faint and didn't pick up on the topic again.
Tong Wenhai looked at him, his eyes were slightly flickering. Seeing that he did not continue on this topic, he shifted away from the topic and said, "How is Deputy Mayor Su here, did a friend got sick?”
Su Yi Cheng continued his bland smile, but the look in his eyes looking at him seemed to be deeper, he just shook his head and said, "No, it is my wife."
"An Ran?" hearing this, Tong Wenhai, said unbelievably,"How can that be?! She was fine when I saw her yesterday!"
Su Yi Cheng nodded and only said, "En, she came to the hospital after she met with Director Tong. The doctor said that her emotions were too agitated, and she almost had a miscarriage."
Tong Wenhai looked at him, stunned, and probed after a while, "An Ran is pregnant?"
Su Yi Cheng nodded and stepped closer to him. He asked him with a smile that's unlike a smile. " Just what did Director Tong say to her yesterday? To affect her so badly that she got so agitated?"
Tong Wenhai was stunned, looked at him and couldn’t say a single word.
Just when the two men were at a standstill, the door behind Tong Wen Hai opened. Mo Fei came out of the ward and saw Tong Wenhai and Su Yi Cheng standing there, he was surprised at first and then frowned slightly and looked at Su Yi Cheng, said,"Deputy Mayor Su, such a coincidence."
Su Yi Cheng turned his head and looked at him, and seem to be surprised. "Oh, Director Mo is also here."
Mo Fei nodded towards him, his face slightly stiff and there was not much more expression.
"That, how is An Ran now?" Tong Wenhai spent a long time contemplating, only to look at Su Yi Cheng with a complicated look and asked.
Without waiting for Su Yi Cheng to answer, Mo Fei at the side asked in a hurry, "What happened to An Ran?" His face, which originally had no excessive expression, was now worried and anxious.
Su Yi Cheng looked at them, chuckled and said, "Director Tong and Director Mo both seems to be so concerned about my wife."
Mo Fei's face stiffened, and the hands hanging by his sides gripped tightly, as if suppressing his own emotions.
And Tong Wenhai's face also became somewhat unnatural, his eyes shifting and not looking at Su Yi Cheng.
Su Yi Cheng coldly hooked the corner of his lips and said, "Thanks for your concern, An Ran is fine." He said, then raising his hand and looking at the time, "Apologies, I have been outside for too long, I will go back in first." Saying so, he turned and headed to An Ran’s ward that was two wards further away.
When he entered, An Ran was still asleep, lying with her eyes closed, her position was the same as just now, but her brows seemed to be a little disobedient and was wrinkled tightly.
Su Yi Cheng lightly sighed and reached out to smooth the folds of her eyebrows, and sat down on the chair beside her bed.
Actually, when An Ran asked him to investigate Tong Wenhai last time, he had also gathered Lin Xiaofen’s information as well. Some matters are really more troublesome the clearer it is, if you are in the dark about it you may be happier indeed, happier and without worries. He didn't want An Ran to know about that even though she had the right to know all about it. He selfishly made the decision not to tell her about it, because he knows that the current state of life is the best for her, and after knowing those things, she will not be as happy and worry free as now.
He doesn't care about whatever truth or whatever reason. He just wanted her to be happy, without any worries, so her brows would never wrinkle like just now, Making her happy, letting her be full of happiness, these are his responsibilities.
Thinking so, the phone that An Ran placed on the bedside table suddenly sounded, the ringtone seems abrupt and intrusive.
Su Yi Cheng quickly took the phone, immediately pressed the mute icon, and then looked at An Ran on the bed, seeing her eyes still closed and had not woken up. Then he looked down at the incoming call prompt displayed on the screen of the mobile phone. It was from Gu Hengwen. Su Yi Cheng took the mobile phone out of the ward.
After answering the call, without time to speak, he heard Gu Hengwen said over the line with a cheerful tone, "Ran Ran ah, are you busy, come home with Ah Cheng for dinner tonight."
"Dad, I am Yi Cheng." Su Yi Cheng said on the phone with a slight smile.
"Oh?" Gu Hengwen was surprised, but he was still very happy. He said, "Is that Ah Cheng, didn't you go to work today?"
"En, I didn't go today." Su Yi Cheng replied.
"True, today is the weekend after all, no matter how busy you have to relax sometimes." Gu Heng Wen said.
"En." Su Yi Cheng nodded and asked, "Dad's school is about to start the new semester right?" It is nearing September, and the new semester is about to begin.
"Yeah, I will be busy again." Gu Hengwen smiled, then probed and asked, "Ah Cheng ah, what is Ran Ran doing?"
Su Yi Cheng knows what he wanted to ask and said directly, "Dad, An Ran is asleep."
Gu Hengwen sighed and asked, "Sigh, Ran Ran must be blaming her mother right?"
"No, An Ran is just a little tired." Su Yi Cheng explained, "Which daughter can be really angry with her mother."
"Just now Xiao Fen was a little agitated, so she said some harsh words. Actually she regretted it immediately after hanging up the phone, but then she can't back down either so she asked me to call you both to come home tonight for dinner, that pot of chicken soup of hers has been stewing since last night, just waiting for you both to come back to enjoy." Gu Hengwen said with a smile. "I thought you had to go to work today, so had wanted you to come at night, and then the family will have a reunion. Now it’s better, if you don’t have to go to work, bring An Ran home in the afternoon. I can also play a few games with you after the meal. Today I want to make a comeback and avenge the losses from last time."
Su Yi Cheng also laughed, just turned to look at the ward, he had already asked the doctor, the doctor said that An Ran needs to rest in the ward for the next few days, and she should try not to be tired and should not move around much.
He said on the phone apologetically, "Dad, we may not be able to go over. How about a few days later, I will bring An Ran over in a few days."
"What's wrong?" Gu Hengwen was perplexed, and thought that An Ran was still angry about Lin Xiaofen's phone call from before, and asked, "Is An Ran really angry?"
"Dad, don't think too much about it, An Ran is not angry, she just had a little accident, and is in the hospital now, the doctor said that she should stay in bed for a few days, it is not good for her to be walking around." Su Yi Cheng said frankly.
"Ran Ran is in the hospital?" Regarding this, Gu Hengwen was very surprise.
"What happened, what happened, how could Ran Ran be in the hospital?"
It seems that Lin Xiaofen was also on the side, upon hearing that An Ran is in the hospital, there were then continuous questions asked, the anxiousness and worries were evident.
"Mom, Dad, it's fine now, it's just staying in the hospital for a few days for observations only, don't worry." Su Yi Cheng said comforting.
At this moment, Tong Wenhai came out from the neighboring ward and turned his head just in time to meet the eyes of Su Yi Cheng.
"How can we not worry, with An Ran there, why didn't you inform us, we are An Ran's parents!" The phone was grabbed over by Lin Xiaofen, holding the mobile phone, and urgently said, "Ah Cheng, Where are you now we will go over right now!"
Su Yi Cheng was helpless and could only tell her the address, "In the Fifth Hospital of the City, the Obstetrics and Gynecology Inpatient Department."
"We are going over now." After that, Lin Xiaofen hangs up.
Su Yi Cheng shook his head and put the phone away, turned his head, seeing Tong Wenhai coming over to him, then stood in front of him.
Su Yi Cheng looked at him, his face did not have much expression, he only asked, "Director Tong, is anything the matter?"
Tong Wenhai looked at the ward and looked at him again. He asked, "Can I go in and see An Ran?"
If he guessed correctly, Su Yi Cheng* feels that he seems to have a kind of guilty emotion in his eyes.
Responding coldly, Su Yi Cheng only said, "Apologies, I don't want to let An Ran's emotions get out of control upon seeing you. The doctor especially said that An Ran needs rest."
"I, I am her--" Tong Wenhai tries to explain, and suddenly realized something, then swallowed the words with effort.
Su Yi Cheng just glanced at him, and looked at him seriously and steadily, and there was completely no trace of temperature in his expression. After a while, he sneered and asked, "What is Director Tong to An Ran?"
Tong Wenhai shook his head with a bitter smile. "It's nothing."
Su Yi Cheng did not ask more, just took a glance at him, turned and went straight into the ward, shutting the door close.
Outside the door, Tong Wenhai stood there with a bitter smile. Suddenly, from the elevator area comes the sound of high-heeled shoes on marble floor, turning, he saw Mrs. Tong dressed like a noble woman, carrying the latest Chanel handbag walking over to him. She hurriedly grabbed the hand of Tong Wenhai and asked, "Wenhai, how is Xiao Jie? How did she suddenly fall? Is this the ward?" Then she started to push the door to the ward behind Tong Wenhai. However, it was stopped by Tong Wenhai.
Mrs. Tong looked at him strangely, and asked in confusion, "What is it?"
Tong Wenhai looked at her for a while, and then said, "Not this ward." then he let go of her hand and took her to the ward of the Tong Xiao Jie.
Mrs Tong looked at the closed ward door mystified, then quickly caught up to Tong Wenhai in front.
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When Gu Hengwen and Lin Xiaofen got to the hospital, An Ran had not woken up yet.
Su Yi Cheng whispered a brief account of the matter to them, of course, to not let them worry about him while still worrying about An Ran too, Su Yi Cheng did not mention his own matters to them.
After listening, Lin Xiaofen looked at An Ran on the bed dully, looking at her little face that seems to be slightly pale, she regretted her words and scolded herself within her heart hundreds and thousands of times.
Gu Heng Wen could see her distress. He reached out and held her shoulders with his heart aching. He whispered comforting her, said,"Alright, don't feel bad now, isn't An Ran all right now, don't blame yourself anymore."
Perhaps the movement in the room woke An Ran up, she moved her long eyelashes, and woke up gradually.
Seeing Lin Xiaofen and Gu Hengwen in the room, she was slightly stunned, and looked at them with some uncertainty, then she called out, "Dad, Mom? How come you are here?" Speaking so, her look of doubt was directed towards Su Yi Cheng who was standing by the side.
Only then did the few people noticed that she had already woken up. Lin Xiaofen stride forward, looking at her, distressed and touched her face, said, "I am sorry, An Ran, it is all mother's fault."
An Ran only responded after a while, "Mom..." looking at her, her hand slowly raised and held her hand.
Looking at her, Lin Xiaofen’s nose soured and her eyes redden immediately. She said, “Mom shouldn’t have said all those words, I'm sorry, you will always be my daughter, always.”
"En, En." An Ran nodded very hard, confirming it to be so.
Su Yi Cheng and Gu Hengwen looked at the two and shook their heads with a smile.
Lin Xiaofen stayed in the hospital for the whole afternoon, and only in the evening does she and Gu Hengwen got ready to go back.
Su Yi Cheng sent them out, Lin Xiaofen mumbled while walking,"When we go back, let's go through the market and buy a pigeon to stew into soup. Everyday having chicken soup Ran Ran must be tired of the same taste, it is good to change taste once in a while. Oh, right, must remember to buy some pig's trotters as well, pregnant women need more calcium."
Hearing this, Gu Hengwen and Su Yi Cheng looked at each other and smiled. Su Yi Cheng thanked her and said, "Thank you, mom, sorry for bothering you."
Lin Xiaofen looked at him strangely and said, "Ran Ran is my daughter, if I don't bother then who will bother!"
Su Yi Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, yes, mom is right."
The elevator had just came up from below, the red number was flashing, changing and the three stood in front of the elevator door.
The floor was not high anyways, so the elevator came quickly, after a few seconds, only heard a ding, the elevator door opened, but looking at Tong Wenhai and Mo Fei inside, the few people all paused, unable to react.
Tong Wenhai and Mo Fei in the elevator were also stunned, just looking at them, and even almost forgot to come out from inside.
The first to react was Su Yi Cheng, he had just started to speak and saw Lin Xiaofen suddenly reacted, she glare angrily at Tong Wenhai in front of her, and then went forward.
Su Yi Cheng didn't know what she wanted to do. Intuitively he thought she would argue with Tong Wenhai. But he got it wrong, she did not question him, but gave him a slap!
"PAAAA--"
Only seeing Lin Xiaofen raise her hand, and that slap directly fell to the left side of Tong Wenhai's face, the force was so big that the face of Tong Wenhai was directly turned to the side, and then a bright red palm print immediately emerged on the face of Tong Wenhai.
For a moment, everything seemed to be still, and no one spoke. Even the little nurse who passed by looked at this scene and stopped.
This slap seems to exhaust Lin Xiaofen of her strength, even after the slap, her hand was numb by the force of it, and was trembling furiously.
Because of her anger, her chest was heaving, glaring at him, Lin Xiaofen questioned him maliciously,"Tong Wenhai, who do you think you are, who are you to be even trying to be lecturing my daughter!"
Tong Wenhai turned his head and looked at her, clutching his lips tightly, and his hands hanging on both sides were tightly held.
At the side Gu Hengwen also reacted at this time, somewhat worried and calling to her, "Xiao Fen..." he* reach out to pull her back to his side, but Lin Xiaofen blocked his attempt.
Turning her head and looking at Mo Fei who was carrying a thermos by the side, pointing at him, her eyes sharpen and she said, "And you, why do you still want to mess around with my daughter, when you left didn't you leave so suavely? Now why do you want to reverse your actions? Why must An Ran be accused by others that she is trying to break up your marriage?! Who do you think you are to treat her this way!?" With this said, Lin Xiaofen’s emotions seems to be reaching a critical point, and she roared at them with her entire being,“What did we mother and daughter owe you both, for you both to come and try to ruin us like this!" As she said so, her tears couldn’t help but flow. "You all chose what you thought was a better choice. You get to have everything you wanted through marriage. If so then get lost*! Do you think we will treasure such a man, not a chance! But please when you scram*, scram further away and don't scram to where we are and dirty our eyesight!!"
Tong Wenhai tightly pressed his lips shut and looked away from her, completely not daring to look at her at all. The slap on the cheek became more and more red and swollen, and was really quite scary when you look at it.
Mo Fei was also completely speechless, his hand holding the thermos bottle was held so tightly that it seems his veins will burst out.
Lin Xiaofen cried uncontrollably, and her whole body suddenly became weak. Fortunately, Gu Hengwen, who was behind her, quickly took her into his arms. Then looked up and took a glance at Tong Wenhai and Mo Fei, only gently said, "Let's go."
Su Yi Cheng indifferently asked Tong Wenhai and Mo Fei to move away from their spot, and then sent Gu Hengwen and Lin Xiaofen out.
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Su Yi Cheng* - raws has it as Su Yi Jiao
he* - raws has it as Tong Wenhai
get lost, scram* - I almost wanted to just use f*ck off to show how much she hated them, but then it doesn't seem to be in line with LXF's char.
Such a satisfying chapter, more slaps please!
