Translated by newbienoona
Edited by anks
T/N : Da nainai – great grandma .
Meng Xiaonan took Liu Dongyu’s ridicule to heart .
She glances at him, and then at the fearless An Chuxia, and she feels guilty .
As an only child, like An Chuxia, Meng Xiaonan often got in trouble, and An Chuxia often protected her like a big sister .
The thought made Xiaonan more guilty . “There’s too many of them, Chuxia, and you’re still injured . Go back to your room and lock the door behind you . ”
“What do you want to do?” An Chuxia asks, wrinkling her brows . “What do you think they can do to you? You’re in a hospital . They can’t hurt you . ”
The crowd that formed catches the nurses’ attention . They call in the doctors, and before they know it, the medical staff surrounds the group .
“Return with us, or else, your meimei suffers with you!” Liu Dongyu states . He’s just a student who doesn’t have much skill . He didn’t want this event to escalate . He just wanted to talk to Xiaonan . Thinking about it, this is the most fun Dongyu has had with a girl in a while .
“If you dare come any closer, I’m calling the police!” An Chuxia threatens, pulling Xiaonan close to her . “Don’t go to them!”
“Hey, who are you?” one of the doctors ask as he steps up .
Liu Dongyu panics . He didn’t think getting to know Xiaonan would get this big!
“Dongyu ge, what should we do?” His brothers also panic . If this escalates any bigger, this won’t end well . It’s bad enough they skipped school . At least, they’ll get a warning for that . But if the doctors send them to the police station, their parents will definitely kill them!
“Listen,” Liu Dongyu says with a groan . “Take her downstairs . The security guards haven’t been notified yet . Go quickly!”
Several men rush to Meng Xiaonan’s side after Dongyu gave them orders . It is during that time steward Han appears after seeing the madame off . He is surprised to see An Chuxia facing him, but was more surprised to see the crowd facing her .
Then, steward Han shouts, “Liu Dongyu, what is your butt doing here when you’re supposed to be in class?”
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Liu Dongyu freezes . His body trembles as he spreads his arms out to protect his brothers from rushing out .
Sure enough, Liu Dongyu isn’t particularly familiar with the voice he heard, but it’s definitely one he won’t forget . Why is steward Han here? Then, he hears him speak with concern to the girl in front of him . “Xiaonainai, why are you up? Where is your IV?”
As soon as Meng Xiaonan hears steward Han’s question, she looks at an Chuxia’s hand . A pool of blood forms from the dripping wound . She must have removed her catheter when she was calling Chuxia .
“Nurse, come over and stop An Chuxia from bleeding!” Meng Xiaonan suddenly panics . She doesn’t care about Liu Dongyu anymore . She wants An Chuxia cared for in the ward .
A few of the nurses are relieved to stand by steward Han . They turn their attention to Liu Dongyu, who’s still frozen on the spot . He doesn’t want anyone to think he’d actually hurt the girl who’s under steward Han’s watch . Even if it would kill him, he wouldn’t dare talk to Meng Xiaonan!
Dongyu feels his pursuing was all in vain . Not only did he fall, but he sprained his ankle . And now, steward Han found out that he skipped school! He sends his friends away since he knows steward Han doesn’t like them .
Steward Han looks at the boys who were leaving . His heart hurts, but An Chuxia’s summon wakes him up from his stupor . “Steward Han, invite the boy in . ”
Although steward Han obeys An Chuxia, he hesitates upon hearing the command . Then, he looks at Dongyu coldly before saying, “Follow me . ”
These two girls aren’t going to let me go! Liu Dongyu internally sighs and enters the ward . The scent of disinfectant in the room isn’t as concentrated as the scent in the hallways . The floral scent fills the room . Liu Dongyu glimpses at his feet and he sees flowers everywhere .
Immediately, he realizes that the identity of the person currently occupying the room is not normal .
“So your name is Liu Dongyu?” An Chuxia asks as she sits on the bed . The nurse is attending to her wound, and has reattached the IV . Meng Xiaonan stands next to An Chuxia . Her eyes are pinned on him .
“Yeah . ” Liu Dongyu nods and looks at steward Han .
“How do you know him, steward Han? I guess this kid doesn’t know what to do with me!” Meng Xiaonan looks reverently at steward Han . She clearly sees Liu Dongyu shrink a little bit smaller . He seems to be afraid of the butler .
Although Meng Xiaonan isn’t too familiar with steward Han, but since she hangs around An Chuxia a lot, they are friendly with each other .
Hearing Xiaonan’s question, steward Han explains his relationship with Liu Dongyu . It turns out, steward Han’s wife used to be married, and Dongyu is his wife’s son with her former spouse .
After steward Han got married, she wasn’t able to get pregnant . Because of this, the couple decided there wasn’t a need to push the matter regarding children .
Steward Han has always been loyal to his wife, Han Jiazong . He never abused her rights . He rarely visited the country with his wife, nor did he force his wife to move her child to A City . When she died, he kept his relationship with the child, albeit a little stiff . Steward Han uses his savings to send Liu Dongyu to school in the city .
However, the Han family doesn’t know of Dongyu’s existence . Because of this, he can’t enter Stein . The butler can only arrange for Dongyu to attend the vocational school near the College .
Since steward Han rarely sees Liu Dongyu, he compensates by depositing money in his account monthly .
Liu Dongyu, being alone, has developed many bad habits . Also, his [school] performance is a mess . He has made a lot of mistakes, but he hasn’t really made any big ones .
Liu Dongyu knows steward Han is actually very good to him . They just don’t communicate well . Steward Han isn’t good at communicating his emotions to his loved ones . But he knows that he loves him . Otherwise, steward Han wouldn’t use his savings to take care of him .
Now that steward Han caught him skipping school, he’s really afraid .
Steward Han’s narrative is extremely brief, but Chuxia and Xiaonan know Dongyu is stuck in a hard place . They’ve experienced lack of attention themselves, so they’ve become sympathetic with him .
“Xiaonan rushed out after visiting the Dragon King Temple, and bumped into Dongyu in front of the Stein gates . Then they decided to come visit me,” An Chuxia says, smiling sweetly while tugging on Xiaonan’s sleeve .
After An Chuxia’s lead, Xiaonan changes her story . “I was hanging out with Dongyu, steward Han . Please don’t be upset with him, okay?”
Meng Xiaonan blinks at Liu Dongyu, and he nods quickly .
But of course, steward Han is smart, and he knows Meng Xiaonan is lying . But since An Chuxia spoke nicely to help Xiaonan, he doesn’t pursue the event . His face softens instead .
“Look, both of you are sweating . Come eat some watermelon . Let me just cut it up . I can’t finish this by myself . ” An Chuxia gestures Dongyu to come over and have some fruit .
Liu Dongyu didn’t have anywhere to go, and the spot where he stood is a bit cramped .
“If danainai calls you, go . I’ll call your teacher and tell him you’re not coming in,” steward Han says [to Dongyu] before nodding to Chuxia and walking out .
As soon as steward Han exits the room, Liu Dongyu is much more at ease . He walks to the bed and says to Chuxia, “Thank you . Otherwise, my dad would’ve killed me! I just had to say, I’m sorry . ”
“Is that true? I thought you were fearless, Dongyu ge?” Meng Xiaonan deliberately teases him for the remark . His white face blushes from her teasing .
“Okay, no one would mistake you for being dumb!” An Chuxia immediately shuts Meng Xiaonan by shoving the fruit into her mouth . She hands Dongyu a slice of watermelon from her clean hand .
He hasn’t realized how thirsty he’s gotten from running . The watermelon will quench his thirst . Without hesitation, he takes the fruit and says, “Thank you . ”
Then, he is puzzled . He tries to piece the relationships between the people in the room as he finishes his fruit .
“My father called you xiaonainai . Aren’t you still in high school?” Stein College is a noble school, this much he knew . Then he realizes An Chuxia is in the hospital . Is she from the Han family and came to the hospital to deliver a baby?
Just in time, the door to the ward opens . An Chuxia was expecting steward Han to enter, only to see Han Qilu emerging .
The temperature outside has risen to 30 degrees . Qilu has sweat wobbling on his forehead . He saw steward Han making a call in the hallway, so he did not expect anyone else to be in the room .
But as he opens the door, he sees three people . He seems to recall Meng Xiaonan, but he doesn’t remember anything about her during those missing months . Of course, he recognizes An Chuxia, but like Xiaonan, he still can’t remember anything about them .
Chapter end
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