Susu detected Tianyi's displeasure and said, "Alright, doctor, thank you for your trouble."
"Mr. and Mrs. Qin, this is what we should do. Please rest assured."
On the way home from the hospital, Tianyi remained silent.
They sat in their respective seats in the back row, neither moving closer to the other.
Tianyi's mind replayed the way she looked at the child just now, the same way she used to look at Yang Sijie, with a different kind of emotion.
And it was the first time he had seen the child named Jiejie up close. The child's vivid features were indeed exactly like Yang Sijie's.
Susu was also uncomfortable with Tianyi's attitude in the hospital room earlier, feeling he was selfish and cold, and wondered why he had no affection for such a young child.
She hadn't refuted him on the spot in the hospital room to save him face, but she was actually holding back her anger.
Xiao Lin noticed the unusual atmosphere in the car that evening and dared not speak much.
The air in the car became suffocating for a moment. Fortunately, Xiao Lin drove quite fast and soon returned to the villa.
Tianyi and Susu got out of the car, still ignoring each other. As soon as they returned home, Tianyi went straight to the study.
It was getting late, so Susu had no choice but to return to the bedroom and prepare to rest.
She lay alone on the bed, thinking about Tianyi being angry with her over whether she should stay in the hospital all night to care for the child, and whether this was a cold war.
If they were in a cold war now, it would be even harder for Susu to bring up the matter of raising the child.
But she was unwilling to make the first move and reconcile with him.
She felt she had done nothing wrong, so why should she be the one to apologize and make up with him?
She tossed and turned in bed alone and eventually fell asleep.
When she woke up the next morning, she was still alone in bed. The pillow beside her showed no signs of being disturbed.
It seemed Tianyi had not slept in their room last night. Susu couldn't understand why he was so petty and got so angry.
After she came out of the bedroom, she heard Xiao Mei say that Tianyi hadn't even eaten breakfast and had gone to the group early.
Susu ate breakfast alone, feeling bored. She decided to go to the studio in the morning to handle some matters and then visit Jiejie at the hospital in the afternoon.
The children's hospital was scheduled to arrange a psychologist today to see if the child would be better after seeing the psychologist.
In the morning, while she was busy with design work at the studio, she couldn't concentrate. She kept looking at her phone, but there was no message from Tianyi.
Just as she was trying hard to focus and stop thinking about whether Tianyi would contact her, her phone rang unexpectedly.
She quickly put down her paintbrush and picked up her phone. Seeing that it wasn't Tianyi calling but Kang Xi, she felt very disappointed.
"Kang Xi, why do you have time to call me this morning?"
"I'm not very busy today, so I wanted to ask if Mr. Qin had rescued the child yet?" Kang Xi said.
"Thank you so much for this. The child has been rescued. Tianyi said he would hand Yang Shasha over to the police in a few days."
Kang Xi sensed her low mood on the other end of the phone and said, "The child has been found, why aren't you in a good mood?"
"It's nothing. This child might have psychological trauma from being confined for so long, and he's very irritable. The hospital said they would arrange a consultation with a psychologist today," Susu said, trying to cheer herself up.
Kang Xi asked with concern, "Is the child otherwise alright?"
"There are no physical problems. It's just that the container was too narrow, and the child's ability to walk has regressed. This needs retraining," Susu said. "I'll go see him this afternoon and send you a video then."
"No need, I want to visit him personally. How about we go together this afternoon?"
"Okay, I'll see you at the entrance of the children's hospital then."
...
In the afternoon, Susu left the studio early and waited for Kang Xi at the hospital entrance at the agreed time.
Kang Xi was delayed by something and was half an hour late. He apologized repeatedly as soon as they met.
"It's okay, you're busy with work, and it's not easy to find time," Susu said indifferently.
Kang Xi showed Susu the toys and children's food he had bought and asked, "Do you think these are suitable for the child to play with and eat?"
Susu looked carefully and said, "They are all quite expensive brands. They are fine, let's go."
They arrived at the ward door and saw a caregiver accompanying Jiejie, reading a children's picture book.
Jiejie sat quietly on the hospital bed, his long eyelashes blinking. His fair skin, illuminated by the sunlight, made him look as cute as a little angel.
It was Kang Xi's first time seeing Jiejie, and he couldn't help but sigh softly, "He's just a miniature version of Brother Sijie."
"He's much better today. He no longer resists the caregiver approaching him, nor is he irritable and throwing tantrums." Whenever Susu saw Jiejie, something in her heart was touched, but she didn't echo Kang Xi, trying not to think too much.
Kang Xi hummed and walked into the ward first. He greeted Jiejie with a smile, saying, "Hi, hello, I'm the messenger sent by Santa Claus to deliver gifts."
Jiejie stared at him warily at first, but then he immediately stretched out his hands and called out, "Daddy, Daddy, you're Daddy."
This stunned both Susu and Kang Xi, who couldn't react.
Unexpectedly, the child not only didn't reject Kang Xi but mistook him for his father.
The caregiver accompanying Jiejie didn't know the situation and truly believed Kang Xi was the child's father. She quickly got up and said, "Hello, are you the child's father..."
"No, no, you've misunderstood. I'm a friend of this child's father. I heard he had an accident and came to visit," Kang Xi explained.
The caregiver said "Oh" and quickly got up, saying, "Then please sit. This child's mood is much better today. Miss Gu, please feel free to stay with him."
Susu nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work last night."
The caregiver recognized Susu, having seen her yesterday. She smiled and left the ward first.
Jiejie kept calling for Kang Xi to hold him. Kang Xi had no choice but to hug him and say, "Good boy, I'm not your Daddy, call me Uncle."
"Daddy." But Jiejie still wouldn't change his address.
Susu looked and said, "You and this child are fated."
Kang Xi took out a toy and opened it, playing with him. He said, "Seeing this child reminds me of our childhood. No matter what he calls me, as long as he's happy."
"Yes, no matter how bad Yang Sijie became later, he always had the affection from our childhood towards us. In the end, it was he who lunged at Allen, saving me and Tianyi," Susu said sadly.
Only when facing Kang Xi could she say these things. Others wouldn't understand, and Tianyi couldn't bear to hear her mention Yang Sijie.
"I understand," Kang Xi said while teaching the child to play with the toy car. "He deserved it, but we still can't forget his best moments."
"Yes."
At this moment, the doctor came over and said it was time to take Jiejie to the rehabilitation room. Leg rehabilitation training had to be done every day.