I Bacame the Mother of His Child-Chapter 32 - 31: Speaking of the Midnight Fright

"..." Song Yuanhuan shook his head silently.

Xu Xiuxiu sighed helplessly.

Originally, she had held onto hope, thinking that Wang Qinghua had simply not come to terms with the situation yet, mostly likely frightened by the doctor's announcement that Song Yuantao might become paraplegic. After all, accepting that you have to take care of a paralyzed husband for the rest of your life is indeed a big blow. She hadn't expected Wang Qinghua to completely cut off all possibilities, leaving no room for herself. Not showing up for two or three days? A family, a husband, a daughter—were they that easy for her to give up? Xu Xiuxiu could neither understand nor comprehend this, and at that point, she decided not to interfere further.

"Yuanhuan, there's something I want to tell you." Xu Xiuxiu turned to glance around the hospital room, and upon seeing Song Chengguang babbling in Song Yuanming's arms beside the bed, she then lowered her voice. Her complexion wasn't good, even carrying some residual fear from the previous night. Moreover, she didn't know how Song Yuanhuan would react to the news. However, it seemed that there was no one else she could talk to.

"What is it?" Song Yuanhuan sensed the change in Xu Xiuxiu's tone and stopped eating his bun, his wise eyes fixed on Xu Xiuxiu's fair face.

Creak—

The words Xu Xiuxiu was about to say were interrupted by the sound of the door being pushed open from the outside. Both of them turned around in surprise, only to see a haggard Wang Qinghua, accompanied by the Wang Family's two brothers, appearing at the door of the hospital room.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room froze, and Song Yuanhuan's expression grew even darker.

"Yuanhuan, Xiuxiu, you've come all the way back from Z Province!" Wang Qinghua saw Xu Xiuxiu and Song Yuanhuan in the room, a flicker of guilt passing through her eyes before she straightened her back under the gaze of her two brothers and walked to the bed as though no one else mattered, "Yuanying, you step aside and rest; as your big sister-in-law, I'll take care of your older brother!" Her tone was serious and carried an air of entitlement.

"Big Sister-in-law, where have you been these past two days since Big Brother was injured and hospitalized?" No one in the room spoke up, so Xu Xiuxiu took it upon herself to be the bad guy and asked directly.

No matter the reason for Wang Qinghua's sudden disappearance, the fact that she wanted to come back and easily gloss over it as if nothing had happened was out of the question. On the day that Song Yuantao was still in the operating room with his life hanging in the balance, she had vanished; for a wife, her actions were profoundly disappointing.

"I fainted, and seeing the chaos in the hospital and the expenses, my brothers decided to take me back to my parents' house to rest. Plus, knowing the costs for Yuantao's injury will be significant, I feared it wouldn't be enough. So, I borrowed some money from relatives back home." She didn't mention how much money she had borrowed, but Wang Qinghua's excuse seemed far-fetched.

Xu Xiuxiu was at a loss for words.

Song Yuanming by the bed seemed dissatisfied with the answer, but perhaps considering his own role as a child, he opened his mouth to speak and then chose to remain silent. Clearly, he knew that at his young age, he needed to think deeply before speaking or acting, and he couldn't make decisions for the Song Family or for Song Yuantao.

Though Song Yuanhuan's face was grim, he didn't say anything but stepped forward to pick up Song Chengguang, who was playing with the bedsheet. "Then we'll trouble you, big sister-in-law, to take care of Big Brother." After saying this, he gave Song Yuanming a look that said, watch things here more closely.

Song Yuanming nodded astutely.

"Yuanta is my man; taking care of him is my duty," Wang Qinghua answered Song Yuanhuan sincerely, her words sounding pleasant.

Standing aside, Xu Xiuxiu felt nauseated listening to that. Duty? If it's your duty, how could you faint so easily at such a critical moment two days ago, and then stay unconscious for two whole nights? That's far too unreliable. But since someone as shrewd as Song Yuanhuan hasn't said anything, it wasn't Xiuxiu's place to interfere. After all, even if Yuantao wasn't paralyzed, he was still getting on in years and had a daughter. Without Qinghua, finding another partner wouldn't be easy; who knows what kind of horrible person could come next!

Clearly, everyone in the house had considered this, so they allowed Wang Qinghua to come back.

At that moment, the two brothers from the Wang Family, seeing the matter as settled, promptly stepped forward to make polite inquiries about their uncle Song Yuantao's illness. When they heard it wasn't serious and he likely wouldn't be paralyzed, they commented on his good fortune before saying they had hurried over, leaving a pile of farm work unattended back home. They couldn't neglect the farm work, and there wasn't much they could do at the hospital, so they asked Song Yuanhuan to take good care of things and then both brothers departed.

"It's getting late, Xiuxiu, I'll take you outside to catch a tricycle back to the village." After seeing off the brothers from the Wang Family, Song Yuanhuan picked up Song Chen and decided to send Xu Xiuxiu back to the village. Song Yuanming had school the next day, so he would stay at the school dormitory tonight, meaning only Xu Xiuxiu and Song Chen were returning to Song Family Village.

Outside the hospital, holding Song Chen, Song Yuanhuan turned his gaze towards Xu Xiuxiu, "What was it that you wanted to tell me earlier?" Xu Xiuxiu's complexion had looked somewhat off before, and Song Yuanhuan sensed there must be something disturbing her for her to look like that.

On hearing his question, Xu Xiuxiu's brows tightly furrowed, and after hesitating for a moment, she pursed her red lips, "Someone sneaked into my room last night." As she spoke, she watched Song Yuanhuan intently, her face anxious, waiting for his reaction to the bombshell she just dropped.

Song Yuanhuan paused for a moment, his expression swiftly darkening, a chilling aura suddenly emanating from him, the presence of the soldier in him unmistakable at that instant.

"I didn't know what to do? When that person slipped into the room, I grabbed Chen and hid in the wardrobe. I saw the person lift the mosquito net and quietly leave after discovering no one in bed," Xu Xiuxiu pondered for a moment and then chose to say she hid in space, indicating that the intruder's nocturnal visit wasn't for theft. If not for theft, then what? Thinking deeper, the answer was even more terrifying.

Not for theft, but the repeated intrusion upon a military family's house, Xu Xiuxiu's in particular, hinted at a truly frightening motive.

"Are you scared?" Seeing Xu Xiuxiu's pale face as she recounted the events, Song Yuanhuan reached out and pulled her into his embrace.

Startled, Xiuxiu hesitated before starting to struggle shyly, "Let me go, we're in the middle of the street!" Moreover, her son Song Chen was still in his arms. How could he hold her so tightly, potentially squishing Song Chen?

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"Are you afraid?" Song Yuanhuan asked persistently, his tone unchanged as if he would not let go of her arm until she answered him.

After a moment, Xu Xiuxiu stopped struggling and rested her forehead against his shoulder, "Scared." How could she not be?

"Do you trust me?"

"I do." What choice did she have but to trust him?

In this 1980s era, the ways she could protect herself were few. The only thing she could do was trust Song Yuanhuan, this man. Although what happened last night was frightening, if Song Yuanhuan believed her, things would be much easier to handle.