Knowing full well his possessive nature, even if he said it was fine, An Wuyang could tell he wasn’t pleased just by looking at that cold expression.
“Actually, saying it’s for ten years was just your excuse to politely refuse her,” An Wuyang wasn’t foolish. After the recent tumultuous experience, how could he not understand Huo Yunchuan’s little calculations?
“Not entirely,” Huo Yunchuan denied stubbornly.
Even if it were true, he wouldn’t directly tell An Wuyang.
“Hah,” An Wuyang didn’t believe it. At least in his view, Miss Yang Shan had excellent qualifications, so swiftly dismissing her couldn’t just be because Huo Yunchuan was worried he’d be drawn in by a beauty.
Seeing the little angel’s self-satisfied demeanor, Huo Yunchuan couldn’t be bothered to explain.
Let him think whatever he wanted.
“But I really won’t like anyone else. You don’t need to worry about that anymore,” An Wuyang said, pulling away the hand that had been toying with his cheek.
“Even…” Before he could finish the sentence about not letting him touch, Huo Yunchuan’s tightly furrowed brows relaxed incredibly quickly into a face of enjoyment. He then hugged An Wuyang’s shoulders, seizing the initiative of affection without any hesitation.
“…,” An Wuyang, nearly breathless from the kiss, felt like maybe he was a bit foolish to initiate this with the man.
“Did you eat candy? You taste so sweet,” the older man’s voice teased deeply.
Such earnestly sweet nothings coming from a man like Huo Yunchuan were quite stimulating.
An Wuyang: “…”
Dizzy with being teased, he thought to himself, what candy? I haven’t even had dinner yet.
Enjoying the palpitations in his chest, pretending to be calm while peeking shyly at him with blinking eyes, feeling too embarrassed to look straight at him for too long.
Only to find Huo Yunchuan was also looking at him.
Oh my.
“I’ll go put some money…” An Wuyang stood up, his face flushed as he felt his pockets, a bit worried that he might not have enough change to properly thank them for the gentle and melodious violin piece.
Actually, he was overthinking it.
The elderly man playing the violin had placed a WeChat Pay QR code next to his violin case.
Normally, Huo Yunchuan didn’t bother with these trivial matters, even though he did a fair amount of charity work; he just didn’t handle such things personally.
An Wuyang walked over without any objection from Huo Yunchuan, who merely stood by watching.
“I’m back,” the young man who had done a good deed smiled. “Shall we go eat now?”
“Hmm,” Huo Yunchuan almost forgot about the little angel waiting to be fed. “Let’s go.”
Huo Yunchuan took the little angel to find something to eat.
As for the matter of hiring a preschool teacher, he needed to think about it calmly again.
Allowing a young woman to enter his family, even if she would only act as a teacher and not live with them, was still unsettling given today’s events.
It was an experience that left a bad taste.
In the future, he’d stick to selecting older, married, and experienced women as recruitment candidates, which would make it more acceptable.
The two returned home at ten o’clock, and surprisingly, Dun Dun hadn’t fallen asleep.
Upon seeing them return, Aunt Zhang immediately put down the phone she had been about to dial, looking worried. “Mr. Huo, Dun Dun might have a fever.”
An Wuyang looked surprised and quickly approached Dun Dun’s small wooden bed, seeing his son, who was neither asleep nor lively. “Dun Dun?” He reached out to feel Dun Dun’s forehead, confirming it was slightly warm.
“Just a moment ago, he was fine,” Aunt Zhang said anxiously. “I noticed something was wrong when I tried to get him to sleep.”
“Let’s go to the hospital,” Huo Yunchuan said.
The man who had just walked in, without changing his clothes or shoes, heard that his son was ill and went into the bedroom to gather a bunch of things.
After all, he didn’t expect An Wuyang, who was usually carefree, to handle everything.
“Mr. Huo, let me bring some things,” Aunt Zhang said, afraid she wouldn’t be able to hold the child at night, taking the initiative to get things ready.
“No, it’s late now. We’ll go now,” Huo Yunchuan ordered Aunt Zhang patiently, without room for doubt, and instructed her to stay home without worry.
“But…”
“That’s right, Aunt Zhang. It’s already ten o’clock. If we go now, we won’t be back until early morning,” An Wuyang advised. “You should get some rest early so you can continue to take care of Dun Dun tomorrow.”
Otherwise, if they were both exhausted tomorrow, that would also be a problem.
“Okay.” Aunt Zhang looked at Dun Dun with concern again.
It’s said that children often have a fever once or twice when they’re teething, which is a normal phenomenon.
“I hope he’ll be fine soon after going to the hospital,” she thought.
The two of them carried the child and left in the middle of the night.
Once they were in the car, An Wuyang’s forced composure collapsed. He gently touched Dun Dun’s face with a worried expression. “Dun Dun will be alright, won’t he?”
“He just has a slight fever,” Huo Yunchuan replied calmly.
“What do you mean ‘just a slight fever’…” An Wuyang was quite upset. “Aren’t you worried at all?” He wanted to criticize this fatherly attitude.
How could he be so indifferent!
“Wah…” Dun Dun suddenly cried from his seat.
He must be feeling really uncomfortable.
“Good boy, Dun Dun, don’t cry. Daddy will take you to the hospital right away.” Huo Yunchuan, a novice father facing Dun Dun’s illness for the first time, was in a panic, comforting his son anxiously.
Huo Yunchuan sighed heavily. “…”
The entire car was filled with the back-and-forth sounds of father and son, making him frown deeply, especially since his son being ill made him quite anxious as well.
“That’s enough.” Huo Yunchuan’s voice was slightly stern as he intervened. “You’re only making him more uncomfortable this way.”
Feeling reproached, An Wuyang embarrassedly fell silent, as if admitting the other was right.
With the older one quiet, the younger gradually stopped crying too.
Indeed, the influence of adults had this effect. An Wuyang felt ashamed for being too immature and chaotic in his concern.
With Dun Dun no longer crying, he just pursed his lips sadly, looking pitifully at An Wuyang.
“…” An Wuyang really wanted to chat with Dun Dun, but he was afraid the child might start crying again, and then Huo Yunchuan would scold him.
In the end, the pitiful father and son could only communicate through eye contact and body language…
“What are you doing?” Huo Yunchuan asked.
There was a rearview mirror in the car, allowing him to see the back seat.
An Wuyang: “… I’m just scratching my back, it’s a bit itchy.” He scratched his back insincerely and turned the tables: “Why are you two staring at us? Can’t you focus on driving?”
Really.
Dun Dun was still uncomfortable.
Huo Yunchuan, under criticism, remained silent. It took more than ten minutes to find the nearest hospital.
After registering, it was confirmed that the child indeed had a slight fever.
They stayed with Dun Dun for treatment, waiting in the hospital for his temperature to return to normal.
They waited until midnight in the spacious hospital, brightly lit despite the late hour, an environment different from any other place, composed of families and patients.
An Wuyang felt particularly sentimental at this moment, not only concerned about Dun Dun’s fever that hadn’t subsided, but also reminded of his own parents…
Thinking back to when he was sick as a child, wondering if his parents felt this heartache too.
“I’ll hold him.” Huo Yunchuan took the chubby little bundle from An Wuyang’s arms.
Since Dun Dun got sick, he had become especially clingy, refusing to lie in bed and insisting on being held.
An Wuyang was more than willing to hold Dun Dun, but the child’s weight was too much for him. His arms grew tired in less than five minutes, so he had to hand Dun Dun over to his big dad. “Okay.”
“Are you sleepy?” Holding his son who was dozing off, Huo Yunchuan freed up a hand and gently rubbed An Wuyang’s head, concerned. “If you’re tired, lean on me and rest for a while.”
“I’m okay,” An Wuyang said, immediately yawning drowsily.
He was clearly exhausted.
But he tried hard to keep his heavy eyelids open, holding Dun Dun’s little hand tightly.
Please get well soon, he prayed silently.
Seeing this, Huo Yunchuan directed, “Open the bag and take out the small blanket to cover him.”
An Wuyang suddenly remembered Dun Dun might feel cold, so he quickly opened the bag and took out the miraculous small blanket. “Haha, you got it wrong, this is mine,” he said groggily, realizing Huo Yunchuan had packed his own small blanket.
Huo Yunchuan rolled his eyes. “I packed it for you. Hurry up and put it on.”
“Eh?” An Wuyang was dumbfounded, but then he understood and grinned sheepishly. “Oh.” He had thought it was for Dun Dun, not realizing it was for himself.
So he happily wrapped himself in the cheerful little blanket that had been with him for over a year. In no time, he felt warm all over, which made him even happier.
Dun Dun would surely get well soon. He reassured himself firmly.
Sure enough, around 1:40 AM, Dun Dun snuggled into Huo Yunchuan’s arms and started snoring softly, no longer crying from discomfort.
After the doctor confirmed the fever had subsided, they were allowed to go home and observe him.
“Great.” Dun Dun’s fever was finally gone.
An Wuyang smiled with relief and quickly thanked the doctor. It wasn’t easy for them to work so diligently late at night.
Equally challenging was taking their son to the hospital in the middle of the night and Huo Yunchuan having to go to the company the next morning.
After all, the end of the year was indeed busy.
“Have you heard? The boss has been arranging early education for the young master recently.”
“They say it’s because he’s too busy to take care of the child himself.”
Ding Wei overheard her colleagues gossiping in the pantry. She found a quiet place and called her second son. “Wuyang?”
“Mom?” An Wuyang had just woken up and hadn’t gotten out of bed yet. He wasn’t in a rush either, since Huo Yunchuan had taken leave for him to stay home and take care of Dun Dun.
Ding Wei asked, “Has Dun Dun’s dad been coming to the company a lot recently? Is there no one at home to look after the child?”
An Wuyang was somewhat surprised that even his mom knew about this. “Yes, he’s been quite busy lately.” He sighed, “Dun Dun had a fever last night, and we were really worried. Thankfully, he’s better now. I haven’t gone to school today.”
“Mom will take a leave of absence for now and come over to take care of you and the kids.” Ding Wei thought for a moment and resolutely said, “Once you guys are less busy, I’ll come back to work.”
“Mom…” An Wuyang was once again surprised.
Was this really happening?
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