Chapter 337: 337 Overwhelming Scandals_1
Chapter 337: Overwhelming Scandals_1
I tried to lead her with words a child could understand.
Actually, kids these days are very smart; she could understand what I said,
“No, little auntie, uncle and auntie have been very nice to me. They bought me candy and then took me home, told me not to cry, and helped me contact my family.”
“But you stayed at their house for a few days, weren’t you scared?”
“I wasn’t scared; they also have a little girl my age, and we played together. Uncle said he would help me find my dad and mom…”
I pondered for a long time, since there were no suspicious clues to be found from the couple.
So I decided to start with the person who offered balloons and candy, and I picked out Gu Yuanzhou’s photo from my phone and showed it to Ding Ruirui.
“Look, is it him?”
Ding Ruirui looked for a long time before shaking her head,
“The uncle with the balloons was a clown!”
“A clown?”
So I flipped through my phone and showed her a picture of a clown.
She pointed to the image of the clown with her finger,
“It’s him, he looked just like this!”
I looked at the clown holding balloons and fell into deep thought…
It was clearly someone wearing a mask.
A masked clown luring Ding Ruirui with balloons and candy was most likely part of a conspiracy.
But who exactly was behind the mask?
After much thought, I still had no leads.
However, I ended up suspecting Gu Yuanzhou, who else could it be?
Moreover, it was just after I had gone to see a movie with him and came back that Ding Ruirui was found. There couldn’t be such a coincidence in this world.
“Ruirui, if you see a clown uncle like this again, don’t go near him, okay?”
“Okay, little auntie, Ruirui understands. Dad also said not to follow strangers, uncles, and aunties. If someone tries to pick me up, I should scream and shout!”
“Good, very good!”
I played with Ding Ruirui all morning when my phone suddenly rang.
I glanced at the number; it was an unfamiliar mobile number.
After a few seconds of contemplation, I answered it.
“Hello! Who is this?”
“Miss Song, right? My name is Song Siwen, I got your number from my mother… Do you have some time? I’d like to meet with you!”
As soon as I heard the voice, I became nervous.
Because the person on the other side was my uncle Song Shixiong’s eldest son, my older cousin.
He was one of the people on Gu Yuanzhou’s blacklist.
“Are you back in the country now?”
“Yes, I just arrived in A City today, and I’d like to talk to you in person!”
“Okay!”
Receiving a call from Song Siwen made me both nervous and excited.
Because he might be my only ally; with his return, maybe we could join hands to fight against Gu Yuanzhou.
Considering that Gu Yuanzhou might make a move on him, I had to meet him as soon as possible.
I arranged to meet him at a rather secluded hotel, purposely setting the time for midnight.
In the afternoon, Ding Xiao came back from the hospital, and I handed the child over to him.
And discussed Ruhui’s condition with him.
“Ruirui’s mom is fine! I’ll take Ruirui to see her in a bit, she’ll feel better once she sees the child. Miss Song, you really worked hard, it must have been tough looking after her.”
“It’s okay, she’s a good girl. When you go to the hospital later! Make sure to hold her hand tight, don’t let her get lost.”
“I will, don’t worry…”
Ding Xiao chatted with me briefly, then he walked to the door and sighed before saying,
“You also be careful out there. That man with the surname Gu seems relentless. Lately, he has been maliciously driving down the company’s stock price.”
“I’m sorry!”
“It’s not your fault; I’m just reminding you to be careful. This man is acting like a rabid dog.”
Regarding the Ding family, all I could say was sorry.
Ding Xiao didn’t explicitly blame me, but I already felt deeply uneasy.
Although he didn’t openly accuse Gu Yuanzhou of kidnapping Ding Ruirui, I could see the worry he was trying to hide.
As a father, being concerned about his daughter’s safety is understandable.
“I know, take care as well!”
After sending Ding Xiao and his daughter away, the guilt in my heart lingered like an ineradicable fog.
I had never imagined that Gu Yuanzhou would one day become the final straw to break the Ding family’s back.
So, I must do something to preserve the Ding family, to preserve the last bit of our dignity.
After having dinner with Mom Ding at night, I went to the hospital and spent a long time with Ding Yinuo.
Lately, Ding Yinuo’s recovery had been steadily improving.
Before, he could move one finger, but now, he could move both hands.
I could even intertwine my fingers with his.
Every time I held his hand, he would constantly write in the palm of my hand!
Ayun, I love you!
Wife, I love my wife Ayun!
Wife, you suffer every day taking care of me!
Wife, we will watch meteor showers together, we will spend our lifetimes together.
A few simple words had become the sweetest flavor in the depths of my heart.
“Yinuo, you have to wake up soon, I really want to take you out to bask in the sun, feel the breeze, and look at the stars!”
“I want us to go watch a movie together! Yinuo!”
I held his hand, softly calling his name.
He quickly wrote in the palm of my hand again,
“I want to bask in the sun right now!”
Indeed, he had made this request to me more than once before.
In these past days, not only did I push him around the garden in his wheelchair, I even took him for a stroll near the flower shop…
However, even though he had lost quite a bit of weight lying in the hospital bed for so long, he was still a man with a solid bone structure.
Moving him from the bed to the chair required a great deal of physical strength.
Sometimes, when acquaintances were around, they would help out.
At this time of the day, with no caregivers around, I could only change his clothes myself and attempt to transfer him from the bed to the wheelchair by carrying him on my back.
But then an accident happened. Just as I had lifted him, my vision blurred and my legs gave way, and I fell with him on my back.
He was on top of me, and for a while, I couldn’t push him off; I was sweating profusely and couldn’t move. Sometimes, as a woman, I really felt powerless in terms of physical strength.
In the midst of my struggle,
Su Peisheng and Wenya just happened to come to see me.
Seeing the situation, Su Peisheng quickly walked over, hurriedly lifted Ding Yinuo off me, and placed him on the wheelchair.
Wenya then helped me up quickly, supporting me to sit down,
“Ayun, oh my God, why is your face so pale and covered in sweat?”
My heart was pounding as if it would leap out of my chest, my vision blurring,
“I don’t know, maybe it’s low blood sugar!”
Wenya quickly grabbed a bag of glucose, tore it open, and handed it to me.
“Drink it quickly!”
After I drank the glucose, I felt much better.
Wenya scolded me out of concern,
“Really, you, if there are no caregivers, why do you take him out?”
“It’s alright, Yinuo wanted to see the sun!”
I said it lightly, afraid that Yinuo might hear.
Wenya shook her head,
“Ayun, seeing you like this really breaks my heart. You’ve lost more than ten pounds caring for Ding Yinuo, and you’re full of needle marks. I don’t mind that you’re good to Ding Yinuo, but you have to love yourself too! Don’t play with your life like this!”
“By the way, did you come to see me for something?”
Wenya’s face was very grave,
“Indeed, there’s some bad news, you need to prepare yourself!”