People heard the sound and saw Xingyao sitting on the ground alone. Well-meaning individuals approached to inquire, but only saw Fang Ruo’s retreating figure.
Someone felt something was wrong, “Why didn’t she take you with her?”
Xingyao was in too much pain to speak. She clutched the back of her head, tears streaming down her face. The others didn’t know what to do and couldn’t stop anything.
In the blink of an eye, Fang Ruo had vanished.
Shen Qingqing emerged from the restroom and saw a crowd gathered. Not seeing her children in the store, she hurried towards the group. She saw Xingyao sitting on the ground, clutching the back of her head. She immediately rushed over, scooped up the child, and gently took her small hand away from her head to examine the back of it.
Fortunately, there was no bleeding.
She asked, “Does it still hurt?”
Xingyao, not paying attention to her own pain, said urgently, “Mommy, the brothers were taken away. That bad person, I don’t know where she took the brothers. Hurry and chase her!”
“Bad grandma?” Shen Qingqing looked towards the entrance. All the people coming and going were strangers. She had a vague suspicion. “Xingyao, speak slowly. What happened?”
“It’s just that, that’s just that Brother Xixi called her Grandma.”
Shen Qingqing immediately understood. But the more important thing now was Xingyao. The child was trembling in her arms, and her arm hung stiffly at her side.
“Does your arm hurt?”
Xingyao stiffened and slowly nodded. “I don’t dare to move…”
Shen Qingqing immediately picked her up, carefully avoiding her arm. Not knowing how seriously the child was injured, she didn’t dare to walk fast even when going downstairs, afraid that the bumps would hurt Xingyao.
After finally reaching the ground floor, she went straight to the hospital.
Fang Ruo liked both children and wouldn’t hurt them. Xingyao’s injury was more urgent now.
After the doctor’s examination, Xingyao had a severe blow to the back of her head, resulting in a mild concussion. Her left arm had also hit the wall, causing a slight dislocation.
She needed to be hospitalized for observation.
Looking at Xingyao lying in bed with a swollen red face, Shen Qingqing was filled with rage.
Fang Ruo, you’re something else!
At the same time, Fang Ruo had finally brought the two children home. As soon as she entered the house and saw the astonished expressions of the servants, she felt incredibly happy.
Twins, how prestigious!
“These are my grandsons. Hurry and get them something to eat,” Fang Ruo instructed a servant. Then she reached out to hug Shen Jinxi, but Shen Jinxi nimbly dodged.
Her expression immediately darkened. Perhaps feeling that the children couldn’t escape in her own home, she was no longer solely gentle.
“Xixi, this is not right. I am your Grandma, you should…”
“Stop!” Shen Jinxi didn’t want to listen. He didn’t even call her Grandma anymore. “If you want us to recognize you, it’s not just a few words. We’re very difficult to please!”
Fang Ruo said, “How about this, tell me what you want, and I’ll give it to you.”
“Really?”
“Really!”
Shen Jinxi was half-believing, half-doubting. He turned to look at Chenchen and whispered, “Brother, what do you think?”
Chenchen was very unhappy now, his little face scowling. He had been very happy living with Mommy and didn’t want to come back. Seeing the familiar house, he didn’t want to say anything.
Even though his brother asked, he didn’t want to talk. He just turned around, presenting his back to them.
Shen Jinxi spread his hands helplessly. “You see, my brother is angry. He has a bad temper and is very difficult to please. It takes ten years or more to appease him.”
He was serious, but Fang Ruo didn’t believe him. She just found him cute, thinking children were so innocent. Who would take ten years to appease? Children were forgetful; a little coaxing would fix it.
She thought to herself, as expected, and coaxed, “Okay, Grandma didn’t do well today. How about this, tell me what you want as compensation or what you want Grandma to do, and Grandma will satisfy you!”
Shen Jinxi had been perfectly fine and was forcibly brought back by her, so he was also full of anger. He was no longer polite, “Then make us a bowl of noodles first!”
“Okay.”
Actually, Fang Ruo hadn’t cooked in a long time, and she didn’t like to cook, disliking the smell of cooking oil. But now, to appease Shen Jinxi, she went all out.
This action directly stunned the servants.
Fang Ruo finally finished cooking a bowl of noodles, making the kitchen chaotic, pots and pans thrown everywhere. After leaving the kitchen, she ignored it all and left the cleanup to the servants.
And her bowl of noodles wasn’t good either.
Shen Jinxi took a sip and was so overwhelmed by the saltiness that he couldn’t speak. He drank a whole glass of water.
Chenchen, needless to say, didn’t touch it at all.
Fang Ruo was a little unhappy but still endured it. “If you really don’t want to eat it, then don’t.”
But even as she said that, her expression was somewhat contorted. Shen Jinxi couldn’t bear to look, so he pushed the bowl away. “It’s really not tasty. I don’t want to eat it. I want to drink juice.”
“You make it!”
Fang Ruo was about to tell a servant to do it, but Shen Jinxi added this sentence. She had no choice but to do it herself. But since she didn’t go into the kitchen, she wouldn’t make any juice for herself.
Making juice was like a car accident.
The entire countertop was covered in juice and fruit residue from her efforts.
Shen Jinxi felt very guilty after seeing it. He said to the servant, “I’m sorry, sister. Thank you for your hard work. I didn’t know she was so stupid, she can’t even make juice properly.”
The servant sister was overwhelmed with gratitude. “It’s okay, it’s okay, you don’t have to apologize to me.”
Fang Ruo, who was still busy in the kitchen but could hear their conversation clearly, had her face darken. She turned around with the juice, “Xixi, here’s the juice you wanted.”
Although the countertop was a bit messy, the glass of juice in her hand was quite good.
Shen Jinxi forced himself to take a sip, and his face immediately showed disgust. He put down the juice and ran away. Fang Ruo, looking at the juice she had made only to be drunk a mouthful, felt a pang in her heart. She chased after him and asked:
“Why aren’t you drinking it anymore?”
“It’s not tasty!” Shen Jinxi sat on the sofa and took two big gulps of water. “This is truly the worst juice I’ve ever drunk.”
Fang Ruo’s heart was pierced a thousand times. These two children gave her no face at all.
But she just loved these twins and couldn’t bring herself to be angry with them. She could only try her best to please them, allowing the two children to make things difficult for her in every way.
She endured it all.
They asked her to play hide-and-seek with them, and she agreed.
But she forgot that she hadn’t exercised in too long. The life of a noblewoman was always leisurely and gentle. Suddenly engaging in such strenuous activity, she became breathless and exhausted, with no strength left in the end.
But even so, the two children were unwilling to let her off, especially Shen Jinxi. After all, Fang Ruo’s actions were akin to kidnapping children, so she definitely had to be taught a lesson!
When Fu Jingshu returned, he was informed by a servant that the old madam had gone to the hospital.
He paused. “What happened to the old madam?”
The servant’s face was hesitant, and he stammered, “The old madam was playing games with the two young masters, and… she sprained her back.”