The man still hesitated. Mu Anxiao deliberately took another step and said, "Hurry up, you'll be at her soon."
The man pursed his lips, thinking about Hu Yuan being his biological son, and agreed, "Alright, give me his phone number!"
"You want to call?" Mu Anxiao's mouth twitched.
"Yes." The man nodded seriously.
Mu Anxiao stepped forward two paces and said, "Hu Yuan never answers calls from strangers. Besides, calling him like this is too insincere. Moreover, he's a patient. If you say a few wrong words and trigger his condition," she clicked her tongue, "how will you explain to his mother then?"
The man, listening to Mu Anxiao's reminder, hesitated and said, "Then tell me, where is his ward? Thank you."
"Third floor of the hospital building. Turn left after exiting the elevator, it's the second room." Mu Anxiao, not knowing the room number, spoke from memory.
The man understood Mu Anxiao's directions and said, "Then thank you."
"You're welcome, go quickly." Mu Anxiao said, turning to walk towards Hu Yuan's mother.
The little demon glanced excitedly at Mu Anxiao's retreating back, then turned and followed the man.
After a few steps, Mu Anxiao stopped beside Hu Yuan's mother and asked, "Auntie, why are you here?"
Hearing this, Hu Yuan's mother's heart skipped a beat. She turned to look at Mu Anxiao and smiled, "Oh, I have a bit of a cold, came to take a look."
"Auntie, who was that man arguing with you just now?" Mu Anxiao asked.
Hu Yuan's mother avoided her gaze.
Mu Anxiao said, "I'm not prying into your privacy. I saw that man being disrespectful to you, so I chased him away for you. Is there anything you want to tell me?"
When Hu Yuan's mother heard this, she quickly glanced in the direction the man had been standing, then looked back at Mu Anxiao and asked, "What did you say to him?"
"I said you're my friend, and I won't allow him to bully you. If he didn't leave, I would beat him up," Mu Anxiao said with a serious expression.
Hu Yuan's mother looked at Mu Anxiao's expression and couldn't help but smile, "Silly child."
"If Hu Yuan saw that, he would surely muster up the strength to punch that man, wouldn't he!" Mu Anxiao said deliberately.
Hu Yuan's mother's smile faltered.
"Auntie, that booklet just now was a marriage certificate, and that man was your husband." Mu Anxiao immediately exposed the truth.
Hu Yuan's mother slightly lowered her head and said, "You see things very clearly."
"Auntie, Hu Yuan is also my friend, and I know about your situation. Do you remember what Hu Yuan said that day!" Mu Anxiao said deliberately again.
Upon hearing this, Hu Yuan's mother recalled Hu Yuan's words that day: Mom, I don't have any other requests now, I just hope you can talk to me more honestly, don't comfort me anymore. I'm already this old, can you be more honest with me. Thinking of this, her eyes darkened, and she said, "His father still refuses to accept him."
Mu Anxiao took Hu Yuan's mother's arm and said, "Whether he accepts him or not is his business, but remember, in Hu Yuan's heart, there is only you."
A tear glimmered in Hu Yuan's mother's eyes.
Mu Anxiao tugged at Hu Yuan's mother and said, "Auntie, come out for a moment."
Hu Yuan's mother glanced at the almost finished queue, then compromised and followed Mu Anxiao out of the line.
"Sit down over there," Mu Anxiao pointed to the neat public seating.
Hu Yuan's mother nodded.
Seeing how obedient Hu Yuan's mother was, Mu Anxiao felt a sense of relief. She pulled her to sit on the public seats and asked, "Auntie, would you like some water?"
"No, thank you," Hu Yuan's mother shook her head slightly.
"Auntie," Mu Anxiao felt she was indeed meddling, but thinking of Hu Yuan's situation, she blurted out, "Why did you have your marriage certificate with you? And what are you actually here for?"
"I..."
"Don't 'I'. Just tell me the truth." Mu Anxiao said earnestly.
"I want to divorce his father. I had a big argument with him this morning and then came late. But," Hu Yuan's mother reached out and patted Mu Anxiao's hand, "I have to thank you today. If it weren't for you, Yuan Yuan would probably have gone hungry."
"Auntie, it's what I should do," Mu Anxiao said.
Hu Yuan's mother smiled faintly and said, "If Yuan Yuan knew, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to accept it."
"If Hu Yuan knew, I think he would stop you," Mu Anxiao said firmly.
"In my future life, I want to stay by Yuan Yuan's side. No matter how tiring it is, I'm willing. After this one time, I will never lie to him again," Hu Yuan's mother said, her gaze fixed on Mu Anxiao's face, "Child, can you not tell Yuan Yuan about this? I don't want him to know."
"This..." Mu Anxiao said, shaking her head, "I can't."
"Why?" Hu Yuan's mother asked in surprise.
Mu Anxiao sighed and said, "I can see that Hu Yuan has already figured it out. If I promise you, it would be deceiving him with you. By then, if he found out, he would be even more unable to bear it."
"..." Hu Yuan's mother fell silent.
Mu Anxiao looked at Hu Yuan's mother's profile and also withdrew her further words.
On the other side, the man rushed to Hu Yuan's ward as quickly as possible, but just as he was about to enter, he hesitated.
The little demon stood behind the man, frowning at his hesitation.
Inside the ward, the wolf demon sensed someone outside and called out, "Who's out there, come in!"
The big-headed stout demon, sitting on the sofa, was startled and opened his eyes to look at the wolf demon.
The wolf demon looked at the big-headed stout demon, who had been sleeping for a long time and hadn't said a word, and said, "Sleep, sleep, all you do is sleep."
The big-headed stout demon swallowed and stood up.
The man, startled by the voice from inside, cleared his throat and walked in.
The wolf demon glared at the big-headed stout demon who was terrified of him, then looked at the man who had stopped in his line of sight and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"Are you Hu Yuan!" The man had seen a photo of Hu Yuan and recognized him at once.
The wolf demon nodded, "Yes, are you looking for me?"
The man looked at Hu Yuan, who was handsome and not at all like a sickly person, swallowed, and stammered, "Yes, uh... I am your... father. If it's alright, could you do me a favor?"
Inside, Hu Yuan's eyes snapped open the moment the man uttered those words, and he said, "Wolf demon, switch with me."
The wolf demon, afraid Hu Yuan would pull him back in a moment of excitement, said mentally: Okay, okay, don't mess with me. Saying this, he lowered his head.
The man, seeing Hu Yuan's suddenly lowered head, was also startled and said, "Hu Yuan, are you alright?"
Immediately after, Hu Yuan slowly opened his eyes, looked up at the man in front of him who was showing concern, and said, "In my life, I only have a mother, no father."