Qianqian nestled in Ye Ziyu's embrace, her plump face pressed against her chest. "Mommy smells so good!"
"Smells good?" Ye Ziyu lowered her head to sniff herself, playfully teasing, "Where does it smell good? It clearly only smells of disinfectant."
Qianqian shook her head, excitedly lifting her forehead from his embrace. "It smells like mommy's scent."
Mommy's scent?
Xingxing looked at Ye Ziyu. He realized the fragrance he had always sensed from Ye Ziyu was indeed mommy's scent.
Ye Ziyu nuzzled Qianqian's body with her nose. "Let me smell if you have your daughter's scent on you."
"Tickles~" Qianqian wriggled in her arms, giggling.
Beside them, Xingxing watched them with starry eyes. In his gaze, Qianqian's face was involuntarily replaced by his own. How wonderful it would be if he were the one in Ye Ziyu's arms right now.
Fantasy, however, remained just that. Di Mingjue's appearance shattered the illusion.
"Qianqian, stop fooling around." Di Mingjue reached out and lifted Qianqian from Ye Ziyu's embrace. "Mommy is still injured. Her wound might split open, and it will hurt. Be good, go play with your brothers."
When Ye Ziyu looked up again, she noticed Ye Chenhan and Yu Xixi were no longer in the ward. Learning that they had rushed back to have dinner with Yu Wenzhou, she then looked at Ye Qianzhi, who was playing with the children.
"Dad."
"En."
Ye Qianzhi turned around, meeting Ye Ziyu's gaze.
"There's nothing much happening here, you can head back," Ye Ziyu said.
Ye Qianzhi looked at the four children in the room and asked, "Where are they?"
"They're staying here, and we'll go back together tomorrow," Ye Ziyu replied. She didn't want to leave the children home alone, especially since both she and Di Mingjue were at the hospital.
If the children weren't going back, then he would be the only one returning. Ye Qianzhi threw a childish tantrum, "It won't make much difference if I'm here too. I'll stay here tonight and be discharged with you tomorrow."
Ye Ziyu could only look at Di Mingjue helplessly.
"I'll have the nurse arrange another bed. Dad, you'll have to make do tonight," Di Mingjue said gently, his arm around Ye Ziyu's shoulder.
One night was not much to endure, and besides, he would be unhappy if he were truly made to go back.
Di Mingjue's arrangements were swift, and a bed was added to the ward shortly after.
...
Ye Residence.
"Where are the people in the house?" Shen Meixiu asked a household servant, looking at the empty house.
"Madam, the Fourth Young Master returned at noon and took the Master away," the servant replied.
Took him away?
Shen Meixiu grew even more puzzled. "Did he say why?"
The servant shook her head.
Everyone had been busy at the time. They had only seen Ye Chenhan enter, dust-covered, calling out for the young master. The response had come from Ye Qianzhi, and by the time they had arrived, Ye Chenhan had already left with him.
Seeing that the servant before her knew nothing, Shen Meixiu uninterestingly walked to the sofa. She had a nagging feeling that something was amiss and picked up the nearby landline.
As Ye Chenhan sat down at the Yu family's dining table, he heard his mobile phone ring again. He looked apologetically at Yu Wenzhou.
"Quite busy," Yu Wenzhou quipped.
He already had his phone in hand and saw it was the house's landline. Ye Chenhan didn't know whether to answer it or not.
The phone continued to ring. Yu Wenzhou waved his hand, "If you don't answer it soon, they'll hang up."
Ye Chenhan accepted the call.
"Hello."
"Chenhan, where are you and your father?"
Hearing Shen Meixiu's voice, Ye Chenhan quickly replied, "Dad is at the hospital accompanying Ziyu. I'm a bit busy now. We can discuss anything when we get home."
The call was then hung up.
Shen Meixiu hadn't even fully processed the information and wanted to ask more questions, but she heard the busy tone from the phone.
Accompanying Ye Ziyu at the hospital?
That ungrateful girl knew how to find someone to care for her!
Putting down the phone, Shen Meixiu stood up from the sofa with a dark expression.
"Prepare the car!"