Xing Xing's gaze couldn't help but fall on Di Ming Jue. He held Xiao Ran in one arm and Yu Ze with the other. In all his life, he had never been held or had someone hold his hand to walk.
"Xing Xing?" Ye Zi Yu looked at his frozen body and took a step closer.
She had intended to touch him and ask if he was feeling unwell, but as soon as she approached, Xing Xing defensively retreated.
Ye Zi Yu sensed his discomfort and didn't want to force the issue. She stepped back to Di Ming Jue's side.
"Let's go inside and tend to Xiao Ran's wound," Di Ming Jue prompted.
Seeing Xiao Ran enduring the pain, Ye Zi Yu had to shift her focus away from Xing Xing.
The family of five passed by him and left. Xing Xing longed for such a scene.
If only he could have his parents' company. Would his mother be as gentle as hers?
Xing Xing tugged resentfully at the flowers in front of him.
Back in the living room, Ye Zi Yu immediately took out the medicine box from the cabinet. She carefully applied iodine to Xiao Ran's swollen forehead.
The swelling was much worse than it had been in the car, and by morning, the surrounding area would likely be bruised.
"Will you be as restless the next time we're in the car?" Ye Zi Yu looked down at him.
Of course not!
Xiao Ran, knowing he was in the wrong, bit his lip and fluttered his long eyelashes, feigning vulnerability.
Ye Zi Yu was not swayed by his act. After disinfecting the wound, she looked at him sternly. "Do you know what you did wrong today?"
Yu Ze, hearing this, already pictured Xiao Ran writing a self-criticism letter at his desk.
Back when they were abroad, if they ever displeased Ye Zi Yu, a five-hundred-word self-criticism letter was unavoidable.
Xiao Ran looked up to meet Ye Zi Yu's eyes and moved his lips. "I shouldn't have discussed Mommy's matters, and I definitely shouldn't have moved around in the car and gotten hurt."
If the injury was to be traced back, the fault still lay with Di Ming Jue. Seeing Ye Zi Yu's stern expression towards Xiao Ran, he couldn't help but step forward to deflect half of her anger.
"Alright, since he knows he was wrong, let him go rest."
"And you, do you know what mistake you made today?"
Ye Zi Yu was truly angry.
She hadn't seen the red light in time, causing Di Ming Jue to run it. If the cars on both sides hadn't been able to brake, Xiao Ran wouldn't have been the only one injured.
Driving was one thing, but another was what he had said to the children. Asking them to scold Gu Xiu Yu away was not only due to his dislike for Gu Xiu Yu but also a lack of trust in her.
If he truly trusted her, even with countless men approaching her, Di Ming Jue would still believe her heart would always be his, and she wouldn't be attracted to other men.
However, he didn't think that way.
Ye Zi Yu closed the medicine box in front of her, put it back in its place, and went upstairs without a word.
The three children exchanged glances, looking at the spot where Ye Zi Yu had left.
"We're doomed, Mommy is really mad this time!" Xiao Ran exclaimed.
It was the first time he had seen her lose her temper like that, and she hadn't even made him write a self-criticism letter.
Di Ming Jue, like a clueless fool, rubbed the back of his head, looking helplessly at the children. "How do I appease her?"
"Write a self-criticism letter!" Yu Ze suggested.
In the past, when they earnestly wrote self-criticism letters and gave them to Ye Zi Yu, she would cheer up and stop being angry.
"Self-criticism letter?" Di Ming Jue seemed to have misheard.
Xiao Ran and Yu Ze thought the same way. Yu Ze ran to get paper and a pen and thrust them into Di Ming Jue's hands. "You need to sincerely write down your mistakes tonight, that way Mommy will forgive you sooner."