Ye Shaoting nodded, bending down to pick Xingxing up from the car. Xingxing, who had just fallen asleep, felt his body moving and his alert eyes immediately opened.
Meeting Ye Shaoting’s gaze, he parted his lips, emitting a faint sound, “Dad.”
“Did I scare you?” Ye Shaoting asked, stroking him tenderly. “Are you hurt? Let me take a good look.”
After being carried out of the car, Xingxing was forced to stand in front of Ye Shaoting for a thorough examination.
Apart from some red marks where the ropes had been tied, there were no other injuries.
“Brother, we should take them inside for a physical examination first,” Ye Ziyu reminded him.
What was visible to the naked eye was only superficial; whether there were any internal issues required precise instruments for diagnosis.
Ye Shaoting did not refuse. He picked up Xingxing and strode into the hospital.
Watching their retreating figures, Ye Ziyu’s heart was filled with mixed emotions. She turned to Di Mingjue and asked, “Should the results be out soon?”
Two or three days had passed since they submitted the samples, and the results should be available by now!
Di Mingjue pondered for a moment before nodding in response, “Yes, I’ll find time to get them later.”
“I’ll go with you,” Ye Ziyu said.
She wanted to know immediately if Xingxing was Si Bao.
Seeing her seriousness, Di Mingjue did not refuse. Regardless of whether it was good or bad, she would eventually find out. Perhaps by fetching the report herself, even if it wasn’t Si Bao, she could accept it more readily.
Di Mingjue carried the sleeping Xiao Ran into the examination room behind Ye Shaoting.
“Mommy, where are we?” Xiao Ran was awakened and looked sleepily at the room full of white.
Ye Ziyu and Di Mingjue helped him put on the thick anti-radiation suit, explaining softly, “This is the hospital. We are helping you put on the clothes you need for the examination. Soon, you’ll lie down on it, and a machine will scan you.”
“Scan?” Xiao Ran watched Xingxing being scanned back and forth by the machine overhead through the glass. He shrunk his neck, looking a little apprehensive.
“Don’t be scared. The machine is just checking if you’re injured inside your body. It won’t hurt you. Lying on it is like lying on your bed; you won’t feel anything,” Ye Ziyu said, stroking Xiao Ran’s back to soothe his fear.
Xiao Ran, who was usually brave, developed a fear of the unknown after being tied up this time.
The machine scanned quickly, and Xingxing came out of it in no time.
“Xingxing, are you feeling okay?” Ye Ziyu asked urgently.
Xingxing glanced up at Ye Shaoting beside him, gave a perfunctory nod to Ye Ziyu, and walked towards Ye Shaoting.
Ye Ziyu still had something to say, but Xingxing only showed her his back. She pursed her lips in resignation.
Xiao Ran in her arms was restless. At the nurse’s invitation, he reluctantly tugged at Ye Ziyu’s hand, refusing to cooperate with the nurse. “I don’t want to be examined!”
The unknown sensation of lying on it made him feel inexplicably flustered, and he disliked the smell of disinfectant in the hospital.
He had often been to hospitals before because of Yu Ze, witnessing too much suffering and death from a young age, which made him deeply detest hospitals.
Seeing him clinging tightly to her clothes, Ye Ziyu looked up at Di Mingjue, helplessly seeking his assistance.
“Xiao Ran, are you a man?” Di Mingjue asked sternly, standing in front of him.
No injections, no surgery, he couldn’t understand what the boy was afraid of! Seeing his resistance, Di Mingjue stepped forward, grabbed his collar, and pulled him from Ye Ziyu’s arms.
With a loud wail, Xiao Ran burst into tears.
It was the first time Ye Ziyu had ever seen him so heartbroken.