At dawn the next day, the three of them all got up very early. Gu Xijue stayed up all night because of worries, Xi Haitang had pain in her feet all night, and Xiaochen was thinking about getting up in the morning to see how heavy the snow was.
Can she build a snowman? But her fun-loving thoughts were quickly given up.
"Mommy, you look very bad. Do your feet hurt?"
"It's okay. Mommy will apply the medicine later, and the pain will subside soon." Xi Haitang tried his best to comfort her daughter, but she could not hide it from Gu Xijue by gritting her teeth and enduring.
He squatted down, lifted her injured left foot, and frowned, "It seems to be worse than yesterday..."
There was anger in Xi Haitang's eyes. If it hadn't been for him last night, she wouldn't have been injured again!
"Mommy, do you want to go to the hospital? Your feet look really serious and swollen!" Xiaochen was very worried, and tears quickly welled up in her beautiful eyes.
Seeing this, Xi Haitang's heart immediately tightened, and Gu Xijue was also confused for a while. He immediately made a decision, "I'll take you to see a doctor."
"I want to go too!" Xiaochen was so anxious that she was about to cry.
Gu Xijue nodded in agreement, "Let's go, together!"
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"Eh?! Uncle, what kind of place is this? Aren't we going to the hospital?!" Xiaochen lay next to the car window and looked out. The more he looked, the more surprised he became.
Xi Haitang also looked surprised and asked Gu Xijue in a low voice, "Why did you bring us to your home?"
"I'll invite the doctor to my house, and then you can stay here to rest. I'll feel more at ease with the housekeeper and servants taking care of me."
"I don't need you to worry about me, I want to go back..." Before he could finish his words, the car had already driven into the Gu family mansion.
Yunhen heard the noise of the car and ran out of the house quickly, "Daddy... uh... aunt?! Xiaochen?!"
The little boy's face was full of surprise at first, and then it turned into surprise. It turned out that daddy didn't go home last night because he wanted to bring his aunt and Xiaochen back. In that case, he wouldn't blame him for not going home directly after returning to China.
It's over.
The best orthopedic surgeon in T city was quickly called by Gu Xijue. After an examination, Xi Haitang's injury was concluded to be even worse, "Let's rest for three months!"
"What?! Three months?!" Xi Haitang was shocked.
"It takes a hundred days to break your muscles and bones!"
Gu Xijue wrote a check to the doctor and sent someone to see him off.
Xiaochen and Yunhen gathered around Xi Haitang, with the same confusion written on their faces, "Mommy (Auntie), does it hurt?"
Xi Haitang was startled, surprised that the two children said in unison, then gave them a comforting smile and joked, "It doesn't hurt, but if you two keep looking so worried, maybe I'll wait a while
It will hurt again!”
Xiaochen and Yunhen immediately forced out smiles, although they were very stiff and ugly.
Xi Haitang couldn't help but laugh. Miraculously, he felt that his feet really didn't hurt that much anymore.
Gu Xijue looked at the big and small children happily, and the coldness of the corners of his lips softened slightly, "Yunhen, you can take Xiaochen to play. Today is the weekend and we don't have to go to school."
"Yeah!" Yunhen nodded vigorously, but suddenly paused, "But daddy, I have to take extra classes later..."
"I will call the tutor and tell him that he won't be here today, so feel free to go and play!"
"Thank you, Daddy!"
The two children ran away happily.
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In the house, Xi Haitang was restless, being alone with Gu Xijue. She always felt nervous involuntarily, so she made an excuse, "Well, I'm very tired, I want to sleep for a while..."
"Eat something before going to sleep. The kitchen is already being prepared."
"No, I'm not hungry."
"You have to eat even if you're not hungry! This is my home and I have the final say!" The man's domineering side was shown again.
Soon, the sumptuous meal was served. He didn't say anything, but held the soup bowl in one hand and a small spoon in the other, pretending to feed her, "This is the bone soup that Aunt Zhou specially cooked for you.
Helps recover from foot injuries.”
Xi Haitang raised her head to meet the man's gaze, and found that his eyes were mysterious and deep, and his thin lips seemed to be smiling, which made her heart beat faster again, and she lowered her head reflexively.
"I can just do it myself. My foot is injured, not my hand."
Gu Xijue raised his eyebrows and threatened with a hint of joking, "I don't mind feeding you in other ways!"
"..." Xi Haitang gritted his teeth secretly, thought about it for three seconds, and then opened his mouth angrily.
"How is it? How does it taste?" he asked, blowing into her ear intentionally or unintentionally.
"Very good, thank Sister Zhou for me."
"Then eat more, she will be very happy." He fed her one after another, with a rare and irresistible tenderness in his movements.
Xi Haitang seemed to have noticed something strange. She secretly raised her eyes and found that he was also looking at her intently. Two torches were lit in his deep eyes at some point, and they ignited like wildfire.
Her heart was beating wildly, and she suddenly choked on the hot soup and coughed violently.
"Why are you so careless?" Gu Xijue hurriedly put down the bowl and patted her back with his big hand. Although he asked this, a strange smile appeared on his lips.
"Cough cough cough...it's okay, I...cough cough...it's okay..." Her little face turned red, her brows furrowed, she shrank her body, trying to avoid his touch as much as possible.
After finally controlling her breathing, she quickly expressed her position and said, "I'm full, I don't want any more." If this continues, I really don't know what it will turn into.
Gu Xijue stopped forcing him and put the plate aside and went to wash his hands. As soon as he went out, he saw two sneaky children at the door.
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"What are you doing here?"
"Uh..." Xiaochen and Yunhen, who had been caught red-faced, both blushed, lowered their heads and refused to speak. The two of them looked at me, and I looked at you, hesitating for several times, and finally agreed.
Hen took on the important task, "Daddy, can you come out and help us build a snowman?"
"Building a snowman?!" Gu Xijue's tone rose, revealing an unbelievable weirdness.
An hour later, there were two large snowmen and two small snowmen in the spacious courtyard of the Gu family's mansion. The four snowmen were holding hands, looking very warm.
Yunhen secretly asked Gu Xijue, "Daddy, do you like auntie and want her to be my mommy?"