Seeing Wang Keke still resting against Lin Wanyi, Wang Hao reached out to take her.
"Honey, you must be exhausted after holding her for hours. Give her to me, let me hold her for a while."
Lin Wanyi was already feeling irritated, and seeing him only made it worse.
Lin Jiajun pushed him away.
"Can you just get out of the way, Wang Hao? My sister is stressed out right now."
Wang Hao took two steps back and stood his ground.
"I am Keke's father, why can't I hold her?
"Lin Jiajun, don't cross the line."
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Li Suhua glared at both of them.
"This is a hospital. Both of you, behave yourselves."
It was finally Wang Keke's turn. The doctor felt her forehead.
"Her fever has gone down. Flu is very common this season, especially the recent outbreak of Influenza A, which is quite severe.
"Eight out of ten kids who come here have Influenza A.
"Do you want to just take some medicine and go home, or do a blood test to check?"
"Blood test,"
Li Suhua said immediately, but Wang Hao interjected.
"Why do a blood test? The child is fine, it's just the flu.
"If you ask me, we should hurry home. There are so many germs here. If there's a cross-infection, who knows what else she might catch."
This time, Lin Wanyi didn't argue with him.
In the past, when Wang Keke was younger, she would get a blood test at the hospital every time she got sick.
But the results were always normal.
Later on, she just started taking medicine home instead.
Now, Wang Keke's fever had broken, and she was in better spirits.
Lin Wanyi decided to skip the blood test.
She picked up the prescription, and Lin Jiajun carried Wang Keke out of the hospital.
As soon as they stepped outside, Wang Keke complained that she was hungry.
Lin Wanyi decided to take her to get some food first, but after taking just two steps, she spotted Liu Renzhi.
Liu Renzhi saw her too, and more importantly, he saw Wang Hao standing behind her.
His eyes carried a hint of hurt.
"Wanyi, are you two..."
Lin Wanyi didn't answer his question. Instead, she asked him,
"What are you doing at the hospital?"
"My mom isn't feeling well, so I came to get some traditional Chinese medicine for her.
"What about you?"
Lin Wanyi pointed at Keke.
"The child had a fever. Brother Liu, once she is a bit more stable, I'll go visit your mother."
Liu Renzhi shot a fierce glare at Wang Hao before walking away.
Back at the Liu family villa, Liu Renzhi chain-smoked one cigarette after another.
Ever since he saw Wang Hao by Lin Wanyi's side at the hospital, he hadn't been able to calm down.
He was furious. Unable to hold back any longer, he sent a message to Lin Wanyi.
"Did you forgive Wang Hao? Just like that?
"Have you forgotten everything he did to you?"
Lin Wanyi's reply came quickly.
"No, that's impossible.
"He showed up on his own. I didn't let him in the house.
"Brother Liu, I will never forgive him again."
Hah!
His bad mood instantly vanished.
Liu Renzhi sent another message.
"Come over to my house with your whole family tomorrow, and bring Keke. It's Siyue's birthday."
Lin Wanyi replied immediately, "Okay."
Liu Siyue came looking for Liu Renzhi.
"Brother, I'm begging you, let Qin Chao come tomorrow. He is my boyfriend.
"How can I not invite him to my birthday? He'll get the wrong idea.
"Brother, please help me talk to Mom and Dad. Please, Brother."
Liu Renzhi patiently tried to persuade her.
"Be good, Yueyue. Qin Chao really isn't a good man.
"Listen to Mom and Dad, they would never steer you wrong."
Liu Siyue was unhappy.
"How is Qin Chao not a good man? Tell me, what's wrong with him?
"If you can show me proof, I'll break up with him."
It wasn't that Liu Renzhi couldn't show her proof, but rather that he didn't dare to.
He could only repeat weakly,
"Just listen to me, Yueyue."
Liu Siyue puffed out her cheeks angrily:
"I won't listen, I just won't listen.
"Big brother, I am 22 years old, not 12.
"I have the ability to tell good people from bad people, and I have been dating Qin Chao for two years. I know him.
"If you don't let him come tomorrow, then I'm not celebrating this birthday either."
"Yueyue!"
Liu Renzhi didn't know what to do.
Usually, he was decisive and resolute at work, but Liu Siyue wasn't work.
She was his beloved younger sister.
He went to discuss it with Su Jing and Liu Jiannan.
After a long silence, Liu Jiannan seemed to have made up his mind:
"As long as Yueyue is happy, I just want her to be happy.
"Qin Chao, let him come. We will just have someone follow them all the time and absolutely guarantee Yueyue's safety."
"No, I don't agree."
Su Jing was on the verge of tears:
"I don't agree. Qin Chao is a bastard. Look at how badly he bullied Yueyue last time.
"If we still agree to let them be together, that is pushing my Yueyue into a fire pit all over again.
"I won't agree no matter what."
"Then what should we do?"
Liu Jiannan grabbed at his hair:
"Tell her the truth? Honey, you know we can't say it, not a single word.
"Me agreeing to her now is just a stopgap measure.
"Let's stabilize Yueyue first and not provoke her anymore.
"At the same time, we will continue to find doctors to treat her, and when she gets a little better, I will send her abroad.
"Then you can accompany her, and she will slowly forget Qin Chao."
Su Jing was out of options.
Right now, Liu Siyue couldn't take the slightest stimulation.
The doctor said that with this repeated torment, she might really go crazy.
Thinking of this, Su Jing could only lower her head and cry silently.
Liu Jiannan hugged her:
"Qin Chao isn't important, and it doesn't matter how much of Yueyue's money he spends.
"What we need to do now is stabilize Yueyue's condition and never let her be provoked again.
"Honey, don't worry. I will always send someone to follow them, and I will absolutely not give Qin Chao a chance to bully Yueyue."
Su Jing finally nodded.
When Liu Siyue found out, she was so happy she almost jumped up.
She shook Liu Renzhi's arm:
"Big brother, thank you. I knew that as long as you spoke up, Mom and Dad would definitely agree.
"Sure enough, Mom and Dad still favor you!"
Liu Renzhi looked into her eyes and said very solemnly:
"Yueyue, we only agreed to let you two date and see how it goes. You absolutely must not cross the line, do you understand?"
Liu Siyue blushed:
"Big brother, I know."
She said she knew, but in her heart, she kept thinking about the photo Qin Chao had sent her.
Qin Chao said she took it herself, which was impossible.
No matter how she thought about it, it was impossible.
But how could Qin Chao have it?
She held her head and thought for a long time. The more she thought, the more her head hurt, and the more uncomfortable she felt.
Wang Keke didn't have a fever anymore.
She was in good spirits.
She made a fuss about wanting to go to kindergarten.
Lin Wanyi was worried and still made her stay at home for observation for a day.
Wang Hao was still outside the yard and hadn't entered the gate.
He begged Lin Wanyi through the door:
"Let me in, honey. If you don't want to go back to Wangjia Village, we won't go back for now.
"I will just live here with you and find a job here while I'm at it.
"It's just that my dad might only have a few months left, so we still need to go back and take a look first.
"Otherwise, the villagers will gossip and poke at our spines.
"Wanyi, you don't want to lose face either, right? Just go back with me first."
Lin Wanyi was annoyed to death hearing this. She roared at the door:
"Can you just get lost!
"Wang Hao, get lost!"
"No one wants to see you. Our entire family wants nothing to do with you.
"If you have any shame left, get out of here right now!"
But how could Wang Hao leave? After going through so much trouble to get here, there was no way he would leave without taking Lin Wanyi and Wang Keke back with him.
He remained stubbornly planted outside the front doors of the Wang residence.
Another night passed.
At the crack of dawn, just as he was uncurling his stiff body to stand up, a basin of freezing cold water was splashed squarely over him.
