mijobooks Chapter 1158 - 1172: No Ifs
Chapter 1158 - 1172: No Ifs
"Mom, why are you stopping me? When I fell into the river, I clearly saw Little Aunt and Aunt together on the road asking for help. Let me tell you this way, I called for help desperately because I saw it was Little Aunt, thinking she would come to save us, but unexpectedly, Little Aunt just left us, and it was Aunt who bravely rescued us. Aunt said Little Aunt went to the Guard Team for help, but where were they? Until Uncle Mu and the others came, I didn’t see anyone from the Guard Team. You can’t tell me Uncle Mu and the others were the reinforcements Little Aunt brought, right? I know Uncle Mu and the others were passing by here after training."Qu Jing sighed, Huang Tao grew up in the Guard Team, with the same single-minded temperament as his father, intolerant of any deceit. Huang Xiaoyu’s behavior might be something Huang Tao would never forgive in his lifetime.
But after all, Huang Xiaoyu is the only sister of his man, and since the matter has already been exposed by the son, Qu Jing could only comfort Sun Lufang.
"Lifang, perhaps Taotao misunderstood his aunt. Xiaoyu might have been inconvenienced these past few days, so she didn’t go into the water, you..."
Before Qu Jing finished, Sun Lufang pushed her aside, glaring at everyone in the ward with bloodshot eyes before turning and running out.
"Lifang," Li Dajun called out to her, apologized to An Ran, and then turned to follow her.
"Should we go and check on them?" An Ran looked at the ward door, her eyes slightly reddened.
Despite Sun Lufang’s unreasonable antics, what An Ran saw was a mother’s despair.
To a mother, losing a child means losing hope, having no expectations, and even lacking the courage to live. The more Sun Lufang loved Li Lele, the more devastating Li Lele’s death was to her.
Mu Xingfeng held her in his arms, knowing that his little one had been feeling guilty, not towards Sun Lufang, but towards Li Lele.
"No need to worry, Li Dajun will take care of her. You lie down a bit more, and after the IV fluids are done, we’ll get a chest X-ray."
Mu Xingfeng tried to lay her down, but An Ran pushed him away.
An Ran noticed Huang Tao on the opposite bed also staring at the ward door and gestured for him to come over.
Huang Tao walked over to An Ran, guilt-ridden, and said, "Auntie, should we have saved Lele first?"
He thought that if An Ran had gone to save Lele immediately, perhaps there would still be hope for Lele.
"There’s no ’what if,’" An Ran directly negated his words, "Huang Tao, you’re a kind and good child, and Lele is a good child too, but there aren’t so many ’ifs’ in the world. When I went into the water, Li Lele had already been swept underwater. If I had gone looking for him, I might have failed to find him and missed the best moment to save you. Lele’s death is something none of us wanted to see, but it wasn’t caused by anyone."
Listening to An Ran’s words, Huang Tao nodded, his eyes filled with tears that didn’t fall.
"Auntie, you’re a good person. Can I call you Aunt? I want an aunt like you." Huang Tao said with a serious expression.
Qu Jing slapped him, "Silly child, what nonsense are you talking about? Call An Ran Auntie’s sister-in-law. She’s your Uncle Mu’s wife."
Huang Tao held the back of his head, looked at An Ran, then at the way Mu Xingfeng and her fingers were interlocked, finally understanding why Yama Mu was so gentle to Auntie, causing him to smile wide.