Chapter 83: The Child’s Tenacious Vitality p2
Feng Qizhou sat down on the sofa, let the two children sit on his lap, and then looked at Xue Yu. “Xue Wangchuan, Xue Zhengliao. You finally remembered to give the two babies a proper name.”
Xue Yu raised her hand and tidied the children’s hair. “I’ve been too busy. You didn’t even rush me. If you had rushed me, I would have definitely picked them long ago. You’re the one who’s not paying attention.”
Feng Qizhou moved over and sat close to her, putting his arm around her shoulder. “Do I have to rush you for everything? I didn’t rush you to have a baby. How come there are children all over the place?”
“It’s a long story.”
After waiting for ten minutes, Zhou Siyan finally brought out the carefully dressed Xue Xiaohai.
Xue Yu’s eyes almost went dark. She clenched her fists and couldn’t hold it in any longer. “Zhou Siyan, I really want to beat you to death!”
Blueberry was perched on Xue Yu’s shoulder, happily spinning in a circle, blowing a stream of bubbles with a proud look.
“What’s wrong?” Zhou Siyan asked.
Feng Qizhou was never one to mince his words. “Look at yourself. Does this look good? A good child has been raised like this by you. You might as well let me raise her.”
Zhou Siyan turned to Xue Yu. “Does it not look good?”
Xue Yu forced a smile and tugged at the purple cloak on Xue Xiaohai. “Why does she look like an eggplant? A pile of colors is too non-mainstream.”
“You should learn from Feng Qizhou. Look how neat and tidy he’s made Xiaobei and Xiaonan. Clean, cute, and refreshing,” Xue Yu clicked her tongue. “Why don’t you stop dressing the child in the future? Just have Feng Qizhou match the clothes and send them to you.”
Zhou Siyan’s eyes dimmed. He put Xue Xiaohai down and took off the green melon-skin hat on her head. “Does Xiaohai like the clothes Daddy picked for you?”
Xue Xiaohai’s head turned from side to side. “I like the ones like Xiaobei and Xiaonan’s. But if you give me a piece of candy, it’s fine to wear this too!”
“Director Zhou, if you really think that such a colorful outfit looks good, why don’t you wear it yourself?”
Feng Qizhou really couldn’t take it anymore. He rolled up his sleeves and went to the side bedroom.
Xue Xiaohai’s clothes were all in the side bedroom. There was a wide variety of them, neatly arranged. Some were gifts from the people of the White Tower, some were bought by Zhou Siyan from the South Continent through Guan Xun, and some were handmade by himself.
Xue Xiaohai had a lot of clothes, several times more than Zhou Siyan’s own.
Feng Qizhou looked around the various wardrobes. There were still some normal clothes. He didn’t know why Zhou Siyan liked to dress Xue Xiaohai so colorfully.
He rummaged through them for a bit, matched a suitable set of children’s clothes, and then picked up a pair of small white shoes. He walked to the door. “Just wear this. Hurry up and change her. After all, she’s going for a job interview. What’s with the alternative outfit?”
“Should I change her?” Zhou Siyan turned to ask for Xue Yu’s opinion.
Xue Yu said without hesitation, “Of course you have to! What are you dressing the child in all day?”
Zhou Siyan’s pupils were dark. He picked up Xue Xiaohai and lowered his eyes, returning to the bedroom.
Ten minutes later, he came out with the child.
Xue Xiaohai was wearing normal clothes for a rare occasion. She jumped and skipped to hold Xiaobei and Xiaonan’s hands. “Let’s go! Let’s go and find a job! We’re going to work!”
The family went out.
Xue Yu could feel that Zhou Siyan was in a low mood. She secretly touched the back of his hand. “What’s wrong? Are you not happy?”
Zhou Siyan shook his head and was silent.
They first went to the Public Security Brigade. There was still a vacancy for a security guard at the gate. The recruitment information was posted directly on the office door.
Xue Yu raised her hand and knocked on the glass door. “Hello, is the Public Security Brigade recruiting security guards?”
“Yes. Are you here for an interview?” a woman walked out. “You can just call me Manager Chen.”
Xue Yu shook her hand. “Yes, we are here for an interview.”
“Then come in.”
The family walked in under the strange gazes of everyone.
Besides Manager Chen, there were three other interviewers. They sat in the middle of the conference room and simply nodded at Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou as a greeting.
“We are here to apply for the position of security guard. There are a total of three interviewees,” Xue Yu walked forward with the three printed resumes she was holding.
The child’s fathers were standing on the side.
Xue Yu touched her forehead and said to Manager Chen, “These three interviewees are a little young.”
Manager Chen’s gaze swept over the three children, and the corner of her mouth curled up slightly. “A little too young, don’t you think?”
Xue Yu tried her best to maintain her smile. “Being young has its advantages! The future potential is limitless!”
Manager Chen: “Then let them introduce themselves first.”
Xue Xiaohai held Xue Yu’s little finger. “Mommy, I forgot to bring my bottle. I really want to drink milk.”
Xue Xiaobei and Xue Xiaonan couldn’t sit still in their chairs. The two chairs were too far apart. They jumped off the chairs and came to Xue Yu’s side, holding hands. “Mommy, my sister and I can’t be too far apart. We can’t even hold hands.”
Xue Yu’s head was about to explode. She looked at Manager Chen. “I’ve seen your recruitment information. There seem to be no restrictions on education and age for security guards. These three babies are actually quite suitable. Why don’t you give them a chance? You can just pay them whatever you think is right.”
Manager Chen carefully read the three children’s resumes and politely refused. “I’m very sorry. We don’t accept illiterates here.”
The family had no choice but to leave.
They then went to another department that was recruiting clerks, but as expected, they were rejected again.
The family sat on a bench in the corridor. The three children were holding their bottles, their dark, bright eyes looking around.
Feng Qizhou said, “What on earth are they doing? Are they playing with us? What kind of job can three babies who are still drinking milk do!”
“They might as well just go out to sea with me,” Xue Yu said, picking at a hangnail.
Zhou Siyan separated her two hands. “Don’t do that. The more you pick at it, the more it will hurt.”
Zhou Siyan thought for a few seconds, had Feng Qizhou also get closer, and lowered his voice:
“Let’s continue to go for interviews. I guess the high-ranking leaders above are too bored and want to watch a reality show, so they’ve put on this show.”
“This has happened before. The higher-ups would casually give an order and then sit behind a monitor and watch the fun, as if they were watching a TV series.”
There was no other way. The family had to go for interviews again.
As long as there was a vacancy, they would go for an interview, from security guards to cleaners, to doctors and nurses, and then to armed soldiers. They went for every interview they could.
Finally, in the evening, they got three offers. The position was [Spirit Body Therapist].
No one was very clear about the job content. It was said to be a new profession, mainly to treat some depressed spirit bodies.
The offer stated that they needed to go to a training class at eight in the morning tomorrow. The training class would last for a week.
After a week, they would be hired based on the students’ performance.
Xue Yu said, “Then that’s all we can do for now. I still have to go out to sea in five days. You guys can go and do your own things tomorrow. I’ll take the children to the training.”
After solving the problem of the children’s work, Meng Wu suddenly asked Xue Yu, “Xue Yu, this injured baby is very pitiful. It’s very hard for Mo Li to raise two children. Maybe you can give this injured child to me. I can help take care of the child in the future. My position, salary, and spiritual power are stronger than Mo Li’s.”
He was very fond of this child. So small, and fighting for its life in an incubator.
He wanted to give all his love to this child.
Xue Yu firmly refused. Even though Mo Li’s conditions were difficult, he had been working hard. He had gone to the South Continent to learn about parenting as soon as he started to show. Mo Li would definitely want to raise both children himself.
She and Meng Wu went to Mo Li’s hospital room to see him.
Mo Li’s injuries had improved a lot. He could already get out of bed. Because one of the children had been taken out, his abdomen was much smaller now.
Xue Yu held Mo Li’s hand. “How do you feel?”
“I’m fine,” Mo Li gave Xue Yu a reassuring look and then asked anxiously, “How is the other baby?”
Meng Wu’s expression was calm. “Everything is fine. She’s in an incubator now. My spiritual power has no rejection reaction with her. She can absorb my spiritual power very smoothly. And she can already talk. She can even chat with Xue Xiaohai and the others.”
Mo Li said softly, “Major Meng, thank you so much for this.”
“You should thank Xue Yu. If it weren’t for Xue Yu’s child, I wouldn’t have helped…”
As he spoke, he pursed his lips and added, “This child has a very tenacious will to live. This has also infected me and has made my mental state much better. Actually, I should be the one thanking this child.”
Mo Li nodded. The words “tenacious will to live” sounded particularly heartbreaking to him.
Meng Wu said, “Mo Li, I actually wanted to ask you if I can take care of this child in the future. I really love her. She was injured at such a young age and can only stay in an incubator.”
Xue Yu knew that Meng Wu really liked that child. He needed the child’s will to live to heal him.
She said seriously, “Meng Wu, thank you so much for saving Mo Li and the child with your spiritual power, but that’s not how it works. If you want a child, I promise you, I will give you a child that truly belongs to you and me in the future. Even if I have to eat a bottle of kidney-tonifying pills a day, I will get you pregnant. How about that?”
She was really worried that if she didn’t give Meng Wu a reassurance, with his mental state, he would have another breakdown one day.
Seeing that Meng Wu was still not speaking, Xue Yu walked around the room, found a piece of paper and a pen, and quickly wrote an IOU:
[I, Xue Yu, owe Meng Wu a child, to be repaid within two years. An additional child will be added for each year overdue. Witness: Xue Yu]
She signed her name at the bottom of the note and added the date.
She gave the IOU to Meng Wu. “Is this sincere enough?”
“I just wanted to talk to Mo Li. I never said I wanted to take the child…” Meng Wu took the IOU, folded it neatly, and put it in his pocket.
He glanced at Mo Li. “Your child is ultimately yours. No one can take her away.”
Mo Li’s clean and handsome face showed a hint of life. “Major Meng, thank you so much.”
After they had talked things out and resolved the knot in their hearts, Xue Yu also felt much more relaxed. “That’s right. Our team has been through so much. We have to help each other!”
Seeing that Xue Yu seemed to want to be with Mo Li, Meng Wu consciously left.
Xue Yu went to close the door to the hospital room, sat down by the bed, and held Mo Li’s hand, her face filled with joy. “Mo Li, I have good news for you! In the future, you can finally hold your head high! You don’t have to be insecure anymore. Everyone will look up to you in the future.”
“What is it?” Mo Li didn’t understand.
Xue Yu took his hand. “The female baby in your belly is now in an incubator, supported by Meng Wu’s spiritual power.”
She was very exaggerated. “Let me tell you, this little baby is amazing! She’s a child prodigy! She has absorbed your and Meng Wu’s spiritual power. She’s very powerful. You can just wait to bring honor to your ancestors in the future.”
Xue Yu smiled, revealing a set of big white teeth.
Seeing her smile so happily, the corner of Mo Li’s eye also curled up in a smile. “I heard from Feng Qizhou that she was injured. Is it serious? I’m very worried.”
“She was just grazed by a shrapnel. It’s fine. It can heal.”
Mo Li stared into Xue Yu’s eyes. “I’m sorry. I didn’t protect the baby well.”
Xue Yu waved her hand. “Don’t say that. We’ve had a blessing in disguise. It was all fated. If you hadn’t been injured, our little baby wouldn’t have become a child prodigy.”
She held Mo Li’s face with both hands. “Don’t be insecure in the future. You’ve given me such a great daughter, a child prodigy. How proud you should be. This daughter is a gift from heaven to us.”
Mo Li held her. “Xue Yu, you are the gift from heaven to me.”
He didn’t know how to express this emotion. He wanted to thank everything, to thank Xue Yu’s parents for bringing Xue Yu into this world.
The two of them lay on the hospital bed again, chatting under the covers. Most of the time, it was Xue Yu who was talking.
She told Mo Li about the matter of finding a job for the three children today, chattering on and on.
The door to the hospital room opened quietly. Feng Qizhou, with his arms crossed and wearing a white lab coat, leaned against the door. “Oh, you’re cheating again? Aren’t you afraid of being sentenced to life imprisonment?”
Xue Yu was so ashamed she lifted the covers. She was in a lot of debt now, with a prison sentence of over thirty years, and she also owed Meng Wu a child. Zhou Siyan was also openly and secretly urging her to have a second child.
Like father, like son. Her three babies also owed the White Tower 10,000 points.
After saying goodbye to Mo Li, Xue Yu left with Feng Qizhou.
In the clinic, she was forcibly fed by Feng Qizhou once. Then, she wiped her mouth and returned to Zhou Siyan’s apartment.
Xue Xiaohai was already asleep. Zhou Siyan was in the side bedroom, matching the clothes for Xue Xiaohai to wear to the training class tomorrow.
Xue Yu stood beside him and rubbed her eyes again. “Oh my, if you can’t do something, don’t force it. Didn’t we agree that Feng Qizhou would match clothes for Xiaohai in the future? Why are you busy with this again? Isn’t this a waste of effort?”
Zhou Siyan lowered his head and picked out a few bright-colored clothes, hesitating.
Xue Yu bent down to look at him. “Zhou Siyan, are you not happy?”
“No,” he stood up and put the clothes that were too brightly colored back into the closet.
Xue Yu walked behind him and hugged him from behind. “I can feel that you’re not happy. Can you tell me why?”
Zhou Siyan’s voice was stuck in his throat. He hesitated several times before he finally spoke.
“I grew up in a nursery. The clothes were always black and gray. I saw that other people’s children were always dressed very brightly. I was very envious then.”
“When I grew up, I also wanted to try wearing colorful clothes, but I rarely had the chance. At school, it was always a military uniform, with no other colors.”
“Wait for me for a moment!” Xue Yu said and immediately ran off.
She went to Lu Sen’s apartment. “Lu Sen, it’s an emergency! Do you have any nice clothes, a little brighter in color? Unworn is best. Hurry up and give them to me!”
“Why should I give them to you?”
Lu Sen leaned against the door and raised an eyebrow. He secretly sent a message to Bai Qi: Xue Yu is here to find me. I’m so afraid she’ll hurt me. Do you want to come and share some of the pressure?
Bai Qi: Roger.
Xue Yu looked into the room. “I don’t have time to explain to you. Hurry up and find me a nice set of clothes.”
Lu Sen found a very well-cut shirt, put it in a bag, and handed it to her. “I haven’t even worn it. What are you going to do with it?”
“I’ll explain to you tomorrow!” Xue Yu ran off with the clothes.
Just as Xue Yu had left, Bai Qi arrived. “Where’s Xue Yu?”
Lu Sen spread his hands helplessly. “She’s gone again.”
Bai Qi: “Crazy. Are you playing with me? Is that interesting?”
Xue Yu returned to Zhou Siyan’s apartment and threw the bag with the purple shirt at him. “Is this shirt bright enough? The style is also for men. Hurry up and put it on. you’ll definitely like it.”
“Whose clothes are these?”
Xue Yu wiped her sweat. “Don’t worry about it. Anyway, they’re new. I’m giving them to you. Hurry up and put them on. Let me see.”
Zhou Siyan opened the bag and first took out the clothes. He found that there were other things inside, a metal necklace, black leather gloves…
“Are you dressing me up?” Zhou Siyan asked.
Xue Yu looked into the bag. “Oh my! Who put these here! This is not what I meant.”