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Chapter 383: Chapter 383: Whoever Brings It, Is Responsible for It.
𝑛𝘰𝑣𝑝𝑢𝑏.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Hearing this, Tong Yao frowned and said, "I’ll go wait at the railway station first. You guys better hurry and get your tickets to come here. Finding the child right now is the most important thing. We can discuss the rest once we find the child."
Zhang Lijuan, as if she had caught a lifeline, quickly said, "Sister-in-law, you must help me find Yuanyuan. If anything happens to Yuanyuan, I won’t be able to live." No, even if she were to die, she would take Lin Fengying down with her.
Before she had a child, Zhang Lijuan’s thoughts were all about herself. But after having a child, she devoted all her thoughts to him. She had taken care of the child since his birth and they had never been separated for even a single day. Now Lin Fengying had suddenly taken the child away, it felt like half her life had been taken away.
The thought of the child crying with hunger on the journey distressed her. And thinking about the possibility of the child encountering human traffickers on the road made her so worried that her hands and feet became weak.
"Don’t talk nonsense, nothing will happen to the child."
After hanging up the phone and seeing Gu Hongwei looking at her, Tong Yao shrugged helplessly and said, "My mother-in-law secretly brought Yuanyuan here. Now Boyi and Lijuan are worried sick at home."
Gu Hongwei frowned, not understanding Lin Fengying’s actions, "Why did she bring Yuanyuan to Kyoto?" It was almost New Year, and Kyoto was much colder than Li City. Could such a small child withstand such turmoil?
"She said she wanted to show him to us. But I had already mentioned earlier that I would visit home before the new year. I have no idea what she’s thinking." In Tong Yao’s view, Lin Fengying just couldn’t stand living a comfortable life. Whenever things were going well, she loved to stir up trouble.
With this incident, both Si Boyi and Zhang Lijuan must surely harbor animosity towards her. In the future, when she gets old and wants to enjoy the happiness of grandchildren, it won’t be that easy.
Gu Hongwei muttered to himself for two seconds, as if he had thought of something, but didn’t know whether to say it or not. Seeing his strange expression, Tong Yao curiously asked, "Do you know the reason why she brought the child to Kyoto?"
"I can guess a bit, but I’m not quite sure." Gu Hongwei said.
"???" Tong Yao’s face was full of questions.
Seeing this, Gu Hongwei cleared his throat and said, "In our hometown, there are many couples who have been married for a long time but have no children. They usually bring their relatives’ children to live with them for a while..."
He didn’t continue his words, but anyone wise could understand what he meant.
Tong Yao only felt that her mind had been stormed with wild thoughts, "Has she been idle too long?"
Combining this with the previous incident of sending medicine, Tong Yao instantly understood the purpose of Lin Fengying secretly bringing the child, it really was to make her have a child.
Gu Hongwei also felt that Lin Fengying was in the wrong, but after all, it concerned Tong Yao’s family affairs, so he, being an outsider, didn’t comment, "Kyoto is colder than Li City. Yuanyuan is still small. You should bring a thicker blanket to pick them up!"
"Okay. Please look after the shop for me, I’m going to pick them up."
Without a child at home, naturally there were no small blankets. Unlike the 21st century where everything could be bought, baby blankets had to be made by themselves before the child’s birth.
It was too late to make a blanket now, so Tong Yao could only go to the railway station with a warm coat and waited for over an hour until Lin Fengying arrived with the child. Lin Fengying wore a large blue scarf wrapped around her head, tightly covering her face with only a pair of eyes visible.
If not for the child in her arms, Tong Yao might not even have recognized her.
After all, with age, carrying a child along the journey made Lin Fengying’s arms sore, but she dared not let others help to carry the child. She managed to hold on until she got off the train and heard Tong Yao calling her, only then did she feel relieved.
She knew her younger son would call Tong Yao to pick them up, so seeing Tong Yao didn’t surprise Lin Fengying at all.
"Yaoyao, could you hold him for a while? The child is robust and heavy. I’ve been holding him along the journey, and my arms are so sore it feels like he’s not my own."
It wasn’t convenient to talk in the bustling railway station. Tong Yao took the child and carefully wrapped him in the warm coat she had brought. The child was deep in sleep, not even waking from being held by another person.
Despite having lived for decades, this was the first time Tong Yao had held such a small child. She was so soft she dared not exert any force, as if she was afraid of crushing her.
Seeing Lin Fengying carrying nothing, Tong Yao’s brows knotted, "Didn’t you bring any formula for the child? What did he eat on the road?"
Lin Fengying replied a little embarrassedly, "I left in too much of a hurry and forgot to bring it. He cried all the way and fell asleep just before we got off the train. We need to hurry back and buy some formula for him to drink, otherwise, he’ll certainly cry when he wakes up."
Upon hearing that the child had been hungry for several hours, Tong Yao’s face turned colder. But now was not the time to say these things. She could only stop a taxi and take Lin Fengying and the child back home first.
Indeed, Zhang Lijuan was quite adept at caring for her firstborn. The child was chubby and cute, resembling Si Boyi. He was heavy to hold and smelled of milk, accompanied by a hint of unpleasant odour...
Tong Yao suspected that the child had soiled his diaper, but she couldn’t check in the car and had to endure the smell and head home first.
As expected, once they got home and checked, not only had the child pooped, his clothes were also completely soaked in urine. In weather of minus seven or eight degrees, the child had not eaten anything for the whole day, and his clothes were all wet. If he caught a cold, it would be serious.
By this time, Lin Fengying also realised she had been somewhat rash and had caused the child a great deal of distress. Looking at Tong Yao with a stern face, she responded apologetically, "Yuanyuan is robust, he will be fine if he goes hungry for a day. I’ll take care of him at home while you quickly go buy him some clothes to change into."
Tong Yao was already a bit angry. Hearing Lin Fengying’s understatement, she immediately lost her temper, "Who brought him here? They should take responsibility."
Lin Fengying looked uneasy and said, "Yaoyao, if you’re upset, take it out on me, not the child. Isn’t the child the one suffering from you losing your temper now? He’s just a little child who understands nothing. Why are you bearing grudges against a child?"
Hearing these words, Tong Yao was so angry she laughed. When it came from Lin Fengying’s mouth, it seemed like she was the unreasonable one and everything was her fault.
She was indeed upset, but it had nothing to do with the child. Tong Yao left the room with a stern face, and Lin Fengying heaved a sigh of relief. She knew she hadn’t thought things through thoroughly when she decided to do this. She had even forgotten to bring clothes and diapers for the child.
At that time, she was afraid her younger son and Lijuan would find out and stop her, so she secretly took the child and left. It was only after they got on the train and the child started crying that she remembered the child was still very young, reliant on formula and breast milk.
After all the fuss, she was weary. She did all this for Tong Yao, yet Tong Yao didn’t appreciate it. Lin Fengying felt somewhat aggrieved.
With a long sigh, Lin Fengying was about to go to the bathroom when the child on the bed suddenly started crying loudly. Despite being less than two months old, his voice was unusually loud. Lin Fengying hastily heated a basin of water to clean him up.
