Chapter 267

Xu Ran turned to look at the person staring at the bed and shook his head, “You guys can go out first! Don’t disturb Tongtong’s rest. I’ll just watch from here.”

Although they were a little reluctant, Xu Ran was right. So many of them here would really disturb Liu Tong’s rest.

King Yan spoke first, “Xu Ran, I’ll leave Zheng to you. We will go out first. Lu Qi, come over.” King Yan waved at Lu Qi and asked him to come over.

Lu Qi walked to King Yan and asked, “May I ask what orders the king has?”

King Yan said, “No matter what methods you use, no matter how rare and precious the herbs you need, you must make sure Zheng would recover, okay?”

Lu Qi nodded and replied, “Don’t worry about the it. There are precious medicinal herbs in the king’s residence. I promise the Second Young Master would be fine. You don’t have to worry too much. Second Young Master will definitely recover.”

Not only King Yan, but also other people felt relieved when they heard Lu Qi’s words. They looked worriedly at Liu Tong lying on the bed again, and King Yan was the first to leave the room.

Tangtang and Guoguo did not say anything after entering the door. They were staring at Xu Ran when they were about to go out. Xu Ran nodded to them affirmatively and he did not seem to be worried at all. “Don’t worry! Dad’s here. I won’t let anything happen to your Daddy.”

Tangtang and Guoguo could rest assured finally and followed the crowd out.

Xu Ran saw Xiao Qingyun wiping his tears again as he left. He didn’t know if he was affected or something, but he wanted to cry himself.

Baozi was holding Xu Ran’s legs and didn’t want to go out no matter what. Seeing this, Xu Ran did not force him to go out. He bowed his head and said to him,, “Baozi, since you don’t want to go out, you can stay with me in the house! But no matter what, you can’t disturb Daddy’s rest, okay?”

Baozi nodded seriously and said with certainty, “Dad, I promise I won’t disturb Daddy.”

Xu Ran touched his head and held him up. He sat by the bed and stared at Liu Tong.

Lu Qi also stayed in the room and did not dare to go out, in case there would be an emergency.

By the time they returned, it was already afternoon. It was already dark outside. After being so busy for so long, Lu Qi was exhausted mentally and physically and fell asleep on the table in the room.

It may be that he saw Liu Tong was fine and he didn’t have to worry again, or may be that he was too tired, Baozi also fell asleep in Xu Ran’s arms, with his one hand clutching Xu Ran’s clothes tightly, and the other holding onto Liu Tong’s blanket.

Although the child did not know what was going on, he was extremely sensitive.

Xu Ran hugged Baozi’s small body tightly, not letting him be cold. He just looked at Liu Tong quietly.

To be honest, if Liu Tong was a man, he can definitely attract a lot of childe, but as a childe, he won’t be very popular.

However, Xu Ran had never thought that he was not good-looking. Perhaps he had been entangled at first, but his mind was fused with the memory of the fool. He knew what Liu Tong had done for the fool and to protect the two children, so he didn’t reject him at all.

Back then, the two of them had supported each other step by step. And it’s been quite a few years now.

By July of this year, he had been in this world for exactly ten years.

Ten years! What a long time! It had passed before you knew it. He didn’t feel tired of living this life at all. Instead, he hoped that he would live this peaceful life forever.

Unfortunately, things didn’t work out.

It rained heavily, and then the plague came, so they came to the Yanzhou and thought that they could live peacefully for a few years. And when the Yanzhou was rich, when Tangtang and Guoguo had been through things, when Baozi grew up, they would go back to Xu Village. Then they would let the children go out to explore their own career and they would live out their lives in retirement.

With their fields, their orchards, and their houses of brick, which they had built at great expense, they would be waiting for the children to come back from time to time to see them. They would grow old slowly just like that, until their black hair turned white, and then they would be buried together after death with no regrets.

This child who had come and gone suddenly was never within his schedule. Xu Ran even started to think that he would leave in a hurry because he never wanted to have this child.

Xu Ran smiled bitterly and shook his head. He knew that these were all nonsense. The child’s departure, after all, was because Liu Tong was too tired and didn’t pay attention to his diet.

The other reason was that they didn’t expect Liu Tong would be pregnant again. They’ve always wanted another child after giving birth to Baozi. But Liu Tong didn’t get pregnant again, so both of them thought they wouldn’t have another child. Who would have thought that he could get pregnant in Yanzhou?

Xu ran slowly closed his eyes, put aside all the distractions in his heart, began to think of the child’s name.

But he couldn’t think of any, because he didn’t think any of them was suitable.

What he didn’t see was that after he closed his eyes, Liu Tong, who had already closed his eyes on the bed, was staring at him.

He was very sleepy and he also felt hungry, but he didn’t want to eat and couldn’t fall sleep.

Carrying a child was a subtle feeling. It was the only child he had felt his existence three months ago, but it was the only child who had left him.

Compared with the safe birth of Tangtang and Guoguo, there were also some setbacks when Baozi was born, but Ran had been taking care of them at that time, so there was nothing wrong with her. But this child had just left him. Liu Tong touched his flat abdomen and thought.

Liu Tong couldn’t say what kind of feeling he had in his heart because the child had disappeared before he could take shape. He couldn’t even imagine what he would look like.

Ran said he wanted to give the child a name, but he didn’t know if the child was a Childe or a man.

Liu Tong, who was lying on the bed, thought about it for a long time, but in the end, he couldn’t help falling asleep.

He slept for a long time. In his dream, he heard a child calling him Daddy. It was not Tangtang, Guoguo, nor Baozi, but the unborn child. However, he couldn’t find where the child was no matter how hard he tried.

“Baby!” Liu Tong yelled and suddenly woke up from his dream.

Xu Ran’s hand was shaken by Liu Tong’s scream. Xu Ran immediately woke up. Seeing Liu Tong’s sweaty face, he reached out to wipe his sweat and asked him, “Tongtong, what’s wrong with you? Did you have a bad dream?”

Liu Tong looked at the room and couldn’t see anything outside. There were candles in the room, and it was quite clear. Xu Ran was sitting on a stool by the bed, and apparently he was sleeping with his head on hands on the bed.

There was only him and Xu Ran in the room. Liu Tong woke up and shook his head at Xu Ran. “No, I just heard someone call me Daddy but I couldn’t find him. I was so worried that I woke up in a hurry.”

Xu Ran put Liu Tong in his arms and patted him on the back to comfort him, “It’s okay, it’s fine. The child hasn’t been shaped yet. How could you see him?”

Lying in Xu Ran’s arms, Liu Tong suddenly felt aggrieved. The child suddenly disappeared. He’s bled a lot himself and suffered for so long. Liu Tong actually started to cry in Xu Ran’s arms.

Xu Ran just patted his back without saying a word.

Because he didn’t know what to say…

Liu Tong fell asleep in Xu Ran’s arms and he has been sleeping until dawn.

Xu Ran has been holding him like that for the whole night. When he woke up in the morning, his hands and feet were numb and his throat was a little uncomfortable. It seemed that he had gotten a cold.

When he spoke, he had to avoid Liu Tong subconsciously, so as not to get him infected, too. Liu Tong didn’t know why he would do that. He thought Xu Ran was probably blaming him and he became even more gloomy.

Xu Ran saw Liu Tong’s reaction and knew that he was overthinking it. He had to explain to him, “Tongtong, I didn’t mean to blame you. I’m the one who should be blamed after all. The only reason I didn’t talk to you was that I had a cold. I was afraid that you would be infected. You are currently weak and it would get worse if you catch a cold.”

When he heard Xu Ran’s explanation, Liu Tong felt a litlle relieved. He stared at Xu Ran for a while before he was sure that he wasn’t blaming him.

Xu Ran had intended to ask someone else to take care of him, but seeing that he was so sensitive, he decided that it would not work. So the two of them could only talk with each other sideways or back to back.

In the following days, Liu Tong stayed at King Yan’s residence to rest. He wanted to go back but no one agreed. They were worried that something would happen to him. Most importantly, there was Lu Qi in King Yan’s residence.

And the plans of visiting neighbors at New Year were also canceled. Xu Ran just asked Shao Yu to bring his three children to send gifts to the neighbors.

Liu Tong did not dare to say anything about the fact that he had bled. After all, it was a bad sign in the eyes of these people. Normally, it was not big deal, but it was completely different when it came to the New Year.

But people in King Yan’s residence didn’t care about this. King Yan and Xiao Qingyun would come over to accompany Liu Tong as soon as they had time. The three children were also by his side all the time. Xu Ran estimated that the time he could be alone with Liu Tong would be only at night.

In the blink of an eye, it was already tenth of the month of the first lunar month calendar. The scheduled opening time was also delayed because of Liu Tong’s health.

Liu Tong was very sorry, so he told Xu Ran not to care about him and went to the Red Tower.

However, Xu Ran denied him at once. He was still blaming himself. If he had not made Liu Tong so tired, the child would not have gone.

Liu Tong also thought of the reason for Xu Ran’s rejection. He lowered his head and looked gloomy.

Xu Ran hugged him and explained to him, “Tongtong, nothing is as important as you in my eyes. How much money can we make if we start the business now? If you want the Red Tower to be open as soon as possible, then get better quickly. We’ll open the shop together when you’re well again.”

Liu Tong looked at Xu Ran’s serious face and couldn’t help but nod and whisper, “Okay.”