CH 117

The vicissitudes of life upstairs couldn’t affect the harmony downstairs at all.

While He Qianjian confronted He Yanfeng and Yang Yun in the surgical inpatient department on the fifth floor, Jiang Chen’s family was packing up their things in the obstetrics inpatient department on the second floor, preparing to be discharged and go home.

Yang Si gave birth very smoothly. Not only did she give birth to Jiang Ran within half an hour, but also her follow-up recovery was very fast. She could be discharged from the hospital in less than three days. After that, she only needed to stay at home for recuperation and there would be basically no problem at all.

In the ward, Yang Si sat on the side with her daughter in her arms, smiling as she watched the father and son pair packing up their luggage.

Although they only stayed for less than a week, Jiang Chen and Jiang Zhuo filled the suite-like ward with all the things they might or might not need after Yang Si gave birth. The sitting room, bedroom, and nursing room were already full of things that a mother and her baby might need.

It would take a lot of time just to clean these up.

Yang Si complained: “I said at the beginning not to buy so many things, and it would be difficult to carry it when we leave the hospital. But you two keep bringing things here, and you bought so many duplicate things, wasting time and money.”

Jiang Zhuo picked up a pacifier, carefully put it into a small sterilized box. He turned around and said, “How are there any duplicates, aren’t these all necessities?”

“You bought more than twenty pacifiers. Does she have twenty mouths? How can she use them up?” Yang Si pointed at the pacifier in Jiang Zhuo’s hand. Then seeing Jiang Chen with three piles of clothes for the baby, she changed her target: “And Chen Chen, you bought so many clothes for your little sister, could she wear them all? Babies grow very fast, and the clothes will not be able to be worn after a few days. She won’t be able to wear all the ones you bought even if she changes three times a day.”

Jiang Chen and Jiang Zhuo looked at each other, lowered their heads and packed up their things without speaking.

Yang Si shook her head and teased the little girl in her arms: “Ran Ran be good, you can’t be like your brother and daddy, it’s bad to be excess and extravagant.”

……

Back home, Yang Si fed her once, and then took Jiang Ran to bed.

Jiang Chen and Jiang Zhuo organized the things they brought back, cooked a light meal of some dumplings, and ate some casually before completely relaxing.

The father and son pair sat on the sofa, looking at the many extra baby products at home, with smiles on their faces. Jiang Zhuo thought of something, and his smile gradually faded. He got up and walked to the door, quietly glanced at his sleeping wife and daughter inside, and then closed the door and went back to the living room.

Jiang Chen also put away his relaxed look, and looked up at his father who sat next to him.

“Chen Chen.” Jiang Zhuo lowered his voice: “I have been taking care of your mother and sister for the past few days, and I haven’t been able to continue the chat with you about the unfinished things in the hospital garden. Now I finally have the time. Dad wants to chat with you.”

Jiang Chen nodded slightly, “Yeah.”

“Dad wants to ask you, what is the attitude of the He family now.” Jiang Zhuo paused, and added: “Towards you.”

Jiang Chen pursed his lips: “I discussed with them before that I will not disclose my identity before the college entrance examination, and only go to the old family house once a month to have dinner with the old gentleman and old madam, and…..after it is made public, I will change my identity and return to using the He surname.”

Jiang Zhuo’s expression changed slightly. He was silent for a while, then sighed softly. He slowly raised his hand, put it lightly on Jiang Chen’s shoulder, and pressed it firmly: “You have worked hard during this time, son.”

Jiang Chen raised his eyes suddenly, and they involuntarily reddened..

He agreed to the He family to change back to using the He surname because the He family gave him half a year of freedom and buffer time in exchange for this surname, and also because he believed that his parents cared more about other things than the surname.

However, no matter how sure he was before, when faced with that short period of silence just now, he still felt uneasy. He couldn’t help thinking, if his father was really sad because of this matter, or if he really cared about this matter, then how would he explain it, and how would he solve it.

In just a few seconds, he thought about many things his father might say, and also thought about many ways to answer and respond. He was even ready to endure his anger, but he didn’t expect that what he heard was: You’ve worked hard.

Jiang Chen lowered his eyelashes, and the teardrops quickly fell into the sofa cushion, leaving no trace.

Jiang Zhuo moved his hands on Jiang Chen’s shoulders, wrapped his arms around him, and hugged him gently with one hand. He patted his back with the other, comforting him in a gentle voice: “Okay, it’s all over, no matter what happens in the future, Dad will face it with you.”

“You don’t blame me?”

“Why would Dad blame you?” Jiang Zhuo said in a hearty and gentle voice, “Would you disown Dad just because you don’t share my surname?”

“Of course not.” Jiang Chen raised his head, his eyes still red.

“Then that’s right.” Jiang Zhuo touched the end of his eyes and said, “Dad knows, you would agree because you know what Mom and I care more about than these formalities, because you care about Mom and Dad and are afraid of us being sad, so you wanted us to have the time to slowly adjust, right?”

Jiang Chen’s eyes stung more, and he nodded slightly.

“In that case, of course I won’t blame you.” Jiang Zhuo paused, and looked at him pretending to be surprised: “I thought us father and son had a better understanding than you and your mother, a tacit understanding without words. You wouldn’t happen to not trust Dad just now, would you.”

Jiang Chen wiped his eyes casually. He didn’t expect that after decades, he would still cry in front of his father. He turned his head slightly, coughed softly, and changed the subject: “Let’s continue talking.”

Jiang Zhuo joked: “What’s the matter? Are you still shy in front of your own father? When you were young, and got in a fight with a little girl for toys, you couldn’t win against her physically or using reasoning, don’t know who it was who loved to cry so much. I didn’t see you being shy back then.”

Jiang Chen turned his head: “That’s a long time ago.”

“No matter how long, Dad still remembers it clearly.” Jiang Zhuo smiled, recalling the memories, and stretched out his hand to gesture: “Your mother and I watched you grow from such a small little thing to a tall young man now. We participated in every moment of your growth, and we understand and love you better than anyone else.”

“So, not only do Mom and Dad trust you, you also have to trust us. No matter what happens, we are a family of three, no, now we are a family of four. No matter what difficulties we face, our family of four will never be separated.”

Jiang Chen’s eyes were as clear as water, and a faint smile overflowed from his eyes, lighting up his entire face. He nodded heavily and agreed.

“Okay.” Jiang Zhuo glanced at the time, got up and said, “Dad just wanted to ask you about the He family’s decision. Now that your mother is about to wake up, Dad is going to make her something to eat. You haven’t had much rest either during so many days, so go to sleep for a while, didn’t you say that you will go to the hospital with Xiao Xu to see Xiao Bo after school later?”

Jiang Chen stood up and was about to take a step when he stopped, and called after Jiang Zhuo: “About He Qianjian, what are you going to do?”

Jiang Zhuo turned his head, the smile on his face faded: “Your mother doesn’t like him very much, so we’ll talk about it later.”

“But he is…..”

Jiang Zhuo shook his head, turned around and looked at Jiang Chen: “You know that Dad had no parents, and you have no grandparents. I have always been an orphan, until I met your mother, and then we had a family. From Dad’s point of view, blood relationship is very important, but it is far less important than affinity. You would become the child of me and your mother, this is fate, he…..maybe there is no fate between us from the beginning. “

“Damn, Uncle Jiang really said that?” Shen Xu took a bite of the apple and said, “That’s so cool.”

Jiang Chen glanced at him: “I’ve said so much, and you only pick up on this?”

“What else is there?” Shen Xu frowned, thinking hard, then suddenly snapped his fingers. He leaned over and said in a mysterious and vulgar way: “I heard that He Qianjian has a fiancée, you guys were promised to each other when you two weren’t even born yet. Since you are Uncle He’s biological son, then the fiancée is also yours.”

Jiang Chen raised his leg, kicked his stool, and turned to look at Huo Bo.

Huo Bo’s head was still wrapped in gauze, but his complexion was pretty good. Seeing Jiang Chen looking over, he was still in the mood to joke, and he raised his lips and said, “Congratulations, the eldest young master has a fiancée.”

“You two…..” Jiang Chen couldn’t help laughing, and after laughing, he said seriously, “I’m sorry, I kept this matter from you both this whole time.”

“There is nothing to apologize for.” Shen Xu threw the apple core into the trash can, put his foot on the ground, and slid the chair to Jiang Chen’s side. He said with a smile: “Actually, old Huo and I have suspected it for a long time. You and He Qianmin look so similar, as long as we are not blind, we can’t help but think about it in our heart, not to mention that you not only resemble He Qianmin, but you resemble every He family member we have ever met, either this part or that part. No matter how dumb, anyone would have doubts.”

Huo Bo nodded: “At first when I learned it was He Qianjian who was looking for your trouble I was worried that you would suffer losses, so I wanted to check He Qianjian’s background for you. Later, I found that He Qianjian is very strange. I wanted to warn you, but I can see that you already had an understanding in your heart, so I didn’t say anything.”

“That’s right, every time He Qianjian tried to find trouble with you, he failed, and he is the one who suffered. We saw that you didn’t want to mention him very much, so we didn’t tell you about him.” Shen Xu picked up a banana this time, and while peeling the skin, said: “Besides, we both understand that you not telling us about this is because you don’t really want to go back to the He family. To put it bluntly, you don’t really want to admit your identity, and if you don’t want to admit it, naturally you won’t tell us.”

“But, I have to say something.” Shen Xu handed the banana to Huo Bo, only for Huo Bo to reject it in disdain, then handed it to Jiang Chen: “Eat a banana, I peeled it specially for you.” Jiang Chen was also disdainful and gave him an eyeroll. Shen Xu shrugged his shoulders, took a bite himself, and continued: “Your biological parents are actually quite good to you. You can’t think that the He family is not good just because He Qianjian is disgusting. Isn’t there still Min Min? He is your dear little brother. I know you are filial to Uncle and Aunt Jiang, but Mr. He and Mrs. He are also your parents, and you being good to both sides is not a hindrance. So, buddy, we just want to tell you that you should learn to accept them, have them give you more pocket money, and then often treat us buddies to food.”

Jiang Chen kicked his chair away, and amidst the laughter and cursing, he lowered his eyes and began to think.