Chapter 132 - 112: So Our Mysterious Neighbor Is You
Chapter 132: Chapter 112: So Our Mysterious Neighbor Is You
As soon as Xiao Juzi got home, his mother made him stand in the corner as punishment. Hearing his grandma stick up for him, he pouted, his lips forming an aggrieved triangle.
"My darling must have been frightened by that strange doctor!" Shu Xin stated unequivocally, convinced that was why Xiao Juzi had run off at the hospital. "He’s just a child seeing a psychologist. What kind of doctor asks a kid to take off his clothes!"
Xiao Juzi didn’t tell his grandma that he’d taken off his clothes to do wing-growing training with the strange man.
If his grandma knew the truth, she might not stick up for him anymore.
And if his mother found out ahead of time, the surprise she’d feel on the day he grew his wings would be completely ruined.
Afraid his mother would see through his little scheme, Zaizai kept his back pressed against the wall and his head hung low. He didn’t make a peep, not daring to meet his mother’s eyes.
"That doctor is definitely trouble!" Shu Xin insisted. "It’s all my fault I didn’t realize it sooner! Yaoyao, the baby’s still so little. What could he possibly know? Just let it go, don’t blame him!"
On the way home, Shu Xin had been pleading with Shu Yao the entire time she was scolding Zaizai.
It was no different now that they were home.
"Mom, stop letting your mind wander to such dark places!" Shu Yao suddenly felt a sense of helpless frustration.
’She didn’t plan on revealing Xiao Juzi’s powerful background to the rest of the Shu Family just yet.’
’It was better for a child to be ordinary.’
Shu Yao said, "Mom, don’t be fooled by his age. He already understands a lot. If he’d really been in the kind of situation you’re imagining, he would have raised all kinds of hell. There’s no way he’d have been in the mood to go find someone to play with."
Regardless, Shu Xin’s heart ached for Zaizai.
"He’s only a little over two years old! If he’s so sensible and understands so much already, then what are we parents even here for?"
"Exactly. That’s why I’m disciplining him." ’Not only does it teach him how to behave, but it also demonstrates the importance of a parent.’
Shu Xin suddenly felt like crying but couldn’t shed a tear.
Shu Yao put on a stern expression and looked at Xiao Juzi. "I am not taking you to the park today. You can stay home and reflect on what you’ve done."
Xiao Juzi froze.
’If he couldn’t go to the park, that meant he wouldn’t get to see Little Taotao!’
"Mama promised to take me to the park all the time!" he protested, tilting his little face up to argue his case. "Mama said you can’t lie! Lying makes you a doggy!"
"I promised I’d take you often *if* you behaved. I never said I’d take you every single day." Seeing tears welling in his eyes, Shu Yao remained outwardly unfazed. "Besides, did you behave today? Do you have any idea how worried Grandma was when you snuck away by yourself at the hospital?"
Xiao Juzi pressed his lips together tightly, trying not to let a sob escape, but he couldn’t stop his nose from sniffling again and again.
His small frame trembled uncontrollably with each suppressed sob.
Seeing this, Shu Xin’s eyes grew red. She couldn’t stop herself from wanting to plead for him again, but before she could open her mouth, Shu Yao’s stern voice rang out.
"You just saw Grandma and me nearly get into a fight over you. Why didn’t you explain what really happened? Now Grandma still thinks that doctor is a bad person!"
’Other people might not understand this little Zaizai, but how could she, his own mother, not know him?’
Xiao Juzi finally burst into tears.
He sobbed piteously, his chubby, round face quickly becoming drenched in a flood of tears.
Shu Xin’s heart shattered with pity. She shot Shu Yao a reproachful look, her own eyes red.
"Grandma... SOB... I’m sorry..." Xiao Juzi wailed, his words coming out in fits and starts. "I shouldn’t have... made you worry... That man isn’t a bad person... SOB... I... We can go... apologize to him together..."
Seeing Shu Yao sit down on the sofa, seemingly washing her hands of the child, Shu Xin finally broke. She walked over to Xiao Juzi and crouched down to wipe away his tears.
She wiped Zaizai’s tears dry, but her own continued to fall.
"Grandma was wrong, too. I hit someone without understanding the situation. We’ll do as my baby says. We’ll go apologize to that man together!"
Shu Xin found the original psychologist’s contact information in the appointment history on her Light Brain. After some difficulty, she finally managed to get a call through to Qin Songlin.
When she saw Qin Songlin in the holographic projection, still in the same clothes, the strange feeling in Shu Xin’s heart surged up once more.
She had learned from Dean Wen that the new psychologist at Imperial Hospital had the surname Qin.
Qin Songlin assumed Shu Xin was calling to file a complaint against him, so he rushed to explain before she could even speak.
"Miss Shu, what happened today was truly a misunderstanding!"
He felt that even if he had a million mouths, he couldn’t clear his name from the misunderstanding that he was some kind of predator.
"Doctor Qin, I am so terribly sorry." Shu Xin offered a series of demure, apologetic smiles. "I didn’t understand what was going on earlier, and I struck you in a moment of impulse. I am truly sorry! Please, you must accept my apology. I will come to the hospital in person another day to make it up to you!"