Up to You - C185

That night, Mu Huainan continued to hug me, laughing at how I, a mother, still hadn’t fallen asleep. I shamelessly giggled and burrowed into his embrace again, it was extremely warm.

I was just about to fall asleep when I was stunned by his sudden words. I drowsily raised my head to look at him, my mouth slurring. “Hmm?” He made a sound.

I buried myself in his arms and sobbed.

The tears stayed in his mouth, salty.

“I chose the path myself. You didn’t let me down.”

I’ve been stuck in this rough road. I’ve loved and loved and lost, but no matter what mountains and rivers and seas I cross, I’ll be able to see him waiting for me the moment I land on the ground.

“I also want to thank him for never giving up on me.”

The next morning, it was the 99th day of the operation. The kid didn’t look very nervous, sitting on the bed and yelling about watching today’s Financial Weekly.

Mu Huainan went over and hugged him, lovingly kissing his face.

“With me here, what financial weekly.”

“Your dad is the world’s most advanced financial reporting.” I couldn’t help but retort, “Alright, quickly put down your son. The doctor is going to take a blood test.”

“No!” I want Old Mo to stay with me.

“Old Mo …”

I mumbled the word again and was startled by Jiu Jiu. “Who told you to call me that?”

He raised his small head and did not feel that anything was wrong, “I am Little Mu. Isn’t he Old Mu?”

I saw Mu Huainan smiling in relief.

He and I both knew that he had begun to admit that his surname was Mu, but in his heart, he had already accepted this father.

When the blood was drawn, Jiu Jiu very bravely rolled up his sleeves. He didn’t cry nor make a fuss, and his coordination was very high. Even the doctor praised him for being very sensible.

When 99 people entered the operation room, Mu Huainan, Shen Xiuyuan and I were waiting at the entrance. Mu Huainan grabbed my hand, making it feel ice-cold.

“Don’t worry about me. I’ve hired the most experienced doctor in the country in heart transplant surgery. Plus, the earlier the treatment is, the better. I didn’t have that condition back then, so I’ll be fine this time.”

I nodded and leaned on Mu Huainan’s shoulder.

Shen Xiuyuan probably felt that the atmosphere was too heavy, so he intentionally opened his mouth to talk about light topics.

“Time flies.” He said, “Who would have thought that when I followed Mu Huainan to the hospital, the ground was covered in blood. Today, I’m still a living child.”

… ….

Shen Xiuyuan’s life was not destroyed in his mouth, after all these years, he had to depend on Mu Huainan.

Mu Huainan coughed twice. Shen Xiuyuan did not understand, but continued to speak.

“I was scared silly at the time. Mu Huainan, even more so, when he saw the scene eight years ago, he spat a mouthful of blood on the ground. Ever since that one time, he had been seriously ill and had not recovered for a very long time …”

Mu Huainan could not help but interrupt him coldly.

“Shen Xiuyuan, shut up!”

He was so scared that he trembled and shut his mouth. He still felt ashamed and wanted to mutter a few words before finishing his sentence.

“It was originally like this in the first place. Do you really think that you’ve caused An An to lose her child? You’re too regretful, so you became anxious …”

“If you keep talking, I’ll cut your tongue off.”

Shen Xiuyuan then stopped listening and started to speak.

I wrapped my arm around Mu Huainan’s waist.

“So there were so many things that happened back then that I didn’t know about.”

He leaned over and kissed me.

These were all memories of the past. Even after so long, he still could not help but feel pain when he mentioned them. Although he could say them very plainly, he could not conceal the remorse in his words.

If it weren’t for all of this, he and I wouldn’t have wasted eight years looking for and forgiving each other.

He said he had let me down and felt sorry for me, but how could I not know what he had been through all these years?

He Anfang had a guilty conscience. Anyone could be a schemer that hid in the shadows. While taking care of the company, he also suppressed the ghosts in Anfang City. He was the one who worked the hardest.

He used so many methods, but he just wanted me to go home.

The operation lasted four hours.

I waited outside until my heart was crunchy, and then I saw the doctor come out of the operating room.

The doctor patted me on the shoulder, sighed with fatigue, and took off his mask. “The operation was successful,” he told me.

For a moment I thought those words were the beautiful notes of the world.

Grasping the doctor’s hand gratefully, I burst into tears.

It was as if all these years of suffering and tears had finally found their meaning in this moment.

Mu Huainan walked over and embraced my shoulder. He clearly heaved a sigh of relief, and he seemed to have walked in a circle from the Underworld as well. However, he whispered into my ear, “Look, I already said that nothing will happen.”

Since he was still young, he had to check in the monitoring room to see if there was any rejection after coming out of the operating room.

Mu Huainan and I waited outside the ward for three days until she checked if there were any problems before we could see him.

I looked at his blinking eyes and felt as if a big stone had fallen on my heart.

Mu Huainan gently held onto 99% of his hands, and patiently asked him: “Do you want to eat beef noodles?

Jiu Jiu looked at him and spoke in a hoarse voice.

“Dad, I don’t want to eat beef noodles. I want you and mom to accompany me.”

Mu Huainan was obviously very surprised. He turned his eyes slightly and said with a trembling voice, “Be good.”

The family of three enjoyed themselves, and when I turned around, I saw Shen Xiuyuan at the door alone, wiping away his tears.

I wanted to laugh.

When he saw me turn around, he quickly touched his face and put on a smile.

“You family of three, gather together. I’ll go and buy some food for you guys.”

I got up and followed him out.

“Uncle Xiu Yuan!”

He stopped and smiled at me: “Alright, I was joking, if you continue to call me uncle, your Mu Huainan will take my life.”

I stepped forward. “I’ll go with you.”

“Xiu Yuan.” It wasn’t quite right calling him that way. I walked along the corridor beside him. “I owe you a thank you.”

Shen Xiuyuan casually patted on my shoulder.

“You and I don’t need to thank each other.”

“Time flies. In a flash, 11 years have passed.”

Shen Xiuyuan nodded his head: “That’s right, I still remember you staying in my house, when we were playing games.”

“Yes.” I nodded. And I can hear it every night from your bedroom. From the living room … “Ah, ah, ah, ah …”

Hearing what I said, Shen Xiuyuan’s old face flushed red.

“What you should not think about, what you shouldn’t think about, you should not think about.”

Shen Xiuyuan and I bought white porridge and buns, then slowly headed towards the hospital.

“Seriously, don’t you want to find one?” I asked Shen Xiuyuan: “But we can’t always be single, or do you want to say … “When you were young, you spent too much. As soon as you become old …”

“Bullshit!” Shen Xiuyuan glared at me, wishing that he could throw a bun into my face: “This is getting stronger and stronger …”

After which, he felt that something was amiss and hurriedly made a ‘pei pei pei’ sound.

“When am I old! I am only thirty-six years old! ”

“Yes, yes, yes, thirty-six years old…” I echoed his words: “We are all brothers. This one, Mu Huainan, was thirty-six years old when his son was already seven. What about you?”

Shen Xiuyuan really did not have anything to refute with, all that was left was a sorrowful sigh, and then he muttered: “If I meet a woman like you who is dead set on her, I would be willing to settle down and live a good life.”

“There will be.”

Time flew, as if it had been a lifetime.

When Shen Xiuyuan and I went back, Mu Huainan was playing with Jiu Jiu, and the content of the father and son game were also different from those of ordinary fathers and sons.

I angrily rushed over to take away the paper in Mu Huainan’s hands: “Hey, hey, hey, what is this?

Jiu Jiu pouted. “Mom, you’re so annoying! I almost won! ”

Come on, it’s only been a few days, but this father and son are already of the same mind.

After staying in the hospital for the past few days, I found time to eat a meal with Xu Ze.

The wounds on his face were almost healed. When she saw him, she was also full of energy.

I was relieved to see that he was all right.

“How’s 99?”

“Mu Huainan found a suitable type of heart and invited the best doctor. The operation was very successful, he will be able to be discharged after resting for a few days.”

Xu Ze heaved a sigh of relief.

“That’s good.”

We found a quiet western restaurant and ate and talked.

“I’ll be returning to Mu City next week.” I told him, “It’s possible that we won’t have the chance to come back to the capital ever again.”

Xu Ze did not speak, he cut the steak and chewed it quietly.

“If you need any help, you can always find me.” I told Xu Ze, “I will forever remember your kindness towards me.”

“I don’t have any more favors for you.” Xu Ze rested for a while, and then spoke with a relaxed tone: “I feel very happy taking care of Jiu Jiu with you for this whole time, it is also the happiest day of my life, you must know, eating and living together with your idol, is the dream of countless of fans in the world.”

I couldn’t help but laugh. “I said don’t take me as a celebrity. I’m just an ordinary person.”

Xu Ze could not help but say, “How can a person who has status in the perfumery and the security families be an ordinary person? Don’t be modest.”

The things that happened a few days ago probably made Xu Ze unable to hold back and look it up in depth. Actually, as long as he combined the information on the internet with it, when he thought about the whole process of Mu Huainan finding me that day, he should be able to figure it out.

I stirred the coffee in my hand and thought for a while before replying, “Actually, we are all ordinary people. Mu Hannan, Peng Haobai, me, and you, we are all the same.”

I paused for a few seconds, then went on.

“It’s just that each of us has a different place and position, so we often have to do things we can’t help doing. It’s not a big deal.”

Xu Ze was still as magnanimous and at ease as before, “Alright, I know I can’t win against you. Anyways, I just hope that you and Jiu Jiu will be fine. If you can’t stay in Mu City, you are welcome to come back to me at any time. ”

I joked for him, “Don’t curse me every single day that I can’t survive in Mu City. If I want to go to you, why the hell would I want to go to you? It would be too late if you don’t quickly find a girlfriend to get married to.”

“There will be, there will be.”

The sky outside was a rare shade of blue. After being in the capital for so many days, it was always hazy. Finally, the sky was clear and people were in a good mood.

Before I left, I gave Xu Ze a picture frame. It was taken by the three of us together at the door of our house during the Spring Festival this year.

He happily accepted it.

What I didn’t tell him was that I had slipped a check behind the photo that said these days I was grateful for his care of me and 99.