Chapter 306: Chapter 306 She’s Sick

“Mom, sister!”

Ji Chao and Ji Ze now look forward to Friday evenings after school the most.

Mom and sister always wait for them at the school gate.

“Brother—-”

Little Dumpling heaves and hustles with cheerful steps, running towards the two boys.

Ji Chao quickly catches her, accustomed to his sister’s sprinting force and perfectly prepared, flawlessly catching the rushing Lu Nuonuo.

During this time, both he and Ji Ze have grown a bit taller, making Little Dumpling seem even smaller.

Lu Nuonuo looks up at him with a smile and says, “Brother, I’m here to pick you up from school~”

With one hand, she holds onto a brother, leading them towards the car at the roadside.

Ming Yuan leans against the car door watching the trio approach, her curls blowing in the wind, seductive and charming, with a tinge of envy in her eyes.

She nudges Lu Xining’s arm with her elbow, winking as she teases, “Good sister, you already have three treasures, can’t you really give me Nuonuo?”

Lu Xining responds with a glance, and the other sighs and shakes her head.

Sigh…

Isn’t the country encouraging having children?

She’s all for it.

But what to do if her sister disagrees?

They had just submitted their application at the Civil Affairs Bureau and arrived just in time for Ji Chao and Ji Ze’s school dismissal.

Fu Junhang honks the horn, reminding them to hurry into the car.

When the car drives into “Hidden Delicacies” restaurant, it’s dinner time.

Lu Xining has already asked the restaurant manager to close early, not wanting others to see Ming Yuan and spread unfavorable news to the hot searches.

Just as she is leading her two sons out of the car, she sees Su Ting coming towards them, accompanied by Qin Xuexin in a white cheongsam.

“Ating, who is the owner of this restaurant? Why is it closed so early?”

Qin Xuexin’s voice is very light, with every endnote carrying a delicate coyness, and the angle at which she looks at Su Ting flaunts her most beautiful profile.

But the man’s gaze is locked onto Ming Yuan, who has just stepped out of the car.

Su Ting’s eyes flicker with unstoppable surprise as he quickly approaches and says, “Yuanyuan, you’re back?”

Ming Yuan, who has just lifted Little Dumpling out of the car, hears the noise from behind and feels a wave of disdain, finding the man’s voice increasingly annoying.

Qin Xuexin steps forward and, seeing the child in Ming Yuan’s arms, says in surprise, “Xiao Yuan, your daughter has grown so big? She doesn’t look like Ating at all.”

Lu Xining, Ming Yuan, and Lu Nuonuo simultaneously roll their eyes, their actions very in sync.

Ji Chao and Ji Ze look at the familiar Uncle Su in front of them and think about his relationship with their dad. After exchanging a look, they tacitly choose to stay silent.

Their mom, sister, and godmother seem to really dislike these people.

Right now, it’s best for them to remain quiet.

Lu Xining gives her daughter a knowing look, and Little Dumpling immediately flashes a radiant smile, warming up to start her performance.

Qin Xuexin, who only focused on Su Ting’s events abroad, had murderous thoughts when she learned that he and Ming Yuan got their marriage certificate.

But hearing that they divorced just days after the wedding, her heart swelled with pride, indeed, Su Ting cannot endure the torture of living with someone he doesn’t love.

She knows better than anyone that Su Ting is a born hedonist.

Qin Xuexin waits for Ming Yuan to mock her as usual so that she can cry in front of Su Ting and let Ming Yuan experience the pain of being ignored by him once again.

Instead of hearing her speak up, she hears the little girl say to her, “Why should I look like your Ating, huh?”

Lu Nuonuo silently muses to herself: If she looked like Su Ting, her dad would probably send him back to the factory for a remake, right?

The woman before her was suddenly startled, turned her head to glance at Su Ting, only to find that his gaze seemed glued to Ming Yuan, the jealousy at the bottom of her heart fermenting incessantly.

“Xiao Yuan, why aren’t you talking to me? Are you still holding a grudge against what happened back then? I wanted to explain, but the injuries were so severe that I fell into a coma, and later I was sent abroad for treatment, controlled by others in a foreign country.”

Lu Nuonuo curiously looked at her and said, “Auntie, if you’re speaking, why are your shoulders trembling so much? Are you sick?”

She turned her head to look at Su Ting and said very seriously, “Uncle, she’s sick, you should take her to see the doctor quickly.”

Qin Xuexin: “…” It always felt like the child’s subtext was scolding her.

Ming Yuan’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, her bright and assertive appearance becoming even more strikingly cold.

She said sarcastically, “Yeah, hurry and take her to the hospital to check her brain. Someone who was dead for four years has come back to life; if you didn’t know better, you’d think it was all deliberately planned.”

Walking to Su Ting’s side and tugging at his sleeve, Qin Xuexin bit her lip and said with a look of distress, “Ating, Xiao Yuan still blames me, but it was really unintentional.”

“I didn’t expect you to blame her death on me and then you tormented her for two years.” As she spoke, her gaze always drifted vaguely over Ming Yuan, harboring a hidden contempt for her rival.

Having spent time by Ji Muye’s side, Lu Xining had seen many women like Qin Xuexin. She watched the pair standing closely together, a man and a woman, and lamented how fate was so similarly cruel.

For Qin Xuexin, clinging tightly to the lifeline beside her was a habit she had nurtured since childhood.

She liked Su Ting, but she knew she couldn’t control him, so she wanted to leave indelible marks in his heart, ensuring that every time he thought of her, it would pain him to the core.

That’s why she found a comparison, that girl who always followed behind Su Ting, watching him with her watery eyes in secret, thinking that no one could see she liked him.

She orchestrated a fake death that paved her way upward, turning Ming Yuan into a stepping stone for her ascension.

Indeed, she not only achieved it but did so with resounding success.

Had it not been for her foolish sister leaking her whereabouts, she was supposed to “accidentally” meet Su Ting in a foreign land, igniting passionate romance, thereafter securing her position as the foremost woman in his heart.

Damn Qin Xue Yuan! How dared she covet her man!

Qin Xuexin lowered her head, feigning guilt and distress, while Su Ting, who stood by her side, only came back to his senses after hearing Ming Yuan’s voice, but did not pull away from Qin Xuexin.

“This has nothing to do with you.”

Su Ting explained Lu Nuonuo’s identity to her, “She is Muye’s daughter, not mine.”

To others, this sounded like he was asserting his innocence to the woman he liked.

But who would have expected the next thing he said was to invite Ming Yuan to eat with him, as if the truth of their divorce was merely a joke.

“Yuanyuan, now that you’re back in the country, just in time. This weekend, come back to the old house for a meal; grandpa and grandma are missing you very much, they’ve asked me to bring you back for dinner.”

Seeing his gaze not leave Ming Yuan, Lu Xining had a bold suspicion pop into her mind.

Could this man have fallen for Ming Yuan?

If that were true, then the chips at play in this drama have just been upped without increasing the price.

Lu Nuonuo lifted her chin and huffed, “Uncle, why should my mom go have a meal with you?”

Meanwhile, she turned her head toward Qin Xuexin and remarked, “Auntie, you really seem super concerned.”

“But you don’t need to feel inferior, okay? Even though you’re not as pretty as my godmother, and you don’t dress as nicely as her, you have one thing that makes you stronger than my godmother — a super thick face.”

She stretched out her hand to indicate a very large distance, “This thick.”

Qin Xuexin: “You!”

“Wuwuwu, Auntie, you’re so fierce, you’re bullying a child.”

The moment Lu Nuonuo started crying, the bodyguards Ji Muye had arranged to protect her immediately rushed out. Regardless of her struggle, they directly moved Qin Xuexin aside, their eyes ferocious, warning her not to bully the child.

At this moment, in the primeval forest of a distant city, a pair of eagle eyes were sharply locked onto the hidden shadows not far away.

Under the shocked gaze of the other party, the paintball gun in Ji Muye’s hand hit the man’s arm, and red smoke immediately appeared on his body.

The figure dots on the map immediately dimmed by one.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Muye feeling a tickle in his nose, suppressed the urge to sneeze, crawled forward at a swift pace into the blind spot of the enemy’s vision, and extinguished several more little red dots.

In another tent camouflaged with military colors, a man watched the display screen before him, his eyes showing deep admiration. “This kid isn’t bad at all.”