Chapter 48: Have You Already Calculated This?
Nan Yuanman’s entire facial features resembled Bai Wenyin, but her eyebrows and eyes were more like her biological father’s.
However, she had never seen her father since birth and had no point of reference, so she didn’t care about it.
Feng Yuli was different. After Feng Congqian fell into a coma for unknown reasons, he had spent the most time with Feng Congqian these years.
So he could tell at a glance that this kid who threw a shoe at him, with the lower half of her face covered, had the upper half that was a miniature version of Feng Congqian.
The two stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes for quite a while.
Feng Yuli crouched down, picked up the worn little cloth shoes from the ground with his slender, distinct-jointed fingers, and dangled them in front of Nan Yuanman: “Kid, yours?”
“Mine, big brother, sorry, I accidentally hit you.” Nan Yuanman reacted, apologizing while hopping down from the bench.
She had no shoe on one foot, and the hospital corridor floor was slippery. When she jumped down, her foot slipped, and her whole body slid forward.
Nan Yuanman instinctively tried to steady her stance, but the steadier she tried, the more she slipped, until finally the whole young cub plopped down right in front of Feng Yuli, her chubby little face smashing directly into his calf.
Nan Yuanman: “……QAQ.”
Her nose hurt so much!
She sat on the ground, covering her sore nose, looking at Feng Yuli with teary eyes, and apologized in a childish milky voice: “Big brother, sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose.”
Feng Yuli looked at this clumsy kid, his expression indescribable.
If it weren’t for the fact that this little girl’s features looked upright, he would have thought she was here to scam him.
“Does it hurt?” Feng Yuli awkwardly picked up Nan Yuanman with one arm, prying at the hand she was using to cover her nose: “Let me see.”
The little girl had used quite a bit of force when she collided, and young cub skin is tender, so her nose tip was red from the bump. With her teary eyes, she looked so pitiful.
Feng Yuli’s heart suddenly softened a bit, and he reached out to gently rub it for her: “Do you want to get it checked?”
This kid was pretty well-behaved. Even after bumping her nose, she didn’t wail and cry like other kids; her maturity was a bit heartbreaking.
The bodyguards following behind Feng Yuli widened their eyes.
One bodyguard even pulled down his sunglasses a crack, looking in utter shock at Feng Yuli who was proactively holding the kid.
The sun must have risen from the west today!
The Eldest Young Master who hated kids the most actually took the initiative to pick up a child!
Nan Yuanman felt a bit uncomfortable from his rubbing, her chubby little hand grabbing his wrist. Before she could speak, Jiang Lixuan’s anxious voice came: “Yuanman!”
“Who are you? Why are you bullying my kid! Put her down right now!”
Jiang Lixuan was already emotionally suppressed, and suddenly seeing Nan Yuanman held in the arms of a strange man with a red nose and red eye rims, looking like she’d been badly bullied, he instantly exploded.
He shouted loudly while rushing up, glaring vigilantly at Feng Yuli, reaching out to snatch Nan Yuanman from his hands.
Feng Yuli held Nan Yuanman and took a step back, dodging Jiang Lixuan’s hand. He raised his brow slightly and scrutinized this suddenly appearing man: “Are you this kid’s guardian?”
Without waiting for Jiang Lixuan to speak, Feng Yuli unceremoniously laid into him: “How do you even act as a guardian? In such a chaotic place like a hospital, you just leave the child alone here—what if she got kidnapped?”
“I see your clothes are decent, but the shoes you prepared for the kid are so worn out and don’t even fit. I reasonably suspect you’re abusing children behind her back.”
Jiang Lixuan was scolded head-on, his gaze involuntarily falling on Nan Yuanman’s foot, which had only one shoe left—the one she had worn from the countryside.
Only then did he remember that he had only told Butler Li to prepare clothes for Nan Yuanman; he hadn’t arranged shoes yet.
Jiang Lixuan showed a trace of annoyance on his face and felt even more guilty toward Nan Yuanman in his heart, but he didn’t want to lose ground in front of this strange man. He said: “Don’t slander me. I can’t even pamper her enough—how could I abuse her? Yuanman, come, come to Uncle.”
He didn’t know why, but from the first glance at this strange man, Jiang Lixuan couldn’t help feeling disgusted and wary, and deep down he didn’t want Nan Yuanman to spend more time with him.
Feng Yuli narrowed his eyes slightly. This man was her uncle? Not her biological dad?
He looked at Nan Yuanman’s eyebrows and eyes, a thoughtful glint in his gaze.
Nan Yuanman hadn’t expected this strange man to scold Jiang Lixuan for her sake. Her little face froze for a moment. Seeing Jiang Lixuan’s red eye rims, as if he would cry if she refused, she hesitated, then gently patted Feng Yuli’s arm: “Thank you, big brother. He, um… is my relative. Put me down.”
Immediately after, she put on a serious little face toward Jiang Lixuan: “Jiang Lixuan, big brother didn’t bully me. My shoe accidentally flew out and hit him. Don’t wrongly accuse him.”
Jiang Lixuan pursed his lips: “I got it.”
Feng Yuli didn’t put Nan Yuanman down right away. He held her with one arm, the other hand holding her shoe, and skillfully put it back on her.
Meng Qinian, who had gone to the bathroom, also came rushing out at this time, pulling up his pants while shouting from afar at Nan Yuanman: “Yuanman, I’m done—ah?”
Meng Qinian saw Feng Yuli holding Nan Yuanman, slammed on the brakes with his feet, and turned to run.
Feng Yuli was stunned for a moment, then instantly understood something, his voice flat: “Stop.”
Meng Qinian’s steps halted, he turned his head shrinking back, and smiled fawningly at Feng Yuli: “Big cousin, long time no see.”
“Not long, we saw each other half a year ago.” Feng Yuli gently set Nan Yuanman down. Nan Yuanman looked at the two, then remembered that this big brother hit by her shoe was the one she had seen outside the hospital today!
Jiang Lixuan stepped forward and picked up Nan Yuanman, eyeing the two vigilantly: “You know each other?”
Meng Qinian scratched his head: “We know each other.”
“In that case, I’ll take Yuanman back first and not disturb your catching up.” Jiang Lixuan said with taut nerves, while arranging for the coach to handle Lin Chenyi’s matter.
He had been through too much shock today and was mentally exhausted. He didn’t want to socialize anymore; he just wanted to hold Nan Yuanman and go back to sit quietly and think about how to deal with Jiang Yueyao next.
“Hey! Don’t! I want to send Yuanman home!” Meng Qinian wailed to follow, but his collar was grabbed by Feng Yuli.
Feng Yuli gave him a “nuclear-kind” smile: “Cousin, don’t rush off. I rarely come to S City—won’t you play host?”
Meng Qinian: “…”
Meng Qinian: QAQ Yuanman save me!
Nan Yuanman lay on Jiang Lixuan’s shoulder, waving her paw at Meng Qinian like a beckoning cat, then tilting her head to look at Feng Yuli, a flash of confusion and suspicion in her eyes.
Did she see wrong?
Why did it seem like just now, she saw a karmic connection between this strange big brother and her?
It must be a misperception. Grandpa said Mom only gave birth to her, no other children—how could she have a brother?
It’s over.
Nan Yuanman hugged her small shoulder bag, her little face falling. Grandpa, Yuanman’s divination seems to have gone wrong,-
All the way until Jiang Lixuan took her to the car, Nan Yuanman still had that worried look.
Jiang Lixuan glanced at her again and again, finally couldn’t hold back and said: “Yuanman, have you already divined it?”
“I… the matter of wrongly accusing your mom.”
