Chapter 193: Informing
Impatient Fu Ying was all action and no delay, immediately releasing her grip on Li Hehua’s arm and turning around to chase after the Old Master.
Just then, Fu Xingguo returned one or two hours earlier than usual.
“What’s going on?”
Seeing the three of them with unusual expressions, all showing anxiety in their eyes, Fu Xingguo thought something had happened and was stunned, hurriedly looking his wife up and down.
“Hehua, where do you feel unwell? Come on, I’ll take you to the hospital!”
No matter how you calculate it, this pregnancy makes her a high-risk mother, not as easy as for a young daughter-in-law.
Ever since learning that she was pregnant again after so many years, he felt joy mixed with uncontrollable worry.
Hadn’t he been handing off work matters that his subordinates could handle to them, so he could spend more time at home with her, just in case something happened?
They had loved each other deeply for many years in their youth; if given the choice, Fu Xingguo, who already had both a son and a daughter, actually did not want his wife to take this risk again.
Seeing things about to turn into another scene of their usual affectionate couple display, Fu Ying anxiously slapped at her dad’s hand that was about to pull her mom over.
The slap rang out crisply, making Fu Ting, who was just about to explain the situation, grimace uncontrollably.
Ha, what a leaky windproof cotton-padded jacket!
“Mom’s fine, Dad, hurry to the study room, Grandfather is looking for you, urgent matter!”
Fu Xingguo, standing dumbfounded in place: So the one with the problem is me?
Is it too late to say now that he has to go to work overtime?
The thought had just emerged when two arms, one left and one right, grabbed him simultaneously and dragged him speedily toward the study room.
Suddenly he felt that Old Heaven Grandfather must pity him, sending this extra child to his wife?
“Grandfather, my dad is back!”
As expected of twins with tacit understanding, not even needing an extra glance.
With her voice sounding, Fu Ting had already deftly opened the room door, pushed his still somewhat dazed dad inside with a backhand, and quickly shut the door.
Synchronizing with Fu Ying, he crouched down to the base of the window sill, perking up his ears to start eavesdropping.
“Cough~”
In the gap of clearing his throat, Fu Xingguo, feeling thoroughly pitted by his son, quickly glanced at his dad and observed his expression.
Fu Chenggong, seated upright at the desk, seemed still immersed in his own world, showing no reaction to such a big commotion, with one hand still resting on the round bun on the enamel cup lid.
“Dad, what happened?”
Just a moment ago he had been uneasy, running through all the major and minor events of the past few days in his mind, thinking he had upset the Old Master somewhere, poking at his itch to take action.
But seeing the unstoppable grief on his face and the even more evident watery glint in his eyes, Fu Xingguo no longer cared about getting beaten, rushing forward hurriedly.
“Dad, don’t scare me like this!”
“You big brat…”
“Hey, the brat is here, old bra… cough, Dad.”
This earnest response actually made Fu Chenggong, who had been grieving in his heart, clench his fist: His eldest filial son had this talent.
He could make him shift instantly from any emotion to anger.
“Get a meter away from me, your wrinkles make me mad just looking at them!”
He’s getting old so fast, is that my fault? Who did he inherit this from?
Fu Xingguo’s mind was full of defiance, but his actions, drilled into his bones over decades of discipline, executed immediately.
After taking several deep breaths, Fu Chenggong suppressed the minor urge to beat his son, composed his expression, and spoke of the serious matter.
……
“This is all true? Is there any possibility…”
“I damn well need to beat you before you stop being stupid, huh!”
Clenching his fist tightly, Fu Xingguo said bitterly, “Dad, is my judgment of people really this poor?”
“Not even worth my words, your eyes are only a bit better than a blind man’s.”
Fu Xingguo, caught between laughter and tears, did not feel comforted at all.
After the last incident, though he had some doubts about his good brother, it was far from the complete overturn now.
That was murdering his wife and child; was he even human, how could he really do such beastly things?!
“Since Ning Yatou is willing to tell you everything and entrust this matter to you, that’s the greatest trust. Big brat, don’t be foolish and give me the chance to righteously disown kin—got it?!”
“I understand, Dad. I’ll handle this matter well.”
Fu Chenggong nodded. Though his own fool was a bit stupid and blind, at least he could correct his mistakes and wake up immediately; otherwise, he’d have to consider bothering his old companion to come up and remake him.
Shaking off the stray thoughts from his chaotic mind, Fu Xingguo steadied his mind, looked up, and met his dad’s sinister gaze, making his legs tremble.
Forcefully suppressing the uneasy feeling rising in his heart, he continued, “Dad, then Jiang…”
“What Jiang? Ning Yatou said to name him Su Wei, little name Little Copper Coin.”
“Oh, right, Su Wei, Little Copper Coin.”
Nodding rapidly like a chick pecking rice, Fu Xingguo quickly corrected himself, “Then really leave Little Copper Coin in Little Pearl Village and not bring him back?”
“If Ning Ning is hard to take care of, we can bring him to our home. With Ying Ying and Tingzi accompanying Little Copper Coin, he won’t lack playmates.
Most importantly, he’s already thirteen years old; just the things he picks up sneaking around outside school aren’t enough, he still needs to study properly.”
Studying is certainly for a good job in the future, but more importantly to make one reasonable. No matter what, the children of the Su and Fu families must study well.
“Ning Yatou has already considered these, and the siblings have discussed it. Don’t you worry needlessly…”
……
The conversation in the study room continued, but the two little eavesdroppers no longer dared to linger.
Silently, with exceptional familiarity, they withdrew far away from the study room.
The two did not choose to return to the front yard, but quickly slipped into Fu Ying’s room.
Her bedroom was at the far end, with excellent lighting; opening the window faced the corridor directly, so anyone coming could be seen from afar.
“Sis…”
Fu Ting bit his lip; the young boy’s eyes still held unrecovered shock and turmoil.
Upon first hearing such a worldview-shattering piece of information, he had been completely dazed.
Although he was also very attached to Su Ning, after growing up there was still the difference between men and women; unlike Fu Ying, who could follow carefree behind her at all times.
So he had seen only the surface and assumed it was everything.
Even why Su Ning gave up university, left home, and went to Xiangnan—he still thought it was truly because of her maternal grandfather as she said.
“Uncle Xu…”
“Pah, what uncle? Does he deserve it!”
Fu Ying might not know much more, but compared to Fu Ting, she knew a bit more.
Especially that time accompanying Su Ning home to stay, she had clearly sensed something off between father and daughter.
But no matter how hard she racked her brains, she could never have imagined the truth was like this.
“Sister Ning Ning must be in so much pain…”
Little Copper Coin was also pitiful; although he was also Su Mom’s son, since she hadn’t met him yet, she mostly just felt heartbroken for Sister Ning Ning.
“If Xu Zixin finds out Little Copper Coin is still alive, will he…?”
Fu Ting swallowed hard, startled by his own emerging thought.
A person like that would do anything; doesn’t that mean Sister Ning Ning is also in danger?
Or perhaps already facing a life threat.
Because of his dad’s profession, Xiao Su Ting had been influenced from childhood and was very interested in criminal investigation and case-solving.
He wasn’t stupid and was especially sensitive to such things; after turning the obtained information over in his mind a few times, he immediately grasped several key points.
Because of this, their worry for Su Ning reached the utmost peak.
“Tingzi, I have an important task I want to entrust to you.”
“Don’t even think about it!”
“Say that again.”
“Say it a hundred times, same thing. You want to sneak off to find Sister Ning Ning and have me stay home to cover for you? Dream on—are you the fool or am I? Unless… you take me with you!”
This stinky kid, always slyly sharp when about to do bad things!
Glaring fiercely at him, Fu Ying turned her head and thought that going to Xiangnan alone she really wouldn’t dare; with her brother along, it would be safer, and sitting on the long train ride wouldn’t be boring with company.
Thinking this way, she wasn’t so angry anymore. Fu Ying turned and opened her iron box where she kept her pocket money, “What are you standing there stunned for? Go get your little piggy bank and hand it over.”
“Oh, good, I’ll go right now!”
Knowing this meant she agreed to take him along, Fu Ting immediately squinted happily and turned to his room to get his little piggy bank.
At this time, the two making sneaky plans would soon personally understand two sayings.
First, the older ginger is spicier.
Second, imagination and reality are worlds apart.
