Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Ye Xiaomo hung his head down softly. Then, he heard Ye Fei say, “Were you injured in a fight with someone?”
Without waiting for Ye Xiaomo’s reply, Ye Fei lifted his T-shirt.
Summer clothes were thin, so it was easier to get injured.
Upon tearing open the T-shirt, Ye Fei saw patches of green and purple bruises on Ye Xiaomo’s body, as well as scratches. There were open wounds on two areas of his skin from the scratches.
In the areas that were not torn, they were also bright red. It looked as if the skin was going to split.
Instantly, Ye Fei became so angry that she started shaking. “Let’s go! We’ll visit the hospital first!”
At this point in time, Ye Xiaomo’s injuries were more important; children had soft bones, so they were more vulnerable to internal injuries.
Their skin was also tender. Thus, there was the danger of inflammation from being scratched open.
Ye Fei locked the electric scooter by the side of the road straight away and flagged down a taxi.Carrying Ye Xiaomo, she got into the vehicle.
“You didn’t want Mom to worry, so you hid this from me, right?” In the taxi, Ye Fei asked Ye Xiaomo as she hugged him.
Ye Xiaomo lowered his head in silence. He didn’t want to let Ye Fei know about the reason why he fought initially.
But now, it looked like he could not hide it anymore.
“But your behavior caused me to get more worried instead. What I’m thinking is, what if I were negligent and didn’t discover your wounds? And what if that caused your injuries to worsen, to the extent of endangering your life? What should I do then? If that’s the case, do you know how broken-hearted I would be? Or how much I would blame myself?”
“Mom, I’m sorry. I didn’t think of that,” Ye Xiaomo tugged at Ye Fei’s clothes while he was in her embrace.
This little guy would only call her Mom when he knew that he had done something wrong.
Usually, he would address her as Ye Xiaofei.
Looking at this adorable little guy, Ye Fei only felt like her heart was trembling—she was terrified of losing him.
Ye Fei kissed him heavily once on his forehead, “In the future, no matter what problem you have, you can’t keep me in the dark, do you understand?”
“I understand,” Ye Xiaomo nodded obediently and continued speaking, “But, it really isn’t painful. It only looks serious.”
“If it doesn’t hurt, why are you grimacing whenever I hug you?” Ye Fei exposed him indifferently.
“…” Ye Xiaomo stopped talking.
“Just now, didn’t you promise that you wouldn’t hide anything from me again?” Ye Fei continued.
Ye Xiaomo nodded his head. Then, he heard Ye Fei ask, “In that case, why in the world did you get into a fight with someone? I know that you’re not a child who fights with people for no reason.”
Ye Xiaomo pursed his lips. Ye Fei did not rush him for an answer either.
After a while, she heard Ye Xiaomo say in a quiet voice,”It was Wang Zishuai from the Moon class next door. He said that I’m a bas… b*stard without a father. He said that you have no self-respect that’s why you gave birth to me at such a young age.”
“It’s not true that you have no self-respect! He can say bad things about me but he can’t say that about you! I won’t allow other people to say that about you!” Ye Xiaomo spoke angrily.
Ye Fei grew quiet.
She had never thought that it was embarrassing for her to bring Ye Xiaomo up at this young age.
So she had never avoided the fact that she was a single mother. Since she would go to the kindergarten to participate in school activities and fetch her child, everyone—from the teachers to the parents and the young children in the kindergarten—had seen her before.
They also knew that she was only 24 years old, but already had a four-year-old son.
It was easy to estimate how old she was when she got pregnant.
She didn’t feel that there was anything shameful about it, but she never thought that there were others whose views could be so vile.
The words that young children spouted, didn’t they all come from the adults there?
“Besides him, did anyone else say this before?” Ye Fei asked.
Ye Xiaomo shook his head. “No one else did, only Wang Zishuai. In my kindergarten, everyone likes me very much. I am the king of popularity.”