Chapter 413: Chapter 413: Cover-Up
The already wet crotch became even wetter due to the soda, and a strong fruit fragrance spread out, a rich orange scent.
"Oh dear, what a pity, this bottle of soda was worth a dime, wasn’t it?"
"Exactly, now that the bottle is broken, can’t return it, maybe it’ll be a few cents more expensive now."
"This young man needs to change his pants, luckily he’s wearing green pants, otherwise his butt would be showing."
...
The crowd around was abuzz with chatter, and the young man’s eyes were a bit misty, looking at the little child standing in front of him, staring at him intently, he felt a twinge of emotion in his nose.
"Uncle, are you okay?" Baozi politely asked, not forgetting to apologize, "I’m sorry, I got your pants wet."
Yi Roujing looked down at her son, a smile playing on her lips. Whose little darling, little angel is this? It’s hers!
"N-no problem." The young man said, somewhat choked up.
"Young man, it was this child’s mom who saved you."
Only then did the young man look towards the other side to Yi Roujing and Guo Xiangxiang, his eyes filled with gratitude, reaching out to grab Baozi’s coat, moved, "Th-thank you, thank you all."
"Shuai, Shuai—" From a distance, a middle-aged woman in a white coat ran over anxiously, and when she arrived, she was panting, looking at her son sitting on the ground, the area beneath him wet, but the scent of soda reached her nose, and she sighed with slight relief.
"Mom, I’m okay, these people saved me." The young man’s eyes were red, filled with gratitude and a hint of lingering fear.
Some among the crowd recognized the middle-aged woman.
"Isn’t this Doctor Huang from the internal medicine department of Dongji Hospital?"
"Yes, yes, I thought she looked familiar. Last time my old man had stomach problems, we went to Doctor Huang, and she even recommended a good traditional Chinese medicine doctor, saying TCM treatments are gentle."
"So it’s Doctor Huang’s son."
"Doctor Huang, this is what happened..."
"Thank you all so much." Huang Huifen looked at her son’s coat laid beneath him, then at the little child standing next to him, immediately knowing the coat belonged to this child. Seeming to realize something, the middle-aged woman felt a prickling in her nose and crouched to hug Baozi.
"Auntie, I dirtied uncle’s pants, and there are glass shards here. You have to be careful." Baozi reminded.
"Doctor Huang, this child didn’t do it on purpose, and besides, his mom is the one who helped your son."
"Yes, yes, I know." Huang Huifen released Baozi and stood up, taking off her white coat.
"Shuai, put it on, it’s not appropriate in this summer weather." Huang Huifen handed the white coat to Shuai, then warmly invited Yi Roujing and the others, "Good comrades, thank you for helping my son, our home is just nearby, please come and sit, let’s have dinner together."
Yi Roujing and Guo Xiangxiang both politely declined, saying it wasn’t necessary.
"You must come." Huang Huifen insisted.
The end result was that Yi Roujing, Baozi, Guo Xiangxiang, and the Dai siblings followed Huang Huifen and Shuai, while the others dispersed.
"I’ll inform Madam Guo, and we’ll have dinner with her too. Don’t worry, Xiangxiang." Gu Jianing reassured Guo Xiangxiang before they parted ways.
The onlookers, whether genuinely concerned or just curious, had left, and Huang Huifen finally breathed a sigh of relief, starting to care for her son, "Shuai, are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? By the way, why are you outside? Didn’t I ask you to stay home during your break?"
"Mom, I’m sorry." Shuai lowered his head, looking a bit downcast, "I wanted to visit Grandma, I thought it’d just be a short walk, I didn’t expect to have an attack midway."
Huang Huifen’s heart ached seeing her son downcast, "I’ll take you to Grandma’s tomorrow."
"I don’t know how to address you fellow students." Huang Huifen then looked at Yi Roujing and her group.
Yi Roujing smiled and introduced herself and Guo Xiangxiang’s group. Once knowing that Guo Xiangxiang and the others were from East Province University, Huang Huifen was delighted.
"My son is too," Huang Huifen said with a smile, "His name is Yang Junshuai, from the mathematics department."
"No wonder I haven’t seen him the entire semester, the math department has its own building, and it’s East Province University’s key program, it seems Yang Junshuai is a very good student." Dai Zhenyan said with a smile.
"Yes, actually Shuai’s college entrance exam scores were good enough for Qing University and Jing University, but we didn’t want him to be too far from home, so he enrolled in East Province University." Huang Huifen explained, her expression tinged with guilt, "His condition has been there since birth, congenital, maybe something happened when I was pregnant with him."
"Mom, it’s not your fault." Yang Junshuai sighed, "I’ve grown up safe and sound, and the frequency of episodes has decreased. The TCM nurturance is quite effective."
"We still need to make a trip to Jing City in a while. Mr. Xu said so as well, if Mr. Chu from the Jing City Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital could take a look, it would be even better." Huang Huifen said, "But Mr. Chu almost never sees patients himself, we can only wait for Mr. Xu’s word."
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Mr. Chu, Yi Roujing had heard his name mentioned many times elsewhere, maybe she could help inquire, after all, at such a blossoming age, there’s talent, it shouldn’t be wasted.
The Yang Family was in Mingyi Lane, just a ten-minute walk from Dongji Cinema, it was a separate courtyard, a two-story building, and its facade looked freshly painted.
Huang Huifen knocked on the door, and a hoarse and questioning elderly voice came from inside, "Shuai is back?"
"Grandma." Yang Junshuai responded outside, and then light and brisk footsteps approached.
"Huifen, why are you back too, hey, what happened?" The elderly woman looked anxiously at Yang Junshuai’s soaked trousers.
"Mom, it’s okay, just accidentally got soda on it." Huang Huifen quickly replied, and the elderly woman visibly relaxed.
"These are Shuai’s classmates we met on the way."
"Oh, please come in, come in."
Huang Huifen didn’t want her mother-in-law to worry excessively, so she didn’t mention that Yang Junshuai had an episode.
Yang Junshuai went to wash up and change clothes, and Huang Huifen brewed brown sugar water for Yi Roujing and her group, and made a cup of milk powder for Baozi.
After Yang Junshuai came out, Huang Huifen took her white coat and went to the hospital to ask for leave, leaving Yang Junshuai to entertain the guests properly.
After drinking the milk powder, Baozi felt a little sleepy, it was his biological clock for afternoon naps. Yi Roujing held Baozi while Yang Junshuai led them upstairs, letting Baozi sleep in his room.
"Comrade Yi Roujing, thank you so much today." Seizing the moment when only the three of them were there, Yang Junshuai sincerely thanked Yi Roujing.
"Otherwise, I might not dare to face the public anymore." Yang Junshuai said with a bitter smile, feeling embarrassed about his earlier state, also thankful that he wasn’t discovered.
"And Baozi, if it weren’t for him... it wouldn’t have been covered up."
"I didn’t expect it at the time either, just used the clothes to help cover in advance. To be honest, I was surprised by his actions, yet very proud."
