The two men hurried downstairs. As soon as they came down, they saw Old Man Bai and Political Commissar Bai walking in together. The old man walked in front, and Political Commissar Bai was behind, holding the quilt. When he saw the two of them, he obviously raised his eyebrows.
Mr. Bai asked, "What's going on? Who threw it?"
Mi Yang grabbed Bai Luochuan's hand, took a step forward and said, "It was me, I did it accidentally."
Old Master Bai frowned slightly and looked at Bai Luochuan, still waiting for his explanation.
Mi Yang scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Grandpa Bai, we didn't mean to do that. We just wanted to dry the quilt."
Mr. Bai asked, "Drying the quilt in the sun at night?"
Mi Yang rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, I haven't been to school for several days because I was sick. Today, I listened to Bai Luochuan's natural science lesson. The book said that moonlight is refracted sunlight, so I wanted to try it..." He scratched Bai Luochuan's palm twice. Although Bai Luochuan was not very happy, he still nodded and said, "Yes."
Mrs. Bai shook her head and said with a smile, "You two are so smart. Okay, this quilt is confiscated, and you are not allowed to dry the quilt at night in the future."
She took the evidence away first, and Political Commissar Bai did not ask any more questions. When his wife leaned close to him and whispered, "How is the situation at the hospital?", he nodded slightly and said, "She's awake. There are doctors on duty to take care of her. She's here too."
Mrs. Bai breathed a sigh of relief, and her expression became much more relaxed: "It's good that everyone is okay."
Mr. Bai also heard what they said. He looked at the little kids opposite him, especially when his eyes fell on Mi Yang, he felt a little more sympathy. He didn't expose the children's words. He waved his hand tiredly and said, "Okay, go up. Luochuan, take good care of Yangyang and don't be naughty again, otherwise we will sleep separately. Do you hear me?"
Bai Luochuan curled his lips and said, "I know."
After the two of them went upstairs, there was only one quilt left in the room. No one knew whether the adults downstairs had forgotten to bring another one because of the conversation, or whether it was a deliberate "punishment". Mi Yang had no choice but to squeeze into one quilt with Bai Luochuan.
Bai Luochuan stood next to him as usual, but he was probably still angry, so he pursed his lips and didn't speak first.
Mi Yang was still thinking about the two vague words he had just heard, as if someone was sick. He first thought of his parents, but in his memory, neither of his parents had ever been seriously ill, and Mi Zehai had only had appendicitis once. Mi Yang still remembered that his father had said that the young nurse in the military hospital was not gentle enough, and he had a cold face and forced him to stand up and walk, even though it was so painful that he couldn't walk. He was full of emotion when he said it, and the ending sentence was always: "Really, there will never be another woman as gentle as your mother in this world."
Mi Yang thought for a while, and felt that the time didn't match. He felt a headache from thinking about it, and the effect of the medicine slowly took effect. His eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't open them. He rubbed his eyes and fell asleep.
He was sleeping soundly with his little pillow against his chest. He vaguely felt the person next to him turning over twice, but after he fell into a deep sleep, he felt nothing.
The next day was Friday. Mi Yang wanted to go to school, but Mrs. Bai persuaded him to stop.
Mrs. Bai said, "Xiaoguai, if you go now, you will only have half a day of classes. I asked Luochuan and he has an art class in the afternoon, which is not very important. Why don't you rest for two days and wait until you are fully recovered on Monday before going together?"
Mi Yang thought about it, nodded and agreed.
Bai Luochuan went to class, and Mi Yang stayed at home to accompany Mrs. Bai. Mrs. Bai was recently promoted at work and seemed to be planning to leave her original position, so she spent more time at home.
Mi Yang didn't know much about the Bai family, but he knew that Mrs. Bai would take over the Shanghai industry and make the real estate business flourish. When he bought a house, a friend half-jokingly said, "Why don't you go to Bai Luochuan? We are all old classmates. If you ask the prince, you can get a 50% discount on the floor, not just a house, right?"
Mi Yang didn't go to look for him, but from what he heard in those jokes, he knew that Bai Luochuan was going to take over the real estate business.
But Mrs. Bai was still young, not as strong a woman as he later remembered her to be. She had a beautiful and gentle smile, and was coaxing him to accompany her in winding a ball of wool.
Mi Yang stretched out his hands to support himself, and Madam Bai helped him to wrap a ball of yarn. The off-white yarn was very fluffy, and the yarn ball was round when it was wrapped. Madam Bai sat there and praised Mi Yang, "Xiaoguai is really amazing. Only you can accompany me for a while. Luochuan can't sit still at all. He will run away in two minutes."
Mi Yang was a little reserved and smiled at her.
Madam Bai glanced at him and said, "Did Luo Chuan bully you last night? Don't be afraid, tell me and I will take care of it for you."
Mi Yang's nose tip was a little itchy, so he raised his hand and stretched out a finger to scratch it, saying, "No, we are just playing."
Mrs. Bai asked suspiciously, "Really?"
Mi Yang smiled and said, "Really, he didn't bully me. I also lost my temper with him yesterday."
Mrs. Bai was surprised and asked, "Is this true? Xiaoguai, you are still angry..."
As she was talking, she heard a noise at the door. Aunt Wu, the nanny, came in with two people and said, "Madam, there are guests."
Mrs. Bai stood up and put the ball of wool down, then saw two people, one big and one small, walking in. The big one was a woman who looked somewhat like her, about the same age. The little boy that the woman was leading was wearing a small suit and a black felt hat, and he was also delicate and cute when he looked up at people.
Mrs. Bai was pleasantly surprised and asked, "Jiang Yuan, why are you here? Come quickly, come quickly, this is Bai An, right? He has grown so big!"
Luo Jiangyuan and Madam Bai are sisters from the same mother. Luo Jiangyuan is only one year younger than Madam Bai and has a deep affection for her elder sister. When she saw her, she immediately walked over to her, shook her hand, and talked to her affectionately for a long time. She then pushed her son over and said with a smile, "That's right. The last time you saw him, he was still a little naughty boy! Now he's going to be in the first grade."
Mrs. Bai praised him a few times and asked, "When are you going to school?"
Luo Jiangyuan said, "You will be enrolled in school this September. I heard from home that you sent a telegram saying that you missed your family. Since you didn't have anything else to do, you brought Bai An to live with you for a while."
Mrs. Bai smiled and said, "That's great."
The Luo sisters were reminiscing about the past, and the little boy next to Luo Jiangyuan was looking at Mi Yang with curiosity. On the way here, he heard that there was a brother one year older than him here, but looking at the fair and soft child in front of him, he didn't look like a member of their family. If he had to give an explanation, it was that he looked too easy to bully.
Mi Yang was also looking at the little boy opposite him. When he heard his name, his body stiffened.