Probably only the leg was injured. Xiao Bocong’s operation ended very quickly, in less than two hours. During the period, the doctor came out and asked Mrs. Xiao about whether Xiao Bocong’s leg should be amputated, but she didn’t get any answer—because she covered her mouth and fainted. past.
Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu stayed in the ward until Yang Jie told them that Xiao Bocong's operation was over, and they went there. At this time, Mrs. Xiao had already woken up.
She sat on the chair in the ward in a daze, while the butler stayed quietly aside, the atmosphere was very solemn.
"lady."
Seeing Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu approaching, the housekeeper called out softly, making Mrs. Xiao, who looked dazed, raise her head.
Seeing Xiao Yuanmu standing with Song Xuanhe not far away, she suddenly covered her mouth, got up and walked quickly to them, hugged Xiao Yuanmu and burst into tears.
After crying for a long time, she choked up and said, "Your brother... what can he do?"
"He's still so young, he's just grown up, it's the best time to move, so he lost his legs, what can he do?" Mrs. Xiao held Xiao Yuanmu's arms tightly, her eyes were red, and there was no more Normally elegant and indifferent in front of people, she unabashedly showed the fragility of a mother: "Cong Cong is so young, why are those kidnappers so cruel?"
Xiao Yuanmu lowered his eyes to look at the woman in front of her whose makeup was still exquisite, but she had no appearance at all, the expression in her eyes was light without the slightest ripple.
"Aren't you sad?" Mrs. Xiao shook her head, looked at Xiao Yuanmu with a frown, and asked him, "Your brother has become like this? Why aren't you sad?"
Song Xuanhe frowned, and raised her hand to block Mrs. Xiao away, but she looked thin, but actually held Xiao Yuanmu's hand with great strength, she held him tightly, and then questioned him.
"Why aren't you sad?"
Xiao Yuanmu didn't seem to feel the pain, and his tone was extremely light: "It's very rare for him to survive."
"Do you hope that your brother can't even save his life?" Madam Xiao asked with her eyes wide open, "In this way, the Xiao family will be completely yours. Do you think so in your heart?"
"lady!"
Before Song Xuanhe could speak, the butler had already interrupted her first.
"I'm sorry for Madam, Eldest Young Master." The butler bowed and said, "Young Master's condition is not good now, and Madam's mood is not stable. What's more, sir doesn't know the situation here yet, so Madam is under more pressure. I hope You can understand her."
Xiao Yuanmu's expression remained unchanged, he nodded lightly and said, "Take care of Madam."
The butler nodded respectfully without emotion, and helped Mrs. Xiao take a step back.
Madam Xiao also reacted to the cold but clear words of the housekeeper. She looked up at Xiao Yuanmu in a panic, opened her mouth to explain but didn't know where to start, opened and closed her mouth, repeated several times After the second time, the raised shoulders suddenly collapsed heavily, and the voice was crying: "Yuan Mu, you forgive mom, mom... it's just too sad."
Song Xuanhe pulled Xiao Yuanmu behind him, and said with a smirk: "Mrs. Xiao, I'm sorry that your little son has encountered such misfortune, but what you said to my lover earlier made me very unhappy. I can understand that your emotions are too emotional, but I can't understand that you questioned your elder son because your younger son was injured, and even said such chilling words."
"I..." The corners of Madam Xiao's mouth moved, her eyes looked at Xiao Yuanmu, with guilt and pleading in her eyes: "Yuanmu..."
"Ms. Xiao." Song Xuanhe interrupted her: "I know it's rude to you, but I don't want you to continue talking with Xiao Yuanmu now, whether you mind or not, I will take him to the ward now , because his leg has just had stitches and needs to be recuperated, of course, if you still remember this matter, I believe you won't mind."
Song Xuanhe turned around while supporting Xiao Yuanmu's arm and walked away. After taking two steps, he stopped, turned his head and said, "Do you still remember what I said to you?"
Mrs. Xiao stared at Xiao Yuanmu's back in a daze. At this moment, she was pulled back to her senses by Song Xuanhe's voice, and she blinked again in a daze.
Song Xuanhe's eyes were very cold, he didn't look at Mrs. Xiao any more, and helped Xiao Yuanmu leave here.
Back in the ward, Xiao Yuanmu held Song Xuanhe's hand tightly.
"I don't want to live in the hospital, can't I go back to recuperate?"
"No." Song Xuanhe pulled out his hand and said, "It's very late now, I'll go back tomorrow morning, and sleep here for the night first."
"I don't like hospitals." Xiao Yuanmu glanced at the bed he was sitting on, and said in a clear voice, "And this bed is too small."
Song Xuanhe sat on another bed, changed clothes and lay down on it, said: "You will sleep for one night, and you can go back tomorrow."
Xiao Yuanmu stared closely at Song Xuanhe's side face, and then said his request: "I want to sleep with you."
"No." Song Xuanhe glanced at him, saw that his face was a little pale, and there was a trace of displeasure in his dark eyes, so he couldn't help but softened a bit, and explained with a frown: "Your bed is too small, the two of us Sleeping together will touch your wound."
"Then let's go back to sleep." Xiao Yuanmu said, "I don't mind the trouble."
"No." Song Xuanhe frowned and rejected him again.
Xiao Yuanmu pursed his lips tightly, his jaw tensed, and just as he was about to speak, there was a knock on the door.
Yang Jie's voice sounded: "Brother Xiao, Young Master Song, you may have to get up."
Song Xuanhe lifted the quilt and stood up, opened the door and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Xiao Bocong woke up." Yang Jie's expression was a bit complicated, he said: "He knows that his leg has been amputated, and now he cannot accept it. of."
Song Xuan and his forehead twitched, Yang Jie continued: "Madam Xiao let Brother Xiao go over."
"Tell her." Song Xuanhe's face was very cold: "Xiao Yuanmu is injured and needs to rest. We can talk about everything tomorrow."
"I'm afraid not." Yang Jie frowned, and said in a low voice: "Madam Xiao may not be in a much better mood than Xiao Bocong now, and if this matter really reaches Mr. Xiao's ears, it may be very bad for Brother Xiao. Now... "
"Xiao Yuanmu needs to rest now." Song Xuanhe grabbed the door, his face was colder than the hospital lights: "You just tell her that Xiao Yuanmu is asleep."
"How could he fall asleep!"
Mrs. Xiao's shrill voice sounded from the other end of the corridor. Her high-heeled shoes stepped on the ground, and the clear and crisp sound became louder with her footsteps, which also made the haggard and angry look on her face clearer.
"Mr. Song, I think this is our family matter. As Xiao Yuanmu's mother, I want to ask him a few words. I hope you can avoid it."
This is the first time that Mrs. Xiao has shown a cold, almost oppressive look towards outsiders. She lacks the elegance and softness of the noble ladies before, but she has the courage to be strong if she is a mother.
It's just that this trace of boldness seems ridiculous to Song Xuanhe.
"Mother."
Xiao Yuanmu didn't know when he appeared behind Song Xuanhe. With one hand, he opened the door that Song Xuanhe had concealed, and with the other on Song Xuanhe's arm, he calmly said: "You can come in, he can know me anything, and don't need to leave."
Mrs. Xiao glanced at her eldest son who was not looking well, the anger in her eyes subsided a little, she nodded, and walked into the ward while Xiao Yuanmu turned sideways.
"Your brother said that his injury was caused by you." Mrs. Xiao opened the door and said, "I want to know if it's true."
Xiao Yuanmu lowered his eyes and spoke calmly: "What did he say?"
"He said that you had already run out at that time, and there was no one behind, but when you got into the car, you suddenly pushed him out of the car, causing his leg to be crushed by the motorcycle rushing out from behind, and then he You didn't get thrown off by holding on to the car door tightly."
Xiao Yuanmu raised his eyes, no emotion could be seen in his eyes, and asked Mrs. Xiao very calmly: "Do you believe it?"
Mrs. Xiao was taken aback. When the youngest son was crying and telling her what happened, when he sobbed and looked at his legs with beautiful but empty eyes, she naturally believed it, otherwise she wouldn't be so angry and let Yang Jie immediately Call Xiao Yuanmu here, and he will not go up to find him without waiting for Xiao Yuanmu.
But now that she saw the look of her eldest son, she was not so sure.
Mrs. Xiao didn't answer, Xiao Yuanmu's face remained unchanged, calm and composed, not even a trace of sadness from being questioned by his mother.
"What happened to Cong Cong's leg?"
After about ten seconds, Mrs. Xiao spoke again. She looked at Xiao Yuanmu's calm face, as if she wanted to find the answer from his eyes that couldn't see any emotion.
Xiao Yuanmu's eyes were heavy, thinking of the scene in his previous life, he said lightly: "When I went, there were not only those who kidnapped Xiao Bocong in the factory, but also another wave of people. They had a struggle, and Xiao Bocong was tied aside. , not many people paid attention to him."
"I sneaked in and rescued Xiao Bocong, and wanted to take him away, but was discovered when he was leaving, but because there were two groups of people inside, the person who kidnapped him couldn't find anyone to chase us, so we ran away. out."
"Xiao Bocong said that he knew a small path, and it would be more difficult for those people over there to catch us, so I followed him along the path. Unexpectedly, someone was ambushing there. I was arrested and my leg was injured at that time."
Song Xuanhe raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Yuanmu. For a while, he couldn't tell whether what he said was true or false, but for some reason, there was an extremely uncomfortable emotion in his heart. This kind of discomfort was not for himself, but for Xiao Yuanmu beside him, he couldn't help reaching out and grabbing Xiao Yuanmu's hand, interlocking his fingers.
Xiao Yuanmu lowered his eyes to look at Song Xuan and the hand he was holding, the gloom in his eyes dissipated, revealing a little warmth, but when he raised his eyes, that warmth turned into nothingness, leaving only a cold peace.
"Those people belong to Xiao Bocong." Xiao Yuanmu stared at Mrs. Xiao, his voice was clear and impersonal: "Xiao Bocong planned the kidnapping himself."
Mrs. Xiao paused for two seconds, then retorted: "Impossible!"
Xiao Yuanmu didn't say anything, just looked at her quietly, the words that made her want to defend Xiao Bocong had just flowed from her throat to her mouth, and she swallowed them little by little, she could only say in a low voice: "Congcong has been a kind person since he was a child." Considerate child, it is impossible for him to do this, there must be some misunderstanding, Yuan Mu, you should know that now that you are in charge of the Xiao family, there is no need for him to do this."
"He has."
There was a hint of coldness in Xiao Yuan's mu Qinglie voice: "You should also be very clear that it is precisely because I have taken over the Xiao family that he has all the more reason to do so."
Mrs. Xiao opened her mouth, but was speechless.
Xiao Yuanmu glanced at him, looked away again, and continued: "But he didn't expect that his people were not as loyal as he imagined. His people were mixed with people from another wave, the leaders of those people The other is the enemy of one of Xiao Bocong's subordinates, that person sent him and me to that person."
"Xiao Bocong said, I am the head of the Xiao family now, and I can get more benefits in exchange for me. As long as I let him go, he won't say anything."
Mrs. Xiao's face trembled, and Xiao Yuanmu continued: "It's just that the man seemed to have some issues with him, so they broke his leg and let us go."
"Why did he let you go?" Madam Xiao asked.
"Because that person knows Hussman." Xiao Yuanmu said indifferently: "I have some friendship with Hussman."
Mrs. Xiao still didn't quite believe the result, she said: "He knows that you are from the Xiao family, and he also knows that you are the head of the Xiao family. Didn't he let you go..."
"He doesn't worry about that." Xiao Yuanmu looked at Mrs. Xiao and said, "Mother, he knows exactly who my leg was injured by."
Mrs. Xiao was taken aback for a moment, she couldn't speak.
She knew what Xiao Yuanmu meant.
Xiao Yuanmu's leg was injured by Xiao Bocong's people, but those people did not offend Xiao Yuanmu, and even saved Xiao Yuanmu's life. If they really killed the two heirs of the Xiao family, they would definitely have to Desperate to the end of the world, but letting go of Xiao Yuanmu who has already started to manage the Xiao family at this time, on the contrary, formed a good relationship with Xiao Yuanmu.
After all, those people knew that Xiao Bocong would not be able to inherit the Xiao family no matter what.
"If that's all you're asking, I'm done."
Mrs. Xiao looked at Xiao Yuanmu's indifferent expression from the beginning to the end, and listened to his order to evict guests. The fright, panic, and fear that she had experienced for more than a day suddenly surged up again, making her tired and sad at the same time.
Why is Xiao Yuanmu so indifferent to her
From the moment she got him back to just before, she had done everything she could do to compensate him and make them close. Even the Xiao family had given it to him, but he still treated her as before. She was as indifferent as she was to a stranger. She tried to take countless steps towards him, but he was still unwilling to take even one step.
Under such circumstances, she prefers her youngest son who has grown from a small group to a handsome young man. What's wrong? In terms of time and affection, she and her younger son were already closer.
It's just human nature.
Now the youngest son she has been holding in her hand is ruined all his life, his legs can no longer walk like a normal person, his proud athletic ability may no longer be able to be displayed, and he may even never recover from a setback, she thought This possibility, thinking of her lively and cheerful young son's gloomy and depressed appearance in the future, made her feel so distressed that she couldn't breathe.
Did she do something wrong
Even though she had a wrong attitude when she came to ask Xiao Bocong about Xiao Yuanmu, but Xiao Bocong was her son. Seeing her child become like that, which mother could calmly think about everything before asking questions
What she did was nothing more than what an ordinary mother would do.
Moreover, if Xiao Yuanmu hadn't come back, none of this would have happened.
Mrs. Xiao's eyes were red, she looked at Xiao Yuanmu's indifferent expression, and asked him: "Since you came back, have you never regarded me as your mother, your father as your father, let alone your father?" Brother as your real brother?"
Xiao Yuanmu's slender eyelashes were half down, covering half of his pupils. After a few seconds, he lifted them up, facing Madam Xiao's direction, like a sharp sword, coldly unsheathed with a cold light.
He said, "Yes."
Mrs. Xiao shook her head: "I don't believe it. If you really regarded us as family members, none of this would have happened, and nothing would have happened now."
Song Xuanhe's interlocking hands with Xiao Yuanmu's fingers intensified, the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, but he didn't speak.
Xiao Yuanmu caught a glimpse of his expression from the corner of his eye, and calmly shook his hand back, and said lightly, "I want to rest."
Mrs. Xiao got up, looked coldly at Xiao Yuanmu's and Song Xuanhe's interlocking hands, and said, "I have wondered many times whether it is you who have no feelings for us or just have no feelings for us. The scene when you hadn’t left us, I wondered if you would laugh at that time, would you cling to me and call me mom, and would you look forward to your father coming home every day.”
"I didn't remember it, but I know it's not that you don't have feelings, but that you don't have feelings for me and your father." Mrs. Xiao asked Xiao Yuanmu: "Do you hate me and your father for not finding you in advance?"
"No."
"Sometimes I really wish..." Mrs. Xiao took a step back, looked at Xiao Yuanmu's calm expression, and said in a hoarse voice: "Sometimes I really wish, it would be great if I didn't find you back."
After speaking, Mrs. Xiao turned and left without looking back.
The door of the ward opened and closed in silence.
Song Xuanhe held Xiao Yuanmu's hand and raised his eyes to see his expression.
Xiao Yuanmu covered his eyes with his other hand, leaned his chin on his shoulder, and said in a clear and hoarse voice, "Don't look."
Song Xuanhe tightened his fingers intertwined with him, nodded slightly, and wrapped his other hand around his waist, letting him wrap his arms around him.
"What I just said is the truth." Xiao Yuanmu said.
The hot air hit Song Xuanhe's neck, he moved and said softly, "I know."
"You do not know."
Xiao Yuanmu chuckled, it seemed that there were many things mixed in this laughter, and it seemed that it was just a simple self-deprecating smile.
"Then can you tell me?" Song Xuanhe asked.
"Wait until a suitable time." Xiao Yuanmu said in a low voice: "I will tell you, my biggest secret."
Song Xuanhe held his hand tightly and hummed in a low voice.
"If I never tell you, will you be angry?" Xiao Yuanmu's hoarse voice sounded again.
"No." Song Xuanhe closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling, and said: "Everyone has a secret that cannot be told to others."
Xiao Yuanmu raised his head, let go of Song Xuanhe, stared at him and said, "You too?"
"Yes." Song Xuanhe opened his eyes and met his dark eyes, unable to see clearly what kind of emotion was hidden in his deep eyes, or there was nothing: "I also have a secret."
"Will you tell me when the time is right?"
Song Xuan and Tongren trembled, a little smile appeared on the corner of their mouths: "When the time comes, you will know."
Xiao Yuanmu's index finger landed on the end of his brow, slid down from the brow bone, from his eyelashes, along the cheekbone to the corner of his mouth, he rubbed it lightly, and whispered: "I'm very curious."
"Curiosity is more emotional than sadness?" Song Xuanhe blinked, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Xiao Yuanmu said, "I'm only curious."
"Don't be sad." Song Xuanhe hugged him, kissed the corner of his lips, and whispered: "But in front of me, you can show sadness."
Xiao Yuanmu shook his head, looked at him seriously and said, "I'm not sad."
He said: "As long as you are here, I will not be sad."