My Dragon Baby and Billionaire Husband-Chapter 543: Only Ye Jingzhe was targeted! 2
"Why are you locked in the hotel? Are you alone?" Hua Jinse asked in detail over the phone.
"The whole class."
Ye Jingzhe’s usually calm, soft voice betrayed a hint of unease. He pursed his thin lips and said, "Aunt, someone in our class fell ill. It was Wu Zuozuo, who sits in front of me. He fainted halfway through class today and was taken to the hospital. Later, some men in protective suits took us to a hotel and wouldn’t let us leave..."
Ye Jingzhe explained the whole situation from beginning to end.
Hua Jinse still didn’t quite understand what had happened. After all, infectious diseases only occurred once every ten or twenty years, so public awareness wasn’t very high.
However, one thing was very clear to Hua Jinse: her little nephew was locked up.
"Wait for Auntie. I’ll come and rescue you right away!"
Having said that, Hua Jinse added, "Don’t panic, it’s okay. You have a strong constitution and have rarely gotten sick since you were little. Auntie will bring you home soon."
"Aunt, I am not afraid," Ye Jingzhe replied in his usual Little Bingshan tone, calm and collected. He just didn’t like being locked up.
At that moment, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK. Someone was at the door.
Ye Jingzhe walked to the door with his usual measured steps and asked coldly, "Who is it?"
"Jingzhe, it’s me, your Aunt Si."
Ye Jingzhe’s expression brightened, and he quickly opened the door.
Si Mingjing was also dressed in a protective suit, armored from head to toe. Ye Jingzhe craned his neck but couldn’t clearly see if it was Si Mingjing.
He asked skeptically, "Aunt Si?"
"It’s me. Pack your little backpack and come with Auntie," Si Mingjing said.
Was Aunt Si here to rescue him?
Without a word, Ye Jingzhe went back into his room to get his little backpack. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
As he walked, he told Hua Jinse, who was still on the phone, "Aunt Si is here to rescue me. Aunt, goodbye."
"Hello, hello?"
Hua Jinse shouted several times into the phone. After confirming that the call had been disconnected, she calmed herself for a moment and then called her nephew’s homeroom teacher.
When Hua Jinse heard it was an infectious disease, she felt like her head would explode!
She immediately called Si Mingjing.
Si Mingjing had already gathered several children onto the submarine and was preparing to leave the hotel.
On the phone, she reassured Hua Jinse, "Don’t worry, I’ve already taken Jingzhe out, but I can’t bring him home. I’ve prepared a separate isolation area in the Royal Palace. He can stay there for the next few days. Will you feel at ease with that?"
Of course, Hua Jinse was not at ease; this was her second younger brother’s only child. What if something happened to him?
"Can I bring him home for isolation?" she asked.
Si Mingjing refused. She knew infectious diseases were serious matters; if isolation wasn’t handled properly, it could spread.
As a doctor, she had already contacted the disease prevention department to carry out disinfection and other preparations for isolation at the Royal Palace.
She could guarantee the best isolation procedures.
However, she couldn’t guarantee the Hua Family could do the same.
"I’m sorry, Miss Hua," she explained. "I had to use special privileges to get the child out of the hotel."
Hua Jinse’s heart was in turmoil.
"Miss Hua, rest assured, I’m a doctor," Si Mingjing assured her. "The child is safer by my side than at the Hua Family. I’m very fond of Jingzhe. I won’t neglect him. My own children will also isolate with Jingzhe in the Royal Palace, and I will care for him as if he were my own child."
Hua Jinse wasn’t worried that Si Mingjing would play favorites. "Then, thank you, Your Majesty the Queen. Please inform me if there’s any update."
"Alright, we’ll stay in constant contact."
Si Mingjing hung up the phone and comforted the children in the submarine, saying, "Don’t be nervous. It’s nothing serious. Mommy will always be with you."
Ye Nianbai said, "Jingjing, this young master isn’t scared."
Sheng Liangliang also said, "Mommy, Liangliang isn’t scared either."
Yun Xiaosu chimed in, "I’m not scared either."
Ye Jingzhe didn’t speak. The little fellow had always been a man of few words, but his expression said it all: he wasn’t afraid either.
Little Bingshan was simply touched because Aunt Si had also rescued him from the hotel.
When the group returned to the Royal Palace, Mo Yinhe had already arranged for a separate building to quarantine the children.
The entire building had been disinfected, and medical staff were on standby.
Mo Yinhe assigned each child a room and did not allow them to play together privately.
However, each room was equipped with a 100-inch video phone that was accessible twenty-four hours a day.
Although the children couldn’t be together physically, they could communicate via video calls featuring four split screens. The children found this quite novel and didn’t feel lonely.
Si Mingjing was very satisfied with Mo Yinhe’s arrangements; it was the best way to prevent cross-infection among the children.
After settling the children, Si Mingjing took each child’s pulse and, for the moment, found no issues, which put her mind at ease.
She assigned two medical staff members to each child, ensuring all their needs, including meals and personal care, were considered. Once everything was properly arranged, she left the building.
After removing her protective suit, Si Mingjing was drenched in sweat.
She took a shower. That evening, only she and Gu Shurong ate dinner together.
Gu Shurong had little appetite. "Mom," he asked, "will Rookie Bai and my big brother get sick?"
"I don’t know. They probably won’t," Si Mingjing replied, comforting Gu Shurong. "It’ll be alright. We’ll quarantine them for a few days. If they don’t get sick, the quarantine will be lifted."
Later, Song Yuan reported that Hua Jinse was outside the Royal Palace requesting an audience. She had brought Ye Jingzhe a change of clothes and some daily necessities.
Si Mingjing allowed Hua Jinse to enter and received her in the living room of her residential quarters.
"Don’t worry," Si Mingjing said. "My own children are also in the quarantine building."
Si Mingjing showed Hua Jinse the real-time surveillance feed. Ye Jingzhe was in his room doing homework, looking very serious and showing no signs of anything unusual.
The room was spacious and equipped with all sorts of living amenities.
Si Mingjing had also provided each child with a recreation room, giving them their own space for activities.
Hua Jinse was completely reassured. She felt she had been overly anxious and explained, somewhat embarrassed, "Your Majesty, please don’t mind me. He’s my only nephew, and sometimes I worry too much. I trust you. I’ve also investigated this matter thoroughly. The hospital says it’s a highly contagious new virus, and professional quarantine is indeed necessary."
Hua Jinse knew doctors at Renxin Third Hospital and had managed to get some information.
Now, Hua Jinse could only pray that Jingzhe hadn’t been infected.
She hadn’t dared to tell Old Madam Hua yet; otherwise, Old Madam Hua would worry herself to death.
However, fate had other plans.
Two days later, while the other children remained fine, Ye Jingzhe began to show symptoms of a cough and fever.
Si Mingjing rushed to the quarantine building immediately to take Ye Jingzhe’s pulse.
Even though Si Mingjing was mentally prepared, she hadn’t expected the illness to hit so fiercely once the child fell sick. Ye Jingzhe’s fever spiked to 40 degrees Celsius at one point, and no medicine she administered could bring his temperature down.
