My Dragon Baby and Billionaire Husband-Chapter 547: Ye Jingzhe: Let Me Test the Medicine with My Body2
The first thing the little guy saw was Mo Yinhe, sitting by the bed, not moving an inch.
Mo Yinhe was in the middle of a video conference. Although he had asked his mother to handle it, he was still organizing a meeting with the high officials of Atlantis to discuss epidemic prevention and control.
When working, Mo Yinhe’s tone was steady and slow, his profile arrogant yet serious—a demeanor the little boy admired immensely.
"Uncle... Uncle..."
Ye Jingzhe waited until Mo Yinhe had finished the video conference before his sore throat managed to produce a strained sound.
It was then that Mo Yinhe realized the child had actually woken up.
The stern man felt a lump in his throat and hurriedly said, "I’m here. Daddy’s here."
Ye Jingzhe lifted his confused eyes, his faint voice filled with puzzlement, "Daddy?"
Mo Yinhe emphasized, "That’s right, Jingzhe, I’m your daddy!"
My brain must be muddled from the fever, Ye Jingzhe thought. Am I having auditory hallucinations because I long for my parents so much? Maybe I’m still dreaming. If only this dream would never end...
Mo Yinhe knew the child was sick and might not be able to accept or understand right away. The immediate priority was to cure him.
But unexpectedly, he heard Ye Jingzhe say, "Daddy, water..."
He wanted to drink water.
Tears nearly welled in Mo Yinhe’s eyes as he responded, "Daddy will get it for you!"
Mo Yinhe strode to the table, took a cup, filled it with water, and returned to the bedside. He propped Ye Jingzhe up, let the little guy lean against him, and then fed him the water.
The water was a bit hot, and Ye Jingzhe recoiled his little tongue.
"Drink slowly."
Ye Jingzhe, his thin lips pressed together, weakly nodded.
After drinking half a cup of water, Ye Jingzhe quickly fell asleep again.
"Daddy! Daddy! How is my Boss doing? I want to go and be with my Boss!"
Gu Shurong couldn’t contain himself any longer and was practically jumping out of his skin during the video call.
"He’s your older brother!" Mo Yinhe corrected.
Mo Yinhe forbade his son from visiting via video but shared some good news: "Jingzhe is also Mommy and Daddy’s child."
"Daddy! Do you have a fever?"
Ye Jingzhe is clearly my Boss, how did he suddenly become my older brother? Gu Shurong wondered. My Boss’s dad passed away a long time ago!
Mo Yinhe snapped the video call shut and promptly assigned Gu Shurong a mountain of homework as punishment for daring to curse his own father!
Si Mingjing returned to her dormitory after last night’s press conference and continued researching the formula. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Little Gu Shurong, clutching a heap of homework, ran over seeking comfort. "Mommy! Can I go be with my Boss? I can study in the hospital room! I promise to balance my studies and taking care of Boss. I’m worried about him."
"No," Si Mingjing refused, afraid the little chubby boy would get infected too.
"Daddy said my Boss is my older brother. Has Daddy gone bonkers?"
Si Mingjing put down the medical book in her hands, looked down at the little chubby boy, and said, "Your daddy is right. Jingzhe is your older brother. Are you happy about that?"
The chubby toddler blinked his long eyelashes and looked at Si Mingjing. "Mommy, have you gone bonkers too?"
With that, the little boy climbed onto the table, stood on tiptoe, and strained to press his small hand against Si Mingjing’s forehead. No fever, huh?
"So, is it true?"
"Yes. Dad and Jingzhe had a paternity test, just like when we did one with you. It’s confirmed that Jingzhe is your older brother. You two are biological siblings!"
"WOW!" the chubby toddler exclaimed, jumping excitedly. Then he asked, "So, who’s older, Newbie Bai or my Boss?"
Ye Jingzhe’s birthday is before Ye Nianbai’s, so Ye Jingzhe should be older, right? Si Mingjing thought.
"Jingzhe is older. It looks like you kids will need to figure out your pecking order again."
"AWESOME!"
The chubby toddler jumped up excitedly, dancing around on the table.
Si Mingjing lifted Gu Shurong off the table and continued reading her medical book.
「At night」
Si Mingjing went to the isolation building again to check on Ye Jingzhe. She realized the prescription she had formulated earlier was ineffective; it couldn’t reduce Jingzhe’s fever. A sense of defeat washed over her like icy water. Never before had she felt, as she did now, that her medical education had been in vain. A consuming helplessness engulfed her.
"Don’t put too much pressure on yourself," Mo Yinhe said. "I’ve told you, Jingzhe has my vampire genes protecting him!"
Si Mingjing replied, "Perhaps it’s precisely because he has such powerful protective genes that he’s been able to hold on until now. Otherwise..." Otherwise, the child might have been long gone already!
That afternoon, she had received news that the other child from Ye Jingzhe’s class had already...
Si Mingjing clenched her fists. "I must develop the correct formula as soon as possible. I can’t bear to see him suffer any longer. If only there were more clinical subjects available. Right now, I don’t even know if the herbal medicine I’m preparing is correct; I’m essentially using my child’s body as an experiment!"
Just then, Ye Jingzhe opened his eyes in a daze. Am I still dreaming? he wondered, uncertainly calling out to Mo Yinhe, "Daddy?"
"Daddy’s here!"
Mo Yinhe held the child’s hand, asking if he was thirsty or hungry.
So, I’m still dreaming? Ye Jingzhe was content with this state; he didn’t want to wake up. His hopeful gaze fell upon Si Mingjing, and he tentatively called out, "Mommy?"
It was the first time Si Mingjing had heard Ye Jingzhe call her ’Mommy.’ Unable to contain her emotions, tears instantly streamed down her face.
She reached out, stroked the child’s face, and said, "Mommy’s here too. Don’t be afraid. Mommy will definitely cure you."
Earlier, in his delirium, Ye Jingzhe had overheard his parents’ discussion. The little fellow was incredibly hard on himself. He said, "Mommy, I’m willing to be your test subject. Daddy says my genes are strong; I won’t die. Mommy, please, use me to test the medicine. I can take it."
The determined strength in his voice made it all the more heartbreaking.
"This is my responsibility." Seeing the anguish in his mother’s eyes, Ye Jingzhe comforted her, "I am the future heir of Mu Continent. I should be the one to test the medicine."
Ye Jingzhe always remembered Si Lisao’s words: to be the future heir of Mu Continent, one must prioritize the people above all else.
Now that so many people were sick, he was willing to be a test subject so that his mother could develop a cure for them sooner.
Ye Jingzhe was young, but he possessed a heart dedicated to saving and aiding the populace.
This child...
Si Mingjing had never felt such pride in any child before. Hearing Ye Jingzhe’s words, she felt for the first time that this boy was truly extraordinary.
Si Mingjing leaned down and kissed Ye Jingzhe’s small forehead. "Good boy. Mommy will cure you."
In the following days, both Si Mingjing and the top-tier medical team Mo Yinhe had assembled treated Ye Jingzhe as a clinical trial subject, conducting countless tests on him.
Finally, on the eighth day of his illness, they saw a glimmer of improvement.
