The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 162 - 166: The Woman Who Married into a Wealthy Family (26)
Chapter 162: Chapter 166: The Woman Who Married into a Wealthy Family (26)
Yuan Qiran’s aloofness, combined with Huayin’s tearless facial expression, made Mulan and the young Yuan Mingting also sense something.
Yuan Mingting was especially sensitive and equally intelligent.
His gaze shifted slowly from his father to the Chinese boy on television.
It seemed the judges had mentioned earlier that the boy was from Hua Country.
Gradually, he seemed to see the shadow of his mother in this boy.
Suddenly remembering he had a younger brother born just a few days apart, Yuan Mingting pressed his lips together, guessing the identity of the boy on television.
This must be the brother he had never met.
All of a sudden, the previous admiration and envy transformed into jealousy and resentment.
Why could the other stand on a grand stage and fully showcase himself while he could only lie in the hospital, pitifully watching his body slowly deteriorate?
"Daddy, is that my brother?"
Yuan Mingting suddenly uttered a statement that shocked everyone present.
Huayin wanted to cover her son’s mouth but it was too late.
Yuan Qiran also came back to his senses, his expression complex.
That child...
Actually, he hadn’t paid much attention to him, and hadn’t even seen him many times over the years.
He had simply believed, given Huayin’s nature, she wouldn’t mistreat him and thus had neglected him.
He remembered the child being thin and small.
Huayin said that the child had poor digestive absorption from a young age, no matter how much they fed him, he couldn’t absorb it, always remaining thin and small.
Initially, he seemed to have heard this but then forgot about it, never really caring.
But now, the boy on television seemed to have grown into a teenage youth.
The promoted stature and outstanding upbringing made it obvious he had been meticulously nurtured by his family.
The slowly maturing child’s features bore a resemblance to Su Li by seventy to eighty percent, yet didn’t appear effeminate.
His delicate features were especially striking among a group of blonde-haired, blue-eyed foreign children, like a glaring spotlight that made it impossible to look anywhere else but at him.
"What?" Mulan burst out in surprise first, "Is he the child that Su Li secretly took with her?"
Mulan’s attention was immediately drawn to the television screen, the child growing increasingly appealing to her.
Although his features resembled Su Li’s, which made her somewhat dissatisfied, by looking closely, she could still see her own son’s features in his face.
Sudden thoughts arose in Mulan’s heart.
She eagerly grabbed Yuan Qiran’s hand, "Qi Ran, this child is indeed of the Yuan family, we absolutely cannot let him remain outside, go and bring him back."
Originally, she had not known that this child was so outstanding, moreover with Mingting now...
Mulan’s covert glance lingered on Yuan Mingting before pulling back.
Her supposedly discreet behavior had in fact been noticed by everyone present.
Huayin’s face turned ugly on the spot, her head lowered, fists clenched.
Yuan Mingting also regretted the impulsive words he had blurted out, but what was said could not be unsaid.
Yuan Qiran ignored his mother’s flurry of words, and Huayin could not decipher his thoughts from his expression.
Yuan Qiran simply turned to his son and said, "That’s right, he must be your brother."
Even the movement of his camera captured the figure of Su Li in the audience, and a fleeting glimpse of Yuan Jingran...
It made him feel quite uncomfortable.
Huayin felt she couldn’t just sit idly by; she suddenly threw herself onto Mulan in a manner that surprised everyone present.
"Mom, please think of a way... Ming Ting, Su Li, she can be saved..."
Huayin saw things clearly. Although Mulan was hopeful for another talented grandson, she cared the most for her own Ming Ting, having spent ten years together and nurtured him herself.
Compared to a grandson who was closer and more sensible to his mom, if there was hope for Ming Ting’s health, Huayin believed her mother-in-law would still favor her own son.
"What’s going on?"
Mulan still did not know that Su Li was the ’Su’.
Yuan Qiran looked at Huayin deeply, then helplessly explained everything to his mother.
Not to mention how Yuan Qiran and his family discussed it later, Su Li was having a splendid time, except for a few who kept making noise with their words.
Yuan Jingran only felt a terrible headache; he really wanted to pretend to be deaf to the piercing words of these fools.
Talking back to them, his foreign languages were fluent but still no match for these foreigners, and if he retorted in Hua Country’s language, they wouldn’t understand.
It was simply unbearable, unbearable...
What madness had led him to follow Su Li abroad? Luckily, his nephew was still quite friendly towards him.
Su Li looked amusedly at Yuan Jingran, pleading with his eyes, "Alright, we can discuss the specifics of the cooperation tomorrow."
After so many days, Yuan Jingran finally heard Su Li relent and immediately had his domestic assistant integrate the workflow.
Su Li had some extra medicine produced in the lab that was effective.
It perfectly matched Yuan Family’s main fortune in the pharmaceutical sector.
Su Li was also happy to help Yuan Jingran with things that were of no use to himself.
Given the rivalry between Yuan Jingran and Yuan Qiran, the more stable Yuan Jingran’s position was, the harder it would be for Yuan Qiran’s family.
Thinking about it made him feel delighted.
The next day, Su Li had just woken up from sleep when he received a call from Yuan Jingran, saying he was coming over.
He was quick about it, to avoid Su Li changing his mind, drafting the cooperation plan as quickly as possible and sending it over.
By the way, he brought another piece of news.
Yuan Mingting fell ill last night, and news came this morning that he couldn’t be saved.
Su Li was silent for a while, not knowing what to say.
Although he had no ill feelings towards Yuan Mingting, he also didn’t have much affection.
In his previous life, the original owner genuinely treated him as his own son during the years of ignorance, wholeheartedly, but Yuan Mingting was cold-hearted towards the original owners and unappreciative, harboring resentment, believing the original owner had taken his birth mother’s place.
Hearing of his death now, Su Li felt more reflective than anything.
It was just Yuan Mingting’s fate, without Su Wuchen, he had still met his end.
"I heard it was because his parents were arguing."
Yuan Jingran also felt a bit awkward, suddenly remembering that Su Li had raised the child for a few years and fearing accidentally touching his sore spot, he quickly shifted the topic to their prepared cooperation plan.
