Witty Wife, Better Life-Chapter 585 - 575: Seeing the Child

Shen Yunfang went straight to the nursery to pick up the children and saw Ma Liguo standing at the entrance when she arrived.

"Brother Ma," Shen Yunfang called out as she approached.

Ma Liguo was peering inside when he heard someone calling him from behind. Turning around, he was surprised to see Shen Yunfang, "Yunfang, how come you’re back? What about Hongjun? Did he come back with you?"

"We came back together today. Li Hongjun is in the military hospital. His injuries still need treatment," Shen Yunfang said with a smile.

"He’s still hospitalized? It’s not serious, is it?" Ma Liguo asked worriedly.

"Everything else is alright; it’s just that he has two deep wounds on his thigh. The trouble of coming back this time caused some inflammation, so he needs to get some IV’s to reduce the inflammation," Shen Yunfang didn’t want him to worry, so she simply described the condition. As for the blood clot in Li Hongjun’s head, there shouldn’t be any problem now, so perhaps there was no need to mention it.

"That’s good, that’s good. They are just external injuries. With some time to heal, he’ll recover," Ma Liguo, who had also been a soldier, knew the importance of a strong body to a professional soldier. Many soldiers had promising careers in the military, but due to injuries sustained on missions, they were forced to retire and go home, which was very cruel for a soldier. "You’re here to pick up Pangpang and Manman."

"Yes, Li Hongjun insisted on coming back before his wounds were healed because he missed the kids. As soon as he settled in the hospital, he urged me to pick them up. I thought it was early, so I went home to cook some food for him, but I didn’t realize it would make me a bit late. I figured I’d certainly run into you, Brother Ma."

Shen Yunfang talked with Ma Liguo about the situation with Li Hongjun and also gave him the hospital room number. After Pangpang and Manman finished school, Ma Liguo sent the three of them to the bus before heading home.

Speaking of Shen Yunfang and her two children, Pangpang and Manman clung to her thighs as soon as they saw their mother had returned, refusing to let go. They had missed her so much during the half month she was away.

"Mommy, Mommy, don’t you want Manman anymore? Manman couldn’t find Mommy and cried," Manman looked up at her mother with her little head and cooed.

"Mommy, next time you go somewhere, take me and sister with you," Pangpang also didn’t want to leave his mother.

Shen Yunfang touched each child tenderly; she had missed them too, "Alright, from now on, wherever Mommy goes, she will take you with her. From now on, Manman must not cry, or else you won’t be pretty. Okay?"

"Okay!" The two children answered in unison.

Fortunately, there were not many people on this bus line and all three of them got seats. Shen Yunfang told them about Li Hongjun’s injury and that soon they would all visit Daddy together.

When Li Hongjun left, Manman was still very young, just over two years old. If it weren’t for Mommy and her brother always mentioning him, she would have almost forgotten Daddy by now. Pangpang was better, he had been over four years old at that time and could remember some things about Daddy.

On the way, the two kids chattered nonstop with their mother about the events at the nursery during this time.

When the conductor announced the stop, Shen Yunfang carried the food container with one hand and held Manman with the other, who in turn was holding onto Pangpang. The three of them, one after another, got off the bus like a string of candied haws.

By the time they huffed and puffed up to the third floor, they saw Li Hongjun standing at the door, looking towards the stairway.

Shen Yunfang squatted down and pointed in the direction of Li Hongjun, "Pangpang, Manman, look, Daddy is over there waiting for you."

The two children looked in the direction of their mother’s pointing finger. Pangpang’s eyes lit up, and he charged over like a little cannonball, shouting, "Daddy, Daddy, you’re finally back."

"Daddy, Daddy, Manman missed you so much." Manman didn’t understand what was happening but followed her brother anyway.

Shen Yunfang got a fright, as Li Hongjun was covered in injuries. If the two children were to run up and hug him like that, his freshly scabbed wounds might reopen. She hurriedly ran after them, managing to stop the children just before they reached Li Hongjun.

"Pangpang, Manman, didn’t Mommy tell you in the car that Daddy’s hurt and can’t hold you right now? When Daddy’s wounds are better, he’ll hug you, okay? For now, just hug Mommy instead."

Reminded by his mother, Pangpang recalled that she had mentioned Daddy was hurt, and seeing daddy covered in white gauze, he stuck out his tongue and didn’t ask to be held anymore.

Manman, still young, was happy as long as someone held her. "Mommy, hold me, Mommy, hold me," she reached out her little hands, wanting to be embraced by her mother.

"Please be quiet. Making such noise can disturb the other patients," a nurse who had been called over by the children’s shouting earlier, reprimanded Shen Yunfang discontentedly upon realizing the two loud children were hers.

"I’m sorry. I’ll take care of them," Shen Yunfang quickly apologized. After the nurse left, she bent down to the children and said, "See? You can’t make noise in the hospital, or the nurse aunty will scold Mommy."

The two children made the same gesture, immediately covering their mouths with their little hands, indicating that they would be silent.

Li Hongjun, finding his own children’s adorable actions extremely dear, longed to hug them, but his injuries genuinely prevented him from doing so. He had to hold back. "Don’t be mad at the kids—they’re so young, what do they know? Let’s go into the room."

Shen Yunfang gave him a look and complained, "You always get to be the good guy."

So Li Hongjun took Pangpang by the hand, and Shen Yunfang took Manman, and the family of four entered the hospital room.

Li Hongjun was staying in a double room, but due to the shortage of beds, both beds were occupied, meaning there was no spare bed for Shen Yunfang to sleep in while accompanying him at night.

After entering the room, Shen Yunfang nodded a greeting to the family across from them, then placed her belongings on the bedside table. "You two sit here for a while, Mommy and Daddy will be back in a moment after stepping out for a short while."

"Noooo, noooo, Manman wants to go with Mommy," Manman protested, not yet having had enough time to cling to her mother.

"Manman, be good, mommy will be back in a few minutes. And, Pangpang, watch your sister, don’t go anywhere, okay?" Shen Yunfang placed Manman on the bed and pulled out two pieces of chocolate from her pocket, giving one to each child so they could eat on their own. She estimated that by the time they finished their chocolates, she would be back. frёewebηovel.cѳm

"Okay, Mommy." Pangpang was quite the responsible older brother. Seeing his sister struggling to open the wrapper and trying to bite it with her little teeth, he took it from her and used his teeth to help her open it.

After settling the children, Shen Yunfang helped Li Hongjun go out, as she needed to assist him with using the restroom. Naturally, during this process, Shen Yunfang also discussed with Li Hongjun the important issue of educating their children. She wanted Li Hongjun to present a united front with her, either contributing a few words when she was educating the children or keeping quiet, but definitely not to muddle through. Otherwise, the children would be confused, which would make it even harder to educate them in the future.

Li Hongjun humbly accepted the lesson, promising to stand united with his wife from now on. Shen Yunfang was then content to let him walk out of the restroom without trouble.