In May, Lu Yunye’s birthday arrived. In the past, his birthdays would be very big, and his parents would invite many business partners to attend. Lu Yunye had to go and greet people, and was often so busy that he didn’t even have time to eat a bite of cake.
This time when preparing for his birthday, Lu Yunye suddenly said, “I want to invite some friends.”
This matter caught his parents off guard. Lu Yunye is famous for being alone in school, and doesn’t have any friends. Xiao Ting couldn’t help asking one more question: “Who is it?”
“Xiao Mi— who lives in Chunhui Lane… Shi Yi.” Lu Yunye pursed his lips, almost revealing the nicknames[mfn]Mitao = peach[/mfn] between them. Even a simple invitation was solemn.
“Oh…” Xiao Ting remembered and handed him two invitation cards, “Then invite his father over here, otherwise it will be impolite.”
This was the first time that Lu Yunye had a playmate he could invite, but when he handed the invitation to Shi Yi, the other party declined hesitantly.
Shi Yi’s eyes were red, as if he had just cried. Lu Yunye immediately became anxious: “Who bullied you?”
“Father is sick…” Shi Yi said tearfully, as if he was about to cry again.
In fact, his father’s health is always poor, and he will have a serious illness every few months. Dad would make meals ahead of time and put them in the refrigerator so that he could eat them when he was hungry, and shut himself in the room without going out for several days.
“Don’t cry…” Lu Yunye was a little flustered, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his fingers. Xiao Yi’s face was like tender tofu, and would redden if too much force was applied.
“I’ll figure out a way.” Lu Yunye hugged him and patted his back lightly, feeling the little body in his arms twitching amidst tears. His heart ached.
“Shall I call Dr. Shen? Dr. Shen is very powerful. There is no disease he can’t cure.”
Shi Yi had no choice but to agree: “Okay…”
When Shen Qing’an arrived, the two children were waiting at the door. Hearing Shi Yi crying on the phone, he thought something serious had happened, and he immediately realized it when he caught a sweet smell after entering the door.
Strictly speaking, it’s not an illness. Shu Wen should have entered the estrus period. A marked omega without their partner… the degree of pain can be imagined, and he must have locked himself up to avoid scaring the child.
Shen Qing’an put on a pheromone isolation sticker and a special mask, and led the two children to knock on the door, but no one answered in the bedroom.
Shi Yi pursed his lips, and cried out in a crying voice: “Dad…”
“Xiao Yi…” Shu Wen thought something was wrong, endured the pain and got out of bed, but was stunned after opening the door.
Why did an alpha appear at home?
He pulled Shi Yi into his arms, like a cat whose territory had been invaded. He subconsciously arched his back and made a defensive posture. Even his voice became cold: “Who are you?”
Shu Wen’s temples are full of cold sweat. Omegas feel extremely insecure during estrus, and are defensive towards strangers. Shen Qing’an briefly took off the mask to let him see his face clearly: “I am the family doctor of the Lu family. We met a few days ago.”
“Xiao Yi said that you are sick, I came to take a look.”
“I’m fine.” Shu Wen didn’t relax. “I don’t need a doctor, you can go.”
Shen Qing’an looked at the medicine bottle at the foot of the bed and frowned: “How many inhibitors have you used?”
“Increasing the dose of the inhibitor can cause irreversible damage to the gland.”
“You don’t have to worry about it.” Shu Wen said coldly. “Xiao Lu, take Dr. Shen back.”
“You can take care of Xiao Yi only if you take care of yourself first.” Shen Qing’an said. “Xiao Yi was so scared outside, and kept crying when he called me.”
Shu Wen was stunned, looked down. Shi Yi was huddled in his arms, his eyes were red and swollen from crying. His voice was a little hoarse, and he was tightly held on with both hands, afraid that his dad would disappear in a second .
Shu Wen compromised: “I won’t go to the hospital.”
Once he goes to the hospital and registers his personal information, Shi Jinpeng will definitely follow the clues to find him, and he and Shi Yi will return to their lives trapped without seeing the sun.
“Yunye, take Xiao Yi to your house to eat cake, okay?” Shen Qing’an said softly to the two children. “Your daddy will get better soon.”
“Thank you, Dr. Shen, please cure my father.” Shi Yi pinched Shu Wen’s clothes tightly, and after a while he was reluctantly pulled away by Lu Yunye.
That night, Shi Yi stayed at Lu’s house. Lu’s house had a lot of empty rooms, but Shi Yi was still young and afraid of strangers, so Xiao Ting let the two children sleep in the children’s room.
There is a bunk bed in the children’s room, which is reserved for Lu Yunye’s little cousin who is far away in country M. He stays here whenever he’s visiting during the holidays and has a lot of plush toys.
Shi Yi lay on the lower bunk hugging a teddy bear that was bigger than himself, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
Lu Yunye was on the upper bunk, and could feel the rustling vibrations. Shi Yi was very obedient, unlike his cousin, who would cling to him and sleep with him every time he came, and kick people while asleep.
After a while, the room became quiet. He got up to check, and then stepped on the ladder and landed quietly on the ground.
The plush bear took up half of the bed, and the other half was a bulging quilt. Lu Yunye frowned, won’t he be out of breath? He stretched out his hand to pull the quilt down a little, but the small lump inside moved as if startled, and then there was a faint sobbing sound.
“Little Peach, are you crying?” Lu Yunye asked.
Shi Yi didn’t say a word, and shrank back under the quilt again.
Lu Yunye unscrewed the night light, squeezed into Shi Yi’s bed, and patted awkwardly through the quilt. He had never comforted anyone before, and could only accompany him helplessly. The bear was annoying and took up too much space, so Lu Yunye reached out to push it away, but Shi Yi poked his head out, crying: “Don’t… “
“Okay, I won’t.” Lu Yunye didn’t dare to move, and asked after a moment of silence: “Why are you crying? Are you afraid of the dark?”
“I’m afraid that Dad is sick.” Shi Yi choked softly, “Will Dad die…”
“No.” Lu Yunye said firmly, “Dr. Shen is very powerful. Uncle will be fine when you go home.”
“I will bake you a small cake to eat.”
“Then tomorrow is your birthday, will you eat cake?” Shi Yi’s attention was drawn away.
“Of course I will. I’ll bring you to eat and cut you the biggest piece, okay?”
Shi Yi felt embarrassed. “You’re the birthday star, you should eat the biggest one.”
“It’s okay, aren’t you going to be my wife? My dad always leaves the biggest and most delicious ones for my mom, and my sister and I are forgotten.” Lu Yunye said, “But you have to be good and sleep tonight, otherwise the cake will be eaten up by others if you don’t wake up tomorrow.”
Shi Yi froze in horror, and then closed his eyes forcefully. Amused, Lu Yunye imitated his childhood nanny, and patted Shi Yi’s soft back lightly.
When the slight breathing finally stabilized, Lu Yunye stepped aside carefully, intending to climb back to the upper bunk, but Shi Yi’s slumped over and leaned on his shoulder.
Lu Yunye had no choice but to move back and hug him tightly. Like two fledgling chicks, hugging each other to keep warm.
The dim yellow light from the night light was very warm. Shi Yi leaned back into the teddy bear’s arms and buried his head in Lu Yunye’s chest. For the first time, he fell asleep peacefully at night without his father’s company. Even his dreams were sweet.
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