Qin Xun selectively translated the chirping sounds. The result he got was still the same: no chicks were allowed into the ward.
“I forgot to ask, who are you people?”
Qin Xun held the chick that was about to flutter out of his arms. That slightly sullen young face looked toward the two people.
They replied, “We are the advanced caregivers recommended by the hospital! This time we’re here to serve Mr. Li!”
Qin Xun: “Oh.”
Qin Xun said lightly, “I thought you had some important status.”
Acting so arrogantly, but their status wasn’t even as high as my little chick’s.
Qin Xun ignored them and directly pushed the door open.
The door opened.
Feng Yuan’s attention was immediately drawn away.
He jumped out of Qin Xun’s arms, flapping his small wings and rushing into the room.
“Chirp chirp.”
Dad!
As soon as Feng Yuan entered, he chirped, calling for his dad.
Qin Xun followed in a step later. After entering, he politely called the man beside the hospital bed, “Uncle Li.”
Li Sheng’s cold eyes glanced over; he still had a faint impression of Qin Xun’s young face.
Although the villas where the two families lived were spaced far apart, Qin Xun’s villa was slightly inferior to Li Sheng’s, but at least the two families could be considered neighbors.
Qin Xun’s father and Li Sheng even had business dealings.
For Qin Xun, this child who hadn’t yet celebrated his fifth birthday, Li Sheng frowned slightly but ultimately didn’t hold his impolite door-pushing against him.
“Uncle Li, these two people outside are talking about you.”
“They’re talking about you and the uncle on the hospital bed. Their words are very unfriendly.”
Qin Xun openly reported this in front of the two people at the door.
His complaint left Feng Yuan, who was chirping, stunned.
The two people at the door were also dumbfounded.
They widened their eyes. Once they realized what had happened, they hurriedly tried to explain.
Li Sheng didn’t listen to their explanation.
With a cold expression, Li Sheng pressed the call button inside the ward.
Soon after.
The two people at the door were asked to leave by hospital staff.
After they left, Qin Xun also stepped out of the ward.
When he went out, he didn’t bring the tender yellow little chick he had carried in.
The ward door was closed behind him.
At this moment, inside were Li Sheng, Feng Qi lying on the hospital bed still unconscious, and a chirping Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan stood by the bedside. Several times, he tried to jump onto the bed to see his dad, but Li Sheng blocked him every time.
After multiple failed attempts to jump up, Feng Yuan got angry.
His little wings flapped straight. His black bean eyes seemed to burn with little flames: “Chirp chirp, chirp chirp!”
Bad Father! Bad Father!
He was angrily scolding Li Sheng.
He smelled the scent on Li Sheng. It was Father’s smell.
But their first meeting as father and son was clearly not pleasant.
The bad Father wouldn’t let Yuan Yuan see Dad!
This realization infuriated the tiny Feng Yuan.
He got so mad he fell backward.
Li Sheng’s cold gaze looked at this angry little chick. Somehow, he immediately noticed the chick’s slightly bald, plump bottom.
His eyes lingered on that bald, plump little bottom for several seconds.
“Bald-feathered chicken.”
He wore a stern, unapproachable, handsome face, and with thin lips softly uttered these not-so-polite words.
Feng Yuan: “???”
Feng Yuan slowly sat up, his wet black bean eyes staring at Li Sheng in disbelief.
Bad Father actually said he’s bald!
Feng Yuan, sitting dazed on the floor, his black bean eyes shifting from confusion and shock to determination.
He raised his little wings, suddenly adopting an attacking stance.
Just as he was about to pounce on his biological father to peck him fiercely, Feng Qi, on the hospital bed, finally woke up.
He slightly opened his eyes, and his fingers twitched.
“Yuan Yuan.”
Hearing his son’s movement, Feng Qi squeezed the name out of his throat.
His face slowly turned, those stunningly beautiful eyes searching for his son’s presence.
Hearing Dad’s call, Feng Yuan’s eyes, which a moment ago were full of fighting spirit, instantly filled with tears.
He chirped and jumped onto the bed.
This time, Li Sheng didn’t stop him.
Father and son hugged each other tightly on the bed. Seeing his son come, Feng Qi felt the heavy stone pressing on his heart suddenly drop.
He had already woken once before in the hospital.
The last time he woke, he didn’t see Feng Yuan, only Li Sheng.
At that time, he gripped Li Sheng’s hand tightly, urging him to go find the cub still in the villa.
But Li Sheng actually asked him if the play was over.
Thinking of the unpleasantness with Li Sheng, Feng Qi hugged his precious chubby cub even tighter.
Such a good Yuan Yuan, entrusted to Li Sheng to raise…
Could Li Sheng really take good care of him?
In that moment, Feng Qi’s eyes glanced sideways at Li Sheng’s handsome face. He furrowed his brows, filled with regret.
How did he end up choosing someone like this to father his child back then?
That face was undoubtedly to his aesthetic taste, but the temper was honestly not very good.
Could it be that he was too impulsive back then, fooled by looks?
Feng Qi really couldn’t recall those days.
Not only him, but Li Sheng right in front of him obviously couldn’t either.
No matter what Li Sheng’s situation was, Feng Qi now only recognized one thing: Li Sheng must raise his Yuan Yuan.
“Li Sheng.”
Holding his round little cub, Feng Qi’s affectionate, beautiful eyes stared straight at Li Sheng. He emphasized again, “According to human law, a biological father must raise his child until adulthood.”
“You have the responsibility to raise Yuan Yuan.”
Saying this, Feng Qi reluctantly handed the cub in his arms over to Li Sheng.
“This is Yuan Yuan.”
Lifted by Feng Qi, Feng Yuan’s black bean eyes met Li Sheng’s.
The air seemed to suddenly freeze.
Li Sheng, who usually never showed his emotions in front of others, looked at the little chick being held up before him. For the first time, a faint trace of absurdity appeared on his cold, handsome face.
“Feng Qi.”
Li Sheng’s low voice was cool and calm: “You insist that this bald-feathered chick is my son, right?”
Feng Qi: “…”
Feng Qi furrowed his brows and quickly held back his furious cub.
While soothing the fluffed-up cub, he scolded disapprovingly, “Yuan Yuan isn’t bald anywhere. Don’t talk nonsense. He’s still young. His feathers will grow fluffy soon enough.”
Feng Qi earnestly explained his son’s bald feather issue.
Li Sheng had no patience to listen anymore.
Seeing that Feng Qi was unharmed, he coldly interrupted him.
“This farce ends here.”
Li Sheng stood up, showing no mercy: “I won’t believe a chick is my son.”
“Since you’re already at the hospital, you might as well check the fifth floor.”
Feng Qi: “…”
Feng Qi remembered that the fifth floor was the psychiatric department.
He closed his eyes and told himself to stay calm.
For his son’s long-term support and for his own health, he couldn’t reveal his true phoenix form.
“Yuan Yuan.”
Feng Qi forcibly suppressed his emotions and lowered his eyes to look at his son. “Where is your little jade bottle?”
Feng Yuan’s human-like cub form did resemble Li Sheng a bit.
Feng Qi had observed closely. Their eye color and ears were similar.
Aside from that, Feng Yuan resembled him in every other way.
“Chirp.”
Feng Yuan responded obediently, trying to pull out the little jade bottle.
But after searching his neck for a long time, he couldn’t find the little jade bottle.
The whole cub was stunned.
He stiffened his small body, his black bean eyes panic-stricken as he looked at his dad.
“Chirp, chirp chirp.”
He had lost the little jade bottle.
Seeing his son’s black bean eyes filling with tears, Feng Qi lowered his head, pressing gently against his little head, his tone without any blame.
“Don’t cry, it’s lost and that’s that. It’s not Yuan Yuan’s fault.”
“It’s Dad’s fault for not fastening it properly.”
Feng Qi comforted his son: “When Dad’s body gets a bit better, I’ll brew some medicine for Yuan Yuan. Next time, we’ll use a new bottle.”
Feng Qi spoke to his son with calm and steady emotions.
But this calmness was reserved solely for his son.
He was a phoenix—born beautiful and powerful, proud and arrogant by nature.
Once, he had single-handedly slaughtered and burned an infamous clan of ferocious beasts.
Back then, when the ferocious beasts and evil demons heard his name, they all wished to flee ten thousand miles immediately.
But now, burdened by his frail body and having to care for a little cub, he had no choice but to temper some of his old temper, making himself look like a gentle father.
“All right, our Yuan Yuan isn’t sad anymore.”
With Feng Qi’s patient coaxing and affectionate cuddles, the saddened Feng Yuan finally held back his tears.
He buried his little head into his father’s embrace, unwilling to show his face.
Feng Qi’s long, beautiful hand gently patted him, not forcing him to look up.
“When I gave birth to Yuan Yuan, something went wrong… maybe the problem was with you. But anyway, Yuan Yuan was affected.”
“He’s having some trouble transforming.”
Feng Qi briefly and honestly explained Feng Yuan’s situation. After finishing, he told Li Sheng his next decision.
“You humans have a way to confirm blood relations. It’s called a paternity test.”
“Coincidentally, since we’re both in the hospital now, we can go do a paternity test.”
Feng Qi had already checked what samples a paternity test required.
One, blood. This won’t do.
Feng Yuan is afraid of pain.
Two, hair with follicles.
This one’s simple.
There’s a mirror and a comb in the VIP ward. Feng Qi casually grabbed a comb and gave his son’s feathers a quick brush.
He only brushed once and pulled out two strands of hair.
“Here.”
Feng Qi put the two strands into a container and forcefully pressed it into Li Sheng’s large hand.
Li Sheng’s strong aura seemed to completely disappear in front of him.
From start to finish, Feng Qi didn’t feel the slightest pressure.
He shoved the two strands into Li Sheng’s hand, his beautiful eyes locked on Li Sheng’s, and with a calm tone spoke words that held none of the gentleness he showed toward his cub.
He pronounced each word deliberately: “Go do the test.”
Li Sheng’s eyes darkened slightly. He keenly sensed the danger hidden beneath Feng Qi’s seemingly peaceful facade.
He asked bluntly, “Are you threatening me?”
Feng Qi smiled.
He pointed at himself and asked back, “I waited for you under the sun for hours. I risked a car crash just to see you. Since we met, you’ve doubted me again and again, refused to acknowledge the child. But I only asked you to do a paternity test, and nothing else—”
“Is this what you call threatening you?”
As Feng Qi listed everything, his tone sounded like that of a patient man.
But looking at his smiling face, Li Sheng felt that the smile didn’t reach his eyes at all.
Time ticked slowly on the clock.
No one knew how long passed, maybe just a few seconds, maybe much longer.
In the end, Li Sheng stood up.
He took the strands of hair that Feng Qi had given him, shed by the little chick.
After Li Sheng left, Feng Qi didn’t stay in the ward either.
He talked with Feng Yuan for a while, then carried him down from the bed.
At the ward’s door.
Feng Qi saw Qin Xun, who had brought Feng Yuan earlier.
One hand held Feng Yuan, while the other rubbed Qin Xun’s head.
“Good kid, thank you for bringing Yuan Yuan here.”
Qin Xun, having his head rubbed by Feng Qi, didn’t struggle at all.
He could feel a warm sensation all over him after being touched by Feng Yuan’s dad.
On the way back, Qin Xun took a taxi.
Qin Xun was small but carried quite a bit of pocket money. He originally wanted to take Feng Yuan and Feng Qi back to his own home.
Feng Qi didn’t agree.
They all sat together in the back seat. Feng Qi pinched Feng Yuan’s little claws, his eyes smiling, his tone casual: “If you want to play with Yuan Yuan, there’s no rush.”
“Yuan Yuan will be living here soon, and then you’ll have plenty of time to play together.”
Hearing this, Qin Xun hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
He accompanied Feng Qi and Feng Yuan to the door of a small alley home.
Before leaving, he looked at Feng Yuan, his gaze almost glued to him.
Feng Yuan waved his paw at him.
Just as Feng Yuan was about to chirp a goodbye, Feng Qi suddenly spoke up.
“Xun, want to stay for dinner?”
After Feng Qi’s invitation, Feng Yuan chirped, too.
He was inviting Qin Xun to eat together!
For a little kid, eating and playing with friends was a very happy thing.
Feng Yuan was busy on Huasheng Street, busy picking up scraps to sell, busy resolving all kinds of disputes for his cat and dog little brothers under him.
The kids on the street about Feng Yuan’s age didn’t play with him.
Qin Xun was Feng Yuan’s first little playmate.
With Feng Qi’s invitation and Feng Yuan’s chirping, Qin Xun didn’t hesitate much and walked over to them.
Feng Yuan’s home was very small—a one-bedroom, just over twenty square meters.
This space was even smaller than the bathroom in Qin Xun’s house.
But Qin Xun felt comfortable staying there.
He ate dinner with Feng Yuan, a meal cooked by Feng Qi.
To be honest, it was a bit hard to eat.
But Feng Yuan finished one bowl and then asked for a second.
After dinner, Feng Qi cleaned the table and started heating water for their bath.
The water heater in this house was broken and hadn’t produced hot water for a long time, so they had to use a kettle to boil water.
Feng Qi poured a kettle and a half of hot water mixed with several kettles of cold water into a big plastic basin.
Qin Xun and Feng Yuan both sat in the basin.
Feng Yuan didn’t like water, and even less liked bathing. He lay down on Qin Xun’s legs, trying to avoid his dad’s bath.
Qin Xun had originally planned to wash by himself.
But Feng Qi’s big hands, leaving no room for refusal, started rubbing his back.
Qin Xun: “…”
Since he could remember, Qin Xun had always bathed himself. His little face was tight with tension, and his fists were clenched.
He sat in the basin like a stiff little statue, finishing his entire bath.
Qin Xun bathed quietly.
Feng Yuan’s bath, on the other hand, was a bit of a chaotic mess.
Today, Feng Qi washed his hair.
Feng Yuan shook the water droplets off his body with all his might, chirping nonstop.
“Dad, water got in my eyes!”
“Dad! Yuan Yuan can’t see!”
“Dad, don’t wash anymore!”
Feng Yuan’s chirping kept repeating the same thought: Hurry and get me out of the water.
Feng Qi ignored him.
By the time both little ones finished bathing, the sky outside had darkened.
After watching them play on the bed for a while, Feng Qi coaxed them to sleep.
Children’s sleep quality was always much better than adults.
Seeing them asleep, Feng Qi carefully tucked in their blankets.
Sometimes, Feng Yuan liked to be held while sleeping.
Right now, his round little body was curled up in Qin Xun’s arms, sleeping soundly.
Qin Xun held him, sleeping soundly as well.
Feng Qi sat at the edge of the bed. After making sure the two little ones were sleeping well, he got up and left the house.
The night was deep and quiet, with almost no one on the streets.
In a villa in the wealthy district of the city.
Li Sheng had just fallen asleep. Even in sleep, his brows were tightly furrowed, as if troubled by something.
Maybe he was troubled by the beautiful person who had shown up during the day, insisting that he raise the chick as his son.
Maybe he was troubled by his mad dog brother, who had just returned from abroad, was currently missing, and had an extremely hostile relationship with him.
These two worries almost made Li Sheng unable to hold in the self-claimed elegance of his demeanor.
He was almost about to lose control.
Meanwhile, someone else had completely lost patience with him after several hours of waiting.
Outside, the full moon hung high, its bright light shining sharply through the window and into the room.
Not long after falling asleep, Li Sheng suddenly opened his eyes in the flicker of the curtains.
The moment he opened his eyes, someone had already closed in on him.
The beautiful person, once fragile and weak in the daylight, now let his waist-length silver hair hang down, his brows and eyes seductive and picturesque, with a trace of coldness at the corner of his lips.
He sat on Li Sheng, his slender and elegant fingers gripping Li Sheng’s throat.
“Six hours and forty-seven minutes.”
Feng Qi had long ago used a neighbor’s phone to check on Baidu the time needed for a paternity test. The earliest results could come out in three to four hours.
His beautiful eyes lifted slightly, the killing intent in them openly revealed.
“Li Sheng, if you still don’t acknowledge the results after seeing the test, do you think we phoenixes really have no temper?”
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