Before Li Heng left the house in the morning, the little cub lying on his bed was still fair and tender, clean and neat.
Yet after just a single day apart, that once spotless little cub had turned completely dirty all over.
The little one tilted his face upward. At the corner of his eye, there was a faint bluish bruise.
This made Li Heng’s gaze sink.
He crouched down, his large hand gently touching the corner of the little fellow’s eye.
As soon as he touched it, Feng Yuan let out a sharp “hiss”, then quickly covered his eye, not allowing it to be touched.
“Grandpa, it hurts.”
Hearing Feng Yuan say it hurt, the gloom and ruthlessness in Li Heng’s eyes grew even heavier.
He carefully and thoroughly examined Feng Yuan’s entire small body.
The marks on Feng Yuan’s belly were the heaviest, followed by his thighs and knees.
These bruises and scraped wounds, Feng Yuan himself didn’t even think they were that serious.
He often scraped his skin when playing.
But those injuries that he didn’t care about, when they fell into Li Heng’s eyes, were unbearably harsh and stinging to look at.
Li Heng quietly adjusted his breathing.
He picked Feng Yuan up, his face carrying an authority that commanded without anger. In his gaze, the coldness was like the ancient ice of the Tianshan Mountains, impossible to melt through the years.
“Who hurt my child?”
Li Heng’s tone was calm as he asked, his gaze sweeping over the whole scene.
Li Heng rarely appeared in public, but there were still many people who recognized his face.
Those who had just been forcing Feng Yuan to apologize were now completely panicked.
For Li Heng to take the family business abroad and raise it to an untouchable position, this alone was enough to show that he possessed absolute means and courage.
In this country where even guns were legal, soft and meek little lambs were not fit to survive.
And Li Heng was never a lamb.
He was a mysterious, terrifying beast king.
No one wanted to truly anger him.
“Mr. Li.”
Polly’s father grabbed his son and was the first to step forward. As soon as he came over, he pushed his son in front of Feng Yuan, forcing him to apologize: “I’m very sorry. My child was too reckless and hurt your family’s child.”
“I hereby express my deepest apologies to you.”
Polly’s father, together with his son, came to apologize.
Feng Yuan turned his little face away, unwilling to accept it.
Just now, Polly had thrown the ball at him so many times!
Feng Yuan’s belly still hurt from being hit.
Other parents also came forward to apologize, but Li Heng’s attitude toward these apologies was the same as Feng Yuan’s.
He did not accept them in the slightest.
Seeing the situation at a deadlock, Li Cheng, who had already put away his gun, stood behind Li Heng and spoke coldly: “My young master was treated like a ball by your children. This is not something an apology can resolve.”
Staring at these people, Li Cheng put forth a demand.
Just as those children had kicked his young master earlier, now his young master would kick them back in the same way.
Once this demand was spoken, all the parents of the children fell into silence.
“You don’t agree? Since that’s the case, then there’s nothing more to say.”
Li Cheng lifted his chin. The meaning on his face was clear—
Next, all of you just wait to bear the wrath of the Li family!
The Li family rarely went out of their way to retaliate against others, but this time, since the bullying had fallen upon their young master, none of these people should expect to have it easy.
Just as it looked like the Li family was about to leave, a parent gritted their teeth and pushed their child forward.
“I agree to your terms.”
A parent was willing to let their child come out and take the beating.
And the unwilling child had no way to resist, even if they wanted to.
Feng Yuan looked at the children quarreling with their parents, furrowed his little brows, and only took the ball to throw at each of them once.
With so many adults watching around him, he felt a little uncomfortable.
“Grandpa, let’s go home.”
Feng Yuan didn’t want to stay here any longer. He had come here just to teach that scumbag a lesson.
The scumbag he had just beaten was still clutching his sensitive spot, lying on the ground with a pale face, unable to get up.
Feng Yuan’s goal had been achieved.
Seeing that he wanted to go home, Li Heng let out a low “mm”. He held Feng Yuan in his arms and turned to leave.
Just before leaving, Li Heng cast the parents a deep, sweeping glance.
The parents all felt a chill run down their spines, sensing that this matter was far from over.
Outside, the sky was already pitch dark.
Holding his little cub, Li Heng sat down in the car. Once inside, he checked Feng Yuan over once more.
“Does it still hurt?”
While examining him, Li Heng repeated the same question again.
Feng Yuan shook his little head and replied, “As long as you don’t touch it, it doesn’t hurt.”
If touched, then it would hurt a little.
Hearing his soft, childish voice, Li Heng’s expression unconsciously grew more tense.
As for Li Cheng, who was also in the car, the anger he had felt earlier had now faded, leaving only guilt and self-blame that nearly drowned him.
His throat was filled with bitterness. He made a self-criticism to the old master.
“Old Master, I’m sorry.”
Li Cheng took all of tonight’s matters upon himself.
He felt that it was his fault for not protecting the young master well enough.
Hearing his apology, Feng Yuan lifted his little face and looked forward: “No need to be sorry.”
“Uncle didn’t do anything wrong.”
Feng Yuan corrected Li Cheng, not believing that Li Cheng had been negligent in any way.
It was because Li Cheng had listened to him that he brought him here. And just now on the court, when he was kicked with the ball by those rude, bad children, Li Cheng had responded right away.
Thinking about it from another perspective, Feng Yuan felt that Uncle Li Cheng had done well enough.
With Feng Yuan speaking up in his defense, Li Heng finally only cast Li Cheng a glance and said nothing more.
The car drove fast and steadily. Soon, they arrived home.
After all the commotion, Feng Yuan’s stomach was hungry again.
He was even planning to ask for a late-night snack once they got back.
But before the midnight snack could reach his mouth, the family doctor appeared before him.
Feng Yuan looked at the family doctor in a white coat. His little face went blank.
He had been in the hospital several times. Every time he went in, whenever he saw doctors in white coats, it never ended well for him.
Over time, he had developed a physical fear of hospitals and of white coats.
This kind of fear was actually quite common among children.
“Grandpa, Yuan Yuan isn’t sick.”
Afraid he would have to take medicine or get an injection, Feng Yuan buried his little face into Li Heng’s chest, his small body trembling in fright.
Li Heng’s large hand gently patted his back, his voice low and steady: “No one said you’re sick. The doctor will just check you over.”
“Weren’t you kicked by the ball just now? The doctor will check, put on some medicine, and it will get better.”
Feng Yuan wasn’t afraid of medicine being applied.
Under Li Heng’s patient comfort, the little cub hidden in his arms finally revealed his small face.
The family doctor, upon seeing Feng Yuan’s little face clearly, let out an exclamation of surprise.
He praised, “Such a beautiful child. I guarantee, more beautiful than any child I’ve ever seen.”
The family doctor before them was already quite elderly.
He had seen no small number of children.
For him to give such praise showed that Feng Yuan’s little face, with its distinctly Eastern features, still carried no less charm even here in a Western country.
Hearing the doctor’s lavish praise, the vain little Feng Yuan’s face turned red by the end.
This doctor uncle really knew how to praise.
He truly had good taste!
The little cub, with his heart bubbling with joy from the compliments, was extremely cooperative during the physical examination.
No one knew how much time had passed.
Feng Yuan’s full-body checkup was finally completed.
The family doctor turned and spoke with Li Heng. Judging from the doctor’s expression, Feng Yuan’s condition should not be serious.
Feng Yuan fiddled with his little translator, turned it off, and plugged it in to charge.
Meanwhile, the doctor continued talking with Li Heng.
As he spoke, his expression grew grave: “This time, the situation was very dangerous. The ball’s impact force was very strong. If it had struck his chest or certain critical spots, he could have died.”
“This time, it was the favor of the God of Luck watching over him.”
“Mr. Li, a child’s growth process is extremely fragile. Please, you must take this seriously.”
Li Heng listened very carefully to the family doctor’s admonition.
He nodded in agreement, then had the butler see the doctor out.
After the family doctor left, Feng Yuan finally got his late-night snack as he had wished, then soaked in a bath, with ointment patches applied to his wounds.
When everything was settled, it was already deep into the night.
Feng Yuan, dressed in soft black-and-white pajamas, firmly chose his grandpa’s room over his own.
“Yuan Yuan wants to sleep with Grandpa!”
Feng Yuan loudly demanded, refusing to return to the new room the butler had arranged for him.
He was still young. Even at home, he hadn’t yet been separated from his dads at bedtime. Unless it was Qin Xun going over, in which case he would sleep with Qin Xun.
Otherwise, he always wanted to sleep with one of his dads.
He didn’t like sleeping alone.
Of course, staying at his little uncle’s place was an exception.
At Feng Yuan’s request, Li Heng paused for a few seconds, then agreed.
The elder and the child lay together on the same bed.
Feng Yuan’s little head was heavy with sleepiness. But before bed, he insisted on having a short nightly chat with his grandpa.
“Grandpa, when is Grandma coming home? Yuan Yuan misses Grandma.”
At the mention of Grandma, Li Heng’s expression darkened ever so slightly.
He held the little cub resting on his arm. After a long moment, he finally spoke: “Grandpa doesn’t know either.”
Feng Yuan: “…”
Feng Yuan shifted positions. Propping his drowsy little face, he leaned over onto Grandpa’s neck and asked, “Then does Grandpa know where Grandma is?”
“Mm, I know.”
Li Heng lowered his eyes, looking at the chubby little face so close at hand. For some reason, a hidden thought suddenly rose in his heart.
“Yuan Yuan, do you really want to see Grandma?”
“Yes, I do.”
Feng Yuan had, long ago, filled his imagination with thoughts of Grandpa and Grandma.
In their little alley, there were many grandparents. The grandmas all doted endlessly on their grandchildren.
When those children made mistakes and were beaten by their parents, the grandmas would step in to protect them.
Feng Yuan had watched with envious longing.
Hearing Feng Yuan once more say he wanted to see Grandma, Li Heng raised his hand and gently stroked his little head.
“There will be a chance.”
Li Heng said in a low voice: “When you see Grandma, remember to greet her.”
“Mm!”
Feng Yuan answered firmly: “Yuan Yuan will give Grandma a kiss.”
“Good.”
Li Heng continued to rub his little head, coaxing him to sleep.
The elder and the child slept until just before dawn, when a sudden knock woke them.
Li Cheng stood at the doorway, and to Li Heng, who had stepped out wearing only sleepwear, he lowered his voice to report: “Miss is having an episode again. This time, she’s lost control badly. Master, should we give her a sedative?”
The “Miss” in Li Cheng’s mouth naturally referred to Li Wei.
Li Wei’s condition had been examined even by the most authoritative medical institutions, but to no avail.
This was a problem of the Li family—one that no outsider could solve.
Just as Li Heng frowned, caught in a moment of decision, the sound of little footsteps pattered behind him.
It was Feng Yuan, walking over with his chubby bare feet.
“What’s wrong with Little Aunt?”
For once, Feng Yuan’s little ears were unusually sharp. He had caught the words “Miss” and “out of control”.
“Yuan Yuan wants to go see Little Aunt.”
While rubbing his eyes, Feng Yuan walked up to the two adults.
He dropped his little hands from his eyes, stretched out his arms, asking to be carried.
But neither adult had any intention of carrying him over.
When Li Wei lost control, she had no sense of reason. She could very well hurt someone.
“Yuan Yuan, go back and rest. Grandpa will come back in a while.”
“No!”
Seeing that the two adults wouldn’t carry him, Feng Yuan’s little face turned unhappy. He lowered his outstretched arms.
“Yuan Yuan will walk by himself!”
He knew the way to Little Aunt’s room!
Feng Yuan, barefoot, ran out. But after only a few steps, he was caught by Li Heng’s large hand.
Although the house had wooden floors, outside was a stretch of paved cobblestones. For Feng Yuan to walk barefoot there was unsafe.
Even in Li Heng’s grasp, Feng Yuan was still kicking about.
Though small, when he struggled with all his strength, he was indeed hard to hold down.
Li Heng held him and compromised: “Stop kicking. I’ll take you there.”
Feng Yuan: “!”
In an instant, Feng Yuan quieted down.
Obediently, he let Grandpa carry him to where Little Aunt lived.
Before they even got close, Feng Yuan already heard the sound of Little Aunt smashing and throwing things.
She was furiously hurling objects, her figure swaying unsteadily.
“Get out, all of you. Get away from me!”
“Stop pestering me!”
“So noisy!!!”
Li Wei’s frenzied actions looked very much like schizophrenia.
But after meticulous examinations, she was found not to fit the symptoms of schizophrenia at all.
Seeing Li Wei once again harming herself, Feng Yuan hurriedly struggled out of Li Heng’s arms.
Though only half a day had passed, Feng Yuan discovered that the black mist entangling Little Aunt had increased!
It was all these things that were affecting Little Aunt!
Feng Yuan was so angry he could hardly stand it.
Ignoring Grandpa’s attempt to pull him back, he charged straight toward Little Aunt like a little calf.
Once he reached her, his two chubby little hands wrapped tightly around her.
At first, Little Aunt hadn’t calmed down yet. In her frenzy, she mistakenly struck him several times.
Feng Yuan didn’t cry out in pain even once.
Like a little warrior, he clung to Little Aunt, his soft childish voice full of fearlessness.
“Little Aunt, don’t be afraid. Yuan Yuan is here!”
“Yuan Yuan will protect you!”
With Feng Yuan, this little auspicious spirit, present, the black mist entwining Li Wei finally lost its arrogance.
And Li Wei, too, miraculously began to calm down little by little.
Her body collapsed weakly to the ground. Feng Yuan hugged her, his soft, pouty lips pressing against her cheek.
“Little Aunt, it’s okay now. Nothing’s wrong. Yuan Yuan is here.”
With him here, all evil had to retreat!
No one could touch his Little Aunt!
The little warrior Feng Yuan was still comforting his Little Aunt, while Li Heng, witnessing all of this, felt his pupils contract in sudden shock.
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