Mother's Scent

Lu Ran looked at Su Qi on the hospital bed, who looked like a sleeping beauty.

She was so serene and beautiful. Perhaps because of the train ride and what had just happened, she was sleeping soundly and even snoring softly.

fufufu——

This is her daughter. Lu Ran felt her heart soften like a puddle of water.

She gently stroked Su Qi's cheeks; they were soft and supple, but the only flaw was that they lacked color and looked rather pale.

She didn't want to know why Su Qi had changed from a boy to a girl, from her son to her daughter.

All he knows is that Su Qi is now his daughter—a soft and sweet real daughter.

Su Lujun stood outside the private ward, peering longingly through the small glass window.

In his fifties, his eyesight was already failing, and from a distance, he couldn't see Su Qi's expression at all; he could only see her sleeping with an IV drip in her eye!

He also longed to go inside and see his daughter. Like Lu Ran, sitting beside Su Qi. Even if he didn't touch her, just watching her sleep would be enough.

Remembering the female doctor's advice, Su Lujun ultimately decided to visit her from the sidelines. He didn't want to hurt his daughter again.

This middle-aged man, acting suspiciously by the door, was quickly noticed and reported by some of the neighbors' family members.

The nurse, seeing his robust physique, even called security. Su Lujun, watching a large group of people walk towards him, felt very strange!

"What are you doing, acting so suspiciously?" the security guard asked.

"The one injured inside is my daughter," Su Lujun said. His answer earned him the stares of the crowd, who thought he was a fool.

Su Lujun noticed the stares of the crowd and realized that this explanation wasn't quite right; it was indeed true!

"Call the police! I never thought there would be thieves in the hospital!" an old woman exclaimed. The crowd joined in the commotion.

Su Lujun saw that several people had actually taken out their phones and were making calls! But at this moment, he really didn't know how to explain it.

Just then, Lu Ran walked out of the private ward, glanced at everyone, and asked angrily, "What's wrong? Shouldn't a hospital be quiet? What's all the noise about?"

After two or three rounds of discussion, Lu Ran finally learned the whole story. Looking at Su Lujun's embarrassed face...

She could only manage a wry smile. When had her husband ever felt so aggrieved?

However, Lu Ran stopped laughing after only two laughs, since Su Lujun was currently in a period of atonement.

Before her daughter forgives him, she, as his mother, must also point her gun at the outside world.

"Go home quickly and get Su Qi and me a change of clothes," Lu Ran said.

"Did Xiao Qi bring any clothes?" Su Lujun felt a little guilty after mentioning Su Qi. Her voice even became much softer.

Seeing her husband become so docile, Lu Ran couldn't accept it for a while.

"If she doesn't have any, why don't you buy some? Are you reluctant to part with your retirement pension?"

Upon hearing this, Su Lujun nearly burst out laughing. What did he mean by being unwilling to spend money? Right now, all he wanted to do was buy Su Qi the best.

He said, "It's just two pieces of clothing, isn't it? It's a small matter, is there anything else?"

Lu Ran thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered an important item. "That auntie's... I need two bags of that too!"

Hearing this, Su Lujun's eyes widened as if he were hallucinating.

You want me, a middle-aged person in my fifties, to go buy menstrual blood?!

Lu Ran didn't care whether Su Lujun listened or not, and turned around to walk back into the private ward.

The nurses had already given her a bag of sanitary napkins, so she didn't actually need any more. Lu Ran just wanted to test it out.

In Su Lujun's heart, who is more important, herself or her daughter? After all, she has been urging Su Lujun to buy this for half his life, and he still hasn't succeeded!

Su Lujun, who was driving home at that moment, was unaware that he had already reached a fork in the road where no matter which way he chose, it would be a dead end.

Su Qi, who was sleeping, slowly woke up and heard the System Girl's voice!

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have discovered Adventure Task —Disciplining Dad!"

Looking at the name, Su Qi was completely bewildered. What was going on? Dad? Discipline? Thinking of how Su Qi had been beaten just now, Su Qi subconsciously trembled.

And with that movement, a warm sensation spread through his lower body.

What's going on? The System Girl jumped in to explain, "The host is already a qualified girl; this is a necessary experience every month. However, if the host maintains a reasonable diet, it will be much easier!"

Su Qi clutched her aching stomach and curled up like a shrimp.

That hurts so much!

"Host, I have already warned you not to walk barefoot, not to eat too many yin fruits, and not to have such an irregular diet of only one meal a day. You can't."

Listening to the System Girl's endless list of accusations, Su Qi could only think, "How could I have known it would hurt this much?"

But the problem now is how to endure it. She asked the System Girl, "Is there any way to relieve the pain?"

After pondering for two seconds, the System Girl said, "Yes, and it doesn't cost any money!" Su Qi felt that ever since she let it play the game, the System Girl had become more and more adorable.

She wanted to hug her.

Then I heard the System Girl, imitating her voice, say, "Mommy, it hurts—"

Su Qi's eyes widened. This System Girl could actually speak in reality?

Doesn't that mean that she might transform into human form someday?

This realization excited Su Qi, but the excitement did not reduce the pain.

She is still a shrimp.

When Lu Ran heard Su Qi's soft, sweet voice calling her "Mom," she perked up completely.

And then there's Tongtong—she's so adorable! No wonder she's my daughter.

He walked quickly to Su Qi's chair and felt heartbroken looking at Su Qi, who was curled up like a shrimp.

Lu Ran carefully removed the hand from which the IV drip was being administered. Seeing that there was no needle, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She whispered in Su Qi's ear, "Come on, let Mommy rub your tummy, it won't hurt anymore in a little while!"

Su Qi felt a little shy; she was so old and still needed her mother to coax her. Yet, she also longed for the feeling of having her mother.

"Mmm." Su Qi's soft voice was quite clear in the small private room. Lu Ran glanced at Su Qi's deliberate averting of her face and felt that this somewhat dishonest demeanor was also...

cute.

Half an hour later, Su Qi's IV drip was finally finished, and Lu Ran pressed the nurse call button. A nurse arrived shortly after.

Su Qi recognized him immediately; wasn't this Nurse Xiao Rang?

The Nurse Xiao Rang was delighted to see that it was Su Qi, this adorable little girl. Looking at her resting her head on Lu Ran's lap, she teased, "Now that you have your mother, you won't be afraid anymore!"

Su Qi then realized that in the past half hour, she had gradually moved closer to her mother's lap, and a blush rose on Su Qi's somewhat pale face.

The Nurse Xiao Rang, found it amusing to see Su Qi blush so easily at her comment. She thought to herself, "If only I had a younger sister as shy as her!"

I gently pulled the needle out and reminded her, "Don't rub the puncture site!" (Really, don't rub it!)

She then left the room. After she left, Lu Ran asked softly, "Xiao Qi, does your stomach still hurt?"

Actually, Su Qi's stomach pain had subsided considerably by this point. After thinking for a moment, she reluctantly nodded.

Because she realized that she truly craved the taste of her mother's cooking at that moment!