Closer Than Family

But Mother Su gave him no chance at all. Her eyes were full of her precious little grandson. She lowered her head and poked Su Leyun's chubby pink cheek, teasing with a smile, "Lele is getting cuter and cuter. His eyes look exactly like yours did when you were little."

Su Minghui walked to Father Su's bedside, took his hand, and massaged it as she chatted with Mother Su. "Really? I looked like this when I was little?"

"More than that. Your eyesight was good when you were little too. Who knew that after growing up, you'd become so poor at judging people?" The old lady was quite skilled at veiled sarcasm.

Su Minghui: "..."

Su Leyun hurriedly waved his little hands to draw Mother Su's attention.

Grandma, stop scolding her, stop scolding her! Mom's clear-headed now. Just give her a little more time, and she'll definitely beat that scumbag dad until he's crawling around looking for his teeth!

Su Minghui nodded. Sure enough, her son understood her best!

She finally brought up the main topic of the day. "The Chu Family wants to take Lele in as their godson. Lele and I have both agreed. Fu Siwen said she wanted to hold a banquet to welcome Lele, and specifically told me to bring you along so we could join in the fun."

Mother Su pondered for a moment, then nodded. "That's good. You and Siwen were already close, and now you'll be even closer than family."

Zhou Guomin had just finished emptying the chamber pot in the bathroom. When he heard this news, he nearly dropped it.

"How come I didn't know about this?" Amid his shock was a hint of accusation. "Why didn't you discuss something this important with me?"

Su Minghui remained completely calm and switched to massaging Father Su's other hand. "What? Are you planning to oppose it?"

Mother Su looked over as well, her gaze scrutinizing.

Zhou Guomin also realized that his attitude had been too forceful and hurriedly softened his tone. "Oppose it? Not exactly..."

It was just that this opportunity should clearly have belonged to Qianqian!

If the baby-switching plan had succeeded from the start, then Qianqian should have been the one recognized by the Chu Family as their goddaughter, climbing onto the Chu Family's towering branch. How could it possibly have been Su Leyun's turn?

Besides, their Qianqian was pretty. She would be a perfect match for that young master of the Chu Family who was not yet three years old!

Then the two of them could grow up together as childhood sweethearts. That sickly Chu Xuan would surely have died long ago, and the Chu Family's heir would only be Chu Yanxiao. Qianqian would rightfully become the mistress of Chu Corporation, and wouldn't he, her father, rise to the top along with her?

Thinking of the rare opportunity Su Leyun had caused him to miss, Zhou Guomin was so upset he could barely breathe. He lost his footing and fell toward Mother Su, who was holding Su Leyun.

Mother Su dodged, just barely brushing past Zhou Guomin. He crashed to the floor, while Mother Su frowned and let out a pained groan.

Su Minghui hurried to Mother Su's side and asked anxiously, "Mom, are you okay?"

Mother Su's first reaction was to check Su Leyun in her arms. Seeing that he was completely unharmed, she relaxed. "I'm fine. My leg just hit the wheelchair earlier. It hurts a little."

Su Minghui was stunned. "You can feel your leg?"

Only then did Mother Su realize it herself. She covered her mouth in disbelief. "That's right. How can I feel it?"

After the car accident, the doctors who examined them had all been renowned senior professors. At the time, every one of them had said that Mother Su's legs could never regain any sensation and that she could only spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.

Su Minghui hurried out to call the doctors. At first, they did not believe it, because they had all seen Mother Su's diagnostic report. The chance of recovery had been less than one percent.

But when they entered the room, they saw Mother Su tremblingly raise her leg. She could even bend and straighten it. Every doctor was dumbfounded.

"This is a miracle!" the attending physician exclaimed. He immediately arranged for the old lady to undergo a full examination, and Su Minghui followed along.

Zhou Guomin was still lying on the floor, in too much pain to stand up at all. So no one cared whether I lived or died, huh?

Two hours later, the examination results came out. The attending physician studied the images of Mother Su's legs with a grave expression and nodded repeatedly. "A miracle truly has happened. Most of the damage to the old lady's lower body has recovered. Next, I'll arrange a rehabilitation schedule. I believe she'll soon regain her previous ability to walk."

The doctor's words left the old lady somewhat dazed. She wheeled herself to Father Su's bedside, took his hand, and gently pressed it against her face. "Old man, did you hear that? I can walk again!"

Excited tears slid down her face and fell onto Father Su's thin, bony hand. "You were born a blessed man. Since a miracle could happen to me, it can definitely happen to you too. I believe you'll wake up someday. I'll keep waiting for you here."

Mother Su's words deeply moved everyone present, except Zhou Guomin.

Standing behind the crowd, he gritted his teeth. How was this possible? Mother Su had been so badly injured back then that she had nearly needed an amputation. How could she recover just because they said she had recovered?

At this rate, wouldn't the old man really wake up?

On the way home, Zhou Guomin suddenly said, "One of my relatives had a daughter not long ago. She's about the same age as Lele, just over two months old..."

Su Minghui rolled her eyes with her back to him. What relative? The kind of relative you sleep with and have children with?

Zhou Guomin actually dared to openly mention his mistress and illegitimate daughter in front of her. It seemed she had truly treated him too well all these years, spoiling him until he had no awareness whatsoever of being a live-in son-in-law!

She said nothing, and Zhou Guomin continued testing the waters. "Don't you like daughters? How about we bring her home and raise her? It would make up for your regret at not having a daughter."

He had thought it over. It would be best for Qianqian to be raised by Su Minghui.

Su Minghui often interacted with the Chu Family. If she could bring Qianqian around the Chu Family more often, perhaps Qianqian might really become the Chu Family's daughter-in-law.

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Minghui flatly rejected him. "No. I can barely manage my own three children right now. I don't have the energy to take care of someone else's child. Besides, I think Lele is just fine."

"Don't reject it so quickly," Zhou Guomin said anxiously. "I've seen that girl. She's fair and clean-looking, and she's pretty too. She looks exactly like the daughter you've always wanted."

Su Minghui remained unmoved, and her tone grew somewhat impatient. "No matter how much she resembles one, she isn't my daughter."

That adulterous pair had not been satisfied with betraying her—they even wanted her to raise their child for them. What a wishful dream.

Zhou Guomin's hand trembled around the steering wheel in anger, but he could not lose his temper at Su Minghui. He could only change his tone. "Everything I do is to make you happy. If you don't like it, then forget it. Don't be angry, okay?"

A forty-year-old man was still acting coquettish like some little puppy. Su Minghui felt the food in her stomach surge up to her throat several times. She fought down the urge to vomit and gave him a fake smile. "Of course I'm not angry. I know you're only doing it for my sake."