The moment Shang Linyu was put down, he was greeted by a breeze from the hospital that smelled of disinfectant. The breeze, carrying a slight chill, filled his nostrils, instantly taking away the warm feeling he had been feeling all over.
He was startled awake by the sudden temperature change. His delicate, adorable face was still a little dazed. He nestled in his father's arms, looking at everything unfamiliar around him. It took him a while to react. He was about to yell when his face was gently touched, and he manually shut up.
"My dear son, Daddy's here. Where did you go looking? Hahaha..."
As soon as Shang Shujue spoke, Shang Linyu turned to look at him and saw him smiling broadly. Next to him stood a doctor in a white coat, smiling with his eyes crinkled, looking very friendly.
"Your baby is doing very well, so healthy and chubby. You can guide him while I assess him. He's only five months old, so a blood test isn't necessary for his checkup."
"Okay, if the check-up is passed, will we go directly to the vaccination site to get vaccinated in a little while?"
After the doctor spoke, Shang Shujue nodded in agreement, then took off the small blanket wrapped around her son and picked him up.
When Shang Linyu heard that he was there for a medical check-up and vaccination, he snapped out of his daze. He wasn't just going to be dumped at the hospital, but what did getting vaccinated feel like? Did it hurt like having your spinal cord extracted?
Shang Linyu's little head was racing, his thoughts swirling around a scale. He weighed himself, measured his head circumference, checked his cardiac function, and examined his oral cavity...
He was well-behaved throughout the series of physical examinations without crying or fussing, earning unanimous praise from the doctors and nurses. Moreover, everyone who met him first praised him for being adorable.
This was something Shang Linyu had never experienced before, but now he had gone through it all. All this kindness came from Shang Shujue, this gentle and thoughtful mission taker.
Shang Linyu felt a warmth in his heart and trusted Shang Shujue even more. Then he was carried to the vaccination point. When his shoulder was exposed, he stared at the needle in the nurse's hand, wondering how painful it could be.
"Sweetie, look at your sister! Isn't her toy cute?" Shang Shujue was afraid Shang Linyu would cry, so she took the initiative to guide him and divert his attention.
Shang Linyu originally didn't want to cooperate with him, but seeing the fine sweat on his forehead and remembering how he had carried her around to various checkpoints in the hospital without even having a sip of water, she decided to give him face and go along with his wishes.
Then a piercing pain shot through his shoulder, like someone had hit him on the back with a hammer, leaving him stunned.
"Huh? He's not crying..."
"Waaah--"
The nurses had already finished administering the injections. Seeing Shang Linyu with his big eyes open, neither crying nor fussing, they were wondering why he wasn't crying. Before they could finish speaking, the little guy suddenly frowned, snuggled into Shang Shujue's arms, and started wailing. He cried so hard.
"Hahaha..."
No one expected the little guy, who had been so strong just moments before, to be crying so bitterly now. They couldn't help but laugh out loud. Shang Shujue also laughed, and after laughing, she quickly covered his shoulders and gently rubbed them, patiently comforting him.
"Okay, okay, it won't hurt anymore soon, don't cry, don't cry... Daddy will sing you a song, okay?"
Shang Shujue wiped away the little guy's tears, then held him in her arms and gently coaxed him in the corridor, her voice soft and the melody she hummed warm and gentle.
"Ahhh... Ouch..." I never imagined getting vaccinated as a baby would hurt so much... It's not that I want to cry, it's just that my body is too weak, but you laughed at me, and I'll hold a grudge!
"Ang ang, yi ya ya... Daddy heard it."
Shang Linyu looked at him through teary eyes, his little voice trembling with sobs, as if he were accusing him. Shang Shujue couldn't understand his babbling, so he held him in his arms and patted his back to comfort him.
Shang Linyu nestled in his arms. Although his shoulder still ached, he felt a bittersweet feeling in his heart. He didn't know what this was called, but he was very happy.
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When Shang Shujue was carrying Shang Linyu away from the Maternal and Child Health Hospital, he saw a limited-edition luxury car in the parking lot. He was about to leave when he suddenly noticed two people getting out of the car— Song Yanqing and the male lead Song Jingyuan.
" Song Yanqing..."
Shang Linyu was drinking milk from a bottle while being carried on her father's back, was about to fall asleep when she suddenly heard this unfamiliar name. She opened her eyes involuntarily and stopped drinking her milk.
Who is Song Yanqing? Is he someone Dad cares about?
In Shang Linyu's memory, there was almost no existence of Song Jingyuan's uncle. After all, his uncle inexplicably became a background figure on the day Song Jingyuan turned 20, a special existence that the Song Family did not allow to be mentioned.
Even though Song Jingyuan often mentioned him, he only referred to him as "Little Uncle" and never called him by his name. He had never appeared in the story and was a character outside of it.
Shang Linyu knew that Song Jingyuan had a younger uncle, but he didn't know who that uncle was, nor did he care who it was, since they were all going to die eventually anyway.
His goal has always been clear: kill Song Jingyuan and Mu Linyi, then destroy the entire world. Once the world is destroyed, does it matter who Song Jingyuan's uncle is? It doesn't matter anymore.
But now, hearing this name mentioned by Shang Shujue, he felt a strange sense of concern and care. He was afraid—afraid that this suddenly mentioned person would take his place in Shang Shujue's heart, and that he would once again become the one abandoned...
Shang Shujue's tone was surprised, with a hint of joy at a long-awaited reunion. She clearly knew this person named Song Yanqing, but who exactly was he?
Shang Shujue was surprised to run into Song Yanqing here. She was slightly stunned and hadn't even had time to walk over when the man who got out of the car saw her suddenly stopped turning around, turned his head and stared at her blankly, his eyes reddening.
The way he looked at Shang Shujue was unfamiliar, not the familiarity between acquaintances, but the soul resonance that came from seeing the person etched in his heart again after losing his memory.
He didn't know Shang Shujue, but his heart was pounding, his soul was pounding, every cell in his body was pounding, and so he shed tears...
"Second Master, shall I take Young Master Jingyuan for a medical check-up?"
The accompanying butler noticed his master's unusual behavior. He glanced at Shang Shujue discreetly, then offered to take Song Jingyuan for a medical check-up...
Jingyuan? Could it be that this special agent just ran into that idiot Song Jingyuan by sheer bad luck? Wait, Song Yanqing? Song Jingyuan? Damn! Could this agent also be on Song Jingyuan's side?! What does it mean that he's being nice to me now?! Is it a sugar-coated bullet?!
Shang Linyu, who was eavesdropping, realized this, and the beautiful dream he had woven in his heart was shattered. At this moment, he felt as if the sky had fallen.
If even Shang Shujue came for Song Jingyuan and the others, what should he do? Kill Shang Shujue too?
But... when Shang Linyu thought of all that tenderness and beauty, he just couldn't bring himself to hate her... Heaven was truly... so unfair to him...
If only he had never seen the light...