Chapter 170 - Bodyguard? (2)
On their way to the hospital, the woman cried and said, “Duoduo is my life. His dad died in the war and he’s the only child we have. If Duoduo was gone, I’d have wronged the Wu’s. I’d have wronged his father…”
They hadn’t expected the child to be the son of a patriot. The two cops and Shu Yan were very touched.
When they arrived at the hospital, the child was still asleep. The family began to bawl as soon as they saw the child. The child’s mother covered up her mouth, not wanting to wake the child up.
The doctor said it was lucky that the child got to the hospital early enough. Had the high fever continued, it could be fatal. Or that even if he had recovered, there might be other permanent damage to the brain or he could become deaf. Everybody turned pale upon hearing that.
After the child’s mother confirmed that the child was alright, she finally slowly regained her rationality. She walked over to Shu Yan and dropped to her knees in front of her.
“Oh mi! What are you doing?” Shu Yan wanted to help her up, but she wasn’t able to move her.
“You didn’t just save Duoduo’s life. You have also saved mine. If you didn’t discover it soon enough, we’d have lost Duoduo and I would not be able to live. You have saved the lives of Duoduo, me, and my family.” She wanted to kowtow right then and there and Shu Yan looked to the cops to help.
Hearing the ruckus, the child’s grandparents wanted to drop to their knees as well. Shu Yan quickly had the cops and Feng Zeyu came over to stop them.
“Please. That will not be necessary. Besides, it was the cops on the train and these cops here who saved the child. I only said a few things was all. You don’t need to do this.” Shu Yan was startled by them.
“But you were the one who noticed that they were kidnappers. Either way, thank you so much.” The child’s mother was about to drop down on her knees again but she was stopped by the cops.
The drama went on for a while until Shu Yan finally said goodbye to them and took off. Feng Zeyu exchanged a few words with the child’s family and came up behind her.
“Thank you,” said Feng Zeyu. “Thank you for saving Duoduo. This child is very important to me.”
The child’s father was his late comrade in arms and he was a casualty of war. The kid was not born yet and his mother ignored her family’s objection and gave birth to him. She never remarried all these years because she worried that the stepfather would not be nice to the child and she also worried that she would not be able to pool all her attention in taking care of Duoduo.
When their other comrades in arms found out about it, they talked amongst themselves and agreed that Duoduo was the responsibility for all of them. That they’d take turns visiting the child in City Han every year to see what additional help the mother and son might need in addition to aiding them financially.
Feng Zeyu, being in City Nan, was the one who lived closest to City Han. Last time both the mother and son were running high fever and she had no choice but to call up Feng Zeyu. The night that he split a ride with Shu Yan, he went over there overnight.
This time it was another comrade turn to visit but he was held up by some other matters and Feng Zeyu to check them out. That was when they ran into the kidnapping incident.
Shu Yan paused for a second and said, “Every child is precious to their parents. I have kids too and I can only imagine how sad and desperate I’d feel if I lose them. That’s why when I noticed that something was off, I thought I’d report it regardless of whether I was right or not. Great if I was wrong. But what if I was right? How sad would the child’s parents be? I didn’t know that the child’s father was a patriot. I am very glad that I was able to help.”