Who?
Qiu Li didn't know who the "he" Qiu Ci mentioned was referring to. He froze on the spot, his eyes full of confusion, and he subconsciously snorted.
"Um?"
Hearing his admission with his own ears, Qiu Ci didn't give him any more time to react. He moved the phalanges of his right hand twice, rushed forward, grabbed Qiu Li's collar, and punched him hard.
Ran Dongling and Xiu Zhi'an stood at the door, looking at each other. They didn't know why Qiu Ci drove them out. Ran Dongling was curious and wanted to go in and see what Qiu Ci and his uncle were doing.
He knocked lightly on the door three times, imitating the knocking sound for himself.
"Dong, dong, dong, hello, can I come in? Yes, you can come in, then I'm in."
Just as he pressed his hand on the doorknob, he and Xiu Zhi'an heard a scream coming from inside.
"Brother Qiu Ci!" Thinking that something had happened to Qiu Ci, he hurriedly opened the door and Ran Dongling rushed in.
Qiu Li really didn't know what happened to him today. First, he was scolded by Yikang when he didn't know it. Then the words came out through Ran Dongling's mouth. He was equivalent to being scolded by two people.
It was okay to be scolded. He was kind-hearted and did not care about the two little ones. As a result, not even two minutes after being scolded, he was now punched by his nephew Qiuchi.
This punch had no force at all and hit Qiu Li's stomach really hard, almost knocking out the bun he had for breakfast.
"I...go to hell with your uncle's vengeance!"
Qiu Li didn't care what the reason was for Qiu Ci to hit him, but he wanted to fight back with this punch. He stood up from the ground holding his stomach, raised his fist, and was about to fight with Qiu Ci.
Ran Dongling rushed over, he opened his hands to block Qiu Ci, his eyes were red, "Uncle, don't hit brother Qiu Ci."
Who hit whom?
Qiu Li clutched his aching stomach and spoke intermittently, "You, me, look, who hit whom? It was Qiu Ci who beat me!"
Ran Dongling blinked aggrievedly, turned back to look at Qiu Ci, and found that he only had a bad look on his face and no injuries on his body.
"This punch is just a warning to you. If you have bad thoughts about Ling'er again, it will be more than just this." Qiu Ci's words were ruthless, and he had the intention of severing the relationship with Qiu Li's uncle and nephew.
"Have thoughts about Xiaoling? He and your child already have children. Who can have thoughts about him?"
"Don't hide it. I heard it outside the door. Ling'er was scolding you."
Qiu Li suddenly thought of what Ran Dongling said just now in imitation of Yikang's tone.
Could it be that Qiu Ci heard those words and Qiu Ci mistakenly thought that Ran Dongling was scolding him, so the "him" he said he wanted to have sex with was Ran Dongling?
Qiu Li felt that he was really wronged. He had already been wronged to his grandma's house on the other side of the mountain. He made a surrender gesture and said, "This is a misunderstanding."
As the intermediary messenger who indirectly led to Qiu Ci's misunderstanding and Qiu Li's injustice and beating, Ran Dongling.
Qiu Li asked him to tell Qiu Ci the whole thing and to keep himself innocent.
The whole thing started when Qiu Li gave him the flowers. Ran Dongling told him bit by bit. After an extremely long ten minutes passed, Qiu Ci's eyes changed from death to respect when he looked at Qiu Li.
"Eldest nephew, it seems that you are doing pretty well in your physical fitness. You won't be able to hit this punch in two years, right?" Qiu Li regained his innocence, and his tone of voice became yin and yang.
Qiu Ci smiled and said nothing.
"What did you just say to warn me? I was too stupid to hear it. Please explain it to me."
Qiu Ci shook his head and did not reply.
"I don't think it's enough for me to be your brother-in-law. How about we just be friends."
Qiu Ci put away his smile and called out respectfully, "Uncle."
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Lin Yuan came to the hospital in the afternoon to see her sweet baby Gupdan, and found that there was another patient in their family.
Qiu Li was lying on the hospital bed belonging to Ran Dongling, chatting about rich family gossip with Xiu Zhian next to him. Ran Dongling, who was kicked off by him, was very happy. He smiled brightly and watched Qiu Ci packing his luggage.
The scene inside was very strange. Lin Yuan suspected that she had gone to the wrong ward. She took two steps back and looked at the ward number on the wall. It was correct, it was indeed this one.
"What's going on with you?" Lin Yuan asked them.
"Mom, I'm going to be discharged from the hospital." Ran Dongling couldn't wait to share the good news with Lin Yuanting.
"Aren't you going to be discharged from the hospital the day after tomorrow? Why are you two days early?"
"Because my uncle is injured, my ward will be given to him."
Qiu Li was injured? Why wards? And why is Ran Dongling so happy?
Lin Yuan didn't know why and asked three questions in a row.
Qiu Ci skipped her first two questions and only answered her last question, saying that Ran Dongling was almost healed and he didn't like staying in the hospital, so he was discharged from the hospital two days early.
This is not like Qiu Ci's style. He wanted to let Ran Dongling stay in the hospital for a month. Why is he discharged early now?
Lin Yuan was confused, but she also felt that it would be good to be discharged from the hospital early. There were many patients in the hospital, and she was superstitious, fearing that it would disturb the child in Ran Dongling's belly.
After simply packing their luggage, leaving Qiu Li at the hospital, and sending a driver to take Xiu Zhian back, the three of them returned to Fengyuan Emperor View.
While in the car, Lin Yuan said that he would live in Fengyuan Emperor View for a while on the grounds of taking care of Ran Dongling.
There is an extra mother in the family, and it is inconvenient to do whatever I want to do.
The first thing he did when he got home was to tidy up the messes in the corner of the house and put them all back into the master room.
Lin Yuan is worthy of being Qiu Ci's biological mother. Lin Yuan can also think of what he thinks.
In the evening, while Qiu Ci came out to heat milk, Lin Yuan suddenly appeared by the kitchen door, wearing a facial mask, which scared Qiu Ci's arm to the point of numbness.
With a green face, Lin Yuan said quietly, "The child is less than three months old. Please pay more attention."
The word "attention" was very suggestive. Qiu Ci glanced sideways at her and then looked away.
"Um."
Watching the figure beside the door disappear, Qiu Ci breathed a sigh of relief and hid the sundries in the kitchen.
On the first day after being discharged from the hospital, Ran Dongling and Lin Yuan both put aside their grudges and went shopping together.
The place they went to was the same shopping mall as last time, but this time they didn't pick out clothes for themselves, and instead went to the mother and baby area on the upper floor.
"Quack!" Ran Dongling squeezed the little yellow duck on his hand, and the little duck made a quacking sound.
This duck can quack, it's so amazing, he wants to buy it.
Taking a duck to the cashier, Ran Dongling took out the black card from his pocket and was about to pay.
"My dear, come here and take a look. Isn't this dress cute? It has bunny ears and a carrot pattern printed on it." Lin Yuan called him from the clothing area on the other side.
Lin Yuan grabbed a small piece of clothing worn by a baby and felt her heart melt when she touched the soft clothing.
"Cute." Ran Dongling is not interested in the baby's clothes. In his impression, all babies wear bellybands, but here, he has never seen a bellyband.
"Then I bought this set for little Nomi. It's still a bit big for him now. He'll be able to wear it in two months when he grows up." Lin Yuan was immersed in the warmth of choosing clothes for his little grandson, and didn't care about Ran Dongling.
Ran Dongling didn't want to look at clothes and toys, so she walked around the store and found a small bookstore in the corner of the store, so she walked in.
After buying clothes, Lin Yuan realized that she had forgotten something. She had forgotten Guaiguai.
Finding someone in a small bookstore, Lin Yuan saw Ran Dongling holding a book and chatting with the store manager.
"Put it in a big box. The box should be light blue, and then tie it with a rope."
"Yes, it's very big, several times bigger than the book, um... that's right, thank you."
"My dear, have you finished buying? After we finish buying, we will go to the next store." Lin Yuan walked up to him.
"I've bought it, mom, let's go." Ran Dongling returned the book in his hand to the store manager and followed Lin Yuan out.
Seeing his happy look, Lin Yuan was curious about what he bought.
Qiu Ci's birthday is coming soon. In modern terms, it is a birthday. Birthday gifts are required for birthdays. Ran Dongling has been worried for a long time about what birthday gift he should give to Qiu Ci.
But the plan couldn't keep up with the change. Before he could think about it, he entered the hospital and stayed in the hospital for almost half a month. Three days after he was discharged from the hospital, it was Qiu Ci's brother's birthday.
The reason why he went out with Lin Yuan today was actually to buy a gift for his brother Qiu Ci. Now that he had bought the gift, Ran Dongling was in a good mood and his voice became much lighter.
"Mom, this is a birthday gift for brother Qiu Ci. I can't say anything yet."
Since it was a birthday gift, Lin Yuan didn't ask any more questions. They went back after shopping in the mall and the things they bought were delivered to their door.
The two of them went out without calling Qiu Ci. Qiu Ci stayed at home alone for a long time, watching coldly as the delivery person came in and out. He changed his expression and asked Ran Dongling what he bought today.
"Gah." Ran Dongling showed him the little yellow duck lying in the palm of his hand.
"Did you only buy a little yellow duck?" Qiu Ci asked him.
Shaking his head, Ran Dongling kept it secret from him, "Brother Qiu Ci, there is something else."
On Qiu Ci's birthday, at seven o'clock in the morning, Ran Dongling suddenly woke up. He crawled out of Qiu Ci's arms and went to Lin Yuan's room to get the gift box he had prepared in advance.
The light blue box was so big that it almost covered Ran Dongling's entire upper body. He placed the gift box on the bedside table.
"What is this?" Qiu Ci had woken up a long time ago, but he had been pretending to sleep. He wanted to see what Ran Dongling was doing up so early today.
"Brother Qiu Ci, please open it quickly and take a look. This is the birthday gift I prepared for you." He carried the big box to the bed so that Qiu Ci could open it easily.
How can anyone give a birthday gift so early?
With the joy of receiving the gift and the anticipation of the gift, Qiu Ci gently pulled off the bow and opened the gift box.
After the box was opened, it was empty except for a few books at the bottom.
"How to be a good dad"
"A good father is better than a good teacher"
"Evolution from Husband to Dad"
"How to live harmoniously with children"
"New Dad's Parenting Handbook"
Every time he took out a book from the box, the joy on Qiu Ci's face diminished.
Looking at the "Bringing Handbook for New Dads" in his hand, Qiu Ci felt that it was the most "surprising" birthday gift he had ever received.
Surprises are surprises, but I still have to say the thanks I deserve.
"Thank you, dear, I like it very much." He looked at Ran Dongling tenderly and smiled.
"As long as you like it, brother Qiu Ci, there is another book at the bottom. This book was recommended to me by the store manager. She told me that this is the best-selling book in the store."
Ran Dongling dug through the big box, took out the last book, and placed it side by side with the other five.
"I read the first few pages and thought it was really good and made sense, so I bought it."
Qiu Ci followed Ran Dongling's movements, watching him take out the book and put it on the bed, then lowered his head to read the title.
The moment he saw the title of the book, a strong thought came to his mind, thinking that the baby's name is expensive and the fairy flowers are good.
The title of the book that the manager of the maternity and baby store kindly recommended was written in golden font on the cover.
"Let me tell you: Ten reasons why children are more important than husband"