"Wuwuwu, I hate Grandma! I don't want to like Grandma anymore, she bullied Daddy!" The next moment, Xiao Yu Shu, hugging Lu Wan Qing's neck, said in a milky, tearful voice.
Lu Wan Qing's heart ached. She quickly cupped the little one's head and gently held the child in her arms.
"I hate Grandma!"
"Grandma doesn't love Daddy at all!"
"Grandma isn't nice to Daddy at all, wuwuwu..."
Xiao Yu Shu cried and cursed, becoming more upset and wronged the more she spoke. She felt bad for her daddy.
Daddy was so good, and Daddy was so good to Grandma, so why was Grandma so mean to Daddy?
It was one thing to force Daddy to marry Aunt An Zhi Zhi, whom he didn't like, every day. Now she was hitting Daddy too. Shu Shu hated her!
Yu Nong also came out. Seeing the child in Lu Wan Qing's arms, crying uncontrollably, he was nervous and helpless.
"I, I'm fine," Yu Nong stammered, explaining that it was just a small injury, a little bit of pain. If it were serious, he would go to the medical pod to rest.
But Shu Shu, who was crying, couldn't hear him. Daddy always spoke well of Grandma, but she had seen it all. Grandma had always bullied Daddy for so many years. She hated Grandma.
Lu Wan Qing hugged the child, knowing that the child probably wouldn't listen to Yu Nong's explanation at this moment. She could only lower her voice and comfort her, "Shu Shu, don't cry, it's okay, it's okay, Daddy isn't sad."
"Wuwu, I hate Grandma!" Little Shu Shu cried out.
Lu Wan Qing quickly nodded, "Mm-hmm, Mommy doesn't like Grandma bullying your Daddy either."
"Hate her!" Little Yu Shu shouted again, loudly.
Yu Nong was annoyed. He stood by, watching them, unsure of what to do.
After a long wait, Xiao Yu Shu's crying gradually subsided.
Lu Wan Qing gently put the child down and carefully examined her expression. It was heartbreaking to see. The cub's little face was tear-stained.
Lu Wan Qing took out a tissue and gently wiped away the child's tears. "Don't cry anymore. Shu Shu is so worried about Daddy. Daddy will be sad too when he sees you crying."
Yu Nong watched from the side and couldn't help but reach out, carefully rubbing Shu Shu's head. His slightly clumsy voice said, "Don't cry."
Shu Shu's eyes were still wet with tears. She stared fixedly at her Daddy, her gaze settling on the dark blue bruise on his forehead. She said in a muffled voice, "We need to go to the hospital."
Yu Nong was startled, then shook his head. "No need, it's fine. It's just a small injury. Daddy doesn't hurt."
But little Yu Shu wouldn't listen. She looked stubbornly at her Daddy, her little milk voice, slightly hoarse after crying, insisted, "We MUST go to the hospital!!!"
Lu Wan Qing hesitated for a moment, then looked at Yu Nong and said, "Maybe you should go to the hospital."
Even though it wasn't a major issue, with advanced medicine in the interstellar era, a brief stay in a medical pod could easily resolve most minor problems. Lu Wan Qing thought it would be good for Yu Nong to rest for a while.
Yu Nong looked at Lu Wan Qing, feeling down and not wanting to talk.
He disliked hospitals and didn't want to go.
Lu Wan Qing saw Yu Nong's attitude and her lips twitched slightly. She hadn't expected that the usually sensible Yu Nong would have a stubborn side.
"Shu Shu will worry about you," Lu Wan Qing added.
Yu Nong's eyes held a hint of unspoken grievance, but he quickly accepted it and nodded in a muffled voice, "Okay."
"Pfft."
Lu Wan Qing couldn't help but chuckle. She reached out and ruffled Xiao Yu Shu's hair.
Little Yu Shu nodded, finally agreeing.
The little one still had to go to school. After breakfast, Lu Wan Qing and Yu Nong took her to school together before heading to the Academy of Sciences to work.
However, on the way to the Academy of Sciences, Lu Wan Qing endured for a long time but finally couldn't hold back and asked again, "Yu Nong, your mother... has her temper been getting worse lately?"
Yu Nong was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Yes."
"Will that virus worsen if it's not treated in time?" Lu Wan Qing couldn't help but ask again.
Yu Nong was slightly puzzled by this. After a while, he nodded, "Probably. The doctor said it wouldn't before, but when I took her for a check-up a few days ago, the doctor said it had worsened."
Lu Wan Qing suddenly didn't know what to say. What if it got worse and worse?
"Has she been rushing you to marry An Zhi Zhi recently?" Lu Wan Qing mused, then asked.
Yu Nong frowned at the mention of An Zhi Zhi. He clearly disliked her.
"Yes," Yu Nong replied after a long pause, his voice more muffled and unhappy than before.
Lu Wan Qing opened her mouth. She felt she shouldn't pry too much into other people's privacy, but...
"May I ask why you dislike An Zhi Zhi so much?"
"And... why does your mother insist on you marrying An Zhi Zhi? You are her son. Even if you contracted the mutated plant virus, she should know you are her son. Doesn't she consider your feelings at all?"
Yu Nong looked at Lu Wan Qing with confusion, and said in a muffled voice, "I don't remember. Ten years ago, when the mutated virus incident happened, I was also affected. After I woke up, I lost some of my memory."
Lu Wan Qing was shocked. "You lost your memory before?"
Yu Nong was startled by Lu Wan Qing's reaction. He looked bewildered. "What... what's wrong?"
Lu Wan Qing's heart suddenly pounded. The Yu family, Yu Nong's father was dead, Yu Nong had amnesia, and Madam Yu was infected with a mutated virus and her personality had become very strange...
Seeing that she didn't answer, Yu Nong thought for a moment and continued to answer her second question. "My father and An Zhi Zhi's father were good friends. Our two families had a very good relationship. From a very young age, my mother and An Zhi Zhi's mother hoped we would be together. Our fathers felt the same way. Everyone thought that Yu Nong and An Zhi Zhi were childhood sweethearts and it would be great if we got married directly after growing up."
"So when did you start disliking An Zhi Zhi?" Lu Wan Qing asked, feeling a bit anxious.
Yu Nong's mood was low and he was unhappy. "It was after that mutated virus accident. After I woke up, my personality changed a lot. Everyone said I wasn't as cheerful as before, that I became very introverted, reclusive, and quiet."
"You were also infected with the mutated virus?" Lu Wan Qing was surprised.
Yu Nong was slightly taken aback, then nodded. "Yes, I was. There was some honeysuckle at the time, but not much. Mom insisted that the doctor use the medicine on me first, and then she used the rest herself."
Lu Wan Qing: "..."
"So your poison was completely detoxified, and Madam Yu's poison wasn't completely cleared, leaving a quarter?" Lu Wan Qing asked.
Yu Nong retorted, "It was a quarter." Not half.
Lu Wan Qing nodded, "Okay, a quarter."
"So your personality changed after that incident, and you also strongly resisted and disliked An Zhi Zhi?" Lu Wan Qing asked.
Yu Nong stared blankly. It wasn't until they reached the entrance of the Academy of Sciences that he nodded. "Mm."