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Second, Bai Dad and Bai Ma took Xing Xiaokang and Ai Wanxi to see the child. Bai Dad bought a bunch of children's milk powder and glucose and other nutritional products, while Bai Ma used fresh ingredients brought back from ancient times to stew a pot of chicken soup, which she packed in a thermos. Xing Xiaokang brought a palm-sized Transformers toy, and Ai Wanxi also set aside one of the picture books that Bai Dad had bought for him to give as a gift to his poor little brother.
When they arrived at the hospital room, they found that the gifts from kind-hearted people had already filled a quarter of the room—originally, the child was in a three-person room, but his situation had drawn the sympathy of the doctor, nurses, and fellow patients and their families. These people spread the word about the child's plight, and more people came with gifts to visit him. To avoid disturbing other patients, the hospital specially moved the child to a single room.
Inside the room was only Yuan Mingyi. Yuan Mingyi placed great importance on this preordained apprentice, while the child's father had not yet arrived. Bai Tang introduced Yuan Mingyi to the parents, and Bai Ma's eyes lit up. Bai Tang quickly pulled Bai Ma to the middle of the bed, directing her attention to the child so that she wouldn’t randomly try to tie fate threads for her.
"This child is so pitiful!" Bai Ma looked at the bruises on the child's face with deep sympathy and hurriedly poured out some chicken soup to feed him.
The child timidly glanced at Yuan Mingyi, and only after seeing Yuan Mingyi nod did he open his mouth to drink.
"This child really depends on you!" Bai Tang said to Yuan Mingyi.
Yuan Mingyi smiled happily: "Of course my apprentice should respect my opinion."
"He's not your apprentice yet!" Bai Tang teased Yuan Mingyi.
"He will be sooner or later," Yuan Mingyi replied confidently.
"Where's Director Chen?" Bai Tang asked.
"Of course he went back to work. Unlike us, he's a busy person. If it weren't for Master Chu calling him, he wouldn't have come personally for this matter. Now that the culprit has been caught and confessed, he has no reason to stay here anymore; however, he left a thousand yuan for Lei to buy fruit."
Lei is the child's name, full name Shi Lei.
"Director Chen is a good person!" Bai Tang could see Chen Ping's integrity.
Yuan Mingyi nodded, and as the song "Apple" played, he answered the phone, his expression stiffening.
"What's wrong?" Bai Tang asked after Yuan Mingyi hung up.
"Uncle Chen has reporters coming to interview about Lei. I don't want to be on TV, so I'm leaving first. What about you?"
"Together." Bai Tang also didn't want to become a public figure. The two found a nurse and asked her to help look after Lei before leaving with Bai Dad and Bai Ma. They were reluctant to leave Lei, but only after Bai Tang promised to bring them back to see their brother did they obediently follow the adults. As for Lei, Bai Tang secretly cast a calming spell on him to help him sleep; otherwise, he would definitely not let Yuan Mingyi leave. After all, Yuan Mingyi had saved the child, and Lei was very attached to him.
Three days later, the child's father finally returned to City D. He was an honest man; otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed his wife to deceive and oppress him like that. But even honest people have their limits. After learning the truth, the Honest Man exploded with anger, grabbing a kitchen knife and trying to rush out to confront Jiaan Husband Yin Wife. He was stopped just in time by Yuan Mingyi, revealing his exceptional skills—perhaps this was intentional. Knowing that his wife and her accomplice had already been caught, the Honest Man took a cigarette and asked Yuan Mingyi for help in seeing his wife one last time; he decided to get a divorce.
Yuan Mingyi seized the opportunity to take Lei as his apprentice. The man, having witnessed Yuan Mingyi's skills and grateful for saving his son, naturally agreed. However, when he heard that Yuan Mingyi wanted to take his son away for training, he hesitated.
"Can you really take care of a child as a grown man? My family (the sect matters) can't have women; isn't it better for a woman to raise a child than you? If you take care of the child, how will you earn money?" Yuan Mingyi hit the man's sore spot immediately. The honest man fell silent.
In the end, Lei chose to follow Yuan Mingyi back to the mountains. This was his own decision; compared to seeing his father only once a year, he relied more on Yuan Mingyi, who had saved him from death and suffering. Lei's story made it onto the news and television, leading more people to visit the hospital to see Child. Yuan Mingyi found it overwhelming and arranged for Doctor to conduct a full check-up on Child. After confirming that the child was fully recovered—though Doctor was curious about the child's recovery speed—Yuan Mingyi packed Child up and took him back to the mountains.
Without the victim for the public to express their sympathy towards, attention shifted entirely onto the two scoundrels, with many calling for severe punishment for the two murderers. In the end, they were sentenced to fifteen years and ten years in prison respectively; after all, the child had not died. However, most people were dissatisfied with this outcome; they felt the sentences were too light and believed these morally corrupt individuals deserved death sentences instead. Yet, the law is strict and does not waver due to personal feelings. Of course, the judge handling this case still showed some bias by giving them the harshest penalties possible.
Bai Tang was also unhappy with the result; thus she secretly took action so that those two would not have an easy time in prison.
A few days later, Wu Xuemei completed all the paperwork for their old house and returned home with a large bag containing fifty pounds of sausages and cured meat.
"Bai Tang" flipped through the bag, which contained smoked sausages and cured meats, along with a few tongues, a rabbit, a belly, and a piece of dried fish.
"Yes. Kang's mother-in-law made it; she gave me fifty pounds." "Xing Xiaokang's" cousin's husband comes from the countryside. Every year when they make cured meats and sausages, "Xing Xiaokang's" aunt asks her in-laws to help with the production. The meat comes from pigs raised by "Xing Xiaokang's" cousin's husband, and the taste is authentic.
"Aunt Xing is really good to you!" Fifty pounds of cured meat and sausages cost several hundred yuan! Moreover, since "Xing Xiaokang's" father passed away, his aunt and two uncles have been giving him five hundred yuan each month for living expenses to support his late brother's son. These three families are just ordinary people, with incomes similar to most in the city. Being able to set aside money each month to support his brother's son is truly commendable! It was only after "Wu Xuemei" started working that she had enough money to refuse their monthly living expenses by saying, "Now that my salary is high enough for me and my son," not expecting "Aunt Xing" to indirectly provide for "Xing Xiaokang" and "Wu Xuemei" in this way.
"Yes! I feel very fortunate to have married into the Xing family!" "Wu Xuemei" sighed, feeling disheartened when comparing her family to the Xing family.
"What happened? Did your family stir up trouble again?"
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