When Wang Dahu saw that, his momentum immediately halted. He reached out and gently lifted the quilt, smiled sheepishly, and said, “All right, I was only complaining a bit! You don’t know how worried I was when I couldn’t find you!”
Li Qingran bit his bottom lip and hesitatingly peeked out with his big eyes. A long time later, he spoke softly, “I knew you would come back to save me!”
“Of course!” Wang Dahu gently stroked the other boy’s forehead, “Ran Ran is my precious treasure. No matter where you are, I will still find you!”
Ever since he was born, Li Qingran never heard anyone else call him something like “precious” or “treasure”. Even his own mother just called him Ran Ran. Only Wang Dahu sheltered Li Qingran in the palm of his hand, gave in to each of Li Qingran’s whims, followed his will, and made him feel as if he was always being sheltered. This made him feel incredibly warm and gave him strength. But relying on this strength was also what allowed him to preserve this fragile life after three days in the pit.
Aside from dehydration due to hunger and thirst, and small scratches from falling, Li Qingran’s greatest injury was his broken leg.
Wang Dahu had already consulted the doctor. If they delayed treatment for Li Qingran’s leg, there would definitely be complications down the road. He must not let Ran Ran become lame!
How could he allow that to happen?!
Wang Dahu was hot tempered and persistently asked if there was any means of getting therapy.
The doctor told him that the district’s hospital wasn’t properly equipped. If they wanted to cure him, they had to go into town. They most likely had to do surgically reconnect the femur.
“The surgery should be done as soon as possible!” The doctor said.
Wang Dahu asked, “How much will all that cost?”
“About fifty to sixty grand!” The doctor answered, “Are you that child’s older brother? Call an adult here! Quickly come to a conclusion!”
“No need!” Wang Dahu calmly spoke, “I can decide. Doctor, Ran Ran will be here until the end of the week. On Monday, we will immediately transfer clinics.”
Wang Dahu left the doctor’s office, adjusted his mood, and walked to the sick room. When he pushed the door open, he immediately saw that Li Qingran was talking to his mother.
She had made chicken soup and brought enough for two people.
“Mom…” Wang Dahu laughed sheepishly, “Mom, are you busy in the evening? If there’s nothing, can you stay here with Ran Ran? I have to make a trip into the village.”
“Mhm!” Zhang Feng smiled and answered.
Li Qingran blushed and said that there was no need, but Wang Dahu treated his words like a passing breeze.
Wang Guangzong drove the car and brought him home. Before anything else, Wang Dahu took a trip home and grabbed a few set of clothes for Li Qingran and himself. Taking advantage of when no one was there, he carefully took out the “stone dragon”. Looking at the treasure that still lay in the wooden box, Wang Dahu breathed out a sigh. He didn’t want to sell it so quickly, but Li Qingran’s leg couldn’t be left alone for too long. They had no choice but to auction it off. Furthermore, Wang Dahu already had a buyer in mind and wasn’t worried that they would back-stab him for the treasure. In regards to school, they had both already asked for time off, so Wang Dahu didn’t waste his time dropping by. As for the bitch Yang Li who he beat black and blue, he heard that she was still lying in the clinic! Wang Dahu clenched his fist in resentment. There was absolutely no way this matter would end like this. As soon as Ran Ran gets treatment and his condition stabilizes, that bitch should watch out!
Five days later, a Santana vehicle drove Wang Dahu and Li Qingran to the best hospital in H city.
After arranging everything for Li Qingran, Wang Dahu went to go meet someone by himself.
“Uncle Long!!” As soon as he saw the person, Wang Dahu immediately displayed a flattering expression, “This time, I really have to thank you!”
Long Yiming sat on a high quality handcrafted leather sofa and looked at Wang Dahu full of interest.
Under this “analytical” stare, the hairs on the back of Wang Dahu’s neck involuntarily stood up and he began to tremble.
“Brat, are you really only seven years old?” Long Yiming creased his sword eyebrows and asked curiously.
I obviously am not only seven years old, Wang Dahu secretly spat out in his heart, but he said, “My body is a child’s, but my soul an adult’s.”
“Forget it!” Long Yiming took a deep breath and took out two credit cards, “The object you brought was genuine. However, you wanted to sell it quickly, so the buyer bargained. The total is 8,400,000. Under the prior agreement, I will take 20% as a fee. The rest are in these two cards. ”
Wang Dahu nodded and wordlessly stuffed them into his bag.
“You trust me that much?” Long Yiming’s eyes slanted and his originally handsome face suddenly took on a sinister and unspeakable malice. “Little buddy, with so much money in your bag, you should watch out!”
“Uncle Long,” Wang Dahu wasn’t scared of Long Yiming. His big tiger eyes widened innocently. “I’m Wang Yaozu’s favorite nephew. If anything happens to me, Uncle will cry to death!”
Long Yiming’s face stiffened.
Long Yiming clearly understood just how much Pretty Boy Wang loved his little nephew. If anything were to happen to this child, he would have to face the pretty boy’s wrath.
Wang Dahu looked at the suddenly silent Long Yiming and secretly sighed, “What is love? All’s fair in love and war.”
Although this bushy tailed fox had sinister intentions, it still had to watch out for the chihuahua.
Then again, Wang Dahu was reincarnated after all. He knew well that Long Yiming was not the kind of person who would become greedy at the scent of money. Furthermore, he had the right connections and knew how to keep his mouth shut. Using him to sell the “stone dragon” by proxy was the best choice.
“Stinky brat!” Long Yiming cursed.
When you love a person, you love their family too. He was still relatively fond of Wang Dahu. Even his earlier words were meant to tease the little brat!
“I have already sent someone to take care of everything at the clinic and invited the best orthopedist. Your little lover will be fine!” Long Yiming seemed to smile knowingly.
Wang Dahu blushed at his teasing words and stuttered a few words of thanks.
On the way back to the clinic, Wang Dahu found an ATM and withdrew sixty grand.
…
This time, Wang Shoumin accompanied them on the trip to town. Actually, the old man was very worried. The surgery fee wasn’t small and the village committee definitely didn’t have enough to pay for Li Qingran. Where would they get the money?
“Grandpa, here is fifty grand. When you go to submit the fee later, remember to remind the doctor to hurry up and perform the surgery for Ran Ran.”
“Little Tiger!” The old man creased his brows. He lowered his voice and asked, “Where did this money come from?”
Wang Dahu had already thought of a good response, so wasn’t caught off guard.
“It was a family heirloom that Ran Ran’s ancestors left behind. We sold it to get money.”
Wang Shoumin clearly understood Ly Qingran’s family circumstances, so he didn’t really believe Wang Dahu’s explanation.
However, Wang Dahu refused to budge, and he even brought up Long Yiming.
Wang Shoumin had no choice but to reluctantly suppress his suspicions in his heart and wait for a good opportunity to “interrogate” his grandchild.
“Brother Dahu!” When he saw Wang Dahu coming, the uncertainty on Li Qingran’s face eased up a little and he called out softly.
This time, Li Qingran was in a double room. To his immediate left, there was a window next to his bed. The person in the bed across from him was also a child. It was a girl who seemed to be a little younger than Li Qingran.
“How is it? Does your leg still hurt?” Wang Dahu sat by his side, tenderly stroking his small face.
Li Qingran shyly blushed and shook his head.
“You two brothers sure are close!” The mother of the child in the opposite bed spoke up and smiled at that scene.
Wang Dahu immediately whipped his head around and smiled widely at her.
Auntie, you misspoke. We aren’t brothers, we’re husband and wife! Husband and wife!
“Ran Ran, the doctor said that he will soon do the surgery for you. After he finishes, your leg will get better.” Wang Dahu smiled and spoke.
In contrast, when Li Qingran heard the news, he didn’t seem to be very excited. Instead, he worriedly tugged on Wang Dahu’s shirt sleeve.
“Brother Dahu, my leg doesn’t hurt at all! I think it’s fine if we just treat the surface wound for a few days! Let’s just go home!”
Wang Dahu had heard these words countless times in the past few days. He knew what Li Qingran was worried about, but the more he acted that, the greater Wang Dahu’s heart ached.
How could his leg not hurt?!
How many nights did he see Li Qingran in so much pain that his entire body trembled, yet grit his teeth and endure it?
How many nights did he see Li Qingran stare entranced at his own left leg, stroking the thick plaster bandages over and over again?
He never complained, but Wang Dahu knew everything.
Ran Ran was obviously so young. Why was he so sensible?!
“You don’t have to worry!” Wang Dahu leaned closer and whispered in his ear, “Did you already forget about that treasure that we hid? I sold it for no small sum. It’s enough to cure your leg!”
“But that’s——”
“Enough!” Wang Dahu kissed Li Qingran’s smooth face, releasing a loud smack into the air.
“They kissed, they kissed…” When the little girl in the opposite bed saw them, she immediately applauded and called out, “Mommy, mom…”
When Li Qingran heard that, he blushed furiously and quickly pushed Wang Dahu away.
“This child is speaking nonsense again!” The girl’s mother smacked her daughter’s head, then laughed along loudly.
…
That night, Wang Dahu stayed overnight at the hospital.
His youthful sweet talk soon attracted a crowd of nurses clad in white who energetically surrounded him. Soon, everyone knew that in orthopedic surgery room number four, there was a pitiful weak and feeble looking child and a fat kid with a mouth so sweet that it could kill. At night, most important thing about having a good relationship with the nurses became unspeakably obvious. “The angel big sisters” brought him a foldable cot from the clinic, complete with blankets and pillows, free of charge. It didn’t cost him a penny.
After submitting the fee, Li Qingran’s operation day was quickly scheduled.
It was on October 18th, which was in two days.
Translator’s Notes:
All donations go to RanRan’s broken leg, funding to keep these two babies happy, and this poor translator. Also this author has random huge paragraphs [email protected][email protected]