Chapter 101

Chapter 101: Because He Is Your Son

Normally, direct blood relatives should not give blood to each other unless it is really necessary.

After a transfusion, it is easier to cause complications and side effects. Hidden genetic diseases in a family are also much more likely to break out.

As readers with a god’s-eye view, we know Du Zhe Lei’s true identity. But Du Hong Yun does not.

So, under his insistence, the nurse used his blood for Du Zhe Lei.

It had only been a cut on the head that bled a lot and needed a transfusion. In the end, because of the transfusion, it caused even more serious complications. A healthy child almost lost his life for nothing.

Seeing this, Du An Rao almost could not stop herself from rolling her eyes. She felt sorry that the child had such unreliable parents.

[I’m not trying to be mean, but I understand that the child’s identity needs the right chance to be exposed. Even so, as parents, aren’t you two a bit too unreliable? Especially you, Du Hong Yun. This is such a huge matter, and you did not even discuss it with the child’s real mother. You just made the decision yourself and almost tossed the child half into the grave. If I say it nicely, it was a careless mistake. If I say it bluntly, you really did him a lot of harm!]

[No wonder, once the child’s condition became stable, his mom took him and ran right away. Even though later Du Zi Xuan softened and forgave him and the family got back together, who can return that child a healthy body with no sickness? Not to mention these aftereffects will almost certainly shorten his life. If things go badly, his white-haired parents might have to send off their black-haired child.]

Ruan Xiu Ru had already been feeling very uneasy. When she heard this, she finally could not hold on anymore. Her legs went weak and she almost collapsed right there.

Mother Du was startled and hurried to support her as she asked: “Are you all right? Do you want to go upstairs and rest for a while?”

Ruan Xiu Ru gripped Mother Du’s hand tightly and leaned against her: “My chest feels a little tight. I don’t feel very well.”

Mother Du understood at once: “I’ll help you upstairs to rest.”

With Mother Du holding her arm, Ruan Xiu Ru went upstairs. Du An Rao and her sister quickly followed and asked with concern: “Fourth Aunt, what happened?”

“Maybe there are too many people and the air isn’t moving, so she feels a bit uncomfortable. I’ll take her upstairs to rest for a while. Keep an eye on your sister. Find her some pastries to fill her stomach. She didn’t eat much just now. We’ll be back in a bit.”

Du Yu Xi nodded in understanding and led Du An Rao off in another direction.

Ruan Xiu Ru had only just reached the second floor when she suddenly looked lively again. She quickly pulled out her phone to call her son.

She had also wanted to keep listening to gossip about her son, but once she heard that her fresh-out-of-the-oven grandson might be in trouble, she could not sit still at all.

She suddenly remembered that before she went out this afternoon, she had called her son to ask if he was going with them. At that time, he told her that Zi Xuan had to work overtime today, and he might need to pick up Zhe Lei from kindergarten. He asked Mother Du to bring the gifts he had prepared for the two sisters and said he would not go along.

Wasn’t that exactly the plot point Du An Rao had just mentioned?

The first time Ruan Xiu Ru called, Du Hong Yun did not answer.

Thinking of a certain possibility, her heart pounded so hard it felt like it might jump out of her chest. She was helpless and could only call her son again and again.

Luckily, on the fifth call, Du Hong Yun finally picked up.

By this time, several female relatives who had been watching the fun downstairs also sensed that something was wrong and had followed them up.

Seeing how flustered and nervous Ruan Xiu Ru was, they did not dare to ask questions at random. They just stood quietly to the side and listened to the call between mother and son.

“Hong Yun, you finally answered. Where are you now?”

The sound on the other end of the line was noisy. From time to time, she could hear the sound of people running and moving around.

“Mom, why are you calling me now? Zhe Lei just got his head cut open by a naughty kid at kindergarten. He lost a lot of blood. He is still in emergency treatment right now. I…”

Before Du Hong Yun could finish, a nurse rushed out of the emergency room and cut him off: “Which of you is the patient’s family member? The patient has lost a lot of blood and needs a transfusion, but he has a rare RH negative blood type. Our hospital may not have enough in storage.”

“I’m also RH negative. I can donate to him.”

On the other end of the phone, when Ruan Xiu Ru heard what Du Hong Yun said, she completely forgot about losing face and suddenly screamed: “No, no, absolutely not!”

Du Hong Yun had not had time to move the phone away. The sudden high-pitched scream almost deafened him. After a long moment he asked: “Why?”

“Because he is your son.” At this moment, Ruan Xiu Ru could not care about anything else. She only wanted to save her poor grandson as fast as possible. “Zhe Lei is the son of you and Zi Xuan, your own son.”

As soon as she said this, Du Hong Yun was completely stunned.

“Mom, what are you talking about? How could Zhe Lei be my child?”

The nurse standing in front of Du Hong Yun also froze. Her face showed how shocked she was by this huge piece of gossip. But she still kept her professional attitude and reminded him: “If it is not absolutely necessary, direct blood relatives really are not advised to donate blood to each other. Can you find any other donors with the same blood type?”

“Sixth Hospital. Sixth Hospital has blood of that type for you and for Zhe Lei. Call Director Zhou right now and ask him to transfer some over.”

Both Du Hong Yun and Du Zhe Lei had inherited their rare blood type from Ruan Xiu Ru’s husband. Two years ago, her husband had died of illness. Back then, Sixth Hospital had done several surgeries for him, and before every surgery they had to worry about this blood type.

After that, Ruan Xiu Ru always paid special attention to this matter. She spent a lot of money to set up a foundation, all so that if one day something happened to Du Hong Yun like it had to his father, there would be blood ready for him.

She had never thought that in the end, the blood would not be used on her son, but on her grandson first.

Du Hong Yun’s mind was a complete mess. He called Director Zhou almost by instinct and asked him to transfer the blood over as soon as possible.

After he finished that, it was as if he suddenly woke up. He called Ruan Xiu Ru back again.

“Mom, what is going on? Is it true that Zhe Lei is really…”

“It is true. This is a bit complicated. I’ll explain it in detail when I come back. Have you told Zi Xuan about what happened to Zhe Lei?”

“…Not yet.”

“Tell her after the surgery is over. I’ll come back a little later, and then we will sit down as a family and talk this through. Before that, you are not allowed to say one word of this to Zi Xuan. If you do, just see how I deal with you.”

Ruan Xiu Ru had already lost all hope in her son’s loose mouth. Right now she only hoped he would stay completely quiet like a mute until she came back and cleaned up this huge mess.

After hanging up on her son, Ruan Xiu Ru turned her head and met the curious eyes of all the relatives, especially Fifth Aunt, who was her co-sister-in-law.

“Sister-in-law…”

Before Fifth Aunt could finish, Ruan Xiu Ru cut her off first: “It is true. Zhe Lei did get into a fight at kindergarten and was hurt just now. He needs a transfusion. If I had not called in time, Hong Yun might really have given him his blood.”

Fifth Aunt sucked in a sharp breath: “So that means that child really is…”

“Ten to one, yes. That child is my grandson. He is the child of Hong Yun and Zi Xuan.”

As soon as she finished, the whole room broke into loud chatter.