Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 1812: Chapter 1335: Can I Ask You a Personal Question? (3)

"Of course you can, but you can’t watch for too long. Don’t worry, with Mom here, I’ll help you review together."

"Thanks, Mom!"

"Silly boy, why are you thanking your own mother?"

Kang Li rubbed her good son’s head and said, "How are you feeling?"

Min Rui: "It hurts a bit."

"Two ribs are broken, and your left arm’s got a comminuted fracture. How could it not hurt?"

Kang Li’s eyes were full of pain: "Bear with it. It’ll stop hurting soon. Remember not to move around, or else the bone might get displaced."

Min Rui: "It’s fixed in place."

Kang Li: "Being careful is always better."

...

Making the excuse of helping other professors with a few classes, Kang Li only occasionally went back to the courtyard for the next week. Most of the time, she stayed in the hospital. To help Min Rui with nutrition and his recovery, she even squeezed in time at their little Waterwood University home to cook up bone broth, bringing it to the hospital for Min Rui to drink.

Sometimes Jiang Boya would also bring bone broth over from the old house to the hospital.

During this period, Xiao Jin came to visit Min Rui, sometimes bringing bone broth as well. You could say Min Rui was sick of bone broth, but he knew people’s hearts were in the right place, so no matter who brought it, he’d drink it.

After the attending doctor checked him over, Min Rui was allowed to be discharged on Sunday. Today was Saturday, and it was just past five in the afternoon. If Min Rui had his way, he’d go home now, but Kang Li talked him into waiting until tomorrow morning to go through the discharge procedures. She said she’d go home to let the family know, but what she really wanted was to give the two elder captains some mental preparation.

So when they saw their eldest grandson’s "battle-damaged" look, they wouldn’t be overwhelmed.

"Mom is going home for a bit, two hours at most, then Mom will return to the hospital."

"Okay."

As he watched Kang Li leave the ward, Min Rui picked up his unfinished class notes by the pillow and kept reading. Nearby, nurse Lin Xiao was sorting out the clothes Min Rui would take home tomorrow. For a while, the ward was silent except for the sound of Min Rui flipping pages.

"Knock knock knock!"

Someone knocked on the door. Min Rui looked up, and Lin Xiao said, "I’ll get it."

"Mr. Xiao is here, come in."

Lin Xiao opened the ward door and saw Xiao Jin standing outside with a thermal food container, and quickly invited him in politely.

"Uncle Xiao."

Seeing it was Xiao Jin, Min Rui greeted him.

"I just ran into your mom. She said you’ll be discharged tomorrow morning."

Xiao Jin opened the thermal container: "This is bone soup your Grandma Xiao stewed all afternoon. The temperature is just right now, drink a little more."

Min Rui replied okay, then said, "The doctor checked me over, said I can go home and just rest up."

"Then we’ll listen to the doctor."

Xiao Jin was about to feed Min Rui the bone soup.

"I can do it myself."

Min Rui took the bowl with his right hand, found it not too hot, and drank it all in one go.

The bowl wasn’t big, so Xiao Jin poured him another half-full bowl.

Seeing this, Min Rui took it and finished it again. He said, "That’s enough."

Lin Xiao took the hot water kettle and left the ward at that moment.

"Uncle Xiao, can I just call you Ruirui?"

Sitting in the chair by the hospital bed, Xiao Jin looked at Min Rui and asked gently.

"I’m almost an adult."

Ruirui was his nickname. The family called him that, and it felt affectionate, showing their love for him. But if someone else did, Min Rui thought it was too childish.

Xiao Jin paused for a moment and asked, "Feels childish?"

Min Rui: "Yeah."

"Alright, then Uncle Xiao will keep calling you Min Rui."

Xiao Jin smiled: "There are less than twenty days until the college entrance exam. How’s your prep going?"

"Always reviewing,"

Min Rui replied.

"More review never hurts."

Xiao Jin said, "Just don’t get nervous when you’re in the exam room..."

Speaking neither too fast nor too slow, Xiao Jin talked to Min Rui about things to watch out for during the college entrance exam and how to approach the questions. Min Rui listened seriously, and that made Xiao Jin feel very gratified.

Maybe to make it easier for Xiao Jin and Min Rui to talk, Lin Xiao took a long time to come back with the hot water.

More than ten minutes passed. When Xiao Jin stopped talking, Min Rui pressed his lips together, looked into his eyes, and said, "Can I ask you something personal?"

Hearing this, Xiao Jin’s expression clearly froze, but he quickly went back to normal: "Sure."

"Is there a blood relationship between you and me?"

Min Rui was serious: "Don’t lie to me."

"Do you have to know?"

Xiao Jin’s expression got serious too.

"Yeah."

Min Rui nodded.

Xiao Jin: "If you can ask me, that means you already know the answer, right?"

Min Rui: "I need your answer."

"You’re very smart."

Xiao Jin’s lips pulled into a subtle smile: "Yes, there really is a blood relationship between us."

"Got it."

Min Rui’s expression was calm: "I hope we always keep things the way they are."

Xiao Jin understood exactly what he meant. A sense of loss surged in his heart, but he still smiled and nodded: "Okay."

This kid must have known about their relationship for a long time. Just now, their conversation was meant to let him know that he will never acknowledge him in this life.

Honestly, it hurt deep down, but he understood the boy’s decision, and he knew the kid wasn’t wrong.

After all... fatherhood, as people call it, is defined only by blood and ethics. To put it simply, he was nothing more than the boy’s biological father, a mistake he made once that gave him this child.