As soon as Anran entered, Anxin's tears fell like a waterfall as if she had seen a savior.
The small home of 80 square meters was now in a mess, with scattered clothes and dishes on the table, and Anxin's disheveled appearance seemed to reveal that she was not living well.
"Stop crying, sis. Give Duoduo to me. You quickly pack your things, and I will take you to the hospital."
After taking Duoduo, Anxin quickly packed the diaper bag with documents, diapers, spare clothes, formula, and bottles, and followed Anran out the door.
In the taxi, Anxin looked at the still crying Duoduo, feeling uneasy in her heart.
"Sis, where is your husband? With the child crying like this, where did he go?" Anran frowned, clearly displeased.
Today is the weekend, and Zhoutao doesn't have to work.
"My husband didn't come back last night. He said he had to go on a sudden business trip. He had spare clothes in his office, so he didn't come back and let Duoduo cry herself to sleep," Anxin said, keeping her head low.
Anran frowned. She didn't arrange any business trip for Zhoutao.
Turning her head, she seemed to understand something as she saw Anxin keeping her head down.
But now it's not the right time to ask.
Arriving at the hospital, An Ran confidently led the way while An Xin followed with the baby, who was still crying. After registering through a mobile app, they quickly entered the doctor's office.
After a child came out before them, the doctor called them in.
An Ran carried the baby and sat down, while An Xin followed behind with the diaper bag.
"How long has the child had a fever?" the doctor asked.
"It started this morning, initially with a low-grade fever. I tried physical cooling, but the fever persisted and even got worse. Her temperature was 38.2 degrees Celsius when we came here," An Xin said, showing her concern for the baby, recalling all the details about her condition.
The doctor soon took the baby's temperature and prescribed a fever-reducing injection and oral medication.
After the injection, the baby's fever subsided quickly, and she fell asleep in An Ran's arms.
Back at home, An Xin took the baby to the bedroom.
An Ran looked at the messy house and sighed.
She skillfully started cleaning up, putting the dirty dishes into the sink to soak, gathering the dirty laundry and putting them into the washing machine, and tidying up the toys into the toy box. After sweeping and mopping the floor, An Ran was washing dishes when An Xin finally came out of the bedroom and carefully closed the door.
"Don't worry about these things. I'll clean up later after the baby sleeps," An Xin said, pulling An Ran out of the kitchen.
The two of them sat on the sofa, and An Xin finally relaxed.
"Sis, has my brother-in-law not been home for a day?" An Ran stared at An Xin, her eyes seeming to see through her.
"How could that be? My brother-in-law comes home every day." An Xin felt guilty.
"If he comes home every day, then why didn't I see his dirty clothes when I was doing laundry, only yours and Duoduo's?" An Ran immediately exposed An Xin's lie, glaring at her.
She couldn't stand her sister defending Zhou Tao like this. He was the father of the child, why should he hide outside and leave An Xin to take care of their child alone? What kind of behavior was that?
"Your brother-in-law said that Duoduo cries and disturbs his sleep at night, so he moved to the company and only comes back occasionally." An Xin sighed.
As soon as this statement came out, An Ran slapped the coffee table in anger.
"What does he mean? What does he mean by saying that the child disturbs his sleep at night? Are other people in the world not sleeping? Only he needs to sleep?" An Ran was furious.
When Zhou Tao was laid off two years ago, he couldn't find a job for a long time.
An Xin was worried every day, even carrying Duoduo, who was only a few months old, to sell shaved ice in the market.
An Ran couldn't bear to see her sister working so hard, so she asked her friend to help Zhou Tao find a job.
In the past two years, Zhou Tao had worked hard and with An Ran's help, he quickly rose to the position of manager, and his career was thriving.
The family's conditions improved, and An Xin could stay at home to take care of the child with peace of mind.
In the past two years, Zhou Tao started coming up with various reasons for not coming home.
He told An Xin that he had projects to negotiate outside, always using that as an excuse, and would only come home at one or two in the morning, or sometimes not come home at all.
An Xin had suspicions, but she had no evidence, and she couldn't have her child grow up without a father, so she turned a blind eye to it.
"Ranran, don't worry, sis is fine. Many stay-at-home moms are taking care of their children alone, right? Your sis is not that delicate." An Xin reassured her.
"Sis!"
An Ran wanted to defend her sister, but her words were blocked by An Xin.
"It's already noon, I'll go cook. You listen for any noise inside the house. It's been a long time since you've had sis's cooking. Let me show off my skills." An Xin said and disappeared into the kitchen.
Watching her sister's busy figure, An Ran felt uneasy in her heart.
After all, there was nothing more to say.
"Sis, let me help you."
An Ran walked over to An Xin and offered to help her with the groceries, but she was quickly chased away.
After dinner, the sisters had some heart-to-heart talk, and then An Ran left.
Looking at the chat history on her phone, it stopped at the message An Ran sent him.
Are you still busy?
An Ran thought for a moment and decided to call Yan Ge.
After they added each other on WeChat, they exchanged phone numbers.
An Ran wasn't in a rush to move in, she just wanted to go and see where the house was located and what things she needed to bring.
Yan Ge, who was in a meeting, looked at the unfamiliar number on his phone and without thinking, hung up.
Then he added the number to his blacklist, and An Ran frowned as she looked at the call that was hung up, her face darkening.
Well, she was blocked. Just after getting married, the other party was already ignoring her?
An Ran angrily added Yan Ge to her blacklist on WeChat, and put her phone away, waiting for him to come crawling back to her!
When Yan Ge finished his work, it was already dark outside.
The driver asked, "Young Master, are we going back to the manor or to the Young Madam's place?"
At this moment, Yan Ge suddenly remembered that he was already married.
"Let's go back to the Sapphire Courtyard."
Unit 606, Building 6 of Sapphire Courtyard, Yan Ge opened the door and found that the house was pitch black. He looked at the time and it was already 10 p.m.
She was still not home at this hour?
He just thought about it and turned on the lights in the house.
He had bought the house long ago, but had never lived in it. Mainly because he had too many houses and couldn't live in all of them.
Why did he choose this house? Because of its good location, in a middle-class neighborhood that was neither the best nor the worst, it was affordable for a salaried family with some effort.
There was nothing in the house, except for the furniture and decorations. There were no bedding, clothes, or daily necessities.
Yan Ge looked around the house, and called his driver. Soon, a group of bodyguards arrived with various items, and they quickly set up the bed and put away the daily necessities before leaving.
At this point, An Ran still hadn't come back, and Yan Ge had run out of patience. He took out his WeChat and sent her a message, and soon received a reply.