"Gu Zheng! Is this place not chaotic enough already? You actually let him come here. Are you deliberately trying to ruin the child's life?"
Because of Gu En's leg injury, Gu Zheng also brought a wheelchair to push Gu En.
At this moment, Gu En, sitting in a wheelchair, heard her aunt's words and her eyes immediately turned red.
"Auntie, I'm sorry. I told Brother Zheng that I wanted to come because I was worried about the child and wanted to come and see him."
"Get out of here! What does the child have to do with you? If you hadn't suddenly changed your mind, taken the money, and come back, would the child be like this? The child was living such a happy life before. If you hadn't come back, would he have ended up like this?"
Aunt Gu was originally a well-bred socialite and noblewoman, but when facing Gu En, she couldn't help but turn into a complete shrew.
Upon hearing this, Gu En couldn't help but shed tears.
"I'm sorry, Auntie, I didn't want this to happen either. I just couldn't bear to see it happen. I'm so sorry..."
Gu Zheng: "Alright, Auntie, stop talking. I just asked Xiao En to come and check on the child."
"You!" Aunt Gu was furious with Gu Zheng, but Qin Hao's father pulled her back.
"Stop talking. The most important thing now is to calm the child down first. If the child keeps crying like this, who knows what might happen."
Qin Hao's father's words finally calmed Aunt Gu down. Looking at the child sitting on the bed, constantly trying to run off the bed to find Xia Ran, she couldn't help but shed tears again.
She sat on the bed, picked up the child, and said,
"Xiao Chen, be good, don't cry. Your grandma loves you, okay? Grandma will hug you. Your little daddy never likes you to cry. If he knew you were crying like this, he would be angry."
"Waaaaah... Little Daddy..." Gu Chen cried incessantly, his voice choked with sobs, "Grandma, I want Little Daddy... Waaaah, bite Little Daddy..."
When Gu En saw this scene, his eyes were filled with gloom. This was his son, yet he had the heartless habit of calling someone else "little dad."
"Xiao Chen, don't cry. Uncle will go play with you, okay?" Gu En smiled and pushed the wheelchair to the bedside, wanting to pat Gu Chen's head.
"No! You're bad! Go away! You're bad! You're a bad person!"
Gu Chen didn't know how to describe Gu En, but he didn't like Gu En. He knew that it was Gu En's arrival that made his stepfather disappear.
Gu En's face turned ugly, showing a hint of grievance and hurt.
Gu Zheng was already irritable and his mind was in a mess. Now, seeing Gu Chen's unreasonable behavior, a surge of anger welled up in his heart.
“Gu Chen! Listen to me! Your stepfather is gone, not only now, but forever. I’m divorced from him, and he has absolutely nothing to do with you anymore.”
"Even if you see him on the street in the future, you can't call him 'little dad,' understand? He's not your little dad anymore. You won't have a little dad anymore!"
Gu Zheng coldly uttered these words, which even seemed to carry a hint of a growl.
His words brought a moment of silence to the ward, and Gu En, sitting in the wheelchair, lowered his head, his smile fading.
Gu Chen, who had been crying and demanding a younger father, stopped crying after hearing Gu Zheng's words, but his face turned pale, his watery eyes became blank, and he muttered to himself.
"Little Daddy...there's no more Little Daddy..."
Aunt Gu quickly realized what was happening. She hugged Gu Zhengchen tightly and comforted him.
"No, no, Xiao Chen, don't listen to your dad's nonsense. Your stepfather is still here. He's just gone on a long trip. He'll be back soon. Don't be afraid, Xiao Chen."
But no matter what Aunt Gu said, Gu Chen didn't react at all, just staring blankly ahead.
Qin Hao and the others felt a chill run down their spines upon witnessing this scene. Uncle Wang, with tears streaming down his face, looked at Gu Zheng and said…
"Young Master, what nonsense are you spouting? Do you know that your words will frighten the Young Master?"
In fact, when Gu Zheng saw Gu Chen's expression after he yelled, he already felt a little regretful.
But he was so agitated just now that he was completely out of control.
Having regained control of her emotions, Gu En raised her head. After listening to Uncle Wang's words, her eyes turned slightly colder, and she spoke.
“But Uncle Wang, this is a fact, and you all have to accept it. Not only you, but the child also needs to accept it. Letting him know sooner may not be a bad thing. After all, a short pain is worse than a long one.”
Gu Chen, who had initially felt some regret, gradually calmed down after hearing Gu En's words.
Indeed, he and Xia Ran are now divorced, and Gu Chen has to get used to it.
Chapter 166 Gu En Forces Gu Chen
"Aunt, you can go out first. Leave the child to me," Gu Zheng said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Aunt Gu hugged the child even tighter.
"Leave it to you? Do you even know how to handle a child? What will you do if something happens to the child?!"
“Aunt, he’s my son. I know what to do.” Gu Zheng’s tone was also very firm. “You can all leave now.”
Hearing this, Da Zhuang, who was standing at the door, gritted his teeth to suppress his anger, but he didn't want to get involved with Gu Zheng's people, so he turned around and left.
It's just a pity for that child; the "little dad" that the child was talking about must be Xia Ran.
Upon hearing this, Aunt Gu's face was filled with disbelief, and she asked,
"Gu Zheng, what did you just say? Say it again if you dare!"
Not only Aunt Gu, but Qin Hao and the others also looked very unwell.
"Brother, do you know what you're saying? The most important thing right now is for Xiao Chen to get better. What does your attitude mean?"
Gu Zheng's expression remained icy. "I said, Xiao En and I can handle things here. You can go out first. The child will be fine."
"You!" Qin Hao wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say anything.
Aunt Gu looked at Gu Zheng with disappointment and slowly released the child.
"Fine, Gu Zheng, this is your child and your business. I have no right to interfere. I'm leaving now!"
After Aunt Gu finished speaking, she glanced at the child and then left.
Qin Hao's father sighed heavily, walked up to Gu Zheng, and said,
"Gu Zheng, do you know how much your words hurt your aunt? Your aunt has treated you like her own child since you were little, and now you speak to her like this."
After Aunt Gu left, Qin Hao's father naturally followed her out, leaving only Uncle Wang and Qin Hao in the room.
Qin Hao was also angered by Gu Zheng's words, and left without Gu Zheng saying anything more.
Uncle Wang was even more disappointed. He glanced at Gu Chen and finally left.
No matter what, he was just a servant, so he had even less right to say anything.
Gu Chen, lying on the bed, seemed completely oblivious to the departure of the others, simply hugging the blanket and silently shedding tears.
Gu Zheng pursed his lips and went to wipe away Gu Chen's tears, but Gu Chen dodged away as soon as his hand touched Gu Chen's face, looking at Gu Zheng with a look of fear and wariness.
Gu Zheng's hand froze in mid-air. He thought of how Xia Ran usually coaxed the child, sighed softly, and softened his voice, saying...
"Don't be afraid. Daddy's tone was mean just now. It won't happen again. Don't cry anymore. But I've separated from your stepfather, so you don't have a stepfather anymore. You're a big kid now, and you need to learn to grow up, okay?"
Gu Chen stared blankly at Gu Zheng, and then his tears fell even more fiercely.
But this time, instead of yelling and shouting like he did in front of Xia Ran, he silently shed tears again, like a lifeless puppet.
Gu Zheng's face showed a hint of panic. "Xiao Chen, can you answer your big dad's call?"
But no matter what Gu Zheng said, Gu Chen remained silent.
Seeing Gu Chen like this, Gu En felt no sadness at all; instead, she felt an overwhelming sense of anger and rage.
Why would his son treat Xia Ran like this? What's so good about Xia Ran anyway?
"Brother Zheng, the child must be hungry after not eating for so long. Go and buy him some food first. I'll stay here and comfort him."
Gu En wore a smile, but there was a hint of worry in it; she had her emotions perfectly controlled.
"It's normal for a child to feel reluctant to part with someone who has been with them for so long. Even a pet would be hard to part with after being with it for so long, let alone a person. So let's take it slow."
Gu En's tone was full of innocence, as if comparing Xia Ran to a pet was just a very ordinary thing.
This time, however, Gu Zheng did not agree with Gu En, but spoke with some disapproval.
"Xiao En, don't make such comparisons to Xia Ran in front of the children."
Hearing Gu Zheng's words, Gu En was stunned. He did not expect Gu Zheng to refute him.
Gu Chen, who had remained silent until now, actually spoke up.
"You're bad! You're not a pet! You're a little dad... a baby's little dad!"
Gu Chen stared fiercely at Gu En, like a little wolf cub protecting its food.
Gu En didn't bother to answer Gu Zheng's question, but stared blankly at Gu Chen.
This child is so dependent on Xia Ran? Fine, since he's so dependent, then let him break that dependence properly.
"I'm sorry, Brother Zheng. I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have said that. Go and find something for the child to eat. Don't let him go hungry."
Seeing Gu En's expression, Gu Zheng sighed softly and said,
"Okay, you can talk to the child slowly. The child is very obedient."
Gu En hummed in agreement, and only after Gu Zheng left did he look at Gu Chen on the bed, his expression turning unusually cold.
"Looking for your stepfather? Forget about it. Do you know why he separated from your stepfather? It's because he hates you. He thinks you're a burden, that you're getting in the way of his life, so he left."
"So stop fantasizing that he'll come back. I'm telling you, he'll never come back in this lifetime because he hates you so much. You're just a burden to him that he finds annoying. Who told you to be unable to speak, like an idiot or a mute?"
After Gu En finished speaking, seeing the incredulous look on Gu En's face, I finally felt a little better.
He originally wanted to come back and treat the child well, but the child's dependence on Xia Ran was something he found hard to bear.
Didn't he say he relied on Xia Ran? He's now shattered that dependence on Xia Ran.
Gu Chen stopped crying and looked at Gu En, as if he was considering what Gu En had just said.
"No...you're lying to me. Daddy loves the baby. He said he wouldn't abandon the baby, he wouldn't..."
Hearing Gu Chen's words, Gu En's face became even colder.
"Then tell me, if he loved you, how could he leave you? Don't be silly, he just hates you as a burden, that's why he wants to leave."
"So you still have to be good to me and listen to me, otherwise, you'll be completely unwanted, understand?"
Gu Chen stared blankly, his whole being even more lifeless than before.
When Gu Zheng came in, he saw that Gu Chen looked even more sorrowful than when he left.