vstars Chapter 292 What’s the use of you?
Chapter 292 What’s the use of you?
Lin Ran bit her lip hard, trying to suppress the immense grief in her heart.
"Xiao Jingchen, you can leave now."
After a long pause, Lin Ran finally spoke softly, her emotions unreadable.
Xiao Jingchen's heart skipped a beat, and a hint of pain flashed in his eyes, but he still stubbornly stood in place without moving.
"I won't leave."
"Lin Ran, please trust me one more time, okay?"
Lin Ran curled her lips into a mocking smile. Just as she was about to speak, her phone suddenly rang.
She paused, then picked it up and glanced at it; her expression immediately changed.
"Grandpa, has something happened to Sui Sui?"
The old man would call in the middle of the night, and Lin Ran subconsciously assumed that something had happened to Sui Sui.
"Sui Sui is fine, but how is Niannian?"
"I heard she was almost kidnapped, what happened? Who was so bold as to mess with the Xiao family?"
Grandpa Xiao's stern voice came from the phone.
Lin Ran hesitated for a moment, but still didn't voice her suspicions.
It's better for her to resolve the feud between her and Ye Chuchu herself.
"It's alright every year, Grandpa. Don't worry. This might just be an accident. I'll be more careful in the future."
After a long pause, Lin Ran answered in a low voice.
Grandpa Xiao didn't reply for a long time, and finally let out a deep sigh.
"Don't worry, I've already sent people over to protect Niannian, and this kind of thing won't happen again."
Lin Ran knew that the old man always doted on Niannian, and was about to speak when Xiao Jingchen, who was standing to the side, couldn't stop. He forcefully leaned over and managed to stick his head out in the video.
"Grandpa, don't worry, I've already made arrangements, so you don't need to trouble yourself."
Suddenly, a large man appeared from the side, startling the old man, who then frowned.
"You little brat, you're here too?"
"What a useless thing. Little Nian Nian was almost kidnapped even when she was with her own father. Tell me, what use are you?"
When Old Master Xiao was talking to Lin Ran, he was still restraining his emotions, but now that he saw Xiao Jingchen, he vented all his dissatisfaction.
Lin Suisui nestled in the hospital bed, wondering why Old Master Xiao's emotions were so volatile, and couldn't help but become curious.
Who was on the other end of the phone that could have made my great-grandfather so angry?
"Great-Grandpa, can I see Mommy?"
Xiao Jingchen listened silently to the old man's admonition when suddenly a grandmother's voice came from the screen, startling him.
The next second, a little boy who looked somewhat like Nian Nian appeared on the screen.
Rather than saying he resembles Niannian, it's more accurate to say he resembles Xiao Jingchen.
He stared intently at the miniature version of himself on the screen, completely stunned.
Lin Ran hadn't expected the father and son to meet for the first time under such circumstances. After a couple of seconds of stunned silence, she suddenly snatched the phone away.
"Grandpa, Sui Sui, I'll call you another day. You two should get some rest."
Before Xiao Jingchen could stop her, Lin Ran hung up the phone.
"Xiao Jingchen, can you leave now?"
Xiao Jingchen stood still for a long while before speaking, his voice tinged with embarrassment.
"Was that our son just now?"
Lin Ran took a deep breath, raised her head, and answered slowly and deliberately, "He's not our son, he's my son, Xiao Jingchen. We have nothing to do with each other anymore."
Xiao Jingchen looked down at the woman in front of him and chuckled softly.
"Are you leaving him in F country with the intention of returning later?"
"This has nothing to do with you!"
Lin Ran looked at Xiao Jingchen with a complicated expression, and then fell silent after saying those words.
She originally planned to become stronger and stronger so that she could eventually negotiate with Xiao Jingchen to have him save Sui Sui.
It's clear now that this isn't a good time to speak up.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
Xiao Jingchen raised his wrist to check the time; it was already past midnight.
He sighed deeply, and his sharp features softened considerably.
"Get some rest, we can talk about these things later."
After saying this, Xiao Jingchen hurriedly left.
Outside the door, Xiao Jingchen sat in the car but didn't start it. He picked up his phone and stared at it for a long time before finally dialing the old man's number.
The call connected quickly, and the old man's grumpy face appeared on the screen.
"Hey, you little rascal, you actually know how to call an old man like me? I thought you'd never take the initiative in your life."
The sudden shift in tone made Xiao Jingchen unsure how to continue speaking. After a long pause, he tentatively opened his mouth.
"That boy..."
"What boy? He has a name, Lin Suisui."
After a pause, Old Master Xiao fell silent, and only continued speaking after moving to another spot.
“Sui Sui… has leukemia and is undergoing treatment. He’s not in good health, and the journey back to China is too long. Otherwise, how could Ran Ran bear to be separated from her own son?”
After saying this, the old man hesitated, opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and still did not reveal that the two were a bone marrow match.
This kind of thing can only be discovered by his useless grandson himself.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jingchen's fingers tightened continuously, his heart filled with complex emotions.
His son is so young, how could he get such a disease?
And as Sui Sui's father, he was utterly useless.
After a long pause, Xiao Jingchen finally spoke with some difficulty.
"Grandpa, can I say a few words to Sui Sui?"
The old man revealed a knowing look; he still had his own informants in Kyoto.
He also knew roughly about Xiao Jingchen and Lin Ran's affair.
Perhaps still hoping that the two could get back together, the old man hesitated for a moment, then took his phone and went into the ward.
"Sui Sui, someone wants to talk to you, would you like to meet them?"
Even without being told who it was, the clever Sui Sui guessed it right away.
He propped his head up and hesitated.
On the other side of the screen, Xiao Jingchen couldn't help but feel nervous.
I was afraid that Sui Sui would refuse outright.
Fortunately, after a few minutes, Xiao Sui Sui nodded.
"Great-grandfather, please give me your phone."
After this period of treatment, Lin Suisui's complexion has become much paler, almost transparent.
The old man felt a pang of heartache, handed over the phone, and left the ward.
The father and son should always spend some time together.
Looking at the small face appearing on the screen, Xiao Jingchen unconsciously tensed up. His thin lips pursed, his brows furrowed, and he looked rather unhappy.
Anyone who came across this would be startled, but Lin Suisui didn't seem afraid at all. She blinked her big, dark eyes and stared at him with curiosity on her face.