Chapter 17 – The Regal Sui (1/2)

After more than ten hours travel, by the time Qiu Qian rushed back to Bai Lang’s apartment it was already past 3AM.

Qiu Qian had been suppressing a furious anger the entire trip. As soon as he came in he crept into Qiu XiaoHai’s room. He desperately needed to take a look at his son first. However he didn’t expect that the bed was completely empty. Qiu Qian paused and then immediately changed directions to the main bedroom.

He wasn’t wrong. In the main bedroom’s large, deep blue bed he found one big person and one small person.

Bai Lang was sleeping on his side with a small frown. Behind him Qiu XiaoHai was sleeping like a octopus on his stomach. His small face was tightly pressed against Bai Lang’s back, completely squashed against him and he was even drooling onto Bai Lang’s back. This image was completely like he had taken Bai Lang for a large-scale hugging pillow, it was only the size wasn’t right so Qiu XiaoHai couldn’t get his leg completely over. But even so the two people were both breathing very peacefully, sleeping very soundly.

Underneath the moonlight, Qiu Qian saw this peaceful image. The anger and panic in his heart faded slightly. As for the investigation and getting to the bottom of things, it seemed to be not as important as letting these two have a good rest.

Qiu Qian couldn’t help himself reaching out and feeling Qiu XiaoHai’s head. Then he also touched Bai Lang.

This time, it was his mistake. He owed the two of them.

He owed Xiao Hai, and also towards Bai Lang…

Qiu Qian lowered his eyes. Something in his heart couldn’t help loosening. Then he also lay down beside these two people.

Tomorrow. He would begin tomorrow.

He would make them pay. Pay with everything they had.

***

The next day, Bai Lang was woken up by the feeling of pressure. He was being squashed by two people, one big one small, one on top and one on the bottom.

But with his small movement the big one immediately woke up.

Bai Lang squinted his eyes and turned with difficulty. Then his breath was stolen away by a smoky and heavy kiss.

Bai Lang didn’t push him away. He closed his eyes and returned the kiss.

These days he had been made restless by his dreams from his previous life. When he thought about the scene from his dream and compared it with the lively and cute Qiu XiaoHai before his eyes, the cruelty and malevolence of the person hidden behind the scenes really made Bai Lang feel cold all the way into his heart.

Thinking about Yang Li’s smile in front of the kindergarten as she had handed the soup over and the specificity of her instructions, it was enough to make him sure that she had known the significance of the medicine. It wasn’t just that she was trying to find a way to make her job easier. It should be known that placing serious sleeping tablets into soup, when used over a long time, can stunt a child’s development. It was a chronic type of developmental disorder, the symptoms were very slow and by the time it was detected, it would have already left irreparable damage. The cause also would not be found easily.

Although Bai Lang didn’t know her reasons, to do something so cruel to such a small child was really outside the realm of Bai Lang’s experience in his past life. So when he felt Qiu Qian’s familiar scent, Bai Lang’s heart relaxed. He didn’t mind to cling closer. As the kiss went on, Qiu Qian’s aggression also seemed to lessen. The heat became comfortable and soothing, Bai Lang felt his whole body going soft…

At this time Qiu XiaoHai’s sleepy voice sounded. “Daddy!…. Why are you biting each other ah?”

Bai Lang realized that one could also choke during a kiss.

***

Qiu Qian arranged for Qiu XiaoHai to have a secret full body examination in a private clinic.

The results of the tests were good.

Perhaps because Yang Li was scared in the beginning of being found out, so the dosage seemed to be on the lower end. All of Qiu XiaoHai’s developmental parameters were within normal ranges. However he still had drunk the soup for some time so no one could predict exactly if there was any permanent damage. It could only be determined after three years of follow up testing. When the doctor told them this, Qiu Qian’s face sunk. It became just as what Bai Lang had seen in his previous life.

As for the investigation regarding Yang Li, Bai Lang didn’t know the details. After Hong Hong took away all of the soup that Yang Li had made, Qiu Qian never again spoke of this person in front of Bai Lang and Qiu XiaoHai. Qiu Qian only told Qiu XiaoHai one evening that Auntie Yang had gone back to her hometown and probably wouldn’t be coming back.

Qiu XiaoHai opened his eyes wide. He happily asked if this meant he didn’t need to go home? Could he continuing living here forever?

Qiu Qian also didn’t look at Bai Lang. He pressed his son’s head and said okay, in the future you can live here.

Bai Lang logically interpreted this as, after what had happened to Yang Li, it was difficult for Qiu Qian in the short term to trust another nanny. He also didn’t want live apart from Qiu XiaoHai anymore. Hence prior to him finding some new to settle him, it was reasonable for them to stay here for the time being.

When Qiu XiaoHai heard this, he was so happy he rolled around on Qiu Qian’s belly. Qiu Qian hugged his son and didn’t push him away.

Everyone was like this. Only after almost losing your treasure would you learn its value and importance.

Bai Lang watched from one side. He only hoped that now that Qiu Qian had had this lesson, that the scene from his dream would never occur.

However on the other side of Qiu Qian’s warmth, was another face that shocked Bai Lang.

A few days later in the evening news it was broadcasted: “A Madame Yang has jumped from a building in a suspected suicide”. Bai Lang immediately changed the channel and didn’t look at it again. At that time Qiu XiaoHai was holding a little rabbit steamed bun and munching on it. He was smiling as he said he wanted to save one to give to Ah Zan tomorrow. Ah Zan really liked his steamed buns.

Qiu Qian who was sitting to one side looked at Bai Lang. He suddenly spoke.

He said the old seafarers were all superstitious. It was their belief that if children with mental retardation were the result of curses.

So thus the cursed person needed to be kicked out of the house and sent far away. Otherwise they may cause danger around them.

When Qiu Qian said this, his eyes were very cold.

However Bai Lang felt surprised. He didn’t think Qiu Qian would reveal anything to him.

After all in these few words, it was enough to reveal the people behind Yang Li. It was most likely the people inside the Qiu family. Combined with Qiu Qian’s dangerous expression and his dark and threatening aura, it was clear he had not managed to completely eradicate this nest. Bai Lang couldn’t help but sink into silence. He thought about the cruel and ruthless methods of the Qiu Qian ten years later. Perhaps it was because of these type of events happening time and time again.

All the way until Qiu XiaoHai came over and said what’s a curse ah, can it be eaten?

The heavy atmosphere lightened.

Qiu Qian sighed and expressed that he thought his son was really a pig. He only knew how to sleep and eat.

After being scared by this shadowy incident, Bai Lang didn’t have much free time left.

Fang Hua’s homework for Bai Lang had been delayed by him for many days. He had no choice but to get onto it.

Thus he made an appointment and then Bai Lang, who was also a nanny, took Qiu XiaoHai with him to visit the “The Regal Suit”.