Xu Tingyu learned about Youyou's injury on the fifth day of her business trip.
It was when she was video - chatting with Youyou at night that she noticed the Band - Aid on his hand.
She asked him what had happened, and he just said he had accidentally hurt himself.
At first, she didn't think much of it. But since she wasn't sure if kids knew how to handle things properly, she still felt a bit worried.
Then, when she contacted Aunt Zhang to find out how serious his injury was, she learned everything.
She was immediately extremely worried.
And then came the anger.
She had just started her business trip, and either Liu Ning was causing trouble for her son or her son was involved in someone else's family dispute.
Why did the siblings have to hurt her son when they were fighting?
And Qi Shifeng actually didn't tell her about this!
Why didn't he tell her? Was it because the other party was his friend, or did he think it was a trivial matter not worth mentioning?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She stayed up all night to wrap up all her work. She left the last bit to her subordinates.
She then bought the nearest flight and flew back to Kyoto immediately.
When she arrived in Kyoto, it was less than an hour before kindergarten dismissal.
She didn't even have time to send her luggage back to the hotel. She immediately took a taxi and rushed to the kindergarten.
She arrived just as the kids were getting out of school.
She didn't want Youyou to see her looking haggard, so she put on some makeup in the taxi.
So when she got out of the taxi, she looked quite energetic.
When Youyou was coming out in line, he spotted her at once.
He immediately shouted, "Mom, it's my mom coming to pick me up."
People around him all smiled at him. He ran over proudly and threw himself into Xu Tingyu's arms.
Xu Tingyu was squatting to greet her son and was fully embraced by Youyou.
"Mom, I missed you so much," Youyou said in a soft, coquettish voice.
It wasn't that he was a soft - natured kid. It was just the soft way kids talk.
Xu Tingyu's heart melted. "Mom missed Youyou too."
After saying that, she picked Youyou up with one hand and pushed the suitcase with the other, planning to take another taxi.
But then the bodyguard and the nanny who came to pick up Youyou arrived.
"Sorry, Miss Xu. You can't take Youyou away, but you can go back with us," the nanny stopped her, showing a standard smile and speaking politely.
Xu Tingyu thought for a while. She didn't want to have a conflict in front of Youyou, so she got in the car with them.
The bodyguard also loaded her suitcase into the car.
On the way back to the villa, Youyou told some funny things that had happened in kindergarten these days. Then he asked Xu Tingyu where she had been on her business trip and if it was tiring.
Xu Tingyu told him in detail about the city she had been to. Just as they were about to arrive home, she asked, "Is Youyou's wound healed?"
Youyou held up his finger. "It's been healed for a long time. Actually, it was already healed when Mom saw it last time."
Qi Shifeng had taken him to the hospital at that time. The wound wasn't very big but a bit deep, so he had to use the Band - Aid for a few days.
Xu Tingyu carefully examined his hand several times. She found that the wound had scabbed over, but the scab hadn't fallen off yet. It still looked quite shocking on his little hand.
Youyou noticed her concern and quickly comforted her. "It's okay, Mom. It doesn't hurt anymore. It was just an accident. I don't feel pain."
But Xu Tingyu asked, "Did the other person apologize to you?"
Youyou thought for a while. "No. Dad said he would take me to meet them this week. I'm going to give them two rabbit dolls as gifts."
"The two rabbits are the same. I have one too. Then we'll each have one, and there won't be any more fighting."
This made Xu Tingyu furious.
"Youyou, you did nothing wrong. Why do you have to give them gifts? They should apologize to you and give you gifts."
This wasn't about the gifts or the money.
The problem was that they had made a mistake against Youyou, even causing him to get injured, but they still hadn't apologized.
And her silly son was even going to give them gifts?
Did Qi Shifeng know nothing about this?
She didn't believe that Qi Shifeng would let Youyou do this.
"It's okay, Mom. Sister Chaochao is a bit sad. I want to comfort her. And I believe she really didn't do it on purpose," Youyou said. Although Xu Tingyu had a gentle attitude, Youyou still noticed her unhappiness. But he couldn't help but say a few words for Qian Chao.
Xu Tingyu helplessly stroked her son's head. "Youyou, comforting others should be based on not hurting yourself. Do you understand?"
How could the injured person give gifts to the "culprit"?
"Got it, Mom. But I just can't go back to the past, back to when Mom was a little girl. I don't know if Mom was that sad then."
"I can't comfort Mom at that time, so I want to comfort Sister Chaochao now."
Youyou's expression wasn't very clear, but Xu Tingyu immediately understood.
She was shocked at first, and then her nose felt sore. She could hardly control her emotions.
It turned out that Youyou wasn't weak - willed. He was worried about her.
He was afraid that she had grown up in a family that favored sons over daughters, just like Qian Chao.
But he couldn't go back to her childhood to comfort her then.
"Silly Youyou, Mom was fine then. Mom's younger brother and Mom had a very good relationship. I wasn't that sad then," she hugged him tightly and murmured.
Kids are the most sensitive. They can quickly tell if they are loved or not.
Of course, there were also many times when she had conflicts with Xu Jia and was abandoned.
There were also times when she was taught that as an elder sister, she should give in to her younger brother.
There were even times when both of them made mistakes, or even when she didn't make any mistakes at all, but all the blame was put on her...
But she always remembered that Xu Jia was on her side.
Every time Zhang Qiu showed favoritism to Xu Jia, he would blush, as if he was the one being criticized.
Even when they were going to punish Xu Tingyu, Xu Jia would volunteer to be punished with her.
Since the family doted on him because of his poor health, they were reluctant to punish him. So many times, the punishment just ended up not happening.
Xu Jia received much more love than her, but it was okay. He gave all that love back to her.
"Really? Did you have a good relationship with Uncle? I've never seen Uncle. Can you bring a photo of Uncle for me to see next time?" Youyou observed Xu Tingyu's expression. Feeling that she was a bit sad, he quickly spoke up.
Sure enough, Xu Tingyu snapped out of her thoughts and smiled. "Sure. Mom will bring a photo of Uncle for you to see next time. Uncle will definitely like you very much."
Since she got married, every time Xu Jia saw her, he would ask if he was going to be an uncle.
At that time, Xu Tingyu even laughed at him, saying that a handsome and elegant young man like him was acting like an old woman, always urging her to have a baby.