"What... what do you mean?"
When Xu Fan mentioned the word 'treatment,' Mu Qingyan felt her heart skip a beat!
She was certain, Xu Fan was about to tell her something good!
"It's like this."
Seeing Mu Qingyan's excited demeanor, Xu Fan smiled and explained, "Actually, when you told me before that you wanted to bring Xiaoduo for treatment, I had wanted to tell you."
"If Xiaoduo isn't innately deaf-mute, I have a way to treat her, it's just that I was tied up with some matters at the time and didn't manage to tell you."
"I thought that Professor Meng Feis was reliable, and wanted to let him treat Xiaoduo. Now it seems, I must rely on myself."
Xiaoduo's ears had no problems, and to cure her throat, Xu Fan would need approximately a month's time.
Believing that nothing would keep him occupied in the coming period, Xu Fan was determined to start treating Xiaoduo.
"Xu Fan, are you... are you sure you're not just comforting me...?"
Curing her daughter's illness was Mu Qingyan's only wish. After being deceived by Meng Feis last time, she had completely given up hope, but now, Xu Fan had rekindled her hope.
Overjoyed tears uncontrollably flooded her eyes. Mu Qingyan covered her aching nose, not knowing how to thank the man before her.
Perhaps she had spent all her luck in this lifetime on meeting him.
"Xu Fan, I... I really don't know how to thank you..."
Heart brimming with joy, Mu Qingyan was so excited that her words were tumbling over one another. Xu Fan shook his head with a wry smile and comforted her, "Qingyan, don't cry..."
"If you keep crying, Xiaoduo is going to start too..."
Xu Fan said, nodding his head towards Mu Xiaoduo.
Although the little girl did not understand why her mother was crying, she was after all distressed for her mother. Her lower lip was pouting, and tears were already swirling in her big eyes.
"Alright, I won't cry. I won't cry."
Mu Qingyan sniffed, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then smiled at Mu Xiaoduo.
She excitedly signed a few gestures to Xiaoduo who, despite her previous grievances, suddenly smiled.
"Xu Fan, I told Xiaoduo that you can cure her throat, so she..."
Watching Xiaoduo who was now excitedly hugging Xu Fan and planting a firm kiss on his face, Mu Qingyan explained.
Then, she called a waiter over.
"Excuse me, could you bring me a bottle of red wine?"
"Uh, Qingyan, what's this?"
Xu Fan turned to her in surprise as Mu Qingyan unexpectedly called for wine.
Mu Qingyan smiled and said, "It's nothing, Xu Fan. I'm just so happy. I can't think of any other way to celebrate this wonderful news."
"Alright then..."
Xiaoduo was Mu Qingyan's sole beacon of hope. Now that she heard her daughter could soon grow up like a normal child, how could she not be thrilled?
Celebrating with wine now didn't seem like such a bad idea.
However, half an hour later, Xu Fan immediately retracted his prior thought.
Perhaps due to overexcitement, in this span of half an hour, Mu Qingyan managed to drink an entire bottle of red wine, without Xu Fan's assistance.
What was worse, it was clear that Mu Qingyan was not one to drink normally. The full bottle of red wine hit her all at once, and she was hopelessly inebriated.
"Ai..."
Xu Fan let out a helpless sigh, deciding it was unrealistic to expect Mu Qingyan, drunk as she was, to take Xiaoduo home.
After calling over the waiter to pay for the meal, Xu Fan stood up and walked over to Mu Qingyan.
"Qingyan, it's time to go home."
It was clear that Mu Qingyan would hardly be able to walk by herself, so Xu Fan wrapped an arm around her and lifted her off the chair.
"Duoduo, let's go, it's time to go home."
Silently lamenting his sin, Xu Fan, with one arm around Mu Qingyan and the other leading Xiaoduo, left the restaurant.
Fortunately, Mu Qingyan didn't end up vomiting in the car, and when they safely arrived at the doorstep of her home, Xu Fan could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
After searching through Mu Qingyan's bag for her house keys, Xu Fan opened her front door.
Turning on the lights in the dark, Xu Fan led Xiaoduo inside the house.
"Xiaoduo, go to sleep first. Brother needs to take care of mum, understand?"
Xu Fan, unsure of how to explain, gestured incoherently towards her.
Fortunately, the child was well-behaved. Knowing her mother needed someone to look after her, not wanting to make a fuss, she obediently went back to her room.
"Xu Fan, I want more..."
After coaxing Xiaoduo back to her room, Xu Fan saw Mu Qingyan, slumped on the couch, reaching out her delicate lotus arms towards him.
"You aren't allowed to drink so much next time..."
With a resigned shake of his head, Xu Fan picked Mu Qingyan up from the couch, wondering what on earth she wanted now, and carried her to her bedroom.
Upon opening the door to her bedroom and turning on the light, Xu Fan steadied the floppy Mu Qingyan and walked her to the bed.
Mu Qingyan was a bit neater than Zhou Keren and Qin Mengyue; at least her room was tidy, without stockings messily strewn about.
"Careful!"
Just as he was contemplating this, Xu Fan suddenly noticed that Mu Qingyan's complexion was off, and quickly supported her, rushing towards a nearby trash can.
"..."
Regrettably, Xu Fan was still too late. Mu Qingyan opened her mouth and began to vomit.
"Xu Fan, I... I feel so terrible..."
Shaking his head, Xu Fan knew he couldn't just let Mu Qingyan sleep like this the whole night because of the supposed prohibition against men and women making physical contact.
"Remember, I'm not trying to take advantage."
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