Rebirth: Pampered by My Children and Husband

Chapter 212: Chapter 212: Give Him Some Credit for Having a Conscience

Ji Yuqiao cried so hard that her snot and tears mixed into a mess, staining the blanket with wet patches.

With both hands, she vigorously shook Ji Zeqiu’s body as if trying to wake him up.

“Ji Yuqiao! Are you trying to shake me to death?” Ji Zeqiu gritted his teeth and opened his eyes, which were filled with anger.

Ji Yuqiao paused, then, as if seeing him come back to life, she threw herself onto him with tears of joy, hugging his neck and wailing, “Wuu wuu wuu… Second Brother, you finally came back to life!”

“What came back to life? I didn’t die,” said Ji Zeqiu irritably.

“If you didn’t die, then why are you lying here?” Ji Yuqiao asked incredulously, still with tears in her eyes.

“This is a bed. What else can I do lying here besides sleep?” Ji Zeqiu replied.

When he arrived at the hospital last night, he had undergone many tests and had just managed to fall asleep when Ji Yuqiao woke him up with her crying.

Ji Yuqiao’s face went through several expressions—happiness, confusion, and finally contempt—as she spat at him, “If you’re not dead, why are you imitating others by covering your head with a white cloth?”

“The sunlight outside the window was too harsh. How could I sleep without covering up with the blanket? Moreover…” Ji Zeqiu poked her forehead with his finger, “this is clearly a blanket, not some white cloth.”

The blankets in the hospital are mostly white, which caused Ji Yuqiao to misunderstand.

“Also, who told you that covering your head means you’re gone?” Ji Zeqiu glared at her.

Ji Yuqiao’s eyes flickered, slightly guilty, “Don’t they always show it like that in TV dramas…”

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“Watch less of that nonsense on TV.”

“But what I watched was the idol drama you acted in, is that also nonsense?”

Ji Zeqiu was at a loss for words.

“Alright, enough chit-chat. Let’s first ask your brother where he’s injured,” said Lin Xu as she came over and offered Ji Yuqiao a tissue to wipe her tears and runny nose.

In contrast to Ji Yuqiao’s tearful agony, Lin Xu was quite composed.

As soon as she entered the room and saw Ji Zeqiu covered with the blanket, she had calmed down instantly.

If something really had happened to Ji Zeqiu, his agent wouldn’t have maintained such composure, standing by calmly.

It wasn’t until Lin Xu spoke up that Ji Zeqiu noticed she was there.

He was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly turned to look at the agent, his eyes filled with irritation and anger, “Didn’t I tell you not to tell her about my injury?”

The agent innocently spread his hands, “The paparazzi already blasted the news about your accident. It couldn’t be hidden. It’s better to let her come and see you. It would prevent you from holding your phone every night, making calls, and missing her.”

So when he received the call from Lin Xu, he deliberately pretended to be in a difficult position.

“Besides, you seem pretty happy to see her, your mouth is practically grinning,” the agent said.

Ji Zeqiu immediately reached for his mouth and, upon realizing he was deceived, glared at the agent again, only to meet his slightly mocking gaze the next moment.

Suddenly.

Ji Zeqiu’s ears quietly heated up.

The agent chuckled, “I have other matters to deal with, so I’ll be going. Ji Zeqiu’s injuries are on his arm and back; just be careful not to touch the wounds.”

With that, he left the hospital room.

After hearing about the injuries from the agent, Lin Xu went over to take a closer look, only to notice his arm was wrapped in several layers of gauze.

The wound was covered by gauze, so the severity of the injury couldn’t be seen.

She then tried to lift his shirt, but Ji Zeqiu firmly grabbed her hand, his ears growing even redder,

“Mother, what… what are you doing…” he stammered nervously.

“I want to see how bad the wound on your back is,” Lin Xu said as she patted the back of his hand, prompting him to let go.

The blush on Ji Zeqiu’s ears spread to his cheeks, leaving him awkwardly stumbling over his words, but he didn’t lessen the grip of his hands in the slightest. “I’m fine, it’s not serious, no need to look…”

“When you were little, I saw plenty of you running around naked, so what’s there to be shy about just taking off a shirt now?” Lin Xu said.

“Exactly, exactly.” Ji Yuqiao also chimed in on the side, “Plus, you take off your shirt when you’re filming too, Mom and I have seen it already. It’s just like that.”

Ji Zeqiu’s originally blushing cheeks were instantly taken over by anger, his face flushing red with irritation.

“What do you mean ‘just like that’? My physique is much better than those pale, chicken-like actors who even need substitutes for upper body shots, I even have an eight-pack!” Ji Zeqiu seethed, glaring at Ji Yuqiao.

As if worried Lin Xu wouldn’t believe him, Ji Zeqiu quickly took off his shirt, anxiously saying, “Mother, look, I didn’t lie to you.”

“Alright, alright.” Lin Xu nodded, her first glance going towards his back, where she noticed streaks of blood seeping through the gauze. “It’s bleeding, and you call this not serious?”

“I really am okay, don’t worry.” Ji Zeqiu reassured her, taking her hand.

“Ji Zeqiu!” Lin Xu’s eyebrows nearly knotted together, her expression growing stern.

Just as she was about to speak, her phone rang from inside her bag.

She had to hold back the scolding in her throat, and as soon as the call connected, Ji Tingyang’s anxious voice came through.

“How is Ji Zeqiu doing? I’m already at the airport. I’ll be able to board the plane soon.”

“He’s fine, still jumping around.” Lin Xu soothed his anxious mood, “Don’t rush, you can come over slowly.”

There was a pause on the other end of the phone for a few seconds. “He’s okay?”

“Yes, he isn’t missing any arms or legs.”

“Then put him on the phone, I want to talk to him for a bit.”

She knew that even though Ji Tingyang usually seemed to disapprove of Ji Zeqiu, when it came down to it, he was still very worried about him.

After all, brothers are connected heart to heart.

Lin Xu, imagining the harmonious scene between brothers, handed the phone to Ji Zeqiu.

Ji Zeqiu looked at the phone, confusion on his face as he brought it to his ear. “What did you want to talk about?”

In the next instant, he became so angry his neck turned red and his voice carried a note of indignation, “Ji Tingyang, are you sick? Why are you yelling at me!”

“It’s not like I wanted to fall down!”

“Come if you want, or don’t!”

Ji Zeqiu was so irritated he felt itchy in his teeth, and he hung up the phone directly.

Now why did they start fighting? Where was the friendly brotherly affection?

Lin Xu blinked, “What did Ting Yang say?”

Ji Zeqiu pouted, grumpily complaining to Lin Xu, “Mother, I’m injured, and Ji Tingyang still yelled at me.”

That jerk didn’t even pretend to care when he heard he was alright, and immediately canceled his plane ticket.

Not even putting on a facade.

And to top it off, he had the nerve to mock and be sarcastic, saying that he even got hurt while filming.

“He’s just saying one thing but feeling another, in truth, he turned pale when he heard you were injured. If it wasn’t for some urgent matters he had to attend to at the company, he would have already been on the same flight with us,” Lin Xu explained.

“Really?” Ji Zeqiu was suspicious.

“Of course, I can vouch for that.” Ji Yuqiao raised her hand, “Big brother really is very worried about you.”

Ji Zeqiu coughed once, then his face suddenly took on an awkward expression, “Suppose he has a bit of a conscience.”