Adopting/Raising The Male Lead and The Villain

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After Zhong Yuhuan had finished saying it, she reached out to get the soymilk from Huo Chengming. Huo Chengming avoided her hand and said, "You start with the shumai. I got the soy milk. When you want it, you can drink from my hand."

Zhong Yuhuan nodded and took the shumai from him.

Li Jinyuan reached out for the soup dumpling, but Huo Chengming grabbed it and wouldn't let him have them.

Li Jinyuan smiled at him and said, "I am going to feed them to Huanhuan."

And that's when Huo Chengming let go of them.

The boss lady chuckled out loudly from behind them, "It's so nice to have two brothers. We only have one boy and he just bullies his sister day in and day out."

Zhong Yuhuan turned and smiled at the boss lady before she turned and kicked Li Jinyuan, "Call me big sister."

Even when he was kicked, Li Jinyuan was still smiling. He smiled and said to her, "Huanhuan."

Zhong Yuhuan sighed. She had really wanted a young brother. Now she no longer has one.

She knew from the day when Li Jinyuan changed the way he referred to her that this day would come.

The three of them hadn't quieted down at all since they've got together, not even through breakfast and all the way back to the hospital.

After they arrived back at the hospital, Zhong Yuhuan suddenly remembered Lang Jinzhi.

She gave the shumai to Huo Chengming to hold onto them while she fished out her cellphone.

"What's the matter?" asked Li Jinyuan, concerned.

"I want to give cousin a call."

Huo Chengming asked in a deep voice, "Your cousin came too?"

"Yeah, he came with me.

Huo Chengming and Li Jinyuan were both speechless immediately.

Zhong Yuhuan pulled out her cellphone and dialed the number.

She turned and saw the two trying to hide the emotions on their face and looking a bit peculiar.

Zhong Yuhuan asked, "What's the matter?"

Neither Huo Chengming nor Li Jinyuan said anything.

And just then, Lang Jinzhi had picked up the phone on the other end.

"Hello?" Lang Jinzhi's voice sounded a little hoarse.

Zhong Yuhuan thought to herself, was he up all night too?

"Cousin, where are you now?"

"Secretary Cheng and I are at the hotel next to the hospital. Is it all over yet?" asked Lang Jinzhi.

"No, not yet."

"Well, okay then. Let me know when it's all over and I will come and pick you up." Lang Jinzhi didn't even try to talk Zhong Yuhuan into getting some rest first. He was really trying to let her do things her way.

Zhong Yuhuan remembered Lang Jinzhi's usual crisp and concise manner and worried that he'd hang up the phone right away and quickly added, "Don't forget to get some breakfast, cousin."

"..... okay," replied Lang Jinzhi.

He didn't hang up the phone.

Zhong Yuhuan was a bit baffled. "Something else you want to talk about, cousin?"

"Oh, no, that's it," said Lang Jinzhi just now snapping out of it. He hung up after he had responded back to her.

Zhong Yuhuan put away her cellphone and was about to turn back to Li Jinyuan and Huo Chengming when her phone rang once again.

Zhong Yuhuan picked it up, and she heard a frantic voice. "Miss, where are you right now? Quickly! Come back to the hospital room... Master, Master is not going to make it..."

All of a sudden, Zhong Yuhuan was drained of all emotions.

That fast, eh?

Zhong Yuhuan walked quickly toward the elevator.

Li Jinyuan and Huo Chengming didn't say anything else. They just frowned slightly and looked a little worried. They didn't have the mood to be envious of Lang Jinzhi anymore. They followed behind Zhong Yuhuan quickly, throwing away the breakfast that was left in their hands on their way.

"Huanhuan, don't rush," said Li Jinyuan tenderly.

"You still have us," said Huo Chengming. He paused, then added, "Huanhuan, we have all grown up."

Grown up enough to be able to protect her and for her to lean on.