Raising You This Small Stuff

Chapter 58.1 Mo Yi Yan who was awake!

Mo Yi Yan didn’t wake up, but the doctor diagnosed that he was no longer in danger. Everyone stayed outside the ward for a long time, then finally Mo Yi Cheng suggested that the housekeeper take Mother Mo back to rest for a while.

Mother Mo, who was exhausted and overwrought from the scare she had just received was being supported by Mo Yixu when her eyes suddenly fell on Yuan Suo who had been standing on the side quietly.

Yuan Suo’s appearance was already a mother’s delight so the more she looked at him, the more she liked him. She asked, “Who is this child?”

Mo Yi Cheng took Yuan Suo’s hand hurriedly and moved forward, “Mom, this is Du Du.”

“Ah, Du Du.” She repeated the name, then inexplicably felt that the name was unusually familiar.

Yuan Suo greeted politely, “He… Hello, Auntie Mo…..”

His little voice was so sweet and soft like a kitten’s paw, making Mother Mo’s originally keyed up emotions ease up a lot. She smiled, “Are you Yi Cheng’s friend?”

“Hmm.” Yuan Suo nodded, silently emphasising in his heart that he was his boyfriend, but he had to keep it a secret for now!

Mother Mo took his hand and patted it twice, “Come and visit us at home often.”

Yuan Suo nodded his head again.

Mother Mo’s hand stiffened, her eyes narrowing as if she had remembered something, “Du Du?”

“Huh?” Yuan Suo froze, “Auntie what’s…. what’s wrong?”

“Ah… no… nothing.” No wonder the name sounded so familiar, wasn’t ‘Du Du’ the name of the baby corgi Yi Cheng raised many years ago? It was cute and adorable, small with short legs and big butt and had the ability to sell its cuteness and was doted on and ate until it was round like a balloon.

She ha ha’d and Yuan Suo didn’t dare ask too many questions, but everyone in the room, except for Chen Jiao, seemed to know what the name ‘Du Du’ meant. The housekeeper raised his hand to cover his mouth with his fist and coughed twice, Mo Yixu turned his head away, afraid that he would laugh out loud, and Mo Yi Cheng turned blue then white for a moment. Giving Yuan Suo a dog’s name —It had really just been a convenient name at that time.

The unaware party, Yuan Suo, was a little perplexed by the strange stares, but didn’t want to be left out so he smiled nervously. Mother Mo’s heart melted when she saw this.

For no apparent reason, she thought to herself, it would have been wonderful if he were a girl. Apart from her eldest who liked men, she still had two sons, she would have definitely been able to bring him home as a daughter-in-law. Shaking her head, she yanked herself away from her wild thoughts. It seemed like she really needed to rest, she was exhausted.

Looking at Mo’s mother’s back as she suddenly left in a hurry, Yuan Suo asked Mo Yi Cheng somewhat nervously, “Does auntie not like me?”

Mo Yixu on the side interjected without waiting for his second brother to speak, “No, don’t worry, mum likes you best like this, well behaved and understanding.”

“Re….. really?” After all, she was Mo Yi Cheng’s mother. He was afraid of leaving a bad impression on her.

“Of course,” Mo Yi Cheng replied from the bottom of his heart, holding the little thing’s hand.

Mo Yixu and Chen Jiao stayed in the hospital with Mo Yi Yan, while Mo Yi Cheng drove Yuan Suo home.

Mo Yi Cheng didn’t let Yuan Suo sit in the passenger seat; instead, he seated him in the back seat. When Yuan Suo saw a message on his tablet, he clicked on it, then his expression changed from one of confusion to one of surprise.

“What’s wrong?” Mo Yi Cheng asked when he saw this.

Yuan Suo immediately read the message he had received out loud to Mo Yi Cheng. It turned out that a media outlet had previously added him via private message on Weibo but didn’t speak much, but today he was suddenly asked if he had time to do a live audio interview to talk about his comic ‘The Best You’ which was now growing in popularity online.

“Du Du is very awesome.” Mo Yi Cheng didn’t mince words with his praise. His most recent comic was gaining popularity online, and one by one, certain well-known V’s re-posted it and gave it positive reviews.

“But…. should I accept the invitation?” Although the news was exciting, accepting the interview would mean being exposed to more external people and events, and this was something Mo Yi Cheng was trying to avoid.

Mo Yi Cheng knew the little thing was concerned about him, “It’s a great opportunity to promote the comic and improve understanding between you and your readers, but it’s up to you to decide if you’re interested. However I’ll give you my full support if you want to.”

This time Yuan Suo had difficulty deciding, “I… I’ll think about it again.”

Mo Yixu was confused as his mind kept circling around the fact that second brother left Chen Jiao behind. Later when he returned after going to buy coke from the vending machine and saw the look in Chen Jiao’s eyes as he looked at his big brother from the bedside, he suddenly understood something.

Mo Yi Yan had been surrounded by many people over the years, but Mo Yixu hadn’t met a lot of them. Mo Yi Yan seems to have tried very hard to keep them from entering his most intimate space, such as meeting his family. But there were certain contacts that had been made and probably because Mo Yi Yan had built the relationships based on something else other than emotion from the start, none of the feelings that the other side brought was very good. If it was Chen Jiao instead… Mo Yixu couldn’t help but applaud his big brother’s decision, a satisfied expression on his face.

“Brother Chen, drink some water.” Mo Yixu had bought mineral water for Chen Jiao.

“Thank you.” Chen Jiao took the bottle of water, opened it and drank two sips. Because Mo Yixu had returned, he had to remove his sight, but the corners of his eyes couldn’t help but fall on Mo Yi Yan’s face.

Chapter 58.2 Mo Yi Yan who was awake!

Mo Yixu tilted his head, drank half of the bottle of coffee, smacked his lips then asked, “Brother Chen, did you use to… know my big brother very well?”

Chen Jiao froze for a moment, “We only, only sort of know each other. I worked as Mo Ge’s assistant so we’ve came into contact a few times.”

“Oh.” Mo Yi Xu nodded thoughtfully.

There was another moment of silence between the two of them before Mo Yixu found the topic again, “Brother Chen, you sing so well, how come you’re working as an assistant for my second brother?”

Chen Jiao let out an ‘ah’ sound then laughed helplessly, “The entertainment industry… isn’t as simple as one might think, behind all the glitz and glamour is blood, sweat and tears. I’m already luckier than a lot of people by getting this assistant job in the first place.”

“Did you write the song ‘Galaxy’ yourself?”

“Hmm.”

“Was it written recently? It has a nice mood to it. It must have been inspired by being under the stars, right?” Mo Yixu’s fingers couldn’t help but tap rhythmically on the coffee can as he remembered the rhythm of ‘Galaxy.’

Chen Jiao paused, then replied, “It was written when I was in university. I only remember that at that time I was sitting… on the rooftop, the sky was full of stars, I was holding a guitar and there was…..” There was only one person. Only one person? Hmm, only one person.

They didn’t notice that Mo Yi Yan, who had been lying on the hospital bed, had slowly opened his eyes while they were talking. Suddenly seeing the light again, his brow furrowed as it stung his eyes, but he still tried to see the person in front of him desperately.

The sunlight cast a half-shadow on the man’s face, highlighting his soft contours, warm and jade-like temperament as well as the tear mole at the corner of his eye that would go unnoticed if one didn’t look closely….

Mo Yi Yan’s breathing suddenly turned erratic. This face, this face!

“Cough cough cough….” His chest moved up and down and he couldn’t help but cough.

Chen Jiao and Mo Yixu turned their heads nervously at the same time.

“Big brother, are you alright?”

“Cough! I’m ok…” He struggled to get up. Chen Jiao subconsciously wanted to help him but his hand stopped mid-air. As he hesitated, Mo Yixu had already helped him up.

Slightly lost, Chen Jiao wanted to retreat but a huge force suddenly clamped his arm out of thin air, holding his slender wrist firmly in place like a pair of pincers.

“Ugh.” Chen Jiao couldn’t help but let out a stifled grunt, looking at Mo Yi Yan who had grabbed his wrist in surprise.

Mo Yi Yan seemed to be using all his strength as the veins on the back of his hand bulged, his eagle-like eyes staring at the man in front of him. This was the face, this was the face! He could see it clearly and remember it. It had appeared in his dreams countless nights and he admonished himself that he had to remember it, he had to remember it, only to be left with nothing but a blank after waking up.

“You…” Mo Yi Yan spoke, his voice hoarse.

“Pre…. President Mo, I’m Chen Jiao, do you, do you want me to call the doctor?” Chen Jiao thought that there had been a change in Mo Yi Yan’s condition.

How could Mo Yi Yan let him go? He yanked him forward with great force and Chen Jiao who was originally not very strong and also panicking in his heart stumbled and almost fell on top of him.

Mo Yixu looked on in disbelief, somewhat at a loss as to what to do.

“Are you Chen Jiao?” Mo Yi Yan’s cold pool-like eyes stared at him intently, as if he could pull him into the abyss at any moment.

Chen Jiao’s wrists hurt, his thighs had just hit the edge of the bed, and he felt like he couldn’t breathe from being stared at from such a close distance.

“Ye…. Yes. President Mo, we’ve met before.” His voice trembled slightly as he said this, struggling slightly to get out of this awkward situation.

The result of Chen Jiao’s movement was that Mo Yi Yan looked as if someone wanted to steal his property as he pulled him back desperately. Mo Yixu on the side really couldn’t look on anymore. The way his big brother was acting was really too ungentlemanly. He looked like a bully trying to steal a good woman… cough… a man.

Just as he joined in the tug of war, trying to separate Mo Yi Yan and Chen Jiao, the door to the ward was pushed open.

Mother Mo returned home to rest for a few minutes but was still uneasy, so she asked someone to prepare soup in order to bring it over. As a result, as soon as she opened the door, she was confronted with this scene. Her two sons were pulling a man and fighting over him and from where she was standing, they seemed to be pulling him towards their arms. For a moment, she almost fainted as her blood pressure spiked.

“What are you doing!?”

The three of them froze at the same time and turned their heads to see a serious-faced Mother Mo and the housekeeper at the door.

Mo Yixu let go like he had been electrocuted and Chen Jiao backed away desperately. It was only Mo Yi Yan who was still holding on to Chen Jiao’s hand for dear life.