Meng Wanzhi woke up early, preparing to get the two little rascals up for their tutoring class.
Today, she was already fully prepared.
If soft measures don't work, then hard ones will.
Another round of assessments is coming soon; she must drag them to the tutoring class even if it requires some push.
But as she just opened the door, she saw Jiang Bofan and Jiang Buchen, dressed neatly and hand in hand, standing straight at her door.
Seeing Meng Wanzhi come out, they said in unison, "Mom, we are ready. When are we going to class?"
Meng Wanzhi was stunned, instinctively thinking she was dreaming.
She rubbed her eyes, and at that moment, Jiang Mingchuan also came out of another room.
Seeing the scene in front of him, he also felt as bewildered as though he was still dreaming.
"Why are you two little ones up so early today? Are you really volunteering to go to class?"
"I can't quite believe it either."
Meng Wanzhi said as she pinched Jiang Mingchuan, who immediately covered his arm and cried out.
"Such pain, so it shouldn't be a dream."
She cupped the faces of the two little ones, "What's going on with you today? How come you're being so self-motivated?"
Jiang Bofan pursed his lips.
"Mom, we think what you're doing is right."
"There are many children in the sanatorium who want to go to school but can't; we clearly have such good conditions, we shouldn't be naughty and unruly."
"Moreover, Tangtang said that we can only become more useful people by going to school and learning knowledge. I don't want to end up a waste picking trash; I also want to open an amusement park like that wealthy elder brother!"
Jiang Buchen nodded in agreement on the side, "Brother is right!"
"Sanatorium? What sanatorium?" After hearing this, Meng Wanzhi and Jiang Mingchuan were puzzled.
"It's the place where sister took us yesterday," Jiang Bofan said, "We met many children there, and Tangtang also invited us to play with her again next week!"
Meng Wanzhi and Jiang Mingchuan exchanged a glance, deeply feeling how resourceful Jiang Li was.
She actually thought of taking these two naughty kids to such a place.
And it worked quite effectively.
Instead of adults lecturing them ceaselessly, letting the two little ones realize the importance of schooling on their own was better.
Meng Wanzhi was extremely pleased, as though a heavy stone in her heart finally fell.
"Alright, mom will take you to school now." She crouched down and looked at the brothers, "But you're right, mom shouldn't force you . Once class is over today, mom will take you to the amusement park."
"Also, didn't you want to be a spokesperson for the amusement park? Mom agrees to let you go, as long as you're happy, anything goes."
Jiang Bofan was extremely happy, clapping his hands, "Yay, yay, mom is the best!"
A smile surfed in Jiang Buchen's eyes as well.
This method indeed worked, better than always quarreling and sulking.
That female devil is really smart.
Jiang Bofan seemed to think of something, looked at Jiang Mingchuan beside him, and hesitantly walked up.
Jiang Mingchuan saw through his thoughts, smilingly said, "What do you want to say?"
"Well..... next week the sanatorium has a parent-child activity, parents should accompany us, Tangtang invited us... will you go?"
Jiang Mingchuan froze for a moment.
Did this kid finally acknowledge him?
But he still pretended to be aloof, coughed, and said, "Didn't you always call me uncle earlier? For such a parent-child activity, how can I, as an uncle, attend?"
Jiang Bofan's small face turned red, "That, that was my mistake."
"So what do you call me now?"
"I..." Jiang Bofan lowered his head, his small face red like a boiled shrimp.
At last, he shyly whispered, "Dad...."
Jiang Mingchuan's mouth corners lifted high, yet he deliberately bent down and said loudly:
"What did you say? Too quiet, I didn't hear."
Jiang Bofan clenched his fist.
For the sake of seeing Tangtang, he endured!
So he said a bit louder, "Dad!"
"No, still can't hear."
Jiang Bofan gritted his teeth, looked up at him, took a deep breath, and exclaimed with all his might—
Jiang Mingchuan felt satisfied, pinched his cheeks and gave him a kiss.
"That's more like it."
He looked up, just to catch sight of Meng Wanzhi gently bowing her head and her eyes full of laughter.
Jiang Mingchuan paused.
Seemingly, it recalled the moment of their first meeting.
Like a tangy green plum.
Just then, Meng Wanzhi also raised her eyes.
Their eyes meet, causing their hearts to skip a beat.
The next second, they hurriedly turned away, pretending as if nothing happened.
However, the whole scene was fully captured by Jiang Buchen below.
He frowned, seriously pondering.
Perhaps the relationship between dad and mom isn't as bad as he imagined?
A certain coffee shop.
As Yu Li stepped in the door, he saw Jiang Li sitting by the window.
He walked over and put the file folder in his hand on the table.
"What you asked for."
Jiang Li set down the coffee and started opening the folder, flipping through it page by page.
Yu Li sat across from her, feeling a bit curious.
"Why do you need documents from the maternity hospital over thirty years ago?"
"There's something I need to clarify."
"Is it very important? These documents are hard to find, considering that 30 years ago medical facilities were poor and many equipment have been retired; these were dug up one by one."
Jiang Li looked at him with a smile, "Why else would I ask for your help? Young Master Yu gets things done, don't worry, I'll treat you to dinner once it's settled."
"How come you make it sound like I'm just in it for the meal?"
"You snooze, you lose."
Jiang Li said as she carefully browsed through the contents of the file.
She actually found something.
She found Wan Huixia's name in the hospital admission records on July 10, and Hong Pei's name in the admission records on July 14.
Who is Meng Wanzhi's mother.
Both had surgery record that was done on the evening of the 14th around 11 p.m.
The difference being that Wan Huixia gave birth naturally, whereas Hong Pei had an emergency cesarean due to heavy bleeding.
The file records show that both indeed gave birth to a girl at ten minutes past midnight.
The files Yu Li dug up are the most comprehensive.
It clearly states that the child Wan Huixia delivered was perfectly normal, while in Hong Pei's column it showed abnormal indicators for the newborn.
But later on, suddenly things were normal, while Wan Huixia's child had various issues, even entered the intensive care unit on the fourth day.
Thus, the truth became apparent.