Chapter 2009: 2009

Shen Manting arrived at the office . She punched in at work and changed into her work clothes . Just as she was about to start work, she received a phone call .

The number wasn’t assigned a contact name, but she was too familiar with it .

It was Shen Luo’an calling .

Shen Manting rejected the call . She started preparing her workstation .

There were all kinds of paperwork and logistical matters to manage .

About three minutes into her work, her phone rang again .

But it was not Shen Luo’an calling this time . A landline number was displayed on the phone screen .

The call was made from a phone in the capital .

It wasn’t the Shen family’s landline number either .

Shen Manting hesitated for a moment and eventually answered the call . “Hello?”

The voice of a middle-aged woman against a noisy background came from the other end of the line . “Hello, I’m calling from Renxin Hospital in the capital . I’m the head pediatrics nurse . Your child, Shen Yuexiao, has been admitted with a high fever of 39 degrees celsius . ”

Shen Yuexiao?

“Excuse me?” Shen Manting was stunned for a while . She suddenly came to her senses and thought to herself, Didn’t the nurse mention her child’s name?

“Come over immediately to look after the child . Don’t bear grudges against the child’s father anymore . The child has caught a dangerously high fever!” The head nurse sounded reproachful and impatient . “Call your husband . No one is capable of taking care of the child better than his mother!”

Shen Manting felt her head spin . The head nurse hung up .

She hastily dialed Shen Luo’an’s number . He picked up the phone within seconds .

His voice sounded hoarse . “Hello?”

“Shen Luo’an! I heard that the child is ill, isn’t he?” Shen Manting demanded in a panicked voice as she walked toward the changing room .

He grunted in a low voice on the other end of the line .

Shen Manting blew up in anger and shouted into the phone, “How could you be so careless with your child? Now he’s ill with a high fever . You’re such a lousy father!”

She didn’t bother filtering her words . Her colleagues turned to look at her with odd glances .

“What did you do for the child? At least I cared for him . Where were you?” Shen Luo’an sneered back . “The baby is now on a drip . He has been feverish since last night . If his fever persists, he might suffer permanent brain damage . ”

Shen Manting felt her heart explode . Her mind was buzzing .

She hung up the phone and changed her clothes in a hurry before approaching her supervisor to request for leave from work .

Fortunately, her supervisor was kind and understanding .

He let her leave without saying anything when he heard that her child had fallen ill .

Renxin Hospital was a distance away from the office . On top of that, it was rush hour .

The downside of working in the capital was that the various modes of transport were almost always congested .

Motor vehicles clogged up the roads, while the subway was packed with commuters .

But fortunately, Shen Manting didn’t have to wait too long to board the subway .

There was less foot traffic at the Renxin station . Shen Manting walked as fast as she could and soon emerged onto the road .

Shen Manting was panting heavily by the time she found her destination based on the address Shen Luo’an gave her .

The child was asleep . His body was flushed red like a tomato .

Shen Manting reached out to touch him . His body was exceptionally hot!

“Oh dear!” Shen Manting burst into tears . “How could he possibly have contracted a high fever? What kind of nanny did you hire?”

Shen Luo’an was already bitingly anxious . When he heard Shen Manting’s words, he closed his eyes and clutched at his scalp with his hands .

Shen Manting was so infuriated that she kicked him and yelled, “Are you mute? Say something!”

“I’ve already said that a nanny cannot take care of the baby as well as his mother . You are partly responsible for landing the baby in such a state,” Shen Luo’an uttered impatiently, frowning . “How dare you blame me!”

Shen Manting kept shedding tears . She wiped her eyes and cried, “The poor baby didn’t deserve us as his parents . He shouldn’t have been born to such parents!”