Chapter 1230: TangNing Begging for a girl (2/2)

He placed her hands within the covers and gently kissed her lips before sitting up. Judging from past experience, Han Yunxi wouldn’t wake until noon tomorrow at the earliest. He couldn’t sleep because he needed to wait for Rui’er to return. Although he said Gu Qishao could look after him as a lesson to the child and man both, he didn’t want Rui’er to be frightened for an entire night. At most, this was only to be a lesson and nothing more.

Long Feiye changed his clothes, put on a fox-fur robe, and left the tea pavilion and Narcissus Courtyard to find Rui’er in person. Xu Donglin saw his master emerge and immediately revealed himself. “Master, His Highness Crown Prince is in the Serene Sunlight Courtyard. This subordinate just returned and saw that he fell asleep in Gu Qishao’s arms, not the bed.”

Long Feiye’s face immediately fell as he grew unhappy. Gu Qishao, that annoying man. He’s still holding onto Rui’er after he fell asleep? He walked with wide strides to Serene Sunlight Courtyard, only to heard the sounds of crying soon afterwards.

It was Rui’er! Although he knew his son was prone to fuss, Long Feiye still felt a surge of panic and used his lightness techniques to find his son. The cries grew louder as he approached until Long Feiye was knitting his brows. Soon enough, he saw a lost Gu Qishao holding a bawling Rui’er and running towards him.

“Long Feiye, quick! Look at Rui’er, what’s wrong with him?”

“I can’t coax him no matter how I try. He was fine before, not afraid of me at all!”

Gu Qishao had just about lost his mind. Rui’er was clearly fast asleep, but he suddenly woke up and started crying as soon as he saw his face, demanding for his parents. He tried to comfort the child but in vain, so he ended up carrying him to find Long Feiye and the rest. If it wasn’t for his grip, Rui’er would have broken free of his arms by now. Even now, Rui’er began to wail, “Wahhhh…mother, father….mother, father…”

Seeing his face covered in tears as he struggled and sobbed, Long Feiye’s heart ached and almost ran forward to take the boy himself.

But he didn’t. He stood in place and told Chu Xifeng, “Go find Zhao mama, quickly!”

Even now, the wailing Rui’er had no idea his father was right there. He thrashed about before suddenly biting down on Gu Qishao’s hand. He only had six teeth in total, so it must have been painful, but Gu Qishao was too panicked to notice anything.

He hollered at Long Feiye, “What are you spacing out for? Take him away!”

“Put him down!” Long Feiye said coldly.

Gu Qishao refused. Rui’er was already acting out like this, so how could he set him down? Moreover, the ground was covered in snow, so the boy would end up rolling about in the cold instead. He strode forward and tried to give Long Feiye the boy, but the man backed away in response. Even on a good day, Rui’er cried whenever he picked him up, to say nothing of now? It wasn’t that Long Feiye didn’t want to hold his son, but that he couldn’t.

Gu Qishao pushed Rui’er towards Long Feiye, who immediately retreated. At this point, Rui’er had noticed his father was here as well. He looked at the man with teary eyes before bursting into stronger sobs.

“Long Feiye, what are you doing? Even strict fathers don’t act like this. Look at how young he is!” the clueless Gu Qishao only felt infuriated. Seeing that Rui’er had noticed his father, he set the boy down and coaxed, “Rui’er, go look for your father! Go on! If he dares to reject you, godfather will take you away right now. We’ll go so far away, we’ll never come back!”

Little Rui’er didn’t topple into the snow when he hit the floor, but stood in place and formed his hands into fists on his sides. His red eyes looked at Long Feiye pitifully.

“Father...wahhh...father!”

“Father…” The more he looked, the more he cried until he was practically melting into a puddle. Nobody knew how much Long Feiye’s heart pained at this instant.

He was always helpless before his son.

At last, even Gu Qishao felt puzzled. Just what was wrong with the child? He was crying for his father, so shouldn’t he be throwing himself into Long Feiye’s arms?

Why is Rui’er just standing there?

Why do Long Feiye’s eyes look so helpless and pitiful?

Abruptly, Long Feiye yelled at the shadow guards, “Where’s Xu Donglin? If Zhao mama doesn’t show up this instant, Zhen will cripple him!”

Just as he fnished, Rui’er suddenly ran towards him and hugged his legs. “Father...father...pick, pick me up!”

Long Feiye froze.