3. Consolation

The two children were led into the house, both of them with red eyes and tears in their eyes, but they just still kept quiet.

Putting the two children side by side on the bed, Xu Ran wiped their tears with his sleeves, only to find that the faces of the two children were becoming increasingly red due to the poor fabric of the clothes. Xu Ran have no alternative but to withdraw his hands with a little upset.

Tangtang and Guoguo both felt that there was something different with their dad today. In the past, when they were bullied, their dad would also rush out to protect them, but he wouldn't embrace them or wipe their tears. Although their dad made their faces hurt badly, Tangtang and Guoguo were still very happy.

Tangtang jumped off the bed and said, "Dad, don't cry. I'm not hurt."

Just as Xu Ran was about to say something, Guoguo also jumped down, "Dad, I'm not hurt as well."

Xu Ran's heart was filled with sorrow, thinking that the two children were really sensible.

He squatted down and gently wiped the faces of the two kids, "Both of you are really well-behaved. It was all because I have been useless, making you get bullied. But from now, you don't have to be worried anymore. No one will be able to bully you again in the future as I'm on your side."

And regardless of what Xu Ran had said was true or not, the two children both nodded heavily, giving all their trust to their father.

Xu Ran led the two kids to wash their faces and then took off Tangtang's clothes to make sure if he had been injured just now.

Then Xu Ran was shocked to see that Tangtang's body was black and blue and covered with many wounds, all of which looked like bruises.

Now it was hot and the kids were wearing less clothes. Even on a muddy ground, it was sure that the children would be hurt badly after being shoved heavily, not to mention that the children's skin was sensitive.

Seeing the physical condition of Tangtang, Xu Ran took off Guoguo's clothes as well, only to find that Guoguo was also injured. Fortunately, the injury of Guoguo was not as much and serious as Tangtang's. It seemed that Tangtang had been protecting Guoguo all the time .

With no medicine at home, Xu Ran could only spit on the wound. The two children were brave enough not to cry out for pain, which made Xu Ran even sadder.

After he had apply both children's bruises with saliva, Xu Ran put their clothes on.

Then he looked at the two children with an extremely serious expression, "Tangtang, Guoguo, listen up, I have something very important to tell you."

The two children looked at each other, then turned to Xu Ran and nodded at him. Tangtang said, "Dad, we're listening."

"Well. I want to tell you the truth that I'm not foolish now, but we can't tell anyone else about this. Only you two know about it. Afterwards, I will try to separate with grandpa and his family, then we live alone. Is it okay?"

As soon as Xu Ran finished his sentence, Guoguo hurriedly asked Xu Ran, "Dad, can't we told daddy?"

Xu Ran patted his head slightly, "I will tell him. All you have to keep in mind is not to tell anyone else."

"Alright, dad, we get it.."

Tangtang and Guoguo were still too young to totally understand what the difference is between foolish and not, so there was no sign of extraordinarily happy expression of them. All they cared for was Xu Ran's words about living together on their own.

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