Chapter 899: Be A Child (II)

Several women shook their heads. They all moved closer to Xiao Cai; their eyes were filled with maternal brilliance.

"Captain Meng said that there is no need for us to train today and asked us to collect as many baby supplies as possible today. As for the training, she said that we can go back to training tomorrow." One of the women answered as she looked at the little baby in the arms of Bai Meiyue. Facing such a small child, no woman would feel unloving. Women, no matter what their age was, they had maternal instincts buried deep in their bones.

"It seemed like we had an heir for the safe base." Another woman laughed as she pinched Xiao Cai’s cheeks.

Upon hearing her remark, many of the women could not help but laugh.

Bai Meiyue looked at them with a smile; she did not say anything, nor did she refuse their notion.

At the same time, another woman reached out and patted Xiao Cai on the cheek. She said to him, "That’s right, little Cai. You have to grow up quickly and awaken your abilities quickly. The future of our safe base will depend on you in the future."

At first, it was a little cute, but then they continuously chattered about the same thing over and over again. Seeing this, Bai Meiyue could no longer laugh. What was going on? Why were these women thinking? Why were they connecting Xiao Cai and the safe base together? There was no such thing as the two of them being connected. Her son was so young; why should he bear the great responsibility for the prosperity of the entire safe base? This does not meet her expectations. Why?

Because she never wanted her son to be tied to the safe base.

Besides, Xiao Cai was just an ordinary child in her past life. He never awakened any ability, even when he was three years old. There was a good chance that he might not be able to awaken any ability this time around either. These people were already putting her son on a pedestal; what if the pressure became too much for her son to bear?

Bai Meiyue was about to stop these women when her gaze fell on the little boy, the one whom she had taken in a few days. What was his name again? Weiguo. That’s right.

She looked at the little boy who was standing in the corner, with dirty and cracked nails. If one were to look carefully, they would also be able to see the blood sticking to his nails.

Bai Meiyue had a deep impression of Weiguo. Seeing the precocious expression on that small face, and remembering that not long ago, the child’s sister had died. She sighed in her heart; she leaned on the hospital bed and waved to him.

"Weiguo... your name is Weiguo. Come in."

Weiguo hesitated, but he still walked inside the room. He peeked at Bai Meiyue before lowering his head.

When Bai Meiyue saw his hesitant expression, she could not help but feel sorry for the little boy. He was so young, and he had already lost his elder sister.

"Weiguo, I cannot bring your sister back to life, but look at this...this is your little brother. Will you be willing to take care of him and protect him?"

"I...I will!"

Weiguo replied without any hesitation, and then seemed to be stunned, looking at the little one in Bai Meiyue’s arms, the fleshy little one, and nodded solemnly again. He said to Bai Meiyue, "I will protect young master with my life."

"Hehe, there is no need to be so solemn. There is no need to protect him with your life."

Bai Meiyue looked at Weiguo and could not help but laugh. He was only ten years old, and yet he was already talking about protecting Xiao Cai with his life. His expression was so solemn and serious that Bai Meiyue could not help but find it amusing.

Bai Meiyue was not the only one who laughed; Yan Wanning and the rest of the women also laughed.

However, even when they were laughing at the little boy, there was no change in his serious expression. Bai Meiyue sighed. While she was glad that the boy had matured after facing such a terrible thing, she couldn’t help but notice that the boy was a little too mature for his age. She waved her hand and said, "Take him down to the mansion and wash him. Have him change his clothes and feed him some meat; he looks rather frail. Forget about protecting Xiao Cai; if he stayed in this form, there was a good chance that he would end up getting knocked down by a gust of wind."

As a child, he should look like a child. Maybe he had faced too much. Bai Meiyue understood what was going on, but she still hoped that the boy would still have his innocence intact, so she threw him into the group of children who followed Meng Guo.

Maybe if the two of them stayed with one another, both of them would calm down. Meng Guo was way too happy for his own good.

The woman responded and then took Weiguo away from Bai Meiyue.

Yan Wanning discussed a few things with Bai Meiyue after the boy was gone. She told her about the current situation of the safe base and relayed how Lu Yin had tried to attack their safe base but failed because of Lei Qian. She wanted to talk and keep holding onto her grandson for a while, but Yan Wanning knew that she had a lot of tasks to finish. She sighed and said to Bai Meiyue, "I will come back soon, honey. Till then, take care of yourself and your son."

She still had to arrange for a villa so that she could take Bai Meiyue away for her confinement.

As soon as she left, Lei Qian came running inside with Lei Yan and his family.