Wooing My Ex-Wife

Charles took off his disposable gloves and observed his injured hand in the corridor.

He was about to go downstairs when he bumped into Gwendolyn coming back from the restroom at the corner.

Gwendolyn had just finished a video conference. She washed and sanitized her hands to prevent bringing bacteria from the computer mouse to Benedict before returning to the ward.

When she faced Charles, she immediately noticed the bloodstains on his hand. By the time Charles tried to hide his hand behind his back, it was already too late.

“You’re injured?” she asked.

Charles smiled casually and replied, “It’s nothing. I slipped and fell on my way here.”

Observant as always, Gwendolyn sensed something unusual about him. “Even if you really slipped, you wouldn’t have gotten such an injury given your skills. Don’t tell me that your hand happened to hit a nail on the ground as you fell.”

Charles chuckled. “You know me well, Gwen.”

“The laboratory has top-notch security measures and cleanliness. How is a sharp object like a nail going to end up on the floor? Don’t try to deceive me. What really happened?” Gwendolyn asked.

Charles shrugged indifferently. “It seems impossible to hide anything from you, Gwen.”

A few minutes later, when the door to the ward was slowly opened, Benedict, who was devouring a piece of durian, quickly threw the remaining of it into the trash and hastily wiped the corners of his mouth.

Gwendolyn entered the ward.

Although Benedict’s actions were swift, he still couldn’t escape Gwendolyn’s eyes.

“Is your meeting finished, Mommy? Actually, there’s no need for you to rush back here. I know your work is important. I’m already used to receiving the drip alone. I can handle it myself,” Benedict said.

Gwendolyn said nothing as she calmly walked to his bedside.

Her gaze inadvertently fell on the corner of his mouth, where there were still traces of durian flesh. The room was filled with the pungent smell of durian.

Benny clearly loves eating durian. Why did he throw away the remaining piece as soon as he saw me coming in?

silently took a tissue from the bedside table and gently wiped the

obediently, his face showing no

expression grew increasingly serious as a thought flashed across

quickly grew rampant again despite having dissipated

that he immediately went to tattle to you, Mommy! Why didn’t he tell you that it was all voluntary on his part,

to meet him in the corridor, and I

continued, “But I’m the one who gave birth to you. I know you the best. If you want to retaliate against him, he will surely comply with guilt. This is

Benedict remained silent.

to strike back. Maybe I’ve thought too poorly of him all

Gwendolyn, who was always gentle and considerate, being so serious with him. Although he had

of Charles? Do you think I’m a naughty child who caused severe injuries to Charles’ hand? Are you going to

“Yes…” Gwendolyn sighed again.

any new friends. I have to receive daily drips and endure the pain. All I want is to make things difficult for Charles and to make him back off from bothering me. Who knew he would actually chop the

who had always been strong and rarely cried, had

open because he refused

heart ached when she

indeed extremely sensitive. She hadn’t said anything yet, but

in her arms and patted his back patiently to comfort him, she said, “I wasn’t going to reprimand or punish you, Benny. I know that you made three forgiveness requests

her response, Benedict

at

about? Charles caused your hospitalization, so you made him

retaliatory behavior to Benedict under normal circumstances, but now that he had already done it, she

“I thought you were going to

and Zendy. We have never thought of you as a bad child. Benny, at the age of five, you can already solve high-school-level Mathematical Olympiad math problems. You’re truly our talented

Although I support you unconditionally, you can’t go too far as to cause harm to someone’s life or hurt someone just because you don’t like them. In these

her child unconditionally, but it

people don’t mess with me, I won’t offend anyone. I won’t actively cause trouble, but I’m

worry, Mommy. I understand. But

the room, she had been holding her

could barely hold