Page 781 of Assistant to My Contracted Husband

Ow... it will hurt, I’m so scared...

Gu Mochen: "..."

Energy Crystal?

It was the first time Gu Mochen had heard this unique term, watching the little lolita’s frightened expression, a dark light flashed across his ink-colored eyes... it was an insulin injection.

A look of gravity passed over Gu Mochen’s eyes, and Jian Ran was not feeling much better herself.

"Good... If Tang Bao feels pain, tell mommy, and mommy will ask the nurse to give you more energy, okay?"

Jian Ran tried to lift the corners of her mouth, aiming to make her own emotions appear less strained.

If insulin is injected 15 minutes before a meal, it can help control the post-meal rise in blood sugar levels.

So... what she did most often was to give these injections first thing after the little lolita woke up.

Tang Bao, watching Jian Ran’s furrowed beautiful eyes, though terrified inside, still sweetly stretched out her fair little hand to touch Jian Ran’s brow and said in a babyish voice.

"Hehe... I’m not scared... Mommy, stop frowning... I am a man, not afraid of pain at all... My favorite thing... is to get the Energy Crystal injections... I am Superman, and I am also the leader of the Yuncheng City Boy Fan Club!"

Jian Ran, listening to the little lolita’s naturally optimistic words, curved the corners of her lips, holding back the tears in her eyes, and said in a hoarse voice.

"Mm... Tang Baobao is the best, truly mommy’s treasure..."

Having said that, Jian Ran prepared the insulin, her small hand holding the syringe shaking.

Gu Mochen said softly, "Let me do it."

"No need... I’ve gotten used to it over the years, I’ll do it."

Jian Ran looked at Gu Mochen in front of her with a slight smile at the corners of her mouth, seemingly soothing the man’s emotions, yet she didn’t know if she was comforting Gu Mochen or herself.

Gu Mochen’s eyes grew a bit more somber...

Heartache! Unbearable.

He desperately wanted to take on this pain for the little lolita...

Instead of having Jian Ran and the little lolita both bearing it now, one enduring it emotionally, the other physically.

And here he was, a father, unable to do anything.

...

Jian Ran tried to make her injections skilled, but after being injected, the little lolita still trembled violently from the pain and kept wanting Gu Mochen’s embrace.

Seeing this, Gu Mochen tenderly hugged the little lolita, watching her tears swirl in her eyes, yet she refused to let them fall.

This stubbornness, so like Jian Ran.

"Daddy... it doesn’t hurt, really... it doesn’t hurt at all..."

"Mm, Daddy believes Tang Baobao is a little man."

"Hehe..."

Gu Mochen watched with anguish as the little lolita was obviously in pain, cold sweat on her nose, yet she did not make a sound, while Jian Ran’s eyes reddened with distress.

Thinking back carefully, several times at the Linhai Villa, the little lolita would wake up in such a stoic state.

Gu Mochen did not know before that it was because the little lolita had been injected with insulin.

Now connecting the dots, Gu Mochen began to understand the whole picture.

How obtuse he had been before.

Gu Mochen’s mouth curved into a bitter smile, his large hand stroking the little lolita’s hair, and he said softly, "Daddy is very proud to have such a brave little princess."

"Hehe... Mommy is braver than me, she’s the most amazing when she’s protecting me..."