Chapter 25: What Happened

At this moment, Ye Silai stepped forward: "Uncle, Uncle’s leg is not convenient, I’ll do it."

Doctor Dai reached out and patted Ye Silai’s head: "What a sensible good child."

After helping to fetch water, he finally left.

Once Doctor Dai left, the patient’s family member from the next bed couldn’t bear it anymore and stood up: "Little Sili, let me handle it."

But Ye Silai didn’t agree: "Granny Zhang, no need. Doctor Dai just taught me, and I can’t always trouble you."

These days, the uncles, aunts, grandpas, and grandmas in the ward have helped him and his uncle a lot. His uncle also said that things he can do himself, he shouldn’t always think about troubling others.

He kept these words in his heart. Earlier downstairs, he was too scared, which is why he asked that sister to stay. Thinking about it now, his little face was full of regret.

He even sneaked a glance at his uncle.

Aunt Zhang smiled upon hearing Sili’s words: "Director He has taught the child very well."

She gave a few pointers before returning to her husband’s side.

He Jinxuan looked at his little nephew Ye Siyan, who was breathing less heavily, and finally felt at ease: "Sili, where is Aunt Cui Lin?"

During his hospitalization, he spent money to ask the sister next door to help look after the two children and also help cook for them. Now that Siyan had a fever and was sent to the hospital, Sister Cuilin was nowhere to be seen.

Ye Silai’s face changed upon hearing his uncle’s question, his eyes filled with tears: "Uncle, can we have someone else take care of us?"

He Jinxuan had a bad feeling upon hearing this: "What happened?"

Sili thought: Actually, besides cooking and washing clothes for them, Aunt Cui Lin didn’t really take care of them, and she only dared not mess with the patient’s meals for his uncle, but always shorted the meals for him and his brother.

Before, he feared affecting his uncle’s recovery, thinking that everything would be fine once his uncle recovered and went home. But now that his brother was sick, he didn’t want to hide it any longer: "Uncle, Aunt Cui Lin always let their Niqiu eat first after she prepared meals and served yours; whatever was left was for me and Siyan.

Aunt Cui Lin said that children shouldn’t eat too much. Sometimes Siyan was so hungry he couldn’t sleep and cried, so I could only give him water."

He Jinxuan, upon hearing Sili’s words, emanated a low-pressure aura: "Why didn’t you tell Uncle?"

Sili lowered his head: "Aunt Cui Lin said she’s the best cook in our area, and good food would help the patient recover faster. I wanted Uncle to get better quickly."

Hearing this, He Jinxuan felt both heartache and guilt, pulling the child into his embrace: "It’s Uncle who has wronged you."

Since his uncle got injured, Ye Silai had matured a lot, but at this moment, he couldn’t help but softly sob.

During these days, Aunt Cui Lin often bad-mouthed them, saying they were burdens, and that no girl would be willing to marry their uncle because of them, meaning their uncle would become a lifelong bachelor, putting a lot of pressure on him.

But they had no place to go. Ever since their mother was pregnant with his brother, their father disappeared, and later their mother got into an accident. Since it happened on a day off, there was no compensation, and no one was willing to take them in.

Six months ago, they were sent to their cousin’s place.

He was afraid their cousin wouldn’t want them either, so he was always very well-behaved, not only helping to take care of his brother but also doing whatever he could around the house. Listening to Aunt Cuilin’s words was painful for him, but he was too young to do anything about it.