Chapter 235 Meeting the Uncle

Before she even stepped inside, she heard a coughing sound followed by the thud of a water glass hitting the ground.

Li Jinxiu was taken aback, and quickly took two steps to lift the curtain and go inside.

Seeing Wen Zhihan coughing against the bedside, she quickly reached out and patted his back, then turned to instruct Wen Yue, "Yueyue, quick, get your father another glass of water."

"Okay, coming right away." Wen Yue turned to Kong Wange and said, "Wange, please sit down. My dad has had a bit of a cold these past few days, and I guess he's not quite better yet."

Kong Wange nodded: "Go ahead and get busy."

Wen Yue responded and turned to run to the kitchen to pour water.

"You know, if you wanted water, you could have just asked someone. Why did you have to show off like that?" Li Jinxiu complained as she groped Wen Zhihan's back.

Kong Wange walked over and saw that Wen Zhihan's cough hadn't gotten better, so she said to Li Jinxiu, "Let me do it."

Li Jinxiu was stunned for a moment. Before she could move, she saw Kong Wange reach out and press her thumb against the hollow above Wen Zhihan's collarbone.

She rubbed it a few times, and after a moment, Wen Zhihan's cough stopped.

Just then, Wen Yue poured the water back, and Kong Wange took it from her: "Drink some water to help you relax."

Wen Zhihan drank the wine from Kong Wange's hand and finally recovered completely.

Kong Wange put the water aside: "How are you feeling now?"

Wen Zhihan breathed a sigh of relief: "Much better, Yueyue. Is this your friend? Thank you, little girl."

Kong Wange smiled and said, "We're all family, Uncle, please don't be so polite."

Wen Zhihan was taken aback when the word "uncle" came out.

Only then did he look up and seriously examine Kong Wange. Seeing her smiling face, he stammered, "You...you are..."

Beside her, Li Jinxiu stepped forward with a smile: "Don't be incredulous, this is Wange, Zhiyi's daughter."

Wen Zhihan propped herself up, her voice trembling slightly: "That's right, she looks so much like Zhiyi, who else could she be but her daughter... But Wan Ge, why did you come back to the Wen family?"

From the moment she learned that her uncle's family still cared about her and her mother, Kong Wange felt a warm glow in her heart.

Hearing Wen Zhihan's question, she said gently, "Uncle, this is a long story."

She tried to keep her story brief as she recounted her experiences and how she came to live with the Wen family.

She didn't mention finding the murderer, but only said that she had won a spot in the Ling Shu Competition, so Wen Zirou and the others found her and brought her back.

As Kong Wange slowly narrated, Wen Zhihan's emotions gradually stabilized, though his tone still betrayed his excitement: "It's good that you're back. You should have come back a long time ago. If it weren't for my incompetence, I would have gone to find you long ago. Wange, you've suffered so much all these years."

Kong Wange smiled and said, "I'm fine living outside the Kong family without my uncle. When I was in the countryside, I met a very skilled master who taught me medicine. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get a ranking in the Ling Shu Competition."

Wen Zhihan nodded: "Your mother is extremely talented in medicine, so you must be just as good."

Li Jinxiu chimed in from the side, "So Wan Ge had such an experience outside. No wonder your uncle was coughing so much just now, but he felt better after you pressed him a couple of times."

“I just pressed on the Tian Tu acupoint, which is very effective in stopping coughs in a short time. If this happens again in the future, Auntie can try it too.”

"Okay, I've learned it!" Li Jinxiu said with a smile, "Wange, you and your uncle chat for a while, I'll go outside and check the fire on the stove, the medicine is still decocting."

"Okay, just let me know if you need any help."

"No need, these are all chores I'm used to doing. Yueyue's help is enough."

Wen Yue nodded in agreement: "Sister Wan Ge, I'll go help my mom. You and my dad can have a good talk."

After saying that, the mother and daughter went out together.

Kong Wange turned to Wen Zhihan and smiled, "Uncle is so lucky to have Aunt and Yueyue with him."

Looking at his wife and daughter bustling about in the kitchen, Wen Zhihan said gently, "Although Jinxiu is not from a wealthy family, she was still loved by her parents from a young age. If she hadn't married me, she wouldn't have had to suffer so much."

"Yueyue is also very sensible. She has been shy and introverted since she was a child. She keeps whatever she suffers to herself. I know that she has had a hard time these past few years. She said that she could become a star in the entertainment industry and make a lot of money to show me her legs. But the entertainment industry is not so easy to break into. Her personality will definitely cause her to suffer."

After saying that, he sighed deeply: "Alas, it's all my fault as a father. I'm too useless to support this family."

Kong Wange felt a tightness in her chest as she listened, and slowly exhaled, saying, "Uncle, Yueyue said that you injured your leg when you were in your early twenties?"

Wen Zhihan nodded: "Yes, I was so disheartened back then that I didn't pay attention and missed the best treatment period. After all these years, I had long given up, but your aunt and Yueyue were unwilling to give up and kept trying to treat me."

A shadow fell over Kong Wange's heart: "You gave up treatment because of my mother, didn't you?"

Wen Zhihan quickly waved his hand: "Wange, don't think too much. Actually, I'm fine this way. Unlike your mother, who loved studying medicine since she was a child, I prefer reading miscellaneous books and don't care much about medicine. Although I've never been able to sit up again in this life, it's not without its advantages. At least your grandfather never forced me to study medicine again after that. I can live a leisurely life, translating books I like in my spare time, which can be considered as fulfilling my wish from back then."

When Wen Zhihan said this, Kong Wange could easily hear the regret in his tone. It was just a man's self-consolation after helplessly compromising.

For a man, what could be more devastating than being supported by his wife and daughters for the rest of his life?

"I've noticed that your aunt has been preparing medicine for you. How effective is it?"

Wen Zhihan shook his head: "I've had a lot of needles and medicine, but I still can't feel anything in my legs. To be honest, I've almost forgotten what it feels like to be able to walk on my own."

He smiled and said, "Forget it. I'm practically half-buried in the ground now. I've long since given up hope of ever getting back up. To be honest, if I wasn't worried that my wife and daughter would have no one to rely on after I'm gone, I would have just taken a bottle of medicine in twenty years. I'd rather not have dragged them down for so many years."

"Wen Zhihan, what nonsense are you spouting again?" As she spoke, Li Jinxiu brought in a bowl of medicine and placed it by the bedside, glaring at the person on the bed: "If you keep talking nonsense, you'll be fine tonight."

Wen Zhihan coughed lightly and said in a low voice, "I was just saying that. Do you think I would really disobey you? Xiaoge'er is here, so please be quiet."

Listening to the two talking, Kong Wange raised the corners of her mouth and said, "Uncle, drink your medicine first, and then let me see your leg."

Wen Zhihan paused, then sighed: "Little Ge'er, your uncle knows you've learned some medical skills outside, but you really don't need to see a doctor. The Wen family has already come and gone to see you many times, and I've already given up."