"Xiao Wan took the train back by herself?" Xia Jianguo swallowed a mouthful of wonton, his brows furrowing even more.
Xia Wan shook her head, only then realizing that her father now thought that Xia Tao had found her, which was why she had come back!
"I came to Huaihua Brigade as an educated youth sent to the countryside. I haven't seen my brother in Suzhou. Maybe I came to the countryside before my brother could look for me. But Dad, don't worry, my brother will come back on his own if he can't find me!"
“I’m not worried about your brother. What could possibly happen to a grown man like him?” Xia Jianguo shook his head. He just hadn’t expected Xia Wan to go back to the countryside on her own. He tentatively asked, “Xiao Wan, are they treating you badly? Did they bully you?”
Xia Wan recalled the original owner's memories and couldn't find a single good thing about Qiao Chunsheng, so she spoke somewhat vaguely: "My adoptive mother passed away when I was very young, and my adoptive father favored sons over daughters and quickly remarried, so he couldn't take care of me!"
"It's good to be home. From now on... your brother will protect you!"
Xia Jianguo's eyes dimmed as he thought about how he was now a mess, unable to even protect his own daughter and only causing trouble for the children.
The excitement of seeing his biological daughter subsided at that moment.
The atmosphere became subdued for a moment. Xia Wan noticed her father staring at her legs and knew what he was thinking.
She put on a pitiful look and complained, "They were going to sell me to a fool, so I came back to find my biological father!"
Old Xia, you must take good care of yourself and protect your poor daughter! My brother will eventually have his own family, and I, his little sister, will have to step aside! If I get bullied then, he definitely won't protect me! I don't want to be a helpless, vulnerable girl!
She sensed that Lao Xia's mood was a bit off! She still needed to find him something to do, to let him realize his value, so he wouldn't overthink things and could become depressed!
Xia Jianguo understood what she meant, forced a smile, and patted her head: "Okay, Dad will be fine!"
"That's more like it!" Xia Wan gave him a look that suggested he was a promising student, and said leisurely, "Old Xia, I haven't had a good life since my adoptive mother left when I was a child. Now that I've finally found my biological father, I'll definitely be loved like other kids, right?"
Xia Jianguo was slightly taken aback, and it took him a while to react before nodding and saying in a strong voice, "Yes! Xiaowan should be happy every day!"
Xia Wan then smiled and said, "That's more like it. Dad, why don't you get some sleep? Didn't the doctor tell you to rest well?"
Neither the father nor the daughter spoke after that. Xia Wan knew her father wasn't asleep, but she didn't intend to disturb him. Xia Wan knew that as long as he had time, he would definitely be able to figure things out!
Lao Xia isn't the kind of person who gets stuck on things!
Xia Wan sat in a chair, closed her eyes to rest, and remembered that her points had reached one hundred. With a thought, she summoned the system.
"Little system, where's the in-game store?"
[Do you agree to spend 100 points as a deposit to open the shop?]
"Yes, yes, hurry up and stop dawdling!"
I wonder if there's any medicine in this shop that can cure Old Xia. After all, he's a cheat system, so it wouldn't be unreasonable for him to have some kind of divine medicine from the cultivation world, right?
[The system shop is now open. 100 points are locked. 6 points remain!]
[All transactions in the store require points. The number of points required varies depending on the item. Please check the details yourself!]
As soon as the system voice finished speaking, a transparent panel popped up in front of Xia Wan.
The display is simple and clear, with two separate interfaces: purchase and inquiry.
Purchases are, of course, items that can be redeemed with points, such as daily necessities and food. There's also medicine, but not any miracle cures; it's mostly traditional Chinese medicine.
Xia Wan, who knew nothing about medicine, curled her lip and flipped to the search interface!
This is interesting!
This interface has only one input dialog box, a search button next to it, and a brief description.
Xia Wan realized after watching it that this search function was similar to Baidu, used for asking questions!
As long as it doesn't violate international rules, involve Chinese state secrets, or involve anything illegal, it can be investigated!
"That's great! But checking once is too expensive! A thousand points!"
"This isn't good. You can only get points by beating people up, and everything in your shop is so expensive. Little system, are you encouraging me to beat people up?!"
Xia Wan spoke in an affected tone, as if she looked down on the system's behavior and didn't want to associate with it!
[Please be more careful with your words, host. It's not about hitting someone, it's about hitting a bad guy!]
"Tsk tsk, why are you so excited? Little System, your mechanical voice is starting to split!"
Xia Wan rolled her eyes, thinking to herself that this system must be up to no good! But for now, it seems to be a good system with sound values, so we can continue to cooperate!
Sigh... She's still broke and has to work hard to make ends meet!
Feeling her father's breathing gradually stabilize, Xia Wan quietly got up and went to the doctor's office.
The only doctor in the office right now is the old doctor who treats Xia Jianguo. He was quite surprised to see Xia Wan come in.
"What's wrong? Is the patient feeling unwell anywhere?"
Xia Wan shook her head and sat down on the stool next to her: "No, I came to ask if there is any possibility that my dad's leg can be cured, and whether he needs further examination."
I wonder where her dad got treatment when he was first injured. Given the nature of the Xia family, they definitely wouldn't have spent a lot of money on his treatment!
It's been delayed for so long, and I don't even know if it's gotten worse.
"You can get him checked out, but I suggest you focus on getting him healthy first. Your dad is very weak right now and can't handle too much medication! Getting him in good health will make the treatment go more smoothly."
The doctor, now that he knew Xia Wan wasn't abusing patients, softened his attitude towards her: "Which hospital did you have your checkups at before? Do you have any medical records?"
"No, before... my family took me!" Xia Wan shook her head: "Let's have another check-up in the next couple of days, so we know exactly what's going on and we'll be more at ease, okay, doctor?"
The doctor naturally had no reason to refuse, and he was quite pleased with the patient's family's proactive cooperation: "Of course! Your father's leg has been injured for quite some time now, hasn't it?"
"Yes, it's been two or three years. It was a car accident!" She had heard Aunt Cuihua say that her father used to be a truck driver and had an accident while transporting goods.
After the injury, Xia Tao took over the job, and because of this job, the Xia family made quite a spectacle for the villagers!
However, in the end they couldn't go against Lao Xia's wishes, and the job still fell into Xia Tao's hands!
"Alright, let's do a full check-up for him tomorrow!" The old doctor didn't say much more; in this situation, we could only see the results after the examination.
"Okay, thank you, doctor!" Xia Wan nodded and left.
Actually, she didn't really trust the old equipment at the county hospital, but current conditions didn't allow them to go to big cities for checkups.
Perhaps once Lao Xia's health has improved, they can go to a hospital in Beijing for a checkup!
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