Early in the morning, Chu received a call from his mother; she had been injured and was currently in the hospital.
Chu Fang could only describe it with two words: Exciting!
After hanging up the phone, he immediately drove to a nearby hospital, his heart filled with anxiety: "Why did Mom get up so early today? Why did she leave home? And why did she go outside the neighborhood? Was she injured again?... ..."
Judging from my mother's voice and breathing, the injury shouldn't be serious.
They arrived at the hospital shortly after, parked the car right at the entrance, and before the hospital security guards could even move them, they took out a dozen or so red banknotes from the front of the car and handed them to the other person, saying hurriedly, "Please stop the car for me, thank you."
After saying that, he shoved the bag into the security guard's arms and ran straight to the hospital.
The security guard watched the hurried figure disappear into the distance, then glanced at the banknotes in his pocket, and shook his head slightly: "No matter how much money you have, you can't buy health."
Upon entering the hospital, Chu Fang looked around and immediately spotted his mother, who was sitting in the hospital lobby, also looking around. When she saw him, her eyes lit up, she waved, and shouted loudly, "My goodness~~~"
Chu Fang ignored the strange looks he received because of his form of address and walked straight over, his gaze falling on his mother's right leg, which was in a cast and wrapped in white gauze.
Mom pouted, touched her right leg, and said in a wronged tone, "It hurts~~~"
"..." Chu Fang's worries lessened a bit. At least he could say it hurt, so it wasn't too painful. He squatted down and examined his right leg. There was no bleeding or injury. "What did the doctor say?"
"I almost died," Chu's mother replied, then suddenly pulled her right leg back. "Don't touch it, it hurts."
What happened to your foot?
"I twisted my ankle."
Chu Fang asked, "How did you twist your ankle?"
Upon hearing this, Chu's mother sighed sadly and explained the whole story: "I don't know why, I ate a lot yesterday, I was stuffed, because the food my darling made was so delicious, but I woke up hungry this morning..."
After Chu's mother's rambling and digressions, Chu Fang finally understood the whole thing.
Today, Chu's mother woke up hungry (just a made-up excuse). Seeing that her son's bedroom door was closed, she didn't disturb him and went outside to find something to eat. She bought a cup of orange juice, but had no money, so a kind person paid for it for her.
Little did they know that the kind person was also a resident of the Tanhua Community, so the two went back to the community together. Chu's mother was preparing to return the money to the kind person when, on the way back, she accidentally jumped down a three-meter-high step and sprained her ankle.
"A mishap?" Chu Fang tilted his head.
"Hehe..." Chu's mother scratched her face.
"There's food at home."
"I want to eat out."
“... ..."
Chu Fang was suspicious that his mother had gone out for breakfast so early in the morning, but he didn't ask too many questions, as long as she was alright.
Looking at my mom's right leg, it looks like we'll have to stay in Shanghai for a few more days.
"Are you still hungry?" Chu Fang asked, watching his mother sway her body and swing her left leg, looking quite relaxed.
"Hungry... ..."
Just as Chu Fang was about to go to the hospital's convenience store to buy milk and bread, he saw his mother's clear, bright eyes sparkle as she waved enthusiastically behind him: "Hi, little sister."
Little sister?
Chu Fang was taken aback.
But then she remembered that the kind person who paid for Chu's mother's bill was the one who brought her to the hospital. Chu's mother and the kind person were not related by blood, but Chu's mother insisted on calling everyone else her sister.
He had a friendly smile on his face, but when he turned around, his smile froze instantly, and his voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth: "You son of a bitch!"
“It’s my little sister,” Chu’s mother corrected earnestly. “No, you should call her Auntie.”
"Auntie... Auntie?" The kind person on the other end of the line sounded surprised.
“That’s right.” Chu’s mother nodded, then introduced her to Chu Fang, “This is my half-sister, Zhong Tingyue. She’s a beautiful woman, kind and warm-hearted. She not only paid for my bill but also took me to the hospital and handled all the procedures… ”
While Chu's mother was rambling on about what had happened that morning, Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue slowly came to their senses, staring at each other with their eyes meeting.
In an instant, the two of them had learned the whole story.
At this moment, a tidal wave suddenly surged in Zhong Tingyue's heart.
She had always fantasized about meeting Chu Fang's parents, bringing a large pile of gifts, going to Chu Fang's house, and putting on the act of a good daughter-in-law, with both sides smiling happily.
She also thought that Chu Fang's parents didn't care about her, while she was the one who was trying to please them.
Ideas like these.
But I never imagined that I would meet Chu Fang's mother in this way.
"Hehe..." Zhong Tingyue was so embarrassed that her toes clenched for the first time. She greeted Aunt Chu with, "Hello, Auntie."
"Auntie? You should call me sister," Chu's mother corrected, then suddenly her eyes swept across the room like a blazing sun, as if she had noticed something, and asked suspiciously, "You two seem to know each other?"
"Yes, we are neighbors," they both answered in unison.
After they finished speaking, they looked at each other, surprised by their identical answers.
“Good neighbor! A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. Little sister, we’re really destined to meet.” Hearing this, Chu’s mother clapped her hands and laughed. She said to Chu Fang, who was almost frozen in place, “My dear, how can you be so insensible? Hurry up and greet them.”
"Huh?" he couldn't help but exclaim, "What's your name?"
Neighbor? Girlfriend? Future wife? ... ...
"Auntie!"
Chu Fang glanced sideways at Zhong Tingyue, swallowed hard, and stammered, "Auntie... Auntie... Auntie... Auntie..."
"Oh, right." Chu's mother nodded and said to Zhong Tingyue, "Little sister, this is my son. You can call him nephew."
"Nephew?" Zhong Tingyue's voice was filled with disbelief.
Chu's mother said, "Little sister, my son is your son too. If you ever need anything in Shanghai, just tell your nephew. We're family."
A family?
I did think about becoming a family, but not in the way that I became Chu Fang's aunt. And wouldn't that be too perverse...? Zhong Tingyue felt confused and bewildered.
... ...
With great willpower, Chu Fang restrained his turbulent emotions and tried his best to remain calm. He then took his mother to see doctors or have her undergo physical examinations in various departments of the hospital.
Check for any other injuries, especially in the brain area, such as a brain CT scan and intracranial MRI.
What kind of consciousness was guiding my mother to mistake his girlfriend for her sister?
That's ridiculous!
"Ugh, this is so annoying. I'm not crazy," Chu's mother muttered.
"Then I'll give you a math question."
"explain."
"Ten years have passed, and we are separated by life and death."
"Five years have passed, and life and death are uncertain."
“... ..."
Chu's mother tilted her chin up: "A riddle? Goodness, you're still too green."
You don't need to be that smart.
... ...
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