Chapter 94 Seriously Ill Grandma
Grandma looked to be in her seventies. Her ear-length white hair looked like it had been carefully combed. Her skin was as white as Wen Youheng's, but her cheeks were almost covered with brown spots.
She half-closed her cloudy eyes and stared at the empty glass on the low cabinet without blinking, supporting her upper body with her elbows and stretching her arms as far as she could.
His wrinkled hands tried to reach the small kettle behind the glass, but were always half a palm away.
Seeing this, Shao Leyan didn't bother to consider whether it was polite or not, and walked straight into the room, picked up the kettle, poured a glass of water, and handed the glass half filled with water to his grandmother.
"Grandma, please drink."
When she was pouring water, grandma's eyes had been looking at her for a long time. When she saw her pouring water for herself, she smiled so much that her eyes curved into crescents.
She hummed "hmm" and took the cup with shaking hands. Before she could bring it to her lips, the glass hit her with a "bang", and half a cup of water spilled all over her without a drop left.
Shao Leyan exclaimed, immediately took away the glass, picked up the dry towel hanging on the wall rack and wiped his grandmother.
"It hurts, it's all my fault. I wish I had fed you."
"Oh, it's not your fault," Grandma said with a smile, "it's just that I'm old and useless. I can't even lift a cup."
Shao Leyan felt extremely guilty, but he couldn't help but blame Wen Youheng.
"Why doesn't Wen Youheng replace it with a lighter paper cup so you can hold it more easily?"
"Don't blame him. In this world, being alive is a blessing. Even this drinkable water was bought by Heng'er by exchanging other supplies. Paper cups are disposable, and we can't afford them."
Shao Leyan was speechless and could only lower his head and silently clean up the mess.
She thought that when she entered the apocalypse, she had been relying on Fu Xingchen. Not only had she never suffered much, but even sweet things made her feel choked.
Even though she knew that life was tough in the outside world, she was still obsessed with a life of plenty, not to mention strolling around the garden and eating snacks with Mu Jiaojiao.
Fu Xingchen even abused his power to make people with special abilities grow vegetables and fruits and raise fish and shrimp for her.
Le An said that she was reborn here to forget the sufferings of the past and become a winner in life.
But her happy life is something that most ordinary people in the doomsday cannot achieve.
Thinking about this, she felt more and more that her act of abandoning her husband and children was not so inhumane.
Since only if she completes the task can she make a wish to end the doomsday, no matter how hard or difficult it is in the future, she will persevere to the end.
Shao Leyan helped grandma sit up with her arms. As soon as she sat down against the wall, grandma covered her mouth and coughed. She coughed so hard that she almost vomited her stomach.
The palm of my hand was covered in blood.
"this……"
Shao Leyan was stunned. He hugged his grandmother's trembling body and looked at her blood-filled palm.
"Grandma, you're very ill. Why doesn't Wen Youheng find a healing person to see you?"
Grandma let Shao Leyan wipe her hands with a towel. She was so weak that she couldn't even lift the corners of her mouth.
"Healing ability users are extremely rare, and there are even fewer of them in the Red Flame District. To be treated by them, the supplies needed would be enough to feed Heng'er and me for several years."
As grandma spoke, she suddenly laughed, revealing bloody gaps between her teeth.
"I won't live long. It doesn't matter whether this disease can be cured or not. But Heng'er is still young, his abilities are strong, and he has a bright future. I absolutely cannot drag him down."
Shao Leyan's eyes were moist and his nose was sore, but he tried hard not to cry out loud.
Even when grandma was so seriously ill, she didn't think about herself at all. She was hoping that Wen Youheng could make a name for himself and not have to stay in such a small place and suffer.
And what about her parents and family?
Why did he ignore her and be so indifferent and unkind?
Shao Leyan hugged his grandmother tightly and patted her heaving back gently, "It will definitely happen. Whether it's Wen Youheng or you, you will both be happy."
As long as she becomes the leader of the Red Flame District soon, all the misfortunes will end.
Grandma hugged her back and said, "With a good girl like you by Heng'er's side, my wish will definitely come true."
These words were said in an ambiguous way, and Shao Leyan's body froze. She really couldn't bear to tell her grandmother the truth that she had become a mother, so she could only smile and say nothing.
She helped her grandmother put on dry new clothes, and noticed the round copper piece hanging around her neck. She said curiously, "Grandma, your necklace is quite beautiful."
Grandma smiled and opened the copper plate, revealing the black and white photo inside.
The photo shows a young man with a handsome face and gentlemanly attire. My grandmother stroked the photo with her rough fingertips and smiled sweetly.
"This is my husband, he died a long time ago."
Shao Leyan said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't know."
"It's okay. It's been so long. If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten I was wearing this necklace. Could you please help me take it off and wipe it?"
Shao Leyan nodded, and the moment he covered it with the copper sheet, his fingertips were scratched by the sharp edge of the copper sheet.
She quickly withdrew her hand, looked at the bloodstains on the copper plate, and guiltily wanted to wipe them off with paper.
Seeing her busy figure, grandma thought she was trying to stop the bleeding and couldn't help but call her, "Hey, is your hand okay?"
"I'm fine," Shao Leyan rushed back with a tissue in his hand, "It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."
After she finished speaking, she was about to wipe the blood off the copper plate, only to find that it was as smooth as before, as if the scratch on her finger just now was just an illusion.
She searched her grandmother's clothes and bedding again, but found no bloodstains.
Shao Leyan was stunned for a moment.
Where did her blood go?
Did it just disappear out of thin air?
Seeing that she didn't move, her grandmother thought she was a little tired after being busy for so long, so she pushed her and said, "Are you tired? Go and have a rest. Heng'er will be back soon and he can take care of me."
Shao Leyan held her grandmother's hand that pushed her shoulder and shook her head. "It's the same if I come to accompany you before he comes back."
After hearing this, grandma stopped chasing her away and let her continue lying down with her support.
In order to verify his idea, Shao Leyan scratched his index finger with his fingernail and then stuck a copper plate on the bloody fingertip.
The blood drop stained the copper sheet for just a few seconds before it slid onto grandma's skin due to gravity and was absorbed without a drop left.
Shao Leyan witnessed the whole process and was so shocked that he was speechless.
Seeing her surprised look, grandma didn't dare to disturb her until Shao Leyan asked her: "Grandma, how do you feel now? Do you still want to cough?"
The nervous grandmother finally reacted. She swallowed and found that her throat was no longer itchy and her chest no longer hurt.
Even his frail body seemed to move a little more freely.
She shook her hands and found that the sore muscles and numb bones that had been there before were relieved a lot, at least it was not uncomfortable when she moved.
The improvement in my body happened in an instant.
"I don't want to cough anymore, and my body seems to be much more flexible."
Grandma looked at Shao Leyan in surprise and asked, "How did you know?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
