As soon as he reached the door, Zhou Yanchen saw a car full of cages of various sizes parked in front of the yard, and several staff members were carefully moving the cages down from the car.
Seeing this, Shen Jinnan and Shen Jinxi immediately let go of their father's hands and trotted to the staff.
Shen Jinnan raised his head and asked in a childish but polite voice: "Uncle, are these small animals living in our house?"
The staff nodded with a smile, touched his head and said, "Yes, little guy, I'll trouble you to take good care of them in the future."
Zhou Yanchen walked forward, thanked the staff, and then directed everyone to move the cage into the backyard in an orderly manner.
While helping, he patiently explained to the children the habits and characteristics of each small animal.
"My dears, the little rabbit likes to eat carrots and vegetables. When we build a house for it later, remember to leave a small space next to it for food."
"And there's the little squirrel. It's very lively and likes to jump around between branches. Our house needs to be more spacious, and it would be best if there was a small 'attic' for it to play in."
Shen Jinnan and Shen Jinxi listened very carefully, their eyes fixed on the little animals in the cage, nodding from time to time.
Under Zhou Yanchen's guidance, the children took the initiative to help pass tools and organize materials. Although their movements were still a little clumsy, their seriousness did not diminish in the slightest.
Shen Qingli returned to the office after performing surgery on a patient. She left in a hurry that morning and didn't have time to explain to her two children.
After waiting for so long, they must be sad that I couldn't go with them.
Shen Qingli sent a message to Zhou Yanchen.
After waiting for a while and seeing no reply from the other party, she made a video call.
After a few rings, the video was connected, and Zhou Yanchen appeared on the phone screen wearing a hat and a mask.
It looked like he was doing something.
"What are you doing? Did you go to the playground?"
Zhou Yanchen turned the camera to the two children, and Shen Qingli saw Shen Jinnan and Shen Jinxi feeding the small animals.
He looked very happy.
"We didn't go to the amusement park today. We were building houses for the animals."
"They're working very hard."
Shen Qingli was a little worried when she heard Zhou Yanchen say this, but now she is relieved.
"That's fine. I'm afraid they'll be unhappy if I break my promise today."
Zhou Yanchen pointed the camera at himself and said, "Don't worry about them. I'm here and I won't make them unhappy."
"Are you done? Have you eaten yet?"
"I just had surgery. I'm going to eat after the video call."
Zhou Yanchen knew that Shen Qingli had stomach problems, so he urged, "Don't worry about us. Go eat quickly and I'll bring you back to see our results today."
Shen Qingli smiled and said, "Okay, I'll hang up first."
As soon as I hung up the video, Hannah hurried in.
She looked panicked: "Sister Xiaoli, it's bad, Madam Jiang is dying."
The phone in Shen Qingli's hand fell on the table with a "pop". Her heart sank suddenly, and an ominous premonition quickly spread.
Without thinking too much, she immediately stood up and ran towards Mrs. Jiang's ward.
When she and Hanna rushed to the ward, they saw Jiang's mother lying motionless on the bed.
At that moment, Shen Qingli felt that the whole world had quieted down, with only the monotonous sound of the instruments remaining.
The doctor who was giving first aid to Jiang's mother slowly stopped what he was doing, his face full of helplessness and regret.
Shen Qingli felt a sharp pain in his heart as he looked at the rapidly declining vital signs on the testing instrument.
She walked forward quickly and gently held Jiang's mother's hands, which had already turned bloodless.
"Mrs. Jiang, please hold on for a while," Shen Qingli's voice was trembling, "Don't you still want to go see Brother Jiang?"
"Hold on, I'll take you to see him." Shen Qingli continued to speak softly, as if this could save Jiang's mother's fading life.
Jiang's mother's lips moved slightly, but no sound came out. A tear slid down from the corner of her pale eyes, like her last attachment to this world.
Shen Qingli understood that Jiang's mother could no longer hold on, and the shadow of death was slowly looming.
Jiang's mother's eyes were red, and her eyes were full of reluctance and worry. She seemed to have thousands of words to say, but the ruthless disease had long made her lose the ability to speak.
Shen Qingli held Jiang's mother's hand tightly, as if holding the last glimmer of hope for her life, "Mrs. Jiang, don't worry about Brother Jiang, he will be fine."
Shen Qingli knew that what Jiang's mother was most worried about was her eldest son Jiang Yumin.
She hoped that her words would allow Jiang's mother to leave with peace of mind.
At this moment, Jiang Yubai rushed into the ward in a hurry.
His steps staggered, his eyes filled with fear and despair.
When he saw Jiang's mother dying on the hospital bed, warmth suddenly welled up in his eyes.
At this moment, he deeply realized that he had really lost her forever.
Jiang Yubai's legs softened and he knelt down beside Jiang's mother's bed.
"Mom...I'm sorry."
Jiang's mother slowly turned her head and used her last bit of strength to look at Jiang Yubai.
Then, her eyes slowly closed, as if she had completed her final mission.
The ward fell into deathly silence, with Jiang Yubai's suppressed crying echoing in the air.
Shen Qingli couldn't help but tears up her eyes. She felt the note that Jiang's mother had just stuffed into her hand, and she quietly put it into her pocket.
She walked over to Jiang Yubai and patted his shoulder gently, "Brother, I'm sorry."
Jiang Yubai had wanted her to die countless times before, but now that she was really gone, why was he so sad?
Didn't he always hope that she would leave sooner?
Jiang Yubai wiped the tears from his face and said, "I'm fine. Thank you, Xiaoli, for taking care of my mother during this period of time."
Shen Qingli patted his shoulder and turned to walk out.
She came to a quiet place and took out the note that Jiang's mother had stuffed into her pocket.
When he opened it, he saw a sentence written crookedly on it: [Doctor Shen, please save Xiaobai, he is not a bad person, he is just sick. ］
Shen Qingli sighed heavily, wondering if his senior brother would regret what he did to her mother during her last days.
It was because he knew that the one her mother couldn't let go of in the end was not his elder brother, but him. What should he think?
Shen Qingli came home from get off work. As soon as she entered the door, Zhou Yanchen noticed that something was wrong with her face.
He quickly came to her and asked, "What's wrong with you? What happened?"
Shen Qingli sighed softly: "Today Jiang Yubai's mother passed away."
Hearing this, Zhou Yanchen was a little confused. Didn’t Jiang Yubai’s mother treat Xiao Li badly before?
It's so sad to look at her now.
"What's wrong? Are you getting along better with her?"
Shen Qingli frowned, "It's a long story."
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