Jiang Cheng and Jiang Yi rushed to the village where their father had been sent down to. The moment they saw the people there, both siblings burst into tears.
Their father, who used to be tall and strong in their memory, was now so thin he was barely recognizable. He huddled on a broken wooden board, his skin red and swollen from the heat, his eyes seemingly too weak to open, and the wounds on his legs, which had not been treated in time, had become infected.
"dad……"
The two rushed forward to check on their father, who was in a coma, and felt as if he could hear his children's voices.
He felt like he was dreaming...
Life was too hard, so did God have mercy on him and let him see his two lovely children in his final moments?
He struggled to open his eyes, and when he saw the two siblings in front of him, crying but frantically checking the medicine bottle, he froze...
This is not a dream...
They're here...
"Why are you here?" He struggled to even utter a single sentence, then, forgetting even his joy at seeing them, he forced out, "Go, leave this place, go..."
Jiang Cheng shook his head stubbornly and said, "We won't leave. We brought medicine, Dad. You'll get better. Didn't you say you'd always be the pillar supporting us siblings? My sister and I still need you to take care of us. You can't abandon us... you can't abandon us..."
Jiang Yi silently shed tears as she carefully trimmed the fabric that was now stuck to the bloodstains, afraid of hurting her father.
Father Jiang lay there stiffly, saying, "You're trying to force me to my death! You're trying to force me to my death... Go away, go away..."
His two most beloved children in his life, he wanted everything to be well for them, but now, has he dragged them into this quagmire again?
The brother and sister seemed not to hear their father's words and worked together seamlessly. One went to get water to clean the wound, while the other carefully wiped it and looked for medicine.
Although Mr. Jiang was barely holding on, his body was at its limit. While the children were treating his wounds, he had already fainted from the pain or something else and fell asleep...
The brother and sister's hands were trembling, but they tried their best to remain calm and fed their father the fever-reducing medicine little by little...
The old man who lived in the cowshed also lent a hand to the siblings. Jiang Cheng sincerely thanked him. His father's condition must have been taken care of by someone, otherwise it would only get worse. And the person who could help was obviously this old man.
"Thank me for what? There's nothing I can do but wipe his body with some water."
"Don't blame the village chief and the others. They've done their best, but given our status, there's nothing they can do..."
There was nowhere comfortable to live in the cowshed. Jiang Yi even felt fleas jumping on her. The girl who used to be unhappy because the mud walls were crumbling didn't utter a single complaint now.
The brother and sister sat on the thatched ground, huddled together for support.
"Brother, Father will be alright, right?"
Jiang Yi tried her best to make her tone lighter...
Jiang Cheng patted her head and said, "You've already taken your medicine, you'll be fine. Rest for a bit, and when you wake up, Dad will be better..."
Jiang Yi leaned obediently on his shoulder: "Brother, Dad is so thin now... When I apply medicine to him, all I can feel is bone."
"You can get your father back to health once he recovers, so don't worry so much. Dad loves you the most, and he'll definitely scold me for crying like a baby..."
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