Chapter 355 The Children in the Ward
The next morning.
Mao Mao crawled out of her second brother's bed.
Lou Heming helped her braid her hair and put on a thick sweater. "I only have to work in the morning today. I'll take you to a restaurant for lunch, just the two of us, no one else, okay?"
Xu Yizhao was staying at Renji Hospital, where Lou Heming worked, which gave him an advantage.
Mao Mao raised her little hand, her head peeking out from the neckline of her sweater, her chubby cheeks jiggling as she asked, "Isn't Auntie taking her too?"
Today, the first wife accompanied her to the hospital.
“Then it’ll be just the three of us, no one else. And we won’t tell them.” Lou Heming’s smile was gentle behind his gold-rimmed glasses as he gave her a pinky finger: “It’s a promise, a pinky promise can’t be broken.”
"Um!"
After making a pinky promise with her brother, Mao Mao sat in his lap and went downstairs to eat breakfast.
Although it was Saturday, everyone except Lou Hongjian, who was sleeping in, was seated at the dining table.
Lou Yansui peeled the egg for Mao Mao and put it into her small bowl: "Mao Mao, after you finish watching your friend, how about going out to play with your brother this afternoon? I'll take you to see a movie, and we can also go eat wontons."
"Small wontons?"
"Didn't you want to thank He's family for the wontons in person yesterday?"
Mao Mao gripped her spoon, her eating movements slowing down a bit: "Hmm... Mao Mao..."
"Ah Sui, there's no rush. Maybe Mao Mao and her friends have a lot to talk about, they could talk all day long." Lou Heming put a sausage in his sister's bowl and said gently, "Right, Mao Mao?"
Mao Mao's eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously: "Yes!"
"Mao Mao has a lot to say to Zhao Zhao."
Lou Heming: "Moreover, Xu is not the only student hospitalized. Mao Mao has to visit so many people. If she visits each one, it will definitely take a lot of time. Perhaps one morning is not enough."
Mao Mao nodded her little head vigorously: "Mao Mao wants to see lots of people!"
Lou Yansui glanced at the black whorl of hair on her younger sister's head to her right, then at her composed second brother to her left, her gaze suspicious: "Second brother, I feel like there's something strange about you two..."
Lou Heming accepted his scrutiny without batting an eye, adjusting his glasses as he asked, "What's wrong?"
“I have to go to work today. Even if Mao Mao goes to Renji Hospital, I will be seeing patients, not in the inpatient department.” Lou Heming said regretfully, “Even if we go to the same hospital, I can’t even go the same way as Mao Mao because I start work early.”
The regret on his face seemed genuine; even a psychologist wouldn't be able to detect anything amiss.
Lou Yansui looked at him suspiciously several times, but couldn't find anything wrong, so she suppressed her confusion.
“Anyway, tomorrow is Sunday,” he said. “Mao Mao, I’ll buy movie tickets for tomorrow and take you to see a movie.”
Mao Mao: "Okay!"
“Perfect timing, I don’t have to work tomorrow.” Lou Heming interjected gently, “A-Sui, remember to buy an extra one.”
Lou Fengju raised an eyebrow: "A-Sui, buy four tickets."
"Big brother, are you going too?"
"I'm not going to work tomorrow either."
"That……"
“You’ve got it wrong. The third ticket is for Grandma.” Lou Heming put down his knife and fork leisurely and slowly wiped his mouth. “You’re all still recovering from your colds. Movie theaters are indoor, enclosed environments where viruses can easily spread. So, I’ll take Mao Mao and Grandma to the movies tomorrow.”
Madam Lou put down her teacup and nodded demurely: "Yes, that's fine. Ah Sui, just buy three."
As one of only three people in the family who are not sick, I have this kind of confidence.
The others at the table: "..."
Lou Yansui gripped the fork tightly: "Second brother, you've gone too far!"
Lou Fengju's glare swept coldly over him: "Heming, have you been too smug lately?"
Not only does she occupy Mao Mao's bed at night, but she also takes Mao Mao's place to play during the day.
"It's your own fault for not following the doctor's orders." Lou Heming smiled warmly, stood up and pushed back his chair. "As a doctor, I don't want to see my family members get sick either."
Everyone: "..."
"Mao Mao, your brother has gone to work."
As he passed by his younger sister, Lou Heming stopped and patted her head: "We'll play together after your brother gets off work."
Mao Mao nodded vigorously in her rice bowl: "Mmm!"
Goodbye, brother!
Lou Heming's car drove out of the gate of the Marshal's Mansion.
Lou Yansui slowly finished her breakfast, but the more she thought about it, the more something seemed off.
But something felt off, and he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
My second brother definitely has to go to work today; the hospital is very busy, and he won't be able to see Mao Mao. What exactly is wrong?
After breakfast, Mao Mao also prepared to set off.
Lou Yansui helped Mao Mao put the gifts for visiting the patient into the car. He then lifted his sister into the back seat and, holding the car door, told her, "Mao Mao, after you finish visiting the patient, come home early. I've written a new story, but I haven't read it to you yet."
Mao Mao pursed her lips, looked up at the car roof, then looked down and played with her fingers: "Oh..."
She looked at the sky and the ground, but not at her brother.
I feel so guilty.
"Maomao?"
Lou Yansui's eyelids twitched.
When did Mao Mao lose interest in Maomao's stories?
Did he upset Mao Mao somewhere he didn't know?
The first wife got into the car from the other side, and Mao Mao immediately turned around and threw herself into her arms. Overjoyed to suddenly receive such a sweet embrace from the youngest girl in the family, the first wife quickly opened her arms and hugged her in return.
The first wife smiled and hugged her daughter, saying to her youngest son, "Ah Sui, we're about to set off."
Lou Yansui took a step back and closed the car door.
Watching the car drive out the gate, he turned around and blankly met the gaze of his older brother who was walking out.
Lou Fengju tossed over his riding gloves, which Lou Yansui caught in a flurry of activity.
"Ah Sui, since you're free today, would you like to go horseback riding with me?"
"Horseback riding?" Lou Yansui thought for a moment, "Okay."
After his legs recovered, his older brother gave him a fine horse, but he was usually busy with his studies and didn't have much time to ride it, so it was kept at the horse farm.
Perfect timing! After he practices his horsemanship, we can take Mao Mao horseback riding in the spring.
"Big brother, Ah Sui?"
Lou Hongjian's spirited voice came from upstairs.
The two turned around at the sound and looked up to see Lou Hongjian hanging halfway out of the balcony, waving vigorously at them: "Where are you going? I want to go play too!"
Lou Fengju made a gesture, and he withdrew. Before long, he appeared in front of the two of them dressed in a stylish outfit and with a haircut, looking dashing and debonair.
"Big brother, Ah Sui, let's go!"
Commander Lou, holding a riding whip, followed behind his son.
"Riding a horse? I'll go too," said Commander Lou. "Perfect, let's see if any of you are slacking off."
Lou Hongjian: "..."
Lou Hongjian: "Maybe I shouldn't go..."
...
The car stopped at the hospital entrance, where Mao Mao met up with Cheng Manxuan.
The two visited the children at the kindergarten, bringing everyone's favorite snacks.
Two little girls walked ahead, hand in hand, swaying as they went.
“I called Zhao Zhao, but his family answered and said he was sick,” Mao Mao said worriedly. “I was hoping to invite him to my house for a big party.”
Cheng Manxuan looked at her: "Mao Mao, aren't you scared?"
What are you afraid of?
"Our kindergarten was burned down, it was a huge fire."
"I'm not afraid," Mao Mao shook her head. "Everyone's fine~"
Behind them, the first wife was also talking to Mrs. Cheng.
"I heard from my daughter Xuanxuan that it was your son Maomao who woke everyone up on the day of the fire," Mrs. Cheng said gratefully. "Thanks to Maomao, my daughter Xuanxuan was safe and sound."
The First Madam said gently, "It's because Xuanxuan runs fast and she's brave. I heard that many children have been frightened and fallen ill."
Mrs. Cheng: "Our Xuanxuan was also scared, but after she got home she kept mentioning Maomao, saying that Maomao wasn't scared, and neither was she."
Among the children, Mao Mao is also a role model.
This floor is all children's wards. As we were talking, the two little girls in front of us had already asked for directions and found Xu Yizhao's ward.
Mao Mao: "Zhao Zhao!"
Cheng Manxuan: "We've come to see you!"
The two little girls ran in one after the other.
In the ward, Xu Yizhao heard the voice and looked up in surprise: "Mao Mao, Xuan Xuan, you're here!"
On his hospital bed, another small, golden head lifted up: "Who?"
Huh?
Mao Mao slowly stopped and looked at the little boy lying on Xu Yizhao's hospital bed.
She opened her eyes wide and stared curiously at the blond hair on his head.
Just like Sophie!
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