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Kicked out of the hospital room, Xie Yuchen and Xie Yuzhen braved the rain and hastily hailed a taxi home. Throughout the trip, the two brothers did not exchange a single word.
Xie Yuzhen tried to speak several times, but seeing the cold look in his elder brother’s eyes, sharp and fierce like their dad’s, he couldn’t bring himself to utter a sound.
Upon arriving home, Xie Yuchen glanced at his two haggard younger brothers on the sofa but ignored them, looking up at the wall clock to realize it was already 3 a.m.
It was not safe to call their little sister at this hour and ask her to come home.
Thinking of what the doctor had said, that it would take three to five hours for mom to wake up, Xie Yuchen immediately changed direction and headed straight for the kitchen.
Speaking of which, Xie Yuchen had been sensible from a young age, and when he was very little, he could already stand on a stool and make something for Little Shier to eat.
Moreover, with his exceptional senses, his cooking was remarkably enhanced. Although not as delicious as mom’s, he was the best cook in the family, apart from their mother.
Given mom’s condition, she couldn’t eat anything with strong flavors, but luckily, there were all kinds of ingredients available in the large home refrigerator.
Xie Yuchen decided to make some millet porridge, selected some top-quality red dates, and didn’t add anything else, omitting any seasonings, only adding two grains of salt to enhance the sweetness of the red date porridge and simmered it over low heat.
Dad had returned home looking utterly spent, clearly having not even had a hot meal before being shocked by mom’s condition.
With this in mind, Xie Yuchen washed the pot again and made a big pot of fresh beef porridge, and also warmed up the leftover dishes from the maid, which were all pickled.
Seeing their big brother head into the kitchen, eleven, who was most aware of the situation, immediately sulked, and twelve and thirteen gathered around eleven, anxiously asking:
"Eleven, how’s mom doing?"
"She’s come round now, but has to stay in the hospital for tests. Sister also got in touch, she’s with Second Senior Brother."
"That’s a relief!" thirteen said, patting his chest.
Twelve nodded in agreement, then as if suddenly realizing, he urgently asked, "Sister is with Second Senior Brother?"
That ultimate anthropophobic patient who is terrified of women actually took in their sister?
Why does that sound so unreliable?
"Mhm, that’s what big brother and dad said. Big brother came to find us just now, probably to tell us where sister is..." eleven added.
Thinking that because of their excessive worry, they had shirked their responsibilities in private, only to have big brother overhear every word... Such a melodrama!
"So, is big brother angry with us now?" thirteen, always sensitive, noticed their big brother ignore them and head straight into the kitchen, blurted out.
"No..." eleven collapsed wearily onto the sofa:
"Dad is really furious, it’s not just annoyance at us... even sister got blamed, and big brother’s the worst off... he’s the one feeling the brunt of the anger because of us."
"Mass punishment... Ugh!" twelve was smacked by thirteen before he could finish, and instead of completing his sentence, he glared at his youngest brother and retorted:
"What’s the matter, you think your punches don’t hurt?!"
Everybody practiced martial arts, they all had a strong punch!
"Heh~" eleven rubbed his knee and said grimly:
"Do you still have the mood to joke around? I’m telling you, dad is truly furious this time, he even shouted sister’s name, look, big brother and I knelt for two hours, and dad didn’t even glance our way once."
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