Chapter 165: Taking Care of Him
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Gu Zi took some bean jelly grass to make the grass jelly, and soon Su Shen came back with the medicine.
Taking the medicine package, she said to Su Shen, “Can you help me take out two snow pears from the fridge?”
She poured the medicine into a pot with water. Then, she cut the snow pears that Su Shen brought into small slices.
After the sea coconut in the pot was boiled for half an hour, she added other Chinese herbs, the pear slices, and rock sugar into the pot.
The resulting broth displayed a clear light brown color. She quickly brought a bowl to the living room.
“Su Li, get up and drink this. It’s particularly good for your throat,” she urged.
Su Bing couldn’t help but look over when he heard that. It looked very delicious.
Su Le also waved her hand and walked over to Gu Zi, her eyes shining as she looked at the bowl of sweetened drinks.
Su Bing stood up and immediately took Lele to the kitchen.
Gu Zi, seeing how obedient the future bigshot Su Bing was, couldn’t help feeling a sense of pride.
Gu Zi woke Su Li up and fed him spoonful by spoonful. He found it extremely comforting to drink and his throat wasn’t as dry anymore.
“Mom, Mom, what is this? It feels so refreshing,” Su Li now seemed to want to call ‘Mom’ at every opportunity, as if he wanted to make up for all the years he hadn’t called her.
Gu Zi said, “This is sea coconut with snow pear syrup. It moisturizes the lungs and throat. You’ll feel better after drinking it.”
Su Shen also drank a bowl and felt his entire body feel much more refreshed. Seeing a few beads of sweat on Gu Zi’s forehead, he took a tissue and wiped them away for her.
Gu Zi felt his proximity and seemed to be used to it by now. She let him touch her without worry.
“Thank you, Mr. Su!” She turned around and thanked Su Shen with a smile.
“You’re welcome,” Su Shen said. “If anyone needs thanking, I should thank you for taking such good care of the child.”
Gu Zi went to put the bowl away and seeing Su Bing and the others almost done, she called them to the living room.
Her gaze fell on Su Bing and then on Su Li. The two boys blushed and sat up straight.
“Su Bing, Su Li, is there something you haven’t told Dad and me?” Gu Zi took the initiative to ask.
Su Shen’s gaze also fell on the two children. His slender fingers clenched tightly, and a sense of guilt slowly rose in his heart.
If Gu Zi hadn’t noticed that Su Li wasn’t feeling well, he might have been like before, waiting for the illness to go away on its own.
Due to his previous neglect, the two children had developed a habit of keeping everything to themselves. It would take time to change that.
Su Shen remembered his own childhood. He had grown up in similar conditions, maybe even tougher than Su Bing and Su Li.
When he was sick, he relied on his body to recover on its own. When the weather was cold, he relied on his body to endure it. When he was hungry and tired, he relied on sleep to survive.
At that time, he felt that perhaps the poor should live like this. Only the strong could survive.
Su Shen didn’t feel life was bitter back then, nor did he feel the need for someone to take care of him. He was a lone wolf and was supposed to grow naturally.
However, Gu Zi’s arrival made him understand that a child should not live such a dull life.
Children needed love and care, and even more so, they needed their parents to teach them by example.
Not everyone was like him, capable of being a lone wolf, even in the wilderness, growing wildly under the sun.
Su Bing and Su Li shook their heads. They didn’t think of anything to say.
Gu Zi said, “Since you can’t think of anything, let me tell you. Last night, while taking care of your younger brother, I found a school invitation letter near your pillow. Can you tell us what that’s about?”
She accidentally saw the envelope and knew it was a school invitation for parents to attend some event.
But she didn’t read its contents because it involved the children’s privacy, and she wouldn’t actively read it.
Su Li’s hand grasped his pant leg, seeking help from Su Bing.
Su Bing calmly said, “The school is hosting a parent-child reading event next Tuesday. We weren’t planning to go, so we didn’t say anything.”
In the past, when his father was very busy, that vicious stepmother would always promise to attend the parent-teacher conference or other school activities.
But in reality, she never did, and gradually, whenever such events came up, he and his younger brother wouldn’t participate.
Therefore, they did not tell their parents about the invitation this time..