Chapter 661: [661] Care about family Chapter 661: [661] Care about family It was sausage made by mom. Excited, Xie Wanying thought she should give her mother a call.
Today’s event made her worry about grandpa’s illness.
It was already half past eleven at night, and Sun Rongfang hadn’t gone to bed yet. Receiving her daughter’s call, she asked happily, “Did you get the things Li Xuan brought you?”
“I got them. Mom, how did grandpa’s medical checkup go at the hospital before?” Xie Wanying asked.
“Yes, you mentioned it, and I remembered — to take grandpa to the hospital every year for an electrocardiogram. I took him last week, and we just had it done this year. The doctor said there’s nothing wrong. You also mentioned doing a cardiac echocardiogram, and this year your aunt’s hospital got that machine, so I took him for it as well. He complained about the cost and the hassle. I told him you asked for it to be done, and that’s when he agreed to go. After it was done, the doctor said there wasn’t any major issue.”
Just as expected, grandpa’s illness couldn’t be clearly identified with just machine tests. Xie Wanying furrowed her brows.
“Mom, find some time to mail me grandpa’s detailed medical report.”
“I am aware. You said to mail you the exam report after it’s done; I’ve already arranged to send it to you tomorrow,” Sun Rongfang said, and didn’t forget to remind her daughter, “You take good care of yourself. Grandpa said that being a doctor is very busy and tiring, and it’s important to take care of yourself since we’re not with you. If you get sick, who will take care of you?”
“Mom, don’t worry, the teachers and classmates here are all very nice.”
“They’re still not family, you understand?” Sun Rongfang sighed, afraid her daughter might sometimes be too naive. No matter how nice classmates and teachers may be, they can’t compare to one’s own kin. The simplest truth is when you’re sick, only family would willingly give up everything to take care of you. Classmates and teachers have their own families and jobs, they can’t possibly stay by your sickbed.”
“Mom, I’m really healthy, I exercise every day, and I won’t get sick. It’s you and grandpa who need to be concerned about your health. You are getting older,” Xie Wanying said.
“Your brother wants to speak with you for a moment,” Sun Rongfang said as she saw her younger son running out of the room and handed him the phone.
Xie Youtian was now in junior high. Ever since his sister topped the exams, the attitude of relatives, friends, and classmates towards him had changed. Each one said he would be talented like his sister and top exams in the future. No more slacking off for him; he could only study hard and aim high every day.
“Sis, I came second in my class in the midterm exams,” Xie Tianyou reported to his sister of his own accord.
“You really focused on your studies,” Xie Wanying told her brother. Hopefully, her altered fate could also inspire her brother to achieve, unlike before her rebirth when he hadn’t made it into high school and had been disheartened ever since.
“Mom said that in the future I could be a doctor, a lawyer, or a boss. I was thinking–” Xie Youtian pondered for a moment before asking his sister, “Sister, what do you think I should be?”
With this question, Xie Wanying was unsure and could only tell her brother, “It mainly depends on what profession you like.”
“I want to be a pilot.”
“A pilot? Daydreaming,” Sun Rongfang poked her younger son’s forehead a few times with her finger, “You used to say you wanted to be Sun Wukong when you were little. I’m asking you if you’ve grown up or not?”
The laughter from her distant home slowly smoothed out Xie Wanying’s furrowed brows.
Her classmate was hospitalized in the Hepatobiliary Surgery, and a week later was still not discharged, so Xie Wanying finished her internship in General Surgery Department Two ahead of schedule. As she was leaving, saying farewell to all the teachers in General Surgery Department Two, she was filled with reluctance.
Teacher Xiao Sun teased her with a raised eyebrow, “You think leaving here means you won’t see us again? Let me tell you, we might run into each other even more in the future.”