It really was different now, Li Mo thought, Ye Xiu, Bai Zhi’s mother, was truly a person who made you feel surprised.
Li Mo was taken aback, not expecting Ye Xiu to be so polite, "It’s only right. As a doctor, taking care of patients is part of the job."
Ye Xiu didn’t think there was such a concept of ’should.’ Sure, the other was a doctor, but there was no need to care for two children all the time, and gratitude was in order for the future.
Ye Xiu quickly walked towards the ward; she couldn’t wait to see Xingxing, the daughter she had always deeply loved yet neglected.
Pushing open the door, the first thing Ye Xiu saw was Bai Zhi on the hospital bed.
If you truly love her, you don’t need to search deliberately; one glance is enough, the first person you see is her.
Hearing the sound of the door, Bai Zhi looked over. By now, she had removed the IV needle and was pressing down on the spot where it had been.
What was that feeling?
At this moment, Ye Xiu didn’t cry, and even in her eyes, there was the joy of reunion.
Joy, that kind of joy as if she had finally found her, it seemed like Ye Xiu was somehow different.
Ye Xiu slowly walked towards Bai Zhi.
Meanwhile, Xianxian, getting an IV, couldn’t help but speak with happiness.
"Teacher Ye, I didn’t cry, I was very brave."
He looked at Ye Xiu timidly, waiting for her praise,
but in Ye Xiu’s eyes, there was only Xingxing now.
She walked over, sat down beside Bai Zhi, and looked at the thin girl before her.
She had never seriously looked at Xingxing, always fearing to meet her eyes because of guilt.
But why feel guilty? Wrong is wrong; she’s the mother. Guilt means she didn’t treat Xingxing as her daughter. She looked at Xingxing tenderly, with a faint smile despite the pain in her heart.
"My Xingxing, you’re truly brave."
Truly brave, thinking about it now, Xingxing was very good. She had endured so much alone yet continued on bravely.
It was right for Xingxing to hate her, to hate her as well.
No matter the reasons or the difficulties, she had neglected Xingxing.
"Do you find me a little strange?"
Bai Zhi, seeing Ye Xiu , felt she was somewhat odd.
The Ye Xiu from before was either crying or filled with guilt, emanating it.
Xingxing, I’m sorry to you, because I love you, Xingxing, and I’m not a good mother.
Indeed, it feels a bit...
Hard to describe, it’s just, after too many apologies, they lose their meaning.
But then, she’s not her own daughter.
"Is that so? The mother has been a bit muddled before. Now, after giving myself a shake, I’ve woken up.
The doctor mentioned surgery, what do you think? Tell mother, let’s discuss it together?"
Ye Xiu smiled, reaching out to straighten Bai Zhi’s clothes.
The gesture was so natural it was as though they had always been close as mother and daughter.
Such natural movements did not need to be thought over as if they were instinctual.
Shouldn’t this be the kind of scene reserved for the group pet?
"I don’t know, I don’t really feel anything, I need to go to the bathroom, could you take me there?"
Bai Zhi said timidly, her head lowered as if she were a child who had done something wrong. But Ye Xiu knew that Xingxing had something to say to her.
Ye Xiu turned to look at her colleagues.
"Please take care of Xianxian. When I return tomorrow, could you help me ask for leave?"
If it had been the old Ye Xiu, perhaps she would have felt awkward and insisted on taking the children back, but now, all Ye Xiu wanted was to be with her daughter.