Nan Chen went back to his seat after hanging up.

Then, he stayed silent.

Ning Ran was about to go insane.

He wasn’t leaving, nor was he saying anything. How much longer would this silence go on?

She didn’t know if she could hold back much longer.

“You can really just go. I only have a fever right now, and it’s not even that bad,” Ning Ran said.

Nan Chen still kept quiet and let the silence play on.

At that moment, Ning Ran’s phone rang. The call was from Erbao.

Ning Ran was a little frazzled as she didn’t know what to tell the child.

She didn’t want them to worry, but she couldn’t keep hiding things from them and lying about it, either. She felt super guilty, especially because of how they were both such reasonable kids.

“Pick up the call,” Nan Chen reminded Ning Ran.

Ning Ran finally woke up from her daze. “Honey?”

“Mommy, where are you?” Erbao asked.

“I’m working,” Ning Ran replied.

“What time will you come home?” Erbao asked.

“In a little while, sweetie.”

Ning Ran was taken aback when she said that.

That was an awfully casual lie she had just made up. She was still in the hospital! She didn’t even know when she was going to come home. How had she lied to them so easily?

She was facing this problem quite often recently. She wouldn’t think before speaking, then she would come to regret it.

Was she slowly becoming less intelligent, or had she just never been that smart?

Nan Chen frowned.

How could this woman lie to everyone, including her own children, so brazenly?

Erbao was overjoyed to hear that her Mommy was coming home.

“Okay. Mommy, remember to bring some good food for me! I’m hungry.”

“Yep, of course, sweetheart,” Ning Ran replied.

After she hung up, Ning Ran looked at Nan Chen helplessly.

“Are you always this dishonest?” Nan Chen asked coldly.

“I wasn’t being dishonest,” Ning Ran protested, feeling wronged.

“What do we do now? You just lied to the kid!”

“I didn’t lie to her! I really do want to see her. I miss them; I miss them a lot,” Ning Ran said.

“Why?” Nan Chen didn’t really understand.

“I don’t know! Whenever I get nauseous or feel like blacking out, I’ll start missing my kids, a lot. I just want to see them again.” Ning Ran was getting pretty worked up.

Nan Chen thought about it. Maybe people really did miss the ones that they loved the most whenever they were the weakest.

this woman one more

to the doctors. If it’s possible, I’ll take you home,” Nan Chen said

started

struck her

children. She’d never had anyone who wanted her home

coming out of that man’s mouth sounded so believable, and yet she didn’t really

face

am

Chen walked out of the room and

while, he came

so if you really want to go back, you can. However, you need

Well, that was that.

his jacket off and laid it over Ning Ran’s

so dramatic. It’s not cold, anyway.”

said you can’t get a cold,” Nan Chen

it, I won’t be able to pay you

is this woman? How is she still thinking about

to pay me back,” Nan Chen said

then I’ll

on

weak, but her head was

need me to

my own,” Ning Ran said as she waved a

all patients need to be carried, right?” Nan Chen asked, in deep

certainly rather unaware of most things

of food or the roof over his head. He didn’t know

I’m fine. It’s not that bad, and I feel

“Okay,” Nan Chen answered.

Chen

Ran was working hard to keep up with

his steps equaled to two of Ning Ran’s, so

wobbly and uncertain.

something was wrong. He turned around to see Ning Ran holding onto the wall for support as she tried to keep up with

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I said you didn’t need to carry

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her foce

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of the room ond

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for todoy, so if you reolly wont to go bock, you con. However, you need to moke sure you

Well, thot wos thot.

off ond

not cold,

you con’t get o cold,”

is expensive. If I dirty it, I won’t be oble to

this womon? How is she still thinking obout

me bock,” Non

then I’ll toke

on her

but her heod wos no longer

me to corry

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oll potients need to be corried, right?” Non Chen osked, in

wos certoinly rother unowore of most

wos in terms of food or the roof over his heod. He didn’t know much obout mony

fine. It’s not thot bod, ond I feel okoy.” Ning Ron

“Okoy,” Non Chen onswered.

Non Chen storted

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