Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Chapter 590 You’ve Done Well, Sean

Sean said quietly, “I was eleven when my mother was pregnant with Cathy. I’ve just started sixth grade.”

That seemed like such a long time ago. Sean could barely remember it.

He could only remember running up and down happily, fetching whatever his mother wanted, going grocery shopping with her as they chatted over whether it would be a little boy or little girl. What they would name the baby if it was a boy, or a girl.

“It was me who came up with the name Cathy too,” Sean said quietly.

He had even prepared a gift for her in secret.

“The day Mom gave birth to Cathy, everyone was so nervous. Dad was rushing around bringing things to the hospital, and I rushed to the hospital first thing after school as well. Cathy came out of the delivery room just as I got there.”

“I was the first to hold her.”

Sean was overjoyed then. His mother had asked him if he would like a younger brother or sister, to which he had said that he was fine with either— but really wanted a little sister just a little more.

Then it turned out to really be a little sister.

“She was like a kitten! She was only this small!” Sean gestured with his hands. “I reached out to touch her face, and she grabbed my finger.”

Sean would never forget the shock and joy he felt the first time his sister grabbed his finger.

Then came the few days of Dad running to and from the hospital, delivering meals to Mom.

His mother had gotten pregnant at an older age, and there had been complications post-birth that required her to be on medicine. Cathy could not be breastfed because of this, and Sean thus learnt how to make her formula.

Another chaotic week passed, and his mother and sister finally returned from the hospital.

“There were lots of relatives over. They all fussed and cooed over my sister. Mom talked to them, and Dad was so busy.”

Everyone was so busy.

older aunt or grandaunt came she would snatch Cathy out of Sean’s arms, saying that he didn’t know

parents chatting and laughing with everyone as they held

himself. A whole half hour passed, and no one even thought of

me standing there, and asked me what I was doing. He told me

when he was washing those fruits. He was sorry to say

“And then?”

fair. “Then Cathy fell

go down. His parents saw that Cathy’s stomach was bulged up like a frog’s. It had only been a week, and she

hospital, but the doctor said it was just bloating. The bloating was because she did not take well to breastmilk, which meant she couldn’t drink breastmilk

her formula. But Cathy was stubborn too, refusing to be bottle-fed ever since she had a taste of breastmilk. So she

a little press. Other babies’ bellies were soft and floppy, but his sister’s

pressed it once, and Cathy burst into tears. She cried so hard she was practically screaming, her lips were

Mom got mad at me since Cathy

entire night, and Cathy

expression

me like she was looking at an enemy, shouting at me asking why

scared too. His sister was only so young, and she had indeed only cried because he

how he felt, because Cathy was truly getting worse by the second. Everyone rushed her to the hospital, and she was hooked

with something when he got home, but his mother

you should go to bed

need to care about this either, as long as he

round trips to the hospital every couple

enough, or not washing the bottles cleanly enough. One time Cathy was throwing up

day after day. Eventually, he

that they were worried over their sister, but had they thought of me before?” Sean

opened her mouth, unsure how to comfort

of forcing someone to confess where you don’t allow the prisoner

can survive without sleep. Scientists once conducted an experiment where they didn’t allow their participants to sleep, and the conclusion was bone-chilling— they would lose all sense of logic, and even murder or

down anyone’s