Chapter 1065: Chapter 1065: Bai Na and the Child

Bai Xiao returned to the doorstep! She suddenly realized something! Wait, that driver scratched her car too.

He tried to scam her, but didn’t succeed, yet her car didn’t get compensated. Isn’t she losing out?

What’s going on here!

She slammed the steering wheel hard.

That driver is a jinx, every time she encounters him, it’s always unpleasant.

Don’t let her run into him again, otherwise she’ll show no mercy.

She got out of the car, took out her key to unlock the door.

“Doctor Bai!”

A timid voice made Bai Xiao turn around.

She saw a girl in ragged clothes holding a tattered bundle in one hand and a child in the other.

Mother!

Bai Na!

Bai Xiao was startled.

“What’s this…?”

Isn’t Bai Na supposed to be in the mountains a thousand miles away?

How did she get here? Someone, please tell her how Bai Na appeared here.

Bai Na seemed a bit lost looking at Bai Xiao, nervously twisting the hem of her clothing in her hands as tears welled up, she swayed and seemed on the brink of fainting.

With a sigh, Bai Xiao quickly supported her, helped her open the gate to her own yard, and helped her inside, allowing her to sit with the child on a chair in the yard.

“How did you get here?”

So far away, Bai Na doesn’t know a single word, how did she find her?

It must be a stroke of luck that she managed to ask for directions along the way and didn’t encounter traffickers.

Looking at Bai Na’s somewhat pale face, Bai Na was already thin and now she was even thinner, her face not even palm-sized. Due to her thinness, her eyes seemed bigger, cheekbones prominently jutting, her features were almost sharp, and the skinny child in her arms seemed smaller than a kitten, shouldn’t it be three months old?

“Sit down first, I’ll get you something to eat, then we’ll talk!”

It’s obvious Bai Na is hungry.

In the kitchen, she cooked a pack of instant noodles, poached two eggs, added a handful of greens, and two slices of cooked beef that she braised a couple of days ago, and served them warm in front of Bai Na.

“Give me the child, hurry up and eat!”

She took the child from Bai Na’s hands, seeing this little one, her heart felt sour; this child was delivered by her, she once saved this child’s life, but it’s already been three months and the child is still so frail.

Pathetically, the child looked at her with big eyes, probably sensing he was in the arms of a stranger, lacking the mother’s presence, pursed his little mouth, he was about to cry.

Bai Xiao was a bit at a loss.

In her two lifetimes, she hardly had any experience caring for children.

“What’s wrong?”

Bai Na quickly took the child, reached her hand into the swaddling clothes and touched, “It’s okay, he peed, I’ll change his diaper. Doctor Bai! Could you give me some hot water, he’s hungry too.”

Bai Xiao rushed inside to fetch a hot water bottle and came out, “Why are you still using powdered milk? Didn’t I tell you before leaving that the child should be breastfed.”

Bai Na already changed the diaper, took out a dirty bottle covered in grime from her bundle, and prepared to pour hot water into it for formula feeding.

Bai Xiao hurriedly snatched it, washed it thoroughly in the kitchen, and then handed it back, “The child needs to be kept clean, otherwise he’s prone to illness, especially since he’s only three months old and had such a serious illness, neglecting hygiene could easily lead to bacterial infection.”

Bai Na’s face flushed with shame, in the countryside they don’t have such luxuries, she never paid attention to these matters.

“I’ll feed him, you go and eat.”

Bai Xiao took the child, Bai Na looked so sickly it was unsettling, she was starved to resemble a skeleton.

If she couldn’t speak or move, anyone looking at her would surely think she was gravely ill.

“I’ll do it, Doctor Bai, this child is hard to feed, always cries and fusses.”

Bai Na felt embarrassed, needing someone else to care for her child, she already came to trouble Doctor Bai, now it seemed even more troublesome.

Looking at the food, she hesitated to eat.

Not to mention the meat, in the countryside they can’t afford meat, even eggs are precious like money, eating this bowl of food may cost who knows how much.

Bai Xiao shook the bottle and mixed the formula evenly, tested the temperature on her wrist, then placed it into the child’s mouth, tilting him to allow him to comfortably feed.

The little guy initially pouted unhappily, but soon tasted the milk, then eagerly drank.

“Eat, the child isn’t fussing.”

The little one contentedly drank the milk, satisfied, closed his eyes, his little mouth constantly sucking.

Bai Na glanced at Doctor Bai, this glance made her feel ashamed, compared to Doctor Bai, she looked like a beggar.

“Doctor Bai, this is too…”

Holding the bowl, Bai Na struggled to eat.

Bai Xiao noticed her hesitation, “Eat up, we usually eat like this, it’s not specially made for you, eat it with peace of mind.”

Only then did Bai Na start to eat quickly, indeed she was starving, Bai Xiao intentionally used a large porcelain bowl, larger than a regular bowl, with enough instant noodles for two servings, yet Bai Na quickly finished it, after eating, you couldn’t even tell she had consumed such a large bowl, her belly showed no sign.

Bai Na even drank the soup from the porcelain bowl clean, not a drop wasted.

Finished, she touched her belly longingly but said nothing, Bai Xiao read her expression.

“How did you get here?”

By now, the child had finished his milk, Bai Xiao lifted him onto her shoulder, gently patting his back to burp him to prevent spitting up.

The child had already fallen asleep contently, he looked very satisfied.

Bai Na lowered her head, worried her uninvited arrival might be annoying, she was truly uncertain.

But she was truly out of options.

“Doctor Bai, I wanted to come to Modu to work, Cuihua from the neighboring village said she became a nanny in the city, earning up to dozens of yuan a month while being provided with food and lodging, when you left, you gave me your address, told me to find you if I’m in trouble, so I shamelessly came, honestly, at home there was no solution, no way to survive, otherwise I wouldn’t trouble you.

Don’t worry, I’ll find work and leave immediately, I won’t cause you trouble, my child and I can sleep in the shed in the yard, we won’t trouble you at all. Doctor Bai, please, give me a place to stay, I promise I’ll find work within a few days and leave.”

Bai Na knelt down with a thud in front of Bai Xiao, her eyes filled with despair as she looked at Bai Xiao.

Bai Xiao felt heavy-hearted, Bai Na was a person of dignity, otherwise she wouldn’t have caused such a commotion with Weng Jiefang immediately after childbirth.

Something must have happened now.