CHAPTER 776: CHAPTER 772: DID NONE OF THE KIDS NOTICE?

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"..."That’s right, I can’t let my dear wife see this and worry about me again.

Xie Jingchen took a deep breath, turned around deliberately, not even glancing at his two sons kneeling on the ground. Instead, his tiger-like eyes stared deeply at the red light above the emergency room, feeling as if his heart was ablaze with anxiety.

He always thought that his daughter was the intimate little cotton-padded jacket between him and his wife, always pampering her, but he forgot that daughters and sons are alike. He favored her too much, to the point that this little girl dared to confront her mother, causing his wife to be hospitalized!

Just great!

Xie Jingchen stared at the glaring red light, his expression growing darker and his large hands clenching tighter, with the veins on the back of his hands protruding prominently: the mere thought of his beloved wife inside made him deeply uneasy.

Why does his dear wife always have to endure such hardships?

He thought that by having the children at home, even if they missed him, life would still be comfortable...

Comfortable? Ha, that’s a cruel joke!

Thinking of how his wife was never at peace during both her pregnancies, and how she suffered all sorts of hardships during childbirth, only to be repaid with misunderstanding from their sons and daughter?

Living in this world, one inevitably faces choices. He knew he was selfish, choosing to temporarily leave for the sake of the country, while his wife supported him with both money and effort, but to their children, did this make them selfish parents?

Xie Jingchen had to admit, when it came to disciplining the children, he was indeed not very gentle and loving, and even extremely strict. Sometimes his wife would see this, and every night she would scold him for being too harsh... fearing it would hurt the children’s feelings.

It indeed hurt them.

He caused a rebellious streak in the children and failed to handle it well. He deserved to die for this.

However, over the years, who should bear the most resentment if not their father?

Is it their mother, who has always taken care of their daily needs, now the target of their venting?

What utter ingrates!

Fortunately, Yan Jinsu’s condition was a sudden onset. After easing through that spasm, and with the aid of medication, her condition quickly stabilized.

But given Yan Jinsu’s special status, the attending doctor immediately ordered the assistant to draw blood from Ms. Yan and conducted a thorough examination on Yan Jinsu’s entire body.

The comprehensive examination took some time, causing the three anxious men from the Xie family to be on edge.

Every minute that passed, Xie Jingchen would lift his wrist to check the elapsed time. Overcome with concern for his beloved, he felt as though his own heart was in chaos.

Time crawled like years!

Finally, after one o’clock a.m., Yan Jinsu was wheeled out, now dressed in the hospital’s temporary patient clothes.

Upon seeing his wife come out, Xie Jingchen immediately stepped forward to support her hospital bed. With him there, the nurses didn’t dare to push too hard. After he felt his wife’s pulse steadying, he nodded at the nurses, but his gaze signaled the attending doctor to come closer.

The head of the hospital also hurriedly came out and led the nurses into the special ward area. Xie Jingchen’s eyes firmly fixed on his wife’s hospital bed, he turned to the attending doctor at his side and asked:

"Doctor, how is my wife?"

"District Chief Xie Rong, Ms. Yan’s condition has been brought under control. In consideration of her health, I have conducted a full body examination on Ms. Yan. The results will take three days."

Even if special channels were opened for Ms. Yan, some special examinations requiring cell cultures still need at least three days due to the urgency.

"Then thank you for your trouble." Xie Jingchen nodded, he and his wife had no special characteristics now, except for the wife’s Space, her body no longer nourished by the Spirit Core Liquid, all her health indicators were the same as an ordinary person.

"No, it’s what I should do. Ms. Yan has had an acute illness, please try to keep the patient in a pleasant mood, and do not let her emotions be stimulated again. Ms. Yan has been injected with medicine, and it will take about three to five hours for her to wake up, please do not worry too much, family members."

"Yes." Xie Jingchen nodded understandingly, saw the attending physician out of the ward, and saw the nurse had already explained the details to his eldest son, then, seemingly aware of the special circumstances of the Xie Family, just nodded to Xie Jingchen as a gesture to leave.

Not daring to look at the swelling and bruising on the man’s face.

Even their attending physicians and directors didn’t dare to look directly at Rong Wei’s face; curious as they were, they didn’t dare to ask more.

Shiyi and Xiaojiu immediately knelt down as soon as the ward was free of outsiders, not daring to plead for themselves.

Xie Jingchen glanced over, silently sitting by the hospital bed in a chair, turning a blind eye to his sons’ actions.

For a moment, the only sound in the ward was quiet breathing.

It was so quiet that one could almost hear the drip sounds of the IV in Yan Jinsu’s hand.

It was only after two hours of kneeling that Xie Jingchen finally spoke slowly:

"Enough, go do what you need to do and don’t be a nuisance here. Hmph, being filial isn’t about kneeling and fawning."

"..." Xiaojiu Xie Yuchen felt a bit aggrieved, but glancing at his elder brother shrinking his neck beside him, and then at his mother lying on the hospital bed with no reaction, his grievance was swatted away:

"Dad, it’s my fault for not being a good elder brother, I will correct the bad habits of Xiao Shi and the younger brothers."

Right, for Xie Yuchen, the actions of Xiao Shi and the younger brothers were definitely foolish habits. If they do not mend their ways soon, what do they think they are, royalty or nobility?

"Go on then, don’t disturb your mom’s rest." Towards his eldest son, Xie Jingchen was not angry enough to take it out on him, but there was indeed disappointment.

And he never mentioned his daughter, indeed his heart was also hurt by his daughter’s willfulness. Especially seeing his beloved wife lying on the bed pale-faced—

When did his wife become so weak?

It seems... ever since she developed that medicine for the organization, his wife’s health began to decline gradually.

Now, quite down, Xie Jingchen suddenly realized that his wife’s current weight was too light... just like when he first pulled her out of the water, those tiny, thin bones!

Was she not much thinner now compared to a few months ago when he saw her last?

Upon realizing this fact, Xie Jingchen’s brows furrowed even more tightly.

His mother has become so weak, the children don’t see it, do they? Xie Jingchen was even more dissatisfied with his children’s behavior—Even if they were indifferent by nature, don’t they care about their mother’s health at all?

Xie Jingchen held Yan Jinsu’s hand in his palm, compared to the wound in his own palm, Yan Jinsu’s hands bore a yellow-green color due to years of working in the Medicine Refining Village, and if one were to sniff closely, they could still detect the scent of Chinese medicine...

It was these hands that worked hard, hoping to contribute more to his safety, more to life-saving medicines.

These hands built the famous Zhongdan Chinese medicine, and also raised their children to adulthood.

His wife had given too much for him, if only...