CHAPTER 777: CHAPTER 773: THE ULTIMATE FACE-BLIND GYNOPHOBE

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Kicked out of the hospital room, Xie Yuchen and Xie Yuzhen braved the rain and hastily hailed a taxi home. Throughout the trip, the two brothers did not exchange a single word.

Xie Yuzhen tried to speak several times, but seeing the cold look in his elder brother’s eyes, sharp and fierce like their dad’s, he couldn’t bring himself to utter a sound.

Upon arriving home, Xie Yuchen glanced at his two haggard younger brothers on the sofa but ignored them, looking up at the wall clock to realize it was already 3 a.m.

It was not safe to call their little sister at this hour and ask her to come home.

Thinking of what the doctor had said, that it would take three to five hours for mom to wake up, Xie Yuchen immediately changed direction and headed straight for the kitchen.

Speaking of which, Xie Yuchen had been sensible from a young age, and when he was very little, he could already stand on a stool and make something for Little Shier to eat.

Moreover, with his exceptional senses, his cooking was remarkably enhanced. Although not as delicious as mom’s, he was the best cook in the family, apart from their mother.

Given mom’s condition, she couldn’t eat anything with strong flavors, but luckily, there were all kinds of ingredients available in the large home refrigerator.

Xie Yuchen decided to make some millet porridge, selected some top-quality red dates, and didn’t add anything else, omitting any seasonings, only adding two grains of salt to enhance the sweetness of the red date porridge and simmered it over low heat.

Dad had returned home looking utterly spent, clearly having not even had a hot meal before being shocked by mom’s condition.

With this in mind, Xie Yuchen washed the pot again and made a big pot of fresh beef porridge, and also warmed up the leftover dishes from the maid, which were all pickled.

Seeing their big brother head into the kitchen, eleven, who was most aware of the situation, immediately sulked, and twelve and thirteen gathered around eleven, anxiously asking:

"Eleven, how’s mom doing?"

"She’s come round now, but has to stay in the hospital for tests. Sister also got in touch, she’s with Second Senior Brother."

"That’s a relief!" thirteen said, patting his chest.

Twelve nodded in agreement, then as if suddenly realizing, he urgently asked, "Sister is with Second Senior Brother?"

That ultimate anthropophobic patient who is terrified of women actually took in their sister?

Why does that sound so unreliable?

"Mhm, that’s what big brother and dad said. Big brother came to find us just now, probably to tell us where sister is..." eleven added.

Thinking that because of their excessive worry, they had shirked their responsibilities in private, only to have big brother overhear every word... Such a melodrama!

"So, is big brother angry with us now?" thirteen, always sensitive, noticed their big brother ignore them and head straight into the kitchen, blurted out.

"No..." eleven collapsed wearily onto the sofa:

"Dad is really furious, it’s not just annoyance at us... even sister got blamed, and big brother’s the worst off... he’s the one feeling the brunt of the anger because of us."

"Mass punishment... Ugh!" twelve was smacked by thirteen before he could finish, and instead of completing his sentence, he glared at his youngest brother and retorted:

"What’s the matter, you think your punches don’t hurt?!"

Everybody practiced martial arts, they all had a strong punch!

"Heh~" eleven rubbed his knee and said grimly:

"Do you still have the mood to joke around? I’m telling you, dad is truly furious this time, he even shouted sister’s name, look, big brother and I knelt for two hours, and dad didn’t even glance our way once."

Back in the old days when they disobeyed and got scolded by Dad, Dad would definitely turn back from time to time to see if they listened and took their punishment properly.

But this time, he really didn’t turn around even once to glance at him and Big Brother.

If we go by the past, their Dad was truly furious this time, not even wanting to bother with them.

"Ouch~" Xishan let out a soft cry, as he casually lifted Shiyi’s pants leg and saw the swelling on his knee. "How hard did you kneel?"

Shiyi rolled his eyes at his two little brothers, annoyed, and muttered, "Big Brother knelt even harder. It’s not about the wound now. It’s that, Mom’s sick."

"I thought they said it was nothing serious?" Shiyi’s voice was feeble following up.

"Do you really let sister brainwash you? Sister might be a bit delicate, and it’s true that Mom is often too busy to spend time with us... But the one who always pleads on our behalf is always Mom."

Big Sister, like a Princess doted on by Dad, might seem gentler in front of her, but when it comes to punishing them, Dad has never been tenderhearted.

Only when their dear Mom can’t stand to watch, with a cold glare, he’d find that Dad starts checking on them more often.

When they really couldn’t hold up anymore, although he still scolded them as if he wished they were remade, the physical punishment was indeed revoked.

And yet, the biggest part he hadn’t mentioned yet.

"..." Both Shier and Xishan were bewildered; they hadn’t noticed it at all, but they still believed what Shiyi said.

The two of them were always careless, with Shiyi always acting as the team leader since he’s the elder brother who came out first, so of course, he had to take care of the two younger ones.

Shiyi sighed, then threw another bombshell: "You think it’s all over like this? Heh."

"Wha-what else?" Xishan swallowed and asked anxiously.

"Humph, our Dad, um... he got slapped."

"What?" Shier and Xishan immediately jumped up, shouting in unison: "Who’s got the audacity to hit Dad? Are they courting death?"

"Heh, his name is Xie Jingchen."

"Good old Xie... what?" Xie Jingchen? Isn’t that Dad’s name?!

"Right! We saw Mom get so angry she fainted and was taken to the hospital. Instead of punishing us, he slapped himself hard in the face—"

"Eh!" Shier and Xishan instantly deflated.

"Um, Dad’s face was so swollen and black. I just hope Mom doesn’t get worried and angry when she sees it..."

Their Mom allows them brothers to be tough, but they’re not allowed to annoy Dad. If he knew that they really made Dad so angry, even after Dad had punished them, Mom would still use another method to punish them.

Like... eating boiled carrots for a month—none of the three brothers liked them.

Like... eating plain porridge with pickles for a month—just porridge, was Mom trying to make them lose weight? But they only have muscles on their bodies, not an ounce of fat...

Like... drinking medicinal soup to clear fire for a month—that strange Chinese medicine taste, just the thought of it makes him want to smash the bowls and chopsticks.

However, if they really dared to do so, they would receive even more ’punishment’.

With an older brother who always obeyed Mom, if they dared smash bowls and chopsticks, Big Brother would dare to give them a harsh scolding!

Thinking of the various ways their dear old mother would torment them three brothers when she was upset because Dad was angry at them, Shiyi had a ’world-weariness’ kind of sorrow—