The medicine jar was knocked over. Aunt Yue stared blankly at the floor. What should she do? This was the medicine that had been boiling for a whole day! It was so pitiful that it had been knocked over like this!
Wen Tong rinsed her fingers under cold water until they no longer felt hot. Then she shook the water off her hand and complained, "Come on! It's so hot. Do you want to burn me to death?" Oh, shit! It was so hot that she almost swore.
"Miss..." Aunt Yue sighed. It was Wen Tong herself who insisted on touching the medicine jar. Why was she blaming her now?
Wen Tong looked at the fragments on the ground and the black medicine juice. She shrugged and said, "It's broken. Forget it. Aunt Yue, clean this up."
"..."
Wen Tong had a party with her boyfriend last night and had been partying all night without any sleep. She needed to take a nap at home and then go out to play again at night.
Wen Tong went upstairs, leaving Aunt Yue alone, facing the mess on the floor with a troubled look.
"By the way, Aunt Yue, don't tell anyone it was me who did it!" When Wen Tong was halfway up the stairs, she suddenly remembered something and warned Aunt Yue.
If Daddy knew that it was she who had broken the jar, he would probably scold her again. So... she'd better shift the blame to Aunt Yue. Anyway, Aunt Yue was also responsible. If she had listened to her and stopped doing it, this wouldn't have happened!
"..."Yes." Aunt Yue squatted down her chubby body and picked up the fragments on the ground with some difficulty. She let out a long sigh and muttered under her breath in annoyance, "She always makes me take the blame..."
But there was nothing she could do. She was just a servant, waiting for the Wen family to pay her salary. So there was no other way. She had to take the blame!
When Su Rou got home, she didn't smell the strong odor of medicine but only a faint smell. She felt a bit strange and asked, "Aunt Yue, where's my medicine? Didn't you boil it?"
"Well, Miss... your medicine was accidentally knocked over..." Aunt Yue said guiltily. Then she clenched her hands, ready to be scolded.
Su Rou was just silent for a while and then said casually, "Oh, it's okay. Be more careful next time... Are you hurt?" Seeing Aunt Yue looking a bit nervous, Su Rou couldn't help asking.
Aunt Yue looked up, with a touch of gratitude in her eyes. "I'm not hurt... I'm sorry, Miss."
"Don't always apologize to me. It's not your fault." Su Rou waved her hand. Although it was good for her health to take medicine continuously, since the medicine had been knocked over, there was nothing she could do. Scolding couldn't solve the problem. Could she scold the medicine back?
"I... I'll boil it again now." She was afraid it would take until tomorrow to finish boiling.
"Boil it tomorrow."
Just then, Wen Haotian came home from work. Seeing Aunt Yue looking nervous and Su Rou looking calm and indifferent, Wen Haotian asked, "Xiaorou, what's going on? Did Aunt Yue make you angry?"
"No."
"Then..."
Aunt Yue quickly said, "Sir, it was me... I accidentally knocked over Miss's medicine."
Wen Haotian got a bit angry. "What's wrong with you? You know how important Miss's medicine is, but you knocked it over!"
"I'm sorry, sir!" Wen Haotian was not as easy - going as Su Rou. As soon as he heard that Aunt Yue had knocked over the medicine, he immediately scolded her. "Why are you so clumsy!"
Su Rou frowned slightly. She wasn't even angry. What was Wen Haotian so angry about? "It's okay. Aunt Yue has apologized."
Seeing Su Rou going upstairs, Wen Haotian could only warn Aunt Yue again, "Be more efficient and don't let anything unexpected happen again."
"Okay, I know, sir." Aunt Yue said with her head down.
...
Wen Tong pretended nothing had happened. She took a nap at night and then went out to party again. Before leaving, she didn't forget to ask Wen Haotian for some money.
When Yao Yu came back, Wen Tong was just putting the money into her pocket. Yao Yu frowned and asked, "Tongtong, are you going out again?"
"Yeah."
"You should go home more often." Yao Yu said.
Wen Tong glanced at Su Rou who was watching TV on the sofa and snorted, "I won't go home as long as she's here."
"Tongtong!"
"I'm leaving, Mommy."
Yao Yu sighed, then silently shifted her gaze to Su Rou's back. She sighed softly again and shook her head. Just as she was about to say something, Wen Haotian interrupted her, "Xiaoyu, go upstairs and put your things away first."
"Okay..."
After Wen Haotian sat downstairs for a while, he also went upstairs. Yao Yu had just taken a shower. "Is the branch company still stable?"
Yao Yu nodded. "Yes, everything's fine." Wen Haotian's branch companies were widely distributed. As his good - helper, Yao Yu would occasionally go on business trips to check on them.
"Okay."
Yao Yu tucked her curly hair behind her ear. After a long silence, she said, "Haotian, don't you plan to tell Xiaorou about it?"
"Tell her what?" Wen Haotian asked impatiently.
"Do you want to keep it a secret from her forever? She deserves to know the truth!" Yao Yu said in disbelief.
Wen Haotian sneered coldly. "Xiaoyu, do you think if I tell her, what will Xiaorou do... Will she be willing to give her life to save me? Maybe she'll even run away. I've worked so hard to find her. How could I let her go so easily?"
"But..." Yao Yu shook her head disapprovingly. "If she's not willing, just let it be!"
"Then I'll have to die?" Wen Haotian said unwillingly. He was only in his forties. He didn't want to die so early. "The newly transplanted liver can only sustain me for two years, and Xiaorou's tissue type is almost completely compatible with mine. I'll give her one more year, and then... bury her well." When Wen Haotian said the last part, his voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.
"One year?" Yao Yu said in surprise. "I thought you'd at least let her live for ten or twenty years." How could it be only one year?
"Each time, only a small part of the liver is transplanted. It's not enough for me at all. Do you think I like the feeling of lying on the operating table?" Wen Haotian said coldly.
"But Xiaorou is still so young..." She was not even eighteen yet. Her life had just begun, and was it going to be so mercilessly taken away?
Wen Haotian obviously didn't want to talk about this anymore. He waved his hand impatiently. "Okay, stop talking. I have my own plan... You'd better not tell Xiaorou about this secretly. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning against you!"
Wen Haotian would definitely do it. If she dared to defy his request, he would definitely do something to her and her family...
Yao Yu slumped weakly on the big bed, covering her mouth and crying silently.