Published at 22nd of November 2019 08:15:08 AM
Ye Yuwei looked at Yuan Mo who had just run out of the room . She was starting to understand why Ye Xicheng was always guarded around Yuan Mo; she started to feel a little threatened by his presence .
When Yuan Mo reached the door, the room was silent . He entered the room quietly and saw their sleeping faces, then slowly walked out . He did not want to disturb their sleep .
Ye Yuwei saw Yuan Mo walking out of the room as she was bringing the herbal concoction over . She was impressed by his manners and was becoming quite fond of him .
“Why did you come out?” Ye Yuwei asked him .
“Uncle Gu and the rest are sleeping,” Yuan Mo responded and quickly moved aside so Ye Yuwei could enter the room .
“It’s alright, it’s almost time for sister to wake up and eat her medicine . You can come in and wait for a while,” Ye Yuwei suggested with a smile . She put the medicine on the table and approached the bedside to check on the father and children who were sleeping soundly .
Ye Yuwei nudged Xixi slightly and Gu Juexi woke up immediately . When he realized it was Ye Yuwei, he gingerly sat on the floor . He massaged his forehead and asked, “What time is it?”
“It is almost six in the morning . Get up and take the medicine . ” Ye Yuwei carried Xixi and patted her back gently to wake her up .
Gu Juexi sat on the floor for a while, dazed . He smelled the Chinese herbs and his headache immediately worsened . His daughter wasn’t the only one who needed to take medicine, it seemed that there was a portion for him as well .
Meanwhile, Ye Xicheng was stretching, slowly waking up . Gu Juexi picked up his son’s shorts and tossed it at him .
Ye Yuwei was speechless . ‘Can’t you help your son put it on?’
Xixi started crying the second she woke up . Gu Juexi stood up slowly, took Xixi from Ye Yuwei and said, “You can bring the medicine here . ”
“I don’t want to eat it . I don’t want to eat it . ” Xixi kept kicking out, bawling on Gu Juexi’s shoulder . Ye Xicheng climbed out from under the blanket after he had put on his shorts . His facial expression changed when he saw Yuan Mo who was standing nearby . ‘Why is he here?’
This time, Yuan Mo had brought a doll for Xixi . He heard that Yuan Mo had purposely called his mother who was staying in the big city and asked her to mail him a doll .
Both of Yuan Mo’s parents were working in another state so he had lived with his grandfather since he was very young .
Gu Juexi sat down carefully, Xixi sobbing in his arms . She hid her face against his shoulder and refused to look at the bitter black herbal concoction .
Yuan Mo purposely stood behind Gu Juexi’s back and showed her the doll he had brought .
“Xixi wants . ” Xixi immediately reached out to grab it . Her brother forgot to pack her toys when they came to this place and her mother had not gone out to buy her a new one .
Ye Xicheng walked past Yuan Mo and grunted . His gaze fell on the doll and he looked unimpressed .
‘Sister, you eat this medicine first, then it is yours,” Yuan Mo said firmly, waving the doll in his hand persuasively .
Xixi moved her little head but did not look up . She kept crying in refusal .
Gu Juexi took the medicine bowl from Ye Yuwei . Looking at the black medicine, he summoned his courage and gulped it down in one shot like a warrior . Wincing, he put the bowl on the table .
“Xixi, Daddy has finished mine . Now it’s your turn,” Gu Juexi told the little girl and put her on his lap . He took her little medicine bowl .
“No, no . I don’t want to . It’s bitter . ” Xixi tried to wriggle out of Gu Juexi’s embrace . Gu Juexi could not handle her with one hand so he held her with both hands .
A new battle had just begun .