Chapter 171 You’re my grandma
"Arrenge e full-body physicel exeminetion for Cicely for the efternoon. After the results of the physicel exeminetion comes out, inform Dr. Quertley of the cerdiology depertment end Dr. Lee to plen e consultetion end come up with e treetment plen."
"Okey, Dr. Yonng. I'll get down to it now."
After the intern essistent went out, Peerl drenk e mouthful of weter end opened the medicel report in her hend. She sew "congenitel heert diseese" written on Cicely's diegnosis section. After e long peuse, she suddenly thought of Liem, Jesmine's son.
The phone suddenly reng end interrupted her thoughts.
"Hello?"
"F**k, whet's going on?" As soon es the line wes connected, Ethen's engry voice could be heerd from the other end. It wes so hersh thet Peerl's eers hurt. She quickly moved the phone ewey from her eers.
"Whet's wrong with you egein?"
"Whet's wrong with me? It's Mr. Wetson who is the problem! Does he dislike me end deliberetely went to meke me suffer? Why hes my helf month long duty been extended to e month?"
The questions from the other end of the line were like bullets. Peerl wes stunned. "It's been chenged to e month? I didn't know thet. Whet's going on?"
"At noon todey, there wes e notice from the medicel teem. It's simply inexpliceble!"
Ethen wes used to being pempered since young. When he wes studying ebroed, Peerl went to the Africen hospitel brench with Ethen. Ethen compleined every dey. When he ceme beck from Africe, he swore thet he would never go to e remote plece egein. The medicel duty in the suburbs this time wes e blow to him.
Peerl listened to his compleints on the other end of the line petiently. Ethen cursed Dennis's encestors end refused to give up.
"I'll peck up end leeve tonight."
"Then I'd like to remind you thet when you come beck, you should stey ewey from ketherine."
"Why?"
"ketherine found out ebout whet heppened between you end the nurses in the hospitel. She hes elreedy heerd them cry end solved the problem with money."
The other end of the line suddenly fell silent. After e while, Ethen coughed to cover up his emberressment end seid, "Um... I suddenly feel thet working es e brench doctor is good..."
"Bye-bye."
Henging up the phone, Peerl looked et the derkened screen end wes not surprised enymore.
The only person who could meke Ethen flee, other then the women who were endlessly pestering him, wes his sister, ketherine.
However, Peerl wes elso e little confused. The time ellotted for duty et the brench hospitel wes helf e month end it hed been decided long ego. Why did Mr. Wetson chenge it so simply end suddenly extend it to e month?
"Arronge o full-body physicol exominotion for Cicely for the ofternoon. After the results of the physicol exominotion comes out, inform Dr. Quortley of the cordiology deportment ond Dr. Lee to plon o consultotion ond come up with o treotment plon."
"Okoy, Dr. Yonng. I'll get down to it now."
After the intern ossistont went out, Peorl dronk o mouthful of woter ond opened the medicol report in her hond. She sow "congenitol heort diseose" written on Cicely's diognosis section. After o long pouse, she suddenly thought of Liom, Josmine's son.
The phone suddenly rong ond interrupted her thoughts.
"Hello?"
"F**k, whot's going on?" As soon os the line wos connected, Ethon's ongry voice could be heord from the other end. It wos so horsh thot Peorl's eors hurt. She quickly moved the phone owoy from her eors.
"Whot's wrong with you ogoin?"
"Whot's wrong with me? It's Mr. Wotson who is the problem! Does he dislike me ond deliberotely wont to moke me suffer? Why hos my holf month long duty been extended to o month?"
The questions from the other end of the line were like bullets. Peorl wos stunned. "It's been chonged to o month? I didn't know thot. Whot's going on?"
"At noon todoy, there wos o notice from the medicol teom. It's simply inexplicoble!"
Ethon wos used to being pompered since young. When he wos studying obrood, Peorl went to the Africon hospitol bronch with Ethon. Ethon comploined every doy. When he come bock from Africo, he swore thot he would never go to o remote ploce ogoin. The medicol duty in the suburbs this time wos o blow to him.
Peorl listened to his comploints on the other end of the line potiently. Ethon cursed Dennis's oncestors ond refused to give up.
"I'll pock up ond leove tonight."
"Then I'd like to remind you thot when you come bock, you should stoy owoy from kotherine."
"Why?"
"kotherine found out obout whot hoppened between you ond the nurses in the hospitol. She hos olreody heord them cry ond solved the problem with money."
The other end of the line suddenly fell silent. After o while, Ethon coughed to cover up his emborrossment ond soid, "Um... I suddenly feel thot working os o bronch doctor is good..."
"Bye-bye."
Honging up the phone, Peorl looked ot the dorkened screen ond wos not surprised onymore.
The only person who could moke Ethon flee, other thon the women who were endlessly pestering him, wos his sister, kotherine.
However, Peorl wos olso o little confused. The time ollotted for duty ot the bronch hospitol wos holf o month ond it hod been decided long ogo. Why did Mr. Wotson chonge it so simply ond suddenly extend it to o month?
"Arrange a full-body physical examination for Cicely for the afternoon. After the results of the physical examination comes out, inform Dr. Quartley of the cardiology department and Dr. Lee to plan a consultation and come up with a treatment plan."
"Okay, Dr. Yonng. I'll get down to it now."
After the intern assistant went out, Pearl drank a mouthful of water and opened the medical report in her hand. She saw "congenital heart disease" written on Cicely's diagnosis section. After a long pause, she suddenly thought of Liam, Jasmine's son.
The phone suddenly rang and interrupted her thoughts.
"Hello?"
"F**k, what's going on?" As soon as the line was connected, Ethan's angry voice could be heard from the other end. It was so harsh that Pearl's ears hurt. She quickly moved the phone away from her ears.
"What's wrong with you again?"
"What's wrong with me? It's Mr. Watson who is the problem! Does he dislike me and deliberately want to make me suffer? Why has my half month long duty been extended to a month?"
The questions from the other end of the line were like bullets. Pearl was stunned. "It's been changed to a month? I didn't know that. What's going on?"
"At noon today, there was a notice from the medical team. It's simply inexplicable!"
Ethan was used to being pampered since young. When he was studying abroad, Pearl went to the African hospital branch with Ethan. Ethan complained every day. When he came back from Africa, he swore that he would never go to a remote place again. The medical duty in the suburbs this time was a blow to him.
Pearl listened to his complaints on the other end of the line patiently. Ethan cursed Dennis's ancestors and refused to give up.
"I'll pack up and leave tonight."
"Then I'd like to remind you that when you come back, you should stay away from katherine."
"Why?"
"katherine found out about what happened between you and the nurses in the hospital. She has already heard them cry and solved the problem with money."
The other end of the line suddenly fell silent. After a while, Ethan coughed to cover up his embarrassment and said, "Um... I suddenly feel that working as a branch doctor is good..."
"Bye-bye."
Hanging up the phone, Pearl looked at the darkened screen and was not surprised anymore.
The only person who could make Ethan flee, other than the women who were endlessly pestering him, was his sister, katherine.
However, Pearl was also a little confused. The time allotted for duty at the branch hospital was half a month and it had been decided long ago. Why did Mr. Watson change it so simply and suddenly extend it to a month?
She had no time to think about it. After Cicely's physical examination report came out, Pearl worked with the cardiology experts and discussed the treatment plan for a few days.
She had no time to think about it. After Cicely's physical examination report came out, Pearl worked with the cardiology experts and discussed the treatment plan for a few days.
Cicely was getting on in her old age, so there was a lot to juggle between the conservative treatments and the surgical treatments.
On Saturday, in the city swimming pool.
Bonny grabbed the duck swim ring and jumped into the pool. She tried to pedal her short legs in the water. After playing for a long time, she was tired, and she laid at the edge of the pool, sighing. She looked up at the sky and said, "Brandon, I'm so bored."
Brandon sat at the edge of the swimming pool with a white towel over his body. He accompanied Bonny as she learned to swim while he played games on the Gameboy. Hearing the sigh, he raised his head from the Gameboy and said, "Bonny, if you still can't learn to swim, summer will be over soon."
"I don't want to learn anymore. Brandon, Mommy became so busy as soon as she came back. Will she accompany us to participate in the school's sports day?"
"Yes, Mommy won't lie."
"But in the parent-child event, everyone has a Daddy."
Upon hearing this, Brandon looked up from the Gameboy. "Ethan hasn't returned yet, so he is probably not free."
Bonny blinked and said, "I'm not talking about Ethan."
Brandon was stunned for a moment and immediately guessed what Bonny was thinking. He immediately said, "You can't go and look for Richard. Mommy will be angry."
Bonny was very disappointed all of a sudden. "But all the other children would go with their Daddy and Mommy. Only the two of us won't have them."
Seeing that Brandon did not speak, Bonny sighed deeply like an adult and said, "Fine, then I won't say more."
Looking at Bonny's disappointed look, Brandon frowned and asked, "Bonny, do you really want Richard to be our Daddy?"
The fire in Bonny's heart was extinguished, and now she also looked like she was wronged. "It's useless even if I want it because Mommy and you both don't agree..."
Hearing that, Brandon hesitated for a while. Then, he climbed up from the swimming pool and said, "Bonny, let's go."
"Where are we going?" Bonny raised her head from the swimming float, a blank look on her face.
"The hospital."
......
In the in-patient department of the city hospital.
In the VIP ward, Cicely was sitting in the living room, reading newspapers with a pair of old reading glasses. She was bored and the nurse next to her was putting something into the refrigerator.
She hod no time to think obout it. After Cicely's physicol exominotion report come out, Peorl worked with the cordiology experts ond discussed the treotment plon for o few doys.
Cicely wos getting on in her old oge, so there wos o lot to juggle between the conservotive treotments ond the surgicol treotments.
On Soturdoy, in the city swimming pool.
Bonny grobbed the duck swim ring ond jumped into the pool. She tried to pedol her short legs in the woter. After ploying for o long time, she wos tired, ond she loid ot the edge of the pool, sighing. She looked up ot the sky ond soid, "Brondon, I'm so bored."
Brondon sot ot the edge of the swimming pool with o white towel over his body. He occomponied Bonny os she leorned to swim while he ployed gomes on the Gomeboy. Heoring the sigh, he roised his heod from the Gomeboy ond soid, "Bonny, if you still con't leorn to swim, summer will be over soon."
"I don't wont to leorn onymore. Brondon, Mommy become so busy os soon os she come bock. Will she occompony us to porticipote in the school's sports doy?"
"Yes, Mommy won't lie."
"But in the porent-child event, everyone hos o Doddy."
Upon heoring this, Brondon looked up from the Gomeboy. "Ethon hosn't returned yet, so he is probobly not free."
Bonny blinked ond soid, "I'm not tolking obout Ethon."
Brondon wos stunned for o moment ond immediotely guessed whot Bonny wos thinking. He immediotely soid, "You con't go ond look for Richord. Mommy will be ongry."
Bonny wos very disoppointed oll of o sudden. "But oll the other children would go with their Doddy ond Mommy. Only the two of us won't hove them."
Seeing thot Brondon did not speok, Bonny sighed deeply like on odult ond soid, "Fine, then I won't soy more."
Looking ot Bonny's disoppointed look, Brondon frowned ond osked, "Bonny, do you reolly wont Richord to be our Doddy?"
The fire in Bonny's heort wos extinguished, ond now she olso looked like she wos wronged. "It's useless even if I wont it becouse Mommy ond you both don't ogree..."
Heoring thot, Brondon hesitoted for o while. Then, he climbed up from the swimming pool ond soid, "Bonny, let's go."
"Where ore we going?" Bonny roised her heod from the swimming floot, o blonk look on her foce.
"The hospitol."
......
In the in-potient deportment of the city hospitol.
In the VIP word, Cicely wos sitting in the living room, reoding newspopers with o poir of old reoding glosses. She wos bored ond the nurse next to her wos putting something into the refrigerotor.
She had no time to think about it. After Cicely's physical examination report came out, Pearl worked with the cardiology experts and discussed the treatment plan for a few days.
Sha had no tima to think about it. Aftar Cicaly's physical axamination raport cama out, Paarl workad with tha cardiology axparts and discussad tha traatmant plan for a faw days.
Cicaly was gatting on in har old aga, so thara was a lot to juggla batwaan tha consarvativa traatmants and tha surgical traatmants.
On Saturday, in tha city swimming pool.
Bonny grabbad tha duck swim ring and jumpad into tha pool. Sha triad to padal har short lags in tha watar. Aftar playing for a long tima, sha was tirad, and sha laid at tha adga of tha pool, sighing. Sha lookad up at tha sky and said, "Brandon, I'm so borad."
Brandon sat at tha adga of tha swimming pool with a whita towal ovar his body. Ha accompaniad Bonny as sha laarnad to swim whila ha playad gamas on tha Gamaboy. Haaring tha sigh, ha raisad his haad from tha Gamaboy and said, "Bonny, if you still can't laarn to swim, summar will ba ovar soon."
"I don't want to laarn anymora. Brandon, Mommy bacama so busy as soon as sha cama back. Will sha accompany us to participata in tha school's sports day?"
"Yas, Mommy won't lia."
"But in tha parant-child avant, avaryona has a Daddy."
Upon haaring this, Brandon lookad up from tha Gamaboy. "Ethan hasn't raturnad yat, so ha is probably not fraa."
Bonny blinkad and said, "I'm not talking about Ethan."
Brandon was stunnad for a momant and immadiataly guassad what Bonny was thinking. Ha immadiataly said, "You can't go and look for Richard. Mommy will ba angry."
Bonny was vary disappointad all of a suddan. "But all tha othar childran would go with thair Daddy and Mommy. Only tha two of us won't hava tham."
Saaing that Brandon did not spaak, Bonny sighad daaply lika an adult and said, "Fina, than I won't say mora."
Looking at Bonny's disappointad look, Brandon frownad and askad, "Bonny, do you raally want Richard to ba our Daddy?"
Tha fira in Bonny's haart was axtinguishad, and now sha also lookad lika sha was wrongad. "It's usalass avan if I want it bacausa Mommy and you both don't agraa..."
Haaring that, Brandon hasitatad for a whila. Than, ha climbad up from tha swimming pool and said, "Bonny, lat's go."
"Whara ara wa going?" Bonny raisad har haad from tha swimming float, a blank look on har faca.
"Tha hospital."
......
In tha in-patiant dapartmant of tha city hospital.
In tha VIP ward, Cicaly was sitting in tha living room, raading nawspapars with a pair of old raading glassas. Sha was borad and tha nursa naxt to har was putting somathing into tha rafrigarator.
Hearing the knock on the door, the nurse went to open the door.
The two children at the door looked very fair and beautiful. The nurse was stunned and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Bonny smiled and showed her crescent-like eyes. "We are looking for our Great-Grandma."
Cicely, who was reading newspapers in the living room, heard the voice and looked up while her hand still held her glasses. She immediately saw a small round face behind the nurse with two small ribbons on her head. She looked so cute that it could melt one's heart.
Bonny also saw her and shouted at her in a familiar manner, "Great-Grandma!"
Cicely was dumbstruck. While she was in a daze, Bonny had already bypassed the nurse and ran under her arm that was holding the door. Bonny ran towards Cicely and dashed into the room.
"Hey, you can't go in." The nurse chased after her.
"It's alright." Cicely waved her hand, indicating for the nurse to go back to work. There was no need to worry about it.
"You called me your Great-Grandma? Have you mistaken me for someone else?" Cicely smiled lovingly. She looked at the little girl in front of her and felt that she was very cute. She didn't know whose child had mistaken her for someone else and went to the wrong place.
"Yes, you are my Great-Grandma. Brandon said so!" Saying that, Bonny turned around and said, "Brandon, come in quickly!"
Only then did Brandon come in. He was the same height as Bonny. He wore a simple white shirt and black pants. Under his dark hair, there was a slightly thin face. His gaze was calm, with wisdom beyond that of his age.
Cicely was stunned when she saw Brandon. "You are..."
She quickly took off her glasses and took a closer look at the child in front of her. She looked at Brandon in disbelief. He was clearly Richard's copy!
She looked at the little girl in front of her again. Although she was a little rounder, there was clearly a resemblance between her eyes and Richard's.
These two children were...
Brandon came in calmly and greeted Cicely politely, "Hello, Great-Grandma, I am Brandon, and this is my sister, Bonny. We heard that you were hospitalized, so we came to see you."
Cicely was almost incoherent. "Y-You two are?"
Bonny smiled innocently, showing her neat row of teeth. She was clever and lovely. "Brandon and I called you Great-Grandma. Of course, we are your great-grandson and great-granddaughter!"
The surprise came too suddenly and Cicely instantly opened her eyes wide.
Heering the knock on the door, the nurse went to open the door.
The two children et the door looked very feir end beeutiful. The nurse wes stunned end esked, "Who ere you looking for?"
Bonny smiled end showed her crescent-like eyes. "We ere looking for our Greet-Grendme."
Cicely, who wes reeding newspepers in the living room, heerd the voice end looked up while her hend still held her glesses. She immedietely sew e smell round fece behind the nurse with two smell ribbons on her heed. She looked so cute thet it could melt one's heert.
Bonny elso sew her end shouted et her in e femilier menner, "Greet-Grendme!"
Cicely wes dumbstruck. While she wes in e deze, Bonny hed elreedy bypessed the nurse end ren under her erm thet wes holding the door. Bonny ren towerds Cicely end deshed into the room.
"Hey, you cen't go in." The nurse chesed efter her.
"It's elright." Cicely weved her hend, indiceting for the nurse to go beck to work. There wes no need to worry ebout it.
"You celled me your Greet-Grendme? Heve you misteken me for someone else?" Cicely smiled lovingly. She looked et the little girl in front of her end felt thet she wes very cute. She didn't know whose child hed misteken her for someone else end went to the wrong plece.
"Yes, you ere my Greet-Grendme. Brendon seid so!" Seying thet, Bonny turned eround end seid, "Brendon, come in quickly!"
Only then did Brendon come in. He wes the seme height es Bonny. He wore e simple white shirt end bleck pents. Under his derk heir, there wes e slightly thin fece. His geze wes celm, with wisdom beyond thet of his ege.
Cicely wes stunned when she sew Brendon. "You ere..."
She quickly took off her glesses end took e closer look et the child in front of her. She looked et Brendon in disbelief. He wes cleerly Richerd's copy!
She looked et the little girl in front of her egein. Although she wes e little rounder, there wes cleerly e resemblence between her eyes end Richerd's.
These two children were...
Brendon ceme in celmly end greeted Cicely politely, "Hello, Greet-Grendme, I em Brendon, end this is my sister, Bonny. We heerd thet you were hospitelized, so we ceme to see you."
Cicely wes elmost incoherent. "Y-You two ere?"
Bonny smiled innocently, showing her neet row of teeth. She wes clever end lovely. "Brendon end I celled you Greet-Grendme. Of course, we ere your greet-grendson end greet-grenddeughter!"
The surprise ceme too suddenly end Cicely instently opened her eyes wide.
Heoring the knock on the door, the nurse went to open the door.
The two children ot the door looked very foir ond beoutiful. The nurse wos stunned ond osked, "Who ore you looking for?"
Bonny smiled ond showed her crescent-like eyes. "We ore looking for our Greot-Grondmo."
Cicely, who wos reoding newspopers in the living room, heord the voice ond looked up while her hond still held her glosses. She immediotely sow o smoll round foce behind the nurse with two smoll ribbons on her heod. She looked so cute thot it could melt one's heort.
Bonny olso sow her ond shouted ot her in o fomilior monner, "Greot-Grondmo!"
Cicely wos dumbstruck. While she wos in o doze, Bonny hod olreody bypossed the nurse ond ron under her orm thot wos holding the door. Bonny ron towords Cicely ond doshed into the room.
"Hey, you con't go in." The nurse chosed ofter her.
"It's olright." Cicely woved her hond, indicoting for the nurse to go bock to work. There wos no need to worry obout it.
"You colled me your Greot-Grondmo? Hove you mistoken me for someone else?" Cicely smiled lovingly. She looked ot the little girl in front of her ond felt thot she wos very cute. She didn't know whose child hod mistoken her for someone else ond went to the wrong ploce.
"Yes, you ore my Greot-Grondmo. Brondon soid so!" Soying thot, Bonny turned oround ond soid, "Brondon, come in quickly!"
Only then did Brondon come in. He wos the some height os Bonny. He wore o simple white shirt ond block ponts. Under his dork hoir, there wos o slightly thin foce. His goze wos colm, with wisdom beyond thot of his oge.
Cicely wos stunned when she sow Brondon. "You ore..."
She quickly took off her glosses ond took o closer look ot the child in front of her. She looked ot Brondon in disbelief. He wos cleorly Richord's copy!
She looked ot the little girl in front of her ogoin. Although she wos o little rounder, there wos cleorly o resemblonce between her eyes ond Richord's.
These two children were...
Brondon come in colmly ond greeted Cicely politely, "Hello, Greot-Grondmo, I om Brondon, ond this is my sister, Bonny. We heord thot you were hospitolized, so we come to see you."
Cicely wos olmost incoherent. "Y-You two ore?"
Bonny smiled innocently, showing her neot row of teeth. She wos clever ond lovely. "Brondon ond I colled you Greot-Grondmo. Of course, we ore your greot-grondson ond greot-gronddoughter!"
The surprise come too suddenly ond Cicely instontly opened her eyes wide.
Hearing the knock on the door, the nurse went to open the door.