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“Mother, please rest and recover in peace. I’ll take good care of Father. I won’t let anything happen to him,” Wei Qingwan said, comforting Yun Shi.
Yun Shi nodded. “Yes, yes. You must stay by your father’s side. You can’t let anything happen to him.”
“I know, Mother. Please don’t worry. You must also take care of yourself. Your health is important too. When Father wakes up and sees you looking so weak and ill, he’ll be very distressed,” Wei Qingwan continued to reassure her.
Yun Shi nodded. “I know. I’m just useless. Whenever something happens to your father, I panic. Once I panic, my mind goes completely blank. In the end, not only do I fail to help, I only add to the chaos.”
“Mother, don’t say that. You and father share such a deep bond. When he is hurt, your heart aches too. You’re only like this because your feelings for father are so deep.”
“No matter what, I truly was useless. Luckily this time we have Physician Cheng and all of you here. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even know what to do.”
“Mother, don’t think about that anymore. The most important thing now is for you to take care of your health.”
Yun Shi sighed painfully. “Over the years, your father has been injured more than twenty times, big and small. But this time is the most serious. I’ve never seen him like this before. In the past, even when he came home injured, he would still tell me he was fine. But this time… he can’t even open his eyes.”
“Mother, father became like this while fighting the Japanese pirates. He’s a hero. The Bodhisattvas will protect him.”
“I know, I know. Wanwan, don’t worry about me anymore. Go stay by your father’s side. I’m fine. I’ll feel better after resting for a while,” Yun Shi urged Wei Qingwan to go look after Wei Mingting.
Wei Qingwan did not tell her that Physician Cheng had not allowed her to enter the room to see her father. Not wanting to make Yun Shi worry, she agreed.
“All right. Don’t worry, Mother. I’ll go watch over father. If anything happens, I’ll tell you. Please rest peacefully.”
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The next evening.
The following night, Wei Ruo and Wei Yilin arrived on time to keep watch. The maids and attendants wanted to help, but Wei Ruo politely declined.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to rely on others. Rather, during this period someone with medical knowledge had to stay on guard in case something unexpected happened. Others might not notice a problem in time.
Wei Yilin also insisted on keeping watch personally. If his elder sister, a woman, could do it, there was no reason he, a grown man, could not.
Now that his elder brother was away from home and his father had collapsed, he was the only man left in the household. At this moment, he had to shoulder this responsibility.
Wei Ruo looked at Wei Yilin, who was keeping watch over Wei Mingtin just as attentively as he had on the first night, and her opinion of him improved slightly.
That evening, she even took the initiative to let him help—asking him to assist with things like changing the medicine, replacing the water, and washing the towels.
In the middle of the night, Wei Yilin draped a blanket over Wei Ruo.
“Don’t catch a chill,” he said.
“Keep it for yourself.”
“I’m fine. I’m a man—a martial artist. I’m not afraid of the cold. But you’re a woman. Women are more susceptible to cold, so you should be more careful,” Wei Yilin said.
“You’re only eight years old. What kind of man are you?”
“Who says an eight-year-old can’t be a man? My master said whether someone is a man depends on their mind, not their age!” Wei Yilin retorted.
“Oh? Then is your mind mature?”
“Of course it is,” Wei Yilin replied firmly.
As he spoke, he looked at the unconscious Wei Mingting on the bed.
“I’m going to become a hero like Father. I’ll go to the battlefield and fight the Japanese pirates—not only drive them away from our coasts, but strike all the way to their lair and wipe them out completely!”
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