He Will Come Back Before Dawn

22

At this time, snow began to melt so the spring breeze was mixed with coldness. Pei Chuan closed the window and watched as his father's colleagues left in a hurry. The ward still had the scent of flowers. But instead of ease, the fragrance of flowers mixed with the smell of the hospital's disinfectant made the ward very suffocating.

A middle-aged man pushed the door from the outside while cursing, "It's already spring but this damn weather is still so cold."

When he saw Pei Chuan in the ward, he didn't care and took a banana from the bedside table to eat, "Your dad's colleagues are rich anyway. How could they give so shabby presents? Have they given you red envelopes?"

Pei Chuan quietly looked at him with dark eyes. Under Pei Chuan’s dark gaze, the man finally got a little uncomfortable and sat upright on his seat.

After a while, a woman came in with a lunch box. Pei Chunli turned thirty-five this year but her face was as haggard as a forty-five years old person. She walked in and quickly said, "Xiaochuan is hungry, ah. Auntie has made you something delicious to eat and also boiled some chicken soup. Quickly come over for dinner.

Pei Chuan walked over. The woman opened two lunch boxes, both of which were made for Pei Chuan. The young man was silent for a moment then he picked up his chopsticks to eat and said in a low voice, "Thank you, aunt."

"Eh, don't say thank you to the family. You eat, I'll take care of your father."

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon. Pei Chuan finished his meal and took the initiative to wash his lunch box.

Although Pei Chunli said that she would take care of Pei Haobin here. Pei Chuan fetched hot water after eating and went over to wipe his father's hands and face.

Pei Haobin was lying on the hospital bed with a pale face.

The hospital room was quiet. Pei Chuan looked at Pei Haobin's resolute face and whispered, "Dad, you almost lost your life for public peace and safety. Now let’s see what the people you were protecting do for you.”

Of course, Pei Haobin couldn't answer him.

Pei Chuan coldly curled his lips, "Being a good person is really ......very worthless."

For the sake of this righteousness, he became a cripple, his mother remarried, and his father was at risk of becoming a vegetable. It had been a long, long time since Pei Chuan remembered what a warm family felt like.

Separated by a wall, Pei Chunli and Liu Dong were going upstairs.

Liu Dong was very dissatisfied, "You this woman! I warn you ah, you can’t have this kind of thinking. It is difficult for Laozi to raise his own son with this little salary, you still want to receive this cripple to the home. Do you know how much it costs to feed one more mouth?"

Pei Chunli was yelled at by her husband and didn’t dare to make a sound. She frowned and said, "You keep your voice down. Don't let Xiaochuan hear you."

"So what if he hears it! Anyway, don't even think about it."

"My brother is in this situation...... Xiaochuan is not yet an adult. Someone has to help take care of the child."

"Yes yes yes, you are so great and want to take care of him. You do as you wish, the worst case is divorce! What do you expect him to do when he grows up? How great do you expect him to be? His own mother didn’t pick him up and as an aunt, you have to worry about him?”

"Why are you so unconscientious? How much did my brother help you out before? Even your current job was introduced by him. What's wrong with helping take care of his child Xiaochuan for a few years now that he's alone?"