Laura Su followed Linda Yun to the hall.
There were a couple standing together in the door, the man handsome and the woman beautiful.
The most eye-catching view was...
The man in the wheelchair in front of them.
He’s stark thin with a weak face, however, his eyes were totally bright with a nice smile.
He gave people a feeling of unknown and made people love him subconsciously.
“Brother, sister.” Jennifer Huo smiled, “happy birthday!”
Time flied and Jennifer Huo looked older than Linda Yun for her life experience.
Linda Yun knew that her mature was all because of George...
“Sister, brother!” Richard Qu echoed.
Linda Yun was shocked for their coming and for a while, she returned to her mind, “you, you guys are coming?”
“Yeah, surprise!” Jennifer Huo smiled gently to show her kindness.
Linda Yun laughed unbelievably, then looked at the man sitting in the wheelchair. She couldn’t help wanna cry.
“Mom, happy birthday!” The man said in a low voice which needed people to listen to carefully.
Linda Yun felt heartbreaking at once while eyes getting red heavily.
Michael Huo held her in arms hurriedly, “the children come to see you. Why not be happy? En?”
Linda Yun took a deep breath then, looked at them, “it must be tired after a long-way flight. Come to have a seat, come!”
Debra Huo walked over to push the wheelchair. Marie Huo followed beside for all of them knowing the relationship between brother Duo and Linda Yun. And they’re all respected brother Duo sincerely.
However, Laura Su was confused. She didn’t know why Linda Yun was so emotional when seeing the brother Duo.
The party still went on though Linda Yun was focused on talking with George.
Michael Huo finished the party early and let the relatives go.
Soon, there were only the family of Paul Mu and the family of Jennifer Huo in the villa.
In the hall, everyone sitting in the sofa chatted together. It’s alive when all of them staying together.
Linda Yun held the hand of George and chuck many times. Though she visited him a lot, she still worried about him for he’s not well for a long time.
Nowadays, it’s even hard for him to stand.
Every year, Michael Huo and she would fly to Switzerland to see him.
However, these two years, she felt faint and nausea during the flight. They could only meet George via the video.
Unexpectedly, he came here.
Through the long flight, he, came here to celebrate her birthday.
Linda Yun couldn’t hold her tears and cried heavily.
Though she had three children, George still was important to her.
“Mom, stop crying. I’m here now!” George smiled and wiped her tears away in a trembling hand.
“Why are you here? Why don’t you tell us first?” Michael Huo inquired Jennifer Huo and Richard Qu .
Richard Qu smiled and held Jennifer in arms, “We wanna give you a surprise. So we don’t tell you first!”
“Well, Linda. It’s good for George to see you. Stop crying. It’s your birthday today!” Kui came over to comfort.
Linda Yun couldn’t refrain from smiling through tears.
After a moment, Debra Huo instinctively said, “mom, you haven’t seen each other for a long time. I’ll take brother to walk around. He should be hungry now. I’ll take him to have some food.”
Debra Huo was a clever man. At the first seeing of aunt and uncle, he knew that they had something to say.
Now, the young were all here, so they couldn’t talk.
Therefore, he actively took all children away.
Hearing the words, Jennifer Huo agreed, “well. Take your brother to see around. He doesn’t eat too much. Let the chef cook something for him!”
“Yes, aunt, uncle. I’ll go!” Debra Huo looked at the brothers and sisters to show them to leave.
Smartly, all of them left without saying more.
When the young came to dining room, Debra Huo let the chef to prepare noodles.
Then, all of them gathered together to chat.
Obviously, they were all familiar with each other, so they talked happily quickly.
Laura Su, standing alone, felt isolated for she didn’t have the idea of what they’re talking about.
Marie Huo, Dennis Huo and Carol Mu all were talking brother Duo happily.
However...
She didn’t know what they’re smiling at.
Unknowingly, she felt a bit disappointed.
“Feel tired?” Debra Huo came over to hold her hands and asked carefully.
With the care of Debra Huo, Laura Su suddenly blushed, “no, nope!”
“Well, let’s have a walk.”
“What? Don’t you talk with brother?” She looked at George then at Debra Huo.
Debra Huo smiled, “it’s OK. Let’s walk for a while.” Then, he held her to the door.
Outside the hall, it was full of fragrance of flowers during the night. It allowed people felt delighted.
Laura Su looked at the silent man, and asked doubtfully, “Debra, the man in the wheelchair is your brother?”
“Yes!” Debra Huo took her to the hanging cradle and stopped to let her sit down.
Then, both of them took the seat.
The moonlight was light enough to shine the whole sky.
“He’s the child of aunt and uncle. But he’s also the child of mom...” Debra Huo looked at the sky and told her softly.
Laura Su looked at him, “what do you mean? The child of aunt, uncle and mom?”
Debra Huo rubbed her little head and said the story with a smile. Though he didn’t speak long, every sentence was the point. So Laura Su understood the whole story.
“What’s wrong?” Debra Huo looked sideways at her for her long-time silence.
Laura Su looked up with red eyes, “aunt, aunt is so good. She...she’s so great...”
“Fool, what are you crying about?” Debra Huo gently wiped her tears.
“Debra!” She grabbed his hands, “I’ll be nice to aunt with my heart! And we must let her live a happy life!”
Debra Huo felt inexplicably warm looking at her red nose and bright eyes.
He held and kissed her on her forehead, “of course!” Then, Laura Su hugged him around the waist.
She thought she was very unfortunate.
But she didn’t know that...
“So... brother duo wears a deaf-aid...” She bit lips, and inexplicably became distressed, “Debra, he’s so thin, looking uncomfortable all the time...can he...hold on?”
“You know?” Debra Huo looked at her in some surprise.
Laura Su frowned, “his face is very bad. I saw his fingers trembled when he wiped tears of aunt. The joint...seems inflexible.”
Debra Huo stared at her without answering.
Laura Su bit lips, “er...do I say something wrong?”
“No!” He smiled, “I didn’t expect you’re so careful. You can see that?”
“Long time ago, my housekeeper is very old, thin, and his health is poor. I lost my temper for he gave me the wrong thing I asked for. Then, my dad taught me to watch carefully and not be self-willed. Later, I found out that his health was something wrong...” Speaking of this, she was full of self-reproach, “since then, when I see thin people, I would subconsciously stare at...”
“Laura, you’re so kind!”
Laura Su frowned, “is he really something wrong with the body?”
Debra Huo hugged her and said unsurely, “his health has been very bad. Some genes have been greatly affected for the relative marriage. And he has been fighting against drugs for years. As soon as he came, I saw something wrong. So, I took the young leaving to give them a chance to talk. Definitely, I hope he can be healthy!”
Laura Su nodded.
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