In the room, Martha looked down at the bitter medicine in her hand.
Before she even started to carry out her plan, Jimmy came.
Did she have to take the medicine today?
Seeing that his mommy kept silent for some time, Jimmy opened his eyes wide and looked at his mommy suspiciously.
"Mommy, what's the matter?"
"No... nothing."
Martha returned to her senses, staring at the medicine in her hand with a bitter face.
In her eyes, the medicine in her hand was no different from poison.
The point is, she had bitten the bullet to take the medicine once yesterday in order to implement today's plan.
After thinking about it, she still didn't want to just give up today's plan.
Martha turned her head and looked at her child with a smile, her tone was very gentle and even a little pleading.
"Jimmy, the medicine is too bitter, can you go down and get a candy for Mommy?"
Jimmy blinked and pointed to a candy covered in a colorful wrapper on the desk.
"Mommy, isn't there a candy there?"
Martha froze when she saw the candy on the desk, and the smile on Jimmy's face became more gentle when she looked up at Jimmy.
"I've eaten this kind of candy before, but I don't like its taste."
Jimmy pursed his lips, secretly thinking, "In order not to take medicine, Mommy even gives such a lame excuse. Last time Daddy bought all the candies in the city to make Mommy take medicine.
"But Daddy doesn't know what kind of candy Mommy likes to eat, so every time, he gives Mommy different candies.
"Therefore, Mommy must be lying to him by saying that she has eaten this candy."
Fortunately, when he took on the task given by Daddy, he was already prepared.
Jimmy took out a handful of different candies from his pocket and looked at his mommy with a smile.
"Mommy, how about these candies?"
Martha was stunned for a moment, looking at Jimmy standing in front of her in shock.
She wanted to send Jimmy away and secretly took the medicine to the bathroom to throw it away.
She never expected that her son would come to her with a pocket of candies...
Seeing Mommy staring blankly at the candies in his hand, Jimmy blinked, and his soft voice sounded again in the room, "Mommy, don't you like these candies?"
Martha forced a smile and tried to soften her tone.
"Well, can Jimmy go down and find some other candies?"
"I still have some here!"
Jimmy smiled and pointed to his other pocket, and took out many different candies from it.
He put all the candies in his pocket on the table, raised a big smile and looked at his mommy.
"Mommy, look at these candies, do you like any of them?"
Martha looked at the pile of candies in front of her with complicated emotions.
She realized she had to think of other ways to send Jimmy away now.
She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
Looking at the smiling child in front of her, she thought for a moment, then turned around and walked to the table, put down the medicine, and squatted in front of Jimmy.
"Jimmy, the doctor said that Mommy has recovered, do you know about that?"
Jimmy shook his head and looked at Mommy suspiciously.
Jimmy's adorable appearance made Martha's heart soften, and she continued, "Mommy has recovered. The medicine now is used to strengthen my body. So, actually, I can skip this one."
"But why did the doctor prescribe the medicine for you if you don't have to take it?"
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