"Okay."
Kang Li replied with a smile.
Cai Xiufen: "That’s settled then, I’m hanging up."
Kang Li: "Goodbye."
The call ended, and Cai Xiufen put the receiver back on the landline phone. She said, "No need to wait for your mom and your eldest brother. One will be home late, and the other is staying at a classmate’s tonight. Let’s eat now."
Ming Wei: "I’ll set the table." With that, Ming Wei got up from the sofa and quickly disappeared out of the living room.
Before school started, Kang Li’s mom and a few others moved back in with Captain Kang and his wife, living in the courtyard house near Shuimu University.
"Be honest, our mom hasn’t come back so late. Where exactly is she?"
After dinner, Ming Wei took Bun and the other two for a walk in the courtyard to help them digest. She also watched over them as they washed up, and didn’t return to her room until the three kids were in bed and asleep. She was about to sleep herself when Ming Han knocked on her door, came in, and asked this question.
"Grandma already said at dinner, Mom is out handling something..."
Before she could finish, Ming Han cut her off, "You’re lying!"
Ming Wei frowned, "Why would I lie?"
"You should ask yourself that."
Ming Han said, "When we were eating, I could see it clearly. You obviously had something on your mind, and it had to do with Mom."
Hearing this, Ming Wei pressed her lips together and didn’t speak for a while.
"Is Mom being out tonight related to Big Brother?"
Ming Han said, "Tomorrow’s Monday, we have school. There’s no way Big Brother is staying at a classmate’s tonight."
Ming Wei: "Why not? Big Brother can just go to school from his friend’s place."
"Homework. His homework is here at home!"
After Ming Han said this, Ming Wei was at a loss for words for a moment. Seeing her like that, Ming Han raised an eyebrow, "Nothing to say now, right?"
"Fine, I’ll tell you."
Ming Wei stopped hesitating. She said, "Mom is at the hospital taking care of Big Brother."
"What?"
Ming Han’s eyes went wide, "What happened to Big Brother?"
He was full of anxiety and worry. "Just tell me, what happened to him? Why is he in the hospital? Is it serious?"
"He was injured doing something brave—he got hurt by a criminal. But Mom says he had surgery and his life isn’t in danger now."
Kang Li hadn’t told Ming Wei over the phone that Min Rui was hurt saving Xiao Tong; she had just explained simply that Min Rui had been injured by a criminal while acting bravely.
Ming Han: "Which hospital? I want to see Big Brother right now!"
Ming Wei: "Don’t give Mom more trouble!"


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