"Of course you can, but you can’t watch for too long. Don’t worry, with Mom here, I’ll help you review together."
"Thanks, Mom!"
"Silly boy, why are you thanking your own mother?"
Kang Li rubbed her good son’s head and said, "How are you feeling?"
Min Rui: "It hurts a bit."
"Two ribs are broken, and your left arm’s got a comminuted fracture. How could it not hurt?"
Kang Li’s eyes were full of pain: "Bear with it. It’ll stop hurting soon. Remember not to move around, or else the bone might get displaced."
Min Rui: "It’s fixed in place."
Kang Li: "Being careful is always better."
...
Making the excuse of helping other professors with a few classes, Kang Li only occasionally went back to the courtyard for the next week. Most of the time, she stayed in the hospital. To help Min Rui with nutrition and his recovery, she even squeezed in time at their little Waterwood University home to cook up bone broth, bringing it to the hospital for Min Rui to drink.
Sometimes Jiang Boya would also bring bone broth over from the old house to the hospital.
During this period, Xiao Jin came to visit Min Rui, sometimes bringing bone broth as well. You could say Min Rui was sick of bone broth, but he knew people’s hearts were in the right place, so no matter who brought it, he’d drink it.
After the attending doctor checked him over, Min Rui was allowed to be discharged on Sunday. Today was Saturday, and it was just past five in the afternoon. If Min Rui had his way, he’d go home now, but Kang Li talked him into waiting until tomorrow morning to go through the discharge procedures. She said she’d go home to let the family know, but what she really wanted was to give the two elder captains some mental preparation.
So when they saw their eldest grandson’s "battle-damaged" look, they wouldn’t be overwhelmed.
"Mom is going home for a bit, two hours at most, then Mom will return to the hospital."
"Okay."
As he watched Kang Li leave the ward, Min Rui picked up his unfinished class notes by the pillow and kept reading. Nearby, nurse Lin Xiao was sorting out the clothes Min Rui would take home tomorrow. For a while, the ward was silent except for the sound of Min Rui flipping pages.
"Knock knock knock!"
Someone knocked on the door. Min Rui looked up, and Lin Xiao said, "I’ll get it."
"Mr. Xiao is here, come in."
Lin Xiao opened the ward door and saw Xiao Jin standing outside with a thermal food container, and quickly invited him in politely.
"Uncle Xiao."
Seeing it was Xiao Jin, Min Rui greeted him.
"I just ran into your mom. She said you’ll be discharged tomorrow morning."
Xiao Jin opened the thermal container: "This is bone soup your Grandma Xiao stewed all afternoon. The temperature is just right now, drink a little more."
Min Rui replied okay, then said, "The doctor checked me over, said I can go home and just rest up."
"Then we’ll listen to the doctor."
Xiao Jin was about to feed Min Rui the bone soup.
"I can do it myself."
Min Rui took the bowl with his right hand, found it not too hot, and drank it all in one go.
The bowl wasn’t big, so Xiao Jin poured him another half-full bowl.
Seeing this, Min Rui took it and finished it again. He said, "That’s enough."


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