Ming stood in front of me and said, “I care about you, and I said that’s what I should do for you.”
He stood there and blocked the white light in the corridor. He looked at me and his eyes were still tender.
I plucked up my courage and said, “have you ever done anything illegal? I overheard Grandpa Jessop saying that he solved something for you...”
Ming listened to me and after a while he said, “get in the car first.”
I walked behind him and watched his tall figure as I went downstairs. I was thinking about what he was going to say later.
It seemed a long way.
Finally we got to the underground garage.
We got in the car. Ming started the car and turned on the heat. He turned to me and said, “I used to release drugs that didn’t complete phase III clinical trials because of funding issues.”
In fact, I couldn’t understand it. I looked at him and blinked, “is there any consequence?”
“The consequence may or may not be serious. It depends.” Ming paused and straightened my disordered hair and continued, “but fortunately, my drug is not serious. In subsequent sales, it can be proved that it can pass the three-stage clinical trial.”
“Oh...”
“But I was lucky that time. I won’t do it in the future.”
Ming looked at me firmly.
But he was good at disguise. Sometimes I was not sure if he was lying to me.
After all, he was fickle.
When Ming saw that I was silent, he smiled, “I know you don’t believe me. I will tell you with action, because only in this way can you give yourself to me wholeheartedly, right?”
“Yes...” I nodded.
It seemed that this was the only way.
The next day, because Murray took care of Margaret, I spent a whole day trying to make two sets of doll clothes.
Although there were still some imperfections, they were successful.
The next day, Ming had something to do, so I went to see Margaret alone.
When I got to the ward, I saw through the glass at the door of the ward that the outside of the ward had changed.
There was a desk in the empty place.
There were some ink, paper and inkstone on the desk.
At this time, Murray was drawing on paper. Margaret was holding the two dolls in her arms and looking at him seriously.
I stood for a while before I pushed the door in.
When the door opened, they both looked at me. Margaret was still thin but she looked much better.
She saw me and grinned.
It meant she remembered me.
Her eyes were clear and bright, and she didn’t look like a patient at all.
I went in and lifted the bag in my hand and said to her, “Aunt Moore, I’ve got something for you.”
Margaret didn’t speak, but she kept staring at the bag in my hand and wondering.
Murray put the pen on the pen holder and said happily, “what is it?”
I went to the sofa. After Margaret sat down, I took out four sets of clothes and said to Margaret, “look at these little clothes. Do you like them?”
Margaret was happy and nodded desperately. Tears filled her eyes as she reached for the clothes.
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