“I know, brother. I’m really fine. Don’t I sound stronger than before when you hear me talk?”
“No.”
Yun Shu: “…”
“Brotherrr~” Yun Shu started acting cute, using her usual little tricks to coax him.
“Alright, as long as you’re fine. Don’t go out so far alone in the future. If you need anything, ask the housekeeper to buy it for you.”
“Got it, brother.”
(But she still needed to go out to work—there was no way she could stay home all the time.)
Of course, she wouldn’t let him know about that. Otherwise, her brother would fly over immediately to stop her from working.
“Alright, I’ll get back to work now. I’m hanging up. In a while, your sister-in-law will come back—I’ll have her go over and keep you company.”
“Okay~”
After hanging up, Yun Shu felt very happy. Fortunately, she still had a brother and sister-in-law who loved her so much.
Come on, Yun Shu, you can do this.
Nurse Zhang came in to change her IV and saw her looking unusually energetic.
Smiling, she teased, “Why are you so happy? Did you win the lottery?”
“Hehe, no. I just encountered something really happy.”
“Oh? What is it? Tell me.”
“Ahem… that’s a secret.”
“Alright, I’ve finished changing the IV. Get some rest. I’ve got work to do, so I’ll head out first.” After speaking, the nurse took the empty IV bottle and left the ward.
Yun Shu lay on the bed, bored, watching the drops from the IV drip down one by one.
Around six in the evening, Hua Jie hurriedly arrived at the hospital with food.
“Hua Jie, you’re here.” Yun Shu sat up.
“Lie down, lie down—no need to get up,” Hua Jie quickly said, moving forward to stop her.
“I’m really fine, Hua Jie. I was just a bit startled. The doctor was worried and insisted I stay in the hospital, but I don’t actually need to.”
“Here, I made some light dishes. Take a look.” She moved the table over and placed the food on it.
The aroma quickly filled the entire room. Yun Shu sniffed, and her stomach began to growl.
She took the spoon and chopsticks from Hua Jie and started eating.
After finishing the meal, Hua Jie went back home. Yun Shu stayed in the hospital overnight.
The next morning, after settling the fees, she took a taxi home.
Back home, she grabbed some clean clothes and went to the bathroom for a refreshing shower.
…
At the Yun family home in the capital
“Dad, Mom, what were you thinking? Even if she came back, did you really have to drive Yun Shu away? It’s not like we don’t have space at home, or that we can’t afford to support one more person.”
“I understand that you want to make it up to her emotionally, but Yun Shu is in such poor health. She’s all alone out there—what if something happens to her?”
Yun Ruizhe looked at his worried parents sitting across from him and questioned them.
Mother Yun said, “But your sister grew up in the countryside. If her parents hadn’t deliberately switched the two children, your sister wouldn’t have had to grow up in that kind of place and develop this kind of personality.”
“Mom, Yun Shu was just a baby back then. She didn’t know anything. This isn’t her fault.”
Mother Yun continued, “At the time, we asked her to return to her biological parents, but she refused. That’s why we bought her a house in Yunhai City so she could live there peacefully. What more could she want? We’ve already done more than enough for her. We raised her for so many years. Now that your real sister has come back, if she sees Yun Shu at home every day, how hurt would she feel?”
“Son, I know you and Yun Shu grew up together and have a deep bond. But you need to understand now who your real sister is.”
Yun Ruizhe rubbed his temples. “Mom, I know she’s my biological sister. Now that she’s back, we’ll do our best to make it up to her. I just think you shouldn’t have sent Yun Shu so far away.”
Mother Yun suddenly stood up emotionally, pointing at him. “Are you blaming me? Do you know how much your sister has suffered? Yun Shu was raised like a treasure in our family. If it weren’t for our conditions, supporting her, she would have died long ago. That heart disease of hers will never be cured in this lifetime.”
“Honey, calm down. Be careful—your blood pressure will go up again. Sit down and talk slowly,” Father Yun said.
“Talk slowly? Look at your son—aren’t his words clearly accusing me? Blaming me for not keeping Yun Shu at home?”
“Ruizhe, say less. Your mother already has high blood pressure—don’t upset her further,” Father Yun said while helping her sit down and patting her back.
“Mom, but at least you should have arranged someone to take care of her.”
Father Yun said seriously, “That was indeed our oversight. Everything happened so suddenly—it was too much of a shock. Your mother and I didn’t think of everything at the time.”
“You should also understand your mother’s feelings. The child she carried for ten months was switched away, and she ended up raising someone else’s child. Just think about how painful that is for her.”
Yun Ruizhe sighed. Forget it… from now on, I’ll just look after Yun Shu more myself.
From what his parents said, it seemed they had no intention of letting Yun Shu come back.
As for his biological sister—he hadn’t even seen her since returning today. He didn’t know what kind of personality she had.
“Where is she? Why haven’t I seen her since I got back?”
“What do you mean ‘she’? Her name is Yun Shanshan,” Mother Yun said, dissatisfied with his wording.
“Alright, I know. Where is Yun Shanshan? Why haven’t I seen her?”
“She… she… went out yesterday and is probably tired, so she’s still sleeping.”
What she didn’t say was that Yun Shanshan usually slept until 11 or 12 every day.
“At this hour she’s still asleep? Mom, Dad, how can you allow her to stay out so late at night?”
“Well… that’s…” Mother Yun stammered.
“Enough. Have a servant go wake her up,” Father Yun said.
Yun Ruizhe stood up and followed his parents out of the study and downstairs to the living room, where they sat on the sofa.
After a while, a girl came downstairs. She had dark skin, was about 1.6 meters tall, with messy hair, loose pajamas, and dragging slippers that slapped loudly against the floor.
Yun Ruizhe couldn’t help frowning.
This is his biological sister? Are they sure there’s no mistake?
Mother Yun quickly stood up and went over to her. “Oh my, why didn’t you freshen up before coming down? Look at your messy hair.”
She reached out to fix her hair, but Yun Shanshan pushed her away. Caught off guard, Mother Yun staggered backward.
The servant beside her was startled and quickly stepped forward to support her.
Yun Ruizhe stood up, his face dark as he looked at the girl claiming to be his biological sister.
“What are you doing? Apologize to Mom right now.” His voice was cold and stern.