Mother's Condition

"I'm going to stay with my mother," Saki said.

I looked at her and sighed. After much thought, I decided to tell her the truth and brought her to the hospital to meet our mother.

"No, you have to go to school," Mother said, although her voice was weak. She said it sternly.

"No, I'm going to stay here, no matter what you say," Saki shook her head and said as she held Mother's hand tightly.

Mother also sighed. It had been ten minutes since she was trying to convince Saki to go to school, but Saki was stubborn, not listening at all. I was also siding with Saki, so my mother gave up and let Saki and me stay with her until she got better enough to walk.

My mother's legs sustained the most damage. She couldn't feel her legs, but according to the doctor, it was normal. She would be able to walk in a week.

However, the most serious injuries were on her stomach, where she got a lot of stitches, and on her face, near her eyes and lips. There were six stitches in each place, ruining her beauty.

However, my mother didn't care about this.

"You two are good children, but let's go and eat dinner?" Aunt Michiko put her hand on me and Saki. She said.

"No, I want to stay beside my mother," Saki shook her head to throw off Aunt Machiko's hand.

"Saki!" My mother frowned. "Just go back home for tonight and come back tomorrow morning."

"Elder Sister, let's go and come back in the morning," I grabbed her hand and said, "Mother has to sleep alone; otherwise, she won't recover fully. You don't want her to stay in bed forever, right? So let's go."

"But..." Saki lowered her voice, "But if I leave, then my mother will be lonely."

"We can video call her, then you can see her all night. How does that sound?" Aunt Michiko handed Saki a phone and said.

After some more convincing talk, Saki agreed to go back home for dinner and sleep.

"Ryuki, how did you know that I'm in the hospital?" As Aunt Michiko left with Saki, my mother asked.

"I got a call from the police," I said.

"Hm... Okay, behave yourself at Ms. Takeru's house, and take care of your sister,"

I looked at her, and she smiled at me, and I smiled back at her. "Of course, you don't have to worry. Just focus on your recovery."

Then I left her.

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The next day, the news came, which was about Ruby's father's death. Ruby stayed with me at Aunt Michiko's home. When Ruby heard the news, she became depressed.

However, soon Rena's father adopted her. At that time, Aunt Michiko also wanted to adopt Ruby, so Ruby had to choose where to go, and she chose Rena's house since she promised Rena to become her sister.

After a week of living with Rena, Ruby, who was depressed by her father's sudden death, became happy and returned to the way she was. No, she became even happier as she didn't have anything to fear and got a loving family.

This week, Ryuki also got 64,371,486 Credits. Since his mother was in the hospital and she wasn't checking her bank account, Ryuki invested all the money his mother had, and he got a huge return in just a week.

Ryuki didn't have any money problems, and Michiko also promised his mother that she would let his mother work as a housemaid at her house.

Ryuki's mother, Fumiko, didn't want to become a housemaid at first because although her housemaid income was better than the job she had, it was still not enough to support her two children's fees. But Michiko said that she would bear all the education costs of Ryuki and Saki.

Fumiko didn't hesitate and agreed to work at Michiko's place. She would do anything for her children as long as they got the best education and food.

This week, other than sleeping at Michiko's house at night, Ryuki and Saki were staying with their mother at the hospital, and Michiko was also with them, taking care of them.

Ryuki, who saw this, couldn't help but ask her, "Why is Aunt so good, taking leave from work just to take care of us?"

She smiled and pinched his nose, "Because you two are cute children, and I love you."

Ryuki didn't understand how Michiko could love them in just one day. However, he noticed something.

Although he pretty much spent his time at the hospital, he noticed that in Machiko's house, all family members were a bit distant.

No, distant might not be the correct word; giving independent might be the correct word.

In Michiko's house, everyone had their own room and their own privacy. Asuka, Yuta, Michiko, and Michiko's husband, all of them had independent rooms, and no one just came into any room without knocking.

From Yuta, he heard that his father worked overseas, only returning once a year, while his mother always stayed busy with her work. From this, he could understand that although Michiko and her children loved each other, they didn't spend much time together, and if this continued, their relationships would go downhill.

Then Ryuki thought about his house, and his house was the opposite of Michiko's house.

Michiko's house preferred independent space and privacy, while in Ryuki's house, there was no privacy. After all, they only had one room, in one room, where they could gain privacy; they also took baths together without any reservations, so they stayed together.