15. Better

And my anwer is also no because, we haven't properly met yet. I just saw him from afar. And yet seeing him on the bed now makes me feel that we were meant to meet each other.", Mama Chi explained surprising the rest.

They have never seen her shown so much affection towards someone she has only seen from afar just once.

Her faced changed from smiling to all seriousness as she looked at her family again and said with finality, "I want him to stay with us."

When she didn't get any reaction from them except to keep looking at her, she then told her son-in-law to call the nurse for her again.

"Yu Ran, we will be in charge of him from now. We will take him to live with us when he gets better. He can stay with us till he finds his family and you're welcome to see our place just in case you want to be assured of his safety.

You can visit him as much as you like when he comes to live with us.", Mama Chi paused as she was suddenly hugged by the crying nurse. "Why are you crying again?"

"I'm sorry. I am just so happy to hear you say that. I can not thank you enough. I promise that you'll not regret this. Just the short four days that I spent with him before he got discharged then made me realised that he was a good person.

Thank you. Thank you so much .", nurse Yu Ran said excitedly while still holding Mama Chi's hands. One would think she had won the lotteries, with how happy she seems.

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Later that Afternoon...

"His bills have been taken care of please", the clinic staff told the tall man before her for the third time. "Are you not referring to the may with a stab wound on his arm that was brought here yesterday?"

"Yes, him.", Siqingerile asked again

"Yes. He is the same one that I am also telling you about, that his bills have been settled.", the nurse repeated again.

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"What?! Who paid for it?", the Crown Prince Gaozong, asked in shock, after his friend and also his guard, returned with the news from the clinic.

"Perhaps his family, an acquaintance or a kind person? It could be just anyone. At least our reason for coming here today is settled. Can we leave now? Before we're caught and reported to the king?", Siqingerile said and dragged the Prince from there.

They usually try and avoid that part of the capital because most of the court officials and ministers are usually seen around here.

As the crown Prince, he can not roam around outside the palace as and when he feels like. There were some people that will make a mountain out of a mole should they get wind of his secret outings.

Yesterday, they were in such a hurry to avoid the trouble of meeting anyone that can recognise the Crown Prince, that they had forgotten to take care of the bills for the patient they had brought.

They remembered it only after the Prince had gone back to his Chambers in the palace. And so they decided to come and settle it now, only to be told that someone has already paid the bill. Prince Gaozong didn't know why but he just didn't feel too happy about that.

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It has been two days since Yuan was admitted and a day since the Chi family met the sleeping Yun Lui.

Chi Yuan was getting better and couldn't wait to get back to the guild but Mama Chi had a different plan, she wanted her son to rest more at the clinic.

She knows that if they should discharge him now, he will refuse to rest while there's work at the guild. The truth was that there will never be any lesser work at the guild, it will always be busy.

Meaning, her son will always have an excuse to continue to work without much rest. So her plan was to use one bird to kill two stones.

"Brother, the doctor said you're alright now. He said you could even be discharged by tomorrow if you want.", Muchen happily informed his brother.

"Then I'll leave here tomorrow morning.", Chi Yuan said happily. He hates the feeling of lying down and doing nothing. He really wants to leave this place as soon as possible.

"Says who? Where do you think you'll leave here and go? You're staying here till I say that you've rested enough before you'll be allowed to come home.

Stay here and watch over Yun Lui.", Mama Chi said. Nurse Yu Ran has told her of his name, which she has already grown fond of saying it out loud.

"Mother why?"

"Are you asking me why?, when the physicians advised to take some days off work and rest, did you pay them any heed? Isn't that why you're here now in the first place?

You're too young to be stressing yourself as much as you do. You'll rest here for some more days and watch over him as I have said. Your father and your wife will take care of the businesses.

Muchen will go and assist them when needed. Just focus on your health and make sure to take care of him very well.

In case he should wake up in our absence, please remember that he does not know us nor is he aware of anything that has happened. So be gentle with him.

We will be coming to check on both of you. Take good care of him. I repeat, take very good care of him. Chi Lan who had just finished cleaning Yun Lui up joined them by his husband's bedside.

They chatted for a while and left afterwards. Muchen followed his mother to Yun Lui's bed and they both said their goodbyes to him before the left the clinic.

Papa Chi did not come to the hospital today. He went straight to the guild after he had finished with the morning court assembly

for the day.