Traveling back in time to take care of Sung Deok-sun

Chapter 133 An Angelic Mother

Hospital

Kim Sung-kyun sat by Jung-bong's hospital bed, reading the newspaper. Jung-bong, who had been fasting, didn't want to move and quietly lay on the bed with his eyes closed, resting.

Liu Shuyu sat on a table nearby, resting with his hand propped up, while Zheng Huan had already fallen asleep, slumped over the table.

"Shuyu, we're here for you. You've been here all day." Ms. Leopard gently patted his shoulder.

Liu Shuyu was about to get up when Ms. Leopard gently pressed him down again.

Liu Shuyu thought helplessly: "I can't leave no matter who leaves~ I need to help with the surgery~"

"Auntie, it's okay. I'll go rest next door for a while. Let's go back together after Zhengfeng's surgery."

Seeing Liu Shuyu's determination to persevere, Ms. Leopard couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "My neighbors are all like family."

"Please have a family member come and sign," a nurse said softly as she opened the door and politely addressed the people inside.

"Oh~ Nurse, coming right away!" Jin Chengjun put down his newspaper and glanced at Ms. Leopard.

"You go ahead, there's no need for everyone to go," Ms. Leopard gestured to Jin Chengjun.

"Oh! I understand." Kim Sung-kyun quickly followed the nurse.

Jung-hwan also woke up from the table at the same time, and looked up sleepily at his father and the nurse as they went.

"It's okay, Jung-hwan, you can rest for a while longer~" Ms. Leopard quickly called out to Jung-hwan.

Jung-hwan nodded and turned to look at his older brother, Jung-bong, who had also woken up from his reverie.

None of the family members really got a proper rest.

The father, who was reading the newspaper, stayed by his son's side at all times.

The mother, who was busy with everything, didn't want to appear idle. She insisted on doing everything herself as usual, just like when she was taking care of the whole family. She even declined the nurse that Liu Shuyu had specially arranged to take care of Zhengfeng.

Jung-hwan, who had been worried all day, fell asleep at the table, while Jung-bong, who had his eyes closed, was unable to fall asleep.

Everyone stopped saying many words of concern, but their every action showed their care for each other.

Liu Shuyu sighed, knowing that comforting someone could only ease their worries temporarily.

Only when Zhengfeng recovers can this family truly return to their former happiness.

Liu Shuyu greeted Ms. Leopard, then got up to rest next door. The atmosphere here was too oppressive; no amount of explanation or reassurance would help. A good night's sleep would make the surgery easier tomorrow...

Ms. Leopard looked gratefully at his retreating figure, then turned to look at Zhengfeng's still-open eyes and sighed.

"Zhengfeng, go to sleep quickly, you have surgery tomorrow morning," Ms. Leopard urged Zhengfeng.

"I can't sleep," Zhengfeng said, looking at his mother as he lay down.

"Why can't you sleep?" Ms. Leopard tightened her clothes, crossed her arms, and sat in the corner of Zhengfeng's hospital bed.

"Oh? Are you scared?" Ms. Leopard joked.

"A little..." Zhengfeng hesitated for a moment before answering honestly.

"Zhengfeng, Mom asked a lot of nurses today, and they all said that this kind of minor surgery has never failed, it's true!"

"When did mom lie to you?"

"Even Shuyu came over specially, and the hospital leaders all know your name now—Jin Zhengfeng! You're a celebrity now!"

"Oh, I see!"

Ms. Leopard looked at her own breasts and patted his leg.

"Your mother has never worried about you, so you don't need to worry."

"From childhood to adulthood, what has your mother failed to do for you?"

"Do Mom and Dad look worried?"

Ms. Leopard smiled, opened her arms, and "happily" twirled around.

"Don't worry! Shuyu said he'll cook you a delicious meal when we get back!"

"Haha~ Delicious food! So many kinds of delicious food that Mom has never eaten in her entire life~~!"

"But..." Zhengfeng looked at his mother, who was constantly comforting him, and hesitated as he looked at her.

"What?" Ms. Leopard stopped smiling and looked at Zhengfeng, who was hesitating.

“But… Mom is a strong mother, but her son is frail and sickly, with poor health and a bad heart,” Zhengfeng said, looking at his mother with each word carefully.

"Oh my, really! Who said my son is weak?"

"You're just like your mother! You understand?"

"You are just as strong as your mother!"

Ms. Leopard forced a smile as she looked at Zhengfeng, her eyes and words filled with determination.

"You've always been lucky, Jung-bong~"

"You survived two such major surgeries!"

"In Mom's eyes, no one is more amazing than you!"

"Do you understand?"

Ms. Leopard looked at Zhengfeng, who seemed hesitant to speak, patted his leg, and got up, no longer giving him a chance to overthink.

"Mom is going outside to watch TV for a while. You should go to sleep now."

Zhengfeng watched his mother leave, then glanced at his younger brother who was asleep on the table.

Lifting his own blanket, Jung-bong took a thick coat from the side and gently covered Jung-hwan with it.

Back on his own bed, Zhengfeng looked at his younger brother and felt relieved. He finally closed his eyes and went to sleep.

The two brothers in the hospital room gradually merged their soft, slow breathing into one...

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outside the ward

Ms. Leopard sat alone in the empty hall, head down, facing the television program, but she did not watch TV as she had when she told Zhengfeng.

She was so focused on wiping away the tears that she couldn't hold back.

Seeing her son so worried, she couldn't sleep or eat.

Ms. Leopard could no longer stop crying; tears dripped onto the ground along with the sound of the television.

After signing the papers, Kim Sung-kyun stood by the corridor, leaning against the wall, listening to the familiar crying sounds coming from the common room.

He couldn't help but take off his glasses, rub his eyes, and force a smile as he walked forward.

“Mi...Milan~” Kim Sung-kyun walked toward her with a smile.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay."

"Our Meilan is the strongest!"

Kim Sung-kyun grabbed the leopard woman's arm, shook her, and looked at her hopefully, trying to cheer her up...

But when the weeping leopard lady looked up, she saw his reddened eyes, and her sobs involuntarily grew louder...

"Husband..." Ms. Leopard hugged him, tears streaming down her face, "My son~ why is your life so miserable~~"

"Why him of all people..."

"Why not me...."

Ms. Leopard vented her frustrations about the sky and her unfair fate.

"Meilan, our son... is already very happy..."

"You've grown up safe and sound..."

Kim Sung-kyun held Ms. Leopard in his arms and gently patted her back.

"Meilan, perhaps... it's because God knew of Zhengfeng's misfortune..."

That's why I let you take care of him~~

"Perhaps God knew that there were no more angels in this world, which is why He made you his mother..."

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