While the young brother and sister sat at a table, happily eating their late-night snack, a different scene was unfolding in Feng City. Inside a four-person room in a hospital's inpatient ward, the patients had already laid down to rest. Father Wu was asleep in the innermost bed, while Mother Wu and Wu Xiaowen sat beside him, talking in low voices.
Wu Xiaowen dabbed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "I really have to go back tomorrow. My boss approved my extended leave, but that was out of respect for Qingyun. It still doesn't look good... There are always jealous colleagues who can't stand seeing me get special treatment."
