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Cao Xiaolian knew very well what kind of person Mother Cao was.

The second year after she was born, her husband died due to an accident. Alone, she had to go to work and raise two more children, day after day, year after year, regardless of whether it was windy or snowy.

She was beautiful and young. When her husband had just left, many people from the village had come to propose marriage, but she had refused them all for the sake of her children.

Someone advised her, "Big sis, why do you think you're so silly? How much money does this family have? A woman has such a heavy burden on her shoulders, even a man wouldn't be able to bear it. You need to find a man to help you. In this day and age, you need two people to get by. "

However, she only smiled, didn't speak, and when she became anxious, she said that she had no plans to remarry, and only wanted to properly pull the two children up.

However, Cao Xiaolian knew that she was afraid of finding a stepfather, which would be bad for the two siblings. So no matter how tired and injured she was, she never complained.

Yet today, she was actually crying out for pain. This proved that there was something wrong with her body.

Cao Xiaolian burst into tears. "I beg you, please drive my mother to the hospital."

Lin Mubai was slightly surprised.

The originally fierce girl was now crying like she was about to cry. She tugged her arm and looked at him with pleading eyes, which actually made his heart waver a little.

"Get out of the way, I'll carry Auntie to the car."

The two sisters quickly stepped aside. Lin Mubai bent down and picked up Mother Cao, only to discover that she was so light and scary, as if she had no weight to her.

His car was a black Honda, as steady as he was.

Cao Xiaoxiao didn't know what to do, so she opened the car door skillfully and instructed Cao Xiaoxia to sit on the left side, "Put your head on your lap later. The seat behind the driver is the safest. You sit first, I will carry mom with this uncle."

Lin Mubai was originally listening to Cao Xiaolian, but when he heard this big brother, he was stunned as the corner of his mouth twitched.

She seemed to be around 15 or 16 years old. He was only a few years older than her, was there a need to call her uncle?

However, from the looks of it, this girl should be from the countryside. Currently, there weren't many cars in the entire city. She didn't expect that a countryside girl like her knew quite a bit.

Perhaps it was something he remembered after hearing it from someone else.

However, Cao Xiaolan's next action made him think deeply.

Mother Cao was lying inside, and her body was also powerless, so the two of them put Mother Cao into it together, sweating profusely.

After they got in, the two of them sat in the driver's seat and the first passenger seat.

When Lin Mubai saw her sitting properly, he was just about to remind her when he saw Cao Xiaolian pull out her safety belt and buckle it.

He looked as skillful as if he was riding in a car every day.

Seeing that Lin Mubai didn't drive for a long time and had an unfathomable expression as he stared at her, Cao Xiaolian frowned, "Hurry and drive. You can't drive, right?"

It was no wonder that she thought this way. After all, learning how to drive a car now was different from the later generations. Drivers were all jobs, how could everyone know how to do it?

But Lin Mubai was an exception.

He likes to do everything himself, and so does driving.

Hearing Cao Xiaolian's insistence, he did not answer her. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and turned the key skillfully to start the engine. Then, together with the throttle, the car shot out like an arrow.

It was Cao Xiaoxia's first time on a bus and she was a little nervous. Coupled with her mother's body, her face was pale and in pain.

"Xia Xia, are you having car sickness?" Cao Xiaolian noticed that something was wrong with her sister. She said, "Press the button on the door and the car window will open. It will be better with air."

Cao Xiao Xia touched it for a long time and was puzzled. "Sis, there's no button here."

"How can it not be? That's it."

Cao Xiaolian's hand was halfway to the door when she stopped.

How could she forget?

With the current technology, the car window was still shaking.

Lin Mubai's head was also filled with fog. The car window was clearly shaking, so how could this girl say that it was a button?

You've never been in a car? Looking at her skilled movements and her unwittingly natural aura, he would never believe it even if he was beaten to death. But if he had been in a car before, how could he have made such a low level mistake?

Lin Mubai was suddenly curious about this girl beside him.

"It was rolled down, sister is confused." Cao Xiaoling smiled embarrassedly, "Open it and let Mom have a breather."

According to Cao Xiaolian's words, the windows were opened very quickly.

Fresh air poured into the car, making Cao Xiaoxia feel much more comfortable.

Lin Mubai said in a deep voice, "When we go to the hospital later, I'll go to the emergency room. Can you help Aunty?"

She looked very thin and frail, not knowing if she would be able to handle it. Cao Xiaoxia was even more so. She looked extremely weak.

"It's fine, I can hold on." Cao Xiaolian thought for a while and said seriously, "Thank you so much for what you did today."

Lin Mubai shook his head, "It's the fault of my employees. I should apologize to you."

"That was his fault, so naturally, I won't let him go. You have nothing to do with this, so at most, you're not the one who hired him."

She had always been like this, with clear black and white. This matter was obviously because of that Qian Fei, but Lin Mubai's problem was that he shouldn't hire such a weak person as a manager.

She could tell that this Qian Fei was definitely not hired by him, and there was an 80% chance that he was related to that manager.

Lin Mubai didn't expect her to say this and was surprised.

This girl named Cao Xiaolan had left a deep impression on him.

Cao Xiaoling suddenly shouted, "Hey, look at the car!"

He quickly retracted his attention and noticed that there was a car about to jam up. He quickly hit the steering wheel and misplaced it. He was also covered in cold sweat.

"You must be a novice." Cao Xiaolian said in a disdainful tone, "You have to be careful when driving. If you do that, something might happen to you."

In fact, her own hands were shaking uncontrollably.

The scene just now was very similar to the one that happened to him.

She didn't want to die at all. She wanted Wang Ziwen to betray her in time. He was a beast with a human's face, so she wouldn't punish herself with someone else's mistake.

During that collision, she had been extremely scared. However, fate had played tricks on her, and it had actually brought her back to the age of fifteen.

Cao Xiaolian could not say whether she should be thankful for her fate or not, but she knew that she was not always blessed by the heavens. If she did not cherish something, it would mean her death.

Lin Mubai also despised himself in his heart.

Ever since he was a kid, he had always been a calm and composed person. In these past few years, whether it was in front of his parents or friends, he had always been very steady and was often joked about as his sister by people along with his mother.

But today, she was distracted by a young girl she had just met.

He forced himself to stop looking at Cao Xiaoling.

No matter what, he would always avoid a woman that would affect his mood.

Thus, the car successfully drove to the hospital.

When he arrived at the hospital, he quickly ran to the emergency room with the two sisters. The two sisters struggled to bring Mother Cao in, but luckily, there was someone pushing a sickbed on the first floor of the hospital. Mother Cao, supported by the crowd, laid down.

The doctor was a very amiable old lady. When she saw them, she asked softly, "What's the matter?"

The old lady frowned and stood up, standing in front of Mother Cao.

She pressed her chest. "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt."

He changed his direction. "What about here?"

Shaking his head, he replied, "It doesn't hurt either."

The old doctor's hand moved down, but before he could start pressing, he heard Mother Cao cry out in pain, "Ouch, it hurts!"

She was in so much pain that beads of sweat the size of beans started to form.

Cao Xiaolian was burning with anxiety. "Doctor, is something wrong with my mother's heart?"

"This is not a heart." The old doctor retracted his hand, and with a serious expression, he said, "It should be a lung problem. I will draw up a list for all of you to handle the hospitalization. The patient needs to be examined in detail."

Cao Xiaoxia burst into tears, "Doctor, is my mother seriously ill?"

"Child, don't be impatient." The old doctor comforted her, "These can only come out after checking. I can't tell you the results right now, but you have to believe in your current medical skills. There won't be any big problems."

The old doctor's words were like a tranquilizer, stopping Cao Xiaoxia from crying.

Cao Xiaolian took the order and was about to leave when she was stopped.

"Take this." Lin Mubai took out a black leather wallet from his chest, "You probably didn't bring any money with you."

Only then did Cao Xiaolian realize that she had to pay the hospital admission fee.

Today, they actually brought money with them, but it was to buy things for their little sister. They had more than fifty dollars left, and originally, they had agreed to have a good meal.

But now, she didn't dare to spend the 50 yuan in her pocket. She didn't know what was going on with Mother Cao's illness. If something happened and she needed money, then she really wouldn't be able to cry.

Therefore, she obediently ended up with a wallet, said thank you, then turned around and ran to the hospital.

Just as she left, the old doctor walked over and asked, "Mu Bai, is this your friend?"

"Aunt Chen, you misunderstand. It's my customer."

Doctor Chen was Lin Mubai's neighbor and was very fond of this young man. He was shocked to see him here today. However, the patient was more important and he didn't have time for family matters.

"Yo, when did you become so concerned about your customers?" Doctor Chen smiled. "Don't worry, I won't tell your mother."

Lin Mubai smiled wryly, "Aunt Chen, please don't tell my mother that she's really my customer!"

Mother Lin had married her father as soon as she graduated from university. She was only in her early forties this year, and looked like a young girl.

However, his mother had a young girl's heart, so she was obsessed with the matter of carrying her grandson. She could talk about it eight times a day and always blame Lin Mubai for not becoming a family soon. This way, when he was busy, she would have a daughter-in-law to talk to him about.

This was also the reason why he had been single for so many years. If Mother Lin knew that he was close to a girl, she would probably be willing to help someone else propose marriage.

"Aunt Chen." Lin Mubai quickly changed the topic, "Do you think her illness is serious?"

The smile on Doctor Chen's face suddenly disappeared, his entire being becoming extremely solemn.

Lin Mubai also became nervous.

"It's hard to say." Doctor Chen shook his head. "I estimate that it's most likely a pulmonary cough?"

"What?" Lin Mubai could not believe his ears, "Are you saying that my lungs are coughing?"

One had to know that although this illness was not terminal, it was extremely complicated. One had to rely on medicine to support it, and it could not be affected by money. If a poor person were to get this kind of disease, he would basically have no chance of surviving.

Within Lin Mubai's mind, a pair of black and white eyes suddenly appeared. For some reason, his heart felt a little depressed.

Would she be able to accept this news?