The brother and sister duo soon got to hospital, they walked in hand in hand to the counter, requested to see a doctor and they were directed into the doctor's office, the older brother thanked the nurse and he took his sister to the doctor's. He knocked gently on the door and a muffled voice told him to enter, he entered along with his sister, they both took their seats and her brother told the doctor about her fever.
"Mr Xu, your sister has a light fever, its nothing to worry about", the doctor said with a professional smile.
"It is, she doesn't need to be admitted?", her brother asked.
"Yes, you just have to get these prescribed drugs for her and she would be fine", the doctor said, reached out for a plain sheet of paper and a pen, wrote the names of the medicines for him on the paper.
The older brother expressed his gratitude to the doctor and said "Will she be fine after using this?"."Yes, she will. Make sure that she gets a lot of rests and eats healthy foods.", the doctor added.
"Thank you, we shall take our leave", the brother and sister duo left the doctor's office to the pharmacy to buy the drugs prescribed.
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"Brother, where are we going?", Lucy asked her brother who was checking out the medicine in the white polythene bag.
He looked up, "what did you say?.
"Where are we going?", she asked again and pulled his sleeve.
His heart ached seeing her being worried about them. He is even unsure about where they are going but know he would find a way.
"Let's have dinner first", he quickly covered the question with another.
"But-", Lucy stuttered and her brother pulled her hand.
"Come on, let's go", he smiled warmly. "Are you not hungry? What do you want to eat? I will get you anything", he added.
Her eyes brightened upon hearing that he will buy her anything to eat. She clasped his arm, "Oh, I really want to dumplings with meat filling!".
"Really, thats all, okay. I will buy you the most declious ones", he laughed and rubbed her soft hair.
She squealed, "and can we have some rice with it",she asked.
"Yeah, we can", he answered.
"Yay! My brother is the best!", she said happily.
His heart filled with sweetness as he watched how his sister praised him.
4In a local restaurant by the street side, the resturant is known for it's delicious food and low charges. The resturant has received recognition all over the city. Inside the resturant, Lucy and her brother sat on the wooden stools and ordered for a plate of dumplings and two bowls of rice. Their order arrived and it was steamy hot. Lucy couldn't wait to eat, her eyes were like a predator waiting to devour its prey. She tapped her feet on the ground and her fingers on the plastic table in anticipation.
She hurriedly dug into her meal, she took a dumpling and stuffed in her mouth making her cheeks to puff up. Lucas smiled and took a napkin to clean her lips that were stained with soy sauce, "easy there, dont choke on your meal".
She nodded, she scooped a spoonful of rice and ate. She began dance slightly on her chair showing how happy she is and she still scoop another spoon. "Here, drink some water", he gave her a glass of water. She took the cup and glup down the water, it was warm water, its warmth spread through her body.
"Eat slowly", he chided her softly. Lucas just stared at her thinking how could she be related to him. She eats like a pig and wolf down food in minutes, his heart warmed because this was only meal she has eaten with happiness since their parents died.
The sister and brother duo finished their meal, settled their bills and made their way into the street to see where the wind would take them. While going on the street, Lucas's phone vibrated from his back pockets. It was a text from a landlord he found online, the man rents houses to people in really cheap prices. He took his phone out, it was text from the landlord, it stated that there is a vacant apartment and he should come immediately to the apartment's location.
He glanced away from his phone, he glanced down at his sister who is staring back at him with her big and clear eyes.He sighed, he slipped his phone back into his back pocket, he bent down to her height, he rubbed her head and said, "Lucy, brother has found us an apartment to live".
"An Apartment? Really?".
"Yeah, and we are going there right now".
"Come on, let's go", he added and he took their baggage from the ground.
"Are you the landlord", lucas asked a man who stood at the entrance of the building.
The man threw the cigeratte in his mouth into the ground and stepped on it. Lucy's nose scrunched up in disgust because of the cigarette's smell.
The man frowned slightly at Lucy but Lucas quickly said, "she doesn't like the smell of cigarettes, she didnt mean anything".
"Ok", the man said casually.
"Come on, I will show you your apartment", the man signaled to the with his index finger.