Lu Aiguo's words weighed heavily on everyone's heart. Their once harmonious family had fallen apart abruptly.
Gu Xiaobei felt especially sorry for Fang Jing. She must have been distressed too. Her mother's sudden death and her own unforgivable decision to divorce must have been heart-wrenching.
But Fang Jing was too far away in Capital City to visit.
Because of Wen Xiuqing's hospitalization, no one was in the mood to comfort Lu Aiguo. Ji Xiangdong had Lu Zhanguo pack some porridge and boiled eggs, mantou, and pickles into a lunchbox for the hospital, while he went to ask for a leave at work.
Lu Aiguo wanted to go with Lu Zhanguo to the hospital, but Ji Xiangdong stopped him: "You rest first at home, go to the hospital in the evening to relieve your mother and let her rest."
