Chapter 1413 Missing Mom

"Grandpa, when will Mom come back?" Beryl asked while she miserably sobbed.

Hunk pressed his lips tightly together while he thought of his daughter. He frowned at the fact that even
though he wanted to comfort the two children, he couldn't do anything for them.

The pitiful look on both the children's faces caused Louis' heart to melt. He sighed heavily and said,
"Don't worry, your mom and dad will be back soon. Let's go out tomorrow for some fresh air, okay?"

Both of the children's sorrow quickly went away when they heard what Louis said.

Beryl raised her head and wiped away the tears on her face. She eagerly looked at him and asked,
"Where are we going to fly kites?"

Beryl had completely misunderstood Louis' words and thought that going out for some fresh air meant
going out to fly kites.

Bowen, who was quietly lying in Hunk's arms, suddenly popped his head out once he heard Beryl's
words. His big round eyes stared intently at Louis, anxiously waiting for his answer.

Louis laughed and smiled at the children. He then said, "I'll take you wherever you want to go."

While he spoke, the image of the children's amusement park nearby popped into his head.

There were still several business deals that needed to be discussed, so he could only postpone the
discussions for a few days. All of them had stayed inside the manor for so long that it was inevitable for
them to feel bored.

"I want to go to the amusement park," Beryl mumbled with a disgruntled look on her face.



She was old enough to not be so easily distracted. The longing to be together with her mother was still
there in her heart, but her uncle was obviously trying to make her forget that, so she refrained from
asking any more in fear of being rejected.

On the other hand, Bowen didn't think too much about it. He simply nodded in agreement and
exclaimed, "I also want to go to the amusement park!"

Upon seeing both of them completely resolved about the destination tomorrow, Louis agreed without
hesitation. "That sounds good. Uncle will take you there tomorrow." But the thought that Beryl might
want to go somewhere else after the park didn't come to Louis' mind.

Meanwhile, Hunk felt somewhat unhappy whenever he saw the children.

To these two, their parents were everything for them. No matter how happy they were at home, they
still wanted to be near the two closest people in their hearts.

"But..."

Hunk mumbled but quickly stopped himself. He just sighed helplessly while shaking his head.

At the same time, Estelle was in deep distress.

She had gone to the hospital as usual. The nurse in her father's ward had already become familiar with
her. Whenever she saw Estelle enter her father's room, she would simply nod as a greeting and quietly
leave the room.

Estelle looked at the person on the bed with a blank stare.

His age was clearly apparent on his face. Even though it was covered by the ventilator, it wasn't difficult
to see that his face had become a monument of the years that he had lived.



The wrinkles that had piled up on his face seemed like the outlines of mountains.

Estelle was still hesitant, but she slowly reached out her hand and gently touched the old man's face.

Each line on her father's face told a story of the hardships in life that he had had to go through. Estelle
could no longer contain her emotions and burst into tears.

The tears that slowly dripped down her cheeks landed on the bed.

Suddenly, her father's fingertips slightly trembled.

Estelle's eyes widened in surprise and the unhappy thoughts she had had quickly went away. She
rushed to hold her father's hand and asked, "Dad, are you awake?"

She clasped his hand tightly, even unconsciously applying pressure to his hand in an attempt to wake
him up.

But all she got in return was silence. It seemed that her father's movement was only an illusion.

Estelle still held on to some hope. She stared intently at his left hand, still trying to believe that it wasn't
just her mind playing tricks on her. She believed that her father had really heard her talking and that
there was still some consciousness inside him.

But after a few minutes of silence, there was still no response.

The doctor's words came to her mind out of nowhere. 'Your father can't really form thoughts but he can
still hear everything around him. If given enough stimulation, he will have an increased chance of
waking up.'

She finally seemed to understand what the doctor meant by that.



She thought of how she could possibly wake her father up, but she knew that she couldn't rush these
kinds of things. The only right thing to do was to approach it step by step.

"Hey, Dad, do you still remember when I was a child? I was quite a naughty kid back then, right? My
favorite thing to do was to drink the wine you brewed." Her soft voice echoed throughout the ward.

"You always told me that I was too young to drink wine, and that I could only drink it when I was old
enough. I still haven't tasted it since back then. Dad, you can't break your promise," Estelle uttered to
her father, who remained lying on the bed silently.

Her eyes gradually blurred, immersed in memories of her past. It was like a film constantly flashing
through her mind.

"Dad, do you still remember when I ranked first in a test in my class? The truth is, I tampered with my
score on the examination paper. In fact, I ranked last.

And do you remember one of your favorite paintings before? I actually lied to you at that time. It wasn't
the cat who ruined it, it was me.

And there's the time you secretly saved up some money and I told Mom about it..."

Estelle couldn't help herself in recalling the past and talking as if her father was wide awake and
carefully listening by her side.

Anyone who saw her might have thought that something was wrong with her, but her thoughts were
clear. She was going to do everything for her father.

While she kept talking about her childhood, she didn't notice that her father's left hand slightly moved
once again.



Estelle's voice was heard by everyone in the ward. It was clear that her words were full of love for her
father.

When she was just about to finish, the sound of the door opening suddenly made her stop.

She turned around and saw her father's attending physician.

He had been standing at the door for more than ten minutes. He could understand the feelings of the
patient's family, so he usually waited patiently outside to let them finish. But he realized that Estelle had
no intention of stopping, so he had no choice but to interrupt.

Estelle glanced at him and understood what he meant. She then walked to the door, slowly closed it,
and followed the doctor outside.

"Doctor, when will my father wake up?" Estelle anxiously asked.

She had high hopes that her father would recover soon so that they could finally live normally again like
they had before.

She couldn't bear to see her father lie in bed completely still, as if life had been completely drained
from him. As his daughter, she found it unbearable to watch.

The doctor read the report in his hand and informed Estelle of the current situation. "Don't worry, we did
a general check-up on your father this morning. The results showed that he's recovering quickly and
everything is getting better and better.

I believe it won't be long before your father wakes up. Just stay by his side and talk to him some more."
Then, the doctor wrote down some notes on a piece of paper and handed it to her for reference.

Estelle's heart was filled with joy when she heard what the doctor said.



It was undoubtedly great news for her. She excitedly thanked the doctor and quickly walked back to her
father's ward.

She looked at her father lying silently on the bed.

If it weren't for the ventilator and the other machines that were operating around him, he would have
looked like he was simply sleeping peacefully at that moment.

The news that he was getting better made her excited, but she tried her best to control her emotions to
avoid causing any trouble for her father.

Suddenly, her phone beeped.

Estelle took it out of her pocket and saw that it was the hospital's payment notice.

After carefully checking the notice, she suddenly realized that ever since her father had been
hospitalized, all the expenses seemed to have been taken care of by Ethan alone.


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