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Xin Zimo said angrily, âI told you many times that you canât eat ice cream. You have to wait until you are fully recovered before eating these things. Moreover, the weather is so cold. Are you planning to spend the winter in the hospital?â
âIâm just going to have a few bites of it. I wonât eat too much of it.â The old man tried to justify himself.
âNo! Not even a bite! Not even a little! Next time I see you eating ice cream, Iâll make the nurse change your meals to something you wonât like!â Xin Zimo threatened.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Upon hearing her, the old man was scared and quickly surrendered. âOkay okay okay. I wonât eat it, alright?â
âYou said that yourself. If you donât do what you say, then youâre a dog!â
âAlright, alright.â
Just then, a nurse came searching hurriedly. The moment she saw Xin Zimo, she looked a little frightened. âMiss Alina⦠Youâre here? The director was just looking for youâ¦â
Alina was Xin Zimoâs English name.
Xin Zimo glared at the nurse and said, âWhy did you let the patient wander around? Do you know that Mr. Diesse almost ate ice cream just now? How can you be so negligent?â
âIâm sorry⦠Itâs my fault.â The nurse lowered her head and quickly apologized without even trying to defend herself.
Xin Zimo continued to lecture the nurse before telling her to walk the old man away.
Xin Zimo went back to Mu Xiaoxiao and apologized, saying, âIâm sorry. I was caught up with something, but luckily youâre still here.â
Mu Xiaoxiao looked behind the girl and noticed the nurse glaring back at Xin Zimo.
It seemed that Xin Zimo was really unpopular.
Mu Xiaoxiao asked, âIs that old man your relative?â
âNo,â Xin Zimo explained. âHe is a patient here, not my relative.â
âThen why do you care so much about him? When I saw you run over to scold him, I thought you were⦠I almost misunderstood you. You were doing it for his own good? Since he isnât your relative, why do you care so much about him?â And he seemed quite amenable to you. Are you staff here?â Mu Xiaoxiao asked.
Actually, Xin Zimo looked about the same age as her. Unless her family was very poor and could not afford to send her to study, she shouldnât be coming out to work at such a young age.
Besides, her father was the director of this hospital. How could she not be afford to study?
âIâm not staff hereâ¦â Xin Zimo mumbled.
Mu Xiaoxiao pretended to understand and said, âItâs okay. If you donât want to answer, then donât mind me. I was just curious and couldnât help myself. Itâs okay if you donât want to answer the question.â
âItâs not that I donât want to tell you⦠Actually, my father is the director of this hospital. I come here often and like to wander around, so I got to know a lot of the patients. Sometimes, Iâll help out the nurses. Thatâs all.â Zimo said after some hesitation.
âDidnât you say that⦠your father was a painter?â Mu Xiaoxiao asked.
Xin Zimo chuckled and explained, âThat is my biological father. The director of this hospital is my stepfather. My biological father⦠He passed away when I was young. When my mother met my stepfather, they married, and she moved to America.â
So that was whyâ¦