1990s: Spring Water Family

Chapter 253 The wife's strength healed my tormented heart.

"Rules are rules, but people are flexible."

Grandma Gu glared at him with displeasure: "Can't you think of another way to get the head nurse to agree?"

"You think too highly of me."

Gu Bin sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation: "If I had that much ability, I wouldn't be having this problem."

"Would it be okay to go to a postpartum care center?"

Sister Liu tentatively offered a suggestion: "Postpartum care centers have more nursing staff and better facilities than hospitals, providing more attentive care for mothers and babies, and the family members don't have to suffer as much."

"No."

Gu Bin interrupted her before she could finish speaking, his attitude surprisingly cold and hard.

Lin Xiyu lifted her eyelids and gave him a suspicious look.

Why not?

Grandma Gu glared at him without hiding her true feelings: "This won't work, that won't work, what exactly do you want?"

"Grandma, please don't worry about it."

Gu Bin smiled wryly: "I can manage. The babies are still young, and I don't trust them to be left with outsiders."

"How many days can you endure this alone?"

Grandma Gu was furious: "Even the toughest man can't work 24 hours a day. If you keep being so stubborn, you'll collapse before the babies are discharged."

"Gu Bin, listen to your grandma."

Lin Xiyu was also worried about his health: "Don't forget you still have old injuries, you really can't withstand this kind of exertion."

"I'll go talk to the head nurse."

Grandma Gu turned and walked out, saying, "Why can't we invite one more person? What kind of ridiculous rules does the hospital have? They have no humanity at all."

"Grandma, don't go."

Gu Bin gave Sister Liu a wink, signaling her to stop the person quickly. He then carefully put Lele back into the incubator before chasing after her to persuade her, "Trust me, I know what I'm doing. If I really can't hold on any longer, I'll definitely ask for help. I want to live a few more years and spend more time with my wife and children. I won't joke around with my health."

Grandma Gu didn't believe her: "I think you're just putting on a brave face."

"Nothing."

Gu Bin argued: "I know my own body. Since having the baby, my cerebral cortex has been in a state of hyperactivity. It's not that I don't want to rest, it's that I can't fall asleep even when I lie down. There is an extremely excited spirit supporting me to persevere until the baby is discharged from the hospital. Before that, I will definitely not collapse."

You're just talking nonsense.

Grandma Gu still didn't believe it: "It'll be too late if you really break down. No, no matter how you try to argue this time, I won't listen to you. We have to hire a nanny. If the nurses don't want to, we'll be discharged and go to a postpartum care center."

"Cannot be discharged."

In his anxiety, Gu Bin almost blurted out the truth: "The doctor said we have to stay for a full month, and the babies can only leave when all their health indicators are normal."

"A month?!"

Upon hearing this, Grandma Gu became even more agitated: "You want to stay for so many more days? No, no, absolutely not! You want to endure this for a whole month by yourself? How is that possible? You'll be completely exhausted!"

"Gu Bin, you should listen to your grandma."

Lin Xiyu frowned slightly, sensing that something was wrong: "I can't bear to see you suffer alone. If you really care about me and the child, then take good care of yourself and don't make me worry about you."

"Ok."

My wife has already said so much, I have no choice but to listen.

Gu Bin smiled helplessly and reluctantly agreed: "I'll go to the nurses' station and ask if we can add another caregiver."

"You've finally figured it out."

Grandma Gu urged hurriedly, "Stop dawdling, hurry up and go. If they don't want to, we'll transfer to another hospital and not stay here."

"Ugh."

Gu Bin sighed helplessly again, turned around and left the ward.

Lin Xiyu watched his retreating figure, a complex and unreadable light flashing in her eyes.

-

The hospital had regulations, and the head nurse initially disagreed. Gu Bin had no choice but to give her a red envelope before she gave him permission. He then hired a postpartum nanny to help take care of the baby.

The new nanny's surname is Xu. She is about the same age as Sister Liu, both around forty years old, which is the best age to work as a caregiver.

Seeing that her husband was clean and efficient and had a lot of experience in taking care of the baby, Lin Xiyu was very satisfied with his efficiency.

Grandma Gu was also relieved and no longer had the mind to argue with her grandson. She confidently handed over the important task of taking care of the new mother and baby to the two nannies.

As for herself, she has a great-grandchild to take care of at home, and it's really impossible for her to stay in the hospital every day to help take care of the child.

-

Since Lin Xiyu became suspicious, the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

Unable to sleep soundly at night, and seeing Gu Bin sitting blankly in front of Lele's incubator again, she finally couldn't help but call him over.

Gu Bin didn't want her to worry, and wanted to keep it a secret: "Lele is the youngest, so as her father, it's only right that I dote on her more."

"I am your wife. Do you think you can hide this from me?"

Lin Xiyu didn't believe it at all: "You can hide it for a day, but what about a month, or a year? Do you intend to keep it from me forever?"

"I never intended to hide it from you."

Gu Bin tried to explain, but his deliberately avoided gaze betrayed him.

"This is a sign that you have a guilty conscience."

Lin Xiyu bluntly stated, "If you're not hiding anything from me, why don't you dare look me in the eye?"

"I'm watching."

Gu Bin deliberately flattered her, trying to get away with it: "My wife's eyes are so beautiful. No wonder the babies' eyes are so bright and sparkling. They all take after you. It's all thanks to their mother's good genes."

Lin Xiyu didn't laugh, but looked at him coldly.

"It's really beautiful."

Gu Bin couldn't continue speaking, coughed awkwardly twice, and once again avoided her gaze.

To be honest...

Lin Xiyu couldn't wait any longer and asked directly, "Is something wrong with Lele that makes you pay extra attention to her?"

"Lele is alright."

Gu Bin denied it instinctively.

"Why are you so guilty if nothing's wrong?"

Lin Xiyu laughed in exasperation and poked his forehead hard.

"I have nothing to hide."

"Still trying to fool me?"

Gu Bin was about to explain when his wife interrupted him.

Lin Xiyu's pretty face darkened, and she used her trump card: "If you don't tell the truth, I won't breastfeed anymore. You'd better do what you want."

Gu Bin: "."

-

The standoff between the couple ended with the mother of the child emerging victorious, leaving Gu Bin with no choice but to reveal the truth.

"Lele, my daughter."

Upon hearing the truth, Lin Xiyu felt another pang of heartache.

The doctor said the surgery could be done around the age of two.

Gu Bin suppressed his own heartache and tried his best to comfort her: "As long as we do our best to take good care of Lele in these two years, there is hope, Lele will get better."

"Is Lele asleep? I want to hug her."

Lin Xiyu wiped her eyes, propped herself up on her arm, and peered into the incubator.

Gu Bin couldn't bear to refuse, so he took Lele out and placed her next to her.

Lin Xiyu turned to her side, hugged her daughter, and gently pressed her forehead against her little face. Lele seemed to sense her mother's love in her sleep, and smiled happily.

"Lele smiled."

Gu Bin looked at the mother and daughter with doting eyes, but a sense of annoyance arose for no reason.

She was annoyed that she didn't have a video camera and couldn't record this heartwarming and beautiful scene.

"Don't try to tough it out alone anymore."

Lin Xiyu gently kissed her daughter's little face, her gaze gradually hardening: "Lele is our daughter, our child. As her mother, I cannot bear the pain of losing another child. I will do my best to take good care of our daughter with you, so that she can stay away from illness and grow up happily."

"it is good."

Gu Bin felt a lump in his throat and inexplicably wanted to cry.

His wife's strength relieved him of a great burden, and his heart, which had been tormented by his daughter's injuries for so long, was healed at this moment.

-

After learning about her daughter's condition, Lin Xiyu, like Gu Bin, focused more of her energy on Lele.

The couple spends most of their day with their little girl.

As time went on, it also aroused suspicion from others.

"Your cousin isn't ignorant; she's seen people who favor girls over boys, but she's never seen anyone favor girls over boys like you two."

My cousin was the first to lose her composure, using the opportunity to express her astonishment: "Ignoring two big, healthy boys and focusing all her attention on her daughter, if those who can't have sons saw this, they'd be green with envy."

"Our family dotes on our daughter."

Lin Xiyu didn't want the gossip of outsiders to have a negative impact on her daughter's young mind, so she decided to keep it a secret from everyone, including her own family.

"Doing love for your daughter doesn't have to be so clearly defined, does it?"

My cousin was still very surprised: "Xixi is also a daughter, but I've never seen you two dote on her like this. You give all your love to Lele."

"Lele is the youngest."

Lin Xiyu smiled and playfully scolded, "Haven't you heard of grandma doting on her grandson and loving mother spoiling her youngest child?"

"They were talking about a boy, weren't they?"

My cousin was both amused and exasperated: "Even though I'm not very educated, I know the difference between sons and daughters."

"You don't have children, you wouldn't understand."

Lin Xiyu said confidently, "You'll understand once you become a mother. It's human nature to dote on your youngest child, regardless of gender."

"Okay, okay, I don't understand."

My cousin laughed in exasperation: "You think you're so great now, having four babies in one pregnancy. You have so many children, so you think you're right?"

"You should get married and have a baby soon."

Lin Xiyu teased her with a laugh, "Otherwise, our children will be too far apart in age and won't have anything in common."

cousin:"."

I was actually rejected.

My sister isn't cute anymore after having a baby; it's a bit heartbreaking.

-

Gu Bin and his wife were of one mind and kept their daughter's illness a complete secret. Apart from her maternal grandmother and two caregivers, no one else knew about it.

After learning the truth, Grandma Gu's attitude towards the doctors and nurses underwent a complete 180-degree change. When she saw the doctor making rounds, she smiled warmly and friendly.

She praised the head nurse to the skies.

The woman, who was in her early forties, was praised by the old lady as if she were an eighteen-year-old girl, making even her grandson feel ashamed.

"Grandma, stop praising me."

Gu Bin's lips twitched: "You've praised her so much that the head nurse is embarrassed."

"What do you know? I'm doing this for Lele."

Grandma Gu glared at him disapprovingly: "If Lele gets a headache or fever, having a good relationship with them will make them run faster and pay more attention when it matters."

You're older, so you're right!

Gu Bin understood and promptly shut his mouth.

-

The four babies are well cared for by the family and are plump and healthy, which is very pleasing to the eye.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and the day of discharge soon arrived.

"It's a miracle that none of the four babies got sick even once during their first month."

When the attending physician made his last rounds, he was amazed to see that the baby was much stronger than when it was born, with four lively and adorable little babies.

Especially for Lele, when she was first diagnosed with heart disease, she really didn't think the child could survive.

With a gamble in mind, they entrusted the baby to their parents' care, hoping to let the poor little life experience the warmth of family love for a few more days.

Unexpectedly, she won the bet, and the result was surprisingly good. While she was secretly delighted, she was also relieved.

"I still want to thank the doctor for his wise decision."

Grandma Gu was about to say a few more words of praise when she saw the head nurse push open the ward door and walk out with a few people, all smiles.

"Reporters came to interview us, wanting to get the parents' permission to take some photos to report this good news, and also to promote our hospital."

reporter?!

Gu Bin and Lin Xiyu exchanged a glance and then turned to look at the door. Sure enough, they spotted a familiar figure carrying a video camera among the group.

"Gu Bin, Xi Yu, long time no see!"

The cameraman looked the same as before, with no change in appearance, except that the stubble on his chin was a bit longer than before.

"Brother Guo, it's you!"

Gu Bin was pleasantly surprised and went up to him for a warm hug.

"Where's Sister Yan? Didn't she come?"

Lin Xiyu glanced away with slight regret when she saw that the reporter who came to interview her was a young and beautiful girl.

"She went to Beijing."

The cameraman put down his camera and chatted with them in a very familiar manner.

"You got promoted?"

Lin Xiyu was genuinely happy for Sister Yan.

"No."

The cameraman gave an unexpected answer: "She got married. Her husband is from Beijing, and she went there to work."

"is it?"

Lin Xiyu felt very sorry for the cameraman. She thought the two of them would be a couple, but she never expected it to end like this.

"What's going on?"

Gu Bin teased in a manly way: "You got rejected? I think Sister Yan was a bit interested in you back then, so why didn't you win her over?"

"You like wasting your time, unlike others who have money."

Over the years, the cameraman has long forgotten the pain in his heart and can now treat the embarrassing incident as a joke: "A poor guy like me, with no money to spare, could only offer a bouquet of flowers as a gift. But he gave a car. How could I compare? If I tried to bump a flower bud against a car wheel, it would be crushed to pieces."

"And what about you? Are you married?"

Gu Bin patted him on the shoulder, as a gesture of comfort.

"Done."

The cameraman chuckled: "The kid's already six years old, old enough to run errands."

"I envy you; you'll soon be free."

Gu Bin glanced at the four little brats lying side by side on the bed, and pretended to rub his temples with a headache: "We've only just begun, when will this ever end?"