Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

The doctor knew these were all children from an orphanage, but thankfully there was someone who could handle things.

“The patient is old and his body is severely depleted. This fall was very hard, resulting in a hip fracture. Even if he survives, it will be a torment for him.”

Grandma is over seventy years old, an age when she should be enjoying her golden years, but her son, whom the children call her uncle, has long since stopped caring for her.

The doctor continued, "You are not her immediate family members. The 'discontinue treatment' document was signed by the patient's immediate family members."

At this point, the doctor was powerless to do anything; she couldn't make decisions for the patient on her own.

Akahoshi nodded silently. After the doctor left, he composed himself and went into the ward.

The smell of disinfectant lingered in the hospital air. Akahoshi sat down beside the bed and softly called out:

"grandmother?"

The elderly man in the hospital bed was barely breathing. He had just been given painkillers, which had relieved much of his pain.

She opened her eyes and saw Akahoshi; tears suddenly streamed down her face.

"Is it... a star?"

Her voice was weak, and when she looked at Akahoshi, her eyes were full of affection, just like when she had taken him in as a child.

"Grandma, I'm sorry."

In his previous world, Akahoshi had experienced many such partings. At this moment, his voice was calm, suppressing the sadness in his heart.

The old man reached out and placed his hand on the back of his hand.

"Could Xingxing... take care of her younger siblings?"

As if she knew her days were numbered, she spoke with difficulty.

The thing I regret least in my life is founding this private orphanage and adopting these children.

But with no one taking over the orphanage, what will happen to these children in the future?

The oldest of these children is Akahoshi. She has no other choice but to ask Akahoshi to protect them a little, as the higher-ups will provide subsidies.

At worst, the children can stop going to school. As long as they can live, there is always hope.

Meeting her expectant gaze, Akahoshi decisively grasped her aged hand and said:

“Okay, Grandma, I can earn money now. I can afford their living expenses and tuition fees in the future. Don’t worry, Grandma.”

Chixia, who had been listening for a while, immediately said:

"Grandma, don't worry, we still have scholarships and grants. Once I get into university, I'll do part-time work. I heard that you can tutor in college, so I'll tutor people to earn money."

Chi Yun chimed in, "Yes, we'll take care of our younger siblings and Grandma together in the future..."

The headmistress's name was Chi Feng. She took in and raised all the children, and everyone took her surname, Chi.

In the children's hearts, she was the best and dearest person in the world. Seeing her like this, they couldn't help but start to cry again.

Akahoshi stayed by her bedside all night. When the sun rose, her grandmother woke up and talked to Akahoshi with a smile. She also had an appetite for food.

"Grandma, I asked Chiyun to make you some soup. It's delicious."

Just like when I was a child, my grandma would save up money for a long time to buy a few chickens. Since there were many children, she would chop the chicken into pieces, cook it into a soup, and distribute it among everyone so that everyone could have some meat.

"Oh, have you eaten?" Grandma asked with concern.

Chixing nodded: "Yes, Grandma. I can earn a lot of money now. I'll buy you a big villa in the future, and we'll move in with our younger siblings."

Grandma smiled and nodded upon hearing this.

The pain in her body prevented her from sitting up, so she could only prop herself up with pillows and have Akahoshi feed her soup little by little.

After drinking most of the soup, Grandma shook her head and said she was full.

This was probably the best thing she had ever eaten in her life, and she said she would take a nap.

Chixing called over all the other children who could come, and they all changed into the new clothes that Chixing had asked Chiyun and the others to buy.

The younger children even told their grandmother that they had eaten a big chicken leg. They didn't understand the meaning of death; they only knew that they had eaten a big chicken leg that they had never eaten before.

Grandma was delighted and watched the children laugh until she slowly closed her eyes, the smile on her lips forever frozen in time.

"Grandma?" Akahoshi called softly.

The person on the bed didn't respond, but after a while, they called out again.

The older children in Chiyun could no longer hold back their tears and burst into sobs. The younger ones followed suit, and Chixing, holding one child in each arm, couldn't help but shed tears herself.

Akahoshi handled everything that followed.

After burying Chi Feng, he returned to the orphanage, which consisted of a few single-story houses with several children, one or two years old, living in them.

Some of them were picked up from the garbage dump by their grandmothers, while others were abandoned at the gate of the yard.

The entire orphanage, including Akahoshi himself, has a total of thirty-seven children, all of whom were raised by their grandmother alone over the years.

The older children take care of the younger ones; they've never had a caregiver.

The one-year-old baby called out "brother" as soon as he saw someone coming, and sat on the bed playing by himself, being extremely well-behaved.

There were also a few four or five-year-olds. Akahoshi had hugged them that day. They still remembered him. When they saw him coming, they would come over, hug his legs, and call him "brother."

The two babies on the bed followed suit, opening their arms for a hug.

Akahoshi stepped forward, picked up one in each arm, and weighed them in her hands; each one was as thin as a little monkey.

Chi Yun walked in from outside and said, "Brother Xing, someone is looking for you outside."

"Huh? Who?"

Akahoshi was still holding two children in her arms when a tall figure walked in from outside the courtyard.

The man was wearing jeans and a black trench coat, a black baseball cap, a black face mask, and a backpack on his back.

His eyes lit up the moment he saw Akahoshi.

Akahoshi recognized the person in front of him at a glance.

"Ayu?"

Jiang Yubai took off her mask: "Stars."

"Why are you here? Is it about the team...?"

"You didn't tell me that something happened in your family, and you haven't replied to my messages for the past two days, so I came to find you."

Jiang Yubai has fair skin that seems to glow in the sunlight. His clean and innocent face makes the children around him unable to resist looking at him.

Several of the younger ones hid behind Akahoshi's legs, peeking out to watch.

Seeing him surrounded by children, Jiang Yubai felt a pang of tenderness in her heart.

"Sorry, there's no signal here. I forgot to tell you."

Actually, at first, Akahoshi didn't want to say anything because he didn't want Ayu to worry.

Fortunately, Jiang Yubai wasn't angry. He didn't seem to mind the poor environment at all and asked, "Are these your younger brothers and sisters?"

Akahoshi nodded: "Yes, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, nine-year-old Chi Tong interrupted:

"We get subsidies, and we can earn money when we grow up. Don't stop playing with your brother, okay?"

In the past, his older brother's classmates would stop playing with him when they saw him with them. He didn't want this handsome older brother in front of him to ignore his older brother either.

Jiang Yubai laughed: "Oh, you guys are so amazing?"

The other children nodded: "Yes, Brother Chiyun said that we can make money when we grow up, and we will grow up."

When they met in person for the first time, Akahoshi's heart was pounding. He was worried that Ayu would dislike him, and he also felt that the place was too simple and he couldn't properly entertain Ayu.

But Jiang Yubai took the initiative to come over and reach out to take the older child from his arms.