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Xia Li looked at the middle-aged man who knelt in front of her and repented, his heart full of unfamiliarity and resentment. If not for her, how would he have suffered so much before this?

At this time, the customers in the shop were all looking at the two in surprise, ready to watch a good show, causing Xia Li's face to instantly turn ugly.

"My fellow villagers, please help me beg my daughter as well. He is not letting me, his father, into his house right now!" Seeing that Xia Li had no intention to give in, Xia Manjiang stood up and begged and turned around, once again kneeling on the ground, he kowtowed to the customer who came to treat him.

"Dr. Xia, is this your father?"

"How can a daughter make her father kneel in front of her?"

"Doctor Xia, what's going on?"

A group of people who didn't know the truth looked at Xia Manjiang's pitiful appearance, and their sympathy rose in an instant. The way they looked at Xia Li also changed.

Xia Manjiang who was kneeling on the ground, secretly looked around at the expressions of everyone, a proud look flashed past his face, and he wiped the tears that did not come out from the corner of his eyes.

The servants at the side immediately ran over, and invited the surrounding people to the side. Those who needed to grab medicine, those who needed to get medicine, and those who needed to see a doctor, all of them were directly invited to the door, leaving Xia Li and Xia Manjiang some private spaces.

Xia Li had a headache, he rubbed his temple, then helped Xia Manjiang who was kneeling on the ground up, and gave him a silver ingot as he said this.

"Take these silver taels. Let's go."

Xia Manjiang looked at the silver in his hand, his eyes immediately lit up, and secretly observed Xia Li's expression, as he said: "How could father want to take my daughter's money, Father is already old, and does not wish to continue tormenting yourself, and only wants to come back and live peacefully with your mother."

"Hey, where's your mother? Where is Qing Er? " Xia Manjiang said. As he looked around the entire hospital, he couldn't find anyone he wanted to see.

"They're not in hospital." Xia Li protected his family instinctively, leaving Xia Manjiang alone at all times.

"Don't be nervous, my girl, I'm just casually asking. Oh right, your hospital looks quite impressive. Are you buying it or renting it? How do you have so much silver?"

Xia Manjiang stood within the hospital, and looked left and right, his eyes constantly swiveling, as though he was plotting something.

"What did you come back for?" Xia Li stood within the hospital and looked at Xia Manjiang carefully.

"Dad just wants to reunite with all of you. We'll live a good life together."

Xia Manjiang laughed in embarrassment, staring at Xia Li's expression, he carefully dealt with it.

"Leave, we have nothing to do with you anymore." Xia Li said as he walked out, but did not expect Xia Manjiang to step forward and grab her wrist.

"What do you want to do? I don't welcome you here, so please leave. "

Xia Li unceremoniously threw Xia Manjiang off, and pushed him out.

"Father really has no other choice. Where are you driving me to? I'm begging you, my daughter. Take me in!"

Xia Manjiang said, then sat on the ground again, dragging Xia Li, stubbornly refusing to let her go out, while the customers inside once again surrounded her.

"Dr. Xia, you can't treat your father like this. As a child, how can you let an elder kneel in front of you?"

"That's right, Doctor Xia. We saw that your medical ethics weren't bad, so we didn't …"

Some could not help but start to blame Xia Li.

"My father is a gambler, he ran away after he owed a huge debt, leaving the three of us behind. Now that we have lived a good life and have come back today, what else do you have to say?"

Xia Li's face was calm as he looked at them.

Hearing Xia Li's words, the people who came to see the patient were all stunned, some of them looked at Xia Manjiang who was kneeling on the ground and pestering him, and their expressions became disdainful, and immediately turned and left the hospital, while some of them busily looked for the servants to grab the medicine, and only had a few people standing at the same place to plead for Xia Manjiang.

"Doctor Xia, maybe your father really repented. No matter what, you have to give him a chance."

"That's right, even if the father is wrong, he is still your father."

Xia Li felt a burst of pain in her head. If she continued to listen to these people, she would really faint on the spot.

Xia Manjiang pleaded as he held Xia Li's hand once again.

"My daughter, even outsiders say that you can't treat father this time. You have to listen to everyone's suggestions, right?"

Xia Li frowned, she pushed away the issue of Xia Manjiang, and faced the rest of the people.

"Thank you everyone for your advice. If there's anything else you're feeling unwell about, I'll get Doctor Bai to diagnose it for you."

"Alright."

"I just don't feel well in my stomach."

Xia Li then brought the last few guests to the attending doctor's Bai Ying and walked to the study room alone. Xia Manjiang took the chance to follow along and secretly put away the silver that Xia Li had given him.

Just as Xia Li was thinking about how to drive Xia Manjiang away, Lee's took his food box and entered the hospital Hall, looking for Xia Li's figure in the crowd. Xia Manjiang took the chance to rush out of the study and ran in front of Lee's, grabbing her.

"Why is it you!" Lee's's body shrank, the food box in his hand clattered to the ground, causing the plate in the food box to shake as well, the soup spilling all over the floor.

"That's right, wife. I'm your man. Why, have you forgotten about me so quickly?" Xia Manjiang said, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, showing an extremely excited expression.

"What are you doing here? Come, follow me!"

The Lee's said, he looked around at the people, picked up his food box, and pulled Xia Manjiang into the backyard.

It was too late for Xia Li to stop them. He called for the servants to clean the stains and soup on the ground, then got attending doctor to take care of hospital. He hastily rushed to the backyard.

When Xia Li rushed to the backyard, she was shocked by the scene before her.

Xia Manjiang was sitting on the stone table in the backyard, with one foot on the seat, his arm leaning on his knees, his sleeves rolled up, while he nibbled at a chicken leg in the food box, while Lee's poured for him some wine to drink!

"Mother, what are you doing? How could you bring him back home? Have you forgotten how he threw the three of us into his Tianshui Village and got bullied by the Rich Man Yang?"

Xia Li pulled Lee's to a corner and whispered to him.

"He said that he's been hungry outside for several days and hasn't eaten a full meal. I think he's being pitiful." Lee's was like a child who had done something wrong, explaining in a low voice.

"Then let him finish his meal and leave quickly. I just gave him a silver ingot, he has hands and feet, he can find a job outside and won't starve to death."

Xia Li sat back to Xia Manjiang's side and said in a low voice.

"I gave you some silver just now. Leave this place as soon as you've eaten this meal."

"My daughter, when I came back, you didn't even call me father!" Xia Manjiang wiped the oil at the corner of his mouth, crossed his legs, and had no intention of leaving.

Xia Li took a deep breath and smiled at Xia Manjiang. Without saying anything, he stood up and personally went to the kitchen to get a clean bowl, then took out a white paper bag from inside the waist pouch. He tore open the paper bag and poured all the white medicinal powder into the bowl.

She brought a porcelain bowl in front of Xia Manjiang and said gently.

"The temperature is just right for now. You just ate a greasy drumstick and drank a bowl of sweet soup to relieve the boredom."

"Your daughter is still the best to me!" Xia Manjiang said, holding the bowl and gulping down the soup, patting his stomach, he yawned and shouted to Lee's who was standing not far away.

"My wife, I'm tired now. Where's your room? Help me in to rest." Xia Manjiang said as he helped the table to stand up. After walking a few steps, his body started to sway as he started to shout in a daze.

"Why are you so dizzy?" With that, Xia Manjiang fell to the ground.

The Lee's was shocked. He walked up two steps to help Xia Manjiang up, but was stopped by Xia Li.

"Mom, I just drugged him with a sedative and he won't wake up for a while, so I'll go find a carriage and throw him out. Don't be merciful and let him stay, otherwise, the one who will be in trouble will be us, okay?"

"Then where are you going to throw him? Will he starve to death? " Lee's was stunned and asked Xia Li.

"I haven't thought about it yet. He has escaped for so long, isn't he living well too? Mother, Xia Qing will be back soon, have you prepared lunch for him yet? "

Xia Li tried to push Lee's away.

Yes, Qing Er will be back soon, I need to go prepare food for him, what about your father? Lee's was in a difficult position for a moment.

"There are still shop assistants here from hospital. You can go and busy yourself, Mother." Xia Li said to the Lee's with a smile.

"Alright then." The Lee's said as he went to the kitchen.

Xia Li went into the town and found a carriage, calling for the two servants from hospital, they helped Xia Manjiang up onto the carriage. Xia Li drove the carriage all the way to the wasteland of Red River Town, he directly pushed Xia Manjiang from the carriage to the side of the road, then drove the carriage back to the town.

In the evening, Sun Chun rushed back to town with a pheasant in his hand. His face was covered with sweat and he looked tired.

"Where did you go?" After finishing up with the matters of the hospital, Xia Li returned to the backyard, and before Sun Chun could return to his room, he caught up to him.

"I saw that my body was more or less recovered, so I decided to train in martial arts and hunted a pheasant to nourish Xia Qing's body." Sun Chun said as he placed the pheasant on the stone table.

Looking at the mountain chicken with its legs tied up and tail trailing, Xia Li was not very interested, and she laughed.

"Thank you, Xia Qing will definitely like it a lot."

"What else do you need me to do today?" Sun Chun approached Xia Li on his own accord, and asked softly while restraining the urge to hold her hand.

"En, not at the moment. You are tired too. Go back to your room and rest. We'll have dinner together later." Xia Li covered the panic in his heart, and laughed bitterly.

A hint of disappointment flashed across Sun Chun's eyes, he secretly looked around the courtyard and replied: "Alright, I'll go back to my room to rest for a while."

During dinner time, Lee's prepared a table full of dishes for Xia Li, Sun Chun and Xia Qing. After a short while, the dishes piled up to the height of a small mountain.

"Mom, these dishes are enough. If I eat more, I won't be able to eat anymore." Xia Li protected his bowl, and begged Lee's for mercy.

"Mom, it's enough for me too." Xia Qing frowned her small face, similarly stopping Lee's from eating.

"Auntie, don't just look after us. When the food gets cold, it won't taste good anymore."

Sun Chun took the initiative to add some food into Lee's's bowl, and advised her to eat.