"All right, then." Li Na nodded and didn't bring it up again.
After lunch, just as Li Na rose and was about to reach the door to leave, Mo Jingchun suddenly called out to her.
"Na Jie."
"What is it?"
Mo Jingchun scratched his head and nervously asked, "Na Jie, could I take Monday off?"
Mo Jingchun noticed the tightly furrowed brows of his counselor, Na Jie, and hurriedly explained, "I'm taking the day off to bring my little sister Candy to the Disease Prevention and Control Center for her vaccinations."
Mo Jingchun had already checked online. Under normal circumstances, the Disease Prevention and Control Center gave infants free vaccinations on weekdays.
Li Na glanced at the obedient and adorable little one in Mo Jingchun's arms and reluctantly agreed.
"All right. I'll let the class monitor know."
When she reached the door, Li Na turned back and warned Mo Jingchun, "If you fail the Final Exam, don't come looking for me."
"Absolutely not!"
"I hope so."
After Counselor Na Jie left, Mo Jingchun played with his little sister Candy in the bedroom for a while. Once he had coaxed Candy to sleep, Mo Jingchun returned to the living room to clear away the dishes and clean the kitchen.
But when he looked at the large bowl of leftover noodles, Mo Jingchun fell into a quandary. He would have to eat noodles again that evening.
After tidying the living room and kitchen, Mo Jingchun washed his hands with soap, returned to the bedroom, and glanced at the sleeping little one who had no need to worry about making a living.
He opened his laptop and began making major changes to the Smart Anti-Shake Spoon's design plans.
As he worked, Mo Jingchun realized that instead of modifying the existing design, he might as well start drawing it again from scratch.
Taking a deep breath, Mo Jingchun created a new project in the software: "Smart Anti-Shake Spoon 2.0."
As the predecessor of Smart Anti-Shake Spoon 2.0, version 1.0 had died in the womb before it could even be born.
The next day was Sunday. Aside from teasing the little one, Mo Jingchun spent the entire day drawing. During that time, he also knocked on Academician Chen Xihe's door, but no one was home.
Mo Jingchun waited until evening, but Academician Chen Xihe still hadn't returned.
Academician Chen Xihe never came looking for him. Shortly after nine that night, Mo Jingchun closed his laptop and went to sleep early with his little sister Candy.
They both slept soundly through the night, Mo Jingchun and the little darling beside him.
"Passengers, please mind the doors. Please hold the handrails as the bus departs. Please pay upon boarding, and after paying, please move toward the inside."
This was Mo Jingchun's first time taking a bus in the Capital City. It was after eight, and he really hadn't expected there to be so many people on the bus.
After he had just tapped his NFC card, before Mo Jingchun could move forward on his own, the crowd behind him pushed him along. If he hadn't been tall enough, he suspected they might nearly have lifted him off the ground.
Once the bus started moving, Mo Jingchun protected the little one in his arms with both hands and could only rely on his feet to keep his balance inside the bus.
Mo Jingchun hadn't been standing for long when someone patted him on the arm.
Mo Jingchun turned in confusion toward the bespectacled middle-aged man who had patted him.
"That beautiful lady is calling you."
Mo Jingchun followed Glasses Guy's pointing finger and met the gaze of a young woman with dark circles under her eyes.
"Come over. I'll let you sit."
Mo Jingchun felt a little embarrassed and somewhat bashful.
But as someone cleared a path, the crowd squeezed Mo Jingchun over by force.
Jiang Xueyan smiled at Mo Jingchun and vacated the seat.
"Candy, say thank you to Big Sister." Mo Jingchun lowered his head and lifted his little sister Candy's hand.
Instead, the little one held out the strawberry in her other hand, which had already been nibbled once.
Jiang Xueyan was amused by the adorable little one. "You eat it. Big Sister has some at home."
Candy looked at Guo-ge in confusion, then withdrew her hand and stuffed the strawberry into her mouth.
Looking at the adorable little one, Jiang Xueyan adored her, but her heart was also filled with sorrow and grievance.
If not for... her child should have been able to walk by now, too.
"Passengers, Jiangyang North Road is here. Please exit through the rear door. Please mind the doors."
After getting off the bus, Mo Jingchun held his little sister with one arm and pulled out his phone with the other to open the map navigation.
After following the map for about five minutes, Mo Jingchun saw their destination.
Mo Jingchun took out his little sister Candy's green Vaccination Certificate and asked a medical worker, "Hello, could you tell me where babies get their vaccinations?"
"Take the elevator to the second floor, turn right, and go straight. You're welcome."
Pan Yuehong had repeated the same sentence countless times without tiring and had long since become numb to it. She had even developed a conditioned reflex.
Whenever someone asked about children's vaccinations or injections, Pan Yuehong would automatically blurt out, "Take the elevator to the second floor, turn right, and go straight. You're welcome."
After taking the elevator to the second floor, Mo Jingchun followed the signs, turned right, and went straight. At the end of the corridor, he found the vaccination area.
"Let me see the Vaccination Certificate."
The nurse, wearing a medical mask, held out her hand, and Mo Jingchun hurriedly passed over the little green booklet.
Guo Shaoxia opened the green Vaccination Certificate and looked it over before saying to Mo Jingchun, "I checked. The baby hasn't received the Hepatitis B Vaccine or the BCG Vaccine yet. I'll give her both at the same time."
At the same time? Mo Jingchun asked worriedly, "Will there be any problems? Could she have an adverse reaction?"
Guo Shaoxia smiled. "I understand your concern. But giving the Hepatitis B Vaccine and BCG Vaccine together won't cause any problems. Most babies receive them together."
"All right, then. Let's do them together."
Under Mo Jingchun's watchful gaze, the nurse took two different vaccines from the "refrigerator."
"Take off the baby's jacket. The shots go in her arms."
"Left or right?"
"Both."
The corner of Mo Jingchun's mouth twitched as he silently prayed that the little one wouldn't make a fuss later.
When the nurse disinfected Candy's right arm with a medical alcohol swab, the little one felt a chill. Her large eyes curiously watched the cool spot on her arm.
While the little one wasn't paying attention, the nurse slowly injected the vaccine into the tissue fluid of her arm.
Only when the nurse withdrew the needle did the little one react. She looked at Mo Jingchun aggrievedly, her lips pursed as tears streamed down her face.
"Waaah, boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo..."
The parents of the other children nearby were amused and burst into loud laughter.
Mo Jingchun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He could only pat his sister's back to comfort her. After all, there was still another shot...
The second shot was about to arrive, but the little one still wore a heartbroken expression, as if she were airing her grievances to the crowd.
"Oh, all right, all right."
The little one cried herself tired and had just wanted to rest when...
Under the little one's incredulous gaze, she was given another shot.
"All right, all right."
In the vaccination room, the other babies who had yet to be vaccinated also stared blankly at the crying Candy.
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