Especially now, he was injured and hospitalized, and was feeling emotional. The moment he saw the caller ID, the old man's eyes had genuinely welled up.
He thought the elders at home were missing him.
His parents were old.
And so was he.
Even if his parents didn't call, he'd planned to visit them after he was discharged this time.
They didn't have much time left.
But... the result left him somewhat heartbroken.
It wasn't that he didn't want to help his younger brother.
He was worried about his nephew, too.
It was just that the first thing his parents said when he picked up was that his nephew was getting married, and that he, as the boy's uncle, should contribute more money.
They hadn't seen each other in so long...
No concern for him.
No catching up.
He even wondered if they would have called at all if it weren't for his nephew's situation.
Especially after they found out he couldn't contribute much money either, his parents' ceaseless stream of harsh complaints had truly left him feeling hurt.
He'd answered that call full of anticipation, only for it to end on such an unhappy note.
He hadn't even had a chance to tell them he was injured and in the hospital.
Later, his younger brother called him.
That was when he told him about his injury and hospitalization.
His parents were old and couldn't travel easily.
But his younger brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and nephew's girlfriend all came to visit him at the hospital.
He was happy to see so many people show up in his hospital room.
It was just that there was a considerable age gap between him and his younger brother, and they hadn't spent much time together. When they met again so