The old man shook his head.
"So we don't have to rush to keep Young Friend Xiao here right now."
"And you don't have to feel regret so soon."
"But what I said is only a possibility."
The old man laid out the worst-case scenario first.
"If we're unlucky..."
"You understand, right?"
"Mm."
The woman's joy faded a little.
"I understand."
Their village was small, but not so small that they could just run into someone whenever they wanted.
And sometimes, things simply didn't work out.
You could plant flowers with all your heart, and still get no blooms.
The more you wanted something to happen, the less smoothly things seemed to go.
She knew that.
She'd had similar experiences before.
"Let's go."
The old man clasped his hands behind his back. "Let's go check on the little one."
Doctor Zhang had said the little one still had one more hurdle to get through.
She couldn't develop a fever tonight.
Wouldn't that mean they had to keep watch over her the whole time?
"Uncle Zou."
The woman smiled and waved her hand.
"I can stay with the little one by myself."
"You're tired too."
"Go back and rest."
"Thank you so much for everything today."
Xiao Xiao was undoubtedly the one who'd contributed the most.
But the old man had done a lot too.
She was very grateful for Uncle Zou's concern for the little one.
So if Uncle Zou worried too much about the little one and ended up having some health problem of his own...
She absolutely didn't want that to happen.
"What do you mean, you can handle it yourself?"
The old man rolled his eyes.
"What about your work?"
"Don't you have work tonight?"
The woman was taken aback.
Work...
"I'll