Huo Baichuan listened to the rushing water in the bathroom, leaned against the door, rubbed his nose, and called out, "What do you want for a late-night snack?"
Tao Yan snorted and replied blandly, "Whatever the buffet has, that's what I'll eat."
Young Master Huo had finally found an opportunity to show some attentiveness, only to be rebuffed without much force. But he did not mind. Still lounging against the door, he said, "Then what do you want for breakfast tomorrow? We can go to a teahouse for morning tea, then head to the hospital together."
Chapter 38
Although Huo Baichuan had insisted on going to a teahouse for morning tea the next morning, considering that the four children needed comprehensive physical examinations before surgery, everyone went to the hospital early in the morning on empty stomachs.
The doctors at St. Mary's Hospital had been waiting for some time. Huo Baichuan had the foreign butler from the five-star hotel's housekeeping department step forward to communicate with them. Everything, from the admission procedures to the other formalities, went through smoothly.
Half an hour later, the four children, dressed in brand-new hospital gowns, sat obediently in a row waiting for their examinations.
Huo Baichuan had booked the best doctor in the hospital. However, the four children had been too young when they suffered their abuse, and children developed quickly. On top of that, their health had not been very good over the past few years—even though Tao Yan and Huo Baichuan had deliberately nursed them back to health for more than half a year, the children were still extremely frail.
In the doctor's words, the children's constitutions were poor, and too much time had passed. They had already missed the optimal window for treatment, so the doctors could not guarantee the results