Traveling back in time to take care of Sung Deok-sun

Chapter 123 Luo Meilan's Past

"How did Zhengfeng's exam go? Did he pass?" Aze asked.

"Phew~~" Jung-hwan sighed and finished his drink.

"I failed the exam," Deok-sun whispered.

"Hey, Jung-hwan, you're bleeding from your nose!" Liu Shu-yu reminded him, handing him a tissue.

Jung-hwan took the tissue, wiped his nose, and then plugged it again.

"Do you have any health problems too?" the dollfish asked, looking at Jung-hwan.

"It's nothing, why are you talking nonsense?" Jung-hwan looked at the baby fish.

"They went to the hospital for a checkup, and they said there was nothing wrong; it's just their constitution," Sunwoo explained. "Both brothers are rather weak."

"It's probably because winter is here and the weather is dry, making the capillaries in the nose more prone to rupture," Liu Shuyu added for Zheng Huan.

"Maybe it's because he's been reading too many pornographic books and got a sore throat!" Deok-sun added.

"They all say it's a matter of constitution!!" Jung-hwan shouted. He still hadn't found the book "Intoxicating Adolescence," and he really hadn't read it...

"Deok-sun, eat a banana..." Liu Shuyu peeled the banana and quickly stuffed it into Deok-sun's mouth, otherwise who knows how many more provocative things this girl would say to Jung-hwan!

"Mmm~ Mmm~ Mmm~" Deok-sun mumbled incoherently, making it impossible to understand what she was saying...

"Hey~ finish eating before you talk!" Sunwoo gave Deoksun a disdainful look.

"No matter what, Auntie is still worried, isn't she? Even a minor surgery is still surgery," Aze said to Jung-hwan with concern.

"Who are you talking about? My mother? Ms. Luo Meilan?"

Aze nodded.

Jung-hwan thought about it for a moment, and it seemed like... his mother hadn't seemed too worried lately?

........

Zhengfeng Family

"Wow, it's so bright!" Sunyoung happily touched her freshly treated face.

"So smooth, little sister, look at my face~" Li Yihua patted her face slightly with both hands and called out to Shanying with a smile.

"Your skin is so radiant!"

"Thanks, yours is the same! Super pretty~"

The two mothers from Phoenix Hall are complimenting each other.

Ms. Leopard was reaching out her hand to receive service from another cosmetics saleswoman.

Look at those hands!

"Your hands are so beautiful!"

"This auntie seems to live like a princess!"

This auntie is just as good with words as the one before her—she starts her eloquent speech right from the moment she begins applying hand cream.

The compliments made Lee Il-hwa and Sun-young exchange a smile.

Seeing the expressions on her two younger sisters' faces, and then glancing at the auntie selling cosmetics, Ms. Leopard couldn't help but smile with amusement.

"What's wrong?" Ms. Leopard asked with a smile.

"These hands are so beautiful and shiny! They don't even look like they've been in cold water!"

"Right, Madam?" The cosmetics auntie asked, adding to the interaction, which made the three mothers laugh again.

"There's not a trace of worry on her face."

"I'm so envious!"

Seeing the auntie seize the opportunity to shower her with praise, Ms. Leopard couldn't help but smile. This auntie was even more impressive than the last one!

The previous person saw them smiling and asked them a question, but this person took it as 'not a trace of worry on their face'~

"Then thank you for your kind words~" Ms. Leopard quickly interrupted, otherwise her two younger sisters next to her would burst out laughing.

"What auspicious words! It's obvious at a glance, there's no mistake!" The aunt seized every opportunity to praise him.

"Then you'll have to give us plenty of samples later~ The last one gave us a ton!" Sun-young launched the sample offensive first~

"Aigoo~ That's for sure~ Don't you see how much Madam bought in one go~" The aunt nodded towards the table, where a row of cosmetics was neatly arranged~

"Then about 300 should be enough~" Ms. Leopard exchanged a glance with the two women and said to the aunt with a smile.

After their skincare routine was finished, the three of them sat at the table, sipping coffee and chatting.

"Let me see, our eldest sister's face~ she really looks so wealthy~" Li Yihua said, imitating her aunt's tone.

"Honestly, Sister, you don't have that face anymore, the way you used to look when you ate dumpling soup!" Sun-young praised earnestly.

"Oh dear, no one has ever suffered like our eldest sister!"

“In our Ssangmun-dong, if there is anyone who has suffered more than our eldest sister, let her step forward!”

"It's unspeakable, the suffering our eldest sister has endured!"

With a serious expression, Lee Il-hwa sighed, "Back in Ssangmun-dong, the one who suffered the most was none other than Ms. Leopard."

Fate is truly playing tricks on people~

"Yes, you only know that after living a long time."

"Now I even hear people say that my hands look like they've never been in water~ Haha~"

Ms. Leopard smiled broadly, yet with a hint of wistfulness in her expression.

“Zhengfeng was sick back then, and our eldest sister was really busy day and night.” Li Yihua knew the bitterness behind Ms. Leopard’s smile and couldn’t help but sigh.

"My older sister was really ruthless back then!"

"Leave the sick Zhengfeng inside, lock the door, and go find some work to do!"

"You were painting the walls back then, weren't you?"

Sun-young asked, as if recalling something.

"Hmm? I've done wall painting, newspaper delivery, and even worked in a restaurant~" Ms. Leopard's memories of those days were just as vivid as Jin Chengjun's.

The only difference is that one person constantly remembers this and dares not spend money recklessly, for fear of returning to those days.

One is that they have experienced that period of hardship, kept it in their hearts, and are now making the most of every day.

"Aigoo, that's really amazing~"

"If it were me, I'd probably faint on the spot if I knew my child had a heart condition."

Li Yihua joked about herself.

"What can we do?"

"The surgery was absolutely necessary back then, but we didn't have the money."

"No matter what, we have to raise the money for the child's surgery first."

"Back then, Zhengfeng's dad and I went hungry for almost two days!"

As Ms. Leopard recounted this experience, her voice grew slightly somber, yet she still managed a smile as she spoke to her sisters.

"That's really unfair of you! You didn't even tell us!" Sun-young pouted and complained. "You're really ruthless!"

"Oh dear~ you two weren't much better off than me back then~" Ms. Leopard said with a smile as she looked at the two of them.

“That’s true.” Li Yihua thought back to the past, and realized that no one was much better off. Suddenly remembering Zhengfeng, she quickly asked, “What kind of surgery did you have this time? What was it called last year… something about a valve? Wasn’t it just replaced with a new one?”

"That's right, last year they said it had been ten years since the last surgery, so they needed to do valve replacement surgery~" Sun-young recalled, turning to look at Ms. Leopard, "What's it this time?"

"This one's pretty simple. There's something like a battery inside, you just replace that," Ms. Leopard said, looking up as she recalled, "It'll only take about an hour."

"So fast?" Li Yihua exclaimed in surprise.

“Yes, so don’t worry~” Ms. Leopard waved her hand and sipped her coffee.

"Oh my god, that's surgery! Sister, no matter how simple it is, if I heard that my child was having surgery, I would feel like my throat was blocked and I wouldn't be able to eat anything!" Sun-young said, expressing her feelings.

"What are you worrying about?"

"Now not only are we rich, we've also hired the most famous doctor to perform the surgery!"

"Don't worry at all!"

Ms. Leopard kept saying she wasn't nervous or scared, but her frequent drinking of water betrayed her true feelings.

Her husband and children were all worried, and she couldn't let herself continue to feel so suppressed, otherwise it would only make Zhengfeng's mood even worse.

Calling her two sisters over might not just be about skincare; it's probably more about having them keep her company and talking to her, trying to make life as normal as possible, since the surgery is just a "minor matter."

Ms. Leopard's inner monologue: It's okay~ It's okay~ It's nothing~