Chapter 272: Missing Her So Much It Hurts

She missed her dearly.

Terribly so.

It ached her heart.

Only then did she realize how deeply she loved her.

Bo Yanching and Nan Jiaojiao had a conflict, which even Old Lady Bo noticed, and with Bo Qingshan occasionally making deep-seated resentful remarks, it was difficult for the Old Lady not to think more about it.

It was still Pei Dongshi who came the second week.

Once Pei Dongshi had left, and Old Lady Bo had had her nap, she called Bo Yanching to summon Han Chuan, asking him to come pick her up and take her home.

“Hello, Jiaojiao, it’s Grandma, what have you been up to recently?”

As soon as she got into the car, Old Lady Bo made a call to Nan Jiaojiao and started chatting.

“Is your schoolwork heavy?

It’s good that the professor thinks highly of you.

No, I’m fine, but haven’t you been absent for two weeks?

I just wanted to ask.

I’m not going anywhere; I’m just making a trip to the hospital.”

Something was said on the other end.

Old Lady Bo smiled triumphantly, but her voice still carried a hint of sensibleness as she spoke.

“No problem, just a minor ailment.

I didn’t want to bother your master, plus I haven’t been out for a long time.

I need some fresh air.

Oh?

Which hospital?

Wait, let me ask.”

Old Lady Bo purposefully took the phone away and asked Han Chuan, “Han Chuan, which hospital are we going to?”

Han Chuan, startled, twitched the corner of his mouth and took a wild guess after catching a glimpse of Old Lady Bo’s stern stare, “Hospital Number One?”

“Oh, Hospital Number One, you see how forgetful I am.

Jiaojiao, Grandma is going to Hospital Number One.

Oh?

You want to come over?

Won’t it be too much trouble?

No?

Oh, alright, come over then.

I’ll wait for you at the hospital.”

After hanging up the phone, Old Lady Bo was in high spirits, humming a tune.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Han Chuan randomly registered her for a department.

When getting out of the car, she ran into the mother of Kang Mingde.

They chatted briefly after exchanging pleasantries, and it was only then that Old Lady Bo found out that Kang Xiangyue had not been discharged yet.

“Why hasn’t she been discharged?

Did they find something wrong?”

Old Lady Kang sighed, “It’s just that she got scared during the week her brother confined her, and she developed stomach issues.

Yesterday, the psychiatrist came and preliminarily diagnosed her with depression.

She refuses to be transferred to another hospital; she cries every day wanting to see Yanqing.

How can I let her be so unruly?

I can only appease her for now.”

Old Lady Bo sneered internally.

Wasn’t it just being confined and then humiliated?

At most, it would be malnutrition, but depression?

With Kang Xiangyue’s tenacity and obliviousness, even if the rooster was depressed at five in the morning, she wouldn’t be depressed.

“Is that so?

I’ll go take a look.”

As they walked and talked, they approached the door of the ward.

Suddenly, Old Lady Bo’s wheelchair picked up speed and glided swiftly toward the bed.

With a loud clang, she jolted Kang Xiangyue awake, who was still sleeping and had no idea what was happening.

Old Lady Bo grabbed her hand and began to cry.

“My poor child, how have you become so haggard?

Just look at this pitiable sight; it truly breaks one’s heart.”

Kang Xiangyue sat up, unable to pull her hand back, so she simply ran her other hand through her hair, looking eagerly toward the door.

“Grandma, did you come alone?”

Old Lady Bo paused for a moment, glanced back at Old Lady Kang, then turned back and cried, “It’s my fault for coming late.

I should have come earlier, but, alas, my legs aren’t what they used to be.

If I had known you were suffering here, I would have come sooner.”

Kang Xiangyue, finding the elderly woman’s scent bothersome, scooted toward the head of the bed and forced a smile, “Grandma, where is Brother Yanqing?

Didn’t he come?”