At Ease

Lloyd met the patient's family members first. They consisted of two petrified girls and a boy of twelve to thirteen years old who tried to act like an adult.

The young Nurse Wang Jia accompanied the three individuals and brought them some snacks. She said, "Come and eat. These are Doctor Ling's favorite snacks. I made a lot of effort to get them from the wholesalers…"

She was just in her early twenties and never had the experience of caring for a child. She did not know what kind of expression she was supposed to show.

The thirteen-year-old boy stroked his sisters' hair with his hands and stood up with his chest out. "Thank you, big sister. We're not hungry now. When we're hungry, we'll go back home to have our dinner. You don't have to worry about us. You can go ahead with your tasks."

"Your mother's hospitalized. No one's going to cook dinner for you when you go back," Wang Jia persuaded them tactfully.