Chapter 11 Let's Play a Game

Two hours had passed, and Emily Parker, with flushed face and hot ears, quickly clicked delete before she sighed,

"To avoid prolonged issues, the surgery needs to be scheduled this weekend."

She lay on the small bed, tossing and turning, feeling restless as if something was missing.

"Why hasn't the grandfather messaged tonight?"

Emily then remembered that these past few days, Time's "grandfather" would always send a goodnight message.

Over the days, she had gotten somewhat used to it.

Emily picked up her phone and sent a message on WeChat.

Blue Sky: What shall we eat tomorrow?

Time: Don't want to eat, I'm fed up.

Blue Sky: Still angry?

Emily remembered, during lunch today, the grandfather was very irritable, complaining that his grandson had angered him again, and it seemed he hadn't calmed down yet.

It's not good for the elderly to frequently be upset, especially since the grandfather is a patient with three chronic conditions.

"Blue Sky: How about we play a game?

Time: Bring it on."

Was Carlos curious as soon as he got home from work?

Well, staying in the hospital for a while, Elder Carter seems to have even started playing games.

Emily thought for a moment. The grandfather is old, and most games he responds too slowly to play.

But, there was indeed a suitable game for the elderly.

Blue Sky: Let's play a word-guessing game. One mouth.

Time: Mouth.

Blue Sky: Two mouths.

Time: Lü.

Blue Sky: Three mouths.

Time: Pin.

Blue Sky: Four mouths.

Time: Tian.

Blue Sky: Five mouths.

Time: …

Time: I'm going to wash up and sleep.

Blue Sky: Goodnight.

Carlos, with a typical old man's face gazing at his phone, thought what a crappy game this was. If it wasn't for his grandfather wanting to play, he would have blocked and deleted everything straight away.

Seeing that 'goodnight', a warmth spread through his heart. Even in the hospital, his grandfather was still caring for him, which lifted his spirits.

After bidding the grandfather goodnight, Emily had a night of sweet dreams.

The next morning, she received a message from Evelyn Hanson that the time for the surgery had been scheduled, on Sunday morning.

Today was Friday. In two days, she could terminate her pregnancy.

Because of this, Emily was in a rather bad mood all morning.

By noon, it was time to have lunch with the grandfather. Emily took her lunch box to find the grandfather.

Waiting until one o'clock, the grandfather who usually came early had not shown up.

Emily glanced at her phone, and saw that there was no reply under the messages and lunch photo she sent.

Emily grew anxious and decided to go look for the grandfather.

But she never asked for the grandfather's name, nor did she know in which specific hospital area he was.

Emily walked through the hospital garden, and saw the grandfather lying on the ground.

She was startled and hurried over to help the grandfather up.

"Grandfather, did you fall?"

"I'm fine, just that with age, I'm not so steady on my feet and took a tumble."

The grandfather said this, hastily stuffing the entertainment magazine he was sitting on into his pocket, determined not to let the young nurse see the tabloid news about that rascal from his family.

At noon, Old Master Carter, like usual, sneaked out early waiting for his meal.

Just saw a few female nurses at the nurse station reading an entertainment magazine, they were also saying, "The Young Master of the Carter Clan is in the news headlines again", "This female social media celebrity is really lucky."

Old Master Carter heard this, and while the two young nurses went to eat, he took the entertainment magazine.

Upon reading it, Old Master Carter's blood pressure shot up. He felt dizzy and fell over.

"Grandpa, let me take you to the emergency room for a check-up, falling is no small matter."

"No need, no need, you can't carry me... forget I said anything."

Old Master Carter hadn't finished speaking when Emily Parker effortlessly lifted him up and strode briskly.

"Grandpa, you wait here, I'll go and register for you."

Emily Parker saw a line at the emergency room entrance, so she found a seat for Old Master Carter to sit down first, asked for his name, and went to register.

When Emily Parker came back after registering, it was just their turn, and she was about to carry Old Master Carter inside.

"Excuse me."

Behind her, a woman's voice came through. The woman looked very young, wearing sunglasses, and spoke arrogantly.

She ignored the other patients in line, squeezing right behind Emily Parker.

Seeing that Emily Parker didn't move, she even pushed her.

"Please queue according to the numbers, it's this grandpa's turn now."

Emily Parker didn't give in. Elderly falls could be minor or severe; they needed to confirm if there was any cerebral hemorrhage.

"I'm pregnant, my stomach is uncomfortable, of course, I should be seen first."

The woman had an air of it being obvious.

Emily Parker glanced at the woman, who didn't look uncomfortable at all.

"Lady, this elderly man has just fallen, his situation is also very urgent, please go and queue for registration first."

Hearing this, the woman noticed Emily Parker's nurse uniform.

"Are you a nurse at this hospital? How dare you talk to a patient like this, do you know who I am?"

As she spoke, the woman removed her sunglasses.

Emily Parker noticed her long false eyelashes, heavy smokey makeup, and high heels.

"Sis, she's the big internet celebrity Adeline, with a million followers online."

Sophie Parker had just come back from lunch and recognized Adeline.

Seeing Emily Parker still carrying a dirty, leaf-covered old man, Sophie Parker thought Emily was being foolish. For an old mess, she offended a pregnant internet celebrity, which could lead to an online lynching.

"Even internet celebrities have to queue, it's our turn now."

"Do you know whose child I'm carrying in my belly, and you dare talk to me like this?"

"Whose child you're carrying doesn't change that you have to queue."

"Let me tell you, I'm carrying the Young Master of the Carter Clan's son, the future little master of the Carter Clan. If you're sensible, take that old mess on your back and scram."

Adeline pointed to her belly.

Sophie Parker, hearing this, looked at Emily Parker with schadenfreude.

She remembered, in that dream, before Carlos ran away with his first love, he was a playboy, rumored with many actresses and social media celebrities.

Unexpectedly, the reality was even more bizarre; this Adeline even had a child.

It seemed that this time Emily Parker was not only going to become a discarded wife of a wealthy family but also a stepmother.

"What did you say is in your belly?"

Old Master Carter couldn't hold back anymore.

"Scared, old fogey? If you scare the baby in my belly, both you and this young nurse won't be able to escape responsibility."

When the female social media celebrity saw the old man's face turn pale, she thought he was frightened.

"Heh~ I'm not scared anymore, do you know who I am? I'm the grandfather of the Young Master of the Carter Clan."

Old Master Carter couldn't let that vampish woman bully the young nurse.

"Pfft."

The social media celebrity Adeline and Sophie Parker couldn't help but burst out laughing. Sophie Parker had never seen Old Master Carter before; he had passed away due to a stroke before she married into the Carter Family.

Sophie Parker didn't believe that this dirty and poor old man Emily was carrying could be Old Master Carter.

Adeline laughed even harder.

"That's hilarious, if you're Carlos's grandfather, then I'm the Young Madam of the Carter Clan."

Right after Adeline finished speaking, a chilling voice came from behind.

"Oh? I didn't know about that, when did I get married?"