"Mom—" Xie Wanying’s voice was full of apology.

"Silly child, why feel guilty? Your mom wanted to be a doctor too back then and knows what it’s like. As a doctor, you must first consider the patients, otherwise, you’re not a good doctor." Sun Rongfang told her daughter to relax, "We’re just going to play and visit old friends, you do your own thing. Li Xuan will pick us up and guide us."

Hearing this, Xie Youtian chimed in over the phone, "Sis, I’ve agreed with Mom to go sightseeing, I won’t work with you. I’ve finally got winter break, no studying, I want to have fun."

Smack. Sun Rongfang slapped her son’s head: "You wish. You have to take your winter homework and write it. If you don’t write, when everyone visits during the Spring Festival, you’ll be home crying doing homework."

Xie Youtian pouted, rubbed his head, and rolled away.

"Pack your own backpack, remember to take your winter homework." Sun Rongfang called behind her son, almost chasing him with a feather duster to do his homework. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Since coming to the North, busy with studying and work every day, Xie Wanying nearly forgot what days were like. Now hearing her family’s voices, finally felt a sense of home returning.

Sun Rongfang sensed her daughter’s state, so no matter what, she wanted to visit the Capital before this year’s Spring Festival. Anyway, old friend Comrade Xiao Min (Aunt Min) is in the Capital, maybe she could help inquire about job opportunities for her daughter. She had heard from Shang Siling before that her daughter’s employment pressure was high.

As a mother, with enough social experience, Sun Rongfang knew these things must be prepared in advance, to avoid her daughter being overwhelmed when graduating and finding no work, wasting years of medical school education.

A mother must stand up for her child now, or what will happen later? In today’s world, without strong social connections, it’s hard for a child to make it alone.

"Don’t worry, don’t worry." Sun Rongfang reassured her daughter, "Mom will help you out when I get there."

Hearing this, Xie Wanying’s eyes suddenly reddened.

Her mom wasn’t rich or influential, just an ordinary person, yet for her daughter, willing to stand up and say "I’ll cover you." Thinking back to years ago when her mother pitifully brought a bag of Sunkist oranges to her little cousin’s house asking for help to arrange a job, not to mention the person who impersonated her mother to study.

Seemingly hearing her daughter cry, Sun Rongfang felt anxious: "Don’t cry, Mom will come soon, tell me anything. Oh dear—" This mother’s heart ached seeing her daughter seemingly suffering far away.

Xie Wanying wiped her eyes with her hand, calmed down, and said, "It’s nothing. Mom, Li Xuan will message me. I’ll come over as soon as I’m done here."

"Work well. You don’t have to worry about your brother and me." Sun Rongfang reminded her daughter again.

"How’s Grandpa’s health been lately?" Xie Wanying asked about her grandfather.

"Your Grandpa is doing alright, but—" Sun Rongfang dared not tell her daughter about family worries, her daughter fought hard alone far away.