Sweet Twins

"Don't bother with it. If you really liked it, we can come back tomorrow." Charles knew nothing about packing unfinished food because he never did it before. But it didn't mean that he liked wasting food.

If he treated the woman he loved to a meal, he'd feel uncomfortable if he still had to pack unfinished food.

"But that's worth 30,000," Nancy said feeling sorry for the unfinished food.

"Well, it's just 30,000. Let's go," Charles said gently with a smile as he held her hand.

"You really are a child from a rich family so you've never developed the proper concept of valuing money. If you have experienced being poor, you'd understand what I mean and you wouldn't say that," Nancy explained with a hint of self-pity.

Her eyes suddenly looked sad as if she remembered a painful time in her life. If he only knew that she was in so much despair before. When she badly needed money to get treatment, but no help was in sight. If only he experienced the same thing as she did, would he still be willing to spend thirty thousand for a meal?

"So, you've experienced being poor before? Tell me about it, then," Charles said gently. He truly wanted to know more about her, but he also didn't want to make her feel pressured to reveal her past to him.

And when he saw a bitter smile on her lips, he felt like it was what he expected to see.

"Well, let bygones be bygones."

But her words immediately quashed his curiosity, and he felt uncomfortable about it.

He decided to let it pass and thought for a while. He then turned to Nancy with a meaningful look in his eyes. "Nancy, I know your mother is in the sanatorium. Since we have nothing to do this afternoon, we can go and visit her together this afternoon instead. What do you think?"

Since she got back, she'd become so busy with work and her children patients that she rarely had the time to visit her mother. "I'd like that. Thank you," she replied gently to Charles as she nodded.

"It's nothing," Charles replied back with a smile.

They drove out and eventually arrived at the sanatorium.

It was an old and poorly-maintained sanatorium. The paint was chipping off the walls and dried up vines were scattered here and there.

"This place... ...doesn't look too good," Charles commented as he looked around the sanatorium grounds and the building.

"You're right. I'm planning to move mom to a better sanatorium. I haven't set anything up yet but Doris and I are already looking for one."

this sanatorium for

had been engaged in various charities like building schools, nursing homes, welfare homes and so

of you, Charles, but..." Nancy started to say while she blushed, but

a big deal," Charles

and made

was anything difficult or dangerous that

rely on him?' Nancy wondered,

stretched out his hand to

Nancy

importance in the past. But this time, he was secretly pleased by the fact that Nancy was looking at

enough?" Charles teased with

was flustered, but readily held out her hand to his

his. A grip that

in her hand made her heart beat faster. She turned to

really good at flirting with women!' Nancy

She suddenly had second thoughts of letting Charles into the room. She was suddenly

but didn't

tightened his grip on her hand and made her feel that he was always there

express clearly, anyway,'

her hand in his and walked

nurse greeted her with a smile. She was visibly surprised to see that Charles was there with Nancy. "Mr. Fu?

there something

what I meant. I don't..." Nothing coherent came out of the nurse's mouth as she was completely

You can continue with your work. I haven't visited often lately, and you must be tired taking care of

You really don't have to do this," the nurse said looking

take it,"

The nurse took the

guessed that they must be in a relationship. When Jade remembered what happened to herself in the past, she began to worry that her daughter would

were a lot of things that Jade wanted to tell her daughter, but, unfortunately, she

ask. He is my friend. He's been a good friend to me. Don't worry, I know what I am