Chapter 1356 Firing Operation (2/2)
Sophie comforted her and said, patting her on the back, ”It will be fine. The Phoenix children's hospital is very good. The baby will be OK.”
The young woman looked at the middle-aged man through her tears. ”Dad, will Chuck become like Barbara?”
”Shut up! Don't be ridiculous, he won't! Barbara never had f*cking meningitis! Calm down!”
The man nearby said, ”Brother, let's go back to the house. Today has been a mess. We need a time out.”
The middle-aged man silently nodded. He led the way, and the rest of the group of people went into the farmhouse after him.
The living room was very big, clean and tidy. It was furnished in a very basic rustic style, with tables and chairs that looked like they were made of logs.
The woman with the blond ponytail stayed at the door and waited for them to enter. Then she whispered to Li Du, ”How is Chuck? What were you doing?”
”Chuck? The kid? He has gone to the hospital. If you are curious, why don't you go out and see for yourself?”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
She shook her head with a mournful expression and said, ”Daddy won't let me join the fun. Oh, do you want coffee? I just made some.”
After sitting down, the middle-aged man was still silent.
Li Du said, ”Don't you want to introduce yourself? I am Du Li, and I don't know who you are, but you know that Hans Fox, whom you have imprisoned, is my best friend.”
Another middle-aged man said, ”I'm Ken Bryan, and this is my brother, Victor Bryan.”
Li Du said. ”Now, can I see my friend?”
”He's gone with my other nephew to herd cattle,” said Ken Bryan sheepishly. ”I'll let you meet him when he comes back, and you can take him with you if he wants to go.”
Li Du repeated, ”If he wants to go? What the hell is going on here? What did my friend do that annoyed you?”
Victor Bryan slammed his coffee cup down on the table. ”Wait until you ask him! This son of a bitch… if I had met this bastard when I was young, I would have shot him, I swear, I'm not kidding! F**k!”
The woman with the blond ponytail came out from the kitchen smiling. ”Daddy, Mom says you can't use swear words! Now, I made some good coffee, so don't waste it.”
Victor Bryan silently picked up his coffee cup and began to drink with a sullen face.
The atmosphere became awkward again. More than 40 minutes had passed before the phone rang. Victor Bryan quickly answered, and the young Jay Quinn's voice was heard. ”They just let Chuck out! The doctor said he was sent in just in time. He's going to be OK, but they have to continue monitoring him and he will need to stay in the hospital for at least one week.”
Victor Bryan breathed a sigh of relief. ”Okay, you stay there. I'll have Leah come to you and you take care of Chuck. God, how did he get meningitis? Is there any infection on the farm?”
Jay was not sure. Sophie said, ”Rest assured, this has nothing to do with the farm. Meningitis is mostly caused by E. Coli. The infection must have started from the passage in the birth canal.”
The Bryan family looked at her in bewilderment. Li Du said, ”Keep it simple.”
Sophie shrugged. ”The delivery was not sanitary. The baby was not sterile when he was born. He was infected through his mother's body.”
The young woman Leah cried when she heard this. Sophie said helplessly, ”It has nothing to do with you. Our own body, our environment is full of bacteria and viruses, but we have antibodies, and –babies… what, you don't even know these things?”
The Bryans looked down, embarrassed.