Chapter 745 - Like A Time Machine (1/2)

Mrs. Lu observed Nicolae for a long time and, finally, she nodded after releasing her hand. Her face was filled with gentleness. ”You're a good man. Just call me Mother... You can call me Mother Lu, if you want.”

Nicolae was stunned by Mrs. Lu's words. The way Mrs. Lu looked at him reminded her of Elena Lupei*, his adopted mother, who had taken care of him since he was a baby and loved him very much. Elena Lupei died 60 years ago, and Nicolae really missed her. He actually used the pseudonym ”Wolf” from his mother's surname Lupei.

”All right, Mother...” Finally, the young man nodded. His warm smile immediately spread to Mrs. Lu, who now looked beaming.

”I really want to see the garden. Are you willing to take me out?” the frail woman asked with difficulty. It seemed that just talking gave Mrs. Lu a lot of pain.

”Of course, Mom,” Marie said in a cheerful voice. She turned to Nicolae. ”Could you help me?”

”Certainly,” replied Nicolae.

”Doctor, it's okay, right, if I take my mom to the garden?” Marie asked Doctor Lin. The white-haired and bespectacled man shook his head.

”It's okay. As usual, please be careful, okay,” he said.

Marie nodded. Slowly and very carefully, she was helped by Nicolae to lift Mrs. Lu's body into a wheelchair.

”I'll do it,” Nicolae said quietly and gave Marie a signal to let him carry Mrs. Lu alone. The thin middle-aged woman's body felt very light when he carried her. Marie relented and let Nicolae lift her mother from the hospital bed and placed her in the wheelchair.

Nicolae watched Mrs. Lu and was impressed because, although her face remained calm, the young man could see the expression of pain that she was holding back.

The poor woman tried to smile many times, but because Nicolae was an experienced doctor, he knew that the woman was actually experiencing extreme pain in her body.

Now Nicolae can guess where Marie got her acting talent from. Mrs. Lu acted very well as if she was feeling no pain at all.

”Thank you, Nicolae ...” said Mrs. Lu with a bright face filled with a smile.

”With p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e, Mother...” Nicolae replied. Marie then took the wheelchair handles from Nicolae's hand and moved to push her mother.

”We'll go to the garden now, Doctor.” She said goodbye and waved to Doctor Lin. The man waved back and smiled as he watched them leave the room and head for the garden.

Marie pushed the wheelchair slowly toward the garden as her mother liked. Along the way, Nicolae could hear Marie hum a song in a low voice.

He just walked after Marie, who was pushing her mother's wheelchair, without saying anything. At present, his only role was to be a fake husband, and he did not know exactly how to behave. He also did not want to carelessly say things that could reveal Marie's secret that in fact, they were not married.