Brian guessed that Winnie would think so, so he teased her.
"I know you will think so."
"It is my intention not to let you participate in the discussion. I know that if you participate, you will take
everything on yourself, and then make yourself a superman."
This was Brian's explanation, the reason why Brian didn't let Winnie participate in the discussion.
"You've been exaggerating. These are my duties. Rufus treats Vanessa and me very well. I can't stand
idly by when he is sick. Besides, it is not difficult to take care of him and the children. I have made a
schedule and I can do it alone."
Winnie admitted that Brian was right. She planned to take over everything. Stella was pregnant, Brian
and Joshua were both busy, and only she had more free time. How could she be lazy?
"So, must you turn yourself into a superman and keep very busy? But do you know that I will feel
distressed if you make yourself tired."
Brian really felt distressed. Thus, Winnie was not allowed to participate in the discussion.
Brian's words touched Winnie. She looked up at Brian to see if he was joking or teasing or was sincere.
But she didn't see clearly, not sure if he was sincere.
"It doesn't matter. I can take care of Rufus and the children in the same time. Back then, I had to help
my aunt to take care of the children and Vanessa who was sick, to study, and to do a few jobs. At that
time, it was not easier than it is now. Didn't I get through it? ?"
Winnie just wanted to prove that she could, but she said more. After speaking, looking at Brian's dim
eyes, she realized that she hadn't talked too much.
"Nothing, I just spoke off the cuff. Now that you have all arranged, then I will do my own thing."
"I have a bit of work to deal with, I'll go upstairs first."
Winnie turned around and left without even finishing her words, without giving Brian a chance to speak.
She blamed herself as she walked towards the bedroom.
"Why do you always come up with things in the past? Are you showing off how hard you are? But no
one wants to listen to these hardships. Why did you mention it?" she thought.
Winnie cautioned herself against saying a word that didn't make sense in the future, especially in front
of Brian.
"Be prim and proper. The most important thing is to spend the next month or so in peace," Winnie
thought.
Since she didn't need to look after Rufus in the hospital, Winnie could only go back to work.
At the beginning of work, Daenerys called and asked her to go to the hospital to visit Leo. Winnie
agreed, changed clothes again and was ready to go out.
Brian was in the living room when she reached the first floor. Winnie felt she should tell Brian that she
would go out.
"I'm going to the hospital, and you take care of the children at home."
"Didn't I say that you don't need to go to the hospital? Why are you going there?"
Brian thought that Winnie was going to see his father in the hospital, so he stopped her.
"Daenerys asked me to see Leo in the hospital. I don't go to Rufus."
Winnie explained and then stepped away.
"Wait, I'll go with you."
Brian got up as he said, then found his phone and car keys.
"You accompany the children at home. One of us should stay at home."
Winnie would be worried about the children if both Brian and her went out.
"I told Raya to take care of them. There are bodyguards outside. They will be fine."
"Let's go, I'll drive."
Brian wanted to accompany Winnie wherever she went, and he had plenty of time these days.
Brian and Winnie were on their way to the hospital.
"Winnie, there is something I have always wanted to know. Can you tell me more about your family's
affairs? I want to know the details."
Brian said this because of the words that Winnie had just accidentally said.
He always felt that he knew very little about Winnie, and it was one of the reasons that he was unable
to be trusted by her.
"My family?"
Winnie resisted a bit. It was meaningless to talk about her family affairs at this time. He should have
known it early. Now for him, her family's past was just a story. It was impossible for him to know how
she felt and realize her difficulties at that time.
"There's nothing to tell, it's all annoying things."
Winnie refused, and then looked outside the car.
For Brian, it was a story that he would forget easily, but how much courage and impact resistance dis
Winnie need to tell her past?
"Winnie, I don't know much about your family. I don't realize how deep your injury is. I know it hurts to
let you talk about your family, but it's also a way to release your sadness."
"If there are any remaining problems, I can help you with the unsolved problems."
Although Winnie refused, Brian still wanted to know. If he missed the topic today, he didn't know when
he could know it.
"It's no longer necessary. It doesn't matter how much you know about my family. My pain is gone, and I
don't want to mention it."
"The remaining problems do exist, but I have asked others for help."
Winnie didn't need any help from Brian. She could solve those problems by herself, and ask others for
help if she couldn't. If no one could help her, she could only shelve it. Like the car owner who couldn't
be found, Winnie could only wait for him to find her.
"Winnie..."
"Actually……"
They spoke together and stopped together.
"You speak first."
Brian asked Winnie to speak first, and he remained silent for a while.
"When we were still together, I brought up this topic several times and wanted to tell you about my
family."
"But I was always interrupted, and you seemed not interested in it. When the topic was interrupted, you
didn't ask me and didn't give me a chance to say it again."
"After several times, I feel that it doesn't matter whether to tell you things about my family or not. So,
don't ask me now. I don't know your family, either."
Winnie remembered the past.
She mentioned it to Brian more than once, but he didn't pay attention to it at all, and had no desire to
know. Since he didn't want to know, Winnie would not land herself right in the soup.
Ironically, now he wanted to know it now, but she didn't want to say it anymore.
"Sorry, at that time I..."
Brian didn't know how to explain. He thought about it for a while. There were indeed a few times when
Winnie wanted to talk about her family's affairs, and even when she spoke, she was interrupted by him.
He didn't know what he was thinking at the time. Why didn't he care about Winnie? Why didn't he try to
know her family's affairs?
"Don't apologize. It doesn't matter. That was then. I'm grateful you didn't listen to those things about my
family."
Winnie interrupted Brian's explanation, because Winnie wouldn't have a crush with him no matter what
he said.
What's more, apology meant nothing but hurting her again and again. He only hurt things or people he
didn't care about.
"It's because I didn't tell you about my family's affairs, so you don't plan to tell me about your family's
affairs?"
Winnie was silent for a moment after Brian guessed the reason.
She admitted that this was one of the reasons, but she didn't want to tell Brian about her family for a
long time. There was no love between them. He didn't need to know too much about her family.
They were not lovers who shared and helped each other, and she didn't want to bother Brian with
anything.
So many factors were enough to stop her from talking to him about her past.
"Why are you talking about your family again? Is the topic too far off? I won't listen to your family's
affairs and I won't talk about family, either."
"That's over and done with., and I don't want to mention it."
Winnie had a belief that he would do what she said. It was her persistent and that no one could
change.
"Winnie, I only found out now that I did too much to hurt you that made you close your heart."
"If I……"
"There is no assumptions in life. What happened before has happened. Don't think about the past, but
look forward."
Winnie interrupted Brian again. If his illusion was just a beautiful illusion, Winnie's heart would hurt
even more if he wanted the illusion to cover everything in the past.
The past was over, and her wounds were crusted. To recollect and uncover the past was just
disrespect for her. Winnie felt that the future was more realistic, but she had no hope for Brian in the
future.
After saying this, Winnie turned her head to the outside of the car again. Obviously, she didn't want to
talk.
Brian was distracted. Winnie still resisted him deeply, and he couldn't get into her mind at all.
He didn't want to talk about his family matters before, but now he wanted to talk about it, Winnie didn't
want to listen anymore.
He didn't know where his focus was before, so much so that he didn't know how much he missed.
Could this be the loss and miss that Winnie said? Blindly clinging to his mother's departure had been
the most important thing in his heart for so many years.
With the most important things in mind, Winnie and her past became secondary, and the best
opportunity was lost.
When they arrived at the hospital, Daenerys and Kevin had arrived. Kevin didn't get off work at all, but
he had a little time to chat with everyone.
Daenerys made an appointment with Winnie. She was surprised that Brian came with her
"We all know that Rufus is hospitalized. We all want to go and visit him. Is it the tight time?"
Daenerys asked Brian first.
Rufus was in this hospital, but they could not venture to disturb him.
Brian was about to speak after checking the time, and Kevin gave an answer over there.
"I just came back from Rufus. He has already rested. Let's go to see him tomorrow."
"That's fine, then we will go to see him when it is convenient tomorrow."
"Winnie, I heard that you are not leaving, are you?"
Daenerys continued to find the topic.
"It depends. If Rufus can be discharged from the hospital within two months, I will continue to work."
Winnie planned it this way, but didn't know how things would develop.
"Even Rufus can leave the hospital in two months, you can't leave either. He needs someone to take
care of him after he is discharged. Do you bear to let him help you take the children?"
It was Kevin who responded to Winnie. He knew Felix's condition. Even for benign tumors, it took a
long time to recover after surgery.
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