Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 183 Sinner
"Are you kidding me? You just went to see a doctor. It's already so late and you haven't come back yet."

The second sister-in-law did not accompany the second brother to the hospital. Instead, she, Zhu Wanling, and Xianglan took their children to the maternal and child health hospital for vaccination. After the vaccination, they took them to bask in the sun for half an hour before returning to the Kang family. After handing the children to the nanny, she returned to the room, but did not see the second brother, so she complained.

"Achan." The second brother's voice came from the quilt. The second sister-in-law lifted the quilt, "Oh, so you are here? I was scared to death." The second sister-in-law was shocked when she saw the second brother in the quilt. The thickness of the quilt made it impossible to tell that there was a person lying inside.

After the second sister-in-law calmed down a little, she asked with concern: "Husband, how was your visit to the hospital today?"

"I forgot what he said." The second brother looked very bad.

"Are you sure? Where are the medical records? Give them to me and I'll go find Wanling to ask her what's written on them." said the second sister-in-law. Medical records are still handwritten nowadays, and ordinary people can't understand the words written by doctors at all.

"The doctor said I'm fine. I did a bunch of tests and nothing is wrong." The second brother still told the story of his visit to the hospital today. There was clearly nothing wrong but he didn't look happy at all.

The second sister-in-law also didn't understand, "If everything is fine, why do you have such an expression? It's good that everything is fine."

"No, honey, I find this really strange." Er Lao looked worried, "Why have I lost so much weight recently? Even so, the doctor said I'm fine, that's serious. Even the doctor can't find out what's wrong with this disease, which means it can't be cured."

"You said I was suspicious, but you are the one who is suspicious, right?" The second sister-in-law thought for a moment and guessed, "You might be infected with worms."

The second brother took out the medical record book hidden in the quilt and pulled out a check list. The second sister-in-law quickly took it and looked at it. "This check says that you don't have worm eggs. This one says that your urine sugar is normal, your muscles are normal, and your bones are normal. This is normal and that is normal, so there is nothing wrong. We have checked everything that can be checked."

The second brother took out another checkup sheet, and the second sister-in-law asked, "What's this? Mild depression? Are you mentally ill?"

"That doctor is crazy." The second brother cursed.

"No, the doctor must have a basis for his statement." The second sister-in-law felt that she had found the truth. "There is nothing wrong with your body, so there must be something wrong with your mind. It is normal for people with depression to become thinner and thinner, but why do you have depression?"

"I don't understand, why do I suffer from depression?" Er Lao couldn't figure it out either. He just had a daughter, a son and a daughter. His business was also getting better and better. He didn't have to worry about money, at least.

"Could it be like the eldest sister-in-law? Did she suffer from postpartum depression?" The second sister-in-law thought of a possibility. The second brother rolled his eyes. The second sister-in-law insisted on her own idea, "It's not impossible. There is no rule that only mothers will suffer from postpartum depression. Fathers may also suffer from it."

The second brother shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, I'll sleep for a while." He covered his head with the quilt, and before going to bed, he did not forget to tell his second sister-in-law, "Also, just keep these things to yourself, don't tell your family, so that they don't worry."

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything. Just go to sleep." The second sister-in-law agreed.

When it was time for dinner, the second sister-in-law came to the dining room alone. The old man remembered that he seemed to have seen A Zong coming back today, so he asked: "Second sister-in-law, where is A Zong? Ask him to come out for dinner."

"I called him, but he didn't want to eat. He was sleeping in the room." The second sister-in-law just went in to call the second brother, but the second brother was still very depressed and had no mood to eat at all.

"What's wrong with him? Is he sick? He has lost a lot of weight recently." The nanny asked with concern. As the saying goes, no one knows a son better than his mother. Even the second sister-in-law didn't notice that the second brother had lost weight, but the nanny noticed it.

The second sister-in-law shook her head and promised the second brother not to tell.

"Come to think of it, Er Lao has been acting a little strange lately." A Yao also expressed his concern, while A Zu said with a playful smile and heartless expression, "Sister-in-law, have you taken Er Lao to see a psychiatrist?"

"Yes." The second sister-in-law blurted out, and after realizing that she had said the wrong thing, she quickly corrected herself and said, "No, he went to the hospital for a check-up, but everything is normal."

"Tell him to go to the hospital and be serious." The eldest brother was serving rice. As he turned around, he saw the second brother suddenly appear in front of him without a sound. He was startled. "Oh, this has happened many times. I often float behind people like a ghost without them noticing."

The second brother half-bent his legs, clasped his hands tightly at his waist, and moved to the side of the dining table with crab steps. He did not sit down and stood up and said, "I want to say a few words while everyone is here."

"Sit down and eat while we talk. Look how thin you are." The eldest brother just asked the second brother to sit down and eat quickly.

The second elder ignored him and continued, "I know that I, Kang Qi Zong, have done a lot of immoral things in the past, so I want to say sorry to everyone." The second elder bowed to everyone.

Big Brother Guang whispered to A Yao: "Did he feel guilty?"

A Yao whispered in A Zu's ear: "Every time the second brother is so serious, there must be something wrong."

A-Zu nodded, turned around and whispered to Kang Qirui: "This time we're going to have a good show." Only the maid saw the second brother's look and asked the second sister-in-law with a worried look on her face: "A-Chan, what is A-Zong thinking about when he hides in his room recently? This is not like his character at all."

"That's right. You have always been stubborn and cowardly. What's wrong with you now?" The old man also felt that the second brother was acting out of character, so he frowned and asked him.

"Yeah, you know I'm shrinking." Er Lao laughed. Recently, he felt that he was getting thinner and shorter. "I'm still shrinking, old man."

"What did you say?" The old lady looked confused, while the second sister-in-law looked concerned.

"I might shrink a little bit." Er Lao used his right thumb and index finger to make a small cut, "I sincerely apologize to everyone today."

"Dad, didn't you say before that Mrs. Zhu liked you? Actually, that's not true. I made it up. I told her that you had a crush on her, and I stole your photo and gave it to her. So... I'm sorry. Also, I have to say sorry to Wanling about this."

This happened many years ago. Mazi was so angry that she almost divorced, and Mrs. Zhu left for Malaysia. At that time, the two families were very embarrassed. A Yao and Zhu Wanling gradually became estranged. Kang Qirui did not dare to express any thoughts about the Zhu family next door.

Later, as time went by, and Lao Dou's mother, Zhu Shi Nai, got older, she slowly let go of this old matter. After that, Kang Qirui dared to reveal his feelings for Zhu Wanling. Now when the second brother brings it up again, Lao Dou just waves his hand and forgets it.

The second brother walked around the old man and said to the maid, "Madam, didn't you say that you lost 50 kilograms of food coupons that year? I sold them and then framed the boss." He turned to the boss Guang and said, "Boss, I'm sorry."

The mother sighed and said with emotion: "What a shame, we drank porridge for a whole month." The old man beside him also recalled: "At that time, I beat Ah Guang up."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Er Lao continued to walk with his legs bent and walked behind A Yao, saying, "A Yao, when you were in junior high school, I wrote a love letter to your teacher and signed your name. Your teacher said you were precocious and didn't allow you to sit or talk with female classmates. I'm sorry, sorry."

A Yao looked helpless, while Sachiko laughed and said, "Haha, there's no need to apologize, second brother. Just don't let him talk to female classmates." Sachiko's words made A Zu couldn't help laughing, and the second brother put his arm around his shoulder.

Ah Zu suddenly stopped laughing, his face suddenly turned as bitter as a dried melon, "Do I have a share too?"

"Yes." Er Lao nodded and said, "When you were a child, you were malnourished, and your mother bought you a bottle of cod liver oil. I secretly drank half of it, and then I put lard in it, which made you have diarrhea for half a month."

"Everyone says I have a bad stomach, it turns out it's because of you." A Zu was very angry. Er Lao continued to apologize: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Kang Qirui also put down his bowl and chopsticks at this time, waiting for the second brother to come and apologize to him. But the second brother bypassed him and returned to the second sister-in-law, "Wife, I have been married to you for more than ten years. In fact, every night when I sleep with you, I am thinking about another woman."

The second sister-in-law slammed her chopsticks on the table and said, "Tell me, you poor fellow, which vixen are you thinking about?"

"Levinsky!" Er Lao said seriously. Er Shao rolled her eyes at him, sighed, and said to Tian Xiu: "Look at your father, he is so outrageous that no one can compare to him."

The second brother also looked at Tianxiu, "Son, actually, the person I, Kang Qizong, feel most sorry for in my life is you. I gave birth to you without your consent, and now I have given you a sister. As your eldest brother, I will make things difficult for you in the future. I, your father, am sorry for you. I made your life so difficult, and you have to shoulder such a heavy burden at such a young age."

"Forget it, forget it, don't say anything more." Kang Qirui said to Tianxiu, "Xiuzi, help your father go back and sit down to eat."

Tianxiu was a filial son, so he quickly stood up and helped his father back to his seat. After Er Lao sat down, Kang Qirui wanted to liven up the serious atmosphere and said with a smile: "Er Lao, your whole family apologized, why didn't you apologize to me?"

"Apologize to you?" The second brother racked his brains and thought again and again, and said with certainty: "I have not done anything wrong to you. The money for your study was earned by the eldest brother and I working part-time. How have I done anything wrong to you? Why should I apologize to you?"

"No, with your personality, there's no reason why you haven't done something bad to A'rui. Think about it again." A'yao and A'zu didn't believe him. They thought that he must have done something to let Kang Qirui down, but he just couldn't remember it.

"Really? I'll go back and think about it." Er Lao stood up and walked towards the room with his unique crab steps. The mother quickly stopped him and said, "Zong, let's eat first."

The second brother waved his hands, and kept walking, saying, "No, no, no, you guys eat, I'll go back and think about it, think about it."

After the second brother went in, Kang Qirui asked immediately: "Second sister-in-law, the second brother went to the hospital for treatment. What did the doctor say?"

Everyone stared at the second sister-in-law, hoping that she would tell the truth. The second sister-in-law gritted her teeth and stamped her feet, and had to speak, "The doctor really didn't say anything, all the tests were normal. He said he just had mild depression."

"Mild mental depression?" No one believed it. The second brother's condition was at least severely depressed.

(End of this chapter)