“Since I’m not a devil, then what are you afraid of me for?” George asked her as he gazed into her eyes.
Jessie’s mouth opened, “I…”
She was unable to say anything.
She couldn’t say that she indeed didn’t think of him as the devil.
He was not the devil, but the fear he brought her was no different from the devil.
Seeing Jessie lowering her head and acting as a shrinking turtle again, George was more or less exhausted in his heart.
“Forget it, go out.” He waved his hand again and let her out.
He knew that her fear of him was rooted in what his past self had done to her.
Even if she couldn’t remember it now, her subconscious mind couldn’t forget it.
That was why she was so cautious and uncomfortable when facing him, unable to get along with him very naturally.
It seemed that he still had a long way to go.
George’s eyes darkened as he thought.
Jessie looked at him with a somewhat bad face, thinking that it was because she was late in doing her job of feeding him the soup in a calm state of mind that he looked bad, and her heart became even more nervous and apprehensive for a while.
“Mr. Joe…”
“Get out.” Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted once again by George.
Jessie’s mouth opened, as if she wanted to say something else, but looking at his unquestionable eyes, she finally closed her mouth and turned around to go out.
After she left, George rubbed his brow, then endured the discomfort caused by the bandages, picked up the bowl of soup and slowly drank it.
Jessie did not know that his hands not only worked, but also worked so well.
By now, she had already left the ward and sat down on the cool chair in the corridor, intending to wait for a while before going in to see if George had finished drinking.
He did not want her to see him drinking the soup by himself, so she herself would have to wait until he had finished before going in.
At that moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps next to her.
Jessie collected her thoughts and looked up, it was her father and mother walking together.
Jessie stood up, “Dad, Mom, why are you here?”
“I came to see you.” Her mother smiled.
His father nodded, “Yes, how can we as parents feel at ease if we leave you here alone to look after him.”
Jessie’s father said as his gaze fell towards the door of the ward next to him.
Jessie helped the couple to sit down, then replied, “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine, to say the least, he’s quite good to get along with, it’s just that sometimes I seem very cautious.”
Because she was afraid that George would suddenly lose his temper, she had always kept her head down, lest she might anger him.
It was a good thing that he hadn’t really lost his temper over the past few days.
Otherwise, she would not have held up well at all until now.
“Hmph, good to get along with?” Jessie’s father snorted coldly and said with a disdainful expression, “If he is easy ot got along well, in this world, all the people would be easy to get along well.”
“Yes, Jessie, don’t say that on purpose just to keep us from worrying.” Jessie’s mother heartily took her daughter’s hand and didn’t believe her words either.
After all, the impression George had left on them before was too deep.
“Mom.” Jessie smiled helplessly, “I really didn’t say that on purpose, what I said was true, these days, he really is quite easy to get along with, I don’t know if it’s because I’m being cautious, in any case, he hasn’t been angry with me, nor has he deliberately made things difficult for me, so you don’t have to be too wary.”
“Really?” Jessie’s mother saw that her daughter was speaking somewhat seriously, and she was vaguely convinced in her heart.
Jessie’s father didn’t say anything, but his eyes, though, were similar to his wife.
Jessie nodded seriously, “Of course it’s true, so don’t worry about me, I’m really okay.”
“Since you said so, then fine, then we’ll believe you.” Jessie’s mother stroked her daughter’s hair.
Jessie obediently leaned on Jessie’s mother’s shoulder, “Thank you.”
“Thanks for what, you are our daughter, we as parents have to care for you.”
Jessie’s mother said as she put her arm around her.
Jessie’s father nodded, “Your mother is right, by the way, why are you sitting outside, is he asleep?”
He asked, pointing to the door of George’s hospital room.
Jessie shook her head, “No, he’s in there drinking pork chop soup, he kicked me out.”
“Kicked you out?” Jessie’s father’s voice rose sharply, “What the hell is going on here?”
“Yes, what’s going on?” Jessie’s mother also looked at Jessie with a serious face.
Originally, both of them had been relieved because she had said that George was easy to get along with these days.
But now that they heard her say that George had kicked her out, they were worried again.
Jessie knew that her words had worried her parents, so she quickly waved her hand to explain, “Take it easy, it’s like this, it is my fault, it’s me who just…”
Then she told them how nervous she was and how she had burned George.
After hearing this, Jessie’s father and mother felt relieved.
It turned out that the cause of the incident was not George suddenly made things difficult for Jessie, but Jessie herself had caused it.
“So you guys don’t think too much about it.” Jessie said as she took the couple’s hands.
Jessie’s father looked at her, “Jessie, you burned him, did he really not get angry at you, just as simple as kicking you out?”
He was still a bit uneasy, afraid that his daughter had lied.
After all, it was like his daughter couldn’t do anything to keep the couple from worrying.
Jessie’s mother also hurriedly nodded and said, “Yes, Jessie, you mustn’t hide it, that would only make us feel even more uneasy.”
Jessie looked at her parents’ anxious look and was touched and warm in her heart, taking their hands and shaking her head with a smile, “I really didn’t hide anything from you, I got too nervous myself and nearly burnt him again, so he was impatient and let me out, and he didn’t do anything else to me.”
Seeing that their daughter spoke calmly, Jessie’s father and mother were then convinced.
“That’s good, then.” Jessie’s mother exhaled in relief.
Jessie’s father looked at the door of George’s ward with a complicated expression, “This kid seems to have changed a bit.”
Jessie’s mother looked at him in confusion, “What are you talking about?”
Jessie’s father repeated his words, “I said, I feel that this kid seems to have changed.”
“What do you mean?” Jessie’s mother was even more puzzled.
During this period of time, she had come to the hospital the least and hadn’t had much contact with George.
So she didn’t know what had changed about George.
However, Jessie’s father, who came here often, had more or less sensed something wrong.
Jessie’s father rubbed his chin and mused, “I feel that his temper has changed a lot, and his hatred towards us seems to have faded a lot.”
“You’re not kidding, are you?” Jessie’s mother laughed at his remark.
Yet Jessie’s father shook his head, “I’m not joking, I do have this feeling.”
“Actually, I also think that what dad said is right.” At that moment, Jessie also suddenly spoke up, “Because I have the same feeling as dad.”
“Jessie?” Jessie’s mother was surprised.
Jessie smiled, “I’ve been taking care of him during this period of time, so I’m the one who knows the most about his changes, first of all, the fact that he didn’t get angry at me is a very favourable evidence, and secondly, I didn’t see hatred or any impatience in the way he looked at me, that’s why I said that what dad said might be true.”