A Spoonful of Sugar: Don’t Beg for Love

Chapter 311

The atmosphere in the living room was getting extremely intense, but noises came from the other room

at that moment.

Renfrew pushed open the door and looked a little panicked. “Gabriel seems to be feeling ill…”

Although Hesper did not study medicine, she had become somewhat of an amateur doctor after

suffering from a long list of illnesses over the years. When she had nothing much to do in the past, she

had learned a thing or two about Halwanese medicine from her doctors. One could say that she knew

things, but she was nowhere near proficient.

As soon as she saw Gabriel, Hesper felt that the child might be suffering from a stomach ache.

“See? What did I just say? Gabriel has fallen sick, hasn’t he?” Eloise came into the room, yelling loudly.

“It’s not that I want to reprimand you, Yohanna, but you’re indeed way too soft as a person. From what I

see, this kid and your neighbor are not well-meaning people, so you can’t just get close to anyone that

you like!”

She had shown some restraint before this, but now she slandered Hesper and Renfrew directly

now.

Feeling that this was not the right thing to do, Yohanna frowned and defended the mother and son

softly, “Hesper and Renfrew are not…”

“What? Then are you saying that I’m the one who’s at fault here?” Eloise raised her voice. “Just open

your eyes and look. Yohanna, it’s your son who’s sick now; it’s Gabriel. You can’t just be this ignorant

all the time.”

Hesper walked up to Gabriel, inspected him, turned her head around, and gave off a cold expression.

“It’s definitely your problem.”

Before Yohanna could react, Hesper continued to question Eloise solemnly, “What food did you feed

Gabriel earlier today?”

“What could I have possibly fed him?!” Eloise accused Hesper with an exasperated expression. “It was

obviously you! Can this get even more coincidental? After playing with your son for a short. while,

Gabriel starts to have a stomach ache!”

Hesper did not have the patience to argue with her. She only gave Eloise a cold glare and stopped

arguing with her. She then took out a pen and a piece of paper, quickly jotted down a prescription, and

went home to grab some traditional Halwanese medicinal herbs.

“Fortunately, I have an elder brother who’s a medical student. He often sends me some medicinal

herbs just in case of emergencies,” Hesper said to Yohanna. “Gabriel is suffering from a stomach ache

due to the accumulation of gas in his stomach. It’s wintertime, and this is a common illness that kids get

when they eat too much raw or chilly food. You wouldn’t give Gabriel something of that nature to eat at

this time, would you?”

“I didn’t…” Yohanna shook her head and thought of something after a short while. “If that’s the case,

are you saying that Aunt Chapelain did it?”

Yohanna turned to look at Eloise, and Eloise became infuriated instantly. “You just believe in what This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

this woman says? You should know best about how I normally treat Gabriel! I regard him as my own

grandson, so why would I harm him?!”

Hesper sneered. “You’re not trying to harm Gabriel. You’re just ignorant.”

The kitchen was located on the second floor, and Eloise had offered to boil the medicine. Hesper was a

little suspicious at first, but she still allowed her to take on the task anyway.

“Aunt Chapelain has been taking care of Gabriel not long after he was born…” Yohanna sighed.

Although I sometimes feel that she’s… a little difficult to get along with, she has always been very kind

to Gabriel. That’s why I haven’t fired her after so long.”

‘Yohanna is only trying to look after the household, but hiring a full-time babysitter isn’t a small expense

for an ordinary family. Eloise has clearly failed to uphold her responsibility, so why should Yohanna

tolerate her any further?’

Gabriel’s stomach hurt really badly. His face had already turned pale while lying on his bed, and he

looked completely different from the boy who was holding Renfrew’s hands and enthusiastically

explaining a game half an hour ago.

Renfrew was frightened by what he saw and stood beside Hesper helplessly. “Did I make Gabriel

sick?”

Renfrew head heard what Eloise said.

Hesper suppressed the surging flame of anger in her chest cavity and comforted her son. “This has

nothing to do with you, so don’t blame yourself for what happened.”

Yohanna also felt a little sorry. “I’m sorry, I’ll apologize on Aunt Chapelain’s behalf…”

“No, it’s not your fault, so you shouldn’t be the one apologizing.”

After saying so, Hesper sniffed the air.

‘It stands to reason that the medicine has been boiling for a quite a while. Even if the kitchen is on the

second floor, I should be able to smell it from here