Chapter 50 (1/2)
Chapter 50
The meal at Jian Yan's place was very cheerful. After crossing this mother-in-law mountain, He Xiu's heart was finally free from anxiety--even when he went to visit He Chen, his att.i.tude was also not as loathsome as it was in the past.
He Chen's recovery went well after he woke up. He Jing Long and Zhao Ying Fang took turns to stay with him at the hospital. As his fiancée, Xu Ying definitely had to be at the hospital to demonstrate her affections for him, regardless of her willingness.
”My mother had the auntie at home simmer soup. You should drink it later.”She placed the container of soup on the table and glanced at the half-reclined He Chen on the hospital bed.
He Chen smiled shallowly as he sneered, ”Don't you see the plaster cast on my broken arm? How can I drink soup?”
Xu Ying knitted her brows. ”Don't tell me you want me to feed you?”
”This suggestion is not bad.”
”You&h.e.l.lip;” Xu Ying pursed her lips and swallowed all the words she wanted to say. She turned away and somewhat angrily opened the container of soup. Holding the container in one hand, she walked up to sit beside He Chen.
”Drink.” Ladling a spoonful, she brought the soup up to He Chen's mouth.
He Chen stared at her and commented, ”How can I drink such scalding hot soup? Help me blow it.”
Xu Ying furiously placed the spoon back in the container. ”He Chen, don't win an inch and want a foot!”
He Chen snorted as he said, ”Do you think I want you to feed me! Look at your clumsiness; I'm afraid you'll spray soup all over me.”
”Ah, then fine! Wait for your mother to come and make her feed you!”
Xu Ying picked up her jacket, intending to leave once she spoke her mind. Just as she was about to walk through the door, He Xiu entered.
----He didn't come alone either. Jian Yan followed in behind him.
Xu Ying's complexion s.h.i.+fted upon catching sight of them. She turned around and walked back to the ward, sitting back down.
He Chen seemed to mock her, ”Didn't you want to leave? Why aren't you going?”
Xu Ying pursed her lips and remained silent. Jian Yan and He Xiu didn't seem to be aware of the tension between the two of them, their expressions blank as they entered. Catching sight of the container of soup on the table, He Xiu said with a slightly happy tone, ”I told you someone would definitely bring him soup. You should give the soup you brought to me instead.”
He Chen subconsciously glanced at Jian Yan's hands and saw that she was actually carrying a container of soup as well. He immediately said, ”Who said? She brought this for a patient to drink; you even want to steal a patient's meal?”
He Xiu remarked, ”You wouldn't be able to finish this much soup anyway; why should food be wasted?”
”If I don't finish drinking it in the afternoon, I can finish it in the evening. Why should I let you have it cheaply?”
Jian Yan resolved the dispute straightaway. ”Don't listen to his drivel. This soup was originally simmered specially for you. I'll set it here, and you can drink it in the evening.” She glared at He Xiu as she said this before putting down the container of soup. She looked at He Chen again and asked, ”How are you feeling today?”
Before He Chen could respond, He Xiu said, ”Look at how much he resembles a lively dragon and an animated tiger when fighting with me over the soup--it's obvious he is definitely recovering well. The so-called 'evil stays for a thousand years' saying is so true.”
He Chen wrinkled his brows and stared at him. ”He Xiu, did you even come to visit a sick person?”
”I am. I specifically came to see your current sorry figure.” He Xiu's gaze intentionally swept over the plaster cast around his neck and right arm as he said this.
He Chen: ”&h.e.l.lip;”
If it were not for his current immobility, he really would jump up and beat him up as he wished to do.
He slowly breathed in and quirked his lips into a smile, saying, ”I heard that during my operation, you even donated blood. I couldn't tell that you were so concerned for me.”
He Xiu refuted, ”Don't misunderstand; I donated to the blood bank, not you. I donate blood every year.”
”Hehe.”
Jian Yan's brows jumped up as she stepped in again. ”This pork bone soup I made is an ancestral recipe that my mom handed down to me. I simmered it for a whole night; how about you give it a try?”
A rich aroma of bone broth surged out as soon as she opened the container of soup--an absolutely enticing fragrance. He Chen's gluttony was truly hooked. Jian Yan carried the container over to him, but she didn't know how he would drink it. His arm and neck were currently wrapped in plaster; it was really inconvenient for him to eat it by himself, but this Miss High and Mighty Xu sitting to the side resembled a giant Buddha with her mannerisms--not having the slightest desire to undertake the task. It's not like she (JY) could feed him, right?
He Xiu, who had been standing to the side, suddenly laughed. ”Look at you now, having soup but unable to drink it. Do you need me to come over and feed you?”
Xu Ying seemed to have woken up from a dream as she took the container Jian Yan held in her hands, saying to her, ”I'll do it.”
This time, unlike the last, she brought up the spoon to He Chen's mouth after intentionally blowing on it for a moment. He Chen silently opened his mouth and drank the soup.
Just after he drank it, his eyes lit up and fluttered slightly. ”This soup really is very tasty. Who knew that Lady Jian's cooking skills are this amazing?”
Jian Yan laughed. ”Countless people don't know.”
He Xiu commented, ”Giving it to you to drink is truly wasteful.” He took out his own spoon and spooned some for himself after he said that, lowering his head to blow on it before taking a taste. ”Mn, very delicious.”
He Chen became angry with him. ”That is my soup!”
He Xiu smirked and said, ”You want to fight over Starlight General Merchandise, yet you also want to fight over a bowl of soup?”
”&h.e.l.lip;”
He Chen still wasn't able to put together a sentence by the time He Xiu spoke up again. ”This was made by my girlfriend, so why can't I drink it? I donated 400 milliliters of blood; I also need to recover.”
”&h.e.l.lip;”
Jian Yan was anxious that this afternoon He Chen would become so incensed by He Xiu that he would vomit blood, so she hurriedly pulled him away.
After the two of them left, the heavy atmosphere in the ward returned in strength. He Chen looked at Xu Ying's preoccupied appearance and said, ”You can place the soup there. I'll drink it again later.”
With him saying so, Xu Ying naturally wouldn't continue feeding him. Once she set down the container, she thought for a moment before asking, ”Do you feel He Xiu had more words to say today than usual? Before, he simply didn't feel like paying attention to you, so why did he speak so much to you?”
He Chen stared at her blankly before chuckling. ”You really do pay very close attention to He Xiu.”
”You!” Xu Ying wrinkled her brows and got up to leave again. ”I'm leaving first. I'll come back and see you some other day.”
When she left, He Chen was by himself. He gazed out the window, lost in thought. He didn't notice the smile gracing his face.