CH 73.1

Xu Cinian had a very long dream.

In his dream, he returned to his childhood. The sun in the garden is very good. His mother wears a white dress and plays balls with him with his hair in his arms. He is so small that he is only as high as his mother’s knees. Every time he throws the balls, his mother’s pair of hand of the pearl chain will catch it all at once, and then throw it back with a smile, “Nian Nian, hold it tight.”

“I know, Mom.” He laughed along with him, reaching out to pick up the small ball that flew over.

But the ball suddenly swept past his fingertips and flew far away, he hurriedly turned around to chase, But the ball rolled faster and faster, and every time he was about to catch up, it suddenly accelerated again.

“Don’t run.” He was so tired from running, his legs felt like lead, and he watched the ball roll to the edge of the swimming pool.

He jumped up at once and held down the ball that was about to roll into the water. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from behind him and pushed him into the pool ruthlessly.

The overwhelming water drowned him, and he desperately waved his hands to swim to the shore, but one hand held his head tightly, the turbulent water poured into his nose, and his eyes were black.

Mother! help me! grandfather!

He shouted desperately, but no one came to control him. At this moment, a hand stretched out from nowhere in the water and snatched the little ball from his arms.

Don’t take it! it is mine!

With all his strength, he hugged the ball tightly, his fingertips seemed to be clasping the ball into the gap, and he would not let go, but the tide kept drowning him, and more and more hands stretched out from all directions, desperately trying to plundered his things, and pressed him into the dark bottom of the water…

The pain of suffocation came to his face, he struggled hard, one hand on the water clasped the ball, and the other hand under the water grabbed his ankle, as if tearing him in half, grabbed the ball that he was fully protecting.

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The heart-piercing pain came, as if a part of his body was forcibly peeled off. When the ball was released, the green pool water instantly turned blood red, and he was dragged into the bottom of the water. Drift away…don’t…don’t! Don’t take it away!

Xu Cinian suddenly opened his eyes, his chest heaved violently, the sunlight was extremely dazzling, just like in a dream, the surroundings were white, and there was the smell of disinfectant, he stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, gasping for breath, unable to react for a while where he are.

“Cinian, are you awake?”

A pair of warm big hands grabbed him at once, Xu Cinian shivered suddenly, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw a tall figure beside the bed.

He turned against the light and couldn’t see his face, but his voice had the power to soothe people’s hearts, which made Xu Cinian relieved, “…Qu Cheng.”

His voice was a little hoarse, and Qu Cheng kissed the back of his hand, “Well, it’s me, you’ve had a nightmare?”

Xu Cinian exhaled a long breath, only now did he feel that his sheets were soaked in cold sweat, and subconsciously raised his hand to touch his stomach, “How long have I been lying in the hospital?”

“A day and a night, how are you feeling now? Are you feeling better? If you want something to eat, I’ll ask Ah Si to bring him over.” Qu Cheng stretched out his hand to cover him with a quilt, and when he bowed his head, Xu Cinian find that his face was not good, there were dark circles under his eyes, and even stubble appeared.

“Why is your face so ugly? Don’t worry, I’m fine, how is the little bean now?”

He subconsciously sat up with the sheets, but was suddenly stopped by Qu Cheng, “Lie down and don’t move, you don’t care about it now, take care of your health.” He grabbed his wrist all of a sudden, “Did something happen to DouDou?”

“DouDou…” Qu Cheng hesitated for a while, his expression was very complicated, as if he didn’t know how to speak.

Xu Cinian looked at his face, and his face turned pale instantly. Could it be that the nightmare has really come true?

His head was empty in an instant, he sat up instantly without thinking, lifted the quilt and jumped off the bed, but he didn’t notice that there was still a hanging bottle on the back of his hand, and now he pulled out half of the needle at once, and the blood flowed out instantly.

The door of the ward just opened at this time, Zhao Rui saw this scene as soon as he walked in, and was so frightened that he hurried in, “Xu Cinian, you are fucking dead, just pull out the bottle when you wake up, and quickly lie down, don’t die.”

Xu Cinian’s actions were too fast just now, and before Qu Cheng could react, he jumped out of bed and was startled now, so he quickly held him down, “Peacock, calm down and listen to me.”

“Zhao Rui, did something happen to DouDou? Don’t hide it from me, tell me the truth! Did you fail to keep it?!” Xu Cinian was really panicked at this moment, and he couldn’t care less about the blood on his hands, grabbed Zhao Rui, and regarded him as a life-saving straw.

Zhao Rui frowned, glanced at Qu Cheng, then turned his head and said, “Who told you that he didn’t save it? That lump of meat is still lying in your stomach. If you don’t believe me, I’ll take you to check it now.”

Xu Cinian was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Qu Cheng, “But…the way he looked just now…”

Qu Cheng was so wronged at this moment, he quickly put his daughter-in-law on the bed, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, “I said Peacock, you have to be reasonable, I didn’t say anything, what are you guessing. Our son is okay, if anyone dares to say that he is gone, we will worry about whoever is.”

“Then what happened to the way you looked like you were about to cry?”

Qu Cheng couldn’t help laughing. He coughed a few times and said, “Isn’t that surprising? Zhao Rui said that our Doudou is a strange creature. Don’t look at malnutrition, but he is very strong. Those who are shameless will not leave.”

“Isn’t it true, I’ve never seen your child like this.” Zhao Rui laughed along, and pulled out the inspection report and placed it in front of Xu Cinian, “It is said that children three months ago are the most likely to miscarry, and maybe they will die after a little exertion. I can’t hold it anymore. Your son is amazing. He jumped up and down with you, and was hit by a car. He grabbed his stomach, slipped to his mouth, and floated back to his original position. This stubborn temper is too much for you.

After walking up and down for a while, his heart also went up and down, Xu Ci sighed with relief, and now he felt a little weak, and obediently lay back on the bed, grabbed the back of Qu Cheng’s hand, took a bite, and then felt Pissed off, he really wanted to kick him, but think about it.

“Hey… oh oh, don’t bite, peacock, you are a dog.”

“What kind of shit is that on your face, do you know that our son is still alive with bitterness and hatred?”

“Our son” three words made Qu Cheng raise his eyebrows, his heart and lungs were so comfortable, and he couldn’t hide the smile at the corner of his mouth, “You have to understand that a man who has just been promoted to be a father will inevitably have anxiety and phobia. I think that if I lick another stinky and hard-tempered little peacock in the future, it will still be very powerful, and it will hurt my stomach. Raising one is enough to have a headache, you have a little guy… plus one more, I’m under a lot of pressure, that snack foodie.”

“Fuck you, you can make soy sauce in WoWo. Now, stop pretending.” Xu Cinian continued to bite his arm, leaving a string of tooth marks on his strong arm, like a candied fruit.

Qu Cheng let him bite, bent over and wrapped Xu Cinian in his arms, the two noses were together, he whispered, “How can this be the same, I have never seen Wowo when he was a child, I will take a good care of Doudou every time you say anything.”

As he said that, he reached out to touch Xu Cinian’s belly. Although he didn’t feel any movement, he still said solemnly, “Be ready, Doudou, accept the feeding from your father, and you must not be thinner than your brother when you come out in the future. By the way, your brother is a gluttonous little fat man, you have to study like him and hook up with your father.”

“What a mess.” Xu Cinian smiled, leaning back and forth, holding down his hand that was making a mess on his stomach.

Qu Cheng looked down at him, his deep eyes filled with tenderness, the two looked at each other, smiled and kissed.

The door of the ward closed silently, Zhao Rui walked forward with the medical records in his pocket, looked up at the sky outside the window, hey… lonely, envious, jealous!

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Qu Cheng said that he should take good care of Doudou, but he really did not break his promise. He ran to the hospital three times a day, studied recipes, and delivered rice and soup. He simply regarded Xu Cinian as a national key protected animal. He even had to hold on to the toilet, for fear that he would fall and bump into each other, which made Xu Cinian feel helpless every day. He is also a big man, and he is not tofu, so it can be broken when touched?

Repeatedly emphasized to someone many times, someone always smiled, scooped a spoonful of soup to his mouth, and coaxed, “Honey, drink more.”

“…..” Xu Cinian was speechless, was forcibly thundered out of goosebumps.

He lives in a high-level VIP ward. There is only one bed for him in a huge room, and there are toilets and bathroom with water heaters. Xu Cinian didn’t know what method Qu Cheng used to find such a good room in the people’s hospital with extremely crowded beds. Even from the beginning to the end, no doctor except Zhao Rui came to examine his body, and he was completely saved the secret of Doudou.

It is precisely because of this reason that Xu Cinian said to the outside world that he had encountered a car accident and needed to recuperate in the hospital. Uncle Zhong, Xiaomao, and the staff of the farm and HaoTing all came to see him, and the ward was packed every day.

QingLong helped those brothers, as soon as they heard that he was ill, they came with a pig’s leg and a pig’s face. They were big and thick, with a fierce look on their faces. They had to pretend to be fresh and rub his shoulders and tell jokes. “I really want to live another five hundred years” and so on, which made Xu Cinian laugh and cry, and finally all were blasted out by Qu Cheng, feeling that his old face was lost by these bastards again.

That night, Ah Si came to report to him the recent situation of the Xu family and their son. Xu Cinian sat on the bed and ate a plate of dumplings in a heat preservation box.

“Xu Jianguo has completely subsided recently. Now he is eating fast and reciting Buddha in the sanatorium every day. His body still doesn’t seem to be improving. He needs to rest in bed, but he has been able to go out in a wheelchair to move around. Our people take him very seriously, and he is only around him now. There is only uncle Zhang left, and there is no other thing to do.”

Xu Cinian swallowed the dumplings in his mouth and asked back with a smile, “Eating fast and reciting Buddha? Oh, he can think about it, if he really has the heart of a bodhisattva, he will not be there. At this point, how is Xu Xinnian?”

Ah Si sneered and winked at Xu Cinian, “Brother Xu, what do you think he can do? He is obedient with your tricks, and he is now every day. He has to kowtow to the old man, and he kneels for a day. At first, he was crying and playing with the young master’s temper, and he didn’t kneel for 24 hours. Now he is completely honest, and he doesn’t say a word when he is beaten by the bodyguard. I guess he knows he is afraid.

“By the time of Xu Xinnian, Xu Ci Nian’s expression suddenly turned cold, and after a moment of silence, he asked, “You think he is honest now?”

Ah Si nodded, “He’s so honest, it’s no different from the walking dead. He narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then stuffed a dumpling into his mouth.”

Ignore him no matter what tricks he plays, keep letting him kneel, as long as he doesn’t kill him, you must watch him, absolutely not. Don’t you hear me?”

Ah Si nodded, “Brother Xu, you can just recuperate from your illness, and I will arrange things.”

“I can rest assured when you do things.” Xu Cinian smiled, eating a bucket of dumplings with relish. He patted his stomach and felt that he was still not full, so he continued to hold the chopsticks and stuff it into his mouth.

Ah Si hadn’t eaten yet. Seeing how delicious he was eating, he was instantly hungry, “Brother Xu…, are these dumplings really that delicious?”

Xu Cinian winked at him and held up his chopsticks. He picked one up and said, “Would you like to try it?”

Ah Si looked at the fat dumplings, his stomach grumbled, he felt really hungry, looked around and found no one, and scratched his hair a little embarrassedly, ” Then… I really ate it.”

Xu Cinian generously put the thermal insulation bucket in front of him and looked at him expectantly.

Ah Si picked up one and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing it twice, his face suddenly changed. Looking at Xu Cinian’s smiling face, he was embarrassed to spit it out, so he swallowed it with grief, took a long time to say a word, “What kind of dumpling is this… Why does it smell like lard, and the ginger is all in pieces, not chopped at all.”

Xu Cinian held back a smile, “Isn’t it delicious?”

Ah Si Seeing no outsiders, he shook his head vigorously, very suspicious of Xu Cinian’s taste, “It’s not bad, it’s too bad. Brother Xu, you… Is it really okay for you to eat this when you are sick? Will you have diarrhea? Which restaurant sells these dumplings, next time I will definitely take a detour.”

“Stinky boy, what are you talking about?”

Qu Cheng’s voice suddenly sounded from behind him, and Ah Si was startled and turned back immediately, “Brother….Cheng?”

Xu Cinian laughed, crossed his legs and stuffed a dumpling into his mouth, “The thing is your Brother made it, isn’t it hard to eat, I think so too.”

“It’s bad, you still ate a bucket!?”

Ah Si looked at Xu Cinian in admiration, and then glanced at Qu Cheng. For fear that the boss would use him to practice his hand, he quickly found a reason to hug his head and flee.

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Xu Cinian stared at him. His back was lying on the bed and his laughter was even worse.

“Did you hear that, your younger brother said that the food you made was unpalatable, look at these dumplings, the dumplings are crooked, as if they fell on the ground, and what kind of stuff is this stuffing, I drank a pot of water after eating a spicy one.”

“You still ate a bucket if you thought it was unpalatable, give it to me, and I’ll throw it away.” Qu Cheng smiled helplessly, and reached for the thermal box in his hand.

“Hey, that’s not possible.” “Xu Cinian hugged the box and avoided his arm. “Someone gave it to me personally. There’s no reason to go back to what he sent out.”

Speaking of which, he stuffed the last dumpling in the heat preservation box into his mouth, opened his mouth to signal that he had eaten it all, let’s see how he want to go back.

Qu Cheng laughed, and suddenly pulled Xu Cinian’s collar over without any warning, holding his head and kissing him.

Xu Cinian was stunned for a moment, then laughed desperately and swallowed the dumplings into his mouth.

The strange-tasting dumpling stuffing mixed with large pieces of ginger in the mouths of the two of them made Xu Cinian laugh non-stop. There was a smell of lard in his mouth.

Qu Cheng licked his lips and clicked his tongue, “It’s really hard to eat.”

Xu Cinian laughed, turned over and lay on Qu Cheng’s body, just about to tease him again, but under the light of the headlight, he suddenly saw that Qu Cheng’s face was pale, and there was cold sweat on his forehead.