Chapter 145 Do you know what "howling" means?

In the hospital, Xu Shouquan grabbed a clean white sheet and covered himself completely with it.

He was too ashamed to face anyone.

Cai Chong, Cai Chen, Chang He, and Qin Suisui stood on either side of the hospital bed, staring intently at him.

Cai Chen's mouth moved, but he couldn't help but say, "Old Xu, you really look like you're about to be wheeled into the morgue."

Xu Shouquan yanked off the sheet, pointed at Cai Chen's nose, and started yelling, "You little brat, can't you speak properly? If you can't speak properly, then get out of here! You're not with us, so what are you doing here? Get out, get out!"

Cai Chen muttered under his breath, "If you hadn't fallen and ruptured your hemorrhoids, causing severe bleeding and requiring a trip to the hospital, Chang He and I would have already seen the boss by now..."

Chang He covered his mouth with his hand, glaring at him and giving him a meaningful look: "Still talking? Are you out of your mind! You want to go back even if you don't want to!" The letters of introduction they got for this trip were all for official business trips, which Xu Shouquan had gotten together with, since their work wasn't exactly honorable.

Cai Chen shut his mouth again. Although Qiongtan Island was nice, he still wanted to go back to his hometown.

Qin Suisui couldn't help but laugh. Neither of these two boys was easy to deal with. Her own student, Cai Chong, was also tongue-tied. Seeing Xu Shouquan's frustrated expression, she could only offer words of comfort:

"Uncle Xu, it's alright. It's normal for a researcher like you to have hemorrhoids, as you sit in an office all year round. The hospital has already removed them for you, so just rest and recover these next few days. It's nothing serious!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Shouquan's expression turned even uglier after she said that.

Cai Chong whispered, "Well... teachers don't sit in the office much; they're mostly in the fields..."

"Cough cough cough..." Qin Suisui was lucky not to choke on her own saliva. How could she get hemorrhoids from working in the fields every day?

It was past 7 p.m. when she came out of the ward. Pei Jiuyan happened to be parking his bicycle nearby. Seeing her come out, he hurriedly went up to her with concern: "How are you? Are you hurt?"

Qin Suisui shook her head, looking at what he was carrying: "Are you done with your work? What's this?"

"I made some shrimp and crab porridge with the seafood you caught. Your friend is in the hospital, right? He probably hasn't had time to eat yet, has he?" Pei Jiuyan waved the lunchbox in his hand.

Qin Suisui pursed her lips, suppressing a laugh, and asked softly, "Um... can I eat seafood porridge after hemorrhoid surgery?"

Pei Jiuyan was taken aback. Looking at Qin Suisui's suppressed laughter, he couldn't help but laugh too: "Why don't you give this to your other friends, and I'll go to the cafeteria to buy him a bowl of plain porridge?"

Qin Suisui waved her hand: "No need, he can't eat for 24 hours after the surgery, so he can't eat anything right now."

By the time the couple brought the seafood porridge inside and returned home, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Zan Zan was sitting at the dining table, her little head nodding, almost asleep. The food on the table was still exactly as Pei Jiu Yan had left it, untouched.

Pei Jiuyan frowned and stepped forward to pick up the little guy, but the little guy woke up as soon as he touched him.

"Dad, Mom, you're back?"

"Zanzan, didn't Daddy tell you to eat first, and then go to sleep?"

Seeing her father's displeased expression, Zan Zan seemed a little nervous, but she still tried her best to raise her little head and meet her father's icy gaze, and bravely said, "Zan Zan wants to eat with Mom and Dad, just like before."

Since Pei Jiuyan woke up from his coma, he has been recuperating at home. In addition, Qin Suisui was injured later. For the past half month, the family has been eating three meals together almost every day.

For adults, this might not seem like much. But for three-year-old Zan Zan, being able to eat with his mom and dad every day, every meal, is the happiest thing in the world.

Pei Jiuyan was taken aback, and Qin Suisui was also somewhat surprised. They immediately realized that what seemed like trivial matters to adults could be huge issues to children.

Qin Suisui glared at Pei Jiuyan, picked up Zanzan and placed him on a chair, smiling as she said, "Mom and Dad know! From now on, whenever we're home, our whole family will eat together. Thank you for waiting for us, baby! Let's eat now!"

"Okay!" Zan Zan's eyes lit up when she received her mother's promise.

For dinner, they naturally ate the seafood that Qin Suisui had caught. She had already finished catching one batch and was preparing to catch the second batch when Xu Shouquan fell. She didn't even have time to see the fish and shrimp that the second batch had attracted. It was a pity; she didn't know if they had escaped or if someone had taken them.

When Pei Jiuyan returned to his room after taking a shower that evening, he found a cup of hot tea next to Qin Suisui, with bright green tea leaves.

He frowned: "Honey, did I make the dishes too salty for dinner?"

"Hmm?" Qin Suisui thought about the stir-fried prawns with scallions and the sea bass for dinner: "It's not salty, why?"

"What kind of tea do you want to drink now? It's almost ten o'clock. Drinking tea too late can make you have trouble sleeping."

"Oh, you mean this?" Qin Suisui touched the glass, making sure it wasn't hot anymore, before handing it to Pei Jiuyan.

"This was brought to you by Uncle Xu through your parents, and they even picked it themselves! They said it's good for you, so I thought I'd brew some for you to try first. Here, it's not too hot anymore, try it and see what it tastes like?"

Pei Jiuyan took it, tested the temperature, and after confirming it wasn't too hot, drank it all in one gulp. He couldn't possibly waste his father-in-law and mother-in-law's kindness, especially since it was brewed by his wife herself.

"How is it? Is it good? What does it taste like?" Pei Jiuyan finished drinking it in one gulp and saw Qin Suisui looking at her with bright eyes.

"Wife, what's the name of this tea? It tastes quite mild." Pei Jiuyan smacked his lips. To be honest, he didn't know if it was because he hadn't steeped it long enough, or if this kind of tea was just naturally mild and not as bitter as other green teas. He didn't seem to be able to taste anything.

"It sounds like something like 'Ao Ao Jiao'. That's a really strange name. It's probably a local name given to us by the locals. I don't know its proper name."

Pei Jiuyan nodded, then bent down to get the thermos, preparing to refill his cup. Their thermos always had hot water in it because Qin Suisui loved tea; even in this hot weather, she drank several cups every day.

Upon hearing Qin Suisui's three words, Pei Jiuyan's hand holding the thermos suddenly paused: "Wife, what do you call this?"

Qin Suisui was a little confused and repeated, "It's howling."

Pei Jiuyan suddenly looked at her meaningfully: "Do you know what 'roaring' means?"

Qin Suisui was getting a little impatient with his rambling manner: "What could it mean? It's just the name of the tea, isn't it?"