Cheng Jingmo came to the hospital after get off work in the afternoon. When he opened the door of the ward, he was greeted by the aroma of food.

Yu Xiangnian was sitting beside the bed and feeding Xiaojie.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Xiaojie turned around and said, "Uncle, you're here."

Yu Xiangnian didn't even turn his head away.

Yu Xiangnian hadn't even glanced at him in the past two days, and he felt helpless.

Cheng Jingmo walked in and saw Xiaojie eating boiled fish. A thin layer of oil was floating on the milky white fish soup.

There were two lunch boxes on a small table next to the bed, one containing boiled fish and the other containing beef with green peppers and braised beans.

No wonder it smells so good. You can tell at a glance that this food is not from a hospital cafeteria.

Although Yu Xiangnian ignored him, Cheng Jingmo still walked up to her and held out his hand, "I'll feed her, you eat first."

Yu Xiangnian put the bowl in his hand and stood up to eat aside.

"Uncle, have you eaten?" Xiaojie asked.

Cheng Jingmo was silent for a moment, "Not yet."

He rushed over right after work, planning to get some food from the hospital cafeteria and eat together as a group of three.

Who knew that Yu Xiangnian had already bought it, and no one knew whether his share had been bought.

Yu Xiangnian pretended not to hear and picked up her lunch box to eat. She deliberately didn't buy Cheng Jingmo's share.

But the food in the state-owned canteen was very large. Although she only bought food for herself and Xiaojie, they couldn't finish it.

She is eating from the lunch box now. Even if she can't finish it, Cheng Jingmo won't be able to eat it either.

Xiao Jie looked at Yu Xiangnian, then at Cheng Jingmo, vaguely realizing that the two might have had a quarrel.

From the moment she entered the door until now, his aunt has never looked at his uncle.

They were clearly fine before he was hospitalized, but he became like this when he woke up.

He was worried that the two of them might have a quarrel because of him.

After Xiaojie finished his meal, Yu Xiangnian was also full.

She didn't eat much, only one-third of the big lunch box.

She packed up and prepared to wash the dishes.

Cheng Jingmo walked over, his mouth slightly lowered, "Yu Xiangnian, I haven't eaten yet."

Yu Xiangnian really didn't intend to give him food.

Yu Xiang replied without even thinking, "The cafeteria."

"There are still so many, I'll just eat these."

“This is what I have left.”

"Don't waste it." Cheng Jingmo didn't despise her.

Yu Xiangnian stopped what he was doing, walked past Cheng Jingmo and came to Xiaojie, "I'm going back. I need to see a doctor if I need anything."

Although she and Cheng Jingmo didn't speak, they reached a tacit understanding that Yu Xiangnian would take care of Xiaojie during the day and Cheng Jingmo would take care of him at night.

"Aunt, please go slower."

"Yeah, see you tomorrow."

When Yu Xiangnian walked out, Cheng Jingmo followed.

In the corridor, Cheng Jingmo grabbed Yu Xiangnian's wrist and said, "Yu Xiangnian, my tone of voice was not good that day. I apologize. Let's talk."

Yu Xiangnian then glanced at him and said, "This is a hospital. If you have anything to say, wait until Xiaojie is discharged and then go home to talk."

Cheng Jingmo replied, "Okay." But he didn't let go of the hand.

After a while, he spoke again embarrassedly, "Yu Xiangnian, let's make peace."

Yu Xiangnian these two days made Cheng Jingmo feel as if he was living his old life again.

But he felt too much tenderness and enthusiasm from Xiang Nian, and these two days were extremely tormenting for him.

Yu Xiangnian said calmly, "During this time, you and I should calmly think about what you want to say and ask, as well as how you plan to handle our relationship. We'll talk about it together when the time comes."

After a pause, he continued, "Also, you are responsible for Xiaojie's breakfast, and I will take care of lunch and dinner. You can come back after dinner."

Cheng Jingmo understood the implication of Yu Xiangnian's words, and they should eat their own food and not interfere with each other.

He felt a mixture of sourness, bitterness, and loss.

In this relationship, Yu Xiangnian always holds the initiative.

She could be warm and gentle to him, making him mistakenly believe that Yu Xiangnian cared about him very much.

But she can also withdraw at any time without any regrets, leaving him alone to be deeply trapped in this relationship.

Cheng Jingmo released his hand and said, "Okay, go slower on your way."

Yu Xiangnian turned and left.

In fact, her mind has been confused these past two days and she needs to think carefully.

In their relationship, although she was the one who took the initiative, she did not allow Cheng Jingmo to doubt her or question her!

At the same time, she understood Cheng Jingmo's suspicion and questioning of her.

It would be difficult for anyone to accept this situation for a while, let alone someone in Cheng Jingmo's profession, so it is understandable that he is suspicious of her.

Even her own brother Yu Xiangyang had doubts and questioned it.

Maybe Cheng Jingmo is special to her, so she was so angry when Cheng Jingmo suspected her.

Furthermore, she couldn't guarantee that this matter would not be known to others in the future. If someone with ulterior motives took advantage of this matter, Cheng Jingmo would definitely be implicated.

She gave Cheng Jingmo time to think clearly about whether to continue this relationship, and he could choose to cut his losses in time.

Cheng Jingmo returned to the ward and ate most of the remaining food in Yu Xiangnian's lunch box, and also finished the fish soup that Xiaojie had not finished.

After washing up in the evening, I wiped Xiaojie's body, turned off the lights and prepared to go to bed.

Lying on the hospital bed, Xiao Jie asked, "Uncle, was the quarrel between you and my aunt because of me?"

Cheng Jingmo slept on the folding steel bed he brought from home. "It has nothing to do with you. I had some conflicts with her."

"Didn't you tell me that men should give in to women and not argue with them?"

In the past, her aunt always quarreled with his uncle, and his uncle always endured and gave in to his aunt, and also educated him like this.

Cheng Jingmo said: "I didn't control my emotions well and made her angry."

He has been reflecting on this for the past two days. Even if he doubted Yu Xiangnian, he shouldn't have spoken to her in such a judgmental tone.

Xiaojie said, "Then you apologize to her and she won't be angry anymore."

It's the same every time he does something wrong.

Cheng Jingmo replied: "Yes, she said she would forgive me in a few days."

Xiao Jie felt relieved and spoke in a more relaxed tone, "Actually, my aunt's memory is very poor. She will forget it in a few days."

Cheng Jingmo: "Hmm?"

Xiaojie said, "She just told me a few days ago about Yugong moving the mountain, and that his descendants would definitely be able to dig it up, but today she forgot about it and said that Yugong's mountain could definitely not be dug up."

Cheng Jingmo asked, "Why can't it be dug open?"

Xiao Jie replied: "My aunt said that he is busy digging the mountain all day long, so how can he have time to find a girlfriend?"

Cheng Jingmo: “...” Yu Xiangnian should stop telling stories in the future!

Although it never snows in Nancheng, the roadside is covered with a thick layer of white frost every morning.

Yu Xiangnian came to the hospital wrapped tightly every morning and rushed home before dark at night.

More than half a month passed in a flash, and Xiaojie was discharged from the hospital after recovering. It was already mid-December.

Apart from meeting each other in the morning and evening and exchanging a few insignificant words, Yu Xiangnian and Cheng Jingmo had no other unnecessary communication.

Those scenes of hugging each other and kissing passionately seem like a distant dream.