Chapter 371 A Strange Way of Eating

"Doctor Huai, Doctor Weng, please help me take a look at this old man." Miao Jiu remembered what Juanjuan said.

"What do you want to show me?" Even if Old Man Miao was slow-witted, he knew what this meant.

"You are the one my mother would protect with her life. Although I wish you were dead, I don't want her to blame me for not saving you in the future."

After saying this, Miao Jiu turned his head away and didn't look at him.

He has complicated feelings towards this father. When his mother was around, he doted on him and taught him everything personally.

Ever since his mother passed away, he has never taken care of himself and allowed himself to be bullied by his family.

But this person is the one his mother is willing to protect with her life, and this contradiction has been tormenting him.

Doctor Huai looked at Old Man Miao and said, "Master Miao, let me take a look at you!"

Old Man Miao said nothing and stretched out his hand.

Weng Jin didn't know much about this poison. If something really went wrong, he would have to go to the hospital for a full-body examination.

Doctor Huai withdrew his hand and looked at the bracelet on Old Man Miao's hand: "Master Miao, can I see this bracelet?"

Old man Miao took off the bracelet on his hand and handed it to Doctor Huai.

Doctor Huai picked it up and smelled it. It also had a faint scent of white tea, but the smell was much lighter than Jinsuo's.

He put the bracelet in water and tested it using the same method, and found that the silver needle had become dull.

"Master Miao, how long have you been wearing this bracelet?"

Old Man Miao frowned and thought for a moment: "I've been wearing it for several years."

Doctor Huai sighed and said, "No wonder the fragrance here has become so faint that it's almost indistinguishable."

"How is the old man's health?" Miao Jiu asked.

"The poison has entered his lungs, and his body is getting weaker and weaker. I'm afraid..." Doctor Huai didn't say anything else.

"Idiot, you didn't even know you were poisoned. How have you been living all these years?" Miao Jiu cursed directly.

Old man Miao was very calm in the face of his roar, but there was a dark glint in his eyes: As he gets older, he becomes kinder.

"I'm sorry about what happened today. I have something else to take care of, so I'll be leaving first."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and left the Si family with Butler Miao, regardless of how many people were there.

Old Madam Si looked confused. Did this man have an argument with Xiaojiu? Why did he look so unhappy?

"Aning, go see Xiaojiu!" She couldn't help but feel a little worried about Miao Jiu.

"Yeah." Si Ning was also worried about Miao Jiu.

After Old Man Miao left, Doctor Huai and Weng Jin walked out of the room. When they met Si Ning, they nodded and greeted him.

Si Ning pushed open the door and walked in, and saw Miao Jiu leaning on the sofa with his head tilted back on the back of the sofa and a cigarette in his mouth.

She walked to Miao Jiu's side, said nothing, and just reached out and hugged him.

Miao Jiu reached out and hugged her tightly, throwing the cigarette in his mouth onto the coffee table.

"Aning." His voice was fragile, a fragility that no one knew except Si Ning.

"It's okay, it's okay, I will always be with you." Si Ning raised his hand and patted his back gently to soothe him.

Over the years, every time he interacted with Old Man Miao, he would be on the edge of such contradiction and vulnerability.

"Aning, he's dying." Miao Jiu's voice was a little hoarse.

Si Ning's body stiffened slightly: "What?"

"He's just a big fool. His mother died to protect him, but he didn't cherish her and was even framed by others. He's just a fool."

Miao Jiu hugged Si Ning and buried his head in her neck and shoulders.

Si Ning felt the wetness on his neck and shoulders, but he didn't think anything of it and continued to stroke his back gently.

Like comforting a wounded little animal, she remembered the first time she saw him as a child. He was covered in scars, hiding in the dark and looking at her fiercely.

"Xiaojiu, let's go back to the old house!"

"I don't want it." Miao Jiu refused stubbornly.

"Okay, okay, if you don't want to go back, then don't go back." Si Ning didn't know what to do with him.

In front of others, he is the capricious Mr. Miao Jiu, but only she and her family know that he is a fragile child, and his thorns all over his body are just for protection.

Miao Jiu hugged Si Ning. Only when he was with her could he feel the warmth.

Juanjuan looked at Old Man Miao who was leaving, and then looked at the room with the closed door.

"Juanjuan, what are you looking at?" Si Jinchen noticed that her little brows were furrowed.

"Brother, Juanjuan doesn't know if he has done something wrong." Juanjuan looked conflicted.

"How could Juanjuan do something wrong?" Si Jinchen didn't understand why she would think so.

When Madam Si came over to help look after the triplets, she heard the two children say, "Juanjuan, can you talk to grandma?"

Juanjuan repeated everything she had said to Miao Jiu.

"Our Juanjuan did nothing wrong. On the contrary, she helped her uncle." Old Lady Si smiled and touched her little head.

"Really?" Juanjuan's pretty big eyes lit up.

"Of course it's true." Mrs. Si smiled and touched her head.

"But grandpa seemed very angry when he left, and my uncle never came out." Juanjuan said this and felt a little dejected again.

"Grandpa is angry because of something else, not because of Juanjuan."

"My uncle didn't want to entertain the guests, so he went out to slack off." Old Lady Si smiled and picked her up.

"That's good, otherwise Juanjuan would think she was in trouble." Juanjuan looked at her with a smile.

Old Madam Si smiled and coaxed her, but she was thinking in her heart that if it was really as Juanjuan said, then there must be something wrong with Old Man Miao's health.

Although she also disliked him, he was after all Miao Jiu's father, Si Ning's father-in-law, and the grandfather of the triplets. Could she really just ignore him?

Miao Jiu adjusted his mindset and came out of the room with Si Ning.

Juanjuan looked at him and stretched out her little hand: "Uncle, give me a hug."

"It's strange that he's so proactive in letting me hold him today." Miao Jiu was quite surprised. Normally, this little guy wouldn't be so proactive in letting him hold him.

He bent down and picked up Juanjuan: "What's wrong?"

Juanjuan put her arms around his neck and leaned on his shoulder: "Uncle, Juanjuan can help grandpa."

Miao Jiu's body stiffened slightly, and he turned to look at her, patting her head with a smile: "When uncle needs help, he will definitely tell Juanjuan."

"Juanjuan doesn't want my uncle to be unhappy. I like a happy uncle." Juanjuan hugged him and said softly.

"Yes." Miao Jiu felt warm in his heart. This child always made him feel warm unconsciously.

Siming and the others knew that Master Mu had arrived and greeted him, but they really didn't know when he left.

But they didn't ask any more questions.

When lunch started, everyone was quite curious about this novel way of eating.

Everyone takes a bowl and serves themselves whatever they want to eat, but the only requirement is that they don’t waste food or take it away.