Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Is my leftovers delicious?

Ruan Chao didn't know what Gu Xingyan was dawdling about. He was getting a little impatient and was about to urge him when he saw that the boy's hand with the IV was slowly bleeding.

The bright red blood flowed upwards in the thin tube for a long distance, which was very shocking at first glance!

Ahhhh!

The most horrible thing happened!!

Ruan Chao was startled and immediately bent down to press the call button on the bedside.

Gu Xingyan stopped him.

"No need to call the nurse, I can do it myself."

The boy pressed his shoulders with his skinny fingers. The warmth from his fingertips came through the thin fabric, bringing a hint of warmth. It was no longer as cold as a long-dead corpse as before.

Ruan Chao didn't really want to have physical contact with Gu Xingyan, as if they had a good relationship - he must not let Gu Xingyan have such an illusion, otherwise how could he bully him naturally in the future?

Ruan Chao wanted to shake him off and let him know that he was not someone he could easily pull or tug at, but he found that the hand that the other person was holding down on him was the one that gave him the injection!

How cunning! How could this be possible!

Ruan Chao's body froze and he didn't even dare to move.

He was afraid that if he moved a little, the back of Gu Xingyan's hand would be covered in blood.

Gu Xingyan did not notice Ruan Chao's abnormality. Only when he saw that Ruan Chao was motionless did he retract his hand.

He pinched the end of the needle and pulled it downwards, and the blood in the infusion tube dripped onto the ground.

Ruan Chao clearly saw that there was a large purple bruise on the back of Gu Xingyan's hand, and blood was still oozing out of the needle hole. The boy just casually pulled out a cotton swab and pressed it on the wound. The cotton swab was soon soaked with blood, and he changed for another one with an expressionless face.

...What a cruel man! Can't he feel any pain?

When he was young, Nguyen Chao was in poor health and had to receive intravenous fluids for a period of time. Every few minutes, he would look up at the volume of the medicine in the bottle and calculate when the infusion would be finished. Even the hand that was giving the injection was stiff and the blood was blocked, and he did not dare to move at all. He was afraid that the needle tip would move out of the blood vessel and he would have to insert the needle again.

It forms a sharp contrast with Gu Xingyan's fearlessness.

No wonder others can be the protagonists while he can only be a tool to push the plot forward. It turns out that such a small thing can make such a big difference.

The Nguyen Dynasty was filled with respect and decided to give him the title of the most courageous person they had ever seen in the 18 years of the Nguyen Dynasty.

The ward was quiet.

Gu Xingyan signed his name and returned the phone to Ruan Chao.

Just at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the ward. It was the driver who came to deliver food at the request of Ruan's mother.

The three-layer insulated lunch box was all full, and the first layer of the lunch box was divided into two compartments.

The top layer is the sweet and sour spare ribs and braised pork, which the Nguyen Dynasty liked to eat.

In the middle is assorted shrimps and steamed egg with minced pork.

At the bottom was a lunch box full of rice and two bowls of corn and mushroom soup.

Nguyen Chao was not very hungry, and was full after eating two pieces of pork ribs and half a bowl of rice.

He used chopsticks to stir through each lunch box, turning all the rice and vegetables into his leftovers.

Just as people in ancient times would not eat food given out of pity, modern people would not want to eat someone else's leftovers.

Ruan Chao pushed the lunch box to Gu Xingyan, as if sending away a puppy, and said in a congratulatory tone, "You can eat the rest."

There was a glimmer of surprise in Gu Xingyan's eyes.

He took the lunch box under Nguyen Chao's eager gaze.

He lowered his head and saw that the spare ribs were covered with rich sauce and the braised pork was stewed until it was soft and tasty. A light poke with chopsticks could make a small hole in it.

The shrimps stir-fried with corn kernels and diced carrots are crystal clear, and the eggs steamed with meat sauce are smooth and flat. You can imagine how soft and tender they are before you even put them in your mouth.

It was a delicacy he had never tasted before.

Waves of fragrance filled my nose.

Gu Xingyan felt his saliva slowly secreting, and he felt the desire for a certain food for the first time in a long time.

Seeing that the boy kept staring at the lunch box without saying anything and with no expression on his face, Ruan Chao thought he had achieved his goal and his mental humiliation had worked.

Gu Xingyan must be cursing him in his heart, but because he owed him money and was inferior to him in personality, he was embarrassed to refuse his charity and could only eat it with disgust.

Seeing that Gu Xingyan seemed to be enduring something, he slowly picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it in his mouth. Ruan Chao said unmercifully, "How is it? Is my leftover rice delicious?"

When Gu Xingyan was a child, he even snatched food from stray dogs next to the trash can, so why would he care about this.

For work, to save money, and also partly because he didn't care about his own body, he had very irregular meals a day. He had vegetarian buns for breakfast and dinner, and stir-fried peppers and cabbage for lunch as a snack. When had he ever eaten such delicious meals?

He quickly finished a piece of pork ribs, spat the bone into the trash can beside him, picked up a piece of braised pork, and replied to Ruan Chao without looking up.

"tasty."

If Gu Xingyan had refuted him, or remained silent like before, Ruan Chao could have continued talking, but he slapped him in the face with a delicious food, and he didn't know what to say. He could only stand aside silently and watch him eat.

Gu Xingyan ate very quickly and soon finished the two plates of food above. He then moved on to the steamed egg and shrimps. Finally, he scraped out the minced meat from the steamed egg to mix with the rice.

The meal that his mother prepared, enough for three people, was eaten up by him alone.

Ruan Chao: “…” Is this a starving ghost reincarnated? He can eat so much.

He lowered his eyes and saw the protruding bone on Gu Xingyan's wrist. He pursed his lips and said nothing.

The boy's arms were much thicker than his, but that was only because of his large frame. In fact, he didn't have much flesh on his body. The loose hospital gown looked empty on him, and the exposed parts looked frighteningly skinny.

Isn't this guy the protagonist favored by fate? How could he make himself so miserable?

Perhaps his gaze was a little too focused, Gu Xingyan couldn't help but turn his head and look at him.

The boy's face was reflected under the shining incandescent light, and his fair and smooth skin was flawless.

His pupils are a lighter color, close to amber glass, very rare and beautiful.

It seemed that he did not expect Gu Xingyan to look at him. He blinked his eyelashes lightly, with emotions fluctuating in his eyes.

Probably unhappy.

Her pupils shrank slightly, her lips flattened a little, she glanced at him and then quickly looked away.

The rosy lips opened and closed, saying, "Why are you looking at me? It's so annoying."

For the first time, a strange face left an impression on his eyes.

Gu Xingyan silently recited Ruan Chao's name in his heart and remembered him.

…

It was almost eleven o'clock when I returned home from the hospital.

Ruan Chao yawned, and his eyes were wet with physiological tears.

The Nguyen family's company is on the rise, and Nguyen Chao's father is very busy. He always comes home late at night and sometimes even stays in the company.

In the huge house, besides the housekeeper and servants, there were only two people left: Nguyen Chao and his mother.

Nguyen's mother doted on him very much and was waiting for him on the sofa in the living room on the first floor. When she saw him, she immediately sat up and pulled him to her side.

"Finally you're back. Mom was worried to death."

Nguyen Chao's impression of his mother still remains on the warm embrace with fragrance when he was a child. After his parents had accidents one after another, Nguyen Chao was fostered in the home of relatives and no longer knew what it felt like to have a mother.

The woman's soft palm gently stroked his forehead and tapped his eyes lovingly.

Ruan Chao's expression froze for a moment, and he suppressed the urge to dodge.

"How is your friend injured? Is he seriously injured?"

"…Fortunately, the doctor said that as long as you wake up, there will be no major problems."

"Did you guys eat the meal that mom cooked?"

Ruan Chao raised his empty lunch box and answered obediently, "I ate it all."

Although most of the food was eaten by Gu Xingyan, he only ate half a bowl of rice and two spare ribs.

"Chao Chao is so well behaved." Mother Ruan smiled.

"But I rarely hear Chaochao mention his friends. He must be a very good-natured kid to be friends with. When we have time, we can invite him to our home. Mom will cook a big table of dishes for him."

Seeing Ruan's mother's expectant eyes, Ruan Chao couldn't say no, so he could only nod and say yes in a low voice.

Does Gu Xingyan have a good personality?

Ruan Chao couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

He thought back to the past two days when he had either scolded him or laughed at him and had never said a good word to him. Even so, his mood had always been stable and he had never been angry.

Maybe she is just enduring it, and wants to take revenge on him after she gets her revenge.

Ruan Chao yawned again, and his mother immediately urged him to go to bed.

"If you don't sleep now, you won't be able to get up tomorrow." Mother Ruan thought for a moment and suggested softly, "Why don't I ask for leave for you? That way you can get a good night's sleep."