Chen Chen just received a call downstairs. There was an urgent matter at work and he had to go back immediately. However, the temperature difference was large in the past few days, and Xu Miaomiao had been very busy. She caught a bad cold without any preparation and lay in bed feeling dizzy.
She heard the sound of the door opening, and when she opened her eyes dazedly, she saw Chen Chen standing at the door with an embarrassed look on his face, as if he didn't know how to start the conversation.
Thinking about the vague phone call downstairs she had just heard, she had a guess in her mind and asked in a hoarse and weak voice, "Why do you look like that? Did your company ask you to go back?"
Chen Chen nodded somewhat dejectedly and said, "Xiao Li just called me and said there was an emergency at work and that my superiors asked me to return immediately."
Xu Miaomiao knew what he was struggling with when she saw his expression. She smiled and said, "Then go quickly and don't delay your work."
Chen Chen looked at him with a guilty look on his face and tucked back her sweaty hair. "I'm sorry. I agreed to take care of you at home, but in the end..."
Xu Miaomiao shook her head without much concern. When he chose to let Chen Chen continue to stay in the army, she had already made sufficient mental preparations. Over the years, she had tried her best to take care of herself and their small family while he was defending the country.
"It's okay, it's just a minor cold, not a big deal. I'll take some medicine and get some sleep and I'll be fine. Besides, Xiao Ning and An An should be back from school soon. I'll have someone to take care of me, don't worry."
The mission was urgent, and no matter how worried Chen Chen was, he could only prepare the medicine and hot water for her and put them on the bedside table, then hurried out.
Xu Miaomiao took the medicine, and the effect of the medicine came over her along with sleepiness. She wrapped herself tightly in the quilt and fell into a deep sleep.
Chen Yuning and Chen Yu'an came back together because Chen Chen asked someone to tell them a message before he left. They knew that Xu Miaomiao was sick at home and no one was taking care of her. So the two did not dare to delay and hurried home after school.
Chen Yu'an quietly pushed open the door of his parents' bedroom upstairs and saw Xu Miaomiao lying on the bed with a frown on her face. It was obvious that she was suffering from illness even in her sleep.
He didn't wake anyone up, but tiptoed out of the room and closed the door carefully.
Seeing him tiptoeing, Chen Yuning knew Xu Miaomiao was probably asleep, so she lowered her voice and asked, "How's Mom?"
As Chen Yu'an led the person downstairs, he explained softly, "I just went to check and saw medicine and a cup of water on the bedside table. He must have taken the medicine and fell asleep."
The two of them looked at the setting sun outside the window, feeling a little conflicted. It was time to cook! Usually, whoever had time to cook at home, Xu Miaomiao or Chen Chen, would do it. Now that Chen Chen was away, Xu Miaomiao was sick and couldn't get out of bed.
Chen Yuning looked at his brother for help, "What should I do? Can you cook?"
Let him face the test tubes and chemical reagents in the laboratory, let him handle the knives and spices in the kitchen...
But thinking of Xu Miaomiao lying listlessly in bed, and then looking at Chen Yuning's trusting eyes... Okay! Isn't it just cooking? What's so difficult about that?
He was soon slapped in the face. Looking at the sticky, black, unknown object in the pot, he doubted his own smart brain for the first time.
Chen Yuning looked at his dark complexion and hesitantly said to him, "It's okay. This is your first time cooking. It's normal."
Looking at the trash can that was almost overflowing with garbage and the empty refrigerator, he could only suggest, "Why don't you cook some porridge? It's also suitable for patients to eat, easy to digest, and simple." The latter sentence is the key.
Xu Miaomiao was awakened by a clanging noise. She groggily woke up, listening to the sounds coming from downstairs. She wondered, somewhat helplessly, what were those two kids doing? Destroying the house? She wanted to go downstairs to check, but she was sweating and hadn't eaten all day, so she felt exhausted and could only lie there to gather her strength.
When Chen Yu'an and the other person came up with a bowl of porridge, they saw that Xu Miaomiao had woken up, so they hurried forward to ask about her physical condition.
Chen Yuning praised the bowl of white porridge made by Chen Yunan again and again. Xu Miaomiao had no appetite and didn't want to eat, but seeing that Chen Yunan had a calm expression, his eyes would occasionally drift towards the porridge.
Alas~ This is the first time my child cooks, and it’s out of filial piety. Let’s eat some.
With this mentality, Xu Miaomiao drank the bowl of porridge clean. Looking at Chen Yu'an's expectant eyes, she nodded and smiled, praising him, "It's my first time cooking, and it's great to be able to do this. It tastes great."
What taste could plain porridge have? Plus, her mouth was bitter from her illness, so she had no sense of taste at all. She just couldn't bear to disappoint her child.
After finishing the meal, she remembered that she didn't know whether the two of them had eaten or not. "Have you two eaten?"
Chen Yuning was about to say that they had used a whole refrigerator's worth of ingredients to make just this one bowl of porridge when Chen Yunan grabbed his shoulder in a threatening manner.
Chen Yu'an answered first, "We have food to eat, don't worry."
Xu Miaomiao needed to rest, so they didn't disturb her and went back to their rooms to do their homework.
When she first had a stomachache, Xu Miaomiao didn't take it seriously. She thought it was because she hadn't eaten for a long time and her stomach was not used to it.
But when she was vomiting and having diarrhea and almost had to stay in the bathroom, she collapsed and thought, could it be that she had food poisoning from eating that bowl of porridge?
Chen Yuning's room was closer to Xu Miaomiao's. He was scratching his head over a math problem in his room when he heard someone knocking on his door. At this time? Is it his brother?
But when he went to open the door, he found no one outside! The horror story he had seen last night made the hairs on his body stand on end. He slammed the door and jumped onto the bed.
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