Although He Yan's heart was churning and his stomach was cramping, he still acted very happy as his mother-in-law served him food. He ate one bite after another with a joyful expression. He didn't want Ye Xiaohua to see his embarrassment, nor did he want Ye Xiaohua to think that he disliked her mother.
"Yes, yes, you should eat more. Your training as soldiers is tough."
Ye Dazhuang also served food to He Yan, but thankfully he didn't lick the ends of the chopsticks with his mouth.
This made He Yan less resistant, after all, he had just finished eating all the food that Mao Dani had picked up for him with her chopsticks, even though he felt nauseous.
Mao Dani was about to use her own chopsticks to serve Kang An food when Ye Xiaohua stopped her, saying, "Mom, Kang An has already eaten a lot. Children shouldn't eat too much; it's easy for them to get indigestion."
Mao Dani pointed at the food in Kang An's bowl: "You can get indigestion from eating so little? You're making too much of a fuss."
Insisting on serving Kang An food, Xiao Hua took Kang An's bowl away and pointed at He Yan: "Your son-in-law is a soldier and can eat a lot, so just serve him. Don't worry about the child, he has a small appetite and will be full after a few bites."
Mao Dani smacked her chopsticks and turned to put food on He Yan's plate again.
He Yan had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue eating.
After lunch, Xiaohua washed the child's face and hands, then took the child back to the room for a nap.
He Yan entered with a calm expression.
Xiao Hua was patting Kang An to lull him to sleep. Xiao Hua noticed that he didn't seem angry and didn't seem to care about lunch.
"Was my parents' cooking good? I saw you ate quite a lot at the end." She deliberately brought up a sore spot.
"The food cooked by my father-in-law and mother-in-law tastes of love, of course it's delicious."
He Yan still had the mind to joke around.
Xiao Hua joked, "The young master from a noble family is quite approachable. He doesn't mind even after all that."
He Yan sat down next to Xiao Hua and said with feigned pride, "How could I possibly betray my parents' deep love for me?"
It has to be said that He Yan really changed a lot because he was heartbroken over Xiao Hua.
If this had happened in the past, and someone had just slurped up their food and then immediately put some food on his plate, he probably would have vomited on the spot, let alone eaten it.
He Yan has always been a bit of a germaphobe, and quite severely so.
“You’ve changed a lot,” Xiaohua said unconsciously, as fragments of the original owner’s memories flooded back.
"You've changed so much, but I'm not allowed to change even a little bit?"
He Yan lay on the bed and gently stroked Kang An's little face, saying contentedly, "This little guy looks so cute and adorable when he's asleep."
"She was at her cutest and most adorable when she was a little over one year old. Her little face was chubby and rosy, like a peach. I would pinch and kiss her every day, and I could never get enough of it."
Xiao Hua smiled happily as she recalled Kang An when he was even younger.
He Yan was stunned. He also saw that gentle and sweet smile on her face. She was so beautiful!
As if possessed, He Yan leaned in and stole a kiss on Xiao Hua's cheek without her noticing.
Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, and then a few years later she heard a "smack!"
A heavy slap landed on He Yan's face.
He Yan covered his face, his eyes filled with grievance. He kissed his wife, but instead of her shy smile, he was met with a heavy slap. Where was justice?
"Damn it, He Yan, you think I'm being too nice to you?! How dare you steal a kiss from me without my permission? Are you planning to do something even worse while I'm asleep?!"
He Yan felt both pathetic and innocent. It really was just a momentary impulse driven by hormones. Who could blame him when she was so beautiful? And was it wrong for him to kiss his own wife? He didn't deserve such a heavy slap. He wanted to argue, but he was powerless to do so!
He got up angrily to leave, but Xiaohua stopped him. He said irritably, "What are you doing? If you don't let me leave, aren't you afraid I'll do something even worse to you?"
Xiaohua pointed at his face: "You have a slap mark on your face. If you go out and my parents and brother see it, they might think we had a fight! You stay in this room and don't go out!"
"We didn't argue, but we went straight into a fight! Ye Xiaohua, you're too domineering! You hit me and you're not even letting your family know you hit me! How can there be such a domineering and excessive woman in this world!"
He Yan really had a lot of bitterness in his heart but couldn't say anything, feeling like a mute eating bitter melon with no way to express his suffering.
"Are you going to take a nap or not? If you're going to sleep, then go to sleep now, and stop talking nonsense with me! If you leave now, you're not allowed to sleep in this room tonight, and I mean it."
Ye Xiaohua patted the seat next to Kang An, signaling him to quickly roll over and go to sleep.
He Yan acted like a pathetic little wife who had been wronged, covering his slapped face, lowering his head and shuffling to the kang (a heated brick bed) to sleep, while arrogantly turning his head away to avoid looking at Ye Xiaohua.
Ye Xiaohua raised her head smugly and looked at the back of He Yan's head: "Little brat, I can't handle you."
Seeing that Kang An was sleeping soundly, Xiao Hua left the room. Although He Yan was not lying with Ye Xiao Hua, he was able to lie with Kang An. The long journey had finally taken the first step, but the price was a bit high. He was slapped by that fiery woman.
He Yan couldn't bear to sleep at this moment. He kept pinching his daughter's little face and touching her little hands. He also looked at the door and saw that Ye Xiaohua hadn't come in. He quickly kissed his daughter's face several times. At this moment, he truly felt the happiness of being a father.
He was truly grateful to Ye Xiaohua for giving birth to such a lovely child and raising him so well.
When Mao Dani saw Xiao Hua come out, she asked, "Why did you come out? Why don't you take a nap? You must be tired after such a long car ride. Go and get some sleep."
Ye Xiaohua shook her head, moved a stool and sat down next to Mao Dani to chop vegetables with her. These chopped vegetables were to be used to feed the chickens.
"Dad's illness was taken to Tongguan City by my third and fourth brothers for several examinations, and the doctors all said it was bile duct cancer?"
Mao Dani is illiterate and doesn't understand what kind of disease it is; she only knows that cancer is very serious.
“Your third and fourth brothers have seen several doctors who all say it’s this disease. The doctors said it’s very serious and we need to go to a big hospital as soon as possible. That’s why I called to see if I could trouble the He family to find a good doctor to take a look.”
Even if the doctors in the city hospitals are not the best, it's not like several doctors could diagnose this disease and the X-rays they take would always be correct.
Even decades later, the survival rate for this disease is still relatively high with early-stage surgery, but cancer is usually discovered in the middle or late stages.
Xiaohua felt that her father was probably in grave danger.
Xiaohua felt indescribably sad, her eyes reddened, and she remained silent.
“Girl, actually your father is terribly scary. Before you came back, he was absent-minded all day long, unable to sleep or eat at all. When he learned that you were coming back to take him to the military hospital to see the best doctor, he was so happy that he ate well and slept well. He even said that he wouldn’t die now.”
Looking at her little daughter, Mao Dani felt happier and happier. She thought that she and her husband were so lucky to have such a good daughter. What was the use of having so many sons? They couldn't compare to the greatness of this one daughter.
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