On the other side.
Huo Mingchen finally woke up.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Cheng Shanshan. She had been taking care of him for two days and looked exhausted.
"Shanshan..."
Two simple and understated words.
His voice was different from usual, sounding somewhat hoarse and dry.
Cheng Shanshan was overjoyed, her eyes lighting up: "Brother Huo, you're finally awake."
At this moment, Huo Mingchen remembered what had happened and hurriedly tried to get up: "No, I can't stay here. Get away from me."
"Far away? What's so far away?"
Cheng Shanshan pressed Huo Mingchen back onto the bed and explained, "You're all better now, so you won't infect me, don't worry."
"alright?"
Huo Mingchen quickly took his own pulse.
When they discovered that they were truly alright, they were extremely astonished: "You can actually cure the plague?"
Cheng Shanshan pretended to be naive and said, "What plague? You just have a common cold. I gave you some medicine and you'll be fine." As she spoke, she poured him a glass of warm water and instructed him, "However, recovery is slow and gradual. You'll need to rest for a while."
Bai Shi also came over and was overjoyed to see Huo Mingchen wake up: "Little Huo, my Shanshan has been taking care of you day and night these past few days. Fortunately, all her hard work paid off. I'm so glad you're alright."
"..."
Huo Mingchen looked at Cheng Shanshan and couldn't help but ask, "You're not angry with me anymore?"
Upon hearing this question, Cheng Shanshan immediately straightened her face: "Angry? Of course I'm angry."
"That……"
Huo Mingchen's fingertips were slightly cool, and his eyes were dim.
Seeing that he believed her, Cheng Shanshan sighed slightly: "Brother Huo, we're so familiar with each other, I thought you would know something about me too."
Huo Mingchen looked at her.
Cheng Shanshan continued, "I've always liked to be straightforward. If I really suspected you, I probably would have kicked you out with a stick right then and there. How could I have let you stay here?" When she said this, she didn't bother to hide anything anymore and recounted everything Cheng Wan'er had said that day.
After listening, Huo Mingchen's eyes grew even deeper: "So, you believe me, right?"
"Um."
Cheng Shanshan nodded.
Compared to Cheng Wan'er, Huo Mingchen was clearly the one she should trust.
After all, four simple words don't mean much, so she handed the bamboo slip to Huo Mingchen: "Here, take this back."
Huo Mingchen glanced at the words on it: "Don't you want to know the reason?"
"In no mood."
Two simple words.
Her answer was remarkably straightforward: "No matter what it is, the more you know, the worse it will get. I don't want to create trouble for myself."
This made Huo Mingchen both laugh and cry: "You are indeed different from others, you seem to have a very clear understanding of life."
As the two were talking, Bai rushed over: "Shanshan, it seems your grandmother is here again."
"So fast?"
Cheng Shanshan stood up immediately.
Outside, Old Mrs. Cheng used the same trick as last time, crying and cursing, which made Bai Shi anxious and turn around in circles!
"mother."
Cheng Shanshan called out.
Bai looked at her, on the verge of tears: "What can we do? We can't keep giving her food."
Cheng Shanshan: "I'm hungry."
"……Um?"
"How about we have hot pot?" Cheng Shanshan's eyes sparkled with anticipation. "You and I can eat spicy food, but it's not suitable for Brother Huo since he's just recovered. You can make him some porridge instead."
"But, outside..."
"Leave the outside matters to me."
As Cheng Shanshan spoke, she pushed Bai Shi into the kitchen and instructed her, "Cut more meat and wash more vegetables. As for what is being said outside, just pretend you don't hear it."
At this moment, Huo Mingchen walked over slowly. His face was still as pale as paper, even though he had just recovered from a serious illness: "Wait here, I'll go take a look."
"Need not."
Cheng Shanshan stopped Huo Mingchen.
At this moment, Old Mrs. Cheng's voice outside grew louder and louder, still using her old, mournful wailing at the door: "Heavens above, look! There's an unfilial daughter of the Cheng family here! She just stands by and watches her grandmother starve to death at the door and does nothing! Today I'll just smash my head against this hole and die!"
Hearing this, Huo Mingchen was a little puzzled: "Why not use it?"
Cheng Shanshan's reply was unusually cold: "She's so old, if she were to die by running into a car, it would save us food and spare us suffering." She paused before continuing, "However, you don't need to worry about it getting the cave entrance dirty, since she doesn't have the guts to do it."
Huo Mingchen immediately understood: "So that's why you gave them food twice." Everyone was starving right now, and the sight of food would practically turn their eyes green.
So when the first time was given to Cheng Wan'er, those people immediately snatched it away, without thinking of anything else.
But when they were given to Old Lady Cheng a second time, they immediately became "food" in everyone's eyes, and naturally, no one would let those three people off easily.
"oops."
Cheng Shanshan blinked dismissively, "I don't understand what you mean. After all, I'm giving out food out of kindness, how could I possibly be trying to harm anyone?"
"……right."
Huo Mingchen couldn't help but laugh.
The smile was gentle and subtle, filled with a hint of admiration: "All I can say is, you did a great job."
"Cheng Shanshan!!!"
Outside, Old Lady Cheng was wailing in heart-wrenching pain.
But she received no response and didn't have the courage to actually kill herself, so she changed her approach: "Shanshan, please have pity on your grandmother. Your grandmother has no other choice. After all, if you don't give me some food, those people will definitely not let Wan'er go."
"Please...please!"
"Please...please!"
After another round of desperate pleas and curses, Old Mrs. Cheng finally collapsed to the ground, exhausted.
At that moment, the world returned to tranquility.
At this moment, Cheng Shanshan was already eating the hot pot: "Mom, eat more."
"……good."
Bai seemed a little flustered.
Of course, she did this not because of Old Lady Cheng outside, but because she had prepared a lot of dishes and meats and laid them out on the table to keep herself busy.
In contrast, Huo Mingchen, who was sitting upright opposite him, only had a bowl of... plain porridge in front of him!
The contrast is truly enormous.
A little embarrassed, Bai nudged Cheng Shanshan next to her: "Actually, Xiao Huo can eat some too, right?"
Cheng Shanshan took a bite of meat before replying, "No, we should eat something lighter. Porridge is fine." As she spoke, she held up a bowl full of meat and waved it in front of Huo Mingchen, "But you can smell the aroma; it's good as a side dish."
"..."
Glug glug.
Huo Mingchen's stomach growled.
The despair of being able to see but not eat made his voice cold: "Then I should thank you?"
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