Chapter 172 Home

"Oh, thank God, you are finally back!" Prasviya was very happy. She looked at me with a smile, as if she had seen hope again. Because the house was airtight, light could not enter either. The whole house was dark. If it were not for the fire of the soup and the dim oil lamp, I would really not be able to see my hand in front of my face. So I took every step carefully, for fear of stepping on something I shouldn't step on.

"Hey, Mom, is the soup ready? I'm starving!"

Tenaia covered her belly and protested to the old woman Prasvia in dissatisfaction. Her voice was so childish that she was just acting like a spoiled child.

"The food is ready. It will be ready soon!" Although he said this, the speed at which he stirred the food in his hands increased a lot.

The aroma of the food and the sound of the wooden spoon stirring the soup made me unable to hold back my appetite, but due to my face, I was too embarrassed to show them how hungry I was.

"Tenaia, quickly find a chair for Luka. You've come all the way here, so you should take a rest. Luka, you should take a rest. The soup will be ready soon, soon!"

Tenaia obeyed her mother's command, and ran to my side as swiftly as a swallow, holding me up and saying, "My husband, please sit down quickly."

At this time, Tenaia became like a diligent maid again, but she didn't open her mouth. She just held my arm carefully and helped me sit on the chair next to the dining table.

"Huh? Where's Dr. Bella?"

I just sat down and looked around, but there was no sign of Dr. Bella, so I couldn't help but start asking Tenaia.

As soon as Dr. Bella was mentioned, the smile on Tenaia's face immediately disappeared. She sat next to me, as if she was hiding a secret. She wanted to say it, but after looking back at her mother, she did not open her mouth.

I followed her gaze and saw the old woman still stirring the soup in the pot, only she would wipe her face from time to time. The sound of the spoon stirring in the pot was accompanied by the old woman's tiny sobs. She must be hiding something. Could it be that Dr. Bella didn't come back?

How could I sit still any longer? Was it really as I thought, that Dr. Bella was blinded by the Oren gold coins in her pocket and those money-driven German mercenaries were so greedy that they killed the poor old man... I didn't dare to think about it any further. If this was really the case, then I really made a mistake that was well-intentioned but unforgivable.

"How is it possible? How could this happen?" I couldn't accept this news, but when I looked at the silent Tenaia and the old woman Prasvia who was secretly wiping her tears, it seemed to be true, it was really the case.

"Come, have some soup. You must be starving, poor child."

The old woman Prasvia brought a big bowl of vegetable soup and a piece of dry bread. The bread was so hard that it was about to fall apart. I really didn't expect that they would eat such food at this time. Is this the reason why Dr. Bella didn't come back?

I put the bread in the bowl and watched it float like a boat in the thin soup. The bread was accompanied by very few vegetables. How could it fill me up? No wonder Tenaia looked pale. I looked at the poor old woman, and she immediately handed Tenaia another bowl of soup. The soup was full of rotten vegetable leaves, but Tenaia looked very happy.

"Oh, thank you, mom. This is the best meal I've had in a while." Tenaia put her hands together, her eyes full of gratitude, looking at her mother Prasveya. Then she looked at the soup in the bowl. Oh, my god, it was very, very "simple". But Tenaia was still very happy. She took a wooden spoon and handed it to me. After I took it, she quickly picked up her own spoon, held the wooden bowl full of soup, and started eating with big mouthfuls.

Poor woman, old lady Prasvya also brought her own bowl of soup and sat opposite me and Tena. With the help of the dim light, I could see her watching Tena wolf down her soup and bread without any ladylike image. Then she looked at me. Although I was very hungry, I was actually scared by Tena's eating style and forgot to eat for a while. Old lady Prasvya actually smiled with relief, and the wrinkles on her face became more obvious under the light. She was not in a hurry to use the wooden spoon to drink the soup, but looked at me. Did she have to watch me taste her cooking skills?

I lowered my head and looked at the green soup in the bowl. The dry bread floating on the soup gradually absorbed enough water and sank. The vegetable leaves were like ships on the Mediterranean Sea outside the house, and the bread was like a continent, or an island, gradually sinking to the bottom of the bowl and becoming solid.

I picked up the spoon again, scooped up a spoonful of green soup, put it to my lips and took a sip, letting the soup enter my mouth. I tasted it, and it was not as delicious as I imagined, not even better than the crappy army cook. But for me who was starving, it was still a delicious delicacy. But for some reason, I always felt guilty, because Dr. Bella had not shown up until now. Could it be that he was really in danger? And this mother and daughter were just holding back the pain and not telling me the bad news.

I stood up immediately. If it was really as I thought, I would not be able to eat this meal even if I was very hungry. I was hungry, but at a time like this, I had to stand firm.

"I want to see Dr. Bella. I have to see him, no matter what."

My tone was extremely firm, and I looked at the two who stopped using the spoons. Tenaia stopped using the bowl and chopsticks, staring at me blankly, with a look of reluctance in her eyes, as if I was making things difficult for them.

"Luga, you just got home. Can't we avoid things like this?" Prasvia looked at me with sincerity in her eyes, as well as some caution about taboos that could not be touched.

No, she must be hiding something, otherwise she wouldn't conceal it so deliberately. I gradually realized the seriousness of the problem.

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Still unable to bear my repeated requests, the old woman Prasvya finally gave in. She sighed deeply, looked lost, sat up, and said to me, "Come on, follow me."

After saying that, she stood up and walked to another part of the house, where there was a closed door. She stood in front of the door, looking at me, and was silent for a long time. Her eyes seemed to be asking me, do you really want to open it? "Open it!" I had made up my mind, a decision that even eight tall horses could not pull back.

Perhaps she couldn’t overcome my persistence, so Prasvia opened the door anyway.

"Is Doctor Bella in here?"

With such doubts in mind, I strode out of the room.

(End of this chapter)