Lin Dan had just finished breakfast with Xue Boyong and was chatting with him while clearing the table: "Brother, what do you want to eat for lunch? Aunt Fang bought a bag of chestnuts from the market yesterday. I tried one and it tasted sweet and sticky. How about we have chicken stewed with chestnuts for lunch? Let's also boil a can of lotus root and pork ribs soup, steam a sea bass, and stir-fry two side dishes, and we'll be done."
Xue Boyong slowly wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and ignored her completely.
She glanced at him and said, "Brother, what kind of food do you like? What's your taste? Do you like light or heavy, spicy or sweet? Brother, don't you have any special preferences?"
Xue Boyong didn't even bother to look at her, and waved at Li Zhong, "Help me to the bed."
Li Zhong hurried over but was stopped by Lin Dan. "Why go to bed? You just finished eating and need half an hour to digest before you can lie down. Otherwise, it will be bad for your stomach. Brother, let me carry you to sit by the window. If you are bored, you can read a book."
Xue Boyong closed his eyes, lay in the chair and said nothing.
Lin Dan's eyes darkened, but she no longer insisted on carrying him to the window. Instead, she returned to the study, moved all her medical books over, and began her daily study. She read page by page, memorized line by line, and her mumbling made Xue Boyong feel upset. He tilted his head and glared at her, but seeing that she seemed unaware, he could only try his best to endure it.
Lin Dan put down the book at this moment and asked, "Brother, did I disturb you?"
Xue Boyong said nothing.
Lin Dan felt relieved and picked up the book to continue reciting, his voice even louder than before.
After about two quarters of an hour, Xue Boyong could no longer bear it and said, "Shut up!"
"Brother, what did you say?" Lin Dan pretended that he heard nothing.
Xue Boyong frowned and said word by word: "I told you to shut up, you're too noisy!"
"Okay, big brother, I won't read it out loud." Lin Dan was satisfied. He walked to Xue Boyong, squatted down and looked him in the eye, and said slowly: "Big brother, just tell me what you want. If you don't tell me, how can I know? I'll ask you again, what do you want to eat for lunch, and what is your preference in taste?"
Xue Boyong gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "I'll eat the dishes you mentioned earlier. I don't have any special preferences. Light or strong flavors are fine."
Lin Dan asked persistently: "What flavor do you like, brother? Salty, sweet, spicy, spicy, sour and spicy, fragrant and spicy..."
The veins on Xue Boyong's forehead jumped, and before she could finish, he uttered two words with difficulty: "Sweet."
"Ah?" Lin Dan seemed very surprised. She had never expected that a tough guy like her elder brother would like sweets.
Xue Boyong thought she was playing dumb and deliberately making fun of him. Although he was extremely reluctant, he still repeated, "I like sweet things. Are you satisfied now? Can you shut up? Can you leave my room and let me be quiet for a while?"
Lin Dan nodded repeatedly, "I'm satisfied. I'll make you a dish of amber lotus root cake at noon. It's sweet and sticky and very delicious. I'm leaving now."
She moved the thick stack of medical books back to her study. When Xue Boyong thought he could finally take a breath, she came back and carried him to the window without saying a word. She earnestly warned him, "Brother, you have to get more sun. It's good for your bones. It's still a little cold in the morning. I'll come back and carry you out in half an hour. We'll get some sun in the yard. You can go back to bed after lunch. Here are a few military books that I found in your study. Take a look to avoid being bored. Brother, I'm leaving. Call me if you have anything. You see, as long as you are willing to speak out, I can meet all your requirements. Don't keep your ideas to yourself anymore."
Xue Boyong sneered, "How many times have I told you not to hug me without my permission? Have you ever heard me?"
Lin Dan waved his hand nonchalantly: "That's different. I will do anything that is good for you, whether you agree or not."
Xue Boyong's smile became even colder: "Then what difference does it make whether I say it or not?"
"Alas, I can't explain it clearly to Big Brother, so let it be." Lin Dan sighed, "Big Brother, I'm really leaving. You've already wasted a lot of my time this morning."
Xue Boyong was so angry that he fell backwards. He slapped the armrest of the chair and said, "Lin Dan, are you still being unreasonable? How can you put the blame on someone else? Lin Dan, Lin Dan, come back here and let's talk it out..."
Lin Dan closed the door and rubbed his cheeks. She actually didn't like to talk, but there was nothing she could do. Her eldest brother was also a taciturn person and now he was paralyzed in bed and was depressed. If he continued to be depressed, he would definitely get a more serious illness. So she had to force herself to talk a lot every day, and find ways to provoke her eldest brother to talk so that he could vent his inner depression.
She has always been a straightforward person and doesn't know how to speak tactfully or in a pleasant way. Instead, she always makes her eldest brother very angry. But as a bonus, her brother's mood became brighter day by day, and his complexion gradually became rosy, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.
She walked into the study, took out a piece of paper and wrote: Half an hour later, when the weather gets warmer, remember to take big brother out to bask in the sun. For lunch, my eldest brother wants to have chicken stewed with chestnuts, pork ribs stewed with lotus root, steamed sea bass, stir-fried cabbage, and stir-fried pumpkin. He also wants to make two desserts, one amber lotus root cake and one candied apple. My brother likes sweet food!
After writing, she stuck the paper on the window beside her so that she could see it by just turning her head slightly, so as to remind herself not to forget to take care of her elder brother because of her obsession with studying.
After doing all this, she was about to open the medical book, but she heard a hurried voice coming from outside the door: "Lin Dan, Lin Dan, get out here right now!"
Lin Dan was very familiar with this voice. If it wasn’t the original owner’s fiancé Xue Jiming, then who else could it be? She was about to go out to check what was going on when she heard Xue Boyong say coldly, "How can you make a loud noise in my yard?"
Xue Jiming, who was furious, was like a mouse seeing a cat. He immediately softened his tone and apologized: "Brother, I was wrong. I was too anxious. I will pay attention next time. Please forgive me this time."
Lin Dan then pushed the door open and asked expressionlessly, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Xue Jiming clenched his fists, as if he wanted to hit someone, but he held back and said quickly, "Lin Dan, follow me to Xuancao Hall and kowtow to Xiaocao'er to admit your mistakes. You must invite her to heal big brother's legs. Xiaocao'er can even save dying people, so healing big brother's legs is no problem for her."
Lin Dan frowned and said, "Is her medical skill so superb?" In the original owner's impression, Wu Xuancao's medical skill was very poor. She couldn't even recognize all the herbs. She was also troubled by patients because she prescribed the wrong medicine. How come she suddenly became a miracle doctor?
Xue Jiming's face was full of anger. "Don't look down on me. Xiao Cao is the best at treating external injuries. She can heal any wound, whether it's a broken limb or a broken intestine. She can sew up a wound with a needle and bring the patient back to life. She can also clamp a broken leg with two wooden boards and let the disabled walk again. Her medical skills are better than your father's. Why do you look down on her? Are you going to apologize? If you don't, I'll tie you up!"
He raised his hand slightly, and two guards came up with ropes.
Xue Boyong sneered, "You are ordering my guards around in my yard and arresting my people. Ji Ming, you are becoming more and more capable!"
Xue Jiming blushed and quickly defended himself: "Brother, I am doing this for your own good! Xiao Caoer said that as long as Lin Dan kowtows to her and admits his mistake, she will come to treat your leg..."
Xue Boyong interrupted him: "I don't care whether she comes or not. Do you really think that everything is Lin Dan's fault?" He glanced at his brother, then at the guards, and then fixed his eyes on the face of Mrs. Xue who had hurried over.
Although no one said it explicitly, it was not difficult to tell from their indignant expressions that they did think that all the mistakes were made by Lin Dan. If it weren't for Lin Dan, how could the Xue family have fallen into such a precarious situation now?
Xue Boyong closed his eyes and said word by word, "There are some things I don't want to say, but I have to say them. Otherwise, Ji Ming, you will never grow up. You promised to marry Lin Dan yourself. Did someone in your family force you?"
Xue Jiming said unwillingly: "No, no one forced me."
Xue Boyong looked at him straight and said slowly, "That's it. You first promised Lin Dan your life, but then you had an affair with Wu Xuancao. After the incident broke out, not only did you fail to properly resolve the matter and explain to the two of them, but you secretly ran to the border and let two weak women travel long distances and run around for you. You knew that you were already engaged, so you should have controlled your heart and not messed with other girls. You were treacherous at first, wavered later, and finally shirked the responsibility and threw the dirty water on Lin Dan. If you had not agreed to marry her from the beginning, or if you had known how to restrain yourself and observe etiquette after meeting Wu Xuancao, the disasters that followed would not have happened."
Xue Boyong glanced at Lin Dan and continued, "Wu Xuancao was entangled with a man she was already engaged to. What was wrong with Lin Dan smashing her store? You asked her to apologize, but what kind of apology is that? When something goes wrong, you always look for the reasons in others and never look at yourself. If you can't even take responsibility for such a small matter, how can you lead troops to fight and make achievements? The reason why my legs are disabled is to repay your sins!"
Xue Jiming had already been unable to raise his head due to the sharp words of his elder brother. When he heard the last sentence, it was like being struck by lightning and he could not bear it. His legs softened and he knelt down, choking with sobs: "Brother, I'm sorry! I'm the culprit, I was wrong!"
After all, Xue Jiming is her son. Even if he is wrong, Mrs. Xue will not think too much about it. Now, after hearing what her eldest son said, she finally came to her senses and felt extremely remorseful: "Boyong, this is all my fault! It's because I didn't educate him well that he became such a person who doesn't know the importance of things and has no sense of responsibility. Spoiling a child is like killing him. I wish I had understood this earlier. I am also wrong!"
There was a lot of crying in the yard, which stunned Lin Dan. She never expected that her elder brother would stand on her side.
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