The Qin family was different from the Zhao family; the abundance of ingredients in their home was something Xuan Cao had never seen in her life.
She efficiently cooked three dishes, two vegetarian and one meat, and thoughtfully served two meals for patients. Then she made egg drop soup and heated up some steamed buns. Her first meal after arriving at this home was ready.
She made it herself.
Looking at the prepared food, Xue Ru felt guilty. "My sister just got home, and I made her cook. It's my fault as her sister-in-law."
She said, "Mom needs to rest. I'll write some calligraphy practice books tonight and teach you to read, okay?"
Upon hearing this, Xuan Cao's eyes lit up.
"good!"
She answered without hesitation.
Xue Ru: ...
She was delighted to see her younger sister's eager expression.
Qin Weiguo was watching over his son when Qin Xiangdong came over to help carry the food to the backyard.
Xuancao, on the other hand, carried a patient's meal to the front courtyard hall.
Gu Guanhai, lying on the kang (a heated brick bed): ...
Seeing Xuancao bringing the food, she subconsciously asked, "Where's your mom?"
Daylily: "Resting in the backyard."
Gu Guanhai remained silent upon hearing this.
Xuancao set out the kang table and laid out the food, glanced at him, and tentatively asked, "Uncle Gu, can you let my mother go?"
Gu Guanhai exclaimed upon hearing this: "!!!"
He immediately looked up and frowned at her.
"What do you mean, 'let go'?"
He said in a deep voice, "Cao'er, do you have to be so rude? Am I a flood or a ferocious beast? Can I wash her away or devour her?"
"You can't wash her away, and you can't eat her."
Xuancao pursed her lips and pondered, "But you will make her worry and hurt her. Uncle, you told me that the best strategy is to subdue her heart."
"Since people's hearts are so important, then knowing that you will hurt her, tell me, what should I choose?"
Gu Guanhai: ...
Then they fell silent again.
Xuancao: "Uncle, please let her go. You're still my uncle! You've helped me and saved me more than once. I remember it all. I'll take care of you if you get hurt or sick in the future, and I'll support you when you get old."
"You...don't hurt her."
Gu Guanhai was speechless upon hearing this.
He stared at Xuancao in silence for a long while before forcing a smile and saying, "Do you think I wanted to hurt her? Do you think I never gave up?"
"I tried to give up! But giving up is really hard, really painful, it feels like my heart has been ripped out!"
Thinking of the sadness and despair he felt when he left home alone last time, Gu Guanhai covered his face in frustration.
His emotions were also somewhat out of control.
"Why? Why can't I even like someone, or pursue someone?"
He roared in despair, "Just because my job is dangerous? Just because I could die at any moment? Does that mean I don't even deserve to love someone?"
"Just because I carry firewood for the masses, does that mean I deserve to freeze to death in the snow? Just because I care about my country, does that mean I shouldn't care about any one person?"
"It's selfish of me to love someone, but aren't you all selfish?"
How cruel you have been to me!
Upon hearing this, Xuancao said, "..."
She looked at him with a complicated expression.
She understood everything he said.
However, people are selfish.
Yu Mingxiang is her biological mother.
She really didn't want her to be sad.
The atmosphere inside the room became tense and frozen.
outside the house.
Yu Mingxiang stood there, holding a bowl of spiritual spring water, in a daze.
She heard everything Gu Guanhai said.
Is it cruel?
Was her reason for rejecting him cruel?
Yu Mingxiang couldn't help but ask herself this question in her heart.
inside the house.
Gu Guanhai noticed the breathing outside and instantly snapped back to reality.
He glanced nervously outside, quickly regaining his composure, and turned back to Xuancao, saying, "I'm sorry, I got a little agitated just now."
Upon hearing this, Xuancao said, "..."
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