Chapter 214 The Little Prince
There weren't many people in the white and green dining hall. Among the tables in the hall, only a few had people sitting at them.
Lu Qian couldn't help but ask, "I see a lot of people in the sanatorium, why are there so few people in the cafeteria?"
"Because convalescent patients usually eat in the ward, many staff members also eat in the ward with them."
Jiang Duo handed the plates to Lu Qian and Cheng Yi, pointing to a nearby window, "Get your food there."
"I usually eat in the ward with Xiaochuan, but today I want to take you out, so I'll eat in the cafeteria."
"He was in bed for over a month, and I could see he was getting thinner and thinner. He was already so thin... so after he woke up, I brought him four meals a day."
Several people took their food trays and found a nearby seat to sit down.
"Wow! This soup is really delicious!"
Lu Qian first scooped a spoonful of clear chicken soup into his mouth and couldn't help but sigh.
The soup is clear, with a few chopped green onions and coriander floating in the air, and the rising smoke is mixed with the unique aroma of chicken fat.
It's just an ordinary-looking bowl of soup, but it's so delicious that it makes your eyebrows drop when you put it in your mouth.
Jiang Duo's eyes lit up when she heard Lu Qian's praise, "Right, right! The chicken soup cooked by the cafeteria chef is super delicious!"
"It's really delicious. Can you help me find the chef for a recipe later? I'll make it myself when I get home."
"Of course! The chef is very easy to talk to. I'll get it for you later."
While eating the food in the sanatorium, Lu Qian sighed even more that this place is really suitable for recuperation. It is a double pleasure for patients to stay here, both physically and mentally.
Lu Qian felt indescribably good as he listened to Jiang Duo chattering about the trivial matters of taking care of Luochuan on a daily basis.
The anger I had with Luochuan just now also disappeared.
Lu Qian smiled sweetly, "Thank you for taking such good care of Luo Chuan."
When Jiang Duo heard Lu Qian's words, she held her face with both hands, and a shy blush appeared on her round and cute little face.
"Of course, because I want to marry him~"
Lu Qian picked up a piece of food and put it to his mouth, thinking about what he heard.
Oh, get married.
Huh?! That's not right.
"Get...get married?! You want to marry Luo Chuan?!"
Lu Qian widened his eyes in shock and blinked wildly at Jiang Duo who looked very happy.
Jiang Duo smiled and nodded at her, "Yes."
Lu Qian looked at Cheng Yi with mixed feelings. Cheng Yi still had that cold expression on his face and was eating quietly, as if Jiang Duo's words hadn't entered his ears at all.
Lu Qian couldn't help but twitch her pretty face. What on earth could have happened to make this man react?
She retracted her gaze and asked hesitantly, "Do you... know if Luochuan has someone he likes?"
Jiang Duo looked at Lu Qian and nodded again, "I know, he told me about his senior sister."
"That……"
"But they're not together, are they?"
Lu Qian didn't expect Jiang Duo to ask this. He didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he had to take the spoon in his hand and absentmindedly stir the soup in the bowl.
What Jiang Duo said was... indeed correct. Not only were they not together, but they would never be together.
"Since his senior sister doesn't like him, then of course I can like him."
Jiang Duo looked up and saw Lu Qian's troubled expression. She sighed at her, "Hey, don't be so worried. Just eat and drink. It's not a serious matter."
Lu Qian could only smile politely and replied softly, "You're quite open-minded."
Jiang Duo picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat and chat with Lu Qian.
"Because I have hyperthymesia. I already have enough things in my head. If I have to think so much about everything, how can I live?"
When Lu Qian heard this, he felt uncomfortable again. Jiang Duo's tone was relaxed and nonchalant, as if this was just a very ordinary thing.
But it was precisely because of this that Lu Qian felt that the energetic and lovely girl in front of him was even more indescribably pitiful.
How can the pain of hyperthymesia be easily summarized in these few words?
"But, didn't you just meet Luochuan? Why do you..." want to marry him?
Jiang Duo raised the corners of her mouth softly, and even the dimples on her face were filled with joy.
"Because I've been waiting for him~"
Lu Qian tilted his head in confusion, "Been waiting for him?" What does that mean?
Jiang Duo pushed the empty bowl aside and told Lu Qian her childhood story with a smile on her face.
“Because I’m a little special, I would fight with the things in my mind when I was a child, which was very painful.
Every time I feel sad, my mother tells me that I came from the stars, which is why I am different from normal children.
She said that when I turned eighteen, a little prince who also came from the stars would take me back to his planet, hold a grand wedding for me, and we would live happily ever after.
By then my illness will be cured, I won’t have trouble sleeping every day, I won’t have to think about so many things, and I will be able to forget the things I don’t like.
My father also told me that the little prince had golden hair and blue eyes. He was tall and handsome, and that I would be like the little mermaid and save the prince from the ocean current.
So since I was a child, I have been waiting for the age of eighteen, waiting for my prince to come and pick me up."
"Although I learned when I grew up that my hyperthymesia was incurable, I still firmly believed that the Little Prince would appear."
Jiang Duo supported her face with her hands and sat on a chair in the cafeteria with her petite figure. The chair was too high and her feet could not touch the ground, so she swayed back and forth.
"It's been several months since my eighteenth birthday, and I thought my little prince would never show up. I was ready to confront my parents."
Jiang Duo thought of Luochuan, smiled, and narrowed her eyes into slits.
"But fortunately he came anyway."
When Lu Qian heard Jiang Duo's words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. He smiled and asked, "Are your parents both doctors in the sanatorium?"
Such lovely parents, no wonder they can give birth to such a lovely daughter.
Jiang Duo shook her head. "They were both military doctors. They died on the battlefield many years ago."
Lu Qian's smile froze on her face instantly. She pursed her lips and silently apologized: "I'm sorry..."
When she heard Jiang Duo's cheerful tone, she really didn't expect that Jiang Duo's parents had passed away a long time ago.
Jiang Duo nudged his nose and forced a smile, "Oh, it's okay, you don't know these things."
Lu Qian looked at Jiang Duo's face and said hesitantly, "What if Luo Chuan doesn't like you?"
She didn't mean to pour cold water on Jiang Duo, but it was not so easy to let go of ten years of feelings.
Jiang Duo said frankly: "Although Xiaochuan doesn't like me now, he may like me one day.
I won’t give up until he’s with someone else.”
Jiang Duo smiled and pointed to her head. "I don't like to think. Once I've made up my mind, I just do it."
Lu Qian stared at Jiang Duo's serious face and smiled faintly, "Then let me wish you good luck~"
She felt that the girl in front of her deserved a prince who could make her happy.
Jiang Duo's smile grew deeper, and her two dimples became deeper. Her smile was warm and gentle, like a cherry that had been hit by rain in the summer, glowing bright red in the sun, and it was sour, sweet, crisp, and juicy when bitten.
"I'll give you my good wishes."
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