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    Chapter 8 Eating

    “Mr. Lu, Brother Lu… I beg you, can you open your mouth and take a bite?” Xu Wen held up a porridge spoon that was almost cold and squatted beside Lu Qingrang, almost at a loss for words.The person on the bed still showed no reaction.

    He called the system anxiously: “System! Find a way! How on earth are you going to feed this food?!”

    [Comprehensive analysis of the target’s physiological and psychological status, it is recommended that the host adopts mouth-to-mouth feeding to ensure effective food intake.】The cold mechanical voice gave an explosive proposal.

    “…”

    Xu Wen’s head buzzed and he almost slammed the bowl on the floor, “Are you fucking sick?! I’m a straight man! He’s also a straight man! What if he thinks I’m blaspheming him and gets up and pulls me to jump off the building when I kiss him?! You call this advice? You call this urging!”

    [This system only provides optimal solution suggestions, and the specific implementation and consequences are borne by the host.】

    “I knew your artificial retardation was unreliable!” Xu Wen gritted his teeth angrily, and was worried when he saw that the porridge was about to become completely cold.

    “I’m sorry, Mr. Lu!”

    He apologized softly, but his movements were unambiguous.One hand quickly and firmly clasped Lu Qingrang’s thin lower jaw, and with a slight force, forced a gap in the closed lips and teeth. The other hand took the opportunity to shove the spoon full of warm porridge in!

    “Ugh!”

    Lu Qing’s senses that had not been used for a long time were suddenly broken by this brutal invasion!The mouth was forced open by a foreign object, and the warm porridge was stuck in the throat. The long-term fasting and anorexia caused a strong sense of nausea and the urge to cough.

    Xu Wen had quick eyesight and quick hands. Just before he shook his head to resist and was about to vomit out the food, Xu Wen covered his mouth with one hand and held the back of his neck firmly with the other hand, forcing him to keep his head raised.

    “Swallow it!” Xu Wen’s voice was urgent, and his arms trembled slightly from the exertion, “You must swallow it!”

    Lu Qingrang was forced to raise his head, his Adam’s apple rolled violently with difficulty, and finally swallowed the life-saving porridge.

    Xu Wen felt the swallowing movement and immediately let go of his hand.

    Almost at the same time, Lu Qingrang broke out into a heart-rending cough, his body heaved violently, and his stomach was churning and he wanted to vomit.Seeing this, Xu Wen covered him up again without hesitation, suppressing him with the power of his body.

    After being treated so forcefully several times, a crack was finally opened in the bottomless silence.Lu Qingrang raised his eyes, and for the first time in his long-empty peach blossom eyes, emotions belonging to a living person were clearly ignited. It was no longer numb, but a fire mixed with physiological tears, humiliation and unignorable anger, shooting straight at Xu Wen.

    Xu Wen looked at Lu Qingrang’s angry eyes. Instead of being frightened, Xu Wen felt that this was much better than being lifeless.He couldn’t help being mean, and deliberately moved closer, raising his eyebrows and saying, “Hey, Mr. Lu, are you finally willing to look at me?”

    Lu Qingrang looked straight at him, his voice hoarse after not speaking normally for a long time, but he stubbornly asked the question that was lingering in his mind again: “What do you… want after so much effort…?”

    “Mr. Lu, Senior Lu.” Xu Wen stopped his joking expression and spoke in a rare serious tone, “I told you, I just want you to live. I can’t do it when I see someone I once looked up to just disappear. Even if I’m just a stranger, I won’t stand idly by if I see you.”

    When Lu Qingrang heard the same answer as in the hospital, the waves in his eyes gradually subsided.He couldn’t understand this man, and he was tired of guessing what was hidden behind this unwarranted kindness.Forget it, let’s… look for another chance.

    “Okay, okay, let’s not talk about this anymore. Let’s continue eating.” Xu Wen picked up the porridge spoon again, his tone was relaxed, but his eyes were fixed on the other person, and his hands were ready to assist at any time.

    “…No need.” Lu Qingrang’s weak voice sounded again, with weak resistance.

    Xu Wen raised his eyebrows: “Are you willing to eat it yourself?”

    He handed the spoon filled with porridge to Lu Qingrang’s lips.This time, Lu Qingrang paused in silence for a few seconds, glanced at Xu Wen with complicated eyes, and finally opened his mouth with a tiredness as if he was resigned to his fate.

    However, as soon as the warm porridge slid down his throat, a strong feeling of nausea surged up uncontrollably.

    “Ugh—” He arched his body suddenly, and his face instantly turned pale.

    Xu Wen, with quick eyes and quick hands, immediately put down the bowl, steadying his trembling shoulders with one hand, and patting his back with moderate force with the other hand to help him calm down.

    “Be obedient and relax,” Xu Wen’s tone unconsciously became coaxing, “Take your time, I’ll help you catch your breath, don’t fight it, try to swallow it.”

    The meal was a feast for the eyes.After Lu Qingrang reluctantly swallowed most of the bowl of white porridge, and finally turned his head and refused to eat any more, the difficult feeding finally came to an end.

    Xu Wen looked at the bottomed porridge in the bowl, then looked at Lu Qingrang’s pale and tired side face, and didn’t force it anymore.He raised his head to drink the remaining porridge at the bottom of the bowl, and then quickly finished off his own portion, which had already cooled down, with a crisp and clean movement.

    The meal was finally finished, but a more difficult problem loomed before them. Both of them had a sour smell that was hard to ignore.

    Xu Wen scratched his head and looked at the still lifeless person in front of him. He bit the bullet and tried in a negotiating tone: “Um…Lu Qingrang, you see we are both pickled. How about…I can help you take a bath?”

    He thought there would be cold violence again.

    Unexpectedly, Lu Qing let his eyelashes tremble slightly, and after a few seconds of silence, he uttered four words clearly in his hoarse and weak voice:

    “I’ll do it myself.”

    Xu Wen couldn’t believe his ears. He was stunned for a moment before reacting. Surprise burst out on his face: “Oh! Okay, you can do it yourself!” He jumped up and rushed to the simple wardrobe, rummaging around in a hurry. “I’ll bring you a change of clothes! They’re all my old clothes, don’t you dislike them?”

    Lu Qingrang’s eyes lingered for a moment on the old T-shirt and casual pants that were washed a little white, and he shook his head gently.

    “It’s okay if you don’t mind, it’s okay if you don’t mind.”

    Xu Wen stuffed the clothes into his arms, as if sending a child to kindergarten, and pointed to the small bathroom, “Go, the floor is slippery, be careful.”

    He watched Lu Qing let his thin back hold his clothes, move into the bathroom step by step with frivolous but extremely smooth steps, and then gently close the door.

    Xu Wen felt a little strange, so cooperative?But this thought only passed by for a moment, and he even felt a little proud, ready to challenge the unreliable system in his mind and prove that he could do it on his own.

    At this moment when he was most relaxed——

    The system’s suddenly amplified mechanical sound reverberated through his brain!!

    【warn!warn!!It was detected that the vital signs of the target person Lu Qingrang were declining rapidly!!】

    The cold mechanical sound exploded in his mind like thunder with unprecedented volume and urgency!

    The relief on Xu Wen’s face and the anger that was about to emerge instantly froze, and the slap in the face came so fast and so violently.

    He understood almost instantly what was happening in the bathroom. It was not cooperation at all, it was a well-planned silent suicide!

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