Chew Slowly Chapter 78

Chapter 78 Chapter 78

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The rain continued to fall and then stopped in the afternoon. The windshield wipers cleared the windshield. The sky was overcast, but the future was clear and bright.Xu Qiaochuan of Cining Hospital remembered that he came here not for illness or injury, but to accompany Chen Zongqian to visit Du Hongwei.

For the sake of the kiss in the morning, Xu Qiaochuan did not refuse this small request.But halfway through the journey, Chen Zongqian suddenly said: “When I meet my mother, can we not say those things… about boyfriends?”

Xu Qiaochuan nodded in agreement. He really didn’t say anything strange, but the kiss didn’t count.

When he saw Du Hongwei in the ward, he didn’t feel familiar at first glance.Her eyes were weathered and blurred, her eyelids were pressed down by fatigue, her eyes were half-lidded, and her pupils were not very bright.The sick air lingered around her body, and her lips were extremely pale, which cast a shadow over her face, making people feel bad just looking at her.

Those eyes seemed to have been waiting for him. The moment their eyes met, Xu Qiaochuan felt inexplicably panicked.Du Hongwei’s eyes were very intense, which was out of proportion to her state and looked very strange.Xu Qiaochuan was not used to dealing with such enthusiasm, so he subconsciously stepped back. Chen Zongqian at his side put his arm around his shoulder, making it impossible for him to move away.

“You are Xiaoqiao, right? I often talk about you with your brother.” She smiled. Xu Qiaochuan couldn’t see the face clearly, but he could instinctively think of the warm and moist jade on his chest.

Her eyes were different from Chen Simin’s. Xu Qiaochuan remembered another look. Although it was also gentle, it implied scrutiny without losing severity. Du Hongwei was purer, with the most joy in his eyes.She was tortured by illness and her illness lingered.Because of this expression, she has a vivid color.

Xu Qiaochuan suddenly felt a dull pain in his heart, as if it was going to open his entire heart.It was a long time before Xu Qiaochuan knew what it was.He had experienced this kind of pain earlier, and it was even more profound. It was when he was infected by the discrete and converging death energy, and Lu Xiaoyun died in front of him.

The situation was different. Du Hongwei’s ward was very tidy, with bright windows and flowers on the bedside. It was not a small and cramped stairwell.Xu Qiaochuan couldn’t see the two faces clearly, but he knew that they were not similar. They were similar in that they were both lackluster in life.

He had a premonition of parting as soon as they met each other, even now he doesn’t know that they will be parting.

Xu Qiaochuan didn’t have much to say, he was always silent.Only when you remember that you need to maintain normalcy and realize that you need to be polite and sensible can you respond passively.Du Hong smiled gently, his eyes were deep, and he didn’t blame him for being offended.

“It’s raining heavily today. I originally wanted to ask you not to come over, but I’m so happy to see you.” She had been looking forward to it, but she still wanted to see you.

“We eat glutinous rice balls during the winter solstice. I told my father that I was tired of the sesame and peanut ones, so I asked him to buy something fresh. I don’t know what he bought. Is it to his liking?”

Chen Zongqian was peeling apples, but Du Hongwei refused to eat them, so he gave them to Xu Qiaochuan piece by piece.Looking at the person next to him out of the corner of his eye, he saw him saying slowly: “I’ve eaten it, it’s red beans.”

Du Hongwei stopped targeting drugs last month and restarted chemotherapy.Chemotherapy is uncomfortable. Not only is the body broken, but there are also dietary restrictions.Those things made of glutinous rice are not easy to digest, and she can’t eat glutinous rice balls.

But she didn’t have a lot of melancholy, nor was she greedy for this meal. What she was thinking about was a dinner.After being hospitalized, Chen Zongqian and Chen Simin both had meals with her, not at home.Although her brother has been found, she knows that this is not a reunion yet. She has not returned home, and neither has her brother.

“Xiaoqiao can tell us anything he likes… How is your family?”

Xu Qiaochuan did not stay in the ward all the time. After eating half an apple, he went out to wash his hands.First wash off the sticky apple sugar with running water, then rub your fingers repeatedly until they turn red.He thought of Du Hongwei, whose eyes would penetrate his current body and look like the soul behind him.

He didn’t know which one to deal with. Anyway, “Xu Qiaochuan” couldn’t accept this kind of warmth, even if Chen Zongqian told him that it was his mother.

Chen Zongqian ate the remaining half of the apple.This kind of fruit is not intended to be delicious, but it is meant to bring peace and security, and to leave blessings and comfort to others.He couldn’t taste whether the apple was sandy or crispy. He chewed the pulp repeatedly in his mouth but couldn’t swallow it.

It’s obvious that the swallowing action is very simple, and it’s obviously just an ordinary apple.But it tastes like low-quality rubber and turns into gravel in the throat.

“Brother and Xiaoran had a fight?” Du Hongwei leaned his body back and took off the strength from his waist, allowing the pain in his bones to become more severe.She had a delicate mind and noticed the clues early – Xu Qiaochuan avoided Chen Zongqian’s eyes intentionally or unintentionally, but her brother kept looking at him, unable to contain the hidden worry in his eyes.

Chen Zongqian chewed it twice more and finally swallowed it.He wiped his hands with a wet wipe and smiled out of habit. Then he found that he and Du Hong were smiling exactly the same. Du Hong smiled slightly because of pain.

“Mom…” He was speechless, as if the apple jumped out of his stomach again, climbed up from the throat and filled his mouth. He tasted it, it was a bitter fruit.The bitterness spreads from the base of the tongue, then to the tip of the nose and eye sockets.

“Xiao Ran.” Du Hongwei looked outside the door and saw no one, “Mom doesn’t have any requirements. Brother just needs to take good care of him.”

She reached over and Chen Zongqian moved the chair closer and asked Du Hongwei to put his hand on his cheek, “Brother promised me to get Xiaoran back and to always be good to Xiaoran.”

“But I don’t know what to do.” The hand relaxed and fell into Chen Zongqian’s hand, “Xiaoran doesn’t like me and doesn’t need me anymore. He will leave.”

Du Hongwei felt vulnerable.Many people in the hospital are fragile, some are weak in body, and some are weak in mind and spirit.There are still lesions to be found on the body, and I don’t know how long it will take to figure out the crux of the matter in my heart.

“I know he won’t be able to accept our family for a while.”

The fifteen years lost could not be easily made up. She had even had the worst assumptions, and Xu Qiaochuan would never accept them for the rest of her life.

“I can’t go back, and I often miss him in the hospital. Xiaoran doesn’t accept it, but it doesn’t mean we give up on loving him. It’s okay, brother, he can go wherever he wants, as long as he stays well.”

Xiaoran has not been protected by her wings since he was a child, how can he be surrounded by her again when he grows up?Du Hongwei is open-minded and tolerant. She loves Xu Qiaochuan and is willing to respect his choice. She purely hopes that Xu Qiaochuan will be well.Chen Zongqian and she are both Xiaoran’s family members, but their love is not the same.

He once again realized his stubbornness and just wanted Xu Qiaochuan to be by his side forever, or that he would always be by Xu Qiaochuan’s side.This love has become a kind of bondage, and may become a cage that traps Xu Qiaochuan for the rest of his life. After all, he is so selfish.

He didn’t dare to tell Du Hongwei what he was thinking, so Chen Zongqian lowered his eyes.Du Hong pressed his palm lightly and gently, and said comfortingly: “Dad is too tired, and brother is too tired. Thank you for your hard work.”

She didn’t say much, took two painkillers and lay down.Chen Zongqian helped her tuck in the quilt and waited for her to fall asleep before getting up and leaving.

When I went out, I saw Xu Qiaochuan sitting outside the door, tilting his head and looking into the distance in a daze.He was out of his body and had no idea anyone was approaching.

His face was caught in the bright white light, but his whole body was light blue, as misty as a mist.Chen Zongqian held his breath and walked over, fearing to scare him away.At a distance that was too close to ignore, Xu Qiaochuan finally came to his senses and raised his eyes to look over.He didn’t move until Chen Zongqian came to him.

Chen Zongqian handed over his hand, and Xu Qiaochuan lowered his eyes and stared at the man’s palm.He remembered that they hadn’t held hands for a long time, and even if they accidentally touched each other, Chen Zongqian would quickly let go.What happens if you hold it?His hands were very hot in his clothes, and Xu Qiaochuan held them with all his heart before he even thought about it.Chen Zongqian pulled him to his feet.

Just now in the ward, Du Hongwei saw Chen Zongqian’s hesitation and asked, “Brother loves him too, right?”

Even though he knew the nature was different, he still replied: “Yes, I love him.”