Chapter 986: Xu Hongdou, Stop Right There

Under Hu Hongdou's near-high-pressure supervision and management,

poor Chen Nanxing could only watch Xu Hongdou's spicy pot while drooling,

while helplessly dropping vegetarian items like yuba and winter melon into her own tomato pot.

Chen Nanxing firmly believed that meat dishes like fatty beef and tripe must be cooked in the spicy pot base to be truly satisfying.

Without a spicy pot base, Chen Nanxing would rather not eat meat at all.

And indeed, Chen Nanxing really didn't touch a single bite of meat, pitifully eating the green vegetables she had put into the pot herself.

Seeing this,

Xu Hongdou felt both amused and heartbroken.

If Chen Nanxing were healthy right now,

she would let Chen Nanxing eat as much as she wanted, belly wide open.

But Chen Nanxing is a patient, and a terminal cancer patient at that.

Moreover, Qin Feng had specifically instructed them to avoid letting Chen Nanxing come into contact with spicy food, to prevent shocking her relatively fragile heart and immune system.

So,

even though Xu Hongdou felt Chen Nanxing was very pitiful at that moment, she still stuck to her principles, not allowing Chen Nanxing to eat a single bit of spice.

And when the two of them first arrived at the hot pot restaurant, Chen Nanxing had ordered so much fatty beef, tripe, mutton, and so many other meats,

that only Xu Hongdou could eat them.

Thus,

while feeling heartbroken for Chen Nanxing, Xu Hongdou ate meat in huge mouthfuls.

This extremely conflicted scene made Xu Hongdou feel guilty herself.

So,

after taking another large chopstickful of fatty meat, Xu Hongdou actively looked at Chen Nanxing's tomato pot and said, "Sister Nannan, scoop two slices of winter melon for me; I want to eat some winter melon."

"What?"

Hearing this, Chen Nanxing's eyes widened to huge circles; like a mother tiger guarding her food, she glared coldly at Xu Hongdou and said through her nose, "No way, not giving it!"

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Xu Hongdou was somewhat surprised; she saw there was still quite a lot of winter melon in the tomato pot.

So, somewhat puzzled, Xu Hongdou asked, "Sister Nannan, I'll just eat two slices of winter melon, I won't ask for more; eating so much meat is too greasy, I'll eat some winter melon to cut the grease!"

"Eat winter melon to cut the grease?!"

After hearing Xu Hongdou's words, Chen Nanxing looked utterly aggrieved and indignant; looking seriously at Xu Hongdou, she said, "Xu Hongdou, listen to yourself, does what you just said even sound like human speech?! Huh?!"

"I'm a patient, I'm a terminal cancer patient; I can't eat meat, I can't eat spice; I'm accompanying you here, in this Sichuan hot pot restaurant famous for its spice, eating vegetables from the tomato pot..."

"But you?!"

"You, Xu Hongdou, have the audacity to say right in front of me that you're tired of eating meat and want to eat my winter melon to cut the grease?! Xu Hongdou, be a decent human being!"

"I came to this hot pot restaurant I've been longing for; I haven't eaten a single bite of spicy pot, I haven't eaten a single bite of meat, and you actually say right in front of me that you're tired of eating meat! Xu Hongdou, you're too much!"

"I'm telling you, Xu Hongdou, these two slices of winter melon today—no! All the vegetables in this tomato pot, you don't get a single one! Even if I can't eat them, I'll scoop them all out, pack them up, and take them home; I'll have them for my afternoon snack, I'll have them for my late-night supper; I just won't give them to you!"

Chen Nanxing's appearance was both pitiful and ridiculous.

Holding a spoon in her left hand and chopsticks in her right, she defended the last dignity of her tomato pot base.

Seeing this, Xu Hongdou helplessly shook her head and smiled, then said, "Fine, fine, fine, I won't eat winter melon, I won't eat winter melon anymore; is that okay now?!"

"No way!"

Chen Nanxing, with red-rimmed eyes, looked at Xu Hongdou: "Xu Hongdou, you hurt me, you insulted me; you must apologize to me with a slow, huge spoonful of spicy pot fatty beef! Otherwise, I won't let this go!"

"Heh!"

Hearing this, Xu Hongdou chuckled: "Chen Nanxing, go dream; don't talk about a slow, huge spoonful of spicy pot fatty beef, I won't give you a single chopstickful of fatty beef; just stick to eating your tomato pot!"

"Hongdou~~"

Seeing Xu Hongdou wouldn't fall for it, Chen Nanxing immediately softened, looking at Xu Hongdou with pleading eyes and speaking in a low, humble voice: "Hongdou, please, please be kind; just let me eat two chopstickfuls, just two chopstickfuls of spicy pot fatty beef; I beg you, I beg you, is that okay?"

"No."

Xu Hongdou shook her head firmly: "If someone won't give me winter melon, then she shouldn't even think about eating fatty beef; not a single chopstickful!"

"Oh, my big sister Hongdou, your little sister loves you, your little sister loves you, is that okay? Look, we're almost finished; I just want to eat two bites, really, I'll just eat two bites!"

Since her first plan failed, Chen Nanxing simply started acting spoiled.

Xu Hongdou hesitated for a moment, then placed her bowl in the middle: "First, pick two slices of winter melon for me, big sister!"

"Yes, ma'am."

Chen Nanxing immediately obediently picked up two slices of winter melon from the tomato pot and put them into Xu Hongdou's bowl.

Then,

Chen Nanxing, drooling, immediately put her spoon into the spicy pot.

Watching as that spoonful filled up with fatty beef, tripe, and meatballs, Chen Nanxing's eyes widened even more, her drool almost dripping onto the table.

But at that moment,

Xu Hongdou let out a cold snort and directly blocked Chen Nanxing's spoon.

Then she took her chopsticks and picked the meat and meatballs out of the spoon, putting them into her own bowl.

Chen Nanxing immediately panicked: "Sister Hongdou, save some for me, save some beef balls!"

"Hongdou, don't go too far; oh my god, my tripe!"

"Xu Hongdou, stop, stop; if you pick any more, there really won't be any left!"

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