Chapter 2521: Can You Have a Little Dignity?

Yu Miao ate very slowly, chewing every bite carefully. Perhaps this bun was the most delicious food she had ever tasted in this world.

"Come on, Miaomiao, have a piece of beef." Dong Wenjuan picked up a spoon and fed Miaomiao both meat and broth, asking softly, "Is it good?"

"Good!" Miaomiao said softly. Her spirited eyes narrowed, and the expression on her face was one of great satisfaction.

"This is soy-sauce beef, made personally by our factory's master chef." Dong Wenjuan picked up another piece of soy-sauce beef and fed it to Yu Miao.

The fragrance of the beef permeated her mouth, and the satisfaction on Yu Miao's face became even more apparent. So, stewed meat was this delicious?

"This is mixed beef tripe, but it's a little spicy. Can you eat it?" Dong Wenjuan picked up a little bit of the tripe and held it to Yu Miao's mouth.

"Spicy?" Yu Miao hesitated for a moment, looked at the tripe Dong Wenjuan was holding, and finally, unable to resist the temptation, opened her mouth.

When the tripe entered her mouth, Yu Miao couldn't help but frown. She hurriedly chewed twice and swallowed it, then stuck out her little tongue, panting.

Zhou Andong laughed out loud and hurriedly opened a bottle of mineral water, handing it to Yu Miao. "Quick, take a drink."

The little girl took it and gulped down several mouthfuls. In truth, the tripe wasn't that spicy, but for Yu Miao, who had never eaten spicy food, this level of heat was a bit much.

"Since you can't eat spicy food, then don't eat it." Zhou Andong said, picking up the lid of the lunch box, intending to cover the tripe and put it away.

However, Yu Miao's eyes remained fixed on the tripe lunch box. Zhou Andong put the lunch box back down. "You—still want to eat it?"

Yu Miao nodded slightly, her eyes never leaving the tripe.

Zhou Andong smiled. "Your illness has just recovered; you can only have one more bite of this tripe."

Yu Miao nodded obediently, then raised the mineral water in her hand, meaning that with water, she wasn't afraid.

Dong Wenjuan picked up a little tripe with her chopsticks and fed it into Yu Miao's little mouth once more.

This time, Yu Miao didn't swallow it so quickly, but chewed slowly. Her whole little face was scrunched up. After she swallowed the food, she gulped down several more mouthfuls of water.

Zhou Andong put the tripe away and placed it in the bag. "When you recover, whatever you want to eat, brother will take you to eat it."

Yu Miao didn't speak, but nodded gently. Then she ate the bun in her hand and had a few pieces of stewed beef, and she was full.

Zhou Andong didn't ask Yu Miao to eat more. The child was too weak, and having just recovered from a major illness, overly greasy food wasn't good for her body.

However, bringing so many buns turned out to be a boon for Jian Mingfan. The kid ate several buns in a row, like a starving ghost reincarnated, and finally polished off the tomato stewed beef that Yu Miao had barely touched, not even leaving a drop of broth.

"Hiccup!" Jian Mingfan clutched his stomach and let out a satisfied burp. "These buns are too delicious, I'm a bit stuffed."

Zhou Andong said irritably, "Can you have a little dignity? It's like you haven't eaten in eight hundred lifetimes."

Jian Mingfan laughed. "I didn't eat breakfast, so I was already hungry. If my mom hadn't said you were coming over at noon to bring buns, I would have gone out to buy food long ago. How could I have waited until now?"

Zhou Andong saw Dong Wenjuan put all the lunch boxes away into the bag and asked, "Is my aunt at work?"

"She is!" Jian Mingfan rubbed his stomach and jumped twice. "She's in her office."

Zhou Andong handed the bag containing the lunch boxes to Jian Mingfan. "Take these buns to your mom."

"You got it!" Jian Mingfan didn't say another word, grabbed the bag, and ran out. Before leaving, he didn't forget to look back and shout to Yu Miao, "Sister, wait for brother to come back and tell you a story."

Zhou Andong took the stool and sat by the bedside, reaching out to stroke Yu Miao's forehead. This time, the girl didn't dodge, and the wariness in her eyes had completely vanished, which meant she had developed a certain level of trust in Zhou Andong, making him very happy.

"Little girl, tomorrow at noon, how about brother brings you dumplings to eat?"

Yu Miao's eyes lit up, and she nodded without any hesitation, then smiled at Zhou Andong. The girl was very thin, and her complexion was a bit sallow, but her smile was very bright, even more dazzling than the sun outside, which was radiating over thirty degrees of heat.

The girl kept silent, which made Zhou Andong feel quite helpless, so he asked again, "What kind of filling do you want? Pork, beef, or lamb?"

Yu Miao thought for a moment, and this time she finally spoke: "Pork!"

Zhou Andong smiled. Getting this girl to talk was really hard work. "I think lamb is delicious, and it's also good for your body."

Yu Miao thought about it; the bun she had just eaten was lamb, and it was indeed very delicious, so she nodded.

Zhou Andong teased Yu Miao, saying, "What does nodding mean? Are you eating pork dumplings or lamb dumplings?"

"Lamb!" Yu Miao said another two words.

As long as she was talking, that was fine. The smile on Zhou Andong's face became more and more obvious, and he raised his hand to stroke the girl's somewhat dry hair. "Do you want anything else? For example, roast duck?"

Yu Miao hesitated for a moment and asked cautiously, "Can I have dumplings tomorrow and roast duck the day after?"

"Of course you can!" Zhou Andong agreed with a smile. "Miaomiao, can brother ask you a few questions?"

A look of wariness immediately appeared in the little girl's eyes, but she still nodded slowly.

Seeing that Yu Miao had developed trust in him, Zhou Andong felt he could try to ask about Yu Miao's family background. But now it seemed it was still a bit too hasty, so he immediately abandoned the thought.

"Your illness has recovered. After observing for two more days, you can probably be discharged the day after tomorrow." Zhou Andong lowered his voice as much as possible, becoming gentle. "Aunt Zhao, who has been taking care of you—the mother of the brother Jian Mingfan you just saw—both want to adopt you."

Having said this, Zhou Andong paused to observe Yu Miao's reaction. Seeing that the girl was quite calm, he continued, "My family has quite a few people, and there are little sisters for you to play with.

Actually, they came today too, but this is a hospital, full of germs and viruses. They are young and have low resistance, so I didn't let them in. But I believe they will definitely like you.

Of course, brother Jian Mingfan also likes you very much. If you want to go to Aunt Zhao's house, that's also fine. However, Aunt Zhao is very busy with work, and brother Jian Mingfan has to go to school, so they will have very little time to accompany you."

Zhou Andong had already decided that if the girl followed him, he would have Old Comrade Zhou and Comrade Yuan Liying recognize her as a goddaughter.

Yu Miao didn't speak, but slowly lay down, then covered her head with the quilt. Watching the quilt shaking bit by bit, along with the muffled sobbing, Zhou Andong felt as if his heart had been fiercely grabbed by an invisible hand.

"What's wrong?" Jian Mingfan returned. Seeing Yu Miao crying under the quilt, the kid's eyes immediately widened, and he pointed at Zhou Andong. "Zhou... brother-in-law, you dare to bully my sister, I will definitely tell my sister." ===== CHAPTER 2522 =====