Chapter 166: Nineties: Spring Water Family Chapter 166 You Are My Boyfriend, If I Don't Feel Heartache For You Then Who

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Protagonist:

Lin Xiyu

"You can dream......"

Wu Meng spoke with righteous confidence: "Why can't I say it?"

"What dream did I have?"

"A spring dream, otherwise why would you be smiling like that."

"Wu Meng, let's negotiate something, okay?"

Wang Fan was stimulated by her to the point of nearly vomiting a mouthful of old blood.

"What thing?"

Wu Meng, having nothing to fear, raised her eyebrow tips proudly.

"Originally......"

Wang Fan tossed out the bait: "I saw you taking care of me in the hospital, pretty hard work, wanted to give you some benefits."

"What benefits?"

Wu Meng's little eyes brightened, sure enough she got interested.

"But......"

Wang Fan changed his tone and said: "You keep needling me, making me very unhappy, the thanks I originally wanted to give you is cut in half......"

"Hey hey hey, why cut it in half......"

Wu Meng panicked inside, hurriedly interrupted him: "I won't ask anymore, okay? You dream whatever dreams you want, I'll just pretend I didn't see....."

"I didn't dream."

Wang Fan glanced at her coolly.

"Okay okay okay......"

Wu Meng went all out for the thank-you gift: "You didn't dream, my eyes were blind, I saw wrong, this is fine now, right?"

"Not allowed to laugh at me in the future."

Wang Fan still wasn't satisfied.

"Won't, never again."

Wu Meng's mouth corners twitched a few times, holding back laughter was very hard.

"You're still laughing?"

Wang Fan's sharp eyes caught the fleeting smile in her eyes.

"No."

Wu Meng denied at speed: "Absolutely not, whoever laughs is a puppy."

"I think you look quite like a puppy."

Wang Fan found it funny, turned around and teased her.

"I'm not......"

Wu Meng was used to bickering with him, almost couldn't hold back, the second half, "You're the one," nearly slipped out, luckily stopped in time at her lips,

"You seem to be scolding me?"

Wang Fan slanted his eyes at her.

"No."

Wu Meng's reaction wasn't slow either: "I didn't say it, you can't frame me just because you don't want to give the thank-you gift."

"I frame you?"

Wang Fan laughed in anger, just wanted to knock her, when a figure suddenly flashed past the ward door, his pupils shrank, his face changed instantly.

"What's wrong?"

Wu Meng sensed something was off, no longer cared about bickering, whipped her head around, looked at the door.

"You go make a phone call to Guben."

Wang Fan's eyes flickered slightly, deliberately sent her away: "Just say I'm pretty much recovered, at latest by the weekend I can be discharged, have him book return tickets to Jinan in advance."

"Plane tickets?!"

Wu Meng's eyes revealed shock: "You want to take a plane back, isn't that too extravagant?"

"If not a plane, you want me to take a train for over ten hours to go back?"

Wang Fan was very speechless: "You think a patient just discharged can withstand that bumpiness?"

"If you're willing to sit then sit.

Wu Meng muttered quietly: "Anyway it's not my money being spent."

"Tell him to book four."

"Four plane tickets?"

"The four of us take a plane back together."

"We also have to take a plane?"

"This is the thank-you gift."

Wang Fan laughed jokingly: "You want it take it, don't want it fine, saves me money."

"Want, must want."

Wu Meng, fearing he might go back on his word, turned and ran: "I'll go call Guben right now and have him book the plane tickets."

Wang Fan shouted at her back: "Don't forget to give him the ID numbers."

"Got it."

Wu Meng ran extremely fast; in the blink of an eye she had rushed out of the ward and vanished.

The moment she rushed out the door, Wang Fan's expression changed; his smile disappeared, and a trace of coldness showed in his eyes.

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Lin Xiyu felt heartache for Guben working night shifts at the hospital while also managing business during the day; she borrowed an electric rice cooker from the Dormitory Auntie and secretly hid in the hotel, stewing soup for him to nourish his body.

She had heard her Maternal Grandmother say that pork rib and Chinese yam soup is most nourishing; when thirsty it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing yin and moistening dryness.

There was a vegetable market near the hospital; she took advantage of the noon shift change to go buy some pork ribs and Chinese yam.

The pork ribs were spare ribs, chopped into thumb-sized pieces, first soaked in cold water for 30 minutes to draw out the blood water.

Then blanched in boiling water once to remove the foam, washed clean, put back into the pot with ginger slices, cooking wine, and clear water to simmer slowly.

The Chinese yam was peeled, soaked in white vinegar water, and cut into rolling knife blocks.

When the pork ribs were done simmering, the Chinese yam, corn, and carrots were added to simmer on low heat; salt was added 5 minutes before taking it off the heat.

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"Smells so good....."

"What smell, so fragrant?"

Wu Meng ran back from the hospital, following the scent into the hotel; the moment she opened the door, the aroma assaulted her nose, making her involuntarily reveal an intoxicated expression.

"Shh, keep it down......"

Lin Xiyu hurriedly pulled her inside and shut the door: "The hotel probably doesn't allow cooking food casually; don't let anyone hear."

"Probably someone already knows."

Wu Meng giggled stupidly happy: "What did you stew? This smell is too fragrant; it must have drifted down the corridor to the outside long ago."

Lin Xiyu smiled gently: "Pork rib and Chinese yam soup."

"Wow....."

Wu Meng felt envy, jealousy, and hate: "That bastard Wang Fan has too much good fortune, getting to drink soup you personally stewed."

"That's not for him to drink......"

Lin Xiyu said coquettishly annoyed: "I made it for Guben; these days he's running between two places, and he's visibly lost a circle of weight; I have to supplement him, can't let him get sick from exhaustion too; otherwise just the two of us, each serving one, wouldn't we be worked to death?"

"Hahaha."

Wu Meng was perfectly satisfied, laughing loudly without restraint: "This time Wang Fan should cry; he treats us to a plane ride but gains nothing good, can't even get a mouthful of soup."

"Plane?"

Lin Xiyu's breath caught, suspecting auditory hallucination: "What do you mean? He treats us to what plane?"

"He said this time returning to Jinan we're taking a plane."

Wu Meng laughed very happily: "It's thanks for us taking care of him at the hospital this whole time; he's paying, letting the three of us also fly back together."

"Really?"

Lin Xiyu found it hard to believe: "Four people flying together, how much money would that cost?"

"I already called Guben; he said it seems like seven or eight hundred per ticket......"

Wu Meng said laughing: "Very hard to buy; need a unit introduction letter; even with one, might not be able to buy."

"Like that, huh......"

Lin Xiyu's mood was like riding a roller coaster, great ups and downs: "So there's still no definite number, not certain we can fly."

"Guben making a move, eight out of ten it'll work."

Wu Meng had great confidence in Guben.

"You this....."

Lin Xiyu found it funny, laughed and teased: "A bit of blind worship for him, thinking he's some Great Luo Immortal, omnipotent."

"Hehe."

Wu Meng laughed awkwardly: "In my heart, it's pretty much like that......"

"He went to buy tickets?"

Lin Xiyu smiled helplessly, no longer paying attention to her clowning.

"No......"

As Wu Meng spoke, she walked toward her luggage: "He said ID number alone isn't enough; he'll come back later to get the ID cards; told us to prepare them in advance."

"Where's my ID card?"

Hearing this, Lin Xiyu also started rummaging through her luggage to find her ID card.

"Bang bang."

The two were still searching when a light knocking sound came from outside the door.

"Who is it?"

Lin Xiyu's heart gave a start; her first reaction was to pick up the pot and hide it in the closet.

"It's me."

Guben, seeing no one come open the door, knocked a few more times.

"Coming."

Lin Xiyu, hearing the familiar voice, quietly let out a breath of relief.

"What smell, so fragrant? The whole corridor is filled with it"

The door opened; Guben entered and said the exact same words as Wu Meng.

"Hahaha, I told you......"

Wu Meng laughed carefree: "She got scared and hurried to hide it, hide what hide, surely many people smelled it."

Lin Xiyu's ears turned red: "I thought Boss was unwilling and came to inspect the room."

"You think this is living in a dorm?"

Wu Meng almost spat out laughing: "And the Dormitory Auntie coming to inspect the room."

"The hotel shouldn't be that strict......"

Guben patted her head, soothing her frightened little heart: "How much electricity can stewing a soup use, be careful, just don't start a fire."

"You came to get your ID card? Back so soon?"

Lin Xiyu's nervous mood relaxed, and she gave him a sweet smiling face.

Guben rarely joked: "I guessed there was soup to drink, smelled the scent and came back."

Lin Xiyu coquettishly scolded: "How do you know it's stewed for you?"

"Not stewed for you, then for whom?"

Guben narrowed his eyes slightly, deliberately teasing her: "Could it be there's another little lover of yours hidden in the hotel?"

"Nonsense....."

Lin Xiyu laughed and scolded: "I stewed it for Wu Meng."

Guben coolly glanced at Wu Meng.

"Ouch!"

Wu Meng jumped up from the chair like a corpse coming back to life, shouting at the top of her lungs: "You two bickering, don't drag me into it, I don't have that blessing."

"Pfft."

Lin Xiyu couldn't hold back, and spat out laughing.

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"Delicious, so delicious."

The pork rib soup was fresh, fragrant, and delicious, one sip left an endless aftertaste.

Wu Meng followed along to share the glory, drank a bowl of pork rib and yam soup, smacked her lips satisfied a few times, showing an expression of extreme intoxication.

"Tasty?"

Lin Xiyu ignored her clowning best friend, propping her fragrant cheek with a smile, watching Guben drink soup.

"Tasty."

Guben sipped little by little, strongly supporting her: "This level, can open a shop, tastier than what the chef makes."

"Like it, drink more."

Lin Xiyu very much enjoyed his praise, a bit tsundere, her eyes laughed into small crescent moons.

"Why suddenly think of stewing soup?"

Guben looked amused, pamperingly pinched her cheek.

"You work so hard......"

Lin Xiyu tilted her small face and affectionately rubbed her cheek against his hand: "I can't just sit idle either; I have to properly take care of you."

"Care about me that much?"

Guben's eyes deepened, a strange glint flashed by.

"You're my boyfriend, if I don't care about you, who do I care about......"

Lin Xiyu coquettishly scolded, again tilting her small face, rubbed his hand a few times.

"This soup, must be drunk now?"

Guben's eyes grew deeper, his gaze lingered on her soft, glutinous lips for a moment.

"Must drink while hot......"

Lin Xiyu nodded without thinking, her smooth pink cheeks, rubbing made people's hearts itch more and more.

"Stop rubbing."

Guben held the bowl, laughing and crying: "Rub more and I won't be able to drink it."

"Not allowed not to drink."

Lin Xiyu couldn't understand the subtext of his words, pouting her cheeks, coquettishly scolding: "I finally stewed good soup for you, when scraping the yam skin, both arms were itchy, so uncomfortable."

"Still itchy now?"

Guben held her hand, feeling a bit of heartache.

"Much better now, not itchy."

Lin Xiyu didn't want him to worry, lightly glossed over it.

"Don't stew anymore in the future."

Guben held the soup bowl, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart: "For a bowl of soup, not worth it."

"Pork rib and yam soup is nutritious, good for your body."

In Lin Xiyu's heart and eyes, what she thought and missed, was only him alone.

"Yam irritates the skin, I can't bear for you to suffer."

How could Guben not know, but thinking of her hands being irritated by yam, red and swollen, wet and itchy unbearable, he couldn't bear it, the soup no matter how delicious, was hard to swallow.

"It's fine......"

Lin Xiyu still wanted to persuade: "As long as it's good for your body, I don't care."

"Be good, listen......"

Guben pretended to be dissatisfied, interrupting her words: "I'm not Wang Fan, who had surgery and needs nourishment."

"Hey, you didn't mention Wang Fan, almost forgot about him."

Wu Meng really couldn't stand listening anymore, and using the pretext wanted to slip away: "I'd better hurry back, this kid holds grudges, if I don't go back he'll scold me again."

"Give him a bowl of soup."

Lin Xiyu hurriedly stopped him, and used a lunch box to scoop some pork rib and yam soup.

Wu Meng had a blank look: "You weren't going to let him drink it?"

"Considering he treated us to a plane ride, let him bask in a bit of glory."

Lin Xiyu sealed the lunch box tight, put it in a plastic bag and handed it to her.

"This kid really has good taste."

Wu Meng carried the plastic bag and chuckled, then changed the subject: "Just don't know if he has the mood to drink it."

"Why would he have no mood?"

Lin Xiyu misunderstood her meaning, a bit unhappy: "Give it to him to drink and he still puts on airs, this person, what kind of mischief is he up to again?"

"It's not that he wants to make trouble."

Wu Meng, for the sake of the plane ticket, rarely spoke a fair word for Wang Fan: "It's that someone doesn't want him to recover properly, and came to stir up trouble again."

"Who?"

Lin Xiyu was startled.

"Is it Li Qing?"

Guben reacted swiftly, guessing the truth in one go.

"That's right, it's her......"

Wu Meng is dumb cute, doesn't mean she's stupid, the change on Wang Fan's face at the time was too obvious, how could she not see it.

Using the pretext of a phone call to run out of the ward, was just following his train of thought and doing it on purpose.

After she left the ward, she deliberately looked back, and sure enough saw a figure sneaking in.

Li Qing and Lin Xiyu had a dispute in the dormitory, she remembered it deeply, recognized her at a glance.

Wang Fan had just recovered from a serious illness, couldn't withstand tossing, she was worried, and secretly went back, peeking through the door crack for a while.

Seeing Li Qing crying, posing no threat to Wang Fan, only then did she feel at ease, and quietly slipped away.

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"Li Qing, what did she come for again?"

Lin Xiyu was quite speechless: "Does she still think she hasn't caused enough trouble?"

"I feel her feelings for Wang Fan aren't as simple as just a bet."

Wu Meng sighed with emotion: "Looking at her appearance, she's deeply in love with him, keeps begging him to forgive her, give her one more chance, don't drive her away, let her go to Germany, so humble, even I felt a bit unable to bear watching."

"What does Wang Fan mean?"

Lin Xiyu's delicate brows furrowed slightly: "Did he agree?"

"Should be no......"

Wu Meng secretly guessed: "I saw his complexion was very ugly, a look like he wanted to strangle her, probably won't forgive her."

"What's so good about Wang Fan?"

Lin Xiyu couldn't understand: "I really don't understand, what exactly did Li Qing fall for in him?"

"Radish and cabbage, each to their own love."

Wu Meng thought of being able to take a plane, feeling sweet inside: "Actually this person isn't completely without merits, sometimes still very generous, himself injured yet still thinking of us, counts as not having served him in vain this once."