Chapter 481: Welcoming and Cleansing the Dust

Two BMWs returned to the large villa at Tang Chen Yi Pin, one following the other.

Xiao Changkun had been nagged by Ma Lan the entire way, and his dissatisfaction grew increasingly intense.

When he first received Ma Lan's call, he had been singing love songs with his first love, so he felt guilty. Hearing her flare up, he had rushed to the hospital in a panic.

But after calming down, he felt more and more that Ma Lan was truly beyond saving.

Therefore, Xiao Changkun's intention to divorce her became increasingly firm.

After getting out of the car, Xiao Changkun reached directly into the back seat and handed Ma Lan the crutches he had bought at the hospital.

Ma Lan had originally been waiting for him to help her inside, or even carry her inside; she hadn't expected him to just hand her a pair of crutches.

Leaning on the crutches, Ma Lan cursed loudly on the spot: "Xiao Changkun, you old bastard, my leg is broken and you just throw me a pair of crutches?"

Xiao Changkun said: "You have to get used to using crutches sooner or later anyway. Otherwise, what will you do when you need to go to the bathroom or something?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ma Lan asked angrily: "Are you saying I can't rely on you from now on?"

Xiao Changkun said with a dark face: "Don't forget, we have already separated!"

Ma Lan was about to curse again when Ye Chen happened to park the car right in front of them.

As soon as Xiao Churan got out of the car, Ma Lan immediately began complaining to her. Xiao Churan, holding the mindset of turning big problems into small ones, hurriedly supported her and comforted her: "Oh Mom, stop being angry with Dad. Your health is already poor; don't make yourself sick from anger."

Ma Lan still wanted to curse, but suddenly felt a wave of dizziness in her brain. She immediately realized she had been hungry for too long and was on the verge of fainting from hypoglycemia.

So she said weakly: "Oh, I can't take it anymore, I'm starving to death. Where is Ye Chen? Hurry up and cook for me! I want to eat braised pork, stewed beef..."

Ye Chen said expressionlessly: "I haven't had time to buy groceries today; there's only dried noodles at home. How about I cook you a bowl of noodles?"

Ma Lan blurted out: "I've been hungry for two days and two nights! What good is a bowl of noodles?"

Ye Chen said indifferently: "Then I'll go buy groceries now."

Upon hearing this, Ma Lan immediately said anxiously: "By the time you buy them and come back, I'll have fainted from hunger!"

Ye Chen asked: "How about I order you some takeout?"

Ma Lan blurted out: "Takeout will take at least half an hour or even forty minutes. Just cook me noodles, and crack two eggs into them!"

Ye Chen said casually: "There are no eggs left; I haven't gone to buy any yet."

Ma Lan said: "Then give me some vegetables, okay? I haven't eaten any vegetables for two days, and my mouth is rotting from the heatiness."

Ye Chen shrugged and said: "There's nothing at home except dried noodles. If you want to eat, I'll cook you a bowl of clear soup noodles."

Ma Lan stomped her feet in anger and pointed at Ye Chen, asking Xiao Churan: "Churan, is this loser doing this to spite me on purpose? Why is there nothing at home?"

Xiao Churan looked embarrassed.

Ye Chen spoke up at this moment: "I've been busy looking for you for the past two days, so I haven't cooked at home at all, and I haven't gone grocery shopping."

Ma Lan was furious and uncomfortable, but she didn't have the strength to get angry at him now, so she said to Ye Chen: "Then hurry up and cook me a bowl of noodles!"

Ye Chen responded and walked into the kitchen.

In fact, there was a carton of eggs in the refrigerator, but he didn't want to give a single one to Ma Lan, so he cracked all the eggs and poured them into the sewer in one go. Although pouring them into the sewer was a bit wasteful, it would be even more wasteful if they ended up in Ma Lan's stomach.

Afterward, he boiled some water in a pot, grabbed a handful of noodles, and threw them in.

Just as he was going through the motions, his phone suddenly received a WeChat message.

He opened WeChat and found that someone had tagged him in the "Jin Ling Welfare Institute Buddies" chat group.

This group of twenty or thirty people were all orphans who had been taken in and raised by Auntie Li personally. However, everyone had entered society for many years now, and many were scattered all over the country, so their contact with each other wasn't very close.

Ye Chen clicked on the group and found that it wasn't someone tagging him, but someone sending a message tagging everyone.

The message was sent by a girl from the welfare institute named Li Xiaofen, and the content was: "Secretly telling everyone some good news, Auntie Li has recovered from her illness and returned to Jin Ling!"

Li Xiaofen was a little girl Ye Chen had met when he was at the orphanage.

This little girl had been abandoned by her parents shortly after birth and was raised by Auntie Li. She was two or three years younger than Ye Chen, and in Ye Chen's eyes, she was like a little sister.

Auntie Li didn't know what her surname was, so she let her take her own surname and named her Li Xiaofen.

After Li Xiaofen became an adult, she worked at the welfare institute with Auntie Li, and she was the only one among the many buddies from back then who remained at the welfare institute.

Seeing her say that Auntie Li had recovered and returned, Ye Chen hurriedly asked in the group: "Why didn't you tell us when Auntie Li came back? We could have gone to welcome her."

Li Xiaofen said: "Brother Ye Chen, Auntie Li said she didn't want to cause you trouble, so she didn't tell anyone. I only found out after she suddenly returned this afternoon."

Ye Chen asked again: "How is Auntie Li's health? Does she look okay? She just recovered and was discharged; she didn't go straight back to work at the welfare institute, did she?"

"Yes!" Li Xiaofen said: "Brother Ye Chen, you know exactly what kind of person Auntie Li is. How could she stay idle? She hasn't been to the welfare institute for so long; she's been worried sick about the children."

As she spoke, Li Xiaofen added: "But looking at Auntie Li's body, I feel she's actually quite good. She doesn't look like someone who just had a serious illness at all. She should have fully recovered!"

Ye Chen felt relieved. After all, Tang Sihai had sent Auntie Li to the best Xiehe Hospital in Jingcheng, and he had paid two million in medical expenses for Auntie Li, which included very high-end post-operative recovery.

At this moment, others in the group also sent messages one after another.

"Ah, Auntie Li has been discharged? That's great!"

"Haha, I knew it. Auntie Li is a good person and will be rewarded; there would definitely be a day of recovery!"

At this moment, a person named Jiang Ming suddenly tagged everyone and said in the group: "Everyone, since Auntie Li has recovered and been discharged, I propose that those of us in Jin Ling go to the welfare institute to visit Auntie Li now, and find a restaurant to welcome her. What do you think?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Jiang Ming, that's a good idea! I'm almost off work and can go over anytime!"

"That's right, Auntie Li's recovery is a great joy; we must go visit her!"

Regarding this, Li Xiaofen sent a happy emoji and said: "That's what I meant by sending the message to everyone. Since we haven't seen Auntie Li for a long time, and everyone hasn't seen each other for a long time, why don't we take this opportunity to pool our money and treat Auntie Li to a meal? I believe Auntie Li will be very happy!"

"Oh, you guys in Jin Ling, can't you wait a day or two? Wait for those of us out of town to rush back. Or I'll go buy a plane ticket now and come back tomorrow!"

That Jiang Ming said: "Of course, welcoming someone is most ceremonial on the day they return!"