Li Man brought out a bowl of millet and Chinese yam porridge that her mother had prepared.
The porridge was cooked to a soft and watery consistency. Li Man held a spoon and carefully fed her father.
Li Liangsheng had a smile on his lips, a look of contentment on his face.
After feeding her father breakfast, Li Man finally started eating her own breakfast.
She opened the insulated lunchbox and saw neatly arranged steamed dumplings inside. Tears welled up in Li Man's eyes.
These were specially brought by her mother, shrimp dumplings that she had loved since childhood.
As she savored the familiar taste and looked into her mother's loving eyes, tears overflowed from her eyes.
Li Man turned her head and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, eating every single shrimp dumpling her mother had brought without leaving any behind.
"Is it delicious?" Zhang Yan looked at Li Man and asked affectionately.
"It's delicious!" Li Man choked out.
"If it's delicious, Mom will make it for you every day."
"Thank you, Mom!"
Zhang Yan lovingly touched Li Man's hair. "You've lost weight. You need to eat a little more."
"Okay!"
...
Huo Jian Sheng got up early in the morning. Xinyu was still sleeping, so he didn't wake her up and took a taxi to the largest mall in the area.
Unfortunately, the mall didn't open until 9 a.m., and he had arrived too early.
Huo Jian Sheng found a nearby place to have breakfast while waiting for the mall to open.
After finishing breakfast, the mall finally opened.
He headed straight to the counter that sold health supplements. "Could you help me get two boxes of bird's nest, two boxes of donkey-hide gelatin, and do you have ginseng?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Please get me two boxes, thank you."
"Okay, we have different varieties, some are expensive, some are cheaper."
"Get me the best and most expensive ones in your store," Huo Jian Sheng said.
"Okay."
"Do you have lingzhi mushrooms? Please get me some more, suitable for cancer patients."
"Sure, sir."
The saleswoman at the counter was delighted to have a big order so early in the morning.
She picked the most expensive items in the store for Huo Jian Sheng. In total, these items cost 230,000 yuan.
The bird's nest and donkey-hide gelatin were for Li Man's mother, and the ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms were for her father.
Huo Jian Sheng felt that these items might not be enough, and since he had no experience, he was afraid of appearing too stingy. So he went to a women's clothing store.
Originally, he wanted to buy a coat for Li Man's mother, but he didn't know the size, and he felt embarrassed to ask, so he bought a cashmere scarf for each of her parents. Thinking of how Li Man had shivered with cold last night, he also bought one for her.
After finishing his shopping, it was almost 10:30 a.m. Huo Jian Sheng quickly took a taxi back to the hotel.
Xinyu was still asleep because she had stayed up late last night.
Huo Jian Sheng was afraid of being late, so he knocked on the door to wake Xinyu up.
Xinyu got up with sleepy eyes and brushed her teeth and washed her face.
"Uncle, why did you buy so many things?"
Xinyu came out and saw Huo Jian Sheng holding his hands full of items, and asked in surprise, "When did you go out?"
"I got up early, unlike you, lazybones."
"Then why didn't you wake me up?"
Xinyu complained, stomping her feet.
"Uncle wanted to let you sleep a little longer, didn't I?"
"Huo Jian Sheng was afraid of making his little niece angry, so he quickly coaxed her, 'Be good, Uncle Er will accompany you to have breakfast. After breakfast, we'll go to the hospital. When we get there, remember to call Grandpa and Grandma, okay?'
'I know, you've said it many times. My ears are all calloused,' Xinyu pouted.
"Alright, alright, let's go have breakfast," Huo Jian Sheng said.
'Uncle Er, do you like that aunt? Will she be my Aunt-in-law?' Xinyu blinked her watery eyes and asked curiously."
