Rebirth in 1986: Unforgettable Regrets

Chapter 938: Chapter 938: Plain Congee

"You’re awake?" Tang Yue was already experienced in dealing with Xue Zhiyuan’s fury. She picked up the broom next to her, cleaned up the broken cup, and then said, "What do you want to eat? Porridge or noodles?"

"I want stir-fried noodles." Xue Zhiyuan watched Tang Yue sweep the floor gently, and yesterday’s fragmented memories came back to him.

He had been drinking, ran into Tang Yue, and before he knew it, he was kicked into the lake by someone.

He ended up in the hospital in the middle of the night.

Thinking about this made Xue Zhiyuan vent his anger on Tang Yue. If it weren’t for Tang Yue, how could he have been kicked into the lake, and how could he have had a high fever and ended up in the hospital in the middle of the night?

"No, your fever just subsided, you can’t eat stir-fried noodles. I’ll get you some porridge instead."

Tang Yue finished cleaning, turned around, and went out. She had initially planned to put the medicine down, but now she stuffed it directly into her pocket.

She went upstairs and bought a bowl of plain porridge, clear and light white porridge, with no taste at all.

"If you don’t want to eat it, there’s nothing else to eat." Tang Yue pursed her lips as she spoke, feeling that things couldn’t go on like this any longer. As she spoke, she wasn’t as gentle as before.

"Are you doing this on purpose?" Xue Zhiyuan glared at her angrily, wondering where the usually gentle person had gone.

"No." Tang Yue lowered her head and drank the porridge. He had the energy to curse, but she was hungry and her head was a bit dizzy, feeling even more uncomfortable now. The hot porridge in her stomach was quite comforting.

Xue Zhiyuan noticed Tang Yue had no intention to change it, so he could only drink the white porridge. He was used to eating well, so this bland porridge was unappealing to him.

Having no choice, Xue Zhiyuan ate a few mouthfuls and then stopped.

When Mrs. Xue came over, Xue Zhiyuan was staring at the bowl of porridge, unwilling to drink it. Seeing the thermal flask Mrs. Xue brought, he immediately said, "Mom, why are you so late? This white porridge is no good. What did you bring?"

"Why are you drinking white porridge?" Mrs. Xue frowned, handed over the thermal flask, and dumped the white porridge into the trash can, saying, "I asked someone to make preserved egg and lean meat congee for you, your favorite flavor."

"Mom, you’re the best."

Xue Zhiyuan smelled the aroma of preserved egg and lean meat congee, which was ten times better than white porridge, and he ate joyfully.

"Mom, I have work at the company today." Tang Yue barely started speaking before Mrs. Xue unhappily interrupted, "Zhiyuan is sick, and you still want to go to the company?"

"Didn’t I say I would have someone bring the porridge? Why did you go out to buy white porridge, it’s not nutritious and it’s dirty." Mrs. Xue complained.

Tang Yue lowered her eyes and simply stopped talking. Taking care of Xue Zhiyuan in the hospital was no easy task; he wanted apples one moment, wanted to play games another moment, then wanted to play cards, and then wanted to eat pomelo. Tang Yue was busy running around, her head felt even dizzier.

In the afternoon, the doctor said Xue Zhiyuan had some inflammation caused by a high fever, which would be fine after a few days’ rest.

Tang Yue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Zhiyuan, I’m going home for a while. If you want to eat anything or need anything, just call the nurse."

"Tang Yue, why are you going home?" Xue Zhiyuan shouted after Tang Yue’s back, but Tang Yue’s headache was severe, so she couldn’t care less about Xue Zhiyuan. After the fever subsided, the drip was put in the morning, and there was nothing to do in the afternoon.

Tang Yue went home, soaked in a bath, took cold medicine, and lay down in her room.

The phone kept ringing, but Tang Yue slept too deeply to hear it.

"Is Sister Xuan not home?" Lian Qingzhi and Lian Qingling exchanged glances and said, "But we were just at the hospital and didn’t see Sister Xuan."

"Could she have gone to the company?"

Lian Qingling asked again.

Lian Qingzhi felt it was possible too. Having heard today that Xue Zhiyuan went to the hospital, they worried Tang Yue might be implicated, so after taking Tang Yue back to Jing City and finishing their courses, they specifically detoured to the ward.

In the ward, besides Xue Zhiyuan playing a game console, they didn’t see anyone else.

The sisters went to the company but didn’t see anyone, guessing Tang Yue might not have heard the phone ring at Xue’s house and was probably making food for Xue Zhiyuan.

The sisters decided to visit Xue’s house together.

At Xue’s house.

Mr. Xue had gone out for something, and Mrs. Xue had arranged to play mahjong with her sisters. Tang Yue was resting upstairs, the maid was cooking, preparing food to send to the hospital in the evening, and also cooking dinner for Mr. Xue and Mrs. Xue in the evening. The maid was so busy in the kitchen that she didn’t hear the phone ringing at all.

In the evening.

Mrs. Xue returned early today because Mrs. Zhao, playing mahjong, had something come up and dispersed early.

Mrs. Xue thought of going to the hospital later, and upon entering, she went straight to the kitchen.

Seeing the maid preparing food, Mrs. Xue drank some soup to pad her stomach.

"Xiao Yu, you’re back." Mrs. Xue looked at the siblings who’d just returned home, thinking Tang Yue was still reliable for giving her a grandson, although regrettably, her grandson wasn’t close to her.

"Grandma, is dad feeling better?" Xue Yu asked with concern.

Xue Xianxian also stepped forward and said, "Grandma, is dad okay?"

"He’s fine, your dad is hospitalized. Hurry and have dinner, grandma will take you to see dad later." Mrs. Xue quickly drank the sweet soup and had the maid serve a bowl to the two children.

Mrs. Xue urged the maid to hurry and finish dinner, planning to head to the hospital early. The maid was very busy, and Mrs. Xue went upstairs to change her clothes. Just as she went upstairs, she saw Tang Yue’s handbag hanging next to her.

She wasn’t supposed to be in the hospital, could she have come back?

Mrs. Xue walked to Xue Zhiyuan and Tang Yue’s room, opened the door, and the room was dim, but the figure bulging on the bed was clearly someone.

Mrs. Xue turned on the light and saw Tang Yue sleeping soundly on the bed.

"Tang Yue!"

Mrs. Xue gritted her teeth as she said, "Weren’t you supposed to be taking care of Zhiyuan in the hospital? Why did you come home?"

"Mom, I wasn’t feeling well, so I came home to sleep for a while. What’s wrong?" Tang Yue drowsily opened her eyes, and having taken cold medicine, she felt particularly sleepy and lacked energy.

"What’s wrong? Zhiyuan is alone in the hospital, and you have the nerve to sleep soundly."

Mrs. Xue felt uncomfortable seeing Tang Yue sleeping so sweetly.

Some people might be natural adversaries.

Tang Yue’s family had a good background, and the Xue family was equally matched; in fact, Lian Family was developing better than Xue Family nowadays. But, due to Zhiyuan’s affairs with women outside, the Lian Family kept finding trouble for Zhiyuan. Zhiyuan didn’t know how many beatings he’d taken from his big brothers-in-law.

Initially, Mrs. Xue felt uneasy, but with her son having an affair, she had no ground to complain and just endured it. However, the continuous troubles from the Lian Family over this matter made Mrs. Xue uncomfortable.

Her son was just like that. If Tang Yue had some backbone, she would divorce Zhiyuan!