Chapter 163: One hundred and sixty-three Finally waiting for the surgery_1 Chapter 163: One hundred and sixty-three Finally waiting for the surgery_1 This made her feel somewhat ashamed.

She had just been tearfully crying, and now she was eating with great relish. That didn’t seem quite right, did it?

But she couldn’t help it.

The meal was really delicious, that special aroma going straight to her nose, making her feel unsettled until she took a bite.

Ma Xiaolan swallowed her saliva, furrowed her brows, and looked puzzled.

It was just a bowl of porridge, so how could it be so fragrant?

It was really strange. If it had been some other delicious food, she could have understood.

But porridge being this fragrant, what on earth good stuff had been added to it?

Seeing her hesitant expression, Ji Pianran smiled and then shyly looked over at Gu Chen.

“I’m still on an IV drip, could you help her with the bowl instead?”

Upon hearing about taking the bowl.

Ma Xiaolan didn’t refuse this time, promptly sniffled, and handed her bowl from the bedside cabinet to Gu Chen.

Her expression was a bit embarrassed.

“Then I’ll trouble you, I won’t eat much, just a few bites will do.”

To hell with that bastard, he must have gone out to eat. If he can have his fill, why should she go hungry?

She silently comforted herself, trying to tell herself it was okay, it wasn’t because she was greedy, she just didn’t want that bastard to benefit.

Gu Chen took the bowl and served her some from the lunchbox he brought, and then courteously handed it to Ma Xiaolan.

Luckily, he had made extra, otherwise he really would’ve hesitated.

“My wife is right, ‘Man is iron, food is steel’, you only have energy to think of other things once you’ve eaten,” he said politely.

Then he generously offered a crab to Ma Xiaolan.

It wasn’t that Gu Chen was particularly warm-hearted, it was just that his wife had spoken.

He was doing this entirely for his wife’s face.

You can’t let others say their family is stingy, as if offering someone a meal and just giving a bowl of porridge.

Ma Xiaolan looked at the crab Gu Chen handed her, surprised as she took it.

Honestly, she really hadn’t expected, she hadn’t expected Gu Chen to be so generous to her, even giving her a crab.

Thinking of how she had just asked her husband to help Ji Pianran get some food made her feel somewhat ashamed.

Not having got the meal, yet here she was eating the food brought by someone else’s husband.

She wasn’t thick-skinned, and now she was getting increasingly annoyed.

At the same time, she couldn’t help but feel more envious of Ji Pianran.

What kind of fate was this? Not only did she look good, but her husband was also so caring. Did she save the galaxy in her last life?

She smiled at Ji Pianran.

“You’re really lucky, not like me. They say a woman’s first life is given by her parents, and the second by her marriage. Encountering such an understanding and caring husband, you must cherish him.”

Those words were heartfelt; Ma Xiaolan really felt that way.

If her own husband were even half as good as Gu Chen, she would give her life to him.

Too bad, she really shouldn’t think about it; the more she thought, the more depressed she got!

It’s always the same, ‘Others’ husbands are always better.’

Gu Chen didn’t dare agree with that sentiment, and he chuckled.

“I think marriage is about mutual cherish and support. It has little to do with fate. If we really must tie it to fate, it’s not that my wife is lucky, but that she’s good to me, meeting such a wonderful wife is my fortune,” he said.

Ji Pianran had silently devoted three years to this family, working hard and enduring ridicule for three years.

Even at the last moment, she didn’t want to be a burden to him or to Candy.

Like a weed, she was resilient and strong.

With such a wife, how could he have any reason to treat her badly?

Upon hearing Gu Chen’s words, Ma Xiaolan, lying on the opposite hospital bed, her murky eyes brightened, and she couldn’t help but count with her thumb.

“To have that awareness is good!”

When it came to marriage, she really had argued for half a lifetime, made a fuss for half a lifetime, and even fought for half a lifetime.

It wasn’t until now, when the earth was nearly up to her neck, that she came to realize the principle that Gu Chen, young as he was, seemed to have already understood.

This kid had potential.

“You’re absolutely right, half of marriage is love and the other half is management. You can’t always expect the other to keep giving, while you only take. Over time, anyone would grow tired, after all, it’s for a lifetime.”

“Only with mutual cherish, mutual care, and mutual support can one go further and last a lifetime!”

This was the auntie’s heartfelt talk, she said this precisely to advise Ma Xiaolan.

Not to be too impulsive, to think of divorce at every turn.

Actually, the word ‘divorce’ is very hurtful, a single mention of divorce is like denying everything about the other person, and what’s also denied is their beautiful past, it’s too cold-blooded and too heartless.

Ma Xiaolan also knew the auntie was right, but she was just so angry.

The truth is real, but so is the grievance.

Not knowing what to say, she bowed her head and silently took a sip of porridge from her bowl.

Who knew that with this one sip, her entire face changed in an instant.

“Delicious, it’s so delicious!”

This porridge smelled good and tasted even better.

The rice was fine, soft, and sticky, with a lingering freshness.

This was a flavor she had never experienced before.

Conditions at home were also not bad, although her husband wasn’t a millionaire, they were at least modestly wealthy.

Exotic delicacies, lobsters, abalone, she had some during the holidays.

But compared to this bowl of plain porridge, those things she once thought were the tastiest now paled in comparison, they were simply bland.

Hearing Ma Xiaolan compliment Gu Chen’s cooking skills, Ji Pianran’s always gentle face momentarily exhibited a fleeting and faint pride.

Her Gu Chen was really impressive. Gu Chen’s cooking was truly delicious!

No arguments accepted!

“He’s always been good at cooking,” Ji Pianran said with a smile.

Hearing his wife praise him, Gu Chen was also happy, “As long as you’d like to eat, I’ll cook for you for a lifetime!”

He meant it sincerely.

Seeing the two flaunting their love again, the old aunt couldn’t help but smile.

“Enough, we get it, you’re great, the best in the whole world. If you go on, the girl next to you is going to break up!”

Ma Xiaolan was already envious enough to consider divorce, they really should stop!

The girl in the adjacent bed, upon hearing she was being talked about, blushed instantly.

She looked excitedly at the old aunt.

“Ah, auntie, don’t talk nonsense, I don’t even have a boyfriend yet, what’s there to break up!”

After finishing her sentence, she glanced again at Ji Pianran and her husband.

How wonderful it would be if her boyfriend in the future could be as kind to her as this older brother was to the older sister.

She would be incredibly happy, probably waking up laughing from a dream.

But she didn’t know if she would be as lucky as the older sister.

It was already dark outside, and the five people in the hospital room chatted away merrily, one after the other.

…

The next morning at eight o’clock, Ji Pianran was promptly wheeled into the operating room.

Gu Chen sat on the cold bench outside, his heart more anxious than it had ever been before.