Chapter 170: 170 Is there really a cherry as big as a plum?_1 Chapter 170: 170 Is there really a cherry as big as a plum?_1 Mom, mom!

Where are the two cell phones?

Was this person really so rich?

What a huge mistake!

The more he thought about it, the worse he felt. If he had just been a little nicer at the time, couldn’t he have sold those two phones?

That was a commission of several dozen yuan!

A huge loss!

He frowned, his face full of unwillingness, but what could he do? Whom could he blame?

It was his own fault.

Having purchased the phones, Gu Chen took Tiantian and headed to the hospital.

It was now a little after three in the afternoon. Ji Pianran clutched the silk in her hand, looking incredibly focused.

Just a few more stitches and it would be finished.

Finally, she had completed the great task.

Once she was discharged from the hospital, she planned to take the embroidery to show to the boss.

Her extreme focus meant that even as Gu Chen and Tiantian walked in with laughter and chatter, she didn’t hear them at all.

Seeing Ji Pianran actually sitting on the hospital bed doing embroidery,

Gu Chen’s face instantly darkened, and he approached, snatching the embroidery from her hands.

Ji Pianran was startled when someone pulled the object from her hands.

She instinctively looked up at Gu Chen’s face.

Exhaustion from the past few days meant his complexion wasn’t great.

His stern expression made him seem quite severe.

For the first time, Ji Pianran felt a sense of fear.

She blinked her moist eyes and started to speak with a hint of guilt.

“What are you doing?”

“You’ve just had surgery this morning. Do you know what you should be doing?”

Gu Chen was indeed a little angry.

She didn’t take good care of her body at all!

Ji Pianran nodded slightly, her lips trembling, her voice soft and pleasant but tinged with a hint of guilt.

“It doesn’t hurt anymore. I was just bored and used it to pass the time.”

After saying this, Ji Pianran sniffed, her beautiful eyes drooping, making her appear both innocent and pitiable.

Gu Chen softened as he looked at her, the anger in his heart instantly vanishing.

After all, it was out of concern that he had gotten angry.

He rubbed his forehead and looked at Ji Pianran with resignation.

“Wife, listen to me. Our family’s situation isn’t great, but we can still provide for you and Tiantian. I work hard to earn money so that you don’t have to worry about it.”

“If this is your hobby, I’m not against it, but if you’re working so hard just to make money, then I won’t support it.”

Isn’t that why he worked so hard, to make her life easier?

If she was still worried about money, what was the point of his efforts?

He really did feel sorry for her.

As Gu Chen spoke, his face was extremely serious, and though his tone was mild, his attitude was very earnest.

His firmness caused Ji Pianran to feel overwhelmed, yet her heart couldn’t help but feel warm.

He was worrying about her.

Ji Pianran smiled, “I’m really just bored, don’t worry.”

She didn’t want Gu Chen to worry about her anymore. She wasn’t a child; she knew her limits.

If she really felt uncomfortable, she wouldn’t do embroidery.

Seeing daddy scolding mommy, Tiantian pouted, placing her hands on her waist and huffed loudly.

“Mommy is sick, daddy shouldn’t scold her!”

She liked daddy, but she also liked mommy, and she didn’t like daddy scolding mommy.

The little one’s fiercely cute expression immediately made everyone in the hospital room laugh.

Ma Xiaolan, covering her mouth, laughed, “Oh my, this child is just too adorable, she’s even looking out for her mommy.”

The old aunt added, “That’s right, look at those big eyes, so beautiful, like a New Year’s painting doll.”

The little girl in the bed across couldn’t help but wave to Tangtang, “Come over here, sis. Sister has cherries.”

The cherries were brought by her parents when they came to visit her in the morning.

They looked very fresh, and indeed, they tasted quite good when she had some just now. If it weren’t for Tangtang’s cuteness that made her so endearing, she really wouldn’t care to share with just anyone.

After all, one doesn’t need to ask to know that such things wouldn’t come cheap this season.

Hearing about cherries, Gu Chen put down the cherries he was carrying beside Ji Pianran’s bed.

“What a coincidence, I have some too, quite a lot. I’ll go wash them and let everyone have a taste,” he said.

After speaking, he took the bag and headed into the washroom across the ward.

Hearing that Gu Chen had also bought cherries, Ma Xiaolan looked dejected.

Why didn’t she have anyone who cared about her, whereas everyone else did? Her husband was like a dead man, uttering not a word of news. He couldn’t even check in on her, even though she was still hospitalized!

Truly heartless.

A few minutes later, Gu Chen came in with the washed cherries, and proceeded to place a handful beside everyone’s bed.

A handful wasn’t much, just two or three at most.

It wasn’t that Gu Chen was stingy; it was that his cherries were really big.

Cherries as big as plums. No matter how large one’s hand was, it was impossible to hold many.

When he put some by the little girl’s bed, she hurriedly refused, “Brother, don’t give me any, I can’t finish them. My mom brought me quite a few.”

After saying that, she pointed at the transparent plastic bag at the head of her bed—it was packed full with at least two or three pounds of fruit, looking plentiful indeed.

After all, her family was in the fruit business, and she was an only child.

Her parents showered her with so much love.

Even though she wasn’t financially independent, she certainly never lacked for expensive fruit.

Gu Chen smiled, “The variety is different, just try it.”

After saying that, he scooped a few of his cherries onto her bed head and then turned back to Ji Pianran’s bedside.

The moment the little girl saw the cherries mentioned by Gu Chen,

she was completely astonished.

These are cherries?

Unbelieving, she picked one up and looked at Gu Chen with astonishment, “Are you sure these aren’t plums?”

They were quite big, after all.

The red-black fruit looked exactly like plums.

“Yeah, you must have grabbed the wrong ones; there’s no way cherries can be this big,” Ma Xiaolan said with curiosity.

All her life, she had never seen cherries of such size.

After speaking, she leaned in to take a sniff.

Well, the fruit truly smelled amazing, the sweet and sour fragrance stimulating the appetite.

The old aunt meant to ask as well but seeing everyone else asking, she opted not to bother and sat up straight, waiting to hear the verdict.

She decided not to interfere with the youngsters’ conversation.

Gu Chen, with his hands in his jean pockets and a casual demeanor, smiled at everyone.

“This is a new variety that I’m planning to buy. There’s no mistake, whether it’s a cherry or not, you’ll know once you take a bite,” he said.

He grew and picked them himself; how could there be a mistake?

The girl looked at him skeptically.

Without hesitation, she stuffed the fruit into her mouth, never having seen such large cherries before!

As she took a bite,

the delicious juice exploded in her mouth, a taste of sweet and sour freshness that was indescribably refreshing.

The fruity aroma was rich.

Even after swallowing the flesh, that fragrance lingered between her lips and teeth.

The flavor was simply too wonderful for words, leaving one craving for a second bite after the first.

Compared to this, her own family’s fruit instantly paled in comparison.

Totally defeated!

“This is way too delicious!” she exclaimed with wide eyes.

Hearing her exclaim, Ma Xiaolan eagerly asked, “How is it, is it really a plum or not?”