Chapter 23 The Last Gathering (03)

  But Chen Xiao Xian and his group drove out of the Swan South S in a car, returning to Green Town at exactly one o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as they arrived at the door, all the relatives gathered around.

  Chen Haonan got off the car and hurriedly greeted several aunts, uncles, and aunties. In addition, his father's uncle, aunt, and their children also came, Chen Haonan also asked them one by one. Not long after, his grandfather and grandmother also walked out of the house, he hastily went forward to greet his grandparents.

  At this moment, Chen Xiaolian was leaning on the door of the master chair, seeing his son coming back, he couldn't mention how happy he was in his heart, and a sweet smile appeared on his face. As soon as he got off the car with little "Wugong", Chen Xiao Xian saw his brother's happy smile at a glance. After Chen Haonan asked his grandparents for good and peace, he hurried to his nephew's ear and whispered: "Haonan, your dad is waiting for you..." With that, he pointed.

  He glanced at his uncle and hastily walked over to his father. In the twenty or so days they hadn't seen each other, he had never expected that his father would be even thinner than before, with a waxy yellow complexion, skin on his hands like old tree bark, and eyes deeply sunken. His heart suddenly filled with sorrow, Chen Haonan almost burst into tears, but he still managed to hold back, not letting a single tear fall. Squatting beside his father, he smiled and asked softly, "Dad, are you feeling better?"

  "It's much better..." Chen Xiao Lian forced a smile and said, his hand trembling as he stroked his son's head. At this time, everyone else gathered around, and Chen father busily instructed: "Everyone go eat, the food has gone cold..." After finishing speaking, he again signaled to Chen Hao Nan to go eat.

  All relatives and friends heard Chen Xiaolian say "much better" three words, none of them were not moved to sorrow, all standing still. The children saw the adults not speaking, with a sad expression, also stood aside without laughing...

  Chen Xiao Xian saw the situation, thought for a moment, and then hastily said: "Today our whole family is together, it's rare to gather together, we should be happy! Now everyone must be hungry, let's eat first!" As he spoke, he made gestures to disperse the crowd, while also making eye contact with others.

  Chen Xiaokang immediately understood the meaning of his second brother, and he smiled and replied: "Let's go eat, 'people are iron, food is steel, one meal can't be eaten, it's hungry!'... I'm almost starving!" As he spoke, he also gave everyone a wink.

  "Yes, yes... go eat, go eat! Talk after eating!" At this time, the whole family hurriedly echoed in unison and entered the main room to prepare for dinner.

  With concern, Chen Haonan looked at his father's pale face and felt a sharp pain in his heart. He was about to speak when Xiaojie and "Chongchong" came out of the house with two big bags of snacks. Walking up to them, Xiaojie smiled and said to Chen Haonan's father, "Uncle, I have lots of delicious food here, do you want some?" Chongchong also imitated Xiaojie and handed over the snacks.

  Chen Xiao Lian saw his little nephew and niece offering him food, and looking at the two little ones' innocent and lovely appearance, he smiled happily and reached out to take a packet of small biscuits from each of them. At this time, Chen Hao Nan noticed that his father was smiling very awkwardly and with great effort, so he quickly asked: "Dad, are you uncomfortable somewhere?" As he spoke, he gently rubbed his father's chest.

  "It's nothing," Chen Xiao Lian simply replied. Seeing Xiaojie and "Chongchong" still standing beside him, he smiled and said: "Haonan, look at your younger brother and sister being so good to you, as soon as they got home they asked where you were and said they brought a lot of things for their big brother to eat... You take them two to eat first, then take these little devils out for a spin later..."

  "Dad, are you really okay?" Chen Haonan was still worried.

  "It's all right, it's all right - you take them out for dinner!" This time, Chen Xiaolian's words were somewhat urgent, but he was still smiling slightly.

  Just as Chen Haonan was about to speak again, his father winked at him and signaled for him to stop talking. Coincidentally, at this moment, his mother came over with a small bowl of porridge, and Chen Haonan hastily called out "Mom——". Xiaojie and "Chongchong" also followed suit, shouting loudly. Chen's mother smiled repeatedly in response, she gently placed the bowl on the windowsill, then pulled Xiaojie and "Chongchong" together, smiling as she said: "Xiaojie, 'Chongchong', I'll have your brother Haonan take you to eat..."

  Chen Haonan was shocked when he saw his mother, and didn't think that in such a short time, she had become so thin: her cheekbones were prominent, her eyes sunken, and her originally beautiful face was completely pale. He felt a pang of heartache, but before he could speak, his mother smiled again and said: "Haonan, take these two little ones away, your father is here with me!" Unbeknownst to him, Chen Jiayi had also come over, and upon seeing her, Chen's mother added another sentence: "Jiayi, you go eat too..."

  Chen Haonan didn't know what else to say, he glanced at his father and softly said "I'll go first", then pulled his sister to prepare to go back into the house. Unexpectedly, Chen Jiayi struggled a bit. He didn't wait for his sister's hand to let go, turned around and gave her a heavy glance, then grabbed her hand again and pulled her along. Xiao Jie and "Chong Chong" also followed closely into the house...