Chapter 718: Warm Home (4)_1
Huan Qiu and Female Doctor Dou bowed their bodies from afar to Cai Wei, as Lady Du was so emotionally stirred up at the moment, it didn’t seem right to approach her to pay their respects. So they simply bowed and then rose, standing quietly aside.
Lady Du cried for a while, and once she had cried enough, she took her daughter’s hand, leading her into the room while examining her with red eyes. "Look at you," she said, "making people worry so much. You’ve only been gone a few days and you’ve lost so much weight, your chin is even pointier. You’re an adult, you should know how to take care of yourself when you’re away..."
Flattering her, Cai Wei said: "It’s not that I didn’t take care of myself, but that I missed you so much, Mother, without you, I couldn’t even think about eating or drinking tea, so I lost weight!"
"Pop!"
Lady Du laughed and affectionately poked her head, chiding, "You’re already grownup, still talking nonsense to your mother. Without me, you forgot to eat and drink. When you marry in the future and can’t see me for a year or half a year, won’t you starve to death?"
Cai Wei felt a bit awkward. She didn’t want to bring up the topic of getting married in front of Huo Yuan. Even without looking back, she could sense the hurt in his eyes, so she deliberately avoided this topic, took her mother’s arm, and cooed low, "Mother, let’s not talk about these things. You said I lost weight, right? Shouldn’t you cook something delicious to nourish me? I haven’t even had a meal since this morning..."
"What? You still haven’t eaten?"
Lady Du suddenly raised her voice as if it was a heinous crime for her daughter not to eat.
"You’re really making me worry too much. How can you still not eat breakfast at this time? Your stomach... well, I’ll go and order them to kill a chicken and make some chicken soup for you later..."