Chapter 186 - 182: Not Li Huai Ren
In the following days, Mr. Li visibly lost weight at an alarming rate, making Li Xianglu as anxious as ants on a hot pan. He stubbornly refused to eat, and any attempt to persuade him would only provoke his anger, causing the whole family to feel agitated.
It was March, and school was about to start in a few days, but Mr. Li showed no signs of improvement. Mr. Xun specially invited a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to visit. After checking his pulse, the diagnosis was liver qi stagnation and a lack of appetite. Qin Shouren also visited twice, using a stethoscope and a sphygmomanometer to check everything. Only his blood pressure was a bit low; everything else seemed fine.
This situation deeply worried everyone. What exactly had happened? Privately, Li Xianglu and Qin Xi speculated. The phrase "shouldn’t bear the Li surname but the Zhou surname" had crushed the old man. What on earth had happened?
However, they couldn’t get any answers out of him. The old man had been eating less for several days and had become increasingly lethargic, spending his days in a state of silent reminiscence.
Worried, Li Xianglu directly called Hong Kong. Coincidentally, Xu Xi was there, and he was stunned to hear about Mr. Li’s illness. After hearing the strange reason, he didn’t speak for a long while, only saying to wait while he contacted Miss Su.
Li Xianglu couldn’t wait any longer. Over the next two days, Mr. Li was bedridden, vomiting everything he ate, even his medicine, which scared Li Xianglu to tears several times.
It was the 8th, and school had already started. Qin Zhen left three days ago, and Qin Xi was sent off by Li Xianglu in the morning to pick up his books and register, while she stayed at home.
After cooking millet and red date porridge, she sat by the bed, looking at her grandpa whose cheeks had sunk in, tears dropping down as she spoke: "Grandpa, do you not want me anymore?"
Li Huai Ren, lost in his memories, was startled by his granddaughter’s words and gave a bitter smile: "How could that be? Grandpa will get better soon."
Li Xianglu sobbed, "They don’t want me anymore, they want to sell me for money, and now you don’t want me either."