Chapter 1049 - Chapter 1049 Chapter 1049
Chapter 1049: Chapter 1049 Chapter 1049: Chapter 1049 Fourth Brother really was fasting, refusing to take a mouthful of food or medicine.
His dark eyebrows furrowed together.
Qiufang cleared away the meal and took it to the kitchen.
Leaving a bowl of food out in autumn wouldn’t spoil it, and even though the family’s circumstances had improved, waste was still not acceptable, so he ate up all of Qinghe’s uneaten cold food.
He made new breakfast, setting aside a portion for his wife and keeping it warm on the stove with a slow fire before carrying another portion into Qinghe’s room.
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He had also warmed up the medicine and placed it on the table.
He didn’t leave immediately but took Qinghe’s pulse…
The situation was dire; Fourth Brother had no will to live, his wrist injury was severe, and without eating or drinking, he wouldn’t last more than a few days before he would…
Pain flickered through his pitch-black eyes as he solemnly changed the dressing on Qinghe’s wrist injury.
Looking at the damp traces on the pillow, Fourth Brother must have wept all last night.
“Wife…” murmured Xiao Qinghe in his deep sleep, “Wife…
Qingyue…”
Upon hearing his delirious murmurs, Xiao Yuchuan clenched his fists tightly, his facial expression turning exceedingly grim.
As he looked at Qinghe’s pale face, a fleeting impulse surged within him, to simply kill him!
Dead, he would no longer compete for his wife, dead, he would not cause everyone such heartache!
Xiao Yishan also rose early, worried about Xiao Qinghe.
His tall, robust figure entered the room, “How is Fourth Brother doing?”
“Still not eating or drinking,” Xiao Yuchuan held up the freshly cooked porridge, “Second Brother, pry open Fourth Brother’s mouth.
Force-feed him again!”
Xiao Yishan did as told.
The porridge funneled into Xiao Qinghe’s mouth spilled out of the corner of his mouth; even in his deep slumber, he was so devoid of the will to live that he refused to swallow voluntarily.
Unable to do anything, the two brothers feared that forcing more would choke him.
Xiao Yuchuan placed the bowl back on the table and pulled out white silk from his sleeve pocket, wiping away the porridge that spilled from Qinghe’s mouth.
Xiao Yishan looked at Qinghe’s deathly still face on the bed.
If one didn’t look closely, one might think there was a dead person lying there, and his heart couldn’t help but ache, “Third Brother, maybe you should let Yue’er come over…”
“Impossible!”
“But…” Xiao Yishan genuinely could not bear it, “Fourth Brother just slit his wrist the day before yesterday, and he only had a meal yesterday during the daytime.
His body is too weak; if this continues…
I’m afraid…”
Xiao Yuchuan’s brow furrowed deeply, “Second Brother, he is determined to fight me to the death.
It’s not that I’m being stubborn or that I don’t feel his pain.
His behavior…
If I yield to him this time, what’s to stop endless blackmail in the future?”
“Regardless, let’s get him better first,” Xiao Yishan said coldly, “I’ll go talk to Yue’er and have her come to feed Fourth Brother.”
“You’re not allowed to go!” Xiao Yuchuan grabbed his arm.