It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future (WN)
chapter-1461-30041322

1461 It“s The Taste She Likes!

"To be honest, I really want to make you better…" Li Shiyu sighed. He and his elder brother hadn't reached the point where they were completely cold-blooded yet.

"I'm already grateful for giving me five more years to live." No matter whether this world was real or not, Ling Lan did indeed cherish this life very much from the very beginning. No, it should be said that Ling Lan had cherished this life from the beginning all the way to the end of it. As long as she could live, she would do anything to continue living. Even if she were to become a lab rat, she would still try her best to live.

"However, in the end, some of my failed treatment methods still caused irreversible damage to your body," Li Shiyu felt very guilty for his actions.

"But aren't I still alive?" Ling Lan knew very well what price had to be paid. In Ling Lan's mind, living was the most important and nothing else mattered.

"You have such a forward perspective about life and death…" Li Shiyu had a look of admiration in his eyes. In the beginning, he had indeed treated Ling Lan as a lab rat. However, as time passed, perhaps he had already thought of Ling Lan as his friend.

"However, in terms of your family, why can't you be the same." Li Shiyu sighed again. Everyone had their own weak spots. Ling Lan was great in everything, but cared about her family too much that until now she couldn't come out of that rut.

"…I thought I was already progressive enough with my family!" Ling Lan was speechless in her mind. She had already let go of her parents and younger brother from this life completely. Why did Li Shiyu have to say that last sentence? Didn't she already show that she didn't care?

"If you were like what you said, why haven't you asked where your parents are? Or what are they doing? Or why haven't they come to see you?" Li Shiyu expected better from her.

"…" Did she need to remember to ask about people she didn't care about? Ling Lan had an annoyed look on her face and she had no clue how to answer.

"You keep refusing to accept their messages. Aren't you just afraid to know whether they love you or not and whether they no longer want you or not? You always say you are the one who burdened your parents and younger brother. They can live a better life if they give up on you. Aren't those words just to save face and cover up the reality that you were abandoned?" Li Shiyu's eyes were sharp as ever. This time, he won't let Ling Lan escape this conversation again.

Ling Lan's eyes turned ice cold and met Li Shiyu's gaze, "Don't use your own assumptions to judge the thoughts of others. That's really laughable."

"Is that not true? Ling Lan, I admire your strength when faced with death, but your weakness when faced with family makes me look down on you. You really are a coward in this aspect!"

Bam! Upon hearing the claim, Ling Lan furiously smacked the cabinet beside the bed. After her weak slam, the muscles in her arm tore up, and soon her patient gown was soaked in blood.

Luo Chao and Han Xuya couldn't help gasp at the sight of a blood-soaked Ling Lan. However, seeing the two of them look at each other with killing intent, they actually didn't dare to get any closer.

Ling Lan closed her eyes and calmed the anger in her heart. Then, she opened her eyes and said coldly, "Alright, I'll give that chance. Where are my parents and younger brother? What are they doing? Why haven't they come and see me? Tell me!"

Li Shiyu didn't say anything else and only took out a cell phone from his pocket. He handed it to Ling Lan. "Everything is on there. The folder name is 'Ling Lan'. Take a look."

Ling Lan grabbed the phone and clicked on the folder icon. There was actually only one file folder in there, and it was hers.

She opened the folder to see many videos and pictures in it. Ling Lan randomly tapped one of the videos.

The video played and it showed her parents from her previous life. It was probably made a few years ago, judging by their countenance.

"Lanlan, today is your 22nd birthday. Unfortunately, we can't go to the hospital to celebrate your birthday with you. We can only make a video at home and wish you a happy birthday. Happy birthday!"

"Elder sister, happy birthday! Your little brother is cheering you on here. Get better soon and come home. We're all waiting for you." Her younger brother's head suddenly squeezed into the frame from outside of the screen. The way he smiled was somewhat dumb.

Afterwards, they said some other matters about her health and the video ended.

Ling Lan closed the video without any facial reactions and tapped on another video.

"Is everything prepared?" This time, the video wasn't self-filmed. They had a third person doing the filming. In the video, her mom and dad were squeezed in a small kitchen and were boiling something.

"Mom, dad, you always bring sister those foods. Won't sister get tired of them?" Her younger brother's voice echoed from outside of the frame of the video. It seemed that her younger brother was responsible for filming this video.

"It can't be helped if she gets tired of them. I already asked the doctor. She can only eat things with little to no taste. Other foods aren't good for her body. However, it's fine. I will focus on the timing and the taste will definitely be the one Lanlan likes." Her mom carefully opened a parchment paper and took out a few 50-year-old ginseng. Then, she carefully placed them on a balancing scale, afraid that the precious ingredient would break and lose all of its nutritious value. Looking at the weight of the ginseng on the scale, she shook her head and eagerly took another ginseng out and cut it in half. After that, she placed that cut piece on the scale as well. After discovering that it was the right amount, she put away the rest within the parchment paper and placed it back into a wooden cupboard.

She then gingerly cut off the roots of the ginseng with a pair of scissors before tossing them into the creamy white fish soup that had stewed for 12 hours.

"This recipe must be correct with no mistakes. The doctor said these foods are good for Lanlan, but we still must control the amount accurately." Her father was quite nervous standing on the side. "Otherwise, it would cause harm to Lanlan."

Her mother nodded, "I've confirmed it multiple times. After all, this deals with Lanlan's body. I won't be careless."

"I hope these foods can be useful for Lanlan's condition, so our trip to the mountains in the Dongbei province wouldn't be for naught." Her father looked at the fish soup and hope filled in his eyes. He hoped that the daughter he cared so much for could get better soon and return to him.

"They are definitely useful!" Her mother's expression was determined.

"The doctor said we don't need to chop it up. Swallowing it whole will have a better effect." Her younger brother was somewhat confused by his mother's discrete actions.

"Your sister knew how to take care of the household from when she was very young. If she knew that we spent a large amount of money on these ginseng, she would definitely get angry at us and not eat them. Getting angry isn't good for her body." Her mother didn't want anything to affect the results of her daughter's treatment even the slightest bit.

"Alright, when she gets better and comes back, I will show her these videos… let her know that although she had been in the hospital for years, we're still waiting for her to come home." Her younger brother suddenly turned the camera towards the small dining room in their home. The walls of the dining room were filled with picture frames, and in every single one of them, there was a different picture. There were single photos of her mother, father and younger brother, group photos of the three of them. There were also photos of their entire family from the hospital. But, on the walls, she had the most photos there. There were photos from when she was younger and all the way until now.

Ling Lan suddenly remembered that her parents would take a photo of her every time they came to see her before or after her birthday.

"Look, sis, you have the most things in the house. I'm already a bit jealous." Her younger brother suddenly got in front of the camera and made a weird-looking face to it.

"Bam!" A large hand immediately smacked her younger brother's head.

"Ouch!" Her younger brother yelped.

"Stop playing around. Turn off the camera. If we're late and make your sister wait, I'll skin you alive," her mom said loudly.

"Okay, okay…" As the voice trailed, the video also ended.

Ling Lan looked at the cell phone blankly. It turns out, her parents from her previous life knew that she had already gotten tired of the food they gave her. It was just that she couldn't eat anything else. They could only make it constantly for her day after day and year after year. However, every time, the taste wasn't bad. It was just as her mother had said, it was the taste that she liked.