Husband, Let Your Husband Treat Your Illness - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

After filling their stomachs, Ye Mo—who felt like he hadn’t slept enough in his previous life continued to doze off on the bed. Only Dongfang Jin remained busy in the kitchen. Looking at the oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar on the counter, he could tell at a glance they were freshly bought when Fu Yu visited. The fridge only held a few stalks of vegetables; what Fu Yu had bought was already finished. It was time to restock. Dongfang Jin took off his apron and walked into Ye Mo’s room, intending to tell him he was heading out.

Seeing Ye Mo fast asleep, Dongfang Jin felt a bit reluctant to wake him. He gently patted Ye Mo’s body. “Mo, Mo! Wake up!”

“Dongfang Jin! I’m warning you, don’t mess with me while I’m sleeping, or I’ll kill you.” The threat Ye Mo uttered with his eyes closed had no deterrent power at all.

“I’m going out to buy food for tomorrow. If we just eat without restocking, even a landlord’s house won’t have surplus grain left.”

“Scram!” Ye Mo instinctively shouted “scram,” but reacted a moment later, saying, “Who are you calling a landlord!” Dongfang Jin slipped out of the room like a puff of smoke.

Dongfang Jin got into his car and turned on the navigation to the nearest large supermarket. Just as he got out of the car, he ran into his two younger brothers, Dongfang Mingliang and Dongfang Zhi. “Big Brother? What are you doing here?” the two brothers asked in unison.

“I should be asking you that. Why aren’t you in school attending classes at this hour? What are you doing here?” Dongfang Jin turned the tables and asked.

“Students are human too, okay? We need rest!”

“Exactly. Don’t tell me you never skipped class during your student days, Big Brother? I don’t believe it.”

The two brothers chimed in one after another, completely unaware that a trace of dissatisfaction had appeared on their elder brother’s face. “Big Brother, what did you come here for?” “I heard from Fifth Sister that you weren’t at the Ye family hospital taking care of Sister-in-law? How do you have time to browse the supermarket?” “Sister-in-law? Old Ninth, why didn’t you tell me!”

The two of them chattered away, making Dongfang Jin’s head throb.

Looking at his two younger brothers, Dongfang Jin felt a real headache. He dialed a number. “Hello, Teacher Zhao? It’s me, Xiao Jin.” Hearing the name “Teacher Zhao,” Dongfang Mingliang and Dongfang Zhi shuddered. “Teacher, hope you’re in good health lately. I just saw two students from your college skipping class. Are the students in our college really performing this poorly now?”

“Big Brother, I was wrong, hang up quickly!” “Exactly! If the family finds out we skipped class, we’ll be banished to Tibet!”

Dongfang Jin covered the mouthpiece and said, “Do you know your mistake?” The two brothers nearly knelt before Dongfang Jin, truly repenting. “Teacher Zhao, I’m so sorry, I must have missed something. Hahaha, I was saying, how could students from our college be like that? Hahaha, please continue with your work. Goodbye. Come over for dinner in a few days; my grandfather wants to see you.” As he spoke, he hung up the phone.

“Big Brother, you!”

“What? Any objections? I can also call other teachers at your university.”

“Big Brother, we were wrong! We’ll leave first, you take your time shopping.” Regarding this elder brother who lacked “brotherly love,” all the Dongfang children knew better than to provoke him. They could only run away first while silently cursing in their hearts.

After Dongfang Jin saw the two boys walk away, he entered the supermarket. He selected only the freshest and best ingredients. Just as he was about to pick a fresh eggplant, another hand placed itself on the same eggplant. “Sorry, you take this one,” Dongfang Jin said, withdrawing his hand. He looked up to see a familiar face staring at him. “It’s you?” The person who grabbed the eggplant with Dongfang Jin was a tall woman, elegant without losing her flair. She was wearing Chanel Haute Couture and always carried the scent of Dior perfume, standing out even in this noisy market.

“Dongfang Jin, after all these years, you’re still the same,” the woman said.

“Miaomiao, when did you come back?” Dongfang Jin asked.

“I came back not long ago to take over my father’s clinic. And you? How is it that the world-renowned great doctor is buying groceries in a supermarket?”

“Hahaha, there’s an injured person at home, so I had to come out to buy things.” Dongfang Jin had a smile on his face as he spoke.

“You have a partner? Congratulations.” Hearing this, although her face remained cold, the woman still offered her congratulations.

“Miaomiao, I’m sorry. I know I hurt you back then. I hope you don’t blame me.”

Hearing such words from this big man, the woman’s heart softened. In fact, she hadn’t intended to blame him from the start; it was merely the pain of not being able to obtain the one she loved. “No, we can still be friends in the future. You take your time shopping; I’ll be leaving first.” Miaomiao left in a hurry, wanting to prevent Dongfang Jin from seeing the tears falling from the corners of her eyes.

By the time Dongfang Jin left the supermarket, it was already 8 or 9 o’clock in the evening. He hurried home, wondering what Ye Mo was doing. Sitting in the car, Dongfang Jin thought a lot. Ever since he first met Ye Mo, his eyes seemed to have never left him. He didn’t know if Ye Mo possessed a powerful magnetic pull, but Dongfang Jin had inexplicably been drawn into this vortex. A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth again.

Finally home, Dongfang Jin quickly organized all the purchased items and walked into Ye Mo’s room. Seeing that Ye Mo was still lying obediently in bed, he felt relieved. He opened his phone and dialed a number. “Mom, it’s Xiao Jin. I’ll have to trouble you to stew a pot of bone soup for me tomorrow.” On the other end, Dongfang Jin’s mother was very puzzled, not knowing why her child suddenly wanted to drink bone soup. “You don’t need to ask why; I’ll go over to pick it up tomorrow.” After saying that, he quickly hung up the phone to go look after Ye Mo, leaving Chi Yuan on the other end of the line completely bewildered.

Watching Ye Mo fast asleep, Dongfang Jin climbed onto the bed himself. Looking at Ye Mo’s well-defined facial features and the faintly visible collarbones peeking out from under the quilt, Dongfang Jin unconsciously stared blankly. “If you don’t move your eyes away, I’ll kill you.” Ye Mo was a light sleeper, so he knew the moment Dongfang Jin entered. He was only squinting his eyes, and being stared at by Dongfang Jin like that was truly uncomfortable.

“You’re awake? Mo, you’re so good-looking that I momentarily forgot you were still sleeping.”

“What time is it?” Ye Mo didn’t make a fuss about it, which was unlike him, as usually, he would bicker over every little thing.

“Nine o’clock. You really can sleep.”

“What’s wrong? Are you looking down on me?” Ye Mo said, thinking this was a good excuse to reject him you brought it up yourself. “If you look down on me, then leave!”

Unexpectedly, Dongfang Jin pulled Ye Mo into an embrace and said, “Now that I’ve set my sights on you, I will absolutely never let go. Ye Mo, don’t even think about escaping in this lifetime.”

For some reason, being held by Dongfang Jin’s strong arms, a wave of warmth continuously flowed into Ye Mo’s heart. In over twenty years, except for his family and the very few people he called friends, such warmth was rare. At this moment, Ye Mo actually cried.

“Mo, what’s wrong? Why are you crying? Am I holding you too tight? Where did I hurt you?”

“No, I just remembered some things from the past. You are very good.”

Hearing the words “you are very good,” Dongfang Jin was extremely happy and couldn’t help but laugh. “Mo!” Another bear hug. “Let go of me, I can’t breathe.”

Dongfang Jin released him. “Okay, we must be good and stay together forever, okay?”

“Mm.”

Just as the two were sharing this tender moment, Ye Mo’s bedroom door actually opened. “Mo! Are you there? Come out now, you little brat.”

Dongfang Jin walked out to take a look; it was a man he didn’t recognize. He said, “Who are you?”

“I should be asking you that! Who are you, and what are you doing in my brother’s house?”

“Brother? Mo!” Hearing these words, Dongfang Jin had no choice but to go back into the room to confirm with Ye Mo. “Mo, a man came outside saying he’s your brother.” As soon as Ye Mo looked up, he saw the man appearing at the doorway. Ye Mo shouted, “Big Brother?”

“Yo, Mo, is your body feeling better? Fourth Aunt asked me to come check on you, saying no one has reported back to her that you’re safe.”

“No one reported back?” Hearing this, Ye Mo turned his gaze toward Dongfang Jin, filled with murderous intent. “Dongfang Jin! Did you not call my mom yesterday?” Ye Mo said to Dongfang Jin.

“As soon as I arrived yesterday, I started taking care of you, so I forgot to call our mom. I’m truly sorry for making our mom worry,” Dongfang Jin said.

“What ‘our mom,’ she’s my mom! The two of us are only trying to date right now; for now, she is only my mom!”

“Sooner or later, she will be my mom, Mo!” After saying that, in front of Ye Xi, Dongfang Jin gave Ye Mo a light kiss.

Ye Xi doubted his own eyes. This man actually kissed this “little ancestor” directly, and their behavior was not at all how Ye Mo and his ordinary friends should act. Furthermore, they were discussing the concept of “our mom” and “my mom.” Ye Xi understood instantly, but he still found it hard to believe.

“Ye Mo, can you explain this?”

The two had forgotten Ye Xi was there, so the atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and they didn’t know what to say. “Big Brother, I think you all will definitely think I’ve gone mad, but I am very clear-headed right now. I am going to try being together with the man beside me, Dongfang Jin.”

“Ye Mo! I hope you are serious about what you’re saying! This is no joke!”

“Big Brother, didn’t Grandfather also hope I’d find a good place to belong? Now that I’ve found someone to try with, isn’t that good?”

“I can’t make the decision on this matter. You should go home and tell the elders yourself when you have the time.”

“I don’t intend to say anything yet, and I also ask Big Brother not to tell the family.”

“Then what do you want to do? Stall me? You’re not a child anymore.”

“Big Brother, that’s not what I mean. It’s just that he and I are only planning to try it out. If we are still together after three months, then I will tell them.”

“Fine, fine! Do whatever you want! Since you’re okay, I’ll be heading back first.”

With that, Ye Xi walked out. Only Ye Mo and Dongfang Jin were left sitting on the bed.

“Why didn’t you speak just now? Weren’t you quite the talker with me?” Ye Mo said.

“This is your ‘maternal family’ side. If I spoke up, wouldn’t the first impression be bad?”

“What ‘maternal family’!”

“Mo, I’m so happy you would actually say those kinds of words.”

“I never go back on what I’ve said.”

“Mo, thank you.”

“Less nonsense. I’m hungry, go cook for me.”

Dongfang Jin scurried off to do it. Looking at this big man’s appearance, Ye Mo found him both cute and laughable.