Hearing the words "sago rice dumplings," Gu Qingcheng looked up!
"Sago rice dumplings … I've never heard of anyone cooking sago and rice dumplings together before." Lin Nuan smiled gently at Yun Liuli.
Yun Liuli nodded. "I've never eaten it before either, but I just feel like eating this thing!"
Sago rice dumplings were the dessert Yun Liuli had once made for Gu Qingcheng.
Gu Qingcheng didn't like sweets, and Yun Liuli only found out after spending some time with him. She felt that coconut milk sago was delicious, so she changed the sago into small balls made from glutinous rice powder. After mixing it with coconut milk, it wasn't as sweet, so Yun Liuli named it "sago rice dumplings."
It was just that this was something that happened when Yun Liuli was 16 years old, yet she still remembered it.
"Okay, I'll get my family to prepare it and send it to you after I get the water!"
Lin Nuan came out of the ward and stood next to the water heater with the thermos flask. She couldn't explain why she felt that something was wrong.
Was it because Yun Liuli was considered close to her in the past? Bai Jinyu said that Yun Liuli had lost her memories after she was seven years old, but from the moment Lin Nuan appeared until now, Yun Liuli didn't seem to have asked who Lin Nuan was, why she suddenly appeared here, or if she was a friend of her parents.
Lin Nuan turned off the water heater and stuffed the cork back, then walked back with the thermos flask. In order to take down Gu Qingcheng, that sly girl even drugged him with sleeping pills. Would she …
Before Lin Nuan could think deeper, she was already at the door of the ward.
She pushed the door open, and before Lin Nuan entered, she heard the young lady's soft and sobbing voice. She sounded delicate and nasal. "Uncle Qingcheng, it hurts so much. I miss Papa!"
"Papa is working. He'll be back to accompany you after some time, okay?" Gu Qingcheng patiently coaxed the young lady in a soft voice.
This was the first time Lin Nuan heard Gu Qingcheng's gentle and warm voice.
The young lady nodded obediently, tears still lingering on her eyelashes. She asked childishly, "Then when will Papa be done with work?"
"When Xiao Liuli fully recovers, Daddy will be able to finish his work and come back to accompany you!" Gu Qingcheng consoled Yun Liuli.
Perhaps ever since Gu Qingcheng found out about Yun Liuli's feelings for him, he couldn't face Yun Liuli properly. He was afraid that even the slightest bit of gentleness would cause Yun Liuli to sink deeper into him, afraid of giving this child false hope. Therefore, Gu Qingcheng had always hardened his heart and pretended to be cold in front of Yun Liuli!
Now, after Yun Liuli suddenly lost her memories, her mental state remained at that of a seven-year-old. Gu Qingcheng could instead treat Yun Liuli purely as a child. Whether it was out of sympathy, fondness, or even love, he could give his most gentle side to Yun Liuli without any burden.
To love her without a care.
At this moment, Gu Qingcheng didn't notice that his tone was actually as gentle as water.
When Lin Nuan entered, she saw Gu Qingcheng stroking Yun Liuli's black hair that reached her neck, a gentle and warm smile in his eyes.
Lin Nuan had never seen Gu Qingcheng smile like this before. It was as if the stern and sharp aura around him had been covered with a faint layer of warmth.
Under the golden rays of the morning sun, which weren't too glaring, the man with cold and deep facial features looked incredibly gentle, and the young lady with tiny teardrops on her eyelashes looked so beautiful and moving. Even Lin Nuan felt that they were a good match.
Lin Nuan had originally planned to stay behind to accompany Yun Liuli before the recording of the show. She was afraid that the young lady would be bored staying alone in the hospital. However, seeing the interaction between Gu Qingcheng and Yun Liuli, Lin Nuan felt that it was better for her not to stay there and be a third wheel.
She placed the thermos bottle on the bedside table and said to Yun Liuli, "Then I'll get going first. I'll get someone to make the sago glutinous rice balls you want and send them over to you!"
"It's fine, there's no need to trouble yourself. I'm afraid that no one else will be able to make the sago glutinous rice balls that Liuli wants to eat. I'll get someone to prepare them. Thanks for the trouble!" Gu Qingcheng thanked Lin Nuan.
He knew that when Yun Liuli was studying in Haicheng, Lin Nuan had taken good care of her. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she treated Yun Liuli like her biological younger sister. He was very grateful towards Lin Nuan.
Gu Qingcheng sent Lin Nuan to the door of the ward. Lin Nuan turned around and looked at Gu Qingcheng. "I know that you left Liuli alone in Haicheng for a year because you were afraid that giving Liuli hope would delay the child … but now, Liuli's mental state is that of a seven-year-old child. I can tell that other than her father, she's very reliant on you. Take good care of her now!"
Gu Qingcheng nodded. "I know!"
"If you need any help in the future, feel free to call Huai 'an. You can also call me. If you want to find someone you can trust to take care of Liuli with you, I'll get Auntie Li to come back for a period of time! After all, taking care of an injured person is very draining. If you're here 24 hours a day, I'm afraid you won't be able to take it. You'll have to change shifts with someone else!"
Lin Nuan was a woman, so she was more thoughtful than Gu Qingcheng when it came to many things.
Gu Qingcheng couldn't possibly take care of Yun Liuli 24 hours a day. What if Yun Liuli wanted to bathe and wash her hair? Gu Qingcheng had to go back and change as well.
Gu Qingcheng thought about it and nodded, his deep voice solemn. "Then I'll have to trouble you!"
In Haicheng, the housekeeping auntie at Gu Qingcheng's Cloud Top Condominium would only fill up the fridge after cooking, clean up, and then leave. He couldn't be trusted!
Gu Qingcheng felt even more worried about leaving Yun Liuli in the care of an unfamiliar nurse.
But Auntie Li was different. Auntie Li was an auntie that Fu Huai 'an had hired to take care of Tuan Tuan for many years!
She was in her fifties and was reliable and meticulous. Otherwise, Fu Huai 'an wouldn't have hired her for so many years. Before Auntie Li left, she even gave him a big red packet.
After Lin Nuan left, Gu Qingcheng returned to the ward and saw that the young lady was fiddling with his phone with her hand that was attached to the IV drip.
Seeing Gu Qingcheng enter, the young lady gazed at him with sparkling eyes, as if she had discovered a new continent. "Uncle Qingcheng, what is this? It feels so fun!"
Gu Qingcheng watched as the young lady curiously swiped the screen, and the software icon on the screen also swiped left and right. The young lady's eyes were filled with surprise.
Recalling that when the young lady was seven years old, she probably hadn't seen such a full-screen phone, Gu Qingcheng walked over and explained to Yun Liuli in a gentle voice that it was a phone. He then asked Yun Liuli if she wanted to play games.
Yun Liuli nodded and said, "In the past, I always used Papa's phone to play Tetris! I especially like it!"
"Alright, let's play Tetris."
Gu Qingcheng downloaded the game for Yun Liuli and sat behind her, letting the young lady lean against him. He then taught her how to play Tetris on the full-screen phone.
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