Chapter 309 Buying Meat

Withered vines,

Old trees,

Dusk crows…

Tongcheng was only a palm-sized place, but real estate developers were masters at making something out of nothing. They had managed to create a scene of "small bridges, flowing water, and houses" at the foot of Jun Mountain.

This was a sanatorium with semi-official status. The location was good, the scenery was beautiful, and most importantly, it was quiet.

Tourists from Wolf Mountain wouldn't go out of their way to come here, and there were no hospitals or shopping malls nearby, making it a rare quiet spot in the bustling city.

Wang Ke had stopped working at the office. For him, he had always been in the "process" of struggling and striving since leaving the orphanage.

But now, the changes in his family forced him to re-prioritize.

For many people, family and career were synonymous; you needed a family to have a career, and a career to have a family. But this feeling was like an old farmer thinking the emperor could eat ten meat buns for breakfast. Only when you reached that level could you truly appreciate the loneliness at the top.

Wang Ke's wife sat alone in a corner of the garden, while Wang Ke was in the room diagonally opposite, cooking.

Same as always,

No matter how good the other dishes were, they were just supporting roles. Only a large pot of simmering meat soup was the real star of this family's dinner table.

Wang Ke's meat soup skills were top-notch. The old Daoist had drunk quite a bit of it at Wang Ke's house back in the day.

Boss Zhou was considerate of his subordinates,

Even giving his share of the meat soup to the old Daoist,

Letting the old Daoist feel the leader's concern like a gentle breeze.

While he was cooking, a doctor-looking person came over and chatted with Wang Ke with a humble attitude. Wang Ke smiled, washed his hands, and went with him to the living room to chat in detail.

The other party was a doctor at this sanatorium, specializing in psychological counseling for the residents, and was considered a well-known figure in the industry. But he didn't dare to act arrogant in front of Wang Ke.

Although he claimed to be discussing his wife's condition with Wang Ke, he was actually hoping to exchange ideas with him. In this area, Wang Ke was an expert.

If he wasn't burdened by his family, Wang Ke could have tried to seek greater development in Shanghai.

Wang Ke's wife continued to sit there in a white dress, her eyes somewhat resentful, like a lonely little girl. No one was playing with her, and she seemed a bit bored. And she didn't know what to do.

She could only keep track of the time,

Thinking about when she could have dinner,

And drink the meat soup she dreamed of every day.

At this moment,

The little loli emerged from the nearby flowerbed and calmly walked up to her "mother."

"Rui Rui, you've come to see Mom."

Wang Ke's wife reached out and stroked her daughter's head. She had forgotten the day she stabbed her husband with a knife and her daughter grabbed the blade with her bare hand.

When she was normal, she was actually very normal. She could go out to get her hair done,

And pick her daughter up from school,

So normal that she didn't seem like a patient at all.

But when she wasn't normal, if Wang Ke hadn't been monitoring and guiding her, she might have become a terrifying serial cannibalistic maniac.

Sometimes, even the little loli felt that her father was too doting on her mother, doting to a fault.

It was a bit much to say "husband and wife are birds of the same forest, fleeing separately when disaster strikes," but given her father's status and economic conditions, he still selflessly took care of her mother. Even as a family member, the little loli found it a bit difficult to understand.

"Are you feeling any better?"

"What do you mean 'feeling better'? Your mom isn't sick. Your dad insisted on coming here to rest for a while. Your dad has it tough, working too hard. He hasn't had a good rest in years. It's time to take a break."

The little loli sat down next to her mother.

She couldn't lean on her mother.

In this family, she was most touched by Wang Ke. That man seemed to be able to see through everything. Whether she was asleep or awake, he treated her like a daughter.

It was touching,

But also,

Scary.

This was natural. Wang Ke could even distinguish his childhood friend Zhou Ze through some details after not seeing him for many years.

He was naturally even more sensitive to the changes in his daughter, whom he lived with day and night.

Middle age, hard to be muddled. That's Wang Ke. His family, his wife, and his daughter had long become countless rotten nails on a broken ship. One more or one less didn't matter. If he couldn't be carefree, he would have climbed onto the roof terrace, shouted "Heaven is unfair!" and jumped down long ago.

A fluffy white fox darted out from under Wang Ke's wife's feet and jumped onto the little loli's lap.

"This cat is so cute. I've seen her often lately, but your dad always says I'm mistaken. He's never seen this cat.

But I know,

She's always with me, even when I sleep."

Wang Ke's wife pointed at the white fox and said.

The little loli reached out and stroked the white fox's head.

This white fox had originally come to the bookstore to find Zhou Ze, but Zhou Ze wasn't there, so the little loli intercepted her.

Although the white fox had lost her tail and her foundation was destroyed, nearly ruining her two hundred years of hard work, she was still a great demon that could be called an ancestor by the younger generation. The saying "even a centipede dies but doesn't fall over" described her.

Accompanying a mentally ill person was more than enough. In some ways, she even had the ability to calm the mind and assist in treatment.

The white fox stuck out its tongue and licked the little loli's palm.

"Mom, I'm going to do my homework."

"Go ahead, homework is important."

The little loli left with the white fox. She didn't look at Wang Ke, didn't want to see Wang Ke, and could even be said to... not dare to.

She had the body of a loli, but the soul of a lady.

In her previous life, she had been a successful and dynamic businesswoman, but she had always been single. She couldn't stand many men.

So...

Sometimes, watching him frowning and thinking about cases while drinking kuding tea behind his desk made her a little infatuated.

"Your family ethics are quite messed up."

The fox could already speak human words softly. The tonics the little loli had given her recently weren't entirely without effect. It was because of these tonics that she was willing to stay here to accompany her mother and help with her treatment.

"I brought you here, not to look at this." The little loli was a little unhappy.

"Hehe, this man really loves this woman," the white fox said.

"I know."

"What is love in this world..." The white fox was a little lost. "It even makes me a little intoxicated."

"Sentimental."

"It's not sentimental. If you really want to help him, you might as well help him solve his burden."

"Pfft!"

The little loli's tongue quickly extended and wrapped around the fox. The fox was squeezed tightly, and could be strangled to death at any moment.

"What I said... isn't... right...?"

"If... she... dies... he... will be... free."

"If you say that again, I don't mind killing a great immortal with my own hands,"

The little loli warned.

After speaking, she retracted her tongue, and the white fox fell back to the ground.

"Or, let me replace her, let me become her.

Believe me, I can make your dad feel so good he'll want to die."

The little loli shook her head.

Heh,

Men,

The white fox was very experienced with "men."

"If he wanted her to die, there are a thousand ways to do it."

"He has moral constraints."

"He has no morals."

The little loli turned around, looked at the woman still sitting there in a daze in the distance, and continued, "Do you know when she became mentally ill?"

"I don't know."

"She was with him. There was no me back then. He was poor then, just a graduate from school, with the orphanage as his family background.

She didn't mind him. As a classmate, she continued to be with him, and endured opposition and pressure from her family."

"I've seen this kind of drama a lot, but I've seen even more cases of people getting promoted, getting rich, and losing their wives."

The little loli smiled,

"He has loved eating meat since he was a child. The conditions weren't good back then, and it wasn't as easy to eat meat as it is now. And because he was born in an orphanage, he had a desire for meat that ordinary people couldn't understand.

So, back then, she would often buy meat for him to cook. She liked to cook meat for him, and he ate it happily.

Because the conditions weren't good back then, she would ride her bicycle to a very far place to buy cheap and fresh meat every time."

"So greasy."

"Then, that time, something happened. She encountered a group of hooligans."

This time, the white fox didn't interrupt,

Because she felt that if she interrupted again, she would really become background noise in the future.

"She was humiliated, by a group of hooligans. Then, she disappeared. He desperately searched for her, and finally found her. She was hiding next to a pile of garbage, holding rotten pork in her arms, refusing to let go, refusing to release it."

"Huff..."

The white fox stuck out her tongue.

"The mental illness memory was left behind at that time. She has been trying to forget the memory of that day, but she keeps remembering buying meat for him. Although he has been protecting her and treating her, some things cannot be solved by treatment."

The little loli looked at the white fox and reached out to touch her Corgi-like butt.

Without a tail,

It's really interesting.

"Then this man still has some conscience."

"There's one more thing."

"What thing?"

"After that time, she became pregnant. For the sake of her condition, he didn't let her have an abortion."

"Not necessarily..."

"He is... sterile."