Mr.CEO Looks Exactly the Same as My Son!-Chapter 993: Bitter Medicine Benefits the Ill

The Old House

Beichen Jue stood by the window, his eyes deep as he looked at the busy servants in the courtyard below. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Ye Xinluo pushed the door open and walked in, carrying a bowl of freshly brewed herbal medicine from the kitchen. The old man, hearing the noise, turned and immediately furrowed his brows, stepping forward to take the porcelain bowl from her hands. "Why don’t you take a good rest? Leave these things to the servants. You’re pregnant, so don’t do these chores."

"I’m fine, Grandpa. It’s good to move around a bit while the months are still early. This is the medicine freshly brewed in the kitchen. Please drink it while it’s hot."

Upon hearing he had to take medicine, Beichen Jue furrowed his brows as if facing a great enemy, glancing at the bowl with disdain. "It’s that herbal medicine again, bitter as hell. Just seeing it irritates me."

Since Xu Yi was sent to prison, the old man’s health had been deteriorating, and in not much time, he had lost a lot of weight.

"Good medicine is bitter but beneficial. Drinking it will help you get better faster. Please drink it while it’s hot, or the effect won’t be as good when it cools down."

Patiently comforting him for a while, she handed him the bowl. Beichen Jue looked at it for a long time before finally mustering the courage to gulp down the medicine in several large swallows.

Ye Xinluo seemed to perform magic, for suddenly several candied fruits appeared in her palm. She smiled, took two pieces and placed them in her mouth, feeling the bitterness dissipate a bit...

Looking around the room, just as she was about to withdraw her gaze, she noticed a photo frame on the bedside table.

Slightly surprised, she thought it wasn’t the first time she had been in Grandpa’s bedroom, but it was the first time she saw this frame.

She walked over to take a look and found the person in the photo unfamiliar. The photo seemed aged, like those taken decades ago.

The woman in the photo had long hair down to her waist, dressed in a floral dress, sitting on a swing, her toes touching the ground, her eyes lowered slightly, smiling faintly.

Suddenly something clicked in her mind, she stood up and said, "Grandpa, is this Grandma’s photo from when she was young?"

"Yes." Beichen Jue nodded, his eyes filled with deep longing, "This was taken when your grandma and I just got married. Back then, cameras were a novelty, and Beichen Group hadn’t been established yet. Your grandma and I had some education, and we borrowed the camera from a friend to take this."

Ye Xinluo listened quietly, she could feel the profound affection Grandpa had for his late wife. Despite the separation of life and death, the endless longing could not be severed.

To place the photo frame by the bedside, seeing his beloved first thing every day upon waking—such a life, must be lonely, right?

"Your grandma really loved noodles, especially tomato and egg noodles, but I wasn’t skilled in cooking, so it took me a long time to make something barely edible. Over time, I grew to love them too."

"We lived like that for several years. Later, in my youthful impetuosity, I met Xu Yi’s mother and made some mistakes, often arguing with your grandma!"

His weary eyes clouded over, recalling the past as if it happened yesterday, each scene vivid in his mind.

Coming out of his thoughts, he looked at Ye Xinluo, "Girl, when you first returned to Z City, I brought Jingxi back without your consent. Do you hate me?"

Ye Xinluo shook her head, "I don’t. Some things might just be destined—I’m destined to return home with the child, and Jingxi is destined to return as well. Honestly, I had resentment at first, but later, I slowly let it go..."