The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 578 Chen Huihong, are you sick?

End-of-life care is a very profound subject, mainly because... the object of care is Bifang (a type of human being).

Putting aside the fact that Bi Fang had long since given up on life, Luo Jun really had a bad temper.

Many years ago, he was a notorious, short-tempered, lonely old man in the neighborhood, a figure that struck fear into the hearts of the neighborhood committee. Ouyang had been away from the neighborhood committee for so long, and had already built up a business with his Little Ou Handmade Lemon Tea shop, which was about to close down. When he recalled his previous experience of visiting Luo Jun, he still felt a chill run down his spine.

This is the true value of Bi Fang, and this is Luo Jun's fighting prowess.

In a sense, Chen Huihong's resilience is really good. She was able to withstand Luo Jun's attacks while she was still asleep, and after she woke up, she completely ignored what Luo Jun said.

An Youyou and Zhao Cheng'an both had basic respect and fear for Bifang, but not for plant spirits.

That's just reckless.

Considering that Luo Jun most likely only has 7 days left to live, Qin Huai felt that the choice of end-of-life care provider was very important.

First of all, Chen Huihong should avoid going if possible.

Chen Huihong is indeed very good at enlivening the atmosphere. As an excellent neighborhood committee auntie, Chen Huihong has a loud voice and a straightforward personality. When there are many people, she can become the host if you give her a microphone. However, she can easily drive Luo Jun crazy.

For a while, Luo Jun practically used the phrase "Chen Huihong, are you sick?" as a comma.

To extend Luo Jun's life by a few days, ideally a full seven days, Qin Huai felt it best not to use Chen Huihong as a "nuclear weapon" lightly. Even if she were to use her, someone needed to be present to oversee the situation. Chen Huihong absolutely could not be allowed to provide end-of-life care for Luo Jun alone; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Secondly, Shi Dadan is also rare.

Of course, from Qin Huai's perspective, he thought Lao Shi was a very good person. Honest and simple, not very talkative but very sincere, a typical Dang Kang, it's just that he didn't fit Bi Fang's magnetic field.

Perhaps ferocious beasts and auspicious beasts are simply incompatible by nature. Luo Jun just couldn't stand the sight of Shi Dadan. He couldn't even explain why he disliked Shi Dadan; he just couldn't stand it.

The same dislike could be applied to Chen Gong, but Luo Jun disliked Chen Gong even more.

Similarly, Luo Jun also disliked Gong Liang.

Qu Jing is a good choice.

Luo Jun was always tolerant of the little bird, even before Qu Jing woke up, and he remained tolerant after Qu Jing woke up. Occasionally, he would scold Qu Jing, but that was always done incidentally while scolding Chen Huihong, or his purpose in scolding Qu Jing was to scold Chen Huihong.

In addition, Qu Jing is a doctor by profession and has seen all kinds of medical disputes. She has rich experience in calming down Luo Jun's medical disputes and has a lot of experience in being alone with Luo Jun. She is an excellent candidate for providing end-of-life care.

The only problem was that Qu Jing's regular job was too demanding, and it was difficult for her to ask for leave. As soon as Qin Huai determined that Qu Jing was the best candidate, he called her to inform her that Luo Jun had at most seven days to live and asked if she could ask the hospital for leave.

Qu Jing didn't quite understand why Qin Huai had only just realized that Luo Jun was dying. In Qu Jing's view, many of the things they had done before were end-of-life care. Whether it was holding a tea party at Luo Jun's house or forcibly dragging Luo Jun to the amusement park, it was all end-of-life care. Qu Jing even thought that their end-of-life care for Luo Jun was over.

As a result, Qin Huai specifically called to inform her that it hadn't started yet.

Qu Jing was puzzled, but she chose to immediately apply for leave from her supervisor. At the same time, Qu Jing also told Qin Huai that she had asked for leave too many times this year, and it was unlikely that she would be approved for a 7-day long leave. Optimistically, she could get 4 days off, and Qin Huai would have to find someone else to chat with Luo Jun for the first three days.

This leaves only Zhou Hu and An Youyou as candidates.

Qin Huai's intuition told him that Luo Jun did not dislike An Youyou. Although the three-legged toad was an auspicious beast, Luo Jun's aversion to auspicious beasts did not extend to the three-legged toad. This was probably because the three-legged toad was living in poverty and was not like an auspicious beast.

It's good that An Youyou is there to keep her company, because she's a little afraid of Luo Jun. Not only is Luo Jun a sugar daddy who gave her a house, but he's also a Bifang who can breathe fire on her and turn her into a roasted toad at any time after waking up. An Youyou has a natural fear of monsters with high combat power.

As for Zhou Hu, although he was still unconscious, he understood Luo Jun.

When Zhou Hu clearly stated in the phone call that he felt Luo Jun was an old man who loved being around people but was also very lonely, Qin Huai knew that this funeral planner who was also a fortune teller had an exceptional ability to read people.

Given his professional background and expertise in funeral planning, Zhou Hu should also have some understanding of end-of-life care. Qin Huai believed that, for the sake of the final payment, Zhou Hu would definitely let Luo Jun experience what true end-of-life care really meant.

At this point, some people might be wondering, if Qin Huai is making all these arrangements, what is he doing? It's not like everyone else is going to provide end-of-life care for Luo Jun while Qin Huai does nothing and goes to work as usual.

Qin Huai did indeed plan to work normally, but shorten his working hours. He would go to the Yunzhong Canteen a little later in the morning and leave work earlier in the afternoon, making things a little tough for the diners so that he could spend more time at Luo Jun's house watching TV and chatting with Luo Jun.

Based on Qin Huai's understanding of Luo Jun, if he really didn't go to work for seven days and instead stayed at Luo Jun's house chatting with him around the clock, Luo Jun would kick him out of the house and make him go back to work within three days, not even until Luo Jun died.

Luo Jun hates it when people think he's pitiful and treat him differently.

Having planned everything out, Qin Huai created a new WeChat group called "End-of-Life Care" and explained his plan in the group.

Most people supported the idea, except for Chen Huihong. Chen Huihong felt that she hadn't been shown up enough. She had known Luo Jun for so many years and had the best relationship with him. She was also the one who visited Luo Jun's house the most and brought the most fruit. Why wasn't she allowed to appear at such an important event as end-of-life care?

This is outrageous! The spirits of plants and trees would be the first to disagree!

Then it was rejected by everyone.

Even Qu Jing, who listens to Chen Huihong the most, advised Chen Huihong to appear less often, and when she does appear, it would be best to bring someone who can mediate disputes.

On the second day, as expected, Qu Jing's leave application was not approved; she only got three days off.

Zhou Hu and An Youyou were scheduled to provide end-of-life care on this day.

These two were almost always scheduled for perfect attendance. As An Youyou's boss, Qin Huai generously declared that An Youyou didn't need to go to work for a while and could just focus on working at Luo Jun's house. He also promised a bonus of 2000 yuan for showing her extra care.

An Youyou was so excited that she took her three-legged toad to Luo Jun's house early in the morning for end-of-life care.

Qinhuai also changed its working hours, starting work at 6 a.m. to make it tough on the elderly people who go for morning runs, and finishing get off work at 3 p.m. to make it tough on the elderly people who live nearby.

Ouyang was very curious about Qin Huai's lazy behavior and asked him if he had finally come to his senses, realizing that he had earned so much money and didn't need to work so hard making breakfast every day. He thought it was time to start enjoying life and become a hands-off boss. He decided to hand over the work of the Cloud Cafeteria to others and spend his days eating, drinking, and relaxing.

Qin Huai told Ouyang to stop lying to him, saying that only a spendthrift rich kid like himself would have such thoughts. Qin Huai also advised Ouyang to eat and drink less.

Ouyang gains weight easily by eating and drinking all the time. To lose weight, she eats excessively during the day and works out at the gym at night. Qin Huai doesn't know if Ouyang's weight has decreased, but she's definitely getting wider.

Sometimes, when Ouyang stood by the Qin Huai River, Qin Huai would wonder if he was a bodyguard he had hired at a high salary.

A burly man.

But this is also good. When Ouyang falls into poverty again and his parents stop giving him money, he will still have a skill and can become a fitness instructor at a gym.

Let's leave those digressions aside for now.

Qin Huai spent the day absentmindedly making pastries at the Cloud Cafeteria.

The combination of An Youyou and Zhou Hu is theoretically very reliable. Both of them are afraid that Luo Jun will flatter them and would never make Luo Jun angry, but Qin Huai is still a little uneasy.

This unease caused Qin Huai to frequently check her phone while making desserts to see if anyone was speaking in the [End-of-Life Care] group.

No.

The group chat was quiet. The silence was eerily quiet.

Because of the end-of-life care, Qin Huai wasn't in the mood to make noodles. He had also told Zhou Hu in advance that the remaining noodle gift boxes might not be delivered until after the funeral, and Zhou Hu, naturally, wasn't in a hurry and said he understood.

At 3 p.m. sharp, Qin Huai left work on time and headed to Luo Jun's house with the snacks he had carefully selected.

Shi Dadan wanted to go with them, but Qin Huai felt that it was only the first day and he didn't know the situation. He told Shi Dadan to eat at the Yunzhong Cafeteria first, and then go home after he was full.

He'll see tomorrow whether he should bring Shi Dadan along.

At 3:11, Qin Huai arrived at Luo Jun's door and cautiously rang the doorbell.

Qin Huai was a little nervous, so he took a deep breath while holding the snacks to calm himself down.

An Youyou opened the door.

An Youyou was still holding an unpeeled apple in her hand. She was very happy to see Qin Huai and said excitedly, "Boss, you're here! Today, Zhou, the planner, and I watched TV with Mr. Luo all day. The TV series was so good."

"I also peeled a lot of fruit for Mr. Luo, but he doesn't seem to like fruit much. Boss, would you like some? There's also a fruit platter over there that I cut, but my knife skills aren't very good, so the fruit platter isn't very pretty."

"I don't know what to talk about with Mr. Luo. It's mostly Planner Zhou talking to Mr. Luo. Planner Zhou's stories are quite interesting, but Mr. Luo doesn't seem very interested... But I think Mr. Luo is quite happy."

Qin Huai: ...

Based on your description, it's hard for Luo Jun to be happy.

Qin Huai looked in the direction An Youyou pointed and saw 11 plates of fruit on the dining table.

Everything was peeled and cut. There were dragon fruit, apples, pears, peaches, tangerines, oranges, apricots, cantaloupes, and honeydew melons. Even bananas and cherries were peeled and cut. Even durians were cut.

How can you cut a banana?! Bananas should be eaten whole, peeled, and eaten!

Qin Huai was furious.

These fruit platters look like they've been cut for a while; some of the apples have oxidized, and the pears don't look very appetizing. If they were sold in a fruit shop, they'd only be used for fruit salad, and you'd have to add a lot of yogurt to cover up the color problems.

Qin Huai could understand An Youyou's desire to do something.

An Youyou had worked for three lifetimes. After waking up, she remembered a lot of her work experience and became even more hardworking. It's understandable that she wanted to do more so that her boss and clients would notice.

"Have you considered that Mr. Luo might not be able to eat all this fruit?" Qin Huai asked in a low voice.

“I did think about it. I only cut one fruit platter at first, but Mr. Luo only ate two bites and then stopped, saying he didn’t like it. I thought it was because I hadn’t picked the fruit that Mr. Luo liked, so I cut another one, but he still didn’t like it. When I was cutting the third fruit platter, I asked Mr. Luo for his opinion, and he said to cut whatever he wanted, since Lao Shi would come over and finish the fruit anyway. So I cut this much.”

"Boss, would you like a banana fruit platter? I'll cut one for you."

Qin Huai: "...I want to emphasize one thing: the bananas must not be cut!"

Although Qin Huai was only talking to An Youyou, for some reason, he sensed Luo Jun's helplessness.

Qin Huai took another deep breath, mustered his courage, and turned to look at Luo Jun over the living room sofa.

With just one glance, Qin Huai knew that choosing An Youyou and Zhou Hu together to provide end-of-life care for Luo Jun today was a mistake.

Luo Jun sat on his favorite beanbag chair, completely encased in it, watching TV with a blank expression. Next to him was Zhou Hu, who was diligently pouring tea for him. In front of him were many snacks and a bowl of warm tangerine peel tea.

During the end-of-life care period, tangerine peel tea is provided in unlimited quantities. In the morning, Zhang Shumei went to the Yunzhong Canteen to pack 10 servings.

An Youyou and Zhou Hu provided excellent service.

The tangerine peel tea remained warm enough to drink throughout. The fruit platter was so well-made, and although the presentation wasn't great, the sentiment was more than enough.

All the nuts and snacks on the coffee table were tucked away from Luo Jun, and even the tea and Qin Huai tea were spotted at least four different kinds.

There were cushions on the sofa to Luo Jun's left and throw pillows on the sofa to his right, with a small blanket nearby. Qin Huai smelled a pleasant scent of air freshener as soon as he entered. Although the combination of this scent and the durian smell was a little strange, Luo Jun himself didn't dislike the smell of durian.

If Chen Huihong were here, she wouldn't receive such excellent service.

At the very least, the sunflower seeds, peanuts, macadamia nuts, and other nuts in front of Luo Jun would never be placed in front of him. If Chen Huihong stayed at Luo Jun's house for a day, she could easily eat at least three pounds of sunflower seeds.

Luo Jun was a well-served old man, although he himself was not very satisfied with the service.

Luo Jun stared at Qin Huai expressionlessly, his eyes clearly saying, "I knew this was your doing."

Qin Huai: ...

"Heh." Luo Jun sneered, "What, are you going to give me end-of-life care?"

"Did you guys secretly create a group chat behind my back?"

Qin Huai: ...

"Add me to the group," Luo Jun said. "And don't give me any of that nonsense. Call everyone who can come. If you can't finish all that fruit on the table today, I'll donate my entire inheritance to you."

“And you.” Luo Jun looked at Zhou Hu. “The stories you told were absolutely terrible. Have fortune tellers’ eloquence become this bad these days? You think you can make money with that kind of eloquence? Sixty years ago, you could starve to death telling stories in a teahouse. The advertisements in the newspapers were more interesting than your stories.”

"Listening to your story is a waste of my time and it interrupts my TV viewing. Have you even finished setting up the funeral parlor before coming here to provide end-of-life care? Is this your job? Do you still want the final payment? Go back to work!"

Zhou Hu fled in disarray.

Luo Jun then looked at Qin Huai: "Why aren't you calling them all over?"

Ten minutes later, the familiar, loud cursing voice rang out again from Luo Jun's house.

"Chen Huihong, are you sick?!"

"Hey Luo Jun, don't get so angry when you're about to die. I just ate some melon seeds from you. These melon seeds have been sitting on your coffee table all day and no one has eaten them. They must have been saved for me."

Qin Huai stood by the window, getting some fresh air and sighing, "I was worried that Mr. Luo would be driven crazy by Sister Hong, but now it seems that Mr. Luo might actually like it this way."

"As expected, we'll have to keep Sister Hong here for the next few days."

Shi Dadan stood by the Qinhuai River, munching on a fruit platter, and asked, "Little Qin, do I have to come here every day to eat fruit like this?"

"I don't like eating fruit. Could you give me some steamed buns with my fruit?"

(End of this chapter)