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Chapter 588: Eating Farmhouse Meals
Braised pork, steamed fish, stir-fried meat, cold wild vegetables... the table is filled with delicious farm dishes that make people salivate.

"Wow! What a rich meal!" Wang Xinxin exclaimed.

"They are all home-cooked dishes. Feel free to eat!" Uncle Liu greeted enthusiastically.

"Uncle Liu, you are so polite. This is so rich!" Lin Ke said gratefully as he looked at the table full of dishes.

"Yes, Uncle Liu, you are so enthusiastic!" Other team members also expressed their gratitude.

"Haha, as long as you like it!" Liu Bo laughed cheerfully, "Come on, come on, stop standing, sit down and eat!"

Everyone sat down one by one. Uncle Liu took out a bottle of white wine from the house and said with a smile: "I'm happy today. I'll drink two glasses with you!"

"Uncle Liu, you are old, drink less." Lin Ke advised.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm in good health!" Uncle Liu said, and poured himself a glass of wine.

"Uncle Liu, we young people can just drink beer, so you don't need to drink liquor." Lu Wenbin said, taking out a few bottles of beer from his bag and handing one to Uncle Liu, "Come on, Uncle Liu, I'll drink beer with you!"

"Okay, okay!" Uncle Liu took the beer and said with a smile, "I'll listen to you today and drink beer!"

"Cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses and clinked them together, making a crisp sound.

"Come, everyone, try this braised pork, it's my specialty!" Grandma Liu said with a smile.

Lin Ke picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth. Suddenly, a rich aroma spread in his mouth.

"Mm! Delicious!" Lin Ke couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's fat but not greasy, and melts in your mouth. It's so delicious!"

"If it tastes good, eat more!" Grandma Liu looked at Lin Ke, smiling kindly, her eyes full of pampering.

"Hmm!" Lin Ke nodded with a smile, picked up another piece of braised pork, put it in his mouth, and savored it carefully.

The other team members also started eating and tasting the delicious farm dishes, with satisfied smiles on their faces.

“This fish is so fresh!”

“This wild vegetable smells so good!”

“This chicken is so tender!”

……

For a while, there was a constant stream of exclamations.

Uncle Liu and Grandma Liu saw everyone eating so happily and smiled with satisfaction on their faces.

"Come on, Xiao Ke, I'll toast you!" Uncle Liu raised his glass and said to Lin Ke, "Thank you for helping Xiao Bao with his homework today."

"Uncle Liu, you are too polite. This is what I should do." Lin Ke quickly raised his glass and clinked glasses with Uncle Liu.

"Xiao Ke, you are such a good kid!" Uncle Liu looked at Lin Ke with admiration in his eyes. "You are not only handsome and sing well, but you are also so loving. It's really rare!"

"Uncle Liu, you're too kind. I'm just doing what I should do." Lin Ke said modestly.

"Haha, good, good!" Uncle Liu nodded with a smile, "Come on, everyone continue eating, you're welcome!"

Everyone continued to eat and drink, and the atmosphere was warm and welcoming.

"Xiaobao, eat more fish. You look so thin." Grandma Liu kept putting food into Liu Neng's bowl with a loving face.

Liu Neng sat there stiffly, not daring to move, let alone eat the fish. He lowered his head, dodged his gaze, and clenched the corner of his clothes with his little hands, as if he was under great pressure.

Lin Ke keenly noticed Liu Neng's abnormality. It seemed that this child was not simply shy.

"What's wrong, Xiaobao? Is the food not to your liking?" Lin Ke asked with concern, his tone gentle, trying to ease Liu Neng's tension.

Liu Neng shook his head violently but still said nothing, his eyes full of anxiety and fear.

"Xiaobao, why don't you speak? Are you feeling unwell?" Wang Xinxin asked with concern. She usually likes children the most, and seeing Liu Neng like this, she felt uncomfortable too.

Liu Neng still didn't say anything, but just grasped the corner of his clothes even harder, as if he wanted to tear it apart.

Uncle Liu sighed deeply, his eyes full of helplessness and heartache.

"Xiao Ke, it's not that the child doesn't like to talk, it's that he..." Uncle Liu hesitated to speak, as if he had something to hide.

"Uncle Liu, just tell me whatever you want to say. Is Xiaobao feeling unwell?" Lin Ke asked. His intuition told him that Liu Neng's condition was not simple.

Uncle Liu looked at Liu Neng, then at Lin Ke, and finally made up his mind and said, "Xiao Ke, to be honest with you, Xiao Bao...he has a strange disease."

"Strange disease?" Lin Ke was shocked. Could it be...

"Xiaobao...he suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder." Uncle Liu's voice was very low, as if he was afraid of being heard.

"Obsessive-compulsive disorder?" Lin Ke understood. No wonder Liu Neng behaved so abnormally.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental illness in which patients uncontrollably repeat meaningless behaviors, such as repeatedly washing hands, repeatedly checking doors and windows, etc.

"When did Xiaobao start to be like this?" Lin Ke asked, his tone full of concern.

"It started about a year ago," Liu recalled. "We didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking that the child was just playing around, but later we realized something was wrong."

"Xiaobao washes his hands dozens of times every day, and he won't stop until his hands peel off," said Grandma Liu. "No matter how we persuade him, it's useless. He says that if he doesn't wash his hands properly, he will get sick and die."

"Not only that, Xiaobao also..." Liu Bo continued, "He also forced himself to eat in a certain order. If the order is wrong, he will lose his temper and even refuse to eat or drink."

"We took him to see many doctors and he took a lot of medicine, but nothing worked." Grandma Liu said, tears streaming down her face. "Xiaobao is still the same. He hasn't gotten any better."

Lin Ke looked at Liu Neng, his heart full of sympathy and pity.

This child, who should be at an age of innocence, has to endure such severe pain.

"Uncle Liu, Grandma Liu, don't worry, I will find a way to help Xiaobao." Lin Ke said firmly, his tone full of strength.

He knew that although obsessive-compulsive disorder was a stubborn mental illness, it was not incurable.

As long as the right treatment is found, and with the patient care and encouragement of his family, I believe Liu Neng will be able to overcome the disease and recover his health.

"Come on, Xiaoke, Xinxin, Wenbin, eat more, don't be polite." Uncle Liu greeted them warmly. Although the farm dishes were simple, they exuded a natural and fresh fragrance.

"Thank you, Uncle Liu. This chicken is so delicious. You can't get such authentic flavor in the city." Lu Wenbin praised while eating, making everyone laugh.

Liu Neng sat there stiffly, staring at the wine bottle on the table, his small eyebrows tightly furrowed.

He seemed to have lost interest in everything around him, and only those wine bottles occupied all his attention.

(End of this chapter)