Chapter 159 Thanks

The next morning

Military Hospital

Qiao Shuhui opened her eyes, looked around, and found herself lying on a hospital bed.

She touched her stomach through the blanket and was startled. Where was the baby?

She propped herself up on her arms and was about to sit up when Nurse Cao, who was on duty, pressed her down and patiently explained, "Comrade Qiao, you just had a cesarean section."

Only then did Qiao Shuhui realize the wound on her stomach, and she grimaced in pain.

She grabbed Nurse Cao's arm and asked timidly, "Nurse, where's my baby? Is it a boy or a girl?"

A flicker of pity crossed Nurse Cao's eyes as she looked at Qiao Shuhui, whose face was swollen and pale on the bed: "The girl is healthy, as for the boy..."

"The girl is very pretty." Before Nurse Cao could finish speaking, Lin Yifei interrupted her.

Nurse Cao glanced at the other person and was startled by the threatening look in their eyes.

Upon seeing Lin Yifei, Qiao Shuhui stopped asking about the child's condition, her eyes reddening, and she choked out, "Yifei, Du Xiao harmed our child."

Lin Yifei did not respond to her words, but instead placed the soup he was carrying on the bedside table.

"You should take good care of yourself. Your mother-in-law will look after the child."

Without waiting for Qiao Shuhui to speak, he walked straight out of the ward.

Qiao Shu was furious as she watched Lin Yifei's departing figure.

Nurse Cao, who was standing at the door of the ward, saw Lin Yifei come out of the ward and stand in front of her with a cold face, not saying a word.

She asked cautiously, "Commander Lin, is there anything you need to tell me?"

Lin Yifei grunted in agreement, his tone laced with threat: "Don't tell Comrade Qiao that the boy didn't survive."

Upon hearing this, Nurse Cao quickly shook her head: "Commander Lin, don't worry, I promise I will never tell."

Having gotten the answer he wanted, Lin Yifei turned and left.

A few nurses huddled together and whispered, "Have you seen that Comrade Qiao Shuhui yet?"

The nurse said, "I saw her. She's really ugly. I didn't expect Dr. Shen to have such poor taste."

"Is it crazy to leave a military hospital for someone like that?"

Another nurse clicked her tongue and shook her head, sighing, "That's right, they got their comeuppance. They were twins, a boy and a girl, but the boy couldn't be saved after birth."

On his way back from rounds, Dr. Wei overheard the nurses talking about Shen Yujie and stopped to listen for a while.

Then they walked towards the obstetrics and gynecology ward.

"Crunch."

The ward door was pushed open, and Nurse Cao, hearing the sound, turned her head to look in the direction of the door.

When Dr. Wei entered the ward, the hand holding the soup spoon paused, and he almost spilled it on the blanket.

"Are you blind? Don't you know how to serve a patient soup?"

Qiao Shuhui lay in bed, enduring the pain from her wound. She was incredibly agitated and could only glare at Nurse Cao, venting her frustration.

Dr. Wei looked at Qiao Shuhui, who had a sharp tongue and was unforgiving.

A flicker of disgust crossed his eyes. This unassuming woman had ruined his student.

"What a heartless mother. Her own son didn't survive, yet she showed no sign of sadness and could still make things difficult for others without batting an eye."

Dr. Wei said those words, then turned and slammed the door shut as he left.

By the time Qiao Shuhui understood what the other person meant, Dr. Wei had already left.

She was so angry that her chest heaved, and she slapped the soup bowl out of Nurse Cao's hand.

His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at her, demanding, "What does he mean? Where's my son? Give me back my son!"

Nurse Cao looked down at the soup bowl spinning at her feet, then glanced at Qiao Shuhui, whose face was contorted with madness. Her initial sympathy vanished instantly.

"Are you mute? You bitch, ah... bring Lin Yifei to see me."

Nurse Cao picked up the soup bowl and put it on the cabinet, ignoring Qiao Shuhui's angry shouts. After all, Qiao Shuhui had just had surgery and wouldn't joke around with her health.

On the other side

Textile Factory Accounting Office

Gu Yihan looked at Minjie and Su Yonghong, who were as close as if they were inseparable, and couldn't understand it at all.

All I know is that the two of them went out for a while after lunch in the cafeteria, and when they came back, they were chatting and laughing.

She looked down at the ledger, thankful that she had never gotten involved in their relationship.

Sister Min smiled at Su Yonghong and said, "Good people are always rewarded."

"Sister Su, your Zhang Xia has always seemed honest and kind since she was little."

Su Yonghong didn't respond to Min Jie's question, but instead smiled and turned to ask Gu Yihan, "Xiaohan, how quickly do your military spouses' units arrange work hours?"

Gu Yihan looked up at Su Yonghong: "I don't know."

Su Yonghong's smile froze, realizing that Gu Yihan was deliberately keeping it from her: "How come Xiaohan's work was arranged so quickly?"

Gu Yihan slammed the ledger shut, her gaze turning cold as she looked at Su Yonghong: "Who told Sister Su that my job was assigned to me?"

Su Yonghong didn't know that Gu Yihan had been transferred from another factory; he always thought she had gotten the job at the textile factory because she was a military spouse.

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Minjie's eyes. Although the two had reconciled, a rift had already formed.

Otherwise, Su Yonghong wouldn't have ignored her just because her daughter found a good son-in-law.

Minjie looked at Su Yonghong with an expression that said, "Sister Su, don't you know? Xiaohan is a vocational school graduate; she doesn't need the military to assign her a job."

Su Yonghong's face was extremely pale, and he gritted his teeth as he said, "I don't know."

Gu Yihan ignored them and waited to go home after get off work.

When it was time to leave work, Zhao Ju's voice rang out: "Xiao Han".

Gu Yihan grabbed her handbag and hurried to the door. She winked at Zhao Ju and uttered a single word: "Let's go."

Walking side by side, after getting their bicycles, the two rode together towards the family compound.

Zhao Ju said mysteriously to Gu Yihan, "I heard that Qiao Shuhui gave birth."

Gu Yihan rolled her eyes. Zhao Ju acted as if she hadn't said anything. Did she not know that the other party had given birth? Given yesterday's situation, it would be strange if she hadn't.

Seeing that Gu Yihan didn't reply, Zhao Ju asked again, "Do you think she gave birth to a boy or a girl?"

Gu Yihan glanced at Zhao Ju, smiled, and said, "Girl."

Zhao Ju looked at her in surprise: "How did you guess that?"

Gu Yihan: "Besides girls, Qiao Shuhui can't have any other children!"

Zhao Ju: "..."

She was speechless. Of course, it was a 50/50 split, easy to guess.

After returning to the family compound, the two went their separate ways.

Gu Yihan stopped her bicycle and looked at Lin Yifei standing at the entrance of the courtyard, carrying a net bag full of things.

Gu Yihan: "Commander Lin, what's going on?"

Lin Yifei smiled and walked up to Gu Yihan, putting the net bag in his hand into the bicycle basket.

She said gratefully, "Thank you for finding someone to help Qiao Shuhui, otherwise she might not have been able to save any of her children."

Gu Yihan was stunned for a moment. So it was multiple pregnancies. No wonder Qiao Shuhui's belly was so big.

She took a net bag out of the bicycle basket and handed it to Lin Yifei, refusing, "Commander Lin, there's no need to be so polite. I didn't really help much anyway, so you can take this back."

Lin Yifei took a step back, deliberately asking with a serious expression, "If you don't accept it, won't that make me owe you a favor? Or do you think the gift is too little?"

Gu Yihan: "..."

Lin Yifei also knew that Gu Yihan was not the kind of person who liked to take advantage of others, and that she wouldn't accept it even if he didn't say so.

He raised his arm to check the time, smiled and said goodbye, "I have to go now, the kids at home need taking care of them."

Looking at the other person's anxious back, Gu Yihan could tell that he really liked children.