Zhuang Tunan worked overtime during the New Year and injured his leg. He accompanied his parents back to the alley. Although Li Jia wanted to walk with him, his family always opposed it. Lin Dongzh...
Zhao Hai said to Xiang Pengfei, "What are you doing? Hurry up and get the oil. I need to make another delivery and then bring food to my sister and the others! Otherwise, people will say I only care about money!"
Xiang Pengfei hurriedly took a few steps forward and approached Zhao Hai's Isuzu car.
Zhao Hai then took out a small five-liter plastic bucket from the gap in the car seat and handed it to Xiang Pengfei, saying, "Just take this oil can to the hospital, I'll get it when I go there!"
As soon as Xiang Pengfei took the oil can, he said with a smile, "Okay, brother. By the way, I'll deliver lunch to Zhao Ping and the others!"
"You want to send something? Sure! But the standard has to be high! Match the standard my dad set for you yesterday, otherwise it'll seem like you're not being sincere enough!"
"Would you like crab and lobster too?"
"Whatever you want! But let me remind you! You're not losing out by treating them to a meal, after all, one is your father-in-law, one is your wife, and the other is your sister-in-law, all of them are close relatives. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if you gave them something too meager?"
Xiang Pengfei blushed and nodded, "Alright! I'll do as you say, brother."
"Take more! I'll go to the hospital after my delivery, so I'll benefit from your help too!"
"Okay, I'll do as you say!"
"I'm leaving now! You can do it yourself!"
"Hey, be careful on the road!"
"Okay! Goodbye!"
After Zhao Hai had walked away, Xiang Pengfei carried the oil can to the gas station, opened the cap, poured in the gasoline, and put the can into the trunk.
Xiang Pengfei returned to the driver's seat, checked the time again, and realized there was no time to go back to the alley, so he found another gas station, filled up the car, and drove towards the hospital.
Instead of going directly to the hospital, Xiang Pengfei went to the restaurant that Zhao Hujiang had taken him to yesterday. He ordered the same three dishes as yesterday: crab, lobster, and fish. After packing them up, he carried them to Zhao Rong's ward.
Two of the three people in the ward were sleeping. Zhao Hujiang was dozing off in an empty bed in another ward, while Zhao Rong was not only sleeping soundly, but was also snoring.
Zhao Ping was reading a novel by Qiong Yao called "Between Water and Clouds".
Upon seeing the state of the room, Xiang Pengfei felt reluctant to disturb them. He thought he could quietly put his things down and leave, so as not to disturb their peaceful sleep.
Xiang Pengfei lightly lifted his leg, intending to go inside and place the things on the table, which would be considered a success.
But just as he lifted his leg to put it down again, Zhao Rong suddenly let out a thunderous snore, which not only startled Xiang Pengfei, but also made Zhao Ping's body tremble. She looked up and saw Xiang Pengfei, so Zhao Ping smiled and said, "Pengfei, what are you doing?"
When Xiang Pengfei saw that Zhao Ping had discovered him, he gave an awkward smile and said, "No, it's nothing. I bought food to treat you, but I didn't expect that two of you were sleeping, so I didn't want to disturb you. I just wanted to leave the food and go."
Zhao Ping said with a smile, "Since you're delivering food, just do it openly. What's with all this shuffling around?"
"I didn't want to disturb their sleep, or your reading!"
"I don't have time to read books, I'm just pretending. Taking care of this brat is enough to keep me busy!"
Xiang Pengfei then walked into the house properly, put the packed food on the table, and said, "Then you should eat something first!"
As Xiang Pengfei was speaking, Zhao Ping nudged Zhao Rong and said, "Zhao Rong, it's time to eat!"
When Zhao Rong was pushed by Zhao Ping, she stretched out with a big yawn, kicking half of the blanket off and leaving it on the ground. Not only were one or two buttons on her clothes fastened, but her chest was almost exposed to the sunlight. Fortunately, Zhao Ping was sitting next to her and quickly used her body to shield her, then pulled the blanket over Zhao Rong's upper body.
Upon seeing this, Xiang Pengfei dared not look at it and quickly turned away, avoiding direct eye contact.
Zhao Ping was probably getting impatient, so she slapped Zhao Rong on the buttocks and scolded her, "You silly girl, this is a hospital, not home. Don't you care about your image at all?"
Perhaps Zhao Ping's slap was too hard, because it not only woke Zhao Rong up immediately, but also made her stand up angrily and say, "You hit me!"
Before she could finish speaking, Zhao Rong suddenly saw Xiang Pengfei. She lowered her head and blushed. It was July, and the weather was a bit hot, so she hadn't buttoned up her clothes.
Zhao Rong said somewhat unhappily, "Brother-in-law, why didn't you knock before you arrived?"
Xiang Pengfei quickly said, "I'm sorry, I'll be more careful next time!"
Zhao Ping, however, spoke up for Xiang Pengfei, saying, "How can you blame others for this? You're a young woman; you should always be mindful of your words and actions. You made the mistake yourself, so how can you blame others?"
Zhao Rong blushed and dared not speak.
At this moment, Zhao Hujiang also woke up. He rubbed his eyes and said, "What's all the noise about? It's broad daylight."
Zhao Ping then said to Zhao Hujiang, "Dad, Pengfei brought us food!"
"Really? Let me see what delicious food they have!"
Zhao Hujiang stood up, walked to the table, and upon seeing the three dishes, his face suddenly darkened. He said angrily to Xiang Pengfei, "Xiang Pengfei, what do you mean? Are you targeting me?"
Zhao Ping was puzzled and quickly asked Zhao Hujiang, "What's wrong, Dad?"
Zhao Hujiang looked displeased and said, "I treated him to dinner yesterday, and the restaurant owner only served these three dishes. Is he deliberately trying to disgust me by ordering what I didn't pay for yesterday?"
Xiang Pengfei hurriedly explained, "That's not how it is, Uncle Zhao. My car ran out of gas halfway there, and I met Zhao Hai. He gave me gasoline so I could drive. Otherwise, I don't know how long I would have to stop. I asked Zhao Hai what kind of food to deliver, and he told me to deliver it to you based on yesterday's meal."
After hearing Xiang Pengfei's explanation, Zhao Hujiang said with a sigh of relief, "Oh, I'm sorry, Pengfei, I misunderstood you!"
Xiang Pengfei quickly smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. You should eat first! It won't taste good if it gets cold!"
"Thank you, Pengfei!"
"Don't be shy, let's eat first!"
Looking at Zhao Rong now, she had already taken out two or three crabs from the plastic bag and eaten them, her mouth was full of oil.
Just then, a commotion came from outside the door, as if someone was pushing a stretcher outside.
Chinese people have a natural curiosity, and when they encounter something exciting, they naturally want to see it for themselves.
So Xiang Pengfei walked to the ward door and saw a doctor and a nurse pushing a girl past the door.
When Xiang Pengfei saw the person on the stretcher, he was stunned, because the girl looked just like Zhou Yuxiang.
When Xiang Pengfei saw Zhou Yuxiang, he seemed to be stunned and stood there for a long time without moving.
At this point, Zhao Rong and Zhao Hujiang only knew how to eat crabs. Of the dozen or so crabs in the bag, the two of them had already eaten seven or eight.
Seeing that there were only a few crabs left, Zhao Ping quickly picked out the largest one and walked over to Xiang Pengfei, saying, "Pengfei, why don't you eat this one?"
Xiang Pengfei, who was in a daze, probably didn't hear Zhao Ping's words clearly, so he remained silent.
Seeing that Pengfei didn't say anything, Zhao Ping became anxious and asked again, "Pengfei, what's wrong?"
At this moment, Pengfei probably heard something and hurriedly said, "Did I just see someone I know?"
"An acquaintance? Who is it?"
Xiang Pengfei immediately realized that he was facing Zhao Ping, so he naturally couldn't mention Zhou Yuxiang. Otherwise, if Zhao Ping thought too much, her whole family wouldn't give him a friendly look anymore. So he said, "She looks familiar, but I don't think she looks like me. Maybe I'm just seeing things!"
"Oh, then don't think about it anymore, let's eat something first!"
Xiang Pengfei took the crab from Zhao Ping, wondering if it was Zhou Yuxiang, and started thinking about opening the crab to eat.
When something happens to a person, nothing tastes good anymore.
Xiang Pengfei was in the same situation at this moment. He had no appetite for crab either. He broke the crab open and handed it to Zhao Ping, saying, "Zhao Ping, you eat it. I'm going to go see my cousin Tu Nan!"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Ping said, "Sure! Come on, I'll go with you to see him and meet my cousin!"