She said, "What's wrong, Sister Zhou? Is something important? Why are you being so secretive?"

"Important, extremely important, just as important as Xiao Li. Come, sit down and let me explain."

Zhou Tao then told Liu Linjuan about Zhao Meilan's expression and reaction when she saw Li Zilong in the hospital bed that morning, and how she wasn't surprised.

What do you think about this?

"Don't worry, Sister Zhou, I have a way to handle this."

What method?

Liu Linjuan whispered a few words in Zhou Tao's ear, and then heard Zhou Tao say, "That's a good idea. Okay, then I'll go back and get busy."

"Go back, you can manage here by yourself," Liu Linjuan said as she saw Zhou Tao about to leave. After Zhou Tao left, she immediately picked up...

The towel next to him was used to wipe Li Zilong clean, and another day passed like this.

In the morning, when Liu Linjuan was wiping her husband's hands, she suddenly noticed his hand move and rushed over, calling out, "Senior brother, senior brother!"

Li Zilong heard his lover calling him, so he slowly tried to open his eyes. He saw his lover right in front of him and tried to speak, but his throat was very dry, so he could only weakly say, "Water."

When Liu Linjuan saw her husband wake up, she didn't hear him say anything, but instead diligently called out, "Xiao Fang, Xiao Fang, your senior brother is awake."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Fang, who was sitting at the door, immediately went to find Dr. He and used the phone in Dr. He's office to notify the leader.

Upon hearing the news, everyone rushed to the ward. In the ward, Liu Linjuan was still talking to her husband. She quickly put her ear to his mouth and heard "water." She suddenly remembered and quickly got up, picked up a water cup, and slowly fed him water with a spoon.

Just as Li Zilong had barely taken a few sips of his drink, Dr. He arrived at the ward with all the doctors in the department and began to examine Li Zilong personally. After the examination, Dr. He said to Dr. Wang beside him, "Dr. Wang, come and take another look. I'll ask around and we can discuss the medication later."

Doctor Wang didn't stand on ceremony. He took Li Zilong's pulse and examined his tongue, then said, "Doctor He, please proceed with the medication. The old man won't prescribe any medicine for the first three months. Focus on acupuncture for these three months, and then prescribe medicine after three months."

"Well, alright," Dr. He knew that traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine were different, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Liu Linjuan stood aside without saying a word, but glanced at Zhao Meilan in the crowd. Seeing Zhao Meilan's ecstatic expression, she knew that Sister Zhou was right. She thought to herself, "Since you're like this, then don't blame me for not giving you any face."

Less than half an hour later, Minister Chen and several other leaders rushed over. Fortunately, Director He and Doctor Wang had just finished examining Li Zilong. Director He glanced at Doctor Wang, and seeing that Doctor Wang had nothing to say, said:

"The fact that the patient has woken up shows that he is recovering well. However, due to multiple severe injuries, he will mainly receive intravenous fluids for the first few days. He can eat some liquid food during this period, provided there are no problems."

Next week you'll be moved to a regular ward, where you can eat whatever you want, but you still need to eat plenty of iron-rich foods, since you lost a lot of blood after the injury. I don't need to say much more; Dr. Liu already knows.

After hearing what Director He said, Minister Chen saw Dr. Wang next to him and said, "Old Wang, over here."

"Don't worry about the old man. We'll start giving him acupuncture tomorrow, and we'll see how it goes for three months," said Dr. Wang.

"Alright, I knew that as long as you, Old Wang, were in charge, there wouldn't be a patient you couldn't cure," Minister Chen said, knowing how capable Dr. Wang was.

Seeing Minister Chen asking questions, Political Commissar Ma quickly placed the two cans of fruit, two packets of milk powder, two cans of malted milk powder, and a bag of fruit he had brought on the bedside table, and said to Liu Linjuan:

"These are all nutritional supplements for Comrade Li Zilong, especially this milk powder, which is very nutritious and suitable for Comrade Li to drink at this time. News just came from the front that Comrade Li has made a great contribution this time, preventing countless soldiers from making unnecessary sacrifices."

"Sir, please give these to those who need them." Liu Linjuan knew how valuable these things were. Besides the canned fruit, the milk powder and malted milk powder weren't something everyone could buy. When she didn't have breast milk, she went to the department store to buy some milk powder and malted milk powder for her child, only to find out that money couldn't buy them. So she knew how expensive these things were and quickly spoke up.

"Alright, Xiao Liu, you don't need to worry about this. This milk powder and malted milk powder is a two-month supply. For seriously injured people like Xiao Li, there are regulations that provide six months' worth of milk powder and malted milk powder. As for the canned fruit and fruit, it's just a small token of our appreciation from Lao Chen and me. It really didn't cost much."

Upon hearing Liu Linjuan's words, Political Commissar Ma realized he had misunderstood and quickly explained.

After hearing Political Commissar Ma's words, Liu Linjuan didn't know what to say anymore, so she said:

"Then I thank the commander for his concern on behalf of my son, Zilong."

"No need to thank me, Xiao Li was injured for the country and the people."

Political Commissar Ma didn't say anything more. After listening to what he was saying, he looked at Li Zilong, who had just woken up but was still extremely tired.

"Old Chen, let's go outside to talk. Let Xiao Li rest more; that way he'll recover faster."

"Yes, yes, Old Ma is right. Let's hurry out. Xiao Liu, just take good care of Xiao Li. If you need anything, just tell Xiao Fang and Xiao He outside the door. Let's not disturb Xiao Li's rest here."

Without waiting for Liu Linjuan's reply, he quickly led his men to speak.

Seeing that Li Zilong seemed to be looking for something, Liu Linjuan knew what he was thinking and quickly said, "You should get some more sleep. The child is at home. I'll bring her to see you after you're transferred to a regular ward. I can't take care of her by myself if I bring her here now, can I?"

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Li Zilong asked weakly, his throat feeling much better after drinking the water.

"Guess," Liu Linjuan said jokingly.

"girl"

"I knew you liked girls; this has finally fulfilled your wish."

"Girls are good, girls are good."

"Alright, go to sleep now. I'll bring our daughter over for you to see when I have time."

Upon hearing his wife's words, Li Zilong could no longer hold on and quickly fell asleep.

After watching her husband fall asleep, Liu Linjuan put the canned fruit, milk powder, and malted milk powder from the table into the bedside table. One reason was that there was really no place to put them outside, and the other was that she was afraid that people coming and going might cause some trouble.

Although the leaders brought them, they couldn't control those shameless people.

And so, over the past few days, many comrades-in-arms have come to visit her husband. Everyone brings some fruit or something, and the better ones even bring a bag of pastries from the Jixiang Ruyi shop on Qianmen Street.