Chapter 350 Acting
The next day
Beijing Municipal Hospital
While roughly wiping Lu's mother's face and hands with a towel, Fang Yi muttered under her breath, "Why didn't you just snap and die when you fell!"
"That way, I won't have to clean up your poop and pee every day!"
Upon hearing this, Brother Lu frowned and sternly rebuked, "Fang Yi, how dare you speak like that!"
"She's my mother. As her daughter-in-law, isn't it your duty to serve her?"
"Do you want to end up like Gu Yihan, ignoring your mother completely?"
After speaking, he glanced casually at the door of the ward.
Fang Yi glanced at Brother Lu, who was sitting motionless in the chair, and pouted: "Did I say something wrong?"
"With her lying there half-dead, in the end I'm the one who suffers..."
Seeing that Fang Yi's words were getting increasingly offensive, Brother Lu gritted his teeth, stood up abruptly, and strode over to her.
He swung his arm and slapped her across the face with a loud "smack".
Fang Yi's mind went blank for a moment, and she stared at Brother Lu in shock: "You actually dared to hit me?"
Brother Lu clenched his fists, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sister Lu eavesdropping at the door of the ward.
He roared angrily, "Fang Yi, if you dare not serve my mother well, I'll beat you to death!"
Fang Yi couldn't see or hear anything at this moment, and her mind was buzzing.
She and Lu Huaixu were husband and wife who shared the same bed, so how come she didn't know he had become so filial?
This is not normal.
This is definitely not normal. I looked up at Brother Lu with a puzzled expression, only to see his eyes twitching as if he were playing the piano erratically.
She immediately realized what was happening and covered her face with her hands.
She choked back tears and said, "Ugh... I'm so heartbroken. We don't have jobs or a house right now, how are we going to take care of Mom?"
"Are you going to let her starve with us?"
"Besides, I can't bear to see Mom suffer in bed!"
"A perfectly healthy person suddenly becomes paralyzed, lying in an empty hospital, with no one caring or asking about them. It breaks my heart!"
Upon hearing this, Brother Lu's face immediately turned sorrowful.
With a guilty tone, he said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, my wife. As long as I have something to eat, you will have something to drink."
"Even if I don't have a job, I'll go begging from house to house so that you and Mom won't go hungry."
Upon hearing this, Fang Yi's lips twitched involuntarily.
She steeled herself, pinched her thigh, and burst into tears, throwing herself into Brother Lu's arms.
The cries were as heart-wrenching as could be.
Brother Lu quickly patted Fang Yi on the shoulder.
He said in a soft, affected voice, "My mother raised me with so much love and care, and now it's my turn to repay her."
Hearing her eldest son's words while lying in bed, Lu's mother was so moved that tears streamed down her face and soaked her pillow.
It opened and closed its mouth, making "ah ah" sounds.
At this moment, a long sigh rang out: "Brother, sister-in-law, don't worry."
Fang Yi seemed startled by the sudden sound. She quickly pulled away from Brother Lu's embrace and hurriedly tidied her hair.
She looked up at Sister Lu with embarrassment and said, "Sister, you've come."
Sister Lu nodded and hummed in agreement, her gaze falling on Fang Yi's red and swollen eyes, and remained silent for a moment.
He said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, Mom has me too, not just you."
“I am also Mom’s daughter, I will not abandon her.”
After saying that, he took out two job application forms from his shoulder bag and handed them to Brother Lu, who was standing next to him: "Brother, your job arrangements for you and your wife are all set."
Upon hearing this, Fang Yi's pupils dilated instantly, and she looked at Brother Lu with anxiety, wanting to know what job the Zheng family had arranged for her.
Brother Lu didn't immediately reach out to take it, but looked at Sister Lu with a worried expression and moved his lips slightly.
He asked softly, "Big sister, have Uncle Zheng and Aunt Zheng made things difficult for you?"
Sister Lu felt warmed by Brother Lu's concern, stepped forward, and placed the employment form in his hand.
He reassured her, "Brother, don't worry. My parents-in-law are kind and gentle people. They won't make things difficult for me."
Brother Lu glanced at the top of the employment form and realized it was for an administrative position in the supply department of the steel plant.
He looked up in disbelief at Lu's eldest sister, who had walked up to Lu's mother, and asked doubtfully, "Elder sister, is this job application form real?"
The supply department officer wields real power in the steel plant, overseeing the distribution of all materials within the plant.
Without connections, you simply can't get in.
Sister Lu didn't think much of it. She looked up, smiled, and waved her hand dismissively, saying, "This job was originally arranged for my fourth brother's wife."
"Well, you were in a hurry, so I brought it over for you first."
Fang Yi took another employment form from Brother Lu and started working in the logistics department's canteen.
This job may not be as prestigious as being a sales clerk in a department store, but it's lucrative.
Brother Lu and Fang Yi exchanged a surprised glance and thanked Sister Lu repeatedly.
Sister Lu smiled, reached out and tightly grasped her mother's hand, noticing that her tears had soaked the pillow.
My nose tingled, and tears almost fell. I endured the pain in my heart, which felt like it was being tightly squeezed.
When Lu's mother saw Lu's eldest sister, she started shouting "Ah ah ah," and saliva dripped out from the side of her mouth.
Sister Lu quickly took a handkerchief and carefully wiped it.
"go home……"
Sister Lu sniffed, fighting back tears, and said softly, "Mom, I've borrowed a cart. My younger brother will take you home in a bit."
Mother Lu twirled the beads, her mouth twisted, and said with difficulty, "Go back..."
Seeing this, Fang Yi sighed and said, "If only my brother-in-law were here."
Upon hearing this, Sister Lu's expression suddenly turned cold, clearly indicating that she had also thought of it.
It would be much more convenient for Lu Huailin to drive his mother.
Seeing this, Brother Lu glared at Fang Yi and said irritably, "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm a division commander now, I don't have that much time."
“I’m not talking nonsense, I’m just stating the facts.”
“Our mother didn’t only give birth to you and your older sister. As long as Lu Huailin is her son, he has an obligation to be filial and take care of her!”
Sister Lu glanced at Fang Yi indifferently. Even if Lu Huailin was truly unfilial, he was still her younger brother.
It's not something she, as a sister-in-law who has no blood relation to him, can criticize.
"Alright, stop complaining. Huailin is different from us. He's a soldier who puts the greater good before his own family."
When Fang Yi saw that Sister Lu was not on her side and was ostracizing Lu Huailin's family, a cold glint flashed in her eyes.
He said coldly, "I've already inquired. Our mother has been hospitalized for so long, and my brother-in-law has only come once."
“Even if he’s too busy to come, surely his wife, Gu Yihan, has time too, since she’s never come to see our mother even once.”
Upon hearing this, Sister Lu felt a slight dissatisfaction with Gu Yihan and thought that she would find some time to go to the military family compound and give her a piece of her mind.
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