"That's right. If anyone is willing to be my girlfriend, I definitely won't let her do anything in the future. She just needs to be pampered."
"You're so kind."
"It's only natural to treat your wife well."
Lin Qingyan was pretty sure that Lu Zhengting would be a doting husband from now on. Anyone who could marry such a man must have been incredibly lucky in their past life.
After dinner, when it was getting a little dark, Lu Zhengting said goodbye to Lin Qingyan and went back to the brigade leader's house.
While packing his luggage, he put the unfinished handkerchief into his bag, planning to continue repairing and perfecting it once he arrived at the military region.
The next morning, not long after Lin Qingyan got up, she took her mother-in-law to the county town.
Today, Li Fang rode his bicycle to take Lu Zhengting to the county train station. On the way, Lu Zhengting happened to see Lin Qingyan's residence. He wanted to say goodbye to Lin Qingyan, so he told Li Fang and asked him to stop the bicycle.
After he got out of the car and walked over, he found that the door to Lin Qingyan's house was closed and locked.
Lin Qingyan wasn't home, and he couldn't even see her one last time before leaving. He could only leave dejectedly.
On the other side, Lin Qingyan and her mother-in-law arrived in the county town. Since it was still early, they went to the state-run restaurant and bought two fried sugar cakes for her mother-in-law.
Grandma Lin insisted on sharing a snack with her, saying, "I'm happy eating with the girl."
Lin Qingyan also felt very fortunate to have Lin Zhiheng and Grandma Lin as two people she could rely on.
After they finished eating, they went to the county hospital together.
Lu Zhengting and Li Fang were on their way to the train station in the county town when they passed by the county hospital. By the time they arrived, Lin Qingyan and Grandma Lin had already entered the hospital, so he still didn't see Lin Qingyan.
Lin Qingyan led Grandma Lin to Gu Mingzhou's ward, where Lin Sisi was also present. She was sitting in front of Gu Mingzhou's bed, feeding him a meal from a lunchbox.
When Gu Mingzhou saw Lin Qingyan come in, he instinctively raised his hand to push away the lunchbox that Lin Sisi was carrying and leaned his body to the other side, away from Lin Sisi.
"Sisi, Qingyan is here. I need to talk to her. Let's eat later."
Lin Sisi immediately noticed Gu Mingzhou's abnormality. As soon as Lin Qingyan arrived, he not only stopped eating, but also deliberately kept his distance from her. Was he afraid that Lin Qingyan would see him and her being intimate?
Has he fallen for Lin Qingyan again?
In an instant, Lin Sisi's mind was filled with a thousand thoughts, and her hatred for Lin Qingyan suddenly deepened. She wished she could tear Lin Qingyan apart on the spot.
But she kept her head down, so no one could see the change in her expression.
Lin Qingyan didn't pay attention to Lin Sisi either. She turned to Gu Mingzhou and asked, "Comrade Gu, is there anything you want to say to me?"
Gu Mingzhou then looked at Lin Sisi and said, "Sisi, Qingyan needs to talk to you. It's not convenient for you to be here. Why don't you go outside for a bit?"
Lin Sisi nodded, took the lunchbox and went out, but she didn't go far before turning back and standing outside the ward door, determined to hear clearly what Gu Mingzhou and Lin Qingyan were talking about.
Before she could hear anything, Gu Mingzhou spoke up from inside the room: "Sisi, I know you've been eavesdropping outside. I really have something very important to tell Qingyan. Can't you respect my privacy?"
In fact, Gu Mingzhou didn't know whether Lin Sisi was eavesdropping outside or not, but he strongly suspected that Lin Sisi would do such a thing.
Lin Sisi quickly left after being reminded by Gu Mingzhou.
Gu Mingzhou shifted his gaze to Lin Qingyan again, and the next second, he also saw the old lady next to Lin Qingyan.
However, the moment he saw the old lady, he felt that she resembled someone.
He remembered that when he was a child, his mother had a photo of herself with another woman, and this old lady looked similar to the woman in that photo.
Although his mother hid the photo not long after, and more than a decade later, he only vaguely remembered what the woman looked like, he still recognized the resemblance between them at a glance when he saw this old lady.
Could she really be Lin Qingyan's maternal grandmother? How did they get together?
His mother had told him about Lin Qingyan's mother's past, saying that when she first arrived in Jinshi, she was suffering from amnesia, didn't know who she was, and didn't know where her family was.
Lin Qingyan was able to find her relatives in such a short time, but did she find any other relatives?
What kind of family would Lin Qingyan's maternal grandparents' family be?
He noticed that Granny Lin was dressed plainly, so she must be from an ordinary family.
Just as she was wondering about these things, Granny Lin grabbed Lin Qingyan's hand and said, "Girl, I need to pee."
"Okay, Grandma, I'll go to the toilet with you."
Lin Qingyan pulled her mother-in-law out, but Gu Mingzhou couldn't help but frown.
Why does Lin Qingyan call this old lady "grandma"? Shouldn't she just call her "grandma"?
Could it be that they haven't recognized each other yet?
He thought about it and realized that perhaps they were just together and Lin Qingyan didn't know that the old lady was her maternal grandmother.
The two women don't look alike, so the chances of them recognizing each other are naturally much smaller.
Moreover, he observed that the old woman seemed to have some mental instability.
After a while, Lin Qingyan returned with Granny Lin, and Gu Mingzhou asked, "Qingyan, who is this Granny Lin?"
Lin Qingyan had never been able to correct Gu Mingzhou's way of addressing her, but now she didn't care anymore.
“She’s the old lady I found in the village. We hit it off immediately and started living together. Comrade Gu, what brings you here? Please tell me.”
Grandma Lin fixed her gaze on Gu Mingzhou, pouted, and said, "He doesn't look like a good person."
"How am I not a good person?" Gu Mingzhou glared at the old lady, both angry and speechless.
“I said you’re not a good person, and you really aren’t.” Granny Lin said matter-of-factly, “The heart in your belly is definitely black.” She looked at Lin Qingyan and said, “He’s not as good as that young man who gathers firewood for us.”
Lin Qingyan burst out laughing when she heard her words.
"Mother-in-law, are you deliberately trying to praise Comrade Lu?"
"No, my mother-in-law speaks her mind. I could tell at a glance that he wasn't as good as that young man. My mother-in-law has a very good eye for people."
Gu Mingzhou, lying on the hospital bed, almost popped his eyes out.
The old lady's words were enough to infuriate him; the other young man she was referring to must be Lu Zhengting.
The old lady not only belittled him, but also praised Lu Zhengting in front of him. If he didn't think she might be Lin Qingyan's maternal grandmother, he would have suspected that she was an undercover agent specially sent by Lu Zhengting to Lin Qingyan's side.
Lin Qingyan asked Gu Mingzhou again, "Comrade Gu, what exactly did you want to talk to me about? What do you know about my mother?"
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