Chapter 222: The hero reveals his tragic past
Ruan Yuntang carefully examined the tip of his nose, which was dry and scratchy.
Based on my experience of raising dogs in my previous life, the puppy may really be sick.
Ruan Yuntang became anxious for a moment and hurriedly went to find Wang Chunfang with the dog in his arms.
"How could this happen?" Wang Chunfang was anxious.
"There's no veterinarian in the village, only a barefoot doctor. But the old man died during the flood, and now there's no one in the village who can see him."
Ruan Yuntang's heart sank, and he felt heartbroken looking at the listless puppy in his arms.
Wang Chunfang pondered, "Now that the weather is getting colder, people are catching colds. Could this dog also have a cold?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the puppy happened to sneeze in Ruan Yuntang's arms.
Ruan Yuntang's eyes changed slightly, and he became even more worried.
"I heard from the barefoot doctor in the village that the medicines that humans take can actually be taken by animals as well, as long as the dosage is reduced. Do you want to try it?" Wang Chunfang suggested.
Ruan Yuntang had also heard this statement, but the key point was that it was not certain whether Snowball had a cold.
What if it’s not a cold, but some other illness, and taking this medicine makes the condition worse?
Then she carried the dog back to the house, found a thick blanket to wrap the dog, and prepared fresh minced meat for it to eat.
But Snowball only ate two bites and then continued to lie down, obviously having no appetite.
Ruan Yuntang held the dog and felt depressed until Jiang Yubai came home in the evening.
After a careful examination, Jiang Yubai said confidently, "It's a cold."
Ruan Yuntang looked at him with a little surprise, "How did you know?"
"Grandma Li raised me when I was a child." Jiang Yubai's expression was a little gloomy, and he obviously didn't want to talk about it more.
Ruan Yuntang was stunned for a moment, but didn't ask any more questions. He just turned around and searched for cold medicine in the suitcase.
As she flipped through the pages, she recalled that from the very beginning when Grandma Li was mentioned, Jiang Yubai was not as dependent on her memories as in the book. Even after so long, she had never seen him go back to pay his respects.
"Let me do it, you go eat." Jiang Yubai reached out and took the suitcase and prepared medicine for her dog.
Ruan Yuntang moved his lips, hesitated for a moment, and then walked out.
After a while, she came in with two bowls of food, and Jiang Yubai was already feeding the dog medicine with a small spoon.
His bony fingers held the porcelain spoon, and his drooping hair fell on his cold, pale face, making it look slightly softer.
The puppy whimpered and shrank back, its wet eyes flickering as if begging for mercy. He suddenly chuckled, his voice coaxing.
"Be good, drink it quickly, otherwise your mother will cause trouble for your father."
“…”
Ruan Yuntang's cheeks flushed, and he deliberately walked over with heavier steps, putting the food on the table, "Who is bothering you..."
After she finished speaking, she came to her senses and said angrily, "I'm its mother, who said you're its father?"
While the puppy was barking at its mistress, Jiang Yubai quickly poured the medicine into the dog's mouth, put it down, wiped his hands, and turned to look at Ruan Yuntang.
"It's legal and reasonable, why not?" He said in a low, seductive voice.
Ruan Yuntang choked, but continued to mutter unhappily: "We are still in the process of getting along, and it can only be considered a romantic relationship at best."
Jiang Yubai wiped his hands clean, sat down beside her, and looked at her with captivating eyes.
"Tangtang, you said we should start with a relationship now, I agree, but we can't be just a romantic relationship forever."
"Don't keep me waiting too long."
After he said this, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating slowly.
However, Ruan Yuntang heard something else from the last sentence.
Love also has a time limit, and he can't let her drag it on forever.
Ruan Yuntang lowered his eyes and saw a few more pieces of ribs in the bowl.
Life here is hard. There is only one meal of meat every few days, and it is specially prepared for the working soldiers.
Jiang Yubai would always pick out the meat for her to eat.
"You eat it. I'm going to get fat if I eat so much meat and do nothing every day." Ruan Yuntang pouted and took the meat back.
Jiang Yubai looked up at her thin face, frowned, and fed the person directly into her mouth.
"You're not fat, you're as thin as a bamboo pole, and you'll fall over if the wind blows."
"Are you too thin?" Ruan Yuntang's mouth was stuffed with something, but he couldn't stop her from asking angrily.
Jiang Yubai shook his head cautiously, "How could that be? My wife is perfect. I like her no matter what she is like."
Ruan Yuntang snorted and turned his head, then lowered his head and gave two of the four ribs back.
"If you want to gain weight, let's gain weight together. Don't give me any more!"
Hearing this, Jiang Yubai laughed and stopped putting food into her bowl.
After dinner, Jiang Yubai went to wash up while Ruan Yuntang took care of the puppy.
Before going to bed, Ruan Yuntang thought about Grandma Li and couldn't help but suggest, "Should we stop by to pay our respects to Grandma Li on the way back?"
Jiang Yubai paused as he took off his coat, a cold light flashing across his face. "No need."
Ruan Yuntang observed his expression and hesitated, "Was she... not nice to you when you were little?"
"No." Jiang Yubai hung up his clothes and lay down beside her, staring at the ceiling, as if recalling something. "She was very good to me."
"In order to feed me, she stayed up all night mending clothes for me, and even damaged her eyes."
Ruan Yuntang looked at his profile in the shadows without saying a word.
Jiang Yubai continued, "But in the end, I realized that she did all this just to atone for her sins."
His voice was as cold as ice, as if he was trapped in some painful memory.
Ruan Yuntang moved towards him and put his arms around his waist.
His body was very stiff, and he exuded a gloomy coolness, but the moment she approached, it was as if spring snow melted.
Jiang Yubai came back to his senses, lowered his head slightly, rubbed the furry hair on his shoulders, and said slowly:
"Actually, I wasn't adopted by Grandma Li. She bought me and gave me to her son who was having trouble having children."
"But they didn't have enough money at the time, so they could only buy me, who was a little older and might still have memories of my childhood."
"I was sick with a fever at the time, and the trafficker told her to ignore the fever, hoping it would burn away her previous memories."
"I had a fever for three days and three nights, and I really lost all my memories. I had always thought I was his son's biological child."
"It wasn't until they had their own biological children that I learned about my life story. What's ridiculous is that they even fabricated an identity as a lifesaver."
"I was driven out and wandered around, even missing my adoptive parents deeply. Later, I was adopted by that old lady, and I was extremely grateful to her—"
He seemed to be covered with a layer of haze, and his voice was cold and sinister.
Ruan Yuntang's heart was stagnant, and he hugged him tightly, his voice unconsciously filled with tears.
"Don't think about it, it's all in the past. You still have me in the future."
She never expected that the truth would be like this, which was completely different from the touching story in the book.
Jiang Yubai felt the wetness on his shoulder, his body stiffened slightly, and he quickly hugged the person in his arms and coaxed in a low voice:
"Don't cry, it's okay, I don't feel anything anymore."
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