Chapter 312: Closer than Sister-in-law
The police checked my work badge and let me go without saying anything else.
Gu Yuehuai hurried into the hospital. The hall that was crowded with people in the past was exceptionally silent today. The nurses and doctors were standing aside. Gu Yuehuai walked briskly to the second floor. Coincidentally, the ward where the suicidal nurse was located was exactly the ward where Huang Sheng was hospitalized at the time.
She walked to the door and saw the forensic doctor wearing gloves and examining the body.
The corpse was lying on the ground, wearing a white nurse's uniform. Gu Yuehuai clenched his fingers slightly and shifted the angle slightly to see the face of the corpse, a young woman, who looked both strange and familiar.
Not White Rose.
Gu Yuehuai couldn't explain what he felt. He felt relieved but also heavy at the same time.
Because the corpse had a face she had seen before, when she came to the hospital to find Bai Mei to get the medical book that day, she ran into Huang Sheng and the nurse on duty at the nurses' desk chatting and joking. The corpse was one of the nurses that night.
She still remembers the name on her work badge: Zhang Yueer.
So, because she called Bai Mei away that night, the gears of fate changed to another victim?
Gu Yuehuai pursed his lips tightly, did not stay there for long, turned around and left the hospital.
Zhang Yue'er's death was certainly due to her own failure to resist temptation and being deceived by Huang Sheng, but she does not advocate the victim-blaming theory. The real culprit is still Huang Sheng. It is conceivable that the final outcome of things should not be much different from that in her previous life. So, should Huang Sheng still be allowed to go unpunished?
As soon as Gu Yuehuai walked out of the hospital, he heard footsteps chasing him from behind.
"Yue Huai! Yue Huai, wait for me!" Bai Mei, with a pale face, ran over with a bag on her back. She walked very quickly, as if there was a ghost chasing her from behind. She looked extremely panicked and even staggered.
Gu Yuehuai turned around and looked at Bai Mei, and breathed a sigh of relief.
She supported the panting Bai Mei and whispered, "Are you okay?"
Bai Mei bit her lips tightly, shook her head, and when she looked back at the hospital building, her face looked very unhappy.
Gu Yuehuai glanced at her and asked, "Are you taking a leave?"
Bai Mei took a deep breath and whispered, "The hospital gave us a holiday. We were not supposed to have one, but there was a murder case. There was nothing we could do. It happened to be the New Year."
Gu Yuehuai nodded: "Okay, let's go back and rest. Let's go."
The two of them were walking on the way home. Perhaps it was her presence by her side, or the cold winter wind blowing on her face, that calmed her down and she no longer felt the same palpitations and fear she had when she had just left the hospital.
She looked at Gu Yuehuai with a sad face, her tone a little depressed: "Yuehuai, I..."
Her eyes were fixed and her voice was very soft: "You know what? I heard about someone hanging himself in the hospital. I was so scared. I can't describe the feeling. I was just cold all over and my teeth were chattering."
Gu Yuehuai suppressed the turmoil in his heart and looked up at her.
She knew why Bai Mei felt this way, because she was the one who was supposed to die.
Perhaps there is a kind of fear of surviving a disaster, and she also has it. Although she has many trump cards in this life and even changed the fate of many people, she always feels fear before and after something happens.
She was also afraid that she was too weak and unable to change many things.
Gu Yuehuai was silent for a while, then spoke to comfort her: "It's all over."
Bai Mei nodded, and the two walked for a while. Bai Mei seemed a little embarrassed. After weighing the pros and cons for a long time, she whispered, "Yue Huai, can I go to your house today? I don't really want to go home."
She still felt a little uneasy, and it was obvious that the people at home could not give her warmth and a sense of security.
Gu Yuehuai nodded: "Of course."
Bai Mei breathed a sigh of relief, took Gu Yuehuai's arm, and the two of them returned to the Dalaozi Production Brigade.
When she was going back, she happened to meet Wang Meihua who came to her house to deliver new cotton-padded jackets. Each jacket had fine stitching and was warm and thick. As she walked along the way, she attracted countless people's eyes, and even Wang Meihua raised her chin proudly.
"Aunt? Is the jacket ready?" Gu Yuehuai had been thinking about Yan Shaoyu these days and had forgotten about the cotton-padded jacket. When he saw it for the first time, he was a little surprised. The Chinese New Year was the day after tomorrow, so it was finally delivered before the New Year.
Wang Meihua saw Gu Yuehuai as if she saw a rich man: "Little Gu is back, come on, come and see how it's done."
Gu Yuehuai nodded and took Wang Meihua into the house.
As soon as she entered the room, Wang Meihua spread out the new clothes on the kang. The jacket was brand new without any patches. She said, "There is some material left. You can sew the patches on your elbows and corners when the time comes."
At this time, new clothes will almost always have patches on easily damaged places in order to make the clothes more durable. After all, not everyone has the conditions to change their clothes every year, especially in the countryside, where a piece of clothing may be worn for many years.
Bai Mei blinked, feeling a little unbelievable: "Yue Huai, you guys celebrate the New Year like this... like this?"
She couldn't say the word "extravagant", but she couldn't think of two other words to describe the custom of everyone buying new clothes as soon as the New Year came. Not to mention the rural production team, even the commune or the county probably didn't spend so much money.
However, when I think about eating fine grains, drinking rice porridge, and eating white steamed buns every time I came to Gu's house, I feel a little sad.
The Gu family is really a family that does not show off their wealth. Even though they are well-off and capable, they will not tell others about it. Of course, such a low-key character is extremely good. At least in today's situation, it will be much safer.
Gu Yuehuai smiled, did not answer, and casually flipped through the finished jacket.
Wang Meihua said cheerfully, "Xiao Gu, ask everyone in your family to try them on. If there's anything that doesn't fit, I'll take it back and alter it so it's just right for the New Year."
Yan Shaoli was originally taking a nap, and he tiptoed out of the room when he heard the noise.
When she saw Gu Yuehuai and Bai Mei, she still pretended to be half asleep and rubbed her eyes with her hand: "Yuehuai? Sister Bai Mei, why are you both back? Don't you have to go to work today?"
Gu Yuehuai raised his eyes to look at her: "Is Shaotang asleep?"
Yan Shaoli nodded subconsciously: "Brother Gu took Uncle Gu to find Uncle Six to remove the gauze. It will be fine after it is removed. It will not affect walking in the future. My second brother and third brother Gu seem to be asleep. What about you? What are you doing?"
Gu Yuehuai smiled and waved at her: "Come and take a look to see if it fits."
Yan Shaoli walked over and saw several new clothes placed on the kang. She was a little surprised. She saw at a glance the clothes that were about the same size as her, as well as Yan Shaotang's. She looked at the clothes and then at Gu Yuehuai. Somehow, she was so moved that she wanted to cry.
It was already embarrassing for their family to live here, eat and drink Gu Yuehuai's food, but she didn't care at all and always thought about them. She was closer to them than her own sister-in-law.
Gu Yuehuai picked up the dress and handed it to her: "Go and try it on quickly. If there is anything that needs to be altered, let me know as soon as possible."
Yan Shaoli opened his mouth, but could not utter any sentimental words. In the end, he could only go back to the house with his clothes, looking back every few steps.
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