Chapter 601 She's Very Well-Behaved (Chapter 30)
The next morning, Jiang Zhizhi came to deliver breakfast to the three children. In the hospital lobby, she met a young man who looked quite outstanding and couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.
It's rare to see someone come to the hospital so early in the morning dressed so impeccably—a shirt, a suit, gold-rimmed glasses, and neatly styled hair. They exude an elite vibe, and are also quite attractive.
Jiang Zhizhi glanced at it appreciatively, then looked away and took the elevator to the fifth-floor ward.
The three girls were still asleep. The nurses didn't wake them when they came to check on them in the morning. Only Shangshang needed to get some anti-inflammatory medicine in the morning. She was fast asleep on her pillow with an IV drip in one hand.
On the small cabinet next to the hospital bed was a tote bag containing a Lock & Lock glass lunchbox with cut fruit inside.
Ice packs were also placed on the lunchbox to keep the fruit fresh.
Jiang Zhizhi was somewhat surprised. Judging from the way the three children were sleeping, they didn't seem like people who had gone out to buy fruit early in the morning.
I put down breakfast, sat down by Shangshang's bedside, reached out and touched her forehead, then poked her cheek. I don't know what time she finally fell asleep.
Shangshang shook her head, turned away, and muttered that she was unhappy.
She lazily and laboriously opened her eyes again, saw that it was her mother, and said in a spoiled tone, "Mom, I'm so sleepy, let me sleep a little longer, can you watch my IV drip for me?"
He turned his head and went back to sleep.
Helpless, Jiang Zhizhi could only sit and wait. After Shangshang's IV drip was finished, she went to the nurses' station to get cotton swabs and adhesive tape, and removed the needle from Shangshang.
After all that commotion, Shangshang was fully awake. She struggled to sit up and tried to stretch, but her back and arms ached. She groaned and went to hug Jiang Zhizhi, saying, "Mommy, it hurts so much."
Jiang Zhizhi smiled indulgently: "Now you know it hurts? Just bear with it a little longer, and I'll have your uncle bring you something delicious for lunch."
Shang Shang suddenly thought of Pei Yanli and quickly shook her head: "Mom, no need, you go ahead and do your work, I'll have lunch."
Speaking of this, Jiang Zhizhi pointed to the paper bag on the bedside table: "Who delivered the fruit? They even used ice packs to keep it fresh, and it looks like it was all cut up."
Shang Shang was surprised. She didn't even know someone had come in. Looking at the bag, a thought flashed through her mind: Could it be Pei Yanli?
Du Mengmeng and Wang Jiani rubbed their eyes and got up. When they saw Jiang Zhizhi, they immediately perked up and greeted her.
Jiang Zhizhi smiled and said, "Hurry up and wash up and have breakfast."
When the three of them returned from washing up, Jiang Zhizhi had already set breakfast on the table: millet and lean meat porridge, as well as small steamed buns and various cold dishes that Zhou Xiye had brought back from the logistics canteen.
It's refreshing and goes well with rice, which is Shangshang's favorite food.
There were also steamed buns and rice balls, which I bought from the breakfast shop near the entrance.
Then I took the fruit out of the paper bag. There were four portions: washed cherry tomatoes, sliced watermelon, peeled grapefruit, and a portion of honeydew melon.
There were also a few small forks on the side.
Jiang Zhizhi asked curiously, "You really don't know where the fruit came from? It's prepared so exquisitely. I don't know who sent it. I dare not eat it."
Du Mengmeng looked at Wang Jianni, and Wang Jianni looked at Shang Shang. They could both guess that it must have been sent by Pei Yanli.
Knowing she couldn't hide it any longer, Shang Shang pleaded with Jiang Zhizhi, "Mom, it's edible. A friend of mine brought it over."
Jiang Zhizhi asked curiously, "What kind of friend is she, that she's so thoughtful?"
Shang Shang chuckled; "I'll introduce you to him later. Let's have dinner, I'm starving."
Jiang Zhizhi guessed that her daughter had someone she was interested in, and unconsciously thought of the young man she met in the lobby. Could it be him?
While eating breakfast, Wang Jianni looked at Jiang Zhizhi and asked, "Auntie, are you going to work later?"
Jiang Zhizhi asked curiously, "It's fine for me to go or not. If you guys have something to do, I'll stay and keep Shang Shang company. If you stay, I'll go to the company so as not to disturb your chat with your girlfriends."
Du Mengmeng's eyes lit up: "Auntie, you go ahead and do your work. We can stay here. Nini and I are fine. I'm on annual leave recently, and Nini doesn't need to go back to work on time."
Wang Jianni nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Auntie, you can go ahead with your work. I'll come see Shangshang again tonight."
Jiang Zhizhi smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll go to the company after breakfast. Call me if anything comes up."
She had already guessed that the person who delivered lunch was probably the same person who delivered fruit.
Seeing Shangshang's unusually shy expression, he sighed inwardly, thinking it was time to prepare a dowry for her.
She thought about it very seriously the whole way, but still couldn't figure out what kind of dowry to give Shangshang so that Shangshang would seem like the most beloved little princess in the family.
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After Jiang Zhizhi left, Wang Jianni looked at Shang Shang and said, "Mengmeng and I will go and organize her information, and then we'll go and confront Shi Jian. You just wait at the hospital for Professor Pei to bring you food."
Shang Shang was stunned for a moment: "Were you lying to my mom just now? I thought you were really okay."
Du Mengmeng patted her chest with some pride: "Of course, aren't we good enough?"
Shang Shang chuckled: "You guys... I'm already twenty-seven, it's normal for me to be in a relationship. I haven't told my mom yet because Pei Yanli and I aren't really together."
Du Mengmeng thought about it and agreed: "No matter what, we'll help you. After all, you helped me when I had a puppy love back then."
Speaking of this, Wang Jianni suddenly remembered something: "Mengmeng, do you remember when you were in high school, a boy wrote you a love letter and got caught by the homeroom teacher?"
Du Mengmeng exclaimed, "Just thinking about it makes me so angry! I was skipping class without getting caught, but then a love letter dragged my skipping into it. They made me write a self-criticism and call my parents. My dad had to pick me up and drop me off for a whole semester, keeping an eye on me to make sure I wouldn't skip class again."
She got angrier and angrier as she spoke: "I don't know which bastard wrote me the love letter, and then I never heard from him again. If I find out, I'll definitely smash his head in."
Shang Shang exclaimed in surprise, "How come I didn't know about this?"
Wang Jianni laughed and said, "It's normal that you don't know. Back then, we weren't in the same class in our first year of high school. We weren't in the same class until our second year."
Du Mengmeng nodded: "Besides, when you were in high school, you didn't like to talk to your classmates and you were so busy every day, so you definitely wouldn't know about these things."
Thinking about it, he laughed again: "We were happier in high school. We were separated after college, and I didn't see Shangshang even once a year."
Shang Shang felt happy all the time: "I think things are great now too. We've never left Beijing from childhood to university. It's just that you started dating Shi Jian when you went to university, so you don't see me and Nini much."
"Nini and I have asked you out so many times, but we couldn't get you to come. Have you forgotten?"
Wang Jianni nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's right. But speaking of which, I also miss high school. My parents weren't divorced then, and I was very happy."
Seeing that Wang Jianni was about to get sad, Du Mengmeng quickly called out, "Hurry up, go find Shi Jian, we can still come back in time to see Pei Yanli feed Shangshang..."
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