Chapter 10 Divorce, Parting Ways
The most shocking thing is that under the light, you can see a bit of grayish-white bone fragments exposed.
At that moment, the air was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant.
Standing under the dim lights of the hospital, Lu Xiuwei felt a sudden tightness in her chest.
She clenched her fists involuntarily, her knuckles turning white from the force.
That scene flashed through her mind.
Lu Weidong's ferocious face as he charged at Shen Cuifen with a wooden stick in hand.
If she had persisted a little more back then, things might not have turned out this way.
"Fortunately, the wound isn't too deep."
Dr. Chen glanced at Shen Cuifen lying on the bed and shook his head.
Then she turned to Lu Xiuwei beside her and said, "Hey! Shen Cuifen, I don't even know what to say to you."
She lowered her head, her gaze falling on the scabbed wound.
In fact, she advised Shen Cuifen to leave the abusive man as soon as possible.
But every time this matter is brought up, Shen Cuifen always shows that tired smile.
"You tell me, what man doesn't beat his wife? Every family has its struggles."
Shen Cuifen always answered in this way.
Moreover, she always had many concerns.
"Besides, I'm already this old. Who would want me after I get divorced? What will happen to my five children? I have to think about them too."
When Lu Xiuwei heard this, she felt a tightness in her chest, but she couldn't refute it.
They were all ordinary women living in a small town.
When faced with reality, there are always countless reasons to keep enduring it.
But looking at the three stitches that had just been sewn on her forehead, Lu Xiuwei suddenly felt angry.
She couldn't help but ask herself, "Should I be more resolute?"
The light in the room flickered.
The atmosphere was extremely oppressive.
Dr. Chen gently pressed an alcohol swab onto the edge of the wound, his voice lowering.
He said to Shen Cuifen, who was lying on the bed, "I couldn't find any anesthetic when I was stitching her up, so it might hurt a little."
“If you can’t hold on, just say so. Don’t force yourself. If the situation gets too serious, I’ll go find a tractor right away and take you to the county hospital.”
"I can manage sewing it like this."
Shen Cuifen wanted to use pain to remind herself.
Today is the day of rebirth.
She clenched her teeth as she said that.
She wanted to etch this lesson into her very bones with her own blood and flesh.
If you ever feel compassion for those harmful vengeful spirits again, you will suffer even more.
Upon hearing this, Dr. Chen couldn't help but widen his eyes, furrow his brow, and then sigh.
"What you said really made me furious."
As she spoke, she flipped through the medical instruments in her hands, her face filled with helplessness.
"At a time like this, you're still thinking about saving money for that dog? Are you really stupid or just pretending? You deserve to suffer like this!"
Shen Cuifen was amused by her temper.
She always knew that Dr. Chen, who was usually sharp-tongued, was actually very soft-hearted.
Just like that night, when she suffered a loss because she trusted someone, and ran into the clinic pale with pain, it was this same Dr. Chen who quietly made her a bowl of brown sugar water.
He even personally copied the prescription onto a piece of paper and handed it to her.
"Do you remember? When you first came here, if someone said something unpleasant, your ears would turn bright red, just like a schoolchild."
She spoke lightly, but her eyes held a deep sense of emotion.
"Who would have thought that you could now hurl insults at people so eloquently?"
Who would have thought that this man, who looks like he'd dare to scold people the moment he opens his mouth...
Was he once that well-mannered young man in the city?
"Sigh, it's all because of the people in your village," Dr. Chen finally spoke, his mouth never stopping. "You can endure it for a day or two, but year after year you are bullied and you still have to put up with it. Anyone would go crazy in your place!"
Shen Cuifen didn't say anything more after hearing that.
Seeing that she remained silent, Dr. Chen ignored her and continued making preparations in silence.
Just before he started sewing, he suddenly stopped and took out a piece of sorghum candy from his white coat pocket.
Before Shen Cuifen could react, the candy was stuffed into her mouth.
The familiar yet long-lost scent made her nose tingle slightly.
The voice remained cold: "Bear with it, it hurts a lot."
"Dr. Chen... thank you..."
She said in a low voice.
The stitches continued to close the wound.
But his hand paused slightly involuntarily, and then the sterilizing needle was lightly applied.
Dr. Chen pretended to be nonchalant and deliberately changed the subject.
"Oh, alright, alright, please don't say thank you anymore. I'd be happier if you never set foot in our clinic again!"
She should have responded with a smile after hearing that.
But the tears just kept flowing uncontrollably.
When the cold suture needle pierced Shen Cuifen's forehead again.
She bit her lower lip tightly, almost using all her strength to hold back a cry.
But cold sweat kept trickling down from his eyebrows.
Five minutes later, the wound was finally stitched up.
"nailed it!"
Dr. Chen announced in a low voice, and with a snip, the scissors cut the suture thread.
She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It was as if all the strength had suddenly been released, and the tense body slowly relaxed.
Lu Xiuwei, standing to the side, barely managed to stay upright, her hands clenched into fists.
Upon hearing the words "It's all done," he couldn't hold back any longer and rushed over immediately.
"Mom, are you alright? Are you feeling better now?"
Before she finished speaking, she had already taken out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the cold sweat from Shen Cuifen's forehead. She then hurriedly lifted the back of her clothes and wiped away the sweat for her.
Shen Cuifen forced a smile.
Just as he was about to shake his head and say that he was fine, his gaze was suddenly drawn to a scar on his daughter's palm.
"I'm fine, but you should take a look at your hands. They're bleeding from pinching them."
She hurriedly took Lu Xiuwei's hand and examined her carefully with heartache, her brows furrowed.
Lu Xiuwei's eyes were filled with tears, and she gently shook her head.
"Mom, it's okay... It's all my fault for being so useless. If I had rushed out and stopped Dad a second earlier... you wouldn't have been hit by him."
At this moment, Dr. Chen, who had been silent all along, walked over and squatted down.
Take the iodine-soaked cotton ball and gently apply it to the girl's injured palms.
"Even if you run your legs off, it won't make a difference. It's okay if you can't do it this time, there's always next time, right?"
"Haven't I warned you time and time again? You're not getting any younger, and your two daughters are almost of engagement age. If any man hears that you, as their father, often beat you, do you think they'll still treat your daughters well?"
"You three are just enough to drive me crazy! Shen Cuifen, you should really think about the plans I told you before."
"Divorce! I absolutely must get a divorce!"
Dr. Chen hadn't finished speaking yet.
Shen Cuifen, however, gritted her teeth and eagerly took over the conversation.
Her sudden statement startled Dr. Chen, leaving him completely taken aback.
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