Chapter 120 is all her wishful thinking.
Peng Yarou's room upstairs was extremely quiet, while the lobby downstairs was bustling with activity.
After much deliberation, Mrs. Peng dialed her old friend's number. The news she received startled her, and she immediately went downstairs to share it with everyone.
"Grandma, you said the old lady of the Chen family is in Xilan City? Isn't that where the fourth son goes?" Peng Guotian, the eldest son of the Peng family, was extremely surprised.
The old lady nodded solemnly, "That's not all. She said the eldest son of the Song family is also in Xilan City, and he's already a minister!"
As the old lady spoke, she looked towards Peng Yarou's room on the second floor, and everyone instantly understood what she meant.
"Mother, do you mean to arrange a marriage between Rou'er and the eldest son of the Song family?" Li Chunxia, who had come up from behind, asked.
The old lady nodded and looked at Li Chunxia, slowly saying, "That's exactly what I mean. It's not easy to find the Song family's son in the capital, but now that we have a direction, things will be much easier!"
Li Chunxia looked troubled. "But Rou'er's heart is still with Yang Zeyan, and she doesn't want to change partners."
The old lady's face darkened. "Does she think this is child's play? Her marriage isn't just her own affair; it concerns the future of the Peng family. As her mother, don't you understand?"
Li Chunxia frowned and didn't speak. When the old lady realized that her tone was too fierce, she immediately softened when she thought of the Zhao family's background.
“Chunxia, I know you’re doing this for Rou’er’s sake, but you know we’re doing all this for the child, aren’t we? Look, Guoqi has always been one rank below Yang Zeyan. If this matter is handled well, won’t his rank be raised?”
The old lady knew what Li Chunxia was thinking. She knew that Li Chunxia had no bottom line when it came to her child, so she knew that Li Chunxia would definitely agree.
“Mother, it’s not that I don’t want to help the Peng family, it’s just that Rou’er hasn’t recovered yet,” Li Chunxia said, frowning.
Li Chunxia knew Peng Yarou's personality; it was impossible to force her to accept another man unless that other man was more outstanding than Yang Zeyan and successfully caught her attention.
"Let's wait a little longer. The child is in Xilan City, and Xilan City is a disaster area right now, so it's not suitable for Rou'er to go there," Li Chunxia said heavily.
Grandma Peng sighed and nodded, "That's true. I heard a lot of people have died over there. It's better not to go for now."
"Oh, and remember to give Guoqi as much credit as possible!" the old lady added.
Several people nodded. They knew how to handle these things; they had been taking credit for Yang Zeyan's work more than once or twice over the years.
"By the way, did you find out why Yang Zeyan came back this time? Wasn't he in charge of rescue in Xilan City? Why did he suddenly bring his wife back?" The old lady asked her son.
Peng Hai shook his head. "He had a mission. I heard he went to report for duty, and it seems he brought someone back with him."
The old woman seemed thoughtful. "He took someone into custody? What mission did he undertake? What urgent mission has he been on recently?"
The people in the lobby fell into deep thought, until a phone rang, interrupting their train of thought.
The butler jogged over and spoke to Li Chunxia, "Madam, it's a call from the Zhao family."
The old lady smiled gently at her, "Go and pick it up!"
Li Chunxia smiled broadly and quickly walked to the phone to answer it.
Within seconds, the smile on her face vanished, and she asked incredulously, "What did you say? It was taken down?"
The people inside looked over, and their expressions turned serious.
After a while, Li Chunxia walked over with a dark face and spoke to everyone.
“An important branch of the Zhao family was wiped out, and it was Yang Zeyan who was in charge.”
Peng Hai asked in surprise, "Who is it?"
Li Chunxia took a deep breath and explained, "My cousin works at the Meteorological Bureau. He was assigned to Xilan City this time to accumulate merits. Once the mission in Xilan City was completed, he could be promoted directly. Now, Yang Zeyan has taken him down."
She was holding her breath, itching with anger at Yang Zeyan, wishing she could scratch him to death!
The old lady beside her frowned and said, "What a tragic fate! I told you we couldn't consider the Yang family anymore; they're not on the same path as us!"
Peng Guotian stepped forward, "Yes, Mother, let's persuade my sister to give up on that idea!"
Li Chunxia nodded firmly, "Yes!"
For the next while, they all took turns going upstairs to try and comfort Peng Yarou, but one by one they came down with unfriendly expressions.
"My sister is like she's been poisoned, we can't talk to her!" The sons looked distressed.
In the end, Li Chunxia took action and went upstairs to find Peng Yarou again.
I don't know what she said, but Peng Yarou finally relented, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Unlike the gloom surrounding the Peng family, things were much calmer for Du Ruoxia.
After leaving the Yang family's house, she and Yang Zeyan did not go directly back to the hotel, but went to the hospital instead.
Du Ruoxia thought that she still needed to carry some spare first-aid medicine with her. Right now, she only had the scalpel she got in Xilan City, but no medicine, so she couldn't treat Yang Zeyan's whip marks.
"The wound on my back hasn't fully healed yet, and now it's going to crack open again!" Du Ruoxia sighed.
Yang Zeyan smiled, pursing his lips, "It's nothing, just a minor injury, don't worry."
Du Ruoxia rolled her eyes at him, "Do you think you're made of iron? If you don't cherish yourself now, you'll suffer when you're old!"
Upon hearing this, Yang Zeyan grinned, his handsome face radiant as if bathed in sunlight. "Isn't there still you?"
Du Ruoxia blushed. "Who said I wanted to be with you forever?"
Yang Zeyan raised his hand and placed it on her head with an apologetic look on his face, "I'm sorry, I made you suffer."
Du Ruoxia nodded seriously, "Yes, I'm about to be scared away. You'd better cherish me, or I'll be driven away by your family and have to go back to marry my childhood sweetheart!"
Yang Zeyan's expression immediately changed. "There's no such thing as childhood sweethearts. It's all her wishful thinking. It's really annoying."
Du Ruoxia looked at Yang Zeyan with bright, gossipy eyes.
Actually, she was really curious about what was going on between that woman and Yang Zeyan. Judging from today's situation, the other party was forcing her to marry him. Where do women come to propose marriage?
Yang Zeyan looked displeased. Even if Du Ruoxia wanted to know, she couldn't ask on the spot, after all, he was her rival in love.
Kyoto's hospitals are different from those in Nishiran City; at least in terms of medical care, they are very comprehensive.
Upon hearing that Yang Zeyan was a soldier, the doctor immediately took it seriously, prescribed the best medicine, and even prepared a spare for Du Ruoxia.
Du Ruoxia was extremely grateful. This hospital clearly understood the needs of soldiers, as these were all medications for external injuries!
The doctor asked Yang Zeyan if he wanted to be hospitalized because his back was cracked from being whipped. The doctor suggested that it would be best to have an IV drip for a day to prevent inflammation.
However, Yang Zeyan refused, as he had other matters to attend to and could not stay in the hospital indefinitely.
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