Chapter 123: Su Ma, who is tough on the outside but even tougher on the inside
Mr. Su rushed to the hospital during his lunch break. Even though he had prepared himself mentally for the journey, he was still shocked by the scene in the ward and broke into a cold sweat.
His son-in-law was sitting on a stool beside the bed, peeling an apple. His movements were quite skillful, and the peel formed a continuous circle without any breaks in the middle.
The wife on the hospital bed did not look very good. She sat at the head of the bed with a serious face but no extra expression. She just turned her eyes from time to time and glanced at the person she disliked.
In short, the situation was not serious, but Su's father was timid and dared not make any noise, for fear of disturbing the calm before the storm.
"Dad, are you off work?"
Pu Ye found his father-in-law lingering at the door, and called him in affectionately, "Dad, the meal I brought a while ago is still hot. Go wash your hands and eat. My mother-in-law has already eaten."
"Hey hey good"
Dad Su quickly glanced at his wife, and seeing that there was no change in her expression, he washed his hands and ate his meal.
He originally thought that he would just take a few bites, but after tasting it with a chopstick, his eyes lit up and were full of admiration. This cooking skill was far beyond his, who had been cooking for decades.
"Xiao Ye, is this the meal you cooked?"
"Yes, I don't know what your taste is, so I just follow the patient's requirement of light food."
Pu Ye peeled the apple and handed it to his mother-in-law, but she didn't appreciate it and ignored his hard work. Pu Ye didn't get angry. He turned the apple around swiftly and took a big bite.
Su Ma: ...
Dad Su was so happy to eat the food cooked by his son-in-law that he couldn't stop eating it.
"Not bad, not bad. I'm much better at cooking."
Pu Ye gladly accepted the compliment from his father-in-law. The two of them were chatting happily and actually forgot that there was an angry person sitting on the bed.
"Mother-in-law, what do you want to eat tomorrow?"
"Don't bother yourself. You don't have to come tomorrow morning."
Su Ma didn't give up the idea of stopping her son-in-law from showing off, she just wanted to drive him away so that she could have peace.
"You have the surgery tomorrow, right?" Pu Ye relied on his perseverance, the more his mother-in-law chased him away, the more he fought poison with poison and tried to get closer to her.
"Since the surgery is tomorrow, I'll come as soon as it's light tomorrow morning so my dad doesn't have to rush around all by himself."
"you!"
Su Ma suddenly felt a sharp pain in the side of her chest, and her chest rose and fell. She was really angry. It was okay when Pu Ye was not around, but being here in her sight made her condition worse.
"If you don't want to piss me off to death, don't come!"
"Okay, I can't come."
Pu Ye sat for several hours, his shoulders and neck aching uncontrollably. He stood up, rolled his shoulders, and bargained with his mother-in-law, "If I don't come, then what about asking your in-laws to come?"
"Yun Ci and I have been married for several months, and you and my family haven't met each other yet. Why don't we take this opportunity to visit each other?"
Pu Ye's fingers casually swept across the foot of the bed. "It's a good opportunity for you and my parents to discuss our respective educational philosophies. After all, we have different parenting styles, so we can learn from each other."
"My sister and I have never been taken care of since we were little. Even though my parents are teachers, the amount of time they put into us is not as much as the flowers in my backyard."
Especially his brother-in-law, whose parents passed away a long time ago, but he was a poor boy who had just finished the college entrance examination, but he managed to finish college by working part-time when he was not in class.
Of course, this is nothing to brag about.
The most amazing thing about his brother-in-law is that he used his software development technology to rise from a poor young man to the CEO of a listed company.
The hardships of this process are probably a thousand times more difficult than I imagined...
"Impossible," Su Ma tightened her throat, "Don't daydream, I won't see you or your family."
"Tsk... I'm not saying you're difficult to please. Anyway, since you didn't agree with my parents coming, I came. You chose me."
Su Ma: ...
Pu Ye picked a grape and put it in his mouth. It was not very sour, and the slightly sweet and sour taste was what his children loved.
"Dad, did you buy grapes?"
"Yes, I bought it at the roadside stall next to my home."
Seeing that his son-in-law was satisfied with the food, Mr. Su was also happy and felt a sense of pride of being recognized.
"My wife loves it. I packed it up and took it away. You can buy more when you get home."
"Okay, okay, Yunci loves to eat this. I'll buy some more tomorrow morning."
When Pu Ye said he would take the grapes away, he was not just talking. He took the bag and filled it up with the grapes that had hardly been touched.
"It's getting late, Mom and Dad. I have to go. I'll come as early as possible tomorrow."
"No need, Xiaoye," Su's father said, worried about his daughter going to work. "Doesn't Yunci have to go to work? You don't need to come so early. I can do it alone."
"Yun Ci doesn't have classes tomorrow. When she doesn't have classes, she can sleep until the afternoon. I'll make dinner and put it in the microwave. I'll just remember it when she wakes up."
“…”
Dad Su was speechless. Is his daughter really that lazy?
Pu Ye walked away with the grapes in his hand. Su Ma relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief. The moment she sighed, she seemed to have aged ten years.
"You should go home and sleep too..."
The accompanying bed in the ward is small and hard, and anyone who sleeps on it will feel uncomfortable.
Of course, he didn't tell the reason for his concern, he just drove the person away in a stern manner.
"That won't work. If I leave, you'll be left alone in the hospital. If anything happens, you'll have no one to call."
Dad Su was used to her cold words, so he cleaned up the garbage at his feet and persuaded her to go downstairs for a walk.
"I think the flowers in the hospital garden are blooming beautifully. Shall we go down and take a look?"
"No, go ahead if you want to. Leave me alone for a while."
Su Ma lay down and closed her eyes to rest, "Go out and close the door."
"Then I'll go buy some more wet wipes and toilet paper. If you need anything, call me."
'Um'
………
The dull sound of the door closing knocked into Su Ma's ears, but it no longer disturbed her peace. However, the feeling of suffocation in her chest became more and more obvious.
Today Pu Ye talked about a lot of things about Yun Ci, most of which she had never known, such as the food she hated, the difficulties she encountered studying abroad, and the fact that she had almost no friends to confide in.
Pu Ye was talking until her mouth was dry, so she took a break and finally let herself look at her photos. There were all kinds of them, some of her reading alone under the light, some of her watering flowers quietly in the garden, and some of her with other people. The smile in her eyes was so beautiful and comfortable.
Over the years, I have never seen such a relaxed look on my daughter's face. Instead, there was only fatigue and caution...
At this point, Su Ma seemed to have to admit that the education system she had implemented after decades of autocracy had indeed made everyone, including herself, unhappy.
But so what
She was grateful for her decline, but time could not be reversed. Even if Yunci was unfilial to her, she would force herself to live with a smile. She would never admit defeat, never give in, and never apologize in front of others...
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