How's your leg?
Xia Enru realized something was wrong, and Gu Shaoxuan actually threw his cane aside.
She hurriedly climbed off him, touched Gu Shaoxuan's calf to check.
"How are you? Do you feel uncomfortable if you move around a bit?"
Gu Shaoxuan sat on the ground and said with a smirk.
"It's alright, you're not hurt."
"You really are something, you can't tell the situation from the surface. You're under special protection right now, what if you get injured again?"
Xia Enru went over and helped him up.
"I just didn't want you to get hurt, Enruo."
Gu Shaoxuan put his arm around Xia Enruo's shoulder and stood up, pulling her close to his chest.
The two locked eyes.
"What's wrong? Are you unsteady on your feet?"
Xia Enruo hugged his waist, her head resting on his chin. Gu Shaoxuan lowered his head and pressed his face almost against Xia Enruo's, their noses almost touching.
His breathing was heavy, and the heat wave brushed against Xia Enruo's cheeks, making her feel dizzy and her scalp tingling.
"Is this what a man's scent is like?"
Xia Enruo regained her senses in a daze, and just as Gu Shaoxuan's lips touched her forehead, she pushed him away.
Her face was flushed, and she dared not look Gu Shaoxuan in the eye. She picked up her cane and placed it in his hand.
"I'm going to collect the laundry."
Xia Enru carried the vegetables from the ground into the kitchen.
"That feeling just now was so subtle! Wake up! Xia Enruo, the poison of love is a stumbling block in business, and you will eventually have to leave."
She patted her head to get that thought out of her mind, picked up a carrot and held it up to her eyes; the boxed lunch was the most important thing.
Gu Shaoxuan saw Xia Enruo shyly enter the kitchen. He smiled slightly. He had actually had a physical reaction the moment he touched her. She was the first woman in his life.
Xia Enruo brought in the clothes that had dried in the yard, ironed them, and folded them neatly.
Then I sorted the clothes I received today and put them into the washing machine to wash them.
She calculated that she could earn a total of 40.1 yuan from the clothes she received yesterday and today. Although the workload was much greater than that of private banquets, she was quite satisfied as she could manage both the family business and the private banquets.
However, with more and more clothes being collected, the laundry detergent is almost used up, and with the addition of making boxed lunches, I'm really too busy to keep up.
It seems I need to ask Sister Qiuqin if she's willing to work with me now; she's the one in the compound who needs money the most right now.
Seeing his wife so busy inside and outside the house that she couldn't stand still, and realizing he couldn't help with the washing things, Gu Shaoxuan decided to cook instead.
"Enruo, you're busy doing the laundry, I'll go to the kitchen to cook."
Xia Enruo quickly stopped her.
"You don't need to cook. It's not hard to decide what to eat for the two of us. Just tell me what you want to eat and I'll show off my skills. I just happened to buy a lot of different kinds of vegetables today."
Gu Shaoxuan knew his wife was a good cook, but she was already busy enough, and he felt bad seeing her like that.
"Enruo, you're busy with the clothes. What would you like to eat today? I'll make it for you."
Xia Enruo saw that Gu Shaoxuan was full of confidence and guessed that he had been there for a long time and really wanted to show himself, so she decided to let him do it.
"Okay, then you can make the postpartum meals: millet porridge, eggs, and brown sugar. I want to eat that."
Xia Enruo deliberately gave a simple answer.
When Gu Shaoxuan heard that his wife still wanted to eat the porridge he had cooked, he suddenly felt a surge of energy.
"Just you wait and see."
He entered the kitchen leaning on his cane, and Xia Enruo chuckled at his eagerness.
"Slow down, don't rush."
Yuan Qiang drove home, still worried about Mao Xiangling's hand injury.
He specifically found the imported burn ointment that his father had received as a gift from someone during his business trip.
After dinner, he hurriedly called Mao Xiangling.
However, the dormitory supervisor replied that Mao Xiangling was not in the dormitory, so Yuan Qiang could only ask her to register on the message board and wait for her to call him when she returned.
Yuan Qiang sat in the living room holding the medicine bottle, waiting. Even his mother found it strange; this child was acting very unusually today!
"Ring ring... Ring ring."
The sound of the landline phone made him extremely excited.
"Hello..."
Yuan Qiang rushed to the phone and answered it.
"Mom, your phone."
Yuan Qiangbai was excited.
But after several attempts, none of them were Mao Xiangling. Yuan Qiang felt hopeless for the day and simply took the ointment and prepared to go upstairs.
"Yuan Qiang, your phone is ringing. A girl is looking for you!"
It was Mao Xiangling! He suddenly ran downstairs.
"Slow down, kid, don't be so jumpy."
Yuan Qiang's mother knew something was wrong with her son's cheerful demeanor today.
"Hello, is this Xiangling?"
"Yuan Qiang, this is Xiang Ling. Is there something you need? I just came back from a medical lecture."
Jiang Ting finished washing up and was walking back from the washroom when she passed by Mao Xiangling.
The name "Yuan Qiang" struck a nerve. Could it be...? Never mind, it's probably just a coincidence of names! How could Mao Xiangling possibly know anyone in the military?
Jiang Ting glanced at Mao Xiangling, then went back to her dormitory.
Yuan Qiang's heart pounded with excitement.
"Xiangling, I know you injured your hand. I happen to have some imported burn ointment at home. It's very effective and will heal in three days. I'll bring it to you now."
He had just seen Mao Xiangling during the day, and now he wanted to see her again.
"Yuan Qiang, thank you. But I've already gotten the medicine from the school clinic. Your medicine is so precious, you should keep it at home for future use. Besides, it's so late, it's not safe to walk at night."
Mao Xiangling refused, saying that she was unwilling to accept such an expensive gift after only knowing him for a day, as her mother had taught her from a young age not to be greedy for small gains.
"Xiangling, please accept this. We have plenty of medicine. I can't do much to help you with your injury, but I can bring you some medicine to help you get better quickly. I'll be there soon by car. I'll be waiting for you downstairs at the dormitory at 8:30."
"Hey... Yuan Qiang."
The busy signal on the other end of the phone surprised Mao Xiangling. Was he really coming?
.............
In the courtyard, Xia Enruo told Ge Qiuqin about working together in the laundry room. For each garment Ge Qiuqin washed, they would split the earnings equally. Xia Enruo didn't even ask Ge Qiuqin to split the cost of the laundry detergent. She also lent her a washing machine, as long as Ge Qiuqin helped her wash clothes and earn money.
Ge Qiuqin's eyes were filled with tears; she hadn't expected Xia Enruo to help her so much.
"Xia, I have no way to repay you. Don't worry, I will wash it clean. After my mother-in-law and the others go back, I will go to the market with you to collect the clothes."
The woman on the second board felt extremely disgusted by their conversation. This Ge Qiuqin was planning to become independent; if she started earning money, would she still treat her family well? Would she still dutifully serve her son? It would be even more difficult to kick her out of the house. No, she absolutely couldn't let her follow Xia Enshuo.
Ge Qiuqin returned home, but before she could even open her mouth...
The woman on the second board spoke first.
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