After saying that, she distanced herself from Xie Yan, smiling warmly, "Oh dear! At this time, the pregnant woman's health is the most important. Please don't be angry with me anymore. I only said that for your own good!"
"This young man is so stubborn!"
Xie Yan remained expressionless, then suddenly grabbed the old man's arm, leaned close to him, and asked, "What if I don't accept it?"
"What are you planning to do to me?"
The old man's sinister gaze was almost tangible. Xie Yan met his gaze, and instead of looking away, he laughed, "What, trying to scare me to death with your eyes?"
"You must be quite famous in the commune. If I spread the word that you refused to give the pregnant woman the chicken soup and instead held a grudge, wouldn't you become even more famous?"
"An old man who steals a pregnant woman's food rations is certainly a rare sight; he might even become famous throughout the county, no, the whole country!"
The old man grabbed Xie Yan by the collar and said through gritted teeth, "Say that again?"
Xie Yan, despite being grabbed, showed no sign of urgency; instead, she laughed even more heartily. "Scared, huh?"
"But I'm not afraid!"
He grabbed the old man by the collar and pulled him close, saying, "Change our doctor! What do you want to do by changing our doctor?"
"Who is this Dr. Liu to you?"
"So obedient to you?"
"Do you think that once you become famous, the people around you will also become famous along with you?"
The old man was a little shorter than Xie Yan, and Xie Yan had actually been pulling him up by the feet. This act of standing on his tiptoes only fueled his anger and embarrassment. He glared at Xie Yan with bloodshot eyes and gritted his teeth, saying, "I just wanted Dr. Liu to take better care of your family. Is there a problem with that?"
"I meant well!"
He laughed as he spoke, a truly grotesque laugh. "The chicken soup you made tastes like my grandma's, it reminds me of my wonderful childhood. Thank you. I'd like to ask Dr. Liu if there's anything you need?"
"Besides, I only came into your house to see what it's like to be the family that makes such delicious food. I don't think I did anything else, did I?"
"On the contrary, you used a lot of strength to pull me, and my arm still hurts a lot." As she spoke, she pretended to rub it in pain.
Xie Yan could easily understand the implication in his words, but his eyes remained calm and unwavering as he smiled faintly, "Is that so?"
"You might not know this, but I studied medicine. Where does it hurt? Let me take a look." As she spoke, she pressed her fingers on the acupoints on the old man's arm. The old man felt a piercing pain in his arm, and tears almost welled up in his eyes.
But it just wouldn't make a sound.
He gritted his teeth and endured it, staring at Xie Yan with a sinister gaze as if he were looking at a dead man!
Xie Yan patted the old man on the shoulder, "Why are you looking at me like that? Trying to attack me?"
He chuckled, then said in a rather wicked tone, "I'm a former educated youth!"
After saying that, he lowered his voice and said, "You're from the capital. If something happens to me here, do you think you and your people will be wiped out?"
The old man paused, gripping Xie Yan's hand. It turned out Xie Yan was a former educated youth from Beijing!
This is going to be difficult!
Xie Yan released his grip on the old man's acupoints, laughing unrestrainedly. "Tell me, should I investigate your relationship with this Dr. Liu?"
"I really want to know!"
"I feel a little itchy inside."
"Why don't you tell me? I won't tell anyone else."
The old man released Xie Yan's hand, smiled kindly, and patted Xie Yan's clothes affectionately, "What do you want?"
Xie Yan grabbed his hand tightly. "I'm just an ordinary person. What can I do?"
"You know, we've come to the hospital all this way, of course, to give birth safely, right?"
"Otherwise, what would you be doing here?"
Hearing Xie Yan's words, the old man laughed and said, "Don't worry, I guarantee you will be very safe in this hospital and there won't be any problems."
Xie Yan laughed, "You said it yourself. If anything goes wrong, I'll hold you responsible!"
The old man gritted his teeth, "Of course!"
Xie Yan shrugged. "Since you're a distant relative of mine, my hospital visit has cost a lot of money."
The old man's eyes darkened. "Young man, that's enough!"
Xie Yan raised an eyebrow. "The doctors over there are watching, aren't they? They seem quite suspicious of our relationship!"
The old man glanced around and saw that the doctors in the office were indeed watching them. Moreover, some of them were already making moves. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes to hide his murderous intent, and when he opened them again, he had returned to his refined appearance from the first time he was seen.
He said loudly, "We're all family. You're all in the hospital and your hands are probably tight. I'll definitely help you."
As he spoke, he pulled out a ten-yuan note from his pocket. Xie Yan remained the same as before, smiling at him without making any move!
The old man took out another ticket, which Xie Yan took. He then took out another ticket and looked at him with a smile. "Having money but no tickets won't do. You still can't buy anything."
The old man tightened his grip on the money, his eyes remaining unchanged. He took out grain coupons from his pocket, pulled out a few, and handed them to Xie Yan, saying, "It was my oversight."
Xie Yan forcefully pulled the food coupons from the old man's hand, his smile becoming much more genuine. "Come visit our room more often when you have time!"
"I still really like these banknotes."
The old man was so angry at Xie Yan that he turned around and left, afraid that if he didn't leave, he would be killed by Xie Yan's anger!
Xie Yan watched him walk away.
The nurse waited until the man had walked away before coming over and whispering to Xie Yan, "Is he really a distant relative of yours?"
Xie Yan smiled. "You know him?"
The nurse curled her lip. "Who doesn't know him? Almost everyone in our commune knows him!"
Xie Yan nodded. "Would it be convenient to talk about him?"
The nurse nodded. "Of course, it's not a secret."
“This old man in white is the richest man in our commune. His family used to own a factory, which is now a textile factory.”
As you know, the textile factory was handed over to the state.
But the country did not treat him unfairly; it gave him three positions in the factory!
Now, he and his wife both work in a textile factory.
Xie Yan looked at the nurse and asked, "What about your other job?"
The young nurse looked wistful, a mixture of envy and sympathy in her expression. "He gave it to his daughter-in-law's brother."
Xie Yan grasped the key information here, "Then why not give it to his son?" Did his son get the job on his own?
The nurse looked around, then pulled Xie Yan to a secluded spot and whispered, "His son has a problem here." She pointed to her head.
Xie Yan: "?"
What he saw last night didn't seem like there was anything wrong!
Seemingly sensing the question she wanted to hear, the nurse continued, "As long as he doesn't speak or have an attack, he looks just like a normal person."
“But once you’ve had contact with him, you’ll find there’s a real problem here,” the nurse said, pointing to her head.
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