Social Death Patient 089
There were many people helping Bai Jiesui clean up the clinic, not to mention the two free laborers in her family, and now there was another person named Zong Jin who volunteered. Yan Yushan would not be absent from such an occasion. He put aside all his proper work and brought Xiao Chu to help Bai Jiesui clean up.
The same goes for the old couple next door. They come to help every day, sweeping the floor, wiping the table, or supervising their son's work.
At first, the old couple thought that Yan Yushan was just there to help symbolically because they were afraid of being scolded by them. Besides, they knew that he had become busy again recently and didn't expect him to do much work.
Unexpectedly, he didn't rest for a single day. He got up early and went to Xiaobai's clinic to help every day. He was extremely proactive and positive.
He and Xiao Chu basically took on all the physical work. He never minded any heavy or tiring work, and he always snatched the work from Xiao Bai's hands.
Just like just now, Bai Jiesui originally wanted to dust off the medicine cabinet, but Yan Yushan took away the feather duster, saying that the top layer was too dirty and had accumulated a lot of dust, so he asked her to hang up the human meridian acupoint map instead. He was the one who had just hammered the nails into the wall.
Ten minutes ago, Bai Jiesui was moving tables and chairs when Yan Yushan snatched them away. He said the solid wood chairs were too heavy and gave her a feather duster to dust them.
Now he says there is too much dust and it is too dirty, so he asks her to hang a meridian map.
Bai Jiesui felt that if she really died, he might come back and say that climbing the ladder was too dangerous and take over the job.
She knew that he wanted to compensate her and that he really didn't want her to work, so he wanted to take on all the work, no matter how big or small.
These days, every time she started working, the work would be quickly snatched away by someone else, either Yan Yushan and Xiao Chu, or Zong Jin and Asan. Although Zong Jin was not a hard worker, his attitude towards work was very positive.
From selecting the site to cleaning up the clinic, Bai Jiesui actually did very little work herself. Most of the time she just stood there giving instructions with her hands behind her back, and then others made arrangements based on her ideas.
She saw how hard everyone worked these days, especially Yan Yushan and Xiao Chu, who did most of the physical work.
If you tell others about this, they may not believe it, but the dusty laborer in front of you is actually the famous triple-Award winner Yan Yushan.
At first, Bai Jiesui let him help her with the work without any psychological burden.
But Yan Yushan treated her like a child, overprotecting her and not letting her do anything.
Even Olaf didn't have this treatment. No one helped her plant the potted plants. She looked at the white mustard with envy, her eyes rolling around.
Bai Jiesui curled her lips uncomfortably: "You don't have to stop me from doing anything. I have hands and feet, and I can do some things myself."
Yan Yushan turned to look at her and smiled at her. "There's too much dust on top of this cabinet, and it's high up. It'll be hard for you to sweep it, and the cleaning agent will hurt your hands, so you have to protect them well. Also, I'm not asking you to stop working. You have time now to think about whether there's anything else you need to add or modify."
The main idea is to prevent white mustard from working.
Bai Jiesui looked at his back as he worked for a while, and suddenly frowned.
"Did you strain your shoulder?"
She hadn't looked at Yan Yushan carefully before and hadn't noticed the injury on his shoulder.
Yan Yushan's arm was indeed a little painful. He accidentally stretched his tendons when moving cabinets yesterday. Every time he raised his arm today, he felt obvious pain.
But he subconsciously denied it.
"No."
Bai Jiesui looked at him coldly: "You haven't forgotten what I do, have you?"
Yan Yushan finally admitted: "I stretched it yesterday, it's just a minor problem, it doesn't hurt much now."
"If you strain your shoulder, don't lift your arm, let alone lift heavy objects. You rushed to do so much work today. Do you not want your arm anymore?"
Bai Jiesui's stern face and scolding made Yan Yushan at a loss. He lowered his head to look at her and explained honestly.
"Because it didn't hurt much, I thought it was just a minor injury and didn't take it too seriously."
Bai Jiesui glanced at him silently, then turned and left: "Put down the feather duster and come with me. I'll take a closer look for you."
Without saying a word, Yan Yushan put down the feather duster and went to the pharmacy with Bai Jiesui.
After seeing his injuries, Yan Yushan was deprived of the right to work and could only do some light work like white mustard seed.
At this time, the old couple were wiping the glass door at the front door. Seeing this scene, Grandma Yan nudged Grandpa Qi with her elbow.
"Old man, don't you think your son is quite concerned about Xiaobai's affairs?"
"Wouldn't it be better if you could pay more attention?" Grandpa Qi felt that his wife was just making small talk.
"These are two different things. Have you noticed that none of us are as effective as Xiaobai in speaking now?"
After dinner last night, the old lady heard Yan Yushan asking Xiao Chu to buy medicine. Only then did she realize that Yan Yushan had strained his shoulder and was slightly swollen.
Although the old lady complained a lot about her son, she still felt sorry for him. She applied medicine on him and told him not to go to work the next day and to have a good rest.
As a result, he went to help early the next morning, lifting things up and down, and the intensity of the work was no easier than the day before.
The old lady tried to persuade him earnestly several times, and Xiao Chu also tried to persuade him, but it was no use, he just said it was okay.
Afraid that Bai Jiesui would feel guilty, the old lady didn't dare to say anything and could only let him go.
"I've advised him so many times, but he didn't listen to a word I said. Now Xiaobai says one thing, and he does it right away."
"Xiaobai is a doctor, how dare he disobey the doctor's orders?"
That’s what she said, but the old lady always felt that it was not right.
"I heard Xiao Chu answering the phone. Every day someone calls to urge your son to go back. He's busy with his own work, so why doesn't he go back to work? When did your son become such a caring person?"
"Isn't this what you asked for?"
"What did I ask him for?"
"Tell him to remember how Xiaobai has taken care of us these days, and ask him to thank Xiaobai on our behalf. Now is our chance to thank Xiaobai."
This is what the old lady told her son, but based on her understanding of her son, Yan Yushan's way of expressing gratitude would only be like last time, buying a lot of high-end gifts for people, and he would definitely not do everything by himself like he did today.
This sincerity is too great, and it is difficult for ordinary people to do it, let alone her son who is a big star and looks so glamorous outside.
The old lady sensed something was wrong, but she just couldn't figure it out.
Grandpa Qi didn't think as much as his wife did. He just felt that it would be better for his son to be enthusiastic and hardworking.
"He did what you asked him to do. Isn't that great? With two more people working, our project progress is significantly faster."
The old lady didn't expect to be able to discuss anything with him, and glared at him unhappily.
"I've asked him so many things, and he hasn't listened to a single one. If he had listened to me on everything, he would have been married and had children long ago, and I'd be enjoying the company of my grandchildren."
"That's enough. I've been thinking about this all day long." Grandpa Qi felt like his ears were getting calluses.
The old lady glared at him. "You don't want to? I think about it all day long. I don't know who was the one who couldn't sleep all night a while ago and asked Old Chen to go fishing. But Old Chen showed off the fishing rod his granddaughter bought him for the whole afternoon. Some people were so angry that they came back without catching any fish."
Grandpa Qi's face flushed red, and he said stubbornly, "I came back early because I had something to do that day. How could I possibly envy Old Chen's fishing rod? I have my own pension, and I can buy whatever I want. I'm not as shameless as Old Chen, who asked his granddaughter, who just started working, for a fishing rod. If it were me, I wouldn't have the nerve to accept it."
The old lady said: "Yes, we old men are very strong-willed. I just don't know who had the audacity to accept the fishing rod from Xiaobai, and a complete set of fishing gear, including an umbrella, a table, and chairs. And then he stayed away from home every day, rushing to meet people to show off."
Grandpa Qi gets angry when he talks about this.
"Old Chen saw the fishing gear Xiaobai gave me and was so envious that his eyes turned red. He went home that same day and called his granddaughter to buy him some. How shameless is he?"
Old Chen shamelessly asked his granddaughter for a fishing rod. Before he got the rod, he couldn't make an appointment with her to go fishing. After he got the rod, he couldn't wait to ask her out to go fishing. He called her before dawn the next morning to urge her to go.
However, Old Chen's fishing gear was obviously not as high-end as his, and any layman could tell whose fishing gear was more expensive.
Old Chen couldn't compete with Grandpa Qi in terms of price, so he repeatedly emphasized that his fishing rod was a gift from his granddaughter, while Grandpa Qi's fishing rod was a gift from an outsider, and no matter how expensive it was, it was not as thoughtful as his fishing rod.
They were openly and secretly belittling Grandpa Qi's fishing rod, emphasizing that Bai Jiesui was just an outsider. The reason why he was so nice to him was probably because he knew that his family member Yan Yushan had no descendants and was coveting his family's inheritance.
How could Grandpa Qi tolerate all this? He had a big quarrel with Old Chen on the spot, and his face turned red and his neck became thick. This was the main reason why he was sent home in anger.
After returning home, he deleted Old Chen's phone number.
Grandpa Qi: "How can Old Chen's granddaughter compare to our Xiaobai? Xiaobai took the initiative to buy me a fishing rod, and she got angry with me when I refused to accept it. Old Chen chased his granddaughter to ask for it, so his granddaughter bought a cheap set to fool him. Old Chen was embarrassed and started talking nonsense. It's only because I was generous that I didn't make a fuss about it, otherwise I would have ripped his mouth off and kicked him into the river."
"Why are you arguing with Old Chen? You are already an elderly man, why are you still acting like a child?" the old lady said angrily.
"Old Chen is always looking for trouble and his words make me uncomfortable, so I won't be associating with him anymore."
"Then Lao Chen will be at the class reunion next month, but you won't go?"
"Why are you going? If you don't go, you'll waste my seat fee."
Old Chen is not the only one who is annoying. Ever since he went fishing with the fishing rod bought by Bai Jiesui, these people have asked their juniors to buy fishing gear for them when they return. Their words are not as annoying as Old Chen's, but their actions are the same.
Recently, Bai Jiesui gave him a smartphone, and he also started to learn to browse the circle of friends, and saw many old classmates and colleagues showing off their fishing rods and mobile phones.
They are a group of smart scholars. Whatever Xiaobai gave them, they would ask the younger generation to buy it.
"You're not ashamed. We've been colleagues for decades, and we were classmates, and you just had a few words. You said you won't go to the 60th anniversary reunion, so you shouldn't associate with any of your colleagues and classmates from now on. You can afford to lose this person, but I can't."
"They want to bring their relatives. I just had a fight with Old Chen, and he's definitely going to bring his own grandchildren along, just to piss me off."
"Are you worried that Old Chen is too talkative and you won't be able to win an argument with him?"
"Why would I be afraid of him? I've never lost an argument with Old Chen."
The conversation between the two alarmed the people in the house, and Bai Jiesui asked them what was going on.
The old lady looked pleased with herself and jokingly said, "It's nothing. The stubborn old man had some conflicts with his old classmates and is now breaking up with them like the young people."
Grandpa Qi looked embarrassed. He had the nerve to refute his wife, but he felt embarrassed in front of Bai Jiesui.
Bai Jiesui also heard the general idea and didn't need them to explain it again.
"Just because of the fishing rod I gave you last time?"
"Old Chen is a mean-spirited man. He envied me for getting a nice fishing rod and my new phone. I'm too lazy to argue with him. I'll definitely irritate him if I go."
Bai Jiesui knew about this. Grandma Yan had told her secretly, but in a tone that mocked Grandpa Qi.
Although this matter had nothing to do with her, she still felt uncomfortable when she saw Grandpa Qi was so depressed that he never went out, and he would take out the fishing rod she gave him and wipe it several times every day.
As a result, before this incident was over, Grandpa Qi didn't even want to attend the class reunion.
"Grandpa Qi isn't going to the class reunion? Isn't it the 60th anniversary reunion?"
Grandpa Qi definitely wanted to go. It was the 60th anniversary party. People of their age would see their friends less and less often. Besides the annoying guy like Old Chen, there was also an old friend he really wanted to see.
Grandma Yan: "Don't worry about him. The old man can't compare to Old Chen. Isn't this just asking our old man to get scolded?"
Bai Jiesui: "They brought a lot of people with them, and we are not short of people here either. As long as Grandpa Qi wants to go, I won't let you fight alone."
Grandpa Qi suddenly became interested: "Xiaobai, do you want to go with me?"
White Mustard Spike: "If you don't mind having one more burden."
"How can you be a burden? We have a deal, you are not allowed to regret it!" Grandpa Qi rubbed his hands excitedly.
He didn't know why, but even though he knew Bai Jiesui was just an ordinary neighbor, when he heard that she was going to accompany him, he immediately felt confident and was not worried about a confrontation with Old Chen at all.
"Teacher Xiaobai, how could a neighbor follow you to a class reunion?" Xiao Chu deliberately winked at Bai Jiesu, implying that Bai Jiesu was not in a legitimate position now and lacked the confidence to find a place to attend.
Yan Yushan understood what Xiao Chu meant and looked at Bai Jiesui with anticipation.
Bai Jiesui also understood what Xiao Chu wanted to say. Precisely because she understood, she avoided Yan Yushan's expectant gaze and did not want to answer this question.
This was the first time Grandpa Qi frowned at Xiao Chu and reprimanded him for his inappropriate remarks.
"What neighbor? I've always treated Xiaobai like my granddaughter. What's wrong with her having a meal with me? Who dares to object?"
“…” Xiao Chu held his forehead helplessly. He tried his best.
It was also the first time that Yan Yushan could no longer tolerate his father. He wanted to say something several times, but was finally interrupted by Bai Jiesui.
"Come in and apply the medicine. The ointment I prepared for you is ready."
Yan Yushan knew that there was no way to rush, so he could only let it go.
Moreover, Bai Jiesui's attitude towards him has improved a lot. At least she cares about him, notices the injury on his shoulder, and personally prepares medicine for him.
The two walked inside side by side. Yan Yushan felt very happy and would turn his head to talk to her with a smile from time to time.
He was completely unaware that a black van was parked across the street with a telephoto lens sticking out of the window.
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