Chapter 113 You have me, that’s all!
"Yes, I am Huo Jianguo's lover, hello!" Su Mei could feel the woman's hostility towards her, an undisguised disgust and contempt.
She didn't know where the hostility of this woman came from. She responded to Lin Ruyin politely, and then followed Huo Jianguo to sit on the sofa in the room without saying a word.
Chu Zhonghua quickly walked out of the house. He poured two cups of tea and placed them in front of Su Mei and Huo Jianguo respectively, then sat down.
"Jianguo, are you going back home to celebrate the New Year? Su Mei is here too, so why don't you just stay with the team? This trip back home will take three days just by train, how tiring!"
"It has to be returned!" Huo Jianguo said:
"My parents are waiting for me to go back. Su Mei has never left her hometown in all these years. Her parents miss her too. Throughout the year, I can only go back during the Chinese New Year. How can I not go back?"
"Yes, it's time to go back and take a look." Chu Zhonghua said, looking deeply at Huo Jianguo, and sighed:
"When you are free some year, go back and bring your parents to the army to celebrate the New Year. The old commander raised you as his own son. He has no children, so he celebrates the New Year alone every year. If you can stay and celebrate the New Year with him, he will definitely be very happy."
"This...we'll talk about it when we have the chance." Huo Jianguo felt that Chu Zhonghua's words were incomprehensible. No matter how much Chen Yillong valued him, he was not Chen Yillong's biological son. How could he stay here to accompany him for the New Year?
But even though he felt it was strange, Huo Jianguo did not ask any more questions. He guessed that Chu Zhonghua probably had nothing to say to him, so he was just making small talk and said a few strange words.
While the two were talking, Lin Ruyin was busy in the house.
It was not until Huo Jianguo finished his greetings with Chu Zhonghua and stood up to say goodbye and leave that Lin Ruyin came out of the room. She stuffed a lot of things into Huo Jianguo's hands and said as she stuffed them:
"Jianguo, I prepared some food for you to eat on the road. There are also two sweaters in this pocket. They are made of wool that is very popular this year. You can take them back and wear them.
Here is another pair of military boots. Although they look the same as your usual boots, I asked someone to make them based on your style. They are made of pure cowhide, and the inside is thick and soft, making them the most comfortable to wear in winter."
"Aunt Lin, I have everything, why don't you take so much trouble for me!" Huo Jianguo looked at the things piled in his arms, and he didn't know where to put his hands.
He felt that Lin Ruyin was too enthusiastic towards him. It seemed that Lin Ruyin had been showing an abnormal enthusiasm for Huo Jianguo for several years.
Huo Jianguo used to think that Lin Ruyin was like this to everyone.
It was only this year that he realized that the reason she was so enthusiastic about him was because she had always treated him as her son-in-law.
Huo Jianguo didn't know what it was about him that Lin Ruyin liked so much and why she was so obsessed with him, a married young man, that she even resorted to some means to drive him away from his wife.
Before, Huo Jianguo didn't know what Lin Ruyin was thinking, and he could still greet her with a smile. But now that he knew what Lin Ruyin was up to, he naturally couldn't greet her with a smile anymore. He put all the things Lin Ruyin had prepared on the tea table and said to her:
"Auntie Lin, I appreciate your kindness, but I cannot take your things. Thank you for your kindness."
"How can I not take it? I'm doing this for your mother..." Seeing that Huo Jianguo didn't want anything, Lin Ruyin suddenly became anxious.
But before she could finish her words, Chu Zhongtian interrupted her:
"Okay, these things, Jianguo's wife, his mother will take care of him, is there any need for you to meddle in their affairs?
It's such a long journey, it's so troublesome for him to carry so many things, you don't need to prepare blindly in the future... Jianguo, I won't let your Aunt Lin buy things randomly in the future, but I have prepared everything this year. The size of these shoes is not suitable for me, so you can take them with you."
As Chu Zhonghua spoke, he stuffed all those things into Huo Jian's arms.
Finally, unable to resist the kindness of his old leader, Huo Jianguo accepted those gifts that looked very valuable.
The two of them came in with bags and left with bags.
After the couple walked away, Chu Zhongtian returned to the house with a dark face. He looked at Lin Ruyin with dissatisfaction and said angrily:
"Why do you talk so fast? If I hadn't interrupted you just now, you would have almost let it slip!"
"It's okay if I let it slip. It's not something shameful." Lin Ruyin squinted indifferently.
At this time, Yinglan, who had been out all day, came back. As soon as she entered the room, she asked:
"Mom and Dad, what are you talking about? What shameful things? Did you two do anything shameful?"
Chu Zhongtian and Lin Ruyin had a rare moment of tacit understanding. They both turned around and glared at Yinglan, shouting in unison:
“…..Get out!!!”
Su Mei and Huo Jianguo went back to the clinic as soon as they left the house.
They still have one last gift to give away.
This gift is for Qin Zhengting. When Su Mei became Qin Zhengting's apprentice, she did not prepare any apprenticeship gift for him. Now the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so Su Mei should wish Qin Zhengting a happy new year.
Everything was thought of by Huo Jianguo. Su Mei had no life experience and had never wished others a happy New Year in her previous life.
During the Chinese New Year in her previous life, everyone went home happily to celebrate the New Year, but Su Mei stayed in the hospital and never celebrated the New Year.
She spent the New Year in the hospital. For Su Mei, the most meaningful thing about the New Year was that she could get triple pay for overtime work.
Because she had no idea of New Year's greetings, she had no awareness of preparing New Year's greetings gifts.
It was not until Huo Jianguo handed the New Year gifts to Su Mei that Su Mei belatedly remembered that she should indeed wish a happy New Year to her new master.
As she was carrying the things towards Qin Zhengting's residence, Su Mei couldn't help but say to Huo Jianguo with some frustration:
"Thanks to you for preparing a New Year gift for Master, otherwise I would never have thought of coming here.
During the day, when I went to the department store, I only thought about buying things for myself. Now I think about it, I didn’t go home for a year and I didn’t bring anything for my family! "
Su Mei felt really bad. In her previous life, she envied others for having families and was jealous of others for being able to fly home during festivals.
This year she also had such an opportunity. She was eager to go home and find the joy of reunion with her family, but she tried for a long time and did not feel the festive atmosphere.
She longed for the warmth of a family, but she didn’t know how to integrate herself into the family. She couldn’t help but feel a little sad. She said:
"Huo Jianguo, I don't seem to have any common sense at all."
"It's okay, just buy what you need. I've already prepared gifts for grandpa, parents and brothers when you go home for the New Year. You don't need to buy anything." Huo Jianguo felt that as a man, he should take care of these things. Seeing that Su Mei was in a bad mood, he comforted her:
"I will remember everything. You don't need to have any common sense. I am enough for you!"