Chapter 45 She said I was disgusting, what did she mean!

There were not as many patients coming to see the doctor this morning as the day before. It was probably because it was the first day the clinic had just opened, so the clinic was packed with people.

In order to see more people, Su Mei sped up the consultation process.

I didn’t expect that at half past eleven, there was no one queuing outside.

There was still half an hour before dinner time. Su Mei got up, walked around the house for a while, and then went into the lounge.

She glanced at the basket that Huo Jianguo brought over, which was filled with some sawdust and half a basket of black coal briquettes.

The lounge was warm. Su Mei took a fire tongs to open the lid of the stove and found that the charcoal inside was burning red.

In order to keep the fire burning, Su Mei picked up a few more pieces of coal and added them in.

After lighting the fire, she lay down on the sofa to rest.

Twenty minutes passed in a flash. Su Mei dragged her tired body up from the sofa and prepared to go to the cafeteria for dinner.

After leaving the lounge and entering the clinic, she just pushed open the door to go out when she saw Huo Jianguo appear at the door with hot air coming out of his mouth.

Are you coming here at this time to have dinner with her?

Su Mei was thinking this when she heard Huo Jianguo say, "Let's go and have dinner."

Although she didn't know why Huo Jianguo came over and asked her to have dinner with him, Su Mei still followed him obediently.

The two arrived early and got their meal quickly.

There weren't as many stares in the cafeteria as yesterday. Apparently, no matter how strange the scene was, everyone would get used to it after seeing it a few more times.

But there are inevitably some voices of discussion among the crowd.

"Is that Commander Huo's wife? I heard that she has a bad reputation in the military compound and often does some sneaky things."

"That's impossible. She's a doctor. The clinic has been open for the past two days and she's the one treating the patients. How can a doctor's character be so bad?"

"Rumors are not to be believed. I think Madam Su is very good. I went to see Chicken Eyes yesterday and she didn't mind my smelly feet at all. She helped me pick them out bit by bit."

"Fuck your master, we are eating, are you nasty or not?"

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Su Mei listened to the discussions that were not avoided by her, and her whole body became like an ostrich. She lowered her head to eat with her neck tucked into her clothes.

It's really unpleasant to be the center of conversation.

Just as she quickened her eating pace and wanted to finish her meal quickly and leave, two plates fell next to Su Mei and Huo Jianguo.

It was Shao Gang and Du Lei who sat down again.

"Commander." Shao Gang and Du Lei greeted Huo Jianguo at the same time.

Then only Shao Gang called out to Su Mei, "Sister-in-law!"

After Shao Gang finished shouting, Du Lei glared at him fiercely, as if blaming him for calling Su Mei like that.

The whole thing was almost the same as the day before, the only difference was that Huo Jianguo had not finished the meal on his plate today.

He ate slowly on purpose, observing Su Mei's movements the whole time.

Suddenly I noticed that she started eating slowly, completely different from the voracious eater she used to be.

She chewed each mouthful of rice slowly. Although she seemed to be trying her best to eat fast, she still chewed each mouthful of rice many times before swallowing it.

It's so strange. Even if she wanted to change herself, she wouldn't change all the life habits that have accompanied her for many years.

Ever since Huo Jianguo started paying attention to Su Mei, he sometimes really had an illusion that the person staying by his side was a completely different person.

But such thoughts are usually fleeting. Most of the time, Huo Jianguo still feels that this woman is using all her strength to stay with him.

He had been observing Su Mei, so naturally he didn't notice that Du Lei beside him had been releasing malice and disgust towards Su Mei.

While eating, Du Lei looked at Su Mei with disdain.

Su Mei was already feeling uncomfortable because people around her disliked her, and now there was someone sitting diagonally opposite her who disliked her and kept glaring at her.

This completely ruined Su Mei's mood for eating. She looked at the remaining rice on the plate, stood up suddenly, turned around and went to the table at the back and sat down alone.

Huo Jianguo on the opposite side was observing with puzzled eyes, but the person in front of him suddenly stood up and sat in another place, which made Huo Jianguo completely confused.

"What's wrong with her?" Huo Jianguo glanced at Shao Gang across from him in confusion.

Shao Gang didn't dare to say anything and could only look up at Du Lei.

Although Huo Jianguo didn't know that Du Lei and Su Mei had had an argument, he still read from Shao Gang's eyes that Su Mei had stood up and was related to Du Lei.

But when he turned around to look at Du Lei, he found that Du Lei was just eating his meal honestly.

With doubt in his heart, Huo Jianguo also stood up with his meal tray. He walked to Su Mei and sat down, asking her:

"Why did you suddenly change your position?"

"That table is disgusting." Su Mei responded without raising her head while feeding the rice into her mouth.

The two tables were not far apart, so Du Lei at the table in front could hear Su Mei's words clearly.

After hearing what Su Mei said, he threw his chopsticks on the table and stood up, and asked loudly at Su Mei's back:

"Who are you calling evil?"

The roar attracted the attention of everyone in the cafeteria.

Huo Jianguo glanced at Du Lei and dropped his chopsticks, then shouted coldly:

"What are you yelling about? Sit down."

"I won't sit down, teacher. Please ask Su Mei to explain. Who did she just say was evil?

My face was not like this before I came to the border. I went to the border to guard it, and my face was damaged by the wind and rain. That’s why it became like this.” Du Lei was so angry that he was shaking.

"I worked hard for my country and ended up like this. She said I was disgusting. What does she mean?"