Chapter 460 Love is a selfish thing!

After dropping Chu Yinglan off at the emergency room, Xu Jiuri went out and found a tricycle driver, asking the driver to go to Su Mei's house to inform Chu Yinglan of what had happened.

When the driver went to notify them, Huo Jianguo had already returned home.

Upon hearing that Chu Yinglan was in trouble, Su Mei and Huo Jianguo immediately went out.

Su Mei rushed to the hospital, while Huo Jianguo went to another courtyard to inform Chu Yinglan's parents.

When she arrived at the hospital, Su Mei met Xu Jiuri and finally figured out what had happened today.

Fortunately, Chu Yinglan was not in danger of life and she regained consciousness shortly after entering the hospital.

After the doctor gave her a full body check, he found that two fingers on her left hand were broken.

So when Su Mei arrived at the hospital, she didn't see Chu Yinglan immediately, because Chu Yinglan was undergoing surgery in the operating room when she arrived.

After understanding the situation clearly, Su Mei could only wait outside the operating room with Lu Xu for Chu Yinglan to come out.

She didn't expect Chu Yinglan to encounter such a thing in Yanjing. After sitting down, she couldn't help but say to Xu Jiuri:

"I didn't expect that even Yanjing would become such a mess!"

"It was very chaotic. The National Security Bureau was worried that it would be unsafe for me to go out, so they specially applied for a gun for me... If I didn't have this gun today, I might not be able to save her." Xu Jiuri took a breath when he thought of the situation at the entrance of the alley today.

Hearing that a gun was used to rescue the man, Su Mei felt even more frightened. She said:

"The world may be in chaos for several years!"

"That's normal. The early stages of every reform are never peaceful." Lu Jiuri responded softly.

Just as the two were lamenting the turmoil in the world, a doctor came out of the operating room and asked, "Is Chu Yinglan's family here?"

"Yes." Chu Yinglan's parents had not come over yet, so Su Mei naturally stood up as a family member.

Xu Jiuri also stood up immediately, but he failed to respond immediately. He sat back on the bench outside the operating room with some embarrassment.

The doctor looked at Su Mei and said, "Please come over and help the patient pick up the IV bottle and take it back to the ward."

"Let me go!" This time Lu Xu stood up and entered the small operating room.

Soon Lu Xu came out with Chu Yinglan, carrying a bottle of medicine.

The moment she saw Chu Yinglan, Su Mei took a deep breath.

She was beaten so badly that her face was bruised and bloody, and there was blood at the corners of her mouth. Her clothes must have been torn and were a little tattered.

His hair was messy, his eyes were bloodshot, and the corners of his eyes were black and blue.

"Su Mei, I'm sorry to bother you to come here. Actually, I'm fine." Chu Yinglan saw Su Mei and smiled brightly at her. She had such a straightforward personality and didn't feel overly aggrieved even after being beaten.

This made Su Mei feel particularly embarrassed.

She felt that she might be a little narrow-minded. The other person was so open and frank, and it was obvious that she had long forgotten the past events with Huo Jianguo.

Maybe she shouldn't be so shy about it and refuse to work with Huo Jianguo because of it.

"It hurts, right?" Putting aside what Huo Jianguo said, Su Mei still liked Yinglan very much. Seeing a good girl being beaten like this, she felt so distressed.

Yinglan didn't care much: "It's okay, just a minor injury."

Compared to the injuries she suffered on the battlefield, these injuries were just a drizzle to Yinglan.

Su Mei and Lu Jiuri accompanied Chu Yinglan to the ward.

Not long after the three of them arrived at the hospital, a group of people from the border who had come to attend the opening ceremony all rushed to the hospital.

Seeing her daughter being beaten like this, Lin Ruyin felt so distressed that her eyes were filled with tears.

In order to comfort Lin Ruyin, Chu Yinglan had to tell her mother over and over again, "I'm fine."

When Lin Ruyin finally stopped crying, leaders and warriors from other frontiers came over to ask about her well-being.

Each of those people spoke with concern about whether Yinglan had been hurt.

Du Lei was among a large group of people, staring at Yinglan with concern and heartache. He couldn't wait to say something to Yinglan.

After waiting for a long time until the voices died down, Du Lei found his chance and prepared to speak, but was interrupted by Chu Yinglan's excited voice.

"Dad, Mom, I was lucky enough to escape today thanks to Xu Jiuri. It was him! Comrade Xu Jiuri, I really want to thank you today!" Chu Yinglan specially introduced Xu Jiuri to her parents.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xu Jiuri with sparkling eyes.

Although Chu Yinglan was beaten rather ugly, her eyes were still heroic.

When those eyes stared at Xu Jiuri, he couldn't help but shudder. He adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses uncomfortably, lowered his head and whispered:

“It should be.”

After hearing Chu Yinglan's account of the whole story, Chu Zhonghua and Lin Ruyin also thanked Xu Jiuri.

While they were talking, Xu Jiuri kept looking at Chu Yinglan, and Chu Yinglan's eyes would also fall on Xu Jiuri from time to time.

Young people who have been in love can all feel that there is some emotion between these two people.

Zhao Lei also felt it. His face turned pale and he felt a mixture of heartache and pain.

When he heard that Chu Yinglan had an accident in the courtyard today, he was extremely worried.

At that time, he assumed thousands of possibilities in his mind. He thought that if Chu Yinglan was disfigured, disabled, or lost her innocence... No matter which one it was, he would immediately confess to Chu Yinglan.

He followed the group to the hospital in a panic, only to find that Chu Yinglan was fine and nothing serious had happened to her.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief and also made him more determined to confess his feelings.

When he heard that Chu Yinglan was in trouble today, he secretly hated himself for a long time, hating himself for not having the courage to express his love.

However, he had been in for such a long time and had not said anything, but he noticed that Chu Yinglan and Xu Jiuri were looking at each other silently.

This made Du Lei feel cold to the core.

Xu Jiuri is very good-looking.

He is handsome in an outstanding way. He has sharp eyes, willow-shaped eyebrows, a high nose, and a gentle and handsome appearance. He is a typical handsome man.

Du Lei didn't dare to confess his feelings before because he felt that he was no match for Huo Jianguo.

Now facing the gentle and handsome Xu Jiuri, he can only feel inferior in the dust.

The love buried deep in my heart will eventually be buried in the dust, and I am afraid I will never be able to mention it in this life.

Du Lei couldn't say the words of concern and greeting he wanted to say. His nose felt sore and he quietly and stealthily left the ward.

Shao Gang had been paying attention to Du Lei's condition. When he saw Du Lei go out, he hurriedly followed him out.

When they got outside, Shao Gang didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only reach out and pat Du Lei on the shoulder.

The group stayed in the ward for a long time. After making sure that Chu Yinglan was fine, they suggested leaving and let Chu Yinglan have a good rest in the hospital.

Except for Chu Zhonghua and Lin Ruyin who stayed to take care of Chu Yinglan, everyone else walked out of the hospital together.

As it was getting dark, Su Mei thought that if Chen Yillong and the other soldiers went back, they would probably not be able to eat in the cafeteria.

She remembered that there was a state-owned hotel near the hospital, so she took everyone to the hotel for a meal.

At the dinner table in the state-owned hotel, Du Lei took a glass of wine and walked up to Su Mei to apologize to her. He said:

"Sister-in-law, when we were at the border, I was prejudiced against you and said a lot of wrong things to you. I'm really sorry.

I now know that you are a very good and excellent person, and I sincerely apologize for my past rudeness. "

After saying this, Du Lei saluted Su Mei and then drank three glasses of strong liquor to make amends.

A military salute is the greatest courtesy for a soldier. Su Mei and Du Lei do not have any major conflicts in principle. The biggest conflict is just a few arguments between the two.

And every time they quarreled, Su Mei had the upper hand, so when Du Lei came to apologize, she didn't bother him about what happened that year. She responded with tea instead of wine:

"It's all in the past. It doesn't matter."

Su Mei was not magnanimous, she just knew that these people were brothers who had gone through life and death with Huo Jianguo.

They defended the border and fought for this land. Su Mei was unwilling to hold a grudge against these lovely people because of a verbal dispute.

Moreover, reconciling with them was also a way for Su Mei to give Huo Jianguo face.

After dinner, Su Mei and Huo Jianguo went home.

Others continued to rest in the courtyard house in Wangfujing.

Su Mei and Huo Jianguo rode their bicycles back to their yard.

After returning to the room and washing up, Su Mei told Huo Jianguo the reason why Chu Yinglan came home.

Today in the hospital, Chu Yinglan did not mention to Huo Jianguo her desire to join the security company. Perhaps it was because when she came to see Su Mei, she felt from Su Mei that Su Mei did not want her to join the security company.

So Chu Yinglan never mentioned this matter to Huo Jianguo again.

After returning home, Su Mei took the initiative to tell Huo Jianguo about this matter.

"Do you want her to join our company? Or not?" Huo Jianguo asked directly after hearing Su Mei's words.

Su Mei also told him honestly: "To be honest, I don't want to. She liked you before. Even if she doesn't like you now, I don't want her to appear around you. Maybe... I'm a little stingy."

"I'm not being stingy. Everyone has a possessive desire. I'm very happy that you have this thought." Huo Jianguo had already made up his mind while speaking:

"Since this makes you uncomfortable, let's refuse it!"

"Keyinglan is fine!" Su Mei hesitated again... She felt like she was just chatting over tea.

Huo Jianguo held Su Mei's face and said seriously: "Anything that is not conducive to the harmony between us should be nipped in the bud.

We can be generous with some things, but we can be infinitely stingy with our feelings.

Because...love is inherently a selfish thing.

It goes against human nature to ask a person to be selfless in love.”