Fu Jingsheng sat outside the ward, with the camera only pointed at him, so that the children wouldn't realize that this was a hospital.
"You brat, only your mom gets to bully me. I'm hanging up now. Oh, and tell Grandma we're not going home today."
Fu Yunting wanted to ask something more, but his father had already hung up the phone.
So he told his grandma that his parents had argued and his mom had stormed off, and asked his grandma to take them to find his mom quickly.
Han Yue didn't believe her son would dare to upset his wife, so she tried sending Rong Yan a video call, and sure enough, Fu Jingsheng answered.
Just as the man was about to return to his ward, he heard the bell ring again. He stood in the corridor, pointed the camera at his face, and asked his mother what was wrong.
Han Yue pretended to ask her daughter-in-law to give Fu Jingsheng the phone to Rong Yan, but Fu Jingsheng used the same excuse to fob off his mother.
Han Yue, of course, didn't believe it: "Yun Ting called and Rong Yan was in the bathroom, still in the bathroom now. Fu Jingsheng, I'm warning you, if you dare to make Rong Yan unhappy, don't come home."
Fu Jingsheng rubbed his temples: "I don't have the guts. I know I have the lowest status in the family."
"Rong Yan asked me to get her some clothes, I'll hang up now." Without waiting for Han Yue to continue nagging, Fu Jingsheng made up an excuse and hung up the phone.
Rong Yan was delirious with fever, and an IV drip was in her hand. Fu Jingsheng returned to the bedside and touched his wife's forehead, which was still very hot. If his mother knew that Rong Yan was sick, she would probably have to make an example of him again.
The doctor said Rong Yan had a viral and bacterial cross-infection and was expected to need five days of IV fluids. Fu Jingsheng planned to return to Tiancheng after his wife's fever subsided, and the rest of the IV fluids would be administered in Tiancheng.
On the beach, Fu Yunting saw his grandmother hang up the phone and asked if he hadn't seen his mother.
Han Yue rested her chin on her hand in thought. In the past, whenever the children called, they would always see Rong Yan, while Fu Jingsheng would only show up for a short while. Today, her son was carrying his daughter-in-law's phone, and when they video-called each other, they couldn't see his daughter-in-law. This was definitely abnormal.
Han Yue absolutely would not allow Fu Jingsheng to upset Rong Yan. Even if he didn't drive her away, she couldn't let Rong Yan hide in the bathroom and sulk alone.
She called Xiaobaihe over and asked if Fu Jingsheng and the others had argued when they went to Xiaobaihe city for a trip.
Xiaobaihe said that the two of them had a very good relationship, but there were always frictions when they were together. Not to mention being husband and wife, they even argued with their parents.
Han Yue strongly agreed with the last sentence. Her son's emotions had been quite unstable lately. A couple of days ago, he was jealous of the children and then argued with her. The children lived far away, so she couldn't discipline them. As their mother, she couldn't be too disobedient. So where could she vent her anger? She could only take it out on the people around her.
Han Yue couldn't stay still any longer. Since it was all tourism anyway, going to Beicheng would be the same.
She asked the children if they wanted to sneak out in Beicheng to surprise their mother, and the children said yes without hesitation.
The group returned to the hotel, packed their belongings, and bought tickets for the next available train.
Beicheng wasn't big, so they decided to stay near the station first and call Fu Jingsheng the next day. If they still couldn't see Rong Yan, they should tell him immediately that they were already in Beicheng.
After the three IV drips were finished, Rong Yan's fever subsided. She closed her eyes and said she was thirsty. Fu Jingsheng had already prepared water and porridge. When he saw his wife wake up, he helped her sit up and fed her.
Rong Yan touched her head, still feeling unwell. After sips of water to moisten her throat, she felt a little better, but before long, she started coughing violently again.
"Fu Jingsheng, am I delirious with fever?" Rong Yan felt like she had slept for quite a while. She tried to open her eyes halfway through, but as soon as she did, the world spun around her.
"40.3 degrees Celsius. I guess he caught a chill sleeping outside last night, and it was a cross-infection of viruses and bacteria. The fever has subsided now, but the doctor said it's likely to recur. It seems we can't go back to Tiancheng tomorrow; we can only go back after the fever has completely broken." Fu Jingsheng told his wife the general situation.
"I haven't had an IV drip in years. I never expected that a trip here would land me in the hospital," Rong Yan said, coughing.
"Besides coughing, is there anything else that's bothering you?" Fu Jingsheng asked, patting his wife's back.
Rong Yan shook her head. Although her lungs ached from coughing, she didn't say anything for fear of worrying Fu Jingsheng.
Forget about going back to Tiancheng, Rongyan can't even leave the hospital. She has to stay in the hospital for four or five hours at a time for an IV drip. In order to make it easier to continue tomorrow, she chose to stay in the hospital.
That evening, Han Yue, who had arrived in Beicheng, made another video call to her daughter-in-law.
The haggard-looking woman didn't dare answer the phone.
Han Yue felt something was wrong even more. It was probably evening by then, and Fu Jingsheng didn't dare to take Rong Yan's phone, so he simply stopped answering it.
"Grandma, didn't Mom answer?" Fu Yunting was very worried about his mother.
Han Yue looked anxious, but she had to pretend to be calm, otherwise the children would be even more worried.
"Mom and Dad should be having dinner by now. I'll send them a message." Han Yue sent Rong Yan several photos of them going beachcombing.
After a while, Rong Yan actually replied: "The little ones must be so happy, catching so many little crabs!"
"I'm back!" Han Yue said happily.
"Rong Yan, are you alright?" Han Yue sent another message.
【fine】
“Grandma, the person replying to the message might not be Mom. Dad can use her phone to reply. Why don’t you have Mom send a voice message? Dad can’t fake it.” Fu Yunlei felt strange. Mom didn’t answer the video call but replied to the message. Wasn’t it because Dad couldn’t fake it if he answered the video call?
Han Yue was suddenly enlightened: "Yes, I'll let her say something."
"Rongyan, please say something to your mother. We've been so worried about you all day. Did you and Jingsheng have a fight? Don't be angry, we'll all help you. We won't let Jingsheng come home."
Rong Yan sat on the hospital bed, looking at a string of messages her mother-in-law had sent. Her mother-in-law was even better at imagining things than she was.
At this point, when Fu Jingsheng said that Rong Yan was delirious with fever, his mother and children video-called him. He didn't dare to tell the truth, and they became anxious when they didn't see Rong Yan several times.
"Mom, we're watching a movie, we can't talk." Rong Yan sent a few words, her voice so hoarse she could barely make a sound, and it would be clear there was a problem as soon as she opened her mouth.
"You can't talk while watching a movie?" Xiaobaihe glanced at the message and felt something was wrong.
"Auntie, should we just tell my brother-in-law that we're in Beicheng? My sister went out without her phone or anything, do you think she has any money? These days, very few people carry cash, and it's almost evening." Xiaobaihe was worried about Rongyan.
Han Yue dialed her son's number directly.
When Fu Jingsheng saw it was his mother, he turned on the speakerphone and answered, "Mom."
"Mom, what? Where's Rong Yan? Did you make her leave in anger? She's acting so strangely today. I can't see her on video, and I can't hear her voice on the phone. It's late, aren't you going to go look for her?" Han Yue's voice was agitated.
"Mom, how could I dare to upset her? Rong Yan is here, watching a movie." Fu Jingsheng said a few words before he remembered that his wife had just made up an excuse about watching a movie without saying anything, and he had actually answered the phone. Wasn't that a slap in the face? Fortunately, he reacted quickly, "I knew you thought we were lying to you, so I ran outside to answer the phone."
"Where can I find it? Give me your location and I'll come find you right away."
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