Chapter 14: Favored as promised
Song Yanzhou understood the hidden meaning in Zhou Heping's words. Since they were all his subordinates, he did not beat around the bush and said directly and sternly:
"Zhou Heping, people who are sick don't get sick on purpose. I married Ye Mu, and even if she's a fool, you still have to call her sister-in-law. Got it?!"
Zhou Heping quickly said loudly: "Yes!"
After arriving in the city and moving all the things from the department store into the car, Song Yanzhou asked Zhou Heping to wait in the car while he made a phone call and contacted his good friend in Sijiu City.
Xu Rulin suddenly received a call from Song Yanzhou and asked:
"I heard from my aunt that you have returned to the military region. How is your wife? If she is in bad condition, send her to the hospital according to our previous plan. I should be able to help."
At present, there are not many rigorous and effective treatments for autistic patients in China, but Xu Rulin had returned from abroad. Mr. Xu went to Province F because of Xu Rulin. During that turmoil, Xu Rulin was just sixteen years old and was sent to study abroad for a year, and then was urgently called back because of this incident.
After returning, Xu Rulin discovered that his father had been demoted because of him, and his mother had already cut off ties with him, and his father's relatives had also severed ties with him.
The teenager suddenly became alone. At that time, Mr. Xu was still in the Sijiucheng Research Institute. Although there was some turmoil in the institute, the fire did not burn Mr. Xu.
Seeing Xu Rulin's lonely appearance, Mr. Xu couldn't bear to see his grandson suffer, so he took the initiative to resign and left the city with his wife and grandson to Province F.
Xu Rulin's surname was not Xu before. He changed it after he followed Mr. Xu and others.
He and Song Yanzhou have been good friends since childhood, and their families were originally neighbors. When Song Yanzhou joined the army, he followed his parents' arrangements to study abroad, but he did not expect such a change to happen.
Xu Rulin also returned to Sijiu City last year. He was specially summoned back because of his excellent medical skills, because the person above... was in poor health.
At this time, hiring people was not so particular, and his grandmother was an excellent doctor. When she left the city with Mr. Xu, her leader had tried to keep her.
Xu Rulin felt that he was able to return to Beijing mainly because of his grandmother’s help.
Now he is sitting in the hospital, and his grandmother is in a special place and cannot be seen normally. Every time Xu Rulin goes to see her, he will prepare some tonics and supplements.
My grandmother is not young anymore, so we still need to take care of her health.
The patient's health has improved a little during this period, and his grandmother is temporarily free, so he is also free and can help Song Yanzhou see how to cure autistic patients.
He had learned some about it out of curiosity when he was abroad. Now after practicing medicine for many years, he has his own understanding and should be able to help Song Yanzhou.
Thinking of Ye Mu, Song Yanzhou said:
"She's fine."
"It's a little different from what you said. She's quite smart..."
Song Yanzhou told Xu Rulin truthfully about Ye Mu's behavior and what Ye Mu had done, and also expressed his doubts.
After listening to this, Xu Rulin thought for a while and said:
"You suspect she's pretending? You were a scout before, right? Do you think she really refuses to interact with people, or is she just faking it?"
"I didn't see him, but you have already met him. Whether you ask me or not, you have your own judgment in your heart, right?"
Song Yanzhou said, "It doesn't look fake. My suspicion was just a casual remark. Her performance is too different from the autistic patients you mentioned. Let me ask you, are there any special cases of autism?"
Xu Rulin said: "First of all, there are many causes of autism, and the main manifestation of Ye Mu you mentioned is that he refuses to communicate with others and is often immersed in his own world."
"I heard that she became like this because of the turmoil she experienced when she was young, but during the past eight or nine years, she was raised by that couple, and we don't know what she went through."
"Refusing to communicate does not necessarily mean autism. Did you know that there is a type of borderline personality disorder that also refuses to communicate with others? You said that she has a strong ability to observe, which reminds me of some situations. Many geniuses abroad have this type of borderline personality disorder. Among autistic patients, there are also geniuses in some areas."
Xu Rulin felt that what he said might be a bit exaggerated, and he almost said that Ye Mu might be this kind of genius, so he left some room:
"She may not be a genius, but she should be much smarter than ordinary people. Didn't you also say that when she is willing to communicate, even if she can't speak much, you can communicate very easily without any obstacles? So, I was still worried for nothing. I thought your wife was a developmentally delayed autistic child."
Song Yanzhou asked, "Does this mean that this is normal? Does this mean that her condition is not serious? Do you think I need to guide her to communicate with the outside world?"
He reconsidered and re-examined this point. If Ye Mu was so smart, it would be a pity to let her close herself off like this.
Xu Rulin tapped the pen on the table, thought for a while and said:
"From what you've described, she trusts you now. You should be able to do it, but don't be in a hurry."
"For Ye Mu, the environment she lives in has completely changed. She may gradually change because of the change in environment. She is willing to communicate with you, and maybe she will gradually get better."
"If you rush to guide her, it may backfire. Observe her for a while. If she is still as withdrawn as before, then consider bringing her to interact with more people."
After Xu Rulin finished speaking, he added: "I think the breakthrough may be with you. You are over there now and you are the person she is closest to and trusts the most."
Song Yanzhou lowered his eyes, covering his deep pupils. No one knew what he was thinking. After finding out Ye Mu's situation, Song Yanzhou talked to Xu Rulin about Mr. Xu's situation, then hung up the phone and walked back.
When the two men arrived at the military area with their things, it was already sunset. They moved the cabinets and chairs upstairs. When Song Yanzhou opened the door, he did not see Ye Mu.
He and Zhou Heping slowly moved the cabinet in and came to Ye Mu's bedroom door. Song Yanzhou opened the bedroom door but did not see Ye Mu.
He was stunned for a moment, then hurried to his room, only to see Ye Mu sitting in front of his half box of parts, reading a book from his bookshelf.
His books are all related to firearms and are internal military books, but they are not secret-level information. That is, an introduction to ordinary firearms, etc.
These books are currently not allowed to be printed and sold by other publishing houses or bookstores, but soldiers need to know about them, so they are internal information of the military region.
She didn't tear up the books like a child, so Song Yanzhou breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to slowly put the cabinet into her room with Zhou Heping.
There are no particularly large items left, just some chairs and tables.
Because Ye Mu wanted to write a letter, Song Yanzhou bought another table later.
He also bought an electric fan. Ye Mu was so hot today that he had to walk in the shade. This made him think of this. When he entered the department store again in the afternoon, he saw it and bought it after thinking about it.
Their moving of things attracted a lot of people's attention, and they all leaned out to see. When they saw Song Yanzhou carrying a new electric fan, the military wives couldn't help but feel jealous.
Look at how much Captain Song loves his wife. He must have spent almost all his saved allowance. He went to the city and moved all kinds of things home, carrying large and small bags.
How could they not be envious?
The news that Song Yanzhou bought an electric fan for his young wife spread instantly, and even the other things Song Yanzhou bought for Ye Mu were spread in a loud and colorful way.
Anyone who heard this would have to say that Captain Song was really good, and it would be a step up for Ye Mu to marry him.
Where can I find such a good man who is willing to spend money on his wife!
I can't find it even with a lantern!
When Wu Yueying heard these words, she threw her enamel cup to the ground on the spot, breaking the white porcelain inside and leaving a bulge.
Enamel cups are made of iron sheet with white porcelain baked on top. Now it's a little broken and looks particularly ugly.
"Yueying, are you okay?!" her friend asked with concern. Wu Yueying shook her head and said, "It's okay. I didn't hold it firmly."
Song Yanzhou put Ye Mu's things away and went to his room to check. Ye Mu was still reading, but he had changed the book.
There weren't many books on his bookshelf, but the books were not as thin as a dozen pages. Some were even as thick as half a finger joint. She read so quickly, it seemed that she only looked at some pictures and treated the firearms book as a picture book.
It was not too late now. Song Yanzhou cleaned the house, then took his lunch box and went out to get food. He said to Ye Mu:
"Ye Mu, I'm going to get some food. Don't run around at home."
He decided to try unlocking the door.
Ye Mu didn't even raise his head, looking at the words in the book. Song Yanzhou didn't say much, took the lunch box and went out. He happened to meet Wang Jiangling who lived opposite. Wang Jiangling's eyes fell on him, and then looked into the house behind him.
He hadn't even seen Ye Mu yet, but he could no longer conceal the disgust in his eyes.
Song Yanzhou frowned slightly, but still locked the door.
After talking with Xu Rulin, he was no longer worried that Ye Mu would do anything stupid to hurt himself, but when he saw Wang Jiangling, he was worried that someone would bully Ye Mu while he was away.
In particular, Wang Jiangling knew that Ye Mu’s family had been criticized and all the elders had been sent down to the countryside.
Her malice towards Ye Mu was just like the malice those people had towards the people on the criticism platform.
Some people don’t know the people on the stage at all, for no other reason than that they are on the criticism stage.
It was so chaotic at the time that it was inevitable that some good people would be pushed forward by their necks, and the Ye family was obviously one of them.
He had to be on guard.
Wang Jiangling smiled at Song Yanzhou with a hint of flattery in her smile. Song Yanzhou had a cold expression on his face, nodded politely, then turned around and went downstairs coldly.
Wang Jiangling glanced at the door that Song Yanzhou locked and felt a little strange. But after thinking about it, I understood that it was probably because he was afraid that the idiot in the house would run around.
Her husband's brother was locked up at home all day long, and was tied with a rope during the busy farming season.
To prevent him from running around and getting bitten by wild dogs in the mountains.
Wang Jiangling couldn't help feeling sorry when she thought that Song Yanzhou, such a good man, married a fool.
She came out to visit and also wanted to build good relationships with other military wives, so when she went to the house, she couldn't help but talk about Song Yanzhou's family affairs.
Many people like to gossip about other people's affairs. Who wouldn't be interested in listening to other people's gossip?
Especially Song Yanzhou's.
Thus, the news that Ye Mu was a fool spread among the military wives without anyone noticing. Autism means being a fool.
Ye Mu naturally had no idea that someone was gossiping about her behind her back. She sneezed and looked at the sky. She closed the book and then grunted as she carried half a box of spare parts to her room.
Seeing the wardrobe and desk in the room, Ye Mu immediately looked through them.
The clothes I bought today are all hanging in the closet, stamps, stationery and envelopes are also on the table, and there is also a brand new pen on the table.
Song Yanzhou actually packed up all these things.
There was a broom at the door of her bedroom, and the floor in the house had obviously been swept before he left.
She had just finished looking at the new decoration of her bedroom when she heard the sound of a door opening outside. It was Song Yanzhou who came back from getting lunch. Ye Mu immediately ran towards the door.
She had been reading for the whole afternoon and was actually a little hungry.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Ye Mu running towards him and took the lunch box from his hand.
Song Yanzhou closed the door and followed him. Ye Mu had already taken his portion and started eating.
Song Yanzhou didn't say anything. He finished his meal in silence, then got up and washed the lunch box.
Ye Mu didn't pay attention to what he was washing afterwards. Instead, he slowly finished his meal and went to find Song Yanzhou with the lunch box.
When she saw the clothes in the basin in front of Song Yanzhou, she was dumbfounded. Aren’t those the clothes she just saw in the closet and picked out in the department store today?
Ye Mu picked out a few pieces of skirts, shirts, pants, etc.
Song Yanzhou wiped the sweat from the sides of his face as he stood up. His cold look could not hide the fact that he was very hot at the moment.
Of course it would be very hot to wash clothes. Ye Mu almost died of heat while eating.
He took the lunch box from her hand, washed it, and put it away.
It is more convenient to get water in the kitchen. It is not convenient for Song Yanzhou to take Ye Mu's clothes to the place where the military wife usually washes clothes, so he can only do it in the not-so-big kitchen.
Ye Mu has never washed clothes, it was all done by the housekeeping robot.
She had never even seen what laundry was like. She had only seen clothes being dried and ironed and then put directly into the closet by the housekeeping robot.
There is not even a process of hanging clothes.
After all, they were his own clothes. Ye Mu stood blankly at the kitchen door for a while, then came to his senses and hurried forward to help.
Song Yanzhou originally thought that she was just curious, so he just stood at the door and didn't leave.
When she squatted down beside him and stretched her snow-white arms into the basin, Song Yanzhou immediately grabbed her hands and said:
“You can’t play here.”
"go out."
She looked too weak and was prone to illness in the summer. It was already dark now, and although it was still hot, the temperature had begun to drop. Song Yanzhou didn't want her to get sick tomorrow after getting some cold water here today.
He took a day off today. There aren't many holidays during this period, so he can't take care of someone if they are sick.
Ye Mu was a little angry and held the clothes in the basin and refused to let go. Song Yanzhou looked at her stubborn look with her eyes downcast, vaguely aware of something, looked at the clothes in her hands, and said:
"Go ahead and have fun. I just bought it. Just wash it and dry it tomorrow. You can wear it later."
Ye Mu said: "I'll wash it."
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