Chapter 335: Is it enough to just apologize?

Xia Juanjuan breathed a sigh of relief after she saw that she had just fainted.

He quickly took out a dry blanket from the space and wrapped it around Yue Sizhu, then threw another one to Lizhan and wrapped himself in one.

Xia Juanjuan said: "It doesn't make sense for me to appear here suddenly, but fortunately they all fainted. I will go back to the space first, and we will talk about everything after you come home..."

After saying this, without waiting for Li Zhan to speak, he went straight into the space and disappeared.

Li Zhan: "..."

At this time, people on the shore who heard the noise of the wooden warehouse had already come over in their boats.

Seeing Li Zhan on the small boat and Wu Yun who was knocked unconscious, Yue Sizhu hurried over and brought them onto the big ship.

They returned to the shore quickly. Yue Sizhu's father and mother were relieved to see that Yue Sizhu was fine, and they almost knelt down to thank Lizhan.

However, Yue Sizhu developed a high fever that night because he fell into the water and was frightened.

There is only one local barefoot doctor on Emerald Island. If the islanders are sick, they have to go to the local hospital on Kelp Island for treatment if they can.

Fortunately, Li Zhan and his team were going to take Wu Yun and Wu Tiezhu back to Haikai Island for interrogation, and they hadn't left yet. Yue's father and mother came over to explain the situation, and Li Zhan was naturally not vague, so he asked Yue's mother to accompany Yue Sizhu on the boat to Haikai Island and stay in the local hospital.

When the temperature was taken, it was found to be 40 degrees Celsius. The doctors were shocked but dared not delay. They gave him antipyretic medicine and intravenous drip. By the morning, the temperature had dropped slightly, but Yue Sizhu still did not wake up.

Li Zhan and his men conducted a surprise interrogation of Wu Yun and Wu Tiezhu overnight and got a general idea of ​​the situation.

All the accomplices who should be arrested have been arrested, and there is nothing else.

It was not until morning that Li Zhan went back yawning.

Xia Juanjuan was cooking. Seeing him come back so early in the morning, she smiled and asked as if nothing had happened, "Why are you back at this time? Have you had breakfast?"

Li Zhan nodded and said, "I came back after eating. I'll take a nap first, and I'll tell you about last night when I wake up."

Xia Juanjuan shrank her head with a guilty conscience and said, "Oh...then you should go to bed quickly."

A good night's sleep will keep you in a stable mood and less likely to get angry.

Actually, she really had no intention of interfering last night.

However, it was all Zhou Qingqing's fault. She boasted in front of the local wives that her husband was going to Emerald Island on a mission tonight to catch a hidden bad guy. If he succeeded, her husband would be promoted to the next level.

After hearing this, Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but feel moved.

When Lizhan left home early in the morning, he also said that he had to work overtime tonight and didn't want me to cook for him.

Could it be... that this is also about Emerald Island?

She was really afraid that if something happened to Yue Sizhu, her third brother would also be sad, so she secretly used space teleportation to the Emerald Island.

Later, she hid behind a rock and heard the commotion on the shore. She realized that Lizhan had swum past and became extremely worried. She was anxiously thinking, if only she could get to him.

Then the space suddenly blew up and sent her to the sea, or... into the sea.

Xia Juanjuan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. The cold sea water in winter was not comfortable at all.

Just as she was about to re-enter the space, she suddenly heard a "splash" of water. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly swam over, only to find that the person who was pushed down was none other than Yue Sizhu.

What happened next was that Li Zhan subdued Wu Yun on the boat.

She tried hard to carry Yue Sizhu, who was already frozen and unconscious, to the side of the boat.

Just as he was about to shout, Li Zhan jumped down again with a thud to look for Yue Sizhu.

She had no choice but to get Yue Sizhu on board to rescue her...

Xia Juanjuan was a little absent-minded while eating breakfast.

This morning's breakfast was a steamed bun with mixed noodles, a bowl of kelp and clam soup, a plate of shredded radish and pickled vegetables, and a plate of fried fish.

While drinking soup, Xiao Wen asked: "Mom, are you okay? Did you quarrel with my fourth uncle again?"

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment: "Ah?"

He immediately came to his senses, tapped Xiaowen on the head with the other end of his chopsticks, and said, "What do you know, little kid? When did your fourth uncle and I ever have a fight?"

Xiao Wen shrank his head and muttered, "I'm almost ten years old... and you still say no. I didn't even cook for my fourth uncle two days ago..."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

Alas! The children have grown up, I can no longer scare them, and it is difficult to lead the team.

Xiao Wu and Bei Bei were very interested when they heard this: "Brother, did Mom and Fourth Uncle have a fight? When? What was it about? Did Fourth Uncle bully Mom?"

Xiao Wu yelled, "You are so stupid. Mom doesn't even cook for Fourth Uncle anymore. That must mean Mom is bullying Fourth Uncle."

Beibei frowned and said, "Second brother is stupid! It must be Fourth Uncle who bullied Mom first, so Mom didn't cook! Besides, not cooking is bullying? Men and women are equal, who said Mom must cook for Fourth Uncle?"

Xiao Wu was stumped by the question: "Well...anyway...anyway...Fourth Uncle is so hungry..."

The triplets also joined in the fun: "Well... we had a fight... Daddy is hungry..."

Xiao Wen looked at Xia Juanjuan, whose face was gradually darkening, and interrupted his brother and sister with a strong desire to survive, saying, "Hurry up and eat! You'll be late for school!"

After hearing this, the two of them didn't dare to argue anymore. They quickly ate up the steamed buns, drank the kelp soup, picked up their schoolbags and ran away.

"Mom, let's go to school!"

Xia Juanjuan shouted from a distance: "Run slower, don't fall!"

The triplets saw this and quickly threw away their half-eaten steamed buns and ran after them: "Brother and sister, wait... let's go too!"

Xia Juanjuan quickly grabbed them and said with a smile, "What are you going to do? Eat quickly and don't leave any leftovers. Go feed the chickens later!"

Even the smallest amount of labor must be used.

When the triplets heard this, their attention was diverted: "Yes, we need to feed the chickens! And we need to collect the eggs!"

Years ago, Xia Juanjuan took advantage of a ship carrying supplies to get a few hens out of the space, and asked if they were chickens that were brought back by someone. Since every household raises some, no one really cares about it.

After raising them for a few months, the chicks have grown up and started laying eggs.

The three kids were trying hard to eat. Suddenly, Yanyan looked up and asked out of the blue, "Mom, Jiji has arrived by boat, where is Yangyang? When will Yangyang's boat arrive?"

Xia Juanjuan was absent-minded and didn't react for a moment: "What boat is Yangyang on?"

When Yanyan heard this, he frowned and stared at her suspiciously.

Xia Juanjuan suddenly recalled that last year when the triplets were clamoring for chickens and sheep, she seemed to have lied and said that the sheep and chickens would also come by boat, and then changed the subject.

I didn’t expect these three guys still remembered it.

"Yangyang...you still have to wait a little longer! Hurry up and eat. Look, the wolf cubs eat faster than you!"

When the wolf cub heard it was mentioned, he immediately barked proudly. The steamed buns, fish bones, fish meat, kelp, radish, etc. in the dog food plate had been eaten up.

After dinner, Xia Juanjuan pulled a cabbage from the yard, peeled off the outer leaves, chopped it up with a knife, put it in a small bamboo basket, and asked the triplets to take it to feed the chickens.

In order to prevent the chickens in the house from leaving a lot of chicken shit in the yard, Xia Juanjuan used a fishing net to separate a chicken cage in the corner of the wall, and asked Li Zhan to go in and clean it regularly. The chicken shit was then used to water the vegetable garden in the yard, which served as pure natural fertilizer.

Xia Juanjuan watched the triplets feeding the chickens for a while, with the wolf cubs circling around them, then went into the house and first went into the open space, took out some fresh ribs, chopped them into small pieces, and prepared to make sweet and sour ribs. She also took out a chicken, a handful of matsutake mushrooms, ginseng slices, wolfberries, etc., to make chicken soup.

These two are both Lizhan’s favorites, so we can only hope that he will be grateful and not be so angry after eating them.

After the chicken is prepared, put it in cold water to skim off the foam, then transfer it all to a clay pot, add water, scallions, ginger, garlic, ginseng slices, angelica, red dates, etc., and then put it on the stove to slow cook.

Just as I finished all this, Li Zhan woke up.

Xia Juanjuan felt somewhat guilty, and asked with a smile: "Are you awake? Are you hungry? Can I get you a bun?"

Li Zhan glanced at the yard, where the triplets were playing Frisbee with the wolf cub, and said with a straight face, "Come in."

Xia Juanjuan sighed and went in resignedly.

It looks like he's still angry.

Lizhan hugged his shoulders and said, "Tell me, why do you insist on doing something when I don't allow you to do it?"

Xia Juanjuan chuckled: "Aren't I just worried about you?"

As he spoke, he recounted what happened yesterday.

"But you still have the nerve to say that to me. You didn't let me take the risk, and you jumped into the sea alone to swim after the fugitive's boat, and it was so cold, and that guy named Wu Yun had a gun in his hand. If it weren't for this, would I have taken the risk of teleporting to the sea?"

Lizhan didn't expect that he, who was right, would become the one who was wrong as he was speaking. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

After holding it in for a long time, he finally said, "It's my duty. Wu Yun has hostages, and if I send a ship without thinking, what if he gets desperate and does something stupid?"

Xia Juanjuan glanced at him and said gloomily, "Even if that's the case, didn't you think about me and the children when you jumped into the sea? Are you so confident that you can catch up with Wu Yun's boat? The water is so cold, what if you freeze and have no strength left? The sea is so big, who will save you..."

Seeing his wife like this, Lizhan's anger had long since disappeared. He said softly, "Didn't I already order them to chase me after I get into the water ten minutes later? I won't take risks alone..."

Xia Juanjuan frowned and looked at him without saying anything.

Lizhan sighed and said, "Juanjuan, come here."

Xia Juanjuan walked over and was held in his arms.

Li Zhan whispered, "Is it okay for me to apologize? From now on, I will try my best not to put myself in danger, okay?"

Xia Juanjuan sighed and said angrily, "That's better!"

It is the nature of the job and this kind of thing is unavoidable.

I originally thought that the troops were stationed on the island, and at most they were just patrolling, looking at the surrounding waters through a telescope every day, and that was it. I didn't expect that they would catch spies and fight with armed gangsters.

Li Zhan took the initiative to admit his mistake, and reacted somewhat belatedly.

It seems like his wife was disobedient this time. Shouldn't she apologize?

How come this is the other way around?

Seeing that it was almost done, Xia Juanjuan said, "I'm still boiling chicken soup outside. I'll go check the fire."

As he was about to slip away, he was pulled back by Lizhan: "Wait, you almost got me into trouble. I have explained my problem clearly. You haven't explained your story yet! Didn't you jump into the sea to save people last night?"

Xia Juanjuan said guiltily: "I... I have space. Even if I jump into the sea, I'm safer than you."

Li Zhan gritted his teeth and said, "That's not a reason. Is space omnipotent? If something goes wrong, have you forgotten what happened when you were attacked by Xu Jiayuan in Qingshui Village?"

Xia Juanjuan was speechless for a moment, so she had to give in and said, "Then...then can't I apologize too?"

"Is an apology enough?" Li Zhan was dissatisfied.

Xia Juanjuan looked up and glared at him. Didn’t he just apologize just now and that was it?

"So what else do you want?"

Li Zhan's hands restlessly reached into her clothes and said with a smile: "Well... look at you."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

This bastard.

"Okay..." Xia Juanjuan's eyes were wet. She suddenly stood on tiptoe and pecked his lips. Then she leaned close to his ear and whispered, "I'll clean it up for you tonight. Is that not okay?"

Lizhan was suddenly itchy.

Xia Juanjuan pushed him: "Can you let me go now? I still have to make chicken soup..."

Lizhan was not willing to do that and started to unbutton her clothes, saying with a smile: "Why wait till night? Right now! I have half a day off..."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

"The chicken soup will be gone soon..."

But no matter what he said, Comrade Lizhan remained unmoved: "Just lie still and don't move. I'll do it."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

The triplets played in the yard for a while, then got bored and came into the house. They ran to the bedroom and knocked on the door: "Mom! Dad!"

Xia Juanjuan covered her mouth and pushed him, whispering: "That's enough! If they try to touch the clay pot, it will get burned..."

Li Zhan felt a little worried after hearing what she said, so he bit her earlobe as a punishment and whispered, "It's not over yet. I'll continue to teach you a lesson tonight..."

Xia Juanjuan was so angry that she punched him.

This rascal...

She felt that she would not be able to look directly at the word "clean up" from now on...

When the triplets saw their father open the door, they came over excitedly and grabbed Lizhan's fingers or clothes, saying, "Dad! Let's go see the big ship! Let's go see the big ship!"

They talked about wanting to go see the boats every day, so Xia Juanjuan told them to wait for their father to come back and take them there.

Now I think of this.

Lizhan picked up Yaoyao lovingly and said, "Come on! Daddy will take you to see the big ship!"

Xia Juanjuan waited until the four of them, father and son, left the house before she got up and went outside to check the clay pot on the stove. Lizhan had just added water to it, so it was not burnt dry.

When it’s almost done, chop the matsutake into pieces, add the wolfberries, and continue to simmer over low heat.

The spareribs have been marinated for the whole morning and have absorbed the flavor. I also cut the cabbage that I picked this morning and prepared to stir-fry some pickled cabbage.

After a while, Li Zhan came with the triplets.

Lizhan saw Xia Juanjuan was still busy cooking, so he came in to help light the fire.

Xia Juanjuan asked: "By the way, how is Yue Sizhu?"

Li Zhan replied, "I just happened to run into Doctor Zhao from the clinic. He said the fever has subsided, but I am still a little weak. I will be fine after a few days of rest."

Xia Juanjuan said "Oh", then asked: "Lizhan, what do you think, should we tell her about my third brother?"

Li Zhan thought for a moment and said, "Let's forget it. Didn't you send a telegram to Third Brother? Didn't Third Brother send a telegram back saying he would come right away? I'm afraid he's on his way now. Let them solve their emotional affairs themselves. Let's not interfere and end up making things worse and causing trouble..."

After listening to this, Xia Juanjuan thought about it and felt that it made sense, so she didn't mention it again.

"Then I'll go to the clinic and give her some chicken soup to nourish her body. I hope she gets better soon."

After lunch, Xia Juanjuan filled an aluminum lunch box with chicken soup and went to the clinic.

The last time the Yue family of three were rescued, Xia Juanjuan had examined their pulse. Yue Sizhu naturally remembered it. However, she didn't remember much about what happened at sea last night and thought it was Li Zhan who saved her.

"It's Comrade Xia, come in quickly! Thank you, Captain Li, for saving me twice." Yue Sizhu smiled gratefully. Although he was still very weak, it seemed that he was not seriously injured.

Xia Juanjuan put the aluminum lunch box on the table and said with a smile, "I made some chicken soup at home, so I brought some over for you. Drink some and you'll get better faster."

"Comrade Xia, how can this be possible? There is food here, and I have eaten it all."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Don't call me Comrade Xia. If you don't mind, just call me Juanjuan. I've brought it here, can you still ask me to take it back? If you think we are uneducated and unworthy of giving you chicken soup, then...then I'll take it back!"

Yue Sizhu heard this and quickly said, "Comrade Xia... No, Juanjuan! You and Lizhan have both saved me and our family's lives. Why should I dislike you? In this case, I won't be ignorant of right or wrong. I'll drink."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "That's right. By the way, what's the matter with Wu Yun? I heard from others that he seems to have been pursuing you..."

Yue Sizhu was shocked.

From what she heard last night, Wu Yun was probably a spy. He had been pursuing her for a year or two. Although she rejected him in the end, in the eyes of others, she might be regarded as Wu Yun's target!

This is no joke!

Xia Juanjuan is Captain Li’s wife, so he couldn’t be here to trick her, right?

She didn't dare to hide it any longer, and told him about how Wu Yun had been pestering her over the past few years. She also said, "Juanjuan, believe me. I... and my parents, we definitely don't know what Wu Yun did behind her back, and we have never done it with him!"

When Xia Juanjuan heard this, she knew that she had misunderstood her question, and she quickly smiled and said, "Sister Yue, you are older, so I dare to call you sister. I am just asking casually, and I definitely don't mean to doubt you or trick you, so don't think too much about it."

In fact, she still has some clichés in her words.

According to what I heard from Luo Cheng before, Fu Nanzheng and she probably haven't seen each other for several years.

Although she agreed with what Li Zhan said, emotional matters should be left to the parties involved to handle themselves.

However, if Yue Sizhu really had an affair with Wu Yun, then she would feel it was not worth it for Fu Nanzheng.

No matter what, Fu Nanzheng is still her third brother. She can't just watch him get cheated by a woman, right?

After chatting for a few more words, Xia Juanjuan left with a smile.

The next day, Yue Sizhu was worried about her parents on Emerald Island, so she applied for discharge from the hospital and took a boat back to Emerald Island.

Because of the incident between Wu Yun and Wu Tiezhu, and the incident in which Wu Yun broke into the Yue family late at night, some bad rumors spread.

"You heard about it, right? It's about Yue Sizhu. I heard that Wu Yun raped her that night. Oh! It's so pitiful. Wu Yun is a spy! If she is unlucky and gets pregnant, how can she get married in the future?"

"Humph! Do you really think that Yue Sizhu is so noble that she let Wu Yun succeed that night? In my opinion, she has been a traitor for a long time! She probably knew that the truth was revealed that night and wanted to take Yue Sizhu away!"

"Then... that's not absconding? No way? If that's the case, will the troops stationed on the island let her go?"

"Well... Anyway, I think she must be a bit of a cat. Her family background is that kind of..."

As they were talking, someone suddenly said, "Stop talking! The Yue family is coming..."

The noises from those people just now were quite loud, and Yue's father, mother, and Yue Sizhu all heard it.

My father-in-law was very angry and was about to go up to argue: "This is outrageous! Our family has not offended them! It's fine if they say it about me and your mother, but why do they say such harsh things about you too..."

Yue Sizhu quickly grabbed him and said, "Dad, forget it. They have the upper hand. If we try to stop them, they will think we have something to hide and say something even worse. Just let them do what they want!"

Yue Sizhu glanced at Li Hong, the woman who was assigned to her the most. Li Hong was the one who came to the island with her to join the production team and later married a local fisherman.

Seeing Yue Sizhu being pursued by Wu Yun, she has always felt unbalanced, which is why she spread these rumors and bad words.

Li Hong saw Yue Sizhu glance at her, and then she also looked at Yue Sizhu arrogantly.

Humph! What's wrong with her marrying a local fisherman? Even though Yue Sizhu hasn't married yet, now that her reputation is ruined, let's see how she can get married in the future!

Yue Sizhu ignored her. However, she didn't make Li Hong feel good either.

Within two days, Li Hong was caught in bed with a squad leader at the fishing ground by her husband. Li Hong was beaten and became the laughing stock of the whole island.

The messages about Yue Sizhu were naturally suppressed, but the consequences of those rumors did not disappear.

It turns out that there are many single young men on the island who want to marry Yue Sizhu because of her looks and cultured temperament.

After this incident, even if the young men were still willing, their families would not agree.

Yue Sizhu, on the other hand, felt that without anyone paying attention to her, she felt much more relaxed. As for getting married... maybe she would never get married...

Just as Li Zhan expected, Fu Nanzheng had already arrived at the dock.

It so happened that the wind and waves were strong those days and all ships stopped sailing.

After the boat was clear, he quickly boarded the boat and rushed to Kelp Island as soon as possible.

Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan went to the dock to pick him up and brought him home.

Fu Nanzheng brought over the elementary, middle and high school textbooks that Xia Juanjuan had asked him to find in her letter last time.