Chapter 423 I Want to Marry You!

Chen Lu's face turned pale in an instant, his hands began to tremble, and his fair fingers were cut, with blood gushing out immediately.

Seeing this, Yan Haotian became anxious and was about to sit up to check.

"Why are you so careless? Let me see... Ugh!"

However, this movement agitated the wound, causing him to immediately sweat on his forehead due to the pain.

Chen Lu hurried over to help him up and said, "I'm fine! Just lie down and don't move!"

Yan Haotian lay down helplessly and said, "You've lost so much blood, are you okay? I'll ask the nurse to come over..."

"No!" Chen Lu pressed the wound tightly with his clothes and said stubbornly.

Yan Haotian was stunned for a moment and looked at her quietly.

Chen Lu looked at him, tears welling up in her eyes. She said in a low but firm voice, "Haotian, I...I won't leave! I will never leave again! You...don't chase me away, okay? I was wrong before. I shouldn't have been so weak and just listened to my parents and broke up with you...Haotian, I...I want to marry you!"

When Yan Haotian heard her say this, his heart began to beat violently.

But he quickly restrained himself, looked at Chen Lu, and said: "Chen Lu, don't act on impulse, your family..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Lu suddenly leaned over impulsively and kissed him on the lips.

Yan Haotian's eyes widened in astonishment.

Chen Lu was also very brave for a moment. After the kiss, her face turned red like the sunset in the sky and she tried to run away immediately.

However, Yan Hantian, who had come to his senses, did not give her a chance.

He forcefully grabbed the back of Chen Lu's head and took control of the situation.

“Hmm…”

Chen Lu was shy and frightened, afraid that someone would come in suddenly and see her.

But she didn't dare to struggle. Yan Haotian was still injured. When she moved a little, Yan Haotian showed a painful expression on his face. How could she dare to move again?

However, Yan Haotian still restrained himself and let her go after a while.

He looked at Chen Lu seriously and stubbornly, and said softly: "Chen Lu, think it through. Last time, I respected your choice. This time, if you choose to start over with me, then next time, if you compromise and want to break up with me again, I will not let you go easily."

Chen Lu glanced at Yan Haotian shyly, biting her lips which were slightly swollen from being kissed, with a determined light flashing in her eyes.

She nodded solemnly and said, "Haotian, I... I am serious. I... I don't want to break up with you! If you don't believe me, I... my organizational connections are all in the school. When you get better, we will go and get the marriage certificate immediately. If... if you are still willing... if you are willing..."

Seeing her anxious look, Yan Haotian knew that she was really determined and brave this time, and the haze in his heart these days could not help but disappear.

He held Chen Lu's hand tightly with his big hand and said with a smile: "Your organizational relationship is in the school, and mine is still in the army. Besides, you have to file a marriage report, you can't just get married. You are too impatient."

Chen Lu's face turned even redder. The girl's modesty made her stutter, "I... I'm not that anxious!"

Yan Haotian didn't expose her. She had said twice that she wanted to marry him since she came here...

He smiled dotingly and said, "Okay. You are not in a hurry, but I am anxious to marry you. However, we still have to wait a little longer. As for your family, I will go to your house to propose marriage when we return to Guangzhou. After all, marriage is a big deal. If your parents don't agree, we can't just ignore it and get the marriage certificate by ourselves. That would hurt your parents' feelings."

Chen Lu felt a little sour in his nose.

In fact, she had already made up her mind to keep it a secret from her family, get the marriage certificate with Yan Haotian first, and then tell her family after the matter was settled.

By then, her parents will definitely be angry, but... she has already let Yan Haotian down once, and if she backs down again this time, she will regret it for the rest of her life.

Unexpectedly, Yan Haotian was still thinking about her and couldn't bear to see her get married without her parents' blessing.

"But my parents..." Thinking of how her own parents rejected Yan Haotian, her mother even threatened to go on a hunger strike...

"Don't worry! I'm a tough warrior. When I have time, I'll show my presence. I'm sure I'll impress them..."

When Chen Lu came out of the ward, Xia Juanjuan saw that she had a happy face and knew that the two of them must have talked it out and made up.

She walked over and asked with a smile, "Why? Are you two reconciled again?"

Chen Lu nodded shyly and said, "Well... Juanjuan, can I... borrow your kitchen? I want to make soup for Haotian, and the food in the cafeteria is not nutritious enough..."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Don't worry about the food. My parents will worry about it. But... since you said so, the food cooked by my wife is different from that cooked by my parents. I will definitely agree to you. Anyway, the ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law, so you can meet them in advance..."

Chen Lu couldn't help but pat Xia Juanjuan, gritting his teeth and laughing: "You just know how to make fun of me!"

In the afternoon, Chen Lu indeed followed Xia Juanjuan back to the courtyard.

Xia Juanjuan told Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru about Yan Haotian's injury, and they were indeed extremely worried.

Lin Yuru almost fainted.

Xia Shuangshan was so anxious that he had to go to the train station to buy a ticket and rush to Guangzhou.

Xia Juanjuan said quickly, "Dad, Mom, my brother is fine. Li Zhan has already applied to transfer my brother to Beijing for treatment and recuperation. My brother just arrived in Beijing today and is now in the military hospital. I am coming back to take you to see my brother."

After hearing this, Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru looked at Xia Juanjuan in a daze and asked, "Really? Why didn't you tell us earlier? Is Xiaotian really okay?"

Lizhan came over and said, "Dad, Mom, what Juanjuan said is true. We were afraid that you would be too old now. If we had told you earlier, you would be too anxious and would not be able to see him immediately, and you would get hurt instead. That's why we kept it a secret until now. Let's take you to the hospital to see him now."

Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru nodded their heads hastily and said, "Okay! Okay! Let's go now!"

At that moment, Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan took Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru to the hospital.

Chen Lu did not follow him. She went to the market to pick out the best old hens and pork tripe. She also went to the pharmacy to buy Chinese angelica, astragalus, rhodiola rosea, ginseng and other Chinese medicinal herbs that can promote healing and prevent infection. In addition, there were fresh pork, eggs, vegetables and so on.

Chen Lu used a clay pot to cook the angelica, astragalus, pork tripe and chicken soup before making other dishes.

Yan Haotian was injured and could not eat spicy food or seafood.

So, the other dishes were just barbecued pork, a scrambled egg, a blanched Chinese cabbage, and some white porridge.

After it was done, he packed it in a lunch box and hurried back to the hospital.

In the hospital, Lin Yuru was so worried that she kept wiping away tears.

If the injury was on the leg or something, it would be fine.

But the wound was on his chest, and he was lucky to survive. As a mother, she had already lost her son and had not fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother. Now seeing her son injured so badly, she could do nothing and felt really bad.

Instead, Yan Haotian comforted her and said with a smile: "Mom, don't cry. Look, I'm fine, right? If you cry again, I'll cry too, and the wound will open wider."

After hearing this, Lin Yuru quickly wiped away her tears and said, "Mom, don't cry anymore. By the way, are you hungry? Look how anxious I am, I even forgot to make some hot meals for you... Oh! Mom will go back now..."

Xia Juanjuan quickly pulled her close and said with a smile, "Mom, don't worry about cooking. Someone has already made it and sent it over."

Lin Yuru was stunned for a moment: "Someone has already done it? Who?"

Xia Juanjuan glanced at Yan Haotian and smiled, "Who? Your future daughter-in-law."

Lin Yuru was stunned for a moment, then she remembered that the girl named Chen Lu went home with Xia Juanjuan.

However, when Xia Juanjuan mentioned Yan Haotian's affairs, Lin Yuru became so anxious that she ignored the girl.

"Oh no! I was so anxious just now! This girl came to my house for the first time, and I didn't even say a few words. How could I let her cook for me? I'll go back quickly..."

"Mom, you don't understand. My brother is injured, and his girlfriend wants to cook for him. That's the friendship between the couple. You insist on not letting her do it. Isn't that delaying her?"

Xia Shuangshan also coughed twice and said, "Don't get involved in the affairs of young people."

Yan Haotian felt a little embarrassed by what he said, but he couldn't help feeling happy in his heart.

Soon he will be able to eat the meal prepared by his wife... no, his future wife!

After hearing this, Lin Yuru had no choice but to give up.

After a while, Chen Lu rushed to the hospital with a lunch box.

Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan naturally went out with Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru with interest, leaving the two alone.

Chen Lu's face was burning. He took out the still hot pork belly and chicken soup and scooped it out in a small bowl.

Given Yan Haotian's current situation, he didn't dare to act rashly.

Chen Lu had no choice but to feed him soup mouthful by mouthful with a spoon.

After drinking a bowl of soup, Yan Haotian was also fed some of the thin porridge topped with barbecued pork and blanched Chinese cabbage.

A few days after the operation, Yan Haotian didn't dare to eat too much.

After he ate a little, he pushed it back and said with a smile, "You've been busy for so long, and you haven't eaten anything, right? You can eat the rest."

Chen Lu had been unable to sleep or eat well ever since he found out that Yan Haotian had gone to the battlefield. Today he had been worried and nervous all day, and only now did he feel really hungry.

"I... I'm not hungry..." Chen Lu tried to remain stubborn, but her stomach growled suddenly.

Yan Haotian laughed and said, "Your stomach is growling, and you're still saying you're not hungry?"

Chen Lu had no choice but to drink some chicken soup and porridge with a red face.

That night, Xia Shuangshan and Lin Yuru said they wanted to stay by the bed, but were persuaded by Xia Juanjuan to come back.

After all, if they were there, Chen Lu would be embarrassed to stay, right?

The military hospital arranged a single room with one empty bed, so Chen Lu stayed there to provide care.

Time flies.

Yan Haotian had been in the hospital for almost a month. During this time, Chen Lu had been taking good care of him, and their relationship had returned to the inseparable state they had before they broke up.

Xia Juanjuan started selling the home appliances she bought from Chen Rongsheng.

Of course, the three color TV sets, three fully automatic washing machines, five single-drum washing machines, and two refrigerators will not all be sold.

The color TV, automatic washing machine, and refrigerator were all to be kept for home use, with one for each of the courtyards, and the Fu family also planning to give one to each. The extra fully automatic washing machine was planned to be given to Fu Nanzheng and Yue Sizhu.

The remaining five single-drum washing machines are for sale.

However, Xia Juanjuan did not give away all the items at once, otherwise it would be a problem to explain where the money came from and where to buy these things that required foreign exchange coupons. So she just gave away the practical washing machine first.

You can wait a bit for the refrigerator, and give it away in the summer. As for the color TV, there is no need to rush.

Even so, Fu Weixin, Old Master Fu, and Fu Nanzheng were all very confused as to where they got it.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "The clothing store and the salt shop are doing good business now, with a daily turnover of tens of dollars. It is enough to buy a washing machine in half a month. This was bought from Guangzhou and sent to me. There is the Canton Fair in Hong Kong, and now it is open, so I can buy it without foreign exchange certificates. This was bought by my classmate who has a connection with Guangzhou and found a way to buy it."

After Fu Weixin and Mr. Fu heard this, they no longer suspected anything.

Fu Nanzheng, however, was not so easily fooled, so he asked in private.

Xia Juanjuan told him half-truthfully that she went to Guangzhou last year and Li Zhan happened to rescue a man from Hong Kong at the train station. Later they started communicating and she found out that he was in the foreign trade business. So she got some goods from Hong Kong through him and sold them in Beijing.

Fu Nanzheng and Luo Cheng were familiar with each other, as Luo Cheng was in this business. Therefore, Fu Nanzheng did not seem particularly surprised, but just said, "This kind of transaction is still quite risky, so you should be careful."

Having said that, he still took out a thousand yuan and insisted on giving it to Xia Juanjuan.

Xia Juanjuan quickly declined, but Fu Nanzheng was also stubborn and said, "You take it. The one for my family is your filial piety, I don't care. But this one for me and Sizhu, you can't spend any money on it no matter what."

Xia Juanjuan sighed and said, "Third brother, this washing machine costs 600 yuan including shipping. If you give me 1,000 yuan, then I am making money from you, right? I will only take 600 yuan. Is that okay?"

In fact, the price of a washing machine delivered in Guangzhou is 600 yuan, but if it is shipped to Beijing by ordinary transportation, at least another 100 yuan will be added for shipping.

However, Xia Juanjuan transported it directly through space, thus saving this part of the money.

After hearing this, Fu Nanzheng did not insist any more and took back the four hundred yuan.