Chapter 70: Rejecting Bad Love

A moment of surprise flashed across Lizhan's face.

Fu Qingye was also stunned!

How did this rural woman know about handshake, a social etiquette that comes from Western social occasions? And she did it so naturally, without any sign of shyness or inferiority!

She had deliberately extended her hand to confuse Xia Juanjuan, and then she could explain that this was the etiquette for people in the city to meet for the first time, so as to laugh at Xia Juanjuan without making any sound.

It turned out to be of no use at all!

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Hello! My name is Xia Juanjuan, no need to thank me. Although I have only met Li Zhan a few times, Li Zhan is my man. It is only natural for me to take care of my own man. I don't need to ask outsiders to thank me."

This sentence is almost a slap in her face and a counterattack against her word by word!

The expression on Fu Qingye's face was very nice, and he couldn't help but hold Xia Juanjuan's hand tightly.

Xia Juanjuan didn't cry out in pain, but instead held Fu Qingye tightly with her backhand.

After all, the original owner was used to doing farm work in the countryside, and his hands were much stronger than Fu Qingye's. After a while, Fu Qingye's face was distorted with pain and he cried out in pain.

"Ah! It hurts! You...you hurt me!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Juanjuan immediately let go of her hand, pretending to be at a loss, and said, "Oh! I'm sorry! I'm a farmer in the countryside, and my hands are strong! I'm sorry for hurting you!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Li Zhan indifferently.

Fu Qingye might not be in much pain, but little Bailian would never miss such an opportunity to pretend to be weak.

Xia Juanjuan wanted to see how Li Zhan would react.

If he dared to grab Fu Qingye's hand and ask about her well-being, there would be nothing to say. She would immediately file for divorce to make them happy.

Fu Qingye also looked at Lizhan eagerly, with tears welling up in his eyes: "Brother Lizhan, I... I'm fine! Please don't blame my sister-in-law."

Li Zhan looked at Fu Qingye, his tone still calm: "I'm glad you're okay. My wife just explained that she was a little too strong when doing farm work. I apologize to you on her behalf."

Fu Qingye: ...

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, and then a sweet feeling arose in her heart.

This man can actually speak and apologize for her? It can be seen that he treats her as a family member and Fu Qingye as an outsider.

Hmm... you still know what's going on!

Fu Qingye took a deep breath, gathered his spirits and continued to talk to Bai Lian: "Brother Lizhan, how long will you stay in Beijing to recuperate this time? I'll take a few days off and come over to take care of you, okay?"

Xia Juanjuan frowned, feeling a little impatient.

Is this woman sick?

She is a proper daughter-in-law standing by! You are an unmarried girl, and you come to take care of other people's men? If not a sick person, what is that?

However, before she could open her mouth, Li Zhan had already refused directly.

"Qingye, my wife has been taking care of me these days, so it's not appropriate for you to come here all the time. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the Fu family, right?"

When Fu Qingye heard this, his face turned pale instantly.

Li Zhan's words were very serious, clearly blaming her for not caring about the Fu family's reputation...

"Then... I... I understand. Right, right! I came here today to tell you that I... I will be going to the countryside soon. You may not see me when you come to Beijing in the future. However, when I arrive at the educated youth point, I will write to you immediately and tell you my address. Then... then I will leave first!"

Having said that, without waiting for Li Zhan to say anything, he ran away without looking back.

Xia Juanjuan had a headache.

Still writing letters? Some people don't understand what I say or what? How shameless!

Li Zhan was also somewhat speechless. Wasn't his refusal obvious?

He turned to look at Xia Juanjuan, feeling somewhat afraid that his wife might have misunderstood him.

"Wife, she and I are not what you think..."

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but rolled her eyes at him: "No, it's not like that. Do you know what I'm thinking? I'm not stupid..."

Li Zhan was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but grin.

The phrase 'I'm not stupid' clearly meant that she had no wrong thoughts at all.

His daughter-in-law is really smart!

Hmm... Not only is he very smart, but there seem to be many suspicious points about him.

Apart from other things, when they got their marriage certificate, he found out that she could read, and when she just shook hands with Fu Qingye, none of these things seemed like something a village woman should know...

However, Li Zhan did not intend to expose the question immediately.

After seeing off the uninvited guest, Xia Juanjuan gave up her bed and insisted that Li Zhan lie down and sleep for a while.

Then Fu Nanzheng came to check on him, and the nurse came to change the dressings and bandages. Bai Zihan helped to prepare lunch, which was still cabbage stewed with vermicelli and pork with big steamed buns, and there was also orange porridge made from millet.

In this era, it is already a very good meal.

In the afternoon, Li Zhan insisted on going out for a walk, so Xia Juanjuan accompanied him and took a walk in the yard.

At night, Xia Juanjuan began to worry about the bed. She was so sleepy last night that she didn't know how she fell asleep and occupied someone else's bed.

What should I do tonight? Am I really going to have to share a bed with a patient?

Or should the two of them continue to have an awkward conversation and then see who can hold out and falls asleep first?

However, when she returned to the ward, Xia Juanjuan realized that she was worrying for no reason.

Li Zhan had asked Bai Zihan to ask the hospital for a military bed and put it in the ward, but he still occupied the military bed and gave the slightly softer bed to Xia Juanjuan.

Xia Juanjuan has a bad temper.

This man is really meticulous, overbearing and wanton, but... he has a lot of charisma.

Xia Juanjuan knew that she couldn't win the fight with him, so she just went to bed.

When I woke up again, it was still dark and I heard a rustling sound.

Xia Juanjuan turned around and saw that Li Zhan had already stood up and was carefully folding the quilt on the camp bed into a tofu block.

She tried to sit up drowsily and asked him what he was doing before dawn, but was discovered by Lizhan.

Li Zhan walked to the bed and sat down, pushed her back on the bed, tucked the quilt in for her, and said softly, "Don't get up, sleep a little longer!"

In the early morning light, Lizhan's eyes were clear and bright.

He continued, "I have received an order. A blizzard has occurred in the north, and villagers from several villages are trapped. Bai Zihan and I will set off immediately to carry out the rescue order. When daybreak comes, the commander will arrange for someone to take you back."

Xia Juanjuan opened her mouth and wanted to say "You are still injured" or "Don't go", but no matter which sentence she wanted to say, it was stuck in her throat and she couldn't utter a word.

Because she knew clearly that he was a soldier, no matter what she said, no matter how badly injured he was, as long as he was able to move, he would carry out orders without hesitation!