Lu Qingwan couldn't imagine what Li Ying would do if she found out about this.
"I heard it from Fu Rongyu in secret. He said that they searched all day yesterday but couldn't find Ye Jingchi's body. They guessed he was already dead."
Lu Qingzhu sat on the sofa, his hands gripping his knees tightly. He didn't know how to tell his junior sister the news. Li Ying had just given birth and was still in her postpartum period. If she knew that Ye Jingchi was gone, she would probably find it hard to bear the blow.
"Big brother, no, Ye Jingchi won't die, he absolutely won't die!" Lu Qingwan didn't believe it. How could someone as powerful as Ye Jingchi possibly die?
“Big brother, none of this is true. Ye Jingchi couldn’t possibly be dead. Yingying just gave birth. How could he die?” Lu Qingwan couldn’t help but sob.
Lu Qingzhu sighed: "Qingwan, you can't keep things to yourself. Don't go to the hospital these next few days, I'll make the trips myself."
Lu Qingwan sniffled, nodded, and shook Lu Qingzhu's arm: "Big brother, what do we do now? Sister Yingying just gave birth. If she finds out Ye Jingchi is gone, she'll be very sad. Who will take care of them, mother and child?"
"My second senior brother and I will take care of them, so you don't need to worry about that!"
Lu Qingwan's eyes lit up: "Big brother, why don't you marry Sister Yingying!"
Lu Qingzhu glared at her younger sister: "Nonsense! My master said that his disciples cannot get married!"
"What kind of ridiculous rules are these! They're completely inhumane."
Mrs. Lu returned home overjoyed.
"Qingzhu, Qingwan, you're both home! Perfect timing, Mom brought out some photos for you to see, see which one you like best."
Lu Qingzhu quickly stood up: "Mom, I have something to take care of, I'm leaving."
He then strode out of the living room.
Before Mrs. Lu could say anything, Lu Qingwan grabbed her mother's arm and giggled, "Mom, my brother doesn't have any plans to get married right now, so just wait a little longer."
"He's already twenty-six and still has no intention of getting married. When does he want to get married?"
"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer."
If possible, it wouldn't be impossible for my older brother and Sister Yingying to be together.
Lu Qingwan dared not say these words; if she did, she would surely be kicked out of the Lu family.
In the obstetrics and gynecology ward of the hospital, Aunt Yang taught Li Ying how to change the baby's diaper.
Li Ying had seen these before, but in practice they were very difficult to implement.
"You really don't plan to have your mom come over?" Aunt Yang felt that having another person to take care of her would be very helpful.
"No need. My mom has to take care of my sister-in-law at home. My sister-in-law is in poor health and it's difficult for her to get pregnant."
As long as Li Ying asks, her mother will definitely come to take care of her. However, she doesn't want her sister-in-law to feel any distance from her, so she'll just tough it out on her own.
Aunt Yang sighed, "Oh, you're so pitiful. You have no one from your own family, and no one from your husband's family either."
“Aunt Yang, aren’t you my support? Besides, I’m recovering well, and I can take care of you.”
“You can take care of her, but if she gets sick during her postpartum period, it’s a lifelong problem. Don’t take your youth for granted and not care. When you get older, these problems will come knocking. I’ll stay here tonight to help take care of her!” Aunt Yang said, unable to bear it any longer.
“Aunt Yang, you’re so old, you won’t be able to handle staying up late at night.”
"What's the big deal? I'm getting old and don't need much sleep. It's settled then."
Li Ying had no choice but to go along with Aunt Yang's suggestion, since she was recovering well and would be discharged from the hospital tomorrow.
"Here, you hold the baby, I'll go wash the diapers." Aunt Yang carefully handed the baby to Li Ying and carried a basin of diapers out.
Shi Bai entered the ward leaning on his crutches.
"Second Brother, why are you walking around again?"
Shi Bai's leg was injured in the explosion, and it will take at least a year and a half to fully recover.
"Since I'm just lying here anyway, I might as well come out for a walk."
"Your department is far from the obstetrics and gynecology department. Don't walk around like that next time. If you hurt your bones, it will cause lasting health problems."
Li Ying reprimanded him.
Shi Bai sat down and smiled, "Junior Sister, you're exaggerating. We're all medical students, we know our own situation. I'm fine, I just came to keep you company."
Li Ying always felt that everyone seemed to know something, but they still had to hide it from her, which was really too much for them.
"Second Senior Brother, do you have something to say to me?" Li Ying looked at Shi Bai.
Shi Bai hesitated for a moment before speaking: "I met a woman named Chunxue who works cleaning at the hospital. She said she is Ye Jingchi's sister-in-law and that Ye Jingchi applied for a mission despite his injuries. She asked me to come and persuade you to let Ye Jingchi come back."
Li Ying thought Shi Bai knew Ye Jingchi was gone, which was why he came to chat with her. It turned out it was because of that woman, Chunxue.
So, it seems that not many people know about Ye Jingchi's situation!
"Second Senior Brother, Chunxue is the eldest sister-in-law of the Ye family, but Ye Jingchi has severed ties with the Ye family, so you don't need to worry about her."
Shi Bai was aware of Ye Jingchi's severing ties with the Ye family, but the problem was that Ye Jingchi shouldn't have gone on a mission at this time.
“Yingying, I know you’ve always been a very strong girl, and you have to be strong, but having a child is a major event in a woman’s life. If it were Ye Jingchi, he would have already taken on a mission and gone out, and we wouldn’t say anything, but he knew you were about to give birth and still took on a mission, which is a bit too much. There are so many people in the whole group, do they think they can’t function without him?”
This is where Shi Bai gets most angry.
Li Ying couldn't very well explain that Ye Jingchi wasn't there, especially since nothing had actually happened yet and she was only guessing.
"Second Brother, he's a soldier, he has his own duties, I don't blame him."
"Junior sister, it's because you're so indifferent that Ye Jingchi thinks he's dispensable. Sometimes, being coquettish and willful is a skill for girls."
Shi Bai teaches Li Ying how to be a woman who can seduce men.
Li Ying smiled: "Second Senior Brother, I'm fine. With all of you taking care of me, it really doesn't matter whether Ye Jingchi is here or not."
How could it be unrelated?
These are different!
Shi Bai opened his mouth, but couldn't explain it clearly, so he sighed.
Hua Qingqing suddenly pushed open the door, stood blankly at the doorway, and said, "Xing'er committed suicide."
Although Li Ying had expected it, she still felt a pang of heartache upon hearing the news.
“My aunt cried her heart out, full of remorse. But she still didn’t agree to Xing’er’s divorce. After Xing’er committed suicide, she was still taken away by her husband’s family.”
Hua Qingqing tried to stop it, but failed.
Before Xing'er committed suicide, she said she would rather die than enter her husband's family home, but in the end, she had no choice but to be taken away by her husband's family because of the marriage.
"I don't understand why my aunt insists on letting Xing'er be taken away by her husband's family. Isn't she her own flesh and blood?" Hua Qingqing was deeply moved. What angered her most was that Xing'er's husband's family even sold Xing'er to a ghost marriage, and her aunt didn't care at all. She was only sad that she had lost a daughter, and didn't care about anything else.
How ridiculous!
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