Li Ying and Ye Jingchi did not return to the Ye family home with Hua Qingqing; instead, the two went to a nearby department store to buy some items.
Li Ying carried too few clothes with her and needed to buy more decent clothes so that she could change into them later.
"Third Brother!"
Ye Zhonghong walked over with a girl who was about the same age as her.
"Third Brother, Nuannuan is shopping with me."
Ye Zhonghong deliberately pushed a petite girl in a floral dress forward, trying to push Nuannuan into Ye Jingchi's arms.
Ye Jingchi knew exactly what his sister was thinking. He reached out and pulled Li Ying into his arms, protecting her. He then said to Nuannuan, who was leaning close, "Nuannuan, let's get acquainted. This is your sister-in-law, Li Ying."
The girl named Nuannuan had her eyes fixed on Ye Jingchi from the moment she caught sight of him, completely unaware of the person beside her. When she suddenly saw Ye Jingchi hugging a woman and calling her his sister-in-law, her eyes instantly reddened.
When Nuannuan heard Ye Zhonghong say this morning that she wanted to set her up with Ye Jingchi, she was so happy she almost fainted. Little did she know that Ye Jingchi was already married.
"Zhong Hong, we're best friends, how could you play me like this?"
Nuannuan covered her face and ran away.
Seeing that Nuannuan had stormed off, Ye Zhonghong stomped his foot and said, "Third Brother, you know Nuannuan likes you, so why did you say it so directly?"
"Ye Zhonghong, everyone else goes to school to learn knowledge and culture, but did you go to school and make yourself stupid? You know I'm already married and you have a sister-in-law, yet you still try to push other girls onto me? Your brother is a soldier, do you know that?!"
Ye Zhonghong glared at Li Ying, clearly unconvinced: "I don't accept it! You either marry my sister-in-law or you marry Nuannuan. I won't accept marrying a woman of unknown origin who's pregnant with an illegitimate child!"
"Ye Zhonghong!" Ye Jingchi's voice turned cold, his face grim.
Ye Zhonghong suddenly felt a chill on her neck, took a step back, pouted, and, though she was still angry, dared not say anything more. She turned around and chased after Nuannuan.
Li Ying quickly got out of Ye Jingchi's arms, "Commander Ye has quite a few suitors."
It's not surprising at all. A man like Ye Jingchi, who has both good looks and a good family background, what girl wouldn't like him?
It's often said that the more outstanding a person is, the more people like them; otherwise, successful middle-aged men wouldn't be surrounded by young women.
Ye Jingchi is not the type to have affairs everywhere. He is a very traditional person. Once he has made up his mind, it is for life. He never thought about attracting other women. If it weren't for his family arranging for him to marry his sister-in-law Chunxue, he wouldn't have rushed to marry Li Ying.
Another point is that he doesn't dislike Li Ying, which is also a key reason why he is willing to have a marriage of convenience.
"I'm a man of principle, I won't do anything reckless," he assured.
Li Ying didn't care. It was a marriage of convenience anyway, and it was his freedom to choose whoever he liked.
"Let's go, I need another set of pajamas."
Li Ying walked forward, and Ye Jingchi followed closely behind.
Back home, Hua Qingqing paced anxiously back and forth in the yard. When she saw Li Ying return, she grabbed Li Ying immediately.
"Li Ying, something happened to my brother! Hua Zhen just called me and said that my brother had convulsions after getting an injection and has now gone to the hospital."
Li Ying had long expected that Rong Ning, daring to claim to be Master Qian's apprentice, would surely practice acupuncture, though she didn't know where he had learned the rudimentary skills. But these rudimentary skills were dangerous; if done well, all would be well; if done poorly, it would lead to this outcome.
But no one would die; her master's acupuncture could not kill.
"Second sister-in-law, don't panic. Your brother has been taken to the hospital and he'll be fine. If your family really wants to save your brother, they will come to your door to ask for your help after he is discharged."
Hua Chenyue's illness is a psychological one, and no amount of advanced hospital equipment can save him, especially since the hospital hasn't introduced any good equipment yet.
There are good traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, but you can't find another person with her skills; she is unique.
It could be said that even if her master, Master Qian, came, he might not be able to save her sister-in-law's brother, but she could.
After all, she was a medical prodigy with two lifetimes of identities.
"Second sister-in-law, just listen to Li Ying, don't worry. Your brother's illness hasn't been going on for just a day or two. If Li Ying says he's fine, then he's definitely fine. Grandma's illness was so serious, but she saved her with just three acupuncture needles. Trust her!"
Ye Jingchi was completely on Li Ying's side.
Li Ying's composure and calmness are what Ye Jingchi admires most.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Hua sighed softly, put away her sorrowful expression, and went back to her room.
Ye Zhonghong overheard the three people chatting and got so angry that she started smashing things in the room.
"Third brother is really infatuated with Li Ying. He listens to everything Li Ying says and never listens to Mom and Dad."
Thinking of the child in Li Ying's belly, Ye Zhonghong picked up the landline phone in the house and dialed a number.
"Nuan Nuan, I heard you say that you know a pretty good detective, is that true?"
"Really, he can give you any information you want."
"Then help me arrange to meet him tomorrow. I want him to help me investigate my third sister-in-law."
What do you want to investigate?
"Investigate whether she's pregnant!"
"What? She's pregnant! How is that possible? How could your third brother be so foolish? If the army finds out about this, will they make your third brother retire early?" Nuannuan was very worried.
“Nuan Nuan, you know Third Brother, right? My Third Brother isn’t such an impulsive person. It must be that Li Ying used some kind of trick, otherwise why would my Third Brother do such a thing?”
Ye Zhonghong absolutely suspected that Li Ying's relationship with her third brother was not legitimate and that she must have used dirty tricks. She was determined to find out and make her leave in disgrace!
"Zhonghong, she'll ruin your third brother's life!" Nuannuan said, feeling sorry for Ye Jingchi.
"Who says otherwise? Getting pregnant before marriage, what will people think of my third brother's reputation? Nuannuan, you have to help me with this. Let's work together to figure out a way to get rid of Li Ying!"
"good."
Ye Zhonghong felt much better after hanging up the phone.
In her bedroom, Li Ying prepared her documents. She was going to report to the military hospital tomorrow, and she needed to be ready in advance.
"Going to work so early?" Ye Jingchi felt a little uneasy seeing how well-prepared she was. It was not something he wanted to see her working so hard while pregnant.
Although his allowance wasn't much, it was more than enough to support Li Ying and their child, but he could never bring himself to say "I'll take care of you."
Given Li Ying's personality, she wouldn't like being supported by others.
"Hmm, staying at home makes it easy to overthink, so it's better to go to work early."
Li Ying glanced at Ye Jingchi: "What about you? When do you plan to return from leave?"
"We'll see. Maybe I'll have to go back to Tongcheng to pick up Grandma and the others in a couple of days, so I won't cancel my leave for now. I'll go with you to report for duty tomorrow."
Ye Jingchi said very responsibly.
Li Ying wanted to say no, but since he had already said that, it didn't seem right to refuse.
"Okay." Li Ying casually asked, "Will your sister-in-law and Dangdang come too?"
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