Zhong Jinghe smiled and said, "What happened back then was beyond your control. I don't blame you. You're still so young. I hope you chose to marry me because of love, not because you feel responsible or guilty."
"Can……"
"If one day in the future you meet a girl you like, and you've already married me, you'll definitely regret your current choice. Su Yu, things are fine as they are now. There are many ways to make amends. You don't have to marry me to make amends and take responsibility. Taking me to the doctor is also a kind of amends, isn't it?"
Su Yu opened his mouth, unsure how to refute her words.
Su Yan had never met a girl as insightful and wonderful as Zhong Jinghao.
If it were anyone else, they might have already harbored resentment towards Su Yu and demanded all sorts of compensation from him. But Zhong Jinghao rejected Su Yu's marriage proposal and was still able to treat him with sincerity.
“Brother, Sister Jinghao is right.” She said, “Taking good care of Sister Jinghao is also a kind of compensation.”
Since Zhong Jinghao has said that, it's inappropriate for her to continue calling her sister-in-law.
She actually hoped that Zhong Jinghao could accept Su Yu.
After all, it would be such a pity to miss out on someone so wonderful.
Su Yu moved his lips, "Okay, but you have to live with us. If you don't agree, my mother will kick me out."
Given Li Juan's personality, she must already consider Zhong Jinghao as her daughter-in-law.
If he doesn't bring the person home, his mother will really skin him alive.
Zhong Jinghao was somewhat embarrassed.
Her relationship with Su Yu... was still a bit awkward.
Nianyu hugged Su Yu's neck and said pleadingly, "Mom, I don't want to be separated from you, and I don't want to be separated from Dad. Can't we live together?"
Meeting her daughter's clear gaze, Zhong Jinghao couldn't bear to refuse.
Nianyu has never had a complete family since she was a child, and coupled with her health condition, how could she not feel guilty for being so sensible at such a young age?
Her eyes reddened, and she replied, "Okay, we'll live together."
Nianyu immediately beamed with joy, clapping her hands and giggling, "That's great! From now on, Nianyu will be a happy child too!"
It was something that should have made people happy, but it made everyone feel sad.
When it was almost time to remove the needles, Master Jue went up first.
Around 6 PM, Su Yan helped Nianyu take a bath.
The little girl was tired after a long day, and fell asleep in her arms not long after finishing her meal.
After getting her injection, Zhong Jinghao felt a little better and said, "Ayan, let Nianyu lie down here. It's too tiring for you to hold her."
Upon hearing this, Su Yan didn't try to be brave and carefully placed Nianyu on the bed.
She only realized her arm was numb when she let go; she hadn't even felt it while she was holding her.
Perhaps because she was an orphan in her past life, she cherished Nianyu especially.
Su Yu had left work temporarily, so he rushed back to work after buying dinner.
Now only she, Zhong Jinghao, and Nianyu are left in the ward.
Su Yan's arm had just recovered when the mobile phone on the table rang.
Upon answering the phone, Li Juan anxiously asked, "Ayan, what's the situation? Why haven't you come back yet?"
Su Yan glanced at Zhong Jinghao, who was patting Nianyu with her head down, and walked to the window before saying, "Mother, I'm in the hospital now."
She gave a brief explanation of the situation.
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Juan started cursing at Su Yu.
She cursed for two or three minutes before continuing, "You brat, why didn't you tell me sooner? You made me wait so long!"
Which hospital are you at? I'll bring some clothes over. By the way, what's your sister-in-law's name?
Su Yan touched her nose. "Zhong Jinghao."
"Oh, Jinghao probably doesn't have any clean clothes, right? I'll buy some and send them over now."
Su Yan thought for a moment and didn't refuse, "If Tao Yue hasn't gone back yet at the military hospital, you can come with her."
"He hasn't gone back yet, I know. Bye."
Li Juan hung up the phone in a hurry after speaking, clearly very worried.
Su Yan put down the phone and turned around to meet Zhong Jinghao's gaze. She said, "It's my mother. She brought us some clean clothes."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Jinghao's expression clearly became tense.
“My mother is very easy to get along with, so you don’t need to worry. She’s very worried about you; she just gave my brother a good scolding on the phone,” Su Yan reassured her.
Zhong Jinghao breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "You really don't need to blame Su Yu. He didn't want to treat me like that back then either."
"You're so magnanimous, you don't blame my brother at all," Su Yan said as she sat down on the edge of the bed.
Zhong Jinghao smiled faintly, "It's impossible to say that I have no resentment at all, but he didn't know I would be pregnant at the time, otherwise he would never have abandoned me."
Su Yu spent a week recuperating at her place. In that short time, she got to know the man; he was indeed a very responsible person.
Su Yan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Nianyu said that someone wanted to arrest you, so you chose to live at the foot of the mountain. What's going on? Also, my brother came back from a mission, but he was detained for a while for some reason. However, he asked his comrades to go to the village where he met you to inquire about your whereabouts. The people in that village said that you had already married. My brother believed it and, in order not to disturb your current life, he stopped them from inquiring about your whereabouts."
Zhong Jinghao looked embarrassed, as if she didn't know how to start the conversation.
"If you have something you can't say, you don't have to. But if you have any difficulties, you must tell us. Don't worry about dragging us down. We are family. If my brother can't even solve his problems, then I really look down on him."
Hearing Su Yan's words, Zhong Jinghao suddenly felt less conflicted.
Her thoughts drifted away, and she slowly began to speak: "In that sensitive era, my parents were professors at Tsinghua University, and they couldn't escape being labeled as intellectuals. Naturally, I had to be sent down to Heilongjiang Province with them."
At that time, I was a student at Tsinghua University and the only daughter in my family. They couldn't bear to see me suffer, so two days before I was sent down to the countryside, they used all their connections to get me a spot as an educated youth.
As a result… the winter of their second year in Heilongjiang Province was so cold that they caught a cold and didn't survive. When the villagers found them, their bodies were already stiff!
Speaking of this, Zhong Jinghao couldn't help but burst into tears again, clutching her chest. "I only received the news a month later. By the time I arrived in Heilongjiang Province, they had already been hastily buried by the villagers. I didn't even get to see my parents one last time! I hate the injustice of fate, I hate all those who kicked me when I was down, and I hate that I don't have the ability to take revenge!"
Su Yan quickly hugged her and said with heartache, "Sister-in-law, don't say anything more. Just pretend I didn't ask!"
"No! I want to tell you!"
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