Chapter 25
Cui Lirong had just walked into the ward when Huo Changfeng heard the noise and looked over.
The dark pupils moved slightly, a hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes, and Huo Changfeng couldn't help but pursed his lips.
"Why, are you unhappy to see that it's me?" Cui Lirong scolded, "You married a wife and forgot your mother. You are such a heartless person."
Li Changming, who was sitting nearby, stood up awkwardly and called out, "Hello, Aunt Cui."
"Xiao Li? Why are you here? Aren't you busy at the research institute?" Cui Lirong raised her eyebrows and asked in surprise.
Li Changming scratched his head: "I have a day off today, and I have nothing to do at home, so I came to the hospital to take care of Director Huo. By the way..."
He originally thought that he could have the meal made by Mu Qingxuan at noon today, so he ran over happily.
Unexpectedly, he and Huo Changfeng waited for a whole morning and were so hungry, but Mu Qingxuan still didn't come.
Li Changming clearly remembered that Huo Changfeng's face was as black as the bottom of a pot at that time.
Cui Lirong was completely confused. She looked at Huo Changfeng, then at Li Changming, and asked in confusion, "By the way what?"
Li Changming laughed awkwardly and shook his head: "Nothing, nothing."
"Aunt Cui, please sit here."
Li Changming pointed to the stool beside the bed and asked enthusiastically, "Auntie, do you want to eat some fruit? I bought a lot of fruit."
As he spoke, he opened the drawer of the bedside table. The first thing that came out was not a variety of fruits, but a stack of documents that had been hastily stuffed in.
Cui Lirong's expression changed immediately.
She stared at Huo Changfeng: "Even after all this, you still want to work, don't you want to live anymore?"
Huo Changfeng remained calm and said confidently, "This project is very important to the institute. If I don't keep an eye on it personally, if something unexpected happens, the loss to the institute and even to the entire country will be immeasurable."
"Besides, I'm almost well now..."
Before he could finish his words, the door of the ward was pushed open with a creaky sound, and Mu Qingxuan walked in.
She paused, her eyes falling on the open drawer and the pile of documents.
Huo Changfeng's heart suddenly tightened, as if someone was grabbing it, and he looked away guiltily.
His fingers unconsciously stroked the bed sheets, and his mouth, which had been talking nonstop, seemed to be stuck with glue and could no longer utter a single word.
Mu Qingxuan frowned, pursed her lips, and a hint of anger appeared in her eyes.
Cui Lirong sighed helplessly, pinching her forehead with a headache and said, "I can't control you anymore. Let your wife take care of you from now on."
"Qingxuan, you just went to see Doctor Xu, what did he say?"
Mu Qingxuan's face darkened, and she thought of what Dr. Xu said, with a complicated expression.
She subconsciously looked at Huo Changfeng, moved her lips, and said, "It's okay, I'm recovering well. It won't be long before I can be discharged from the hospital."
Huo Changfeng frowned sharply, feeling that there was something else behind Mu Qingxuan's words.
Cui Lirong didn't think much about it. After hearing that, she breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest and said, "That's good."
The two of them stayed in the hospital with Huo Changfeng for a while until night fell, then they left the hospital and rushed back to the Huo family.
Huo Jianye was sitting on the sofa, staring at the newspaper. When he heard the noise, he said calmly without even looking up, "There's news from the Public Security Bureau."
Cui Lirong had already selectively forgotten about Mu Qianqian, the unlucky thing. When she heard this, she was stunned for a while.
After a moment, she finally reacted, curled her lips in disdain, rolled her eyes and asked, "She was sentenced to attempted murder?"
Huo Jianye put down the newspaper and shook his head: "No, according to the police, Mu Qianqian insisted that she was deceived by the vendor and had no idea that it was poisonous nitrite."
"Now the public security comrades are tracking down the vendor based on the clues provided by Mu Qianqian."
After all, these days, not just anyone can get their hands on nitrite.
If this thing is allowed to circulate on the market, it might be bought by other people as ordinary table salt, or someone with ulterior motives might deliberately use nitrite to kill other people.
No matter which situation, once it breaks out, it will pose a huge threat to social stability.
It is certainly impossible for the public security comrades to sit idly by.
"What about Mu Qianqian?" Cui Lirong got to the bottom of it.
"There is no direct evidence to prove whether she did it intentionally or unintentionally, and the Shi family went to rescue her, so the police released her."
"Hmph." Cui Lirong snorted in dissatisfaction, obviously not satisfied with the outcome.
"I don't know how Mu Qianqian managed to trick mom into liking her so much. Obviously, our daughter-in-law is hundreds of times better than Mu Qianqian. She's pretty, has a good figure, can cook, and has medical skills. Why can't mom see that..."
Cui Lirong muttered softly.
Huo Jianye glanced at her, coughed heavily, and said helplessly: "Mom is old, we are usually busy with work and have no time to accompany her. I guess she is too lonely."
"Lonely?" Cui Lirong suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up, "If Changfeng and Qingxuan give birth to a child soon, Mom will see her great-grandson, and her life will be busy, and her mood will probably be better."
Mu Qingxuan was sitting at the dining table, sorting out the medicinal materials needed for tomorrow's medicinal food.
When she heard this, her body stiffened and her movements stopped.
Huo Jianye disagreed: "Changfeng's health is not good yet, and the couple just got married, so it's not the right time yet."
"What health issues? When my son was lying in the operating room, you didn't care about him at all. You only asked about his work."
Cui Lirong complained mercilessly.
"You - I can't agree with you." Huo Jianye simply put away the newspaper, put his hands behind his back and went upstairs to his room.
Cui Lirong became furious at his attitude and took several gulps of cold water to calm herself down.
Mu Qingxuan found it a little funny.
The two were clearly arguing, but she somehow felt that this home was very warm.
At least it is much better than the suffocating atmosphere of the Shi family in the previous life.
The Shi family at this time.
Mu Qianqian was kneeling at the door of her house, her face as pale as paper, with messy hair around her cheeks.
The eyes that always flashed with shrewdness and calculation were now filled with despair and emptiness.
Three hours ago, she was rescued from the Public Security Bureau by the Shi family.
After I came back, my mother-in-law punished me by making me kneel here. I couldn’t even have a drink of water, let alone eat.
The door was not closed tightly, and she clearly saw her mother-in-law spit in her direction, her eyes full of disgust: "Feihua, why did you marry such a conscienceless bitch? She even got herself into trouble and was reported to the police station. Our Shi family has lost all face."
Shi Feihua glanced at her, then looked at his silent father and complained, "Dad insisted on fulfilling that old-fashioned engagement..."
"It's the same engagement, but my cousin's wife is beautiful and capable, and mine is..."
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