Zhou Yunwan spent the entire night thinking about a travel itinerary, but unfortunately it didn't come in handy in the end as a phone call from the hospital disrupted her plans.
It is said that when Shen Dewen was doing rehabilitation treatment in the morning, due to improper methods, he was unable to use strength in his legs for a while and accidentally fell off the equipment. He is still unconscious.
After receiving the news, Zhou Yunwan and Shen Yanli rushed to the Military Region General Hospital.
Shen Dewen lived in the cadre ward. The room was clean and tidy, with only two beds placed side by side.
Shen Dewen was lying on the bed by the window, with a white bandage wrapped around his head. He was conscious, but his mental state did not look good. When he saw the two people, he immediately sat up.
"Uncle, slow down." Li Jinning, who was beside the bed, hurriedly helped him up, but her eyes were already on Chen Yanli who had just entered the room. Unfortunately, Chen Yanli didn't even give her a glance, as if he didn't notice her at all. A trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes.
"Thank you for your concern." Shen Dewen waved his hand to thank her for her kindness, then sat down on the bedside, holding the bedside handle. He was a strong-willed person, and he generally would not trouble others unless he had to.
Shen Yanli waited for him to sit down before asking worriedly, “Dad, how do you feel?”
"I'm fine, I just had a little skin scraped off on my forehead. It was thanks to Comrade Li who passed by and called a nurse for me." Shen Dewen said this lightly, but the actual situation could only be known after asking the doctor.
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Only then did Shen Yanli look at Li Jinning next to him and thanked him solemnly: “Comrade Li, thank you for today.”
"It's okay, it's just a small favor. I went to deliver something to my uncle, but I didn't expect to run into my uncle there." Li Jinning adjusted the frame of her glasses, a hint of shyness showing on her face.
She explained that she was taking advantage of her lunch break to deliver something to her uncle who was in hospital. When she passed by the equipment room, she took a look inside and happened to notice Shen Dewen lying unconscious.
She had originally planned to leave after calling the nurse, but she never expected that he was actually Shen Yanli's father, and she ended up staying.
"Uncle, why are you alone in the equipment room? Isn't there usually a nurse accompanying you?"
Zhou Yunwan found it strange. Logically speaking, given Shen Dewen's status, his superiors would definitely pay great attention to his physical recovery. Why would they let him recover alone? Such a serious accident also occurred.
Hearing this, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across Shen Dewen's face, as if he was embarrassed to say it out loud.
"It's all his fault for being stubborn. He doesn't know how to give in even at his age. Luckily this time it was just a minor concussion**, not serious. What about next time?"
Guo Yulin's voice came from the door of the ward. She was wearing a white coat and was panting. She didn't even have time to take off her surgical cap. It was obvious that she had just finished the operation and ran over.
Guo Yulin had a day off today, so she suggested bringing Shen Dewen to the hospital. However, an emergency patient was sent to the surgery department in the morning. There were only two doctors who could perform this difficult operation, so she was called away temporarily. Who knew that something would happen in such a short time.
The fact is just as Guo Yulin said, because other patients wanted to consult about rehabilitation treatment, Shen Dewen asked the nurse to take care of other patients first. Before leaving, the nurse asked him to sit and wait for a while, but he did not sit idle and made mistakes when using the equipment.
As Shen Dewen's bedmate, she knew him best and understood that he was in such a hurry to undergo rehabilitation treatment because he wanted to return to work as soon as possible. So even if she was angry, she still held back because there were outsiders present.
After secretly glaring at Shen Dewen, he said to Li Jinning, "It's all thanks to Comrade Li today, otherwise something terrible would have happened. Leave me your contact information and come to my house for dinner some other day."
Although Li Jinning wanted to agree, she refused in order to leave a better impression in front of his family: "No, no, Yanli and I are colleagues, this is what I should do."
Banquet?
Zhou Yunwan raised her eyebrows.
Clearly, when they met last time, she called Chen Yanli "Comrade Shen", and it was obvious that they were not familiar with each other. Could it be that in such a short time, their relationship had advanced so rapidly that they could call each other so affectionately?
That was of course impossible, unless she was deliberately trying to cause misunderstanding.
As expected, hearing her call him so affectionately, Guo Yulin couldn't hide his surprise and asked tentatively, "Are you a colleague of our Yanli?"
Hearing Guo Yulin's tone, Li Jinning roughly guessed that Shen Yanli had never mentioned her in front of his family, and she couldn't help feeling a little sad, but she still smiled and responded: "We are from the same research institute and university, and we have known each other for many years."
As she spoke, her eyes inadvertently glanced at Shen Yanli beside her.
She knew that the elders all liked marriages between people of equal social status. She and Shen Yanli had similar educational backgrounds. Although she did not continue her studies after graduating from university, and her family conditions were not even half as good as those of the Shen family, how could a girl compare with a boy? She has a very high level of education.
Moreover, in the eyes of the elders, they have known each other for so many years and have a certain emotional foundation, which is definitely a plus. In addition, she accidentally saved Uncle Shen today, which can be said to be a closer relationship.
So what if Shen Yanli doesn't like her? As long as the elders like her and are willing to bring them together, their feelings can be cultivated slowly after marriage.
Seeing her shy and timid look, Guo Yulin knew that as an experienced person, he could understand her hint.
She originally wanted to bring together Chen Yanli and Zhou Yunwan. On the one hand, she valued Chen Yanli's special attitude towards her, and on the other hand, Zhou Yunwan was a child that particularly caught her eye.
But after Chen Yanli clearly refused, she was a little shaken. Later she thought about it and realized that the age gap between the two was there, and being siblings might be more suitable than being husband and wife.
But she also didn't like Li Jinning's personality of being eager to show off right away. She was smart, but too impetuous and superficial. If her son was really interested in her, the two of them should have been together after knowing each other for so many years. The fact that it had been dragging on for so long and it still hadn't happened was probably because the other party just liked her son unilaterally.
Guo Yulin saw through it clearly, but since the other person had just saved her husband, she couldn't possibly not give him face. After pondering for a moment and about to speak, there was a knock on the ward door.
A woman who looked somewhat similar to Shen Dewen walked in. "I was thinking that Yan Li looked familiar when I saw him from afar at the stairs just now. When I followed him up, it turned out to be him."
Shen Shuxian walked with great speed and soon squeezed to the bedside. She glanced at the people in the ward and finally set her sights on the sick Shen Dewen. She frowned and said, "Didn't you just get out of the hospital two days ago? Why are you in the hospital again?"
Shen Shuxian is Shen Dewen's sister, and Shen Yanli's aunt. She has a hot temper and speaks and acts without considering the consequences. Guo Yulin doesn't like to associate with her, but still explains the whole story to her with a smile.
After hearing this, Shen Shuxian clapped her hands and laughed, "A university and a unit, so isn't it a destiny that this girl and our Yanli are destined to be together?"
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