Chapter 187 Qin Shu, are you happy now?

Qin Shu did not look up, nor did she respond, so she did not see the flash of disappointment in Xie Lanzhi's eyes.

He touched the top of Qin Shu's head and said in a light voice: "I'll go call someone up."

After that, Xie Lanzhi turned and left, and his tall and slender figure fell into the eyes of Qin Shu who raised her head.

She suddenly shouted: "Xie Lanzhi——"

Xie Lanzhi stopped almost at the moment Qin Shu shouted the first word, turned around slowly, and his exceptionally handsome face radiated tenderness and warmth.

He raised his lips slightly, with a faint smile on his face: "What's wrong?"

Qin Shu picked up the document that was placed on the table and shook it at the man, "You forgot to take something."

Xie Lanzhi's smile paused, then shook his head and laughed: "Look at me, I almost forgot something."

He returned to the table, took the document from Qin Shu's hand, and used some force, but failed to pull it.

Xie Lanzhi lifted his eyelids, stared at Qin Shu with a smile in his eyes, and joked: "A Shu, are you reluctant to let me leave?"

Qin Shu opened her red lips and asked softly: "Did the three people who died tell the mastermind behind them?"

"Yes." Xie Lanzhi nodded, and then uttered a person's name.

Qin Shu's pupils shrank instantly. That person was the big shot that Qiye wanted to kill even if it meant dying together with him.

She suddenly understood why Qiye had gone to a dead end in his previous life.

It turned out that even though the Xie family had been in decline for many years in her previous life, she still had a thousand connections with the Xie family.

When Qin Shu frowned, Xie Lanzhi asked gently, "Ah Shu, is there anything else you want to ask?"

Qin Shu let go of her hand and shook her head, "No, you ask Zhao Yongqiang's wife to come directly to the study, I'll wait for her here."

"Okay--"

Xie Lanzhi turned around and left with the documents, his back was crisp and neat, without any nostalgia.

Qin Shu watched the man leave from behind, and a hint of disappointment and loneliness could be seen.

But she didn't feel any guilt or heartache in her heart.

Some things are life-threatening and will rot in your stomach for a lifetime.

"Duk-duk--"

There was a knock on the door, and Ah Hua's wife stood at the door with a girl who was dressed cleanly and simply, had a pretty appearance, and was holding a green bundle in her hands.

"Madam, Captain Zhao's wife is here."

Qin Shu looked at the girl and felt that she was familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before.

The inquiry and suspicion in her eyes were quickly covered up by a faint smile: "Are you Captain Zhao's lover? Come in and sit down."

The timid girl standing at the door became more and more uneasy when she saw that Qin Shu did not recognize her.

She looked at the study floor, which was covered with a wool carpet that looked very expensive, the precious furnishings in the room, and Qin Shu, who was sitting at the desk with a calm expression, beautiful and charming.

At this moment, she had the urge to flee.

Everything and everyone here was so clean and dazzling. It would be a defilement for her to step into the room.

It was the uneasiness in Han Xiaomei's eyes that Qin Shu saw. She suddenly had a flash of inspiration and knew who the girl at the door was.

Qin Shu stood up and said with excitement in her voice: "Are you that Xiaomei?"

She was the dying girl who she had personally rescued at the Ba family.

A blush appeared on Han Xiaomei's face, and she nodded gently: "Yes, it's me, thank you... Young Madam for helping me."

She knew Qin Shu's name, but she didn't know how to address her, so she could only follow Ah Hua's wife and call her Young Madam.

Qin Shu walked around the desk, walked quickly to Han Xiaomei's side, and looked her up and down.

"Not bad, you have recovered very well, I didn't expect that we would meet again."

Qin Shu saw Han Xiaomei's reservedness, took her hand and walked into the study, and pressed her to sit on the chair.

"I really didn't expect that you would marry Zhao Yongqiang. Is he good to you?"

Xiaomei stared at the white and delicate hand that Qin Shu was massaging on the acupuncture points on the back of her hand, and the tension in her heart disappeared inexplicably.

Her breathing gradually became steady, and her speech became more lively: "Captain Zhao is very good to me. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have the opportunity to go back to Beijing to study..."

From Han Xiaomei's narration, Qin Shu learned the origin of her marriage to Zhao Yongqiang.

Xiaomei left the health care center after recovering from her illness. Because of the reputation of being forced to marry, having an abortion, and becoming a new widow, she was always abused and bullied by some low-class people.

Some people even wanted to use food in exchange for her sleeping. Xiaomei had just escaped from the wolf's den, so how could she go back to the tiger's den?

She went to the village committee to handle the procedures for returning to the city by herself. She needed to provide proof of legal fixed residence, proof of direct family relationship, household registration booklet and identity card.

Unfortunately, the procedures for returning to the city were not completed in the end.

Han Xiaomei is from Beijing, but her family is a typical son-centered family, and they also place great importance on reputation. After she married Ba Shazi, her family unilaterally cut off relations with her because they thought she was a disgrace.

She could not return to the city, and the news spread quickly.

Many people set their sights on Han Xiaomei. Once, a few hooligans stopped her and dragged her into a cornfield by her arm.

Zhao Yongqiang, who was patrolling down the Tianying Ridge, happened to pass by and rescued Han Xiaomei who was about to be insulted. He also tied up the hooligans and sent them to the detention center.

Qin Shu was shocked and asked incredulously: "So, when Zhao Yongqiang sent you back to the Youth Institute, he asked you if you wanted to marry him, and you agreed?"

Han Xiaomei's pretty face showed a trace of relief: "He said he needed a companion who would not touch me, and would make me worry-free about food and clothing, and be able to go back to Beijing to study. I had no reason not to agree."

Qin Shu suddenly asked: "How old are you this year?"

Han Xiaomei: "19 years old."

Qin Shu was silent for a long time, and said faintly: "... Then you and Zhao Yongqiang are 12 years apart."

This is the real old cow eating young grass. As for Zhao Yongqiang's statement that he would not touch Han Xiaomei, it was just for fun.

Men's words are often slapped in the face in the end.

Han Xiaomei handed the bundle on her lap to Qin Shu very solemnly: "This is what Captain Zhao asked me to give you. There are some medicinal herbs in it. He doesn't know if it is useful to you. I hope you can accept it."

Qin Shu didn't expect Zhao Yongqiang to send her medicinal herbs. She opened the bundle to reveal the herbs that were stored separately.

She pursed her lips and smiled: "Didn't he pack this?"

Han Xiaomei nodded: "Captain Zhao picked it from the mountain, and Dean Lu personally sorted and sealed it."

The smile in Qin Shu's eyes deepened a little: "Is Dean Lu okay?"

Han Xiaomei stared at the hand that Qin Shu let go, and a bit of self-pity and deep self-loathing flashed in her eyes.

It took her a long time to answer Qin Shu's question: "Very good, Dean Lu also asked me to say hello to you on her behalf, saying that many soldiers were disappointed after you were no longer in the health center, and they asked several times when you would go back."

Han Xiaomei glanced at Qin Shu's face and said, "Many people in the army don't know the identity of Commander Xie. No, now it's Colonel Xie."

Qin Shu looked through the precious medicinal materials in the bundle and said casually, "I was just helping out in the army at that time. Working in a hospital or a health center is not suitable for me, and I won't consider it in the future."

She doesn't like being constrained, and doesn't want anyone to tell her what to do when she practices medicine.

Doctors save people, regardless of good or evil, but there are also ways to pay attention to it.

For example, when Xie Lanzhi ran into the spy she saved, she chose to save him because he still had value.

Another example is that Uncle Yang, who had already passed away, had problems himself, so she would not waste her energy saving him.

Qin Shu put the bundle of medicinal herbs on the table and found that Han Xiaomei, who was sitting opposite her, had returned to her previous state of restraint, cowardice, and anxiety.

Her tone was gentle and a bit soothing: "Xiaomei, you are lucky to have survived that cruel place. Remember to look forward."

Han Xiaomei clutched her trouser legs tightly with both hands, lowered her head and trembled: "If you hadn't saved me at that time, I would have died. Maybe I wouldn't be in so much pain as I am now, and those unbearable and dirty memories would not torture me all the time."

"Later, every day I survived, I was extremely grateful, because the Ba family members were all shot, I felt very happy, and felt that being alive was also good."

"But I've been away from home for nearly four years. Now I'm back. Looking at the huge changes in Beijing, I feel out of tune with everyone, as if everyone is looking at me strangely."

Han Xiaomei's tears dripped onto the back of her hands that were clutching her trouser legs.

Her voice was trembling, and her words were filled with confusion, pain, and despair.

Qin Shu frowned slightly, her face full of disapproval: "Do you mean to punish yourself with the pain that others have inflicted on you throughout your life?"

Han Xiaomei cried and shook her head: "I don't know, I'm very grateful that you saved me, and I want to do something to repay you, but I... I don't know what to do. I feel that I'm very dirty, and even after being touched by you, I feel like I'm defiling you..."

"Xiaomei!" Qin Shu's eyes turned fierce, her face was cold, and she said in a deep voice: "You are wrong!"

She grabbed Han Xiaomei's hand again, and said softly and powerfully: "It's not you who is dirty, and it's not you who is wrong. You should not bear the slightest fault for the evil people's crimes. You must remember one sentence, the victim is innocent!"

The sentence "the victim is innocent" struck Han Xiaomei's soul directly. She raised her head suddenly and stared at Qin Shu closely.

Qin Shu's eyes were as clear as water, without a trace of impurities, and full of convincing determination.

"Xiaomei, you must remember that you are not wrong. You are only 19 years old, an age full of hope and beauty. Your life has just begun and you still have a long way to go in the future.

I know what you care about. It's just the bullshit chastity of women. It is the backward and decadent feudal dregs. It is the shackles that restrain women's yearning for freedom. What you have to protect and defend is your own dignity!"

Such exciting words, heard by Han Xiaomei, the whole person began to tremble.

This is the first person who said to her - Han Xiaomei, you are not wrong.

Qin Shu looked at the light in Han Xiaomei's eyes, knowing that she had heard the words, and leaned forward to give her a warm hug.

"Good girl, be brave, you have to live a wonderful life, live your own life! You will be glorious for the rest of your life!"

"Wow!"

Han Xiaomei couldn't hold back any longer, hugged Qin Shu's thin shoulders, and burst into tears.

Her heart-wrenching cry was filled with deep grievance and sadness.

Qin Shu said nothing, hugged Han Xiaomei, and patted her back gently.

Sister Hua, who was standing outside the door, heard the conversation inside the house clearly, and a relieved smile and recognition flashed in her eyes.

She closed the door gently, preventing the sound from reaching the ears of the guests downstairs.

After a long time.

The door of the study was opened from the inside.

Han Xiaomei, with red eyes, was sent out with a brilliant smile.

Qin Shu leaned against the door frame of the study, looking gentle, lazy and harmless: "I won't see you off, let Sister Hua take you down."

Han Xiaomei was full of gratitude and nodded obediently: "Okay, thank you Sister Ruan just now."

Qin Shu patted her arm and said with a smile: "What are you thanking for? If you encounter any problems in the future, come to me at any time if you can't solve them."

Han Xiaomei nodded, and before leaving, she glanced at the insoluble melancholy lingering between Qin Shu's eyebrows.

She opened her mouth and asked in a low voice: "Sister Ruan, are you happy now?"