Ye Zhanying sniffed, barely managing to hold back her tears.
"What did the doctor say?"
Wang Zhande glanced around and cautiously replied, "They only said he's out of danger, but we don't know when he'll wake up. It's possible—"
He hesitated, then stopped speaking. Ye Zhanying grew impatient: "Why are you so hesitant to speak? What could it be?"
Wang Zhande lowered his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "It's also possible that he will never wake up."
Ye Zhanying yelled "Damn it!" and slipped, nearly tumbling down the stairs.
Wang Zhande reacted quickly and caught her.
"Comrade Ye Zhanying, are you...are you alright?"
Ye Zhanying gripped the railing with one hand, her voice suddenly rising eight octaves.
"What do you mean by 'can't wake up'? If he just keeps sleeping like this, won't he get bedsores on his bottom?"
Wang Zhande: ...
Is this...is this the important point?
Before he could speak, Ye Zhanying continued cursing, "Other people get married and have a wife, kids, and a warm bed, but Xie Zhiyan is different. Getting married has cost him his life. Why did he have to meddle in other people's business? The train was already in such a state, he should have just run away on two wheels of fire, why did he have to take care of the masses?"
Ye Zhanying said angrily, "How can his character be so noble? So all our hearts are black, and only his is red? If he suddenly died here, would the people he saved come to mourn him or waile? If he died at his age, there wouldn't even be anyone to carry a white banner."
Wang Zhande maintained a polite smile, not daring to utter a single word.
What could he possibly say to this old lady?
What else could he say?
"They said they went there to find a wife, but they didn't find one and almost lost their lives. If you ask me, a capitalist's daughter should be left to her own devices. Flies don't land on eggs without cracks. If they really had no problems, how could they possibly trace it back to their family?"
Wang Zhande's smile cracked slightly: "We don't know about that, but who doesn't have some shit under their butt? We're all equal."
Ye Zhanying gave him a disdainful look: "Can't you speak more politely? Is this the kind of word you use for equality? If you ask me, you're such a roughneck, you'll never find a wife in this lifetime."
As she spoke, she walked forward anxiously: "Yes, everyone has their little secrets, but if someone else has their weakness in their hands, are they completely innocent? I felt there was something wrong when they got married, and I opposed Xie Zhiyan fulfilling his marriage agreement with the Shu family a long time ago."
Wang Zhande could only follow closely behind her. He couldn't say much about the leader's affairs, and could only nod repeatedly.
"Even if the Shu family is a prominent and wealthy family, they are not necessarily a desirable match. Otherwise, why would their daughter marry a roughneck like us? Back when the two of them got married, many people said that Shu Ying was marrying down, praising her and belittling the Xie family."
Ye Zhanying grew increasingly angry as she spoke: "Bah! A capitalist's daughter, isn't she just marrying above her station!"
As they approached Xie Zhiyan's ward, Ye Zhanying was still ranting and raving.
Wang Zhande was on the verge of collapse.
Some people say this old lady is a bit dim-witted, and she doesn't care who the other person is. She never talks behind people's backs, and if she has anything to say, she tells them everything clearly in front of the person in question, like spilling beans.
With her temperament and personality, how could she not offend people?
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