Back at the Lu family’s old house, Liu Cuihua’s family was shrouded in an atmosphere of depression and regret.
When Liu Cuihua heard that Lu Cheng had miraculously stood up and Lin Yuexi had become a barefoot doctor in the village, she felt her head buzzing and her heart was filled with regret as if millions of ants were gnawing at it.
She stood there in a daze, her eyes full of disbelief and regret, and she kept muttering, "Why did Lin Yuexi get such a good deal? If we hadn't signed the severance agreement, Lu Cheng would still be in our family, and wouldn't all the good things that the barefoot doctor did have to belong to us?"
"Yes! What does Lin Yuexi know? Even the county leaders are impressed by her medical skills. I think she is just a blind cat that has caught a dead mouse. The third brother's ability to stand up may have nothing to do with her. If she can do the barefoot doctor's job, I can do it too..." Li Xiuying said angrily.
However, Lu Zhendong, the head of the family, sat aside puffing on his pipe, sullenly speaking. Although there was not much expression on his face, his furrowed brows and frequent sighs revealed his inner unrest.
Liu Cuihua paced back and forth in the room, her steps unorganized, constantly weighing the pros and cons in her mind.
How much she wanted to go find Lu Cheng immediately. After all, he was the son she raised with her own hands. But when she thought about how he ruthlessly drove her out the last time she went there, the embarrassing and humiliating scene appeared in front of her, and she stopped unconsciously.
But if she didn't go find him, this tone would be like a huge rock, weighing heavily on her heart, making her unable to sleep or eat.
"Boss, please say something! Are we just going to watch Lin Yuexi enjoy the blessing of our third son?" Liu Cuihua finally couldn't help but complain to Lu Zhendong.
Old Man Lu knocked his pipe hard and said angrily, "What else can you do? It happened last time. What good can you expect if you go again?"
Liu Cuihua got even angrier when she heard this: "You just smoke without thinking! That's my son, who I carried for ten months and gave birth to. How can I just let him go like this?"
"Hmph, this is the child you carried for ten months, and how dare you say that, Liu Cuihua!..." Lu Zhendong snorted when he heard that.
Lu Jianguo whispered, "Mom, why don't we wait a little longer and find a suitable opportunity?"
Liu Cuihua glared at her and said, "Wait? If we wait any longer, he will become even more estranged from us!" After saying that, she sat down on the edge of the kang, her hands constantly tugging at the corners of her clothes. She was still having a fierce ideological struggle in her heart, and her frown had never relaxed.
"Excuse me, is this the Lu family?" At this moment a female voice broke the depressing atmosphere.
"It's the Lu family. May I ask who you are..." Li Xiuying walked over and saw a girl with a delicate appearance peeking out of the door with a bucket of malted milk.
"Hello, I'm Xia Ziying, Lu Cheng's high school classmate. I heard that Lu Cheng was injured at home, so I came to visit you..." said the girl.
"Oh! It's my third brother's classmate! Please come in, please come in. I am Li Xiuying, the eldest sister-in-law of Lu Cheng, and your name is Xia Ziying, right? We both have the same "Ying" in our names. It seems that we are really destined to meet." Xia Xiuying said hurriedly.
But she heard from her mother-in-law that Lu Cheng had a female classmate who liked Lu Cheng very much and often interacted with Lu Cheng.
Later, when Lu Cheng was forced to marry Lin Yuexi, did Xia Ziying feel sad for a while? After Lu Cheng got married, there was a gap between him and Lin Yuexi. Did Xia Ziying even want Lu Cheng to divorce Lin Yuexi and marry her?
But after Lu Cheng didn't return for five years, Xia Ziying never came to bother him again.
Look, Xia Ziying came to the Lu family this time with ulterior motives, and she came for Lu Cheng.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuying called out to her parents-in-law in the inner room, "Dad, Mom, Lu Cheng's classmate Ziying is here..."
When Liu Cuihua heard this, a light suddenly flashed in her eyes. Wasn't it just when she was about to doze off that someone brought her a pillow?
She immediately stood up from the edge of the kang as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw and walked out quickly.
"Oh, it's Ziying. It's been a long time since you came. Come in and sit down!" Liu Cuihua's face was full of warm smiles, without any trace of sadness and regret from before.
Xia Ziying handed the malted milk in her hand to Liu Cuihua, then walked into the house with a smile and greeted everyone politely.
She glanced around the room, as if looking for something.
"Ziying, just come if you want to! What else do you want to bring? You are so thoughtful. After so long, you still care about our Lu Cheng." Liu Cuihua held Xia Ziying's hand and said affectionately.
"Lu Cheng is my classmate, of course I remember him. And I heard that he was injured, so I came here to see him." Xia Ziying replied.
"Yes, Lu Cheng is a miserable child. Although he has made many contributions in the army and even became a battalion commander, he was still seriously injured and almost lost his life. But fortunately, he can stand up now..." Liu Cuihua said while secretly observing Xia Ziying's expression.
"Really? That's great. I've been worried about him." Xia Ziying showed a look of surprise on her face.
"Ziying, you know that the wife Lin Yuexi that Lu Cheng married five years ago is not only uneducated, but also a shrew. He doesn't like her! So we are all worried that she can't take good care of Lu Cheng."
Liu Cuihua began to discredit Lin Yuexi in front of Xia Ziying.
"Oh? Really?" Xia Ziying frowned slightly.
"That's right. Lin Yuexi doesn't know anything and just makes trouble. I don't know why my third brother agreed to this marriage in the first place." Li Xiuying also echoed.
"Humph, what do you mean Lu Cheng agreed to this marriage? She was just trying to get close to him. Now, she has used Lu Cheng's connections to become a barefoot doctor in the village, and she has also instigated San'er to be unfilial to us." Liu Cuihua said angrily.
Xia Ziying was secretly happy when she heard what Liu Cuihua and Li Xiuying said. She felt that this was an opportunity, an opportunity that would allow her to get close to Lu Cheng again.
"Um...Auntie, where is Lu Cheng now? I want to go see him." Xia Ziying asked.
"He should be in his new house, Ziying, you can go and see him, and help us persuade him not to be with Lin Yuexi anymore." Liu Cuihua took the opportunity to say.
"This... isn't a good idea. Lu Cheng is already married. It's not appropriate for me to persuade him." Xia Ziying said with pretended hesitation.
"What's inappropriate? You and Lu Cheng are classmates and good friends. He will definitely listen to you." Liu Cuihua said anxiously.
"Okay, then I'll go see him, but I'll only check his injuries. I won't take care of anything else." Xia Ziying said.
"Okay, okay, I'll take you there with me..." Liu Cuihua said happily.
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