Chapter 44

On the morning of the 30th, Xu Wen woke up early.

Awakened by the neat and uniform slogans.

She opened the curtains and saw soldiers lined up running downstairs.

The resounding “one, two, three, four” echoed throughout the entire compound.

After Xu Wen finished washing up, he called Dongsheng to get up.

He grew up in this kind of environment and is immune to slogans.

"Mom, are we going to see Dad later?"

"Yes, so you need to get up soon."

"Okay!" Dongsheng rubbed his eyes and sat up.

After breakfast, Xu Wen rode the bicycle that Sister Hua left for her and took Dongsheng to the hospital.

Breakfast was delivered by someone else, and she was also given a compound pass valid for one month.

After one night, Lu Yuanzheng looked much better.

The young man who accompanied the patient yesterday had just called Lu Yuanzheng to bring breakfast. When he saw Xu Wen enter the ward, he quickly stood up and greeted him.

Lu Yuanzheng told the young man, "Go back and have some rest!" He pointed at Dongsheng and said, "Take this kid back with you."

Dongsheng protested: "I just got here! I came to see you and you're going to hit me?"

"I have something to say to your mother."

Dongsheng looked at Lu Yuanzheng suspiciously, then at Xu Wen, and walked silently to the young man.

The young man led Dongsheng out, leaving a message: "If you have something to say, call the gate."

Lu Yuanzheng nodded.

After they left, Xu Wen sat on the bed, opened the lunch box, touched the porridge bowl to make sure it was not hot, and placed it on the bedside table for Lu Yuanzheng. Then he spoke: "What do you want to say that requires Dongsheng to leave?"

Lu Yuanzheng sighed, "It's nothing. This is a hospital and there's nothing for him to do here. He might as well go back and be at ease."

Xu Wen thought about it and it seemed to be so. But Dongsheng wouldn't attack people as soon as he arrived, right?

Lu Yuanzheng sighed softly: "I was afraid he would ask me where my other uncles were and I wouldn't be able to tell him."

Xu Wen let out an "ah", then he understood and sighed, "It won't stay secret for long."

"Yes. The main thing is that I don't know the number of casualties and the names of the casualties yet. I will tell you after I confirm it."

The right hand was injured during the long journey, and he was obviously not very used to eating with his left hand. He was probably afraid of spilling the porridge, so he only scooped a little bit into his mouth each time.

It’s not as much as a normal person drinks a mouthful of porridge in half a day.

Xu Wen watched for a while, but couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he asked him, "How about I feed you?"

Lu Yuanzheng quickly put the spoon back into the bowl and breathed a sigh of relief: "You finally spoke! I was waiting for you to say this."

Xu asked: "..."

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "If you need help, just tell me!"

She thought that a tough guy like Lu Yuanzheng would be more considerate and would not be willing to be fed by her.

"Am I not too shy?" Lu Yuanzheng leaned lazily on the head of the bed.

Xu Wen held the bowl in one hand and the spoon in the other, and brought them to his mouth. He rolled his eyes when he heard this: "I really didn't see that."

In fact, if you look closely you can still see that Lu Yuanzheng's ears are obviously red, not as calm as he appears.

"Have you had breakfast?"

Xu Wen nodded, "I have. Your comrades provided excellent service."

Three meals a day were delivered on time, and the doctors did not forget to take away the empty bowls. Xu Wen was repeatedly told not to wash the dishes himself.

No matter how thick-skinned Xu Wen was, she was too embarrassed to ask them to wash the dishes that she and Dongsheng had eaten from.

Lu Yuanzheng's eyes darkened, and he hummed. After a moment's hesitation, he explained to Xu Wen: "Although these people in the agency are my comrades, they are not from the same unit as me but from the same military region. Our unit is quite far away, dozens of kilometers away from here. I will take you back to meet them when I am better. The Xue Jue you met... is dead."

Xu Wen exclaimed.

For a moment, Xu Wen didn't know what to say to comfort Lu Yuanzheng.

Lu Yuanzheng didn't want to talk about this in depth, so he shook his head and changed the subject, "You said you got into college? Which college did you get into?"

"Kyoto University!"

"Amazing! What a talented woman!"

"No match for you, great hero!"

Lu Yuanzheng chuckled, "When does school start?"

"It's after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

"Another half a month!" Lu Yuanzheng raised his hand and slapped his forehead, "I almost forgot, today is New Year's Eve?"

Xu Wen nodded.

She had forgotten about it at first, but when she went out in the morning and saw the soldiers in the compound busy pasting up spring couplets and hanging lanterns, she remembered it.

Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, indicating that he was full, and said, "Do me a favor and call the quack doctor you saw yesterday."

"Are you feeling unwell?" Xu Wen said as he stood up and walked out.

"No, I just wanted to chat with him."

Xu asked: "..."

I've never heard of a patient chatting with the doctor while eating his meal.

When Xu Wen and Li Daoming returned to the ward, Song Xueqin and Dong Chao were already there.

They both consciously left the ward and waited outside the door.

Xu Wen stood outside the door and could vaguely hear a few words.

It seems that Lu Yuanzheng's unit is going to be restructured. Lu Yuanzheng doesn't seem very happy and starts to argue with Song Xueqin.

Song Xueqin gave the order forcefully.

Li Daoming was probably bored, so he explained to Xu Wen: "Your man got promoted from company commander to battalion commander."

Xu Wen looked at Li Daoming doubtfully, not quite believing what he said.

Getting promoted is a good thing, but what's the point of yelling about a long journey?

"Their thinking is different from that of ordinary people." Li Daoming continued to explain: "Lu Yuanzheng is used to fighting on the battlefield. Although he was promoted, he had no battles to fight, so he was asked to lead people to guard the island, so he was in a bad mood."

Xu asked: "..."

She glanced at the ID card on Li Daoming's chest and said, "As far as I know, military doctors are also military personnel?"

Where did we come from?

Li Daoming touched his nose and said, "Soldiers who save the dying and the wounded are different from soldiers who kill the enemy on the battlefield. They are roughly equivalent to ordinary civilians."

"No wonder the sense of confidentiality is so poor!"

Li Daoming: “…”

He rolled his eyes in annoyance, "As expected of a couple, they are both unpleasant! Am I explaining this to you because you don't understand? Besides, it's not confidential that they dare to discuss it in the ward and discuss it so loudly. How can confidential information be shouted? People in the next ward can hear it."

Xu Wen thought about it and it made sense. He nodded and apologized: "I was wrong to blame you."

After a while, Song Xueqin pushed the door open with a gloomy face. When he saw Xu Wen trying to give a friendly smile again, his face was a little distorted.

Dong Chao followed closely behind and pointed to the ward to Xu Wen, "Sister-in-law, persuade that donkey."

Li Daoming was amused. He pushed the door open and said to Lu Yuanzheng with a gloating look: "Ha! Donkey, what do you want from me?"

The journey is long and the look in my eyes is as sharp as a knife.

Xu Wen shuddered.

Lu Yuanzheng turned his head again, slowed down, and then turned back again. His eyes returned to their usual look.

"I want to discuss something with you."

Although Lu Yuanzheng was speaking in a friendly manner, Li Daoming took two steps back, looking alert: "What do you want to do?"

“I want to be discharged from the hospital!”

"Bah!" Li Daoming spat at him, "What the hell are you dreaming of! It's good enough that you don't have tubes inserted all over your body, and you still want to be discharged from the hospital? Why don't you go to heaven?"

"Fuck! Wait till I can get out of bed!"

Li Daoming turned his back and patted his butt through his white coat, "Come on!"

Xu asked: "..."

What did she see?

Is that what she thought?

Xu Wen's expression was too shocked. Li Daoming put his fist to his mouth and coughed softly: "Sister-in-law, don't act like you've eaten a fly. It's not what you think! We were just joking!"

Lu Yuanzheng snorted coldly and said to Xu Wen, "Don't bother with this idiot. He gave up martial arts to become a doctor because he was stupid. When we were training, he was a walking sandbag at the bottom of the mat."

"Fuck! I'm a cultured person, I don't want to argue with you warriors. I got into college based on my own merits, and I graduated with a medical degree, okay?"

Xu Wen did not doubt Li Daoming's professional qualities, because his photo was hung on the first floor of the hospital, with some personal achievements written below.

The fact that Li Daoming could excel in such a large hospital meant that he was definitely not the mediocre doctor that Lu Yuanzheng described.

It’s just… Xu Wen, after choosing his words to compliment them: “The way you get along with each other is really unique!”

It’s my fault!

Lu Yuanzheng: "..."

Li Daoming: “…”

Li Daoming cleared his throat, intending to salvage his precarious image in front of Xu Wen, and asked Lu Yuanzheng: "Why do you want to be discharged from the hospital?"

"Are you blind? My wife is standing at the door! It's New Year's Day, and you're spending it in the hospital?"

Xu asked: "..."

Xu Wen thought that if she were Li Daoming, she would take the mute medicine from Lu Yuanzheng's infusion bottle.

Why do I feel like I can't talk properly after returning from the expedition?

No, they all seem to be like this.

On the wedding day, Xue Jue and the others did the same.

Xu Wen thought Li Daoming would curse back, or at least refuse with a gloating look, but he looked at Xu Wen, thought seriously, and then said, "Your leg is in a cast! Two ribs are broken. Even if you go back, you can't do anything."

Xu Wen's face suddenly turned red. She suspected that Li Daoming was hinting at something, but she also thought that she was overthinking.

Lu Yuanzheng didn't bother to ask so politely. He snorted coldly, "That's none of your business."

"Okay! I'll prescribe some medicine for you, and you can go back to the infirmary for an IV. I'll also find you a wheelchair, and remember to bring it back when you come back. When you get back, stay in the building you own, and don't go anywhere. You can only lie down somewhere else. I'll arrange a car to take you there later."

Lu Yuanzheng's expression improved a lot: "Thank you!"

"Ha!" Li Daoming scratched his ears, "Say it again, I didn't hear it clearly."

"Get lost!"

Xu asked: "..."

Suddenly I felt a little redundant.

She followed Li Daoming out of the ward, "Doctor Li, can Lu Yuanzheng really be discharged from the hospital now?"

It hurts so much that I break out in cold sweats whenever I move.

Li Daoming sighed: "Of course not."

"Then..." Do you still agree?

Xu Wen opened his mouth but felt that such words were a bit too aggressive and swallowed them back.

Li Daoming leaned against the wall, half-bending one leg. "For us, as long as we are alive, everything else is trivial. At least compared to spending the New Year with our family, the pain in our body is not a big deal." Li Daoming raised his hand as if he wanted to pat Xu Wen's shoulder, but halfway through, he probably felt that there was a difference between men and women and took his hand back. "I know him. Even if I don't agree, he has the ability to sneak out of the ward. Rather than letting him get more injuries, it's better to let him go openly, so that he will suffer less."

Xu asked: "..."

Seeing the way you two were arguing with each other, I thought you were fighting over someone's wife.

I didn't expect that you would be so... considerate of him in private?

Xu Wen’s thoughts were written all over his face.

Li Daoming raised his eyebrows and denied: "Don't think too much! I'm really not doing this for him, I'm doing this for your sake. Our place is far away and remote, and it's not easy for any of the sisters-in-law to come here. Each of them is a national treasure here. Otherwise, I would rather find someone to weld the doors and windows shut than let him leave the hospital." Of course, if Xu Wen couldn't come, Lu Yuanzheng would definitely not want to be discharged from the hospital.

Not being afraid of pain and seeking pain are two different things.

Xu asked: "..."

So did she come to the right place or the wrong place?