"This is the hospital you were talking about?"
"Mental hospital?"
Several people raised questions in unison.
Zhao Jingxiang looked completely innocent and pointed to his forehead. "Don't you guys think he's not right in the head? He keeps saying he's Ling's man, that he loves Ling to death, but who doesn't know that his wife is that Song Yaoyao!"
"Oh, and don't you guys think his wife, Song Yaoyao, is also a crazy woman? She talks about how successful her triplets will be every day. If the situation allowed, I would like to bring her here and send her in for treatment. I'm really afraid that the two of them will spread their mental illness to the villagers."
His explanation was so reasonable and well-founded that it silenced Ling Huanwu and the others.
Zhou Jiuzhen, with a sullen face, went into the hospital and brought the person out.
As Zhou Jiuzhen pushed Zhou Shuyao out, Zhou Shuyao was still turning around and cursing at the doctors and nurses in the mental hospital, "Are you all blind? I broke my ribs, not that I'm brain-damaged. You still dared to shock me with electric shocks. In a few years, when I'm rich, I'll definitely tear down this lousy hospital!"
After he finished cursing, he clutched his aching chest and gasped for breath.
The moment he turned his head and saw Ling Huanwu, his eyes instantly reddened, and tears streamed down his face.
"Huanhuan, I knew you wouldn't abandon me, you still came to save me..."
Ignoring the pain in his chest, Zhou Shuyao got up from his wheelchair and strode toward her, just like in the beginning of his previous life when he would always seek comfort in her arms when he encountered unpleasant things.
They clearly had a sweet time together back then.
How did it eventually turn out this way?
Just as Zhou Shuyao opened his arms to hug Ling Huanwu, someone grabbed the back of his neck. He could only struggle in despair, crying like an unwanted child.
Seeing the mental patients peeking out from the upper floors, whistling and calling out "Sister-in-law," Ling Huanwu felt extremely embarrassed and quickly covered her face, fleeing the mental hospital with everyone else.
*
The ship carrying the overseas Chinese business delegation arrived at the island.
The head of the foreign trade department was a very young, beautiful, and fashionable girl.
With wavy hair and wearing a polyester business suit, he walked side by side with Zhou Jiuzhen, occasionally chatting and laughing with an overseas Chinese who only spoke English, pointing out the scenery of the island.
Ling Huanwu looked at Zhou Jiuzhen, who was standing next to the female section chief with a smile that never left his lips, and felt a strange sour and swollen feeling in her heart.
Lin Xiaoqin leaned over and, seeing the two being so affectionate, was furious. "What does the regimental commander mean by this week? Is he trying to be a lackey of that female section chief by following her around like that?"
But as soon as she finished speaking, the other members of the inspection team walking alongside them looked at Zhou Jiuzhen and their section chief's backs with meaningful expressions, their faces showing envy as if they had just gotten a piece of candy. "Wow... the female section chief and her team leader's sidekick, they look so well-matched!"
"I heard that our section chief has been waiting for a soldier for the past few years. It must be him. He's strong and handsome. No wonder our section chief has been waiting for him for so many years."
Ling Huanwu was momentarily dazed upon hearing this and almost stepped on Zhou Shuyao, who was walking ahead with a cane. Fortunately, Lin Xiaoqin reacted quickly and grabbed her.
Zhou Shuyao glanced at Zhou Jiuzhen, then at Ling Huanwu, a playful smile playing on his lips. "Huanhuan, all men in this world are like this. Look at my brother, he's even more fickle than me. He fell in love with someone else in such a short time. I'm much better than him. At least I've been devoted to you for over twenty years!"
"Can you shut up? You're a lunatic!"
Lin Xiaoqin pretended to vomit and looked at him coldly, "You've been devoted to me for over twenty years? That's laughable! How old are you? What, did you like Huanwu from the womb?"
After saying that, Lin Xiaoqin kicked Zhou Shuyao's good leg, then pulled Ling Huanwu, who couldn't help but laugh, to Zhou Jiuzhen's side.
When Zhou Jiuzhen saw her approaching, he was first taken aback, then blinked at her repeatedly as if his eyes were twitching.
Ling Huanwu smiled back, feeling that something was off about Zhou Jiuzhen after he left the seafood company, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Soon a large group of people arrived at the large warehouse where the clams were stored at the farm.
The overseas Chinese leader, who had come specifically for procurement and inspection, exclaimed in amazement as he looked at the old stone pool in the warehouse, which was full of clams spitting out sand. He gestured to Section Chief Su, who was standing next to him, to introduce them in English.
Su Haiting quietly tugged at Zhou Jiuzhen's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Brother Zhou, hurry up and give me your previous introductory materials. I want to introduce them to Johnson!"
When Zhou Jiuzhen was called upon, he turned his gaze away from Ling Huanwu and affectionately pulled her over to introduce her, saying, "Those introductory materials were all written by Comrade Ling. She can recite them by heart. Why don't we let her give the introductions?"
Su Haiting's gaze fell on Zhou Jiuzhen's large hand holding Ling Huanwu's arm, her face darkened and her expression turned cold. "How can we let her introduce such an important transaction? She doesn't understand foreign languages."
"Since you've memorized it all, Comrade Ling, why don't you dictate it to me and I'll translate it for Johnson?"
Anyone with a discerning eye could immediately understand the meaning behind her words.
The implication is that Ling Huanwu, a mere village girl, is hardly qualified to be an explanation to such an important person.
It would be even more difficult for her to write an entire introduction with nothing to her name or any script. If she couldn't remember the information, she would probably make a fool of herself.
Unexpectedly, Ling Huanwu remained calm and composed, picking up a clam from the pond and beginning her introduction.
Every word and sentence is exactly the same as in the information provided.
“These are the clams we’re trying to raise in our village,” she said, turning to the overseas Chinese representative with gold-rimmed glasses beside her with a smile, then turning to Su Haiting, her voice calm and measured, “These clams belong to the bivalve class and inhabit the muddy or sandy seabed of the intertidal zone…”
Similarly, Su Haiting followed Ling Huanwu's introduction with her head held high, translating fluently in English.
But as she spoke, the confidence on her face began to freeze, and her fluent English faltered.
He frowned because of the words "filter-feeding plankton" and "axe-footed movement" that Ling Huanwu used. He stammered for a long time and only managed to say, "They...eat small things in the sea and crawl on their feet."
Immediately, bursts of snickering laughter erupted from the surrounding villagers who had come to watch.
"What are you pretending to know so well?" a few idle men from a neighboring village said sarcastically, arms crossed. "You think you can sell these mud-dwelling creatures to foreigners? You're probably just trying to scam subsidies, aren't you?"
"Exactly! Look at the quality of this translation. I think these overseas Chinese are just tourists; they're not really going to buy anything!"
Even more despicable was a skinny, short man who, when no one was looking, secretly kicked a stone into the basket of freshly caught clams. With a splash, the white clam meat mixed with mud and sand rolled out, and he deliberately shouted, "Hey, these things are so fragile? Are they trying to fool people before they're fully grown?"
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