Chapter 218: Willing but Powerless
Liu Niannian was stunned for a moment.
Jiang Lin's cursing attracted her attention and her pale face turned ashen.
"What are you doing in the middle of the night, howling like ghosts and wolves?"
"If you're so energetic, why do you still need treatment?"
Liu Niannian is not a person who is ignorant of the ways of the world. Moreover, Jiang Lin is the only village doctor in the team, and she needs him to treat her illness now.
Although Liu Niannian cursed Jiang Lin, the old man, in her heart, she smiled awkwardly on the surface.
"Uncle Lin, my waist is broken."
"It hurt so much, I couldn't bear it."
Broken waist?
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lin raised his eyelids and glanced at Liu Niannian. Seeing that she was holding her waist with her hands and could not stand up straight, he couldn't help but frown.
He put down the prescribed medicine and walked out.
He stretched out two fingers and pressed them on several spots on Liu Niannian's waist. His tense expression relaxed, and he said to Liu Niannian who was howling in pain in a bad mood, "Why are you crying out? What's broken? I just twisted a muscle."
A cold look flashed across Liu Niannian's eyes. She bit her lips and said nothing.
Jiang Lin ignored her and went back to the medicine cabinet. He took out a few plasters and threw them on the table.
"Go home and apply it wherever it hurts, it will be healed in about a week."
"Three dollars."
"Three pieces?" Liu Niannian was surprised and opened her mouth slightly.
In the past, when Xie Jiaojiao was around, Liu Niannian had no chance to spend the money even if she had it in her pocket, not to mention the money Su Yu got from Xie Jiaojiao. Most of it ended up in Liu Niannian's pocket.
At that time, Liu Niannian was extremely rich.
Now, in order to rescue Su Yu, most of his wallet was gone at once. Liu Niannian was used to eating fine food and did not treat herself badly in life. As a result, the money in his pocket was getting less and less.
Now, I even start to hesitate when spending three dollars on medicine.
"Too expensive?" Jiang Lin stood up, walked to the herbal medicine shelf, grabbed a handful of black herbal leaves, wrapped them up, weighed them, and threw them on the table.
"Crush it and apply it on the affected area. It will be effective in a month and a half. It costs 80 cents."
Liu Niannian looked at it and couldn't help frowning. It was so dirty.
It's just a little bit of grass, and you charge 80 cents for it. It's a robbery.
Another month and a half? No work? She's starving?
But three dollars is really expensive!
When Liu Niannian was distressed and confused, Jiang Ran, who had been in the background for a long time, suddenly stood up and stood beside Liu Niannian.
"Here, I paid for her medicine."
Liu Niannian's eyebrows jumped, and she looked at Jiang Ran with a little surprise, saying no.
"Thank you, comrade, but I can do it myself."
As he said this, Liu Niannian did not move his hands.
Jiang Lin saw this and his eyelids twitched. He happily took the money from Jiang Ran's hand, then stuffed the ointment into his arms, quickly wrapped up the loose medicine on the table, and threw them into Jiang Ran's arms. Without wasting a second, he ordered him to leave.
"Five dollars, hurry up, give it to me and leave. The old man is still waiting to go to bed."
Five dollars?
Liu Niannian's eyes fell on Jiang Ran.
What disease does he have that requires such expensive medicine?
When Jiang Lin mentioned this, Jiang Ran's dissatisfied and angry eyes suddenly became panicked.
He hurriedly took out another five dollars from his pocket and handed it over.
After doing all this, before Jiang Ran could figure out how to break the awkward atmosphere, he and Liu Niannian were kicked out by Jiang Lin.
After leaving the clinic, Liu Niannian was the first to speak: "I'm sorry, I didn't bring enough money today, and I'm sorry for making you spend money."
Jiang Ran also took the opportunity to say, "It's okay. I'm a man, how can I let you, a woman, pay for it?"
"Are you also seriously ill?" Liu Niannian's face showed concern.
Jiang Ran's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but his expression could not be seen due to the darkness.
But he just let out a muffled "hmm," clearly not wanting to talk any more. Liu Niannian noticed this and softly comforted him, "Don't worry too much. Uncle Lin is a very skilled doctor and will definitely cure you."
"What..." Jiang Ran stopped in time.
He stared at Liu Niannian with a gloomy look, wondering if she did it on purpose?
Knowing that he was averse to this, he brought it up again and again.
But seeing Liu Niannian's face full of concern, Jiang Ran felt that he was overthinking it, and the cold and venomous look in his eyes disappeared.
If he didn't think that Liu Niannian and Xie Jiaojiao were cousins and their family backgrounds must be similar, why would he pay attention to her?
And lost so much money?
"Yes, I will." Jiang Ran replied perfunctorily, and then asked tentatively, "Are you and Xie Zhiqing cousins?"
Liu Niannian's heart skipped a beat.
She was no stranger to Jiang Ran. She had carefully selected the person for Xie Jiaojiao. He seemed gentle, but in fact he was a poisonous tongue that could not be seen in public.
After Xie Jiaojiao gets married, if Jiang Ran finds out that Xie Jiaojiao likes another man, he will definitely beat Xie Jiaojiao to death.
By then, she will appear as a savior, and Xie Jiaojiao will only become more dependent on her. Xie Jiaojiao, who wants to escape from Jiang Ran's house, will regard Su Yu as the last straw.
In the end, Xie Jiaojiao was found unfaithful by Jiang Ran and beaten to death. She successfully inherited Xie Jiaojiao's last wish and became the only daughter of the Xie family.
Unfortunately, Jiang Xiu, that idiot, refused to listen to her and chose Jiang Ye. Now that the incident happened, Jiang Xiu lost her job, and Xie Jiaojiao also cruelly broke off relations with her. Liu Niannian was really angry to death.
Although she didn't know why Jiang Ran suddenly asked this, Liu Niannian knew that the more she said, the more mistakes she would make.
She said, "Yeah."
Seeing Liu Niannian admit it, Jiang Ran felt a surge of heat all over his body and asked excitedly, "Then is your family the same as Xie Zhiqing's?"
Thinking of some rumors in the team, Liu Niannian seemed to guess something. She bit her lip and said, "Well, but..."
Liu Niannian changed the subject and added to her own strength, "My mother is the eldest in the family, and my grandparents also plan to hand over everything in the family to her."
Jiang Ran's heart was filled with anxiety, but he became doubly excited after hearing these words.
He said, "Liu Zhiqing, you are such a beautiful and kind person. Whoever marries you will be blessed."
Liu Niannian cursed inwardly when her guess came true. She was like a toad wanting to eat swan meat, but she said, "I think... Comrade Jiang Ran... is pretty good."
The sound became smaller and smaller, and in the end it sounded like it was being squeezed out from between the teeth.
But because they were close, Jiang Ran heard it all, and his heart was so excited.
"Really? I think Nian Nian is pretty good too." Jiang Ran suddenly called her affectionately. The latter suddenly remembered something and said, "Nian Nian, your waist is sprained. It must be very painful now. If you don't mind, I can help you apply the plaster?"
Pervert!
Liu Niannian cursed inwardly, "Wouldn't that be too much trouble?"
"Won't."
So the two of them found a place, sat down, and began to apply the ointment.
Liu Niannian thought Jiang Ran would be dishonest, but he just applied the medicine obediently, with a slight ripple in his heart.
How could she know that when Jiang Ran caught a glimpse of that porcelain white, his eyes turned green, but that place didn't react at all.
I have the will but not the ability.
After applying the medicine, Jiang Ran sent Liu Niannian back to the educated youth point. The two of them planned to talk to each other and chatted happily on the way. They looked like a pair of sweet and loving couple.
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